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Life comes with tough times and usually we expect a lot more than what we get depending on what the person is doing, when we stay humble we learn the values of taking our time in life and making something good out of nothing and in the end it ends up being the best decision we make. I will never forget that fishing trip, I never thought for a second that I would have caught an ulua at the very end of the trip. If I was in a hurry leaving Opihi hale and didn't bother to enjoy the beautiful…

Chernobyl On April 26, 1986 in a town just north of Kiev, Ukraine, lies the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, and on this unfortunate day one of the nuclear reactors failed, causing numerous deaths and many more problems to the areas surrounding this nuclear plant. In this paper the history of Chernobyl will be examined and how it happened, along with the health effects related to radiation exposure, environmental effects, and what its’s like at Chernobyl today. Chernobyl had a total of four…

Tricia Nguyen Mr. Seals Honors Chemistry - Period 6 23 November 2014 A Game Changer or Simply a Danger? With every choice, there is a fine line between making progress and losing everything one has worked for. The use of nuclear energy is the very epitome of this. While it provides an alternative to the energy sources we use today, nuclear power comes with great risks that can take a lot to fix. However, I believe that with the proper precautions in place, we should continue the use of nuclear…

39 years ago , an unprecedented nuclear accident equate Chernobyl to disaster. On April 26, 1986 morning, the Soviet Union 's first nuclear power plant exploded,which located in Chernobyl,Ukraine. The radioactive dust generated by the accident resulting in 400 times than the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, stronger. April 26th is the 39th anniversary of the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident,39years later,how is Chernobyl now? It is not easy to answer the question before…

CaSO4 CaSO4 has the largest oxygen carrying capacity among all the currently proposed carriers. The oxygen ratio is 0.4706 for CaSO4-calcium sulphide (CaS), much higher than that of many other metal oxides such as CuO-Cu2O, NiO-Ni, and Fe2O3- Fe3O4. Calcium sulphate is a relatively stable material. It is a widespread natural resource and therefore the cost would be quite low even if the demand is high. Through the thermodynamic analysis, it seemed that CaSO4 can be used as a promising oxygen…

Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accident Figure 2. Schematic diagram of Chernobyl Power Complex (RBMK-100) RBMK-100 was a boiling light water reactor (BWR) and designed by Soviet Union. It has built graphite moderated pressure tubes and used slightly enriched uranium dioxide fuel (2% U-235). There was no intervening heat exchanger and two loops feeding steam were directly collected to the turbines. Water acted as coolant and condensed as steam afterwards…

Walking into the Bakersfield Art Museum you are greeted by wonderful staff and the first thing you see as you walk in is a colorful wall of volcanic basin and range. One of the art education staff members walked us through the art museum and explained different art pieces in the museum. She also explained many education programs that they offer not only for K-12, but also for adults. They had many different artworks with many different types of mediums from oil paint to charcoal. The staff…

Born in Springfield, Illinois in 1943, David Hammons is a world-renowned African-American installation artist, performance artist, and sculptor (“David Hammons” 2016). In 1963, Hammons moved to Los Angeles to study advertising at Los Angeles Trade Technical College (“David Hammons” 2016). While in advertising school, Hammons began taking night classes at the Otis Art Institute where he studied under the notable artist Charles White (“David Hammons” 2016). After unearthing his prodigious…

“Bizarreries cubiques” a statement used by a french critic to describe the very first works of a soon to be movement. This soon to be contemporary movement would become the most influential movement of the first half of the twentieth century. That statement was used to describe a cubist painters work. Cubism was so revolutionizing because it moved away from the general art form of that time. Not fully abstract but abstracted from the norm, cubism went against the traditional view of the artist…

Nuclear power, which generates a fifth of our nation 's energy supply, has been around since the early 1940’s (NEI). While there are conflicting opinions on this topic, thorough analysis through the historical and ethical lenses justify its uses. Nuclear power is morally acceptable and has a long positive historical record. The benefits of nuclear power outweigh its risks, and the public should view this as a viable future energy source. Nuclear began to fully emerge into modern society as of…