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stimulates the national and local economies, and has a lower death rate than that of other domestic energy sources such as coal. As a nation of such influence, the US has a unique opportunity to shape the face of clean energy in the world. The US has just over 100 nuclear power plants throughout the nation (EPA: Nuclear Power Plants). Currently, these plants are operating at about 90% capacity (IER) and as of last year, they produced 19% of the US’s total electricity (NEI: Fact Sheet). The way…

The ever growing need for electricity, a problem no one is short in awareness for. There has always a constant battle to find the newest, most efficient source of energy. The United States has been ignoring the need for a better source of electricity for way too long, and it has been taking it toll on not only the environment, but also the economy. For years there has been countless promises and plans to fix this ongoing issue, nearly all have failed, and we are left with an unresolved issue…

Village. The project includes building the first net-zero energy community in the nation. The team at Bonterra helps the customer create an ideal clean energy solution that will help reduce utility involvement, lower costs, and provides greater control over energy generation (Bonterra Solar Hawaii). The stakeholder, Bonterra, uses images to target residents…

from the windmill concept which has been in the past used for a variety of activities such as water pumping, grain grounding among other uses. Currently, the estimated potential that wind energy has is almost ten times the current electricity consumption of the entire U.S.A. In view of this, with a strategic and well thought out plan; wind energy can relieve the reliance on fossil fuels not only in America, but the whole world in general. Wind energy is clean; as a result, it does not have a…

Pebble Bed Reactor University of Calgary Fundamentals of Nuclear Energy Najee Elbaroudi James Cody Webber Taylor Donegan Mar 28/16 Abstract One of the most effective ways of converting the natural energy stored in the Earth into usable electricity for everyday life is through the use of nuclear chain reactions created in nuclear reactors. Countries such as China, South Africa and the US have implemented a special kind of reactor to capture the vast amount of energy given off by these…

The Comprehensive Prevention of Teen Pregnancy Teenage pregnancy remains a catastrophic occurrence that wreaks havoc on the lives of millions. Wes Moore’s The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates published in 2010 compares and contrasts the lives of two different individuals with the same name. The lives of the two men overlap at times, but ultimately the final paths of their lives remain extremely different. The author Wes Moore has led a successful life as a Rhodes Scholar; however, the other…

Starry Night was painted by a post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh in the late 19th century. It is one of Van Gogh’s best known paintings and it is hanged in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Van Gogh completed more than 2,100 works and he was notable for his beautiful and delicate paintings. The use of color, vehement brushwork and the silhouetted form of his work greatly influenced Expressionism in modern art. One of his greatest artwork, The Starry Night brought him to an opening of…

Cypress is an evergreen coniferous tree in which van Gogh loved to capture and paint landscapes with the trees in it. He considered this to one of the best summer landscapes. An element found in this piece by Vincent van Gogh is line. Lines are all over in this piece and the lines connect to each other giving it the feel of movement. By the position of the lines help make the trees look like they are blowing in the wind as if you were actually there. Space is another great element found is this…

A fine example of beautiful art is, Vincent Van Gogh’s painting Starry Night Over the Rhone was created in 1888. Other than this particular piece Van Gogh created large assortment of night paintings because “…before he became an artist, Vincent van Gogh was fascinated by the cycles of nature and human life and the times of day.” (Van Gogh and The Colors of the Night. 9) He was looking to capture the emotions and feelings of the times. Gogh’s work appeals to us not only for it being pleasing to…

Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck are both famous paintings that were painted during the Post-Impressionism era and the Early Renaissance era. Each piece is unique and display different artistic composition. Starry Night portrays a glowing night sky over a village and The Arnolfini Portrait portrays a wealthy couple holding hands in a bedroom. The differences in time period and the artists’ experiences influenced the aesthetics of both artworks. Vincent van Gogh was a poor and unappreciated…