Projectile

Odysseus is the sacker of cities, favorite of the gods, and blinder of the Cyclops. Homer portrays this man as an epic hero. Odysseus seems to exepmlify goodness in the face of disgusting evil. He kills all the Suitors who have taken advantage of Penelope’s xenia. His loyalty to his family drives him to stop at nothing to arrive to his home. He has the favor of Athena, a goddess. However, Odysseus does not seem to be the protagonist of the epic, The Odyssey, considering that his name literally…

MISSISSIPPIAN BURIAL PRACTICES: Mississippian Burial Practices and How Various Society’s Burial Practices Differ and Relate At the first description of the Mississippian cultures, specifically the Cahokian, my interest with these people grew. In both lectures from this course and my world civilizations course, descriptions of these people varied in terms of focus, but nevertheless caught my attention. And while my experience with North American cultures has been limited up until now, I am…

Are Less-lethal Weapons Worth It? Law enforcement use less-lethal or nonlethal weapons on a daily basis, to maintain order and to prevent threats from getting out of hand. Nonlethal weapons are used to minimize civilian casualties in situations that present themselves to be hazardous to the public. Law enforcement use less-lethal weapons to maintain order and apprehend criminals with minimal casualties. Law enforcement use non-lethal weapons daily, and civilians often encounter health…

Careers such as accounting rejuvenate businesses’ and individual’s life. Accounting concentrates on recording transactions and financials that makes business’ or personal current money trackable easily. There are only two directions when it comes to numbers, it would either gain or loss. As human beings, everyone does some sort of accounting at some point in their life. Some kind of budgeting, paycheck and bills, or even counting your own money is an indication of accounting. Basically,…

around the deck of the warship. The dark cloudy sky was lit up a bright orange colour as plumes of fire erupted from the side of the Russian ship. For a moment Ralph thought they had been struck until he heard the whining, and saw the large black projectiles streaking through the clouds aimed right at him. Ralph and Sam were thrown back against the boardwalk as the ship was struck, its bow deck opened up in an instant and it started to lower into the…

European’s constant battle with nature. For example, though the French warship that Marlow’s ship had passed was “incomprehensible, firing into a continent” (79), it did almost no damage to the jungle. “... a little white smoke would disappear, a tiny projectile would give a feeble screech-- and nothing happened” (79). Even though the French viewed themselves as being superior and large, in comparison to the jungle, they were but a small nuisance. Marlow even comments on the Europeans inability…

On the surface, satire may seem meaningless, but is actually thought provoking proven by Catch 22. The novel itself is composed in mockery of World War II. This novel is centered on the compact island of Pianosa in the Mediterranean sea, immediately upon Germany no longer being a threat to the United States. It evolves around the endeavors of one man, Yossarian, to carry through the everlasting war. Throughout this novel Yossarian is trying to escape the war, and in order to do so he does…

support the weight of the MRAP. This leads us to some hazards to consider and with the rollovers comes drowning, which has happened in the MRAP RG-31. There are multiple hazards with the MRAP. One Hazard is when an IED goes off with a high velocity projectile it and if it breaks the ballistic glass on the vehicle it creates a powder. This causes a potential health hazard for the recovery personnel and the people inside the vehicle. The hazardous material can cause adverse health effects…

The mission-specific 6.5 Creedmoor has a relatively short case with a long O.A.C.L. that designed to maximize the usable powder capacity carrying heavier projectile weights. Compared to the previously popular .308 Winchester, the 6.5 Creedmoor has a better ballistic coefficient on the long range shooting. The 6.5 Creedmoor is relatively less expensive, has less recoil and wind deflection and carries most of…

Frack Off Marissa and Derek Smith and their kids from Pennsylvania cannot live a healthy life any longer. There are ten Hydraulic Fracking wells on their property; one in particular is hundred feet away from their home. From the fracking wells in nearly spitting distance of Marissa’s home, her family is getting sick and they are no longer able to swim, fish or play in the streams near their house. Five generations of their family have lived in the same house and swam, fished and played in the…