Raft

Asleep on the Raft, by Tim Rollins and Kids of Survival (K.O.S.), is a wonderful piece of artwork that focuses on a page in chapter fifteen from the famous American novel The Adventures Huckleberry Finn, by Missouri author Mark Twain. This image captures one of the many hardships, of one of the main characters in this novel, had to endure on his way to finally being a free man down the Missouri River. Nearly thirty years ago, Tim Rollins started K.O.S. to help kids who struggle with school and…

at their Co-Op employer. A skill every professional should have is the ability to make things clear, whether in an discussion, an email, or a thesis. This is done through a understanding of rhetoric and its many parts. In Ryan Guidroz’s CUE project, RAFT- Adaptive Welding Technologies, completed at General Motors' Lansing Grand River Assembly plant, he employs academic knowledge, professional experience, and basic problem solving skills to address an issue with GM’s spot welding process. He…

Objectives Objective 1: Develop a cell line expressing the duck viperin. In order to develop an avian model that is able to express the duck viperin with an advantage of stable and homogeneous expression, duck viperin with and without the C-terminal V5 tag was previously cloned into the mammalian expression vector pcDNA3.1/Hygro+. Then, with the use of lipofectamine 2000, I stably transfected an empty vector and duck viperin tagged or untagged into DF-1 cells. In order to get a monoclonal…

to capture the viewer’s attention and affect them on a deep level. Many times, it leads the audience to examine human beings at a rudimentary state. In Théodore Géricault’s painting, Raft of the Medusa, 1818-1819, Oil on canvas, the viewer does exactly that. In his painting, about 20 men are strewn on a makeshift raft from the remnants of their ship. Some are dead and some are franticly waving pieces of cloth in the air at a ship in the horizon. Each man has an intense look on his face. A strong…

As individuals, we are enabled to discover ourselves and the world around us. With this concept, it is essential that we face difficulties, which enable us to learn from previous experiences and transition toward success. Good morning/afternoon fellow students of year 12, teacher and attendees of today 's HSC Study Day. Today I will be discussing the concept of discovery and how individuals can interpret it. The statement “regardless of varied challenges and difficulties, the discovery process…

In “The Raft” by Betsey Byars the author talks about a raft that became a part of Dewey’s life. The passage starts off by creating an image of Dewey walking down a path and looking down at his raft. Here you can tell that Dewey is proud of his work done on the raft because in the passage the author says “He felt better as he looked at his handiwork. Dewey thought that it was the most beautiful sight he had ever seen.” This shows that Dewey cares a lot about what he has done with the raft. In…

One of the most important purposes of the raft is that it provides an environment in which Huck and Jim can be vulnerable with one another. Days into the journey, once Jim and Huck have become reacquainted, the pair sits on the raft one quiet evening, and Huck notes, “Not a sound anywheres--perfectly still--just like the whole world was asleep...we lit the pipes, dangled our legs in the…

Synthesis of PEG-RAFT agent The synthesis of the macro PEG -RAFT agent, Chain Transfer Agent (CTA), was performed by esterification method. Briefly, RAFT agent (0.4 g, 1.5 mmol) and dihydroxyl PEG (2g, 0.5 mmol) were dissolved in 35 mL of DCM in a 250 mL round bottom flask equipped with a magnetic stirrer. Then, it was placed in an ice bath (0 ºC); Next, DCC (0.25 g, 1.2 mmol) and DMAP (0.015 g, 0.12 mmol) were added. After 30 min of stirring at 0 °C, the reaction temperature is elevated to room…

Dairy:The Raft Hey, Robie here again, my nose is finally starting to heal. And the pain goes away more and more everyday. I still miss Max, wishing that there is something more I could’ve done. Something, anything, but no, I just sat there in the raft like everything was ok. I should’ve know that something was a little peculiar Max just sitting there not saying anything for hours at a time. But I mean the whole thing just sort of sounds made up. In a plane crash, stay out at sea all…

We got into our rafts and started slowly towards the rapid water. I smile as we embark on this new adventure. The cool breeze blew my hair out of my face. The beautiful, bright sun blared onto our backs. The first rapid was rapidly approaching. Our guide, Steve, led us and told us which way to paddle. “Right! Right! Right!”, he yelled. The water splashed into our boat, it was like getting hit with little ice cubes. My hands were gripped tightly around the paddle as we steered clear of…