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On the Andrea Doria, Capt. Calamai reported that right before the collision he saw the Stockholm’s red sidelight and forward masthead light swing to the left of the higher aft masthead light (Halpern, 2008). This indicated to Capt. Calamai that the Stockholm was turning into them. In response, Capt. Calami ordered hard left rudder and signaled on the whistle his turn to port (Halpern, 2008). However, his attempts failed as well. The Andrea Doria’s starboard side was no giant crater, and the…

Witches! The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem is a National Geographic book that gives an overview of the Salem Witch Trials from its start to its finish. The author, Rosalyn Schanzer, is complete in her telling of the events, starting from the point where no one guessed that the afflicted girls were being tortured by witches and ending with the stories of how each person lived out their lives after the trials ended. The drawback of recording over a year of time within 131 pages is that…

Larson, Erik. Isaac’s Storm: A Man A Time, and The Deadliest Hurricane in History. New York: Crown Publishers, 1999. Larson’s Isaac’s Storm: A Man A Time, and The Deadliest Hurricane in History perfectly depicts two main things throughout its story. It depicts the arrogance of that generation spurring from the excitement about, and confidence in their new technologies , inventions and break throughs, and the severity of the consequences that could follow if you weren’t humble. It is the story of…

missions to other planets because it is the planet we have tried to observe the most. One of the spacecraft’s, Mariner 4, missions was to carry out the first flybys of Mars. It collected the first close-up photographs of the planet and had a small tape recorder on it as well. It showed us craters on Mars and while in Mars’ solar orbit it also taught us about Mars’ solar wind environment; teaching us about the magnetic field and atmosphere of the planet. There is a current mission happening…

facial expressions and body movements that they display during the interview. I will also make notes of the surroundings at this time. For each interviewee I will have at least two pages of jottings that are handwritten. However, I will also have a recorder present to catch anything I may have missed or not had the chance to jot down during the…

There are many reports claims that McDonald’s food can stimulate obesity especially to young children. McDonald’s use excessive salt and sugar to make their meals lucrative and tasty. However it has been recorder that consumption of such meals may lead to increasing cases of diabetes and high blood pressures (Listovative, 2014). McDonald’s cannot differentiate itself from other fast food chain anymore. Today’s fast food like KFC, Burger King are selling similar…

The ‘Right to Privacy” or in other words the fourth amendment of the United States Constitution is something cherished by almost all Americans. This amendment clearly states that in order for us, the people, to be protected as our right to privacy, the constitution guarantees the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. It gives the right for the government not to pry into our personal life. It allows us to live our own, personal life that we choose too. However; many people…

The role of gait variability in the elderly Introduction Fall-related injuries have been one of the main causes of accidental death in older adults. Moreover, it has been shown that over 33% of adults over the age of 65 will fall every year [1]. For people between 75 and 84 years old it is the second leading cause of injury death, and for people over 85 it is the leading cause [2]. The high number of falls not only has great effect in the elderly health, but it shows a very high cost in the…

The problem here was that the Bible, unlike the church, can 't answer questions, clarify earlier statements, arbitrate disagreements or deal with new developments. So those in search of religious certainty have to find it all in the text: if it says the earth was created in six days, or that gay sex is wrong, they are the facts and unfortunately this forbids room for changing interest. In response to these internal issues the Church presented the idea of the Second Vatican Council with the aim…

when the time comes to demonstrate knowledge later or never learn the concept at all. Also with many concepts building on others throughout an academic career, when one skill isn’t mastered and the student moves on they will often struggle at some point later in time. (McCabe, 1996) When students at any point can reach into their pockets and ask Google the answer to a question, at what point will learn occur? The next element of this paper addresses how the distraction of technology in the…