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landing easier. A gymnast only has two chances to gain angular momentum during other vaults while a gymnast performing a Yurchenko would have four chances to do so while vaulting. These opportunities are when the gymnast sprints down the vaulting runway and hurdles (jumps/steps) into the roundoff, when the gymnast popes off of his or her hands during the round off, when the gymnast hits the springboard, and when the gymnast pushes off of the vault table. The gymnast uses these opportunities to…

Concorde The one and only supersonic passenger airplane that existed up until now was the Concorde. The Concorde belonged to both the British Airway and the Air France and was released on 21st January 1976. The Concorde flew with a speed of 2172 km/h and had a takeoff speed of 402 km/h. It used the most powerful pure jet engines flying commercially (Celebrating). Concorde was 62 m long and still increased between 15 to 25 cm due to heating of the airframe as well as a wing span of about 25 m…

unified research and developed a settlement (CRADA) with Textron Airland, under which the service is going to conduct an airworthiness assessment of Textron’s scorpion plane. In December, 2013 was approaching when the scorpion's tires touched the runway at McConnell Air Force Base in central Kansas for the first time. The test pilot who was handling the bird named Dan Hinson said his first saying in the cockpit;…

Abraham Lincoln, along with other leaders we look up to like Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Edison, and George Washington were all influential people, all did something to change the world, and each one of these people also dealt with a considerable amount of flaws. Every one of them were ordinary people prone to good and bad intentions and making mistakes and learning from them. We are often told to ignore the wrong doings and look the other way. As humans, we enjoy focusing on the good these people…

First Plane Trip The first time I went on an airplane, was when I was twelve. My family was traveling to California for the first time, to visit the family on my father’s side. I remember being nervous, but, extremely excited at the same time. It was a long trip, about six hours give or take, and my family was not prepared one bit. Yet with all the chaotic things that happened, it was still a memorable and fun experience. Of course for the first time on a plane, you’re going to think the…

Body image is defined as the objective picture or mental image of one’s own body. Models in fashion advertisements are a major influence of body-image in today’s society. Since the beginning, models have been used in the fashion industry to promote new styles and trends. Over the years these models have changed in appearance, depending on the “perceived aesthetic preferences of the public.” For example, from the 1930’s to the 1950’s, the ideal body was considered “fuller-figured.” Some…

in the advertisements. Maybelline, a popular beauty company’s popular slogan is, “Maybe she’s born with it; Maybe it’s Maybelline;” as if use of a Maybelline product could so dramatically alter a woman’s look that she could come away looking like a runway model. According to research done in an article sponsored by the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA), an organization dedicated to providing adolescent girls and women the communal support they need, titled “Beauty at All Costs: The…

use these celebrity’s trends as inspiration to start acting or dressing differently because it’s seen as desirable. The message taken from Paris fashion week SS16 gave a clear message of the social issue of freeing the nipple. During Saint Laurents runway the models revealed more skin than was has generally been accepted by society. As society moves progressively forward, modesty has lost its significance. The symbolism behind freeing the nipple is to allow equality between men and women by…

In “Theory of Unipolar Politics,” Nuno Monteiro considers how the emergence of nuclear weapons has transformed the traditional systemic balance of power. He outlines both the declinist and primacist theories to ultimately reveal that both are flawed and then proceeds to present his own argument regarding the durability of a unipolar world order. He concludes that if a unipole employs a grand strategy of defensive accommodation, which allows for the economic growth of rising powers, then the…

need repair and even renovation in some areas. Since the country is landlocked, there are no ports or harbors. However, the country does currently have 12 airports. Although of those 12 there are only 10 in service and only 5 of them have paved runways. Communication is growing in Armenia though it may not be rapidly. There are roughly 17 phones per 100 people. Around 90% of the nations tele-communication has recently become privately owned. Mobile phone use is currently on the rise in…