Through the Wire

DIY - Home Health Checklist Building Component Condition Roof Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Exterior: Roof Sag - Look for signs of sagging or distortion Roof Gutters - Any obvious holes or evidence of water leaks from surrounding gutters Antenna - Any external TV antenna Interior: Sarking - Is a silver foil visible (might be blue or brown) across the top of the roof? The foil (sharking) is an insulation component and it also acts as a barrier during heavy…

In this modern age, war and dying for one’s country is often glorified through many different types of media. On the contrary, in All Quiet on the Western Front, the exact opposite happens. In this book, Erich Maria Remarque reveals how war is actually just people living in fear with one thing in their mind: survival. This story follows a young soldier named Paul Baumer who decided to join the German army during the first world war. Because of the war, Paul learns that there is no possible way…

As educators, we design and implement engaging lessons that include clear learning objectives for our students. It is important to us that we know our kids are understanding or mastering the lesson we are teaching. Teachers are responsible for creating and designing effective assessments to see what students learned. Assessments can come in a variety of tasks, and it is important that teachers demonstrate this by using different methods of assessment. As an educator, it is important that I…

Inductive charging is a device that allows for the charging of portable devices through electromagnetic fields instead of wires. This means that consumers no longer have to plug in their devices to charge them. Anyone who uses any kind of device that needs to be plugged in, will be able to use Fuchi MegaCorp’s inductive charger. What this device may lack in efficiency, it makes up for in dependability. A consumer will get 10x the amount of charges for their devices compared to needing to replace…

(Drill Bits): Steel is considered carbon steel when there is no specified minimum content of a certain metal such as; chromium, titanium, nickel etc. As the carbon percentage of steel rises, it will have the potential to become stronger and harder through the use of heat treating. But the downside to this is it will become less ductile. High carbon content in steel will also help reduce the weldability of it as well as the melting point. There is a process which involves carbon steel which is…

distance communication. To begin with, Samuel Morse came up with the marvelous idea of this invention. However, he did have a competitor by the name of Charles Wheatstone. The original telegraph was developed in the 1830s. It was tested and updated through a number of years from when it was invented. It’s actually quite impressive how this whole system was developed. According to ‘Morse Code and the Telegraph’, in History.com, Samuel Morse developed the telegraph from the 1830s to the 1840s.…

Through the use of opposite tones, Shakespeare and Byron both end up reaching the same conclusion of true beauty is on the inside. In the beginning of She Walks in Beauty the poet is persuading the audience that his love is perfect, while in Sonnet 130, the poet is mocking typical beauty standards. The first stanza of She Walks in Beauty starts off with the speaker admiring his love: "She walks in beauty, like the night/ Of cloudless climes and starry skies..." (Byron, 1-2). Byron is idolizing…

The concept of the noumenon is something that is specifically meant to be thought of purely as a thing in itself, and not as an object of the senses. This happens through pure understanding. This concept is non-contradictory, which is problematic for Kant. He defines this concept as problematic, because it is connected with cognitions; and the objective reality of these can in no way actually be cognized. The concept…

The Importance of Common Ground In everyday life it's important to find common ground, to relate to one another, in order to get things done. It's an essential part of life. This theme of “Finding Common Ground” is represented in the texts, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding and Once Upon a Time by Nadine Gordimer in a variety of ways. In The Lord of the Flies Golding introduces to the story privileged boys that have crashed onto an island and must find common ground in to survive.…

symbolizes Anthem. Light symbolizes Equality 7-2521 individualistic spark. As Rand says: “ When we closed the current of the wire, a spark of light appeared, and the beam of light flashed upon us” (Rand 59). One night, when Equality went to his secret tunnel, he had discovered something magnificent that no one had discovered in such a long period of time. Equality had put his wires to a box of glass and when he closed the current, a red light appeared. When this miracle happened Equality was…