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Characterization of Toby If asked, most people would describe getting a ticket as, for instance a speed ticket; a ticket you got for driving too fast. Tickets are given to us by our higher authorities if we do not follow the law. However, for Toby Heckler, that is not the case. Toby is a socially handicapped male, with a rather childish appearance. (Page 37, ‘’On the yellow paper Toby had printed in red ink ‘PRAKING MISTEAK’ and signed his name ‘TOBY’ in a childish-looking hand.’’) The fact that he signs the paper slips he hands out, and that he’s poor at spelling make him seem fairly young, since it’s something a smaller child would find amusing. But even though he may seem younger at first, that’s in reality, not how it actually is. For instance, we see police officer McVee, talking to him later on, who treats him as a peer, and not someone of a younger age. (Page 37, ‘’Lot’s of business, eh Toby?’’ ‘’Yes, Toby, it’s a bitch.’’) Although Toby isn’t capable of speaking, and we don’t see him answer anyone throughout the whole story, he’s still able to communicate. Toby responds by expressing himself through body language (Page 37, ‘’Toby put his pad back, nodded. His eyes rolled, looked tortured.’’) Another way for Toby to communicate with people is through the yellow paper slips, the tickets, he hands out. Toby hands out slips to everyone who in his eyes behave wrong, or nearly wrong – even just the slightest. (Page 37, ‘’He printed slowly, meticulously, then handed one of…

In many ways relative dating is easier and quicker than radioactive dating but radioactive dating is a much more accurate way. Relative dating uses material such as rocks and fossils and attempts to place that material in a certain time based on where it was located and the rock around it. The time where the rock or fossil came from is based on times like the Jurassic period and other sections like that. Geologists use cross cutting as a method of relative dating by determining which rock…

Apollo 13 mission was planned to launched and land on the moon and return back to Earth. Unfortunately, after about 56 hours into their flight, an oxygen tank crippled due to an explosion inside of it. The damages this caused forced the crew to only orbit the moon and head back toward Earth without landing. This was the creation of the now famous line, “Houston we’ve had a problem…” The lunar module (LM) ended up landing on Earth on April 17, 1970 at 1:07 p.m., landing in the Pacific Ocean…

depending on what they are trying to date. In this essay, the techniques of dating objects will be explored and compared. Each method has its advantages and disadvantages, but all extremely complex and scientific, each with its own purpose. The methods that will be discussed will be Radio Carbon Dating, Relative Dating, Absolute Dating, Remote Sensing, and Dendrochronolgy. Radio Carbon Dating is one of the ways scientists use to date objects, like bones. In the video, Radio Carbon Dating, the…

Lost moon : the perilous voyage of Apollo 13 was written by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger. It was published by Houghton Mifflin, in 1994 and tells the story of the Apollo 13 mission that almost resulted in a catastrophe. In April of 1970, Navy Captain Jim Lovell and two other astronauts were sent by NASA on America 's fifth mission to the moon. Fifty-five hours into the flight of Apollo 13 due to an electrical fault, one of the oxygen tanks exploded, causing its oxygen and power to begin to…

Radiocarbon dating was invented similarly with the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Furthermore, due to the long duration of time elapse, it was hard to date the time when the scrolls were produced. Although the hot and dry climate of the Dead Sea prevented it from rotting severely, it was still difficult to exclude the containments included in the fragments and scrolls. As a result, the process of processing the samples was intricate. At the first part of the process, the scientists tried to…

on Earth. John L. Swigert wasn’t on the prime crew until Mattingly, the prime command module pilot, came down with the German measles. So, unfortunately for him he was called up and thrown into this space mission that caused some health problems to all 3 men on board. The objective of Apollo 13 was to explore Fra Mauro Formation, a crater on the moon explored by the ensuing crew, Apollo 14. But that didn’t happen on the Apollo 13 mission due to them having to abort mission. This was due to…

If scientists know the original amount of 14C in a creature when it died, they can measure the current amount and then calculate how many half-lives have passed. There is MUCH more, but it's freaking boring, so I think you get the jist of it. Anywhoo, Dr. Willard Libby, the founder of the carbon-14 dating method, assumed the ratio to be constant. His reasoning was based on his belief in evolution, which "assumes" the earth MUST be billions of years old. Assumptions in the scientific community…

Funny Car is a specific racing class for dragsters. The cars that race in this class have fiberglass bodies and custom chassis. Matt Hagan is an athlete because drag racing is not something anyone can start overnight and he is always equipping new equipment. With any sport an athlete cannot start on the top. Growing up, the term “practice makes perfect” always seems to come up. Today, ask any professional athlete and they will tell an individual the same thing. There are things that we practice…

How to Get the Prefix Tank Top before Your Name Step 1: Be a fat kid, get bullied, and avoid tank tops To a fat kid, wearing a tank top is like sticking a note on your own back that says kick me. You’re a target. Kids would make fun of the rolls that weren’t hidden by cloth. Although no matter what clothing you have on you’re a target. When you put your hands up and your shirt follows exposing the fleshy mounds that is your stomach you my dear reader is a target for bullying by kids. Have you…