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My results of part B shows that a penny can hold 21 drops of water on the top. This relates to adhesion since the penny that is copper is attracted to a different substance which is water. When the drops hit the penny, the adhesive force of the water and the penny keeps the water from falling off the sides. It also shows high cohesion since the water molecules are attracted to each other. In a water molecule it has a hydrogen bond of oxygen and hydrogen since they are attracted to one another. It has a positive charge of two hydrogen atoms and oxygen a negatively charged atom which allows them to be attracted to each other since positive is attracted to negative. Since water has a positive end and a negative end, it is a polar molecule since polarity has one positively charged end and the other is negatively charged.…
The Rio Grande Silvery Minnow is a “small herbivorous North American fish” with “small eyes and mouth”. The diet of the fish is believed to consist of “river plants and benthic macroinvertebrates”, which consists of “small living animals among stones, logs, sediment, and aquatic plants on the bottom of rivers and lakes.” Due to the small size of the fish and difficulty accessing their stomachs, there is “little research into their diet”.…
It would be hard to imagine American voters today getting excited about the money supply. So why was free silver the hot topic of the 1896 election?…
Since 1784, The Third U.S. Infantry Regiment (also known as The Old Guard) has been proudly serving as a ceremonial symbol for the United States Army. The Old Guard originates from the First American Regiment. The First American Regiment fought its first battle in 1790. It has since gone through a series of both successful and unsuccessful battles, multiple relocations, and a significant change in the role. The modern day role of the Old Guard is to conduct ceremonial responsibilities at the funerals of fallen veterans and to represent the United States Army…
To assess the abalone research data, a simple random sample of 500 observations were taken from the original abalone data file, which contained 4,141 observations. To begin, an initial summary table and matrix plot were constructed to assess the characteristics of the observational variables. Table 1.1, which is provided below, outlines the observational variables in further detail.…
The Columbian half dollar is the first US commemorative coin, struck at the Mint from November 19, 1892, until early 1893. It was issued both to raise funds for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and to mark the quadricentennial of the first voyage to the Americas of Christopher Columbus, the first historical person to be depicted on an American coin (pictured). Fair official James Ellsworth wanted the new half dollar to be based on a 16th-century painting he owned by Lorenzo Lotto, reputedly of Columbus, and pushed for this throughout the design process. When initial sketches by Mint Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber proved unsatisfactory, the fair's organizers turned to a design by artist Olin Levi Warner that was modified by Barber and…
In the selection "Nickeled and Dimed in America" the author talks about the struggles that a maid faces every day. How they make minimal money to follow absurd rules and get treated like a second hand citizen daily. They would not be able to smoke before work, or during work, curse, even if there is no one in the house. The maid service companies would also charge 25 dollars, the maids would only make $6.65 for each hour that they have worked. For the amount of work that a maid, or someone who works inside cleaning a house does, they deserve a lot more than just $6.65 and hour, which no one can make a life off of that anyways.…
The Yukon being observed as a vast or barren land had been looked as a potential money making place to many, resulting in a mass migration of prospectors. .…
On October 23 and 24 the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee held a meeting to discuss what they need to do or continue to do to stimulate the economy. According to the statement consumer spending has increased, but investment in companies has continued to decrease. They also said that inflation has increased which causes energy costs to go up, but the expectations are looking good. The Fed decided that continuing to buy securities would be a good idea since they are trying to lower the long-term interest rates. Their plan is to continue purchasing these mortgage backed securities until the labor markets improve. They will also plan on purchasing more assets if that is the case. The Committee wants to continue extending the holding of Treasury securities, and it is keeping the policy of reinvesting principal payments from the holding of agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities. Their goal by doing this is to keep the Federal funds rate between 0 and .25%. All of this will increase securities held in the long run. They influence the interest rates by buying securities through open market operations. The Committee decided that the economy is getting better but too slowly so that is why they decided to take these actions to try and increase the speed. According to The New York Times article , they want to max out employment and price stability, which will help stimulate the economy. After reading the Committee’s statement I have concluded that they are using expansionary policies or “easy money policies”. I figured they are doing this since they are buying and holding their securities in an attempt to raise the aggregate demand. I do agree with what the Fed is planning to do in an attempt to stimulate the economy. I this it is a good idea since our economy is still in somewhat of a slump to use the easy money policies to increase the aggregate demand by changing the interest rates. Overall I agree with…
In the book Nickel and Dimed on (Not) getting by in America, the author lived a life of a low wage worker. This experiment, while deemed insightful by some people, was considered dull and unrealistic to one of my classmates. In response to the question, “What parts of the book made Ehrenreich’s experience unrealistic?” my peer said, “She didn’t experience what low wage workers really went through. In Into the Wild, McCandless really went into the wild and experienced everything, but Ehrenreich didn’t live a poor life. If she had done that it would have made for a much more interesting book.” I agree with my classmate on this comment because while I did learn about some struggles that low wage workers have to go through, I didn’t learn what…
Consumers that would use the park would be the 7% of dog owners plus however many unregistered pet owners there are in the area.…
On my desk sits a golden momento. Glimmering and shining in the light let in through the thin shutters of the window. Standing a foot tall in all of it’s glory. A torch is displayed in the middle of the masterpiece, a symbol for determination and perseverance. Atop the momento, a scaled down person stands poised in an athletic position. This momento happens to only be an old trophy I received in second grade. The real beauty of this old trophy that sits on my desk is in what it represents and the significance of its presence.…
To “… not ban pennies, but merely discourage their use by establishing a system…” It is because I agree with Mark Lewis of Forbes.com, that I affirm abolishing the penny, yet with some restrictions. In 2001 a United States Representative by the name of Jim Kolbe introduced a proposition to eliminate the penny (United States’ lowest denomination coin). To deeply reason as to why an individual might support this proposition, we must look at three different points of analysis. First, “ How zinc manufacturing around the nation may be affected due to this decision”, Second, “ What this means for the people of this country on an economical standpoint”, and Thirdly, “ What are the benefits of eliminating the penny in terms…
This article is about how the value of the Mexican peso has dropped more than 30% compared to the dollar in the last month and has steadily been decreasing over the past several years. This has the citizens of Mexico worried that their economy will follow the path of Greece and other countries that have ended bankrupt. Expert economists however, argue that the decrease in the peso isn't necessarily a bad thing and the Mexico's economy has grown 2.5% in the last year and is estimated to keep on growing in the future. There are many factors that are to blame for the weakening of the peso but the biggest one is that the price of petroleum has decreased. The funds made by PEMEX, Mexico’s national petroleum…
Money today seems to be the most important thing in people's lives, examples of this are shown in "Paper" by Catherine Lim; which tells the story of Tay Soon and his wife, and their general obsession with owning their own dream house. Another story that helps to prove this point is "The Winner" by Barbara Kimenye which center's itself around an elderly gentleman named Pius who is forced to deal with the acquisition of a large sum of money. While the two stories contain characters, which hold different values they both hold a similar ironic ending, and both stories prove that money changes people's lives.…