1802 - Gay-Lussac first formulated the law‚ Gay-Lussac’s Law‚ stating that if the mass and pressure of a gas are held constant then gas volume increases linearly as the temperature rises. This is sometimes written as V = k T‚ where k is a constant dependent on the type‚ mass‚ and pressure of the gas and T is temperature on an absolute scale. (In terms of the ideal gas law‚ k = n R / P.) ▪ 1804 - He and Jean-Baptiste Biot made a hot-air balloon ascent to a height of 6.4 kilometres in an early investigation
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Modern Family Star Reid Ewing Announces He’s Gay Actor says he was “never in” and prefers to bring attention to the body dysmorphia that led him to plastic surgery Modern Family star Reid Ewing‚ 27‚ has now confirmed to the world and his fans that he is gay‚ according to his recent Twitter post. He plays Dylan‚ who is a love interest on the show of Hayley Dunphy‚ who is played by Sarah Hyland in the award-winning ABC TV series. The Twitter post started as a talk about body dysmorphia‚ on which Reid
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repeal of that policy and the support of the public gay rights in the military will evolve to equality for all. Among the struggles that gays faced such as hiding oneself‚ lacking support and the risk of losing their job were the main reasons for activist reform in this movement. Although with DOMA (1996) still in action it may take a while longer for same sex mirages to be recognized within the military‚ but I do feel that there is much more gay reform to be reform to take place in the U.S military
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Faulkner ’s Gay Homer‚ Once More Faulkner’s Gay Homer‚ Once More‚ written by Judith Caesar discusses the questionable sexuality of Homer Barron in the story “A Rose for Emily”. Judith’s stance on the topic is that Homer is not a homosexual man‚ but is a heterosexual man. She discusses how the times changing affect the meaning of the words “gay” within the text and how it causes the confusion for the reader. At the end of the article‚ she backs her thesis up with strong facts. Judith explains
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Gay Marriage Right or Wrong There are so many ethical issues that are continuously debated and still there has been no resolution. Gay Marriage is an ethical issue that has been debated for years. This is an issue that I think that will continue to be debated as a clear answer as to why it is morally wrong has yet to be determined. For so long a deontological view has been applied to the subject. Those who are opposed to same sex marriage take on this view. I do not think
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Was the atomic bomb necessary to secure a surrender from Japan? The academic historians vary in their answers to this questions‚ which in turn sparked the idea for the Enola Gay exhibit at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum. In 1995‚ the curators and staff attempted to raise the academic standards of the museum by incorporating controversy into the museum experience. It juxtaposed the creation and restoration process of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress air-carrier that transported the atomic bomb
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SYO 4102-American Families Term Paper Assignment State Level Policies Regarding Laws on Adoption by LGBT Adoption is the social‚ emotional‚ and legal process in which children who will not be raised by their birth parents become permanent legal members of another family. Adoption is one of the primary ways that LGBT parents create families; whether through the public foster care system‚ a private agency‚ or simply a second-parent adoption of a partner or spouse’s child. However
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I chose the article THE CASE FOR GAY MARRIAGE written by Michael Nava and Robert Dawidoff. I chose this article to compare because I have similar views of that of the said authors. Since the assignment is not‚ however; for us to express our views on the topic‚ I will try my best not to be persuasive in writing. The authors start off by saying “…Marriage is how society recognizes the intimate and lasting bond between two people‚ and in turn it has become a cornerstone of the American family…” Just
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Gay Marriages and Family Values At the very heart of the debate about same-sex marriage is the definition of the word "marriage". To some people‚ it changes to meet social and economic needs‚ to others it remains firmly fixed. In traditional cultures of Asia‚ arranged marriages are the rule. Marriages are designed to further the well-being of families‚ not the individuals involved. Marriages are seen as a matter of ancestors‚ descendants‚ and property. The Anglo-Saxons saw marriage as a strategic
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Joseph Gay-Lussac was a French chemist and physicist‚ born at St. Léonard‚ in the department of Haute Vienne‚ on the 6th of December 1778. He was the elder son of Antoine Gay‚ procureur du roi and judge at Pont-de-Noblac‚ who assumed the name Lussac from a small property he had in the neighborhood of St. Léonard. Young Gay-Lussac received his early education at home under the direction of the abbé Bourdieux and other masters‚ and in 1794 was sent to Paris to prepare for the École Polytechnique‚ into
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