July 8‚ 2013 The Half Life of a Radioisotope By Jeremiah Stoddard Abstract: The half-life of a radioisotope is the time required for half the atoms in a given sample to undergo radioactive‚ or nuclear‚ decay. Half-life is given the symbol t1/2.Different radioisotopes have different half-lives. The amount of radioactive isotope remaining can be calculated using the equation‚ ln [ (A)0 / (A) t1/2 ] = kt1/2 ‚ or‚ rearranged: ln 2 = kt1/2. A sample data set was provided due to safety concerns
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up against the waves everyday‚ and thrives on the feeling he gets when he conquers them. Luhrman’s film “Strictly Ballroom” is focused around the standards of ballroom dancing by which an individual must abide in order to be accepted; the protagonist‚ Scott Hastings‚ finds in Spanish dance‚ a passion that allows him to successfully act against these norms. Both “The Surfer” and “Strictly Ballroom” notably exemplify the awareness and appreciation of self and self worth that is achieved from triumphing
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Modern Gaming Brief History Gaming has changed a lot in the past few years‚ from whole games being developed by a three to five man teams usually consisting of a programmer‚ designer and an artist to near a dozen programmers and close to a hundred artists. When did we make this huge leap? Gamers often agree that this development happen somewhere around 1995 to 97‚ just as 3d games where surfacing and becoming playable. 3d games have excited since the late 80s‚ when referring to 3d games I’m referring
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English essay by Jack Stott An individual’s perception of belonging evolves in response to the passage of time and interaction with their world is shown through Baz Lurhmann’s dance film Strictly Ballroom and in Tim Winton’s short story neighbours. In the film this is shown to us through Fran mostly as she interacts with Scott to become a professional dancer through their ups and downs. And also is seen in Shirley Over time Scott allows Fran to dance with him after multiple training sessions. At
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reject it‚ we damage our nature. Belonging is deep; only in a sense does it refer to our external attachment to people‚ places and things. It is the living and passionate presence of the soul. When we deny it‚ we grow cold and empty” The film Strictly Ballroom‚ which is directed by Baz Lurhmann‚ demonstrates many aspects of belonging and not belonging including alienation and rejection‚ which focuses on the two main characters Scott and Fran‚ and also the conflict of cultures‚ where two worlds come
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The Lived Experience of Male Alcohol Dependence Why do some people become dependent on alcohol while others do not? Why do individuals become dependent on alcohol‚ despite daily experiencing multiple negative consequences of such dependence? Why do they carry on drinking if‚ after the last binging episode‚ they swear they will never drink again? Why do some people rely on alcohol to help solve their problems? In order to understand why I ask these questions it is important to provide an
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groups through conformity to rules‚ or belong to a place where you find inspiration to express your own sense of individuality. The film Strictly Ballroom‚ directed by Baz Luhrmann portrays many different perspectives in regards to belonging. The opening scenes of Strictly Ballroom explore aspects of not belonging and non-acceptance. To belong to the world of ballroom dancing means sacrificing self-expression and individual identity. Scott Hastings represents the individual who repels against the group
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belonging or alienation in one form or another. Strictly Ballroom‚ directed by Baz Luhrmann and the ‘Ugly Duckling’‚ a short story by Hans Christian Anderson‚ are both representations of acceptance and disconnection through various film and language techniques. In strictly Ballroom represents belonging using a variety of techniques to distinguish between the world of artifice and the more realistic world. The image of the artificial world‚ shown as the ballroom world‚ is glitzy and colorful. Luhrmann
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Grief Oppression has never been a word I have thought of when I thinking of the treatment of women. I have recently discovered women authors in history that have lived a double life that only women can. In the 1800s when Constance Fenimore Woolson and Mary E. Wilkings Freeman lived‚ they fought for equality with their words and the way they lived. They were women who were expected to be just pretty but silent‚ and they have been paving the way for women in the future to speak their minds . Though Woolson
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the cause itself but for the positive publicity that accompanies it. When looking at the capacity of human nature and humanities seemingly many functions‚ nearly all of human life seems to be centered around vanity and personal gain. Such thought provoking concepts are addressed in E.E. Cummings’ poetic masterpiece “Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town.” People tend to function in patterns beyond their own comprehension‚ never realizing the never ending loop that
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