Recollections of a Stranded Traveler

Recollections of a Stranded Traveler Amidst a Dali-esque landscape of finals-related drudgery and holiday travel rushes (think The Persistence of Memory, but imagine unfinished exams underneath the melting clocks), there resides a species of creative insanity native to jungles clotted around the siren shores of Winter Break. Take the mental hyperactivity characteristic of MIT kids, infuse it with end-of-semester jitteriness, and observe the stress-killing antics that bubble up during Finals Week. By “antics,” I mean something as innocuous as: 1.The Fruitcake Scare. An anecdote: the Friday before last, my roommate received a package in the mail labeled only as “Maxwells Equations in a Vacuum.” Nary a mark of the senders identity was uncovered, but a decoding of the serial numbers on the packaging produced a phone number with a California area code. Further sleuthing, by which I mean picking up the phone and dialing said number, revealed that the causal agent was my roommates uncle. Even further sleuthing, by which I mean opening the box, revealed that “Maxwells Equations in a Vaccuum” is an esoteric euphemism for “Fruitcake that will sustain you for two days in case of a nuclear attack.” Mystery resolved, the fruitcake was donated to Random Hall and East Campus, to be divided unequally amongst 400 or so residents. 2.The Choir Party in Random Halls Stairwell. At MIT circa Finals Week, people tend to pack studying into their nights like dried nuts and figs into a slab of Maxwells Equations in a Vacuum. Certain events, however, tend to stick out like careless marshmallows in an otherwise high-density period of info-cramming. Par example: one of MITs best A capella groups decided to have a midnight party in Randoms stairwell, complete with a bout of feisty and impressively in-tune serenading. Four floors of residents rushed into the well of stairs to soak up the rising founts of ambrosia for the ears, by which I mean Rick Astleys “Never Gonna Give You Up.” (Winner of Yans Blog Award for Most Unforgettable Live-Action Rickroll of 2008) 3.Snow. Or, as Californians call it, Apocalypse Now. At 11:00 PM on Tuesday, I closed my biology notes in a sleepthirsty stupor and was preparing to dive into unexplored levels of springiness within the expanse of my mattress when I accidentally glanced out the window. I ditched the nap. Apparently, it was not difficult to overstate my enthusiasm. With the power of my Jedi mind tricks, I eventually cajoled a few friends upstairs into risking life and pajama-clad limb on the roofdeck, where we duked out our grievances in a gaspingly brief snowball fight. Bright slivers of our (for now) infinite youth blurred in the radioactive sheen of green lamplight, amplified by the iridescent snowfall. The sharp, sudden blast of viridescent ice against my face made for a virile sensory cocktail that stayed in my nerves throughout finals week. It was the first authentic, card-carrying snowfall of the year, and the chill was as unforgettable as your first Rickroll. (Myself, post-collision with a wad of snow.) 4.The baking, creaming, cheesecaking, and supercooling* of desserts for the entire dorm every night for 20 days. A few weeks ago, a more ambitious version of myself asked the blogosphere to write in with their favorite dessert concoctions. After careful self-evaluation of my laziness as well as my troubled diplomatic relations with The Oven (no worries, the toaster and I have a stable alliance), I decided to go with Coleens suggestion of Chocolate Peppermint Pinwheel Cookies. However, as a materials scientist, I grappled with the concept of two distinct compositions (chocolate and peppermint/sugar) exhibiting pinwheel-shaped phase separation. Boggled, I decided to forego the pinwheel-engineering and just left the peppermint and chocolate to phase separate according to density and the initial degree of intermixing**. Voila: Cookies That Are Compositionally Identical to But Structurally Distinct From Chocolate Peppermint Pinwheel Cookies Due to Lack of Dough Engineering. Thats a catchy name if I ever heard one. *Liquid nitrogen ice cream is one of Random Halls culinary specialties. **Meaning that I just chucked a bunch of chocolate and crushed candy canes into a bowl with your standard cookie ingredients. Although tasty, the outcome was blatantly unstructural and fell apart faster than a highway pass made of biscotti and airplane glue. I heard that the civil engineering majors refused to eat them on principle. Nonetheless, the (deconstructed) cookies were gone faster than a U-haul on a highway pass made of biscotti and airplane glue. Batch #2 exhibited improved structural properties. Quoth my email to the dorm: From: Yan To: Random Hall Date: Friday, Dec. 19 at 11:30 PM Subject: Cookies Version 2.0 on BMF Kitchen Critical analysis of our previous methods (Zhu and Gao, 2008) revealed that the cause of structural failure in last nights DDNS cookies was perturbation of the dough before complete solidification was achieved following the heating cycle. We believe that this resulted in the formation of extensive microstructural defects, creating a brittle solid with weak mechanical properties. Slight modifications to the procedure were undertaken in preparation of the second batch, which yielded satisfactory results. We present samples for your review in BMF kitchen. -Yan Quoth the camera: 5.A hack for sore eyes, lovingly placed in plain sight of the Infinite Corridor. Two days after the Finale of Finals, I woke up at 7:30 AM next to a packed suitcase and the unearthly stillness of Random-Hall-minus-Random-Residents. Unperturbed by the usual sounds of footsteps upstairs or the last strains of a videogaming session that had spilled past sunrise, I passed through the morning pre-flight rituals, downed the last of my soymilk, flipped open my laptop for a last-minute surf, and saw this: The night before, this happened: Which resulted in this: After a coup staged by inclement weather, utter chaos reigned over the Boston travel scene. Flights were canceled en masse, passengers relegated from standby to standby faster than cows passing through a meat processing factory. Unable to make human contact by phone, much like E.T., I finally hauled self and luggage down to the subway station at 10 AM, hopped off at the airport neath the blizzardin skies, and lounged in line for around an hour to rebook a flight. As of this posting, MIT is still honored with my presence. Also, schlepping through the disheveled, unshoveled snow with luggage ranks amongst my worst experiences of the semester. Outside of snowball fights, I prefer to experience snow through a lens and a pane of window glass. Luckily, my beloved neighbor Jing 10 is staying at MIT until after Christmas and has been providing shelter for Wellesley friends scattered to the cold, Bostonian winds by the American Airlines Diaspora. Thus far, weve been chillaxing, eating grapes, drinking buckets of tea, and watching profoundly atrocious movies in the basement theatre while swapping tales of our wasted youth in Logan airport. Jing baked cookies last night and the world glowed with soft, chocolatey warmth. American Airlines, you can take away the sweetness of my freedom to travel, but you cant take away the sweetness of cookies, which contain glucose, which is sweet in a non-metaphorical way, which is dependent on neurobiological sensory wiring, which you cant alter by canceling flights. I rest my case. Someday, my plane will descend from the heavens like a silver-winged messiah of the airline industry, bearing forth the overpriced gospel of SkyMall. Until then, I plan to start a business in manufacturing custom-made LOLcats with the help of my feline floormate, Pepper. First order of business: I can haz boarding pass?

Overview of Noncount Nouns in English Grammar

A noncount noun is a  noun (such as oxygen, music, furniture, steam) that refers to something which cant be counted or divided. Also known as a mass noun. Contrast with count noun. With a few exceptions, noncount nouns take singular verbs and are used only in the singular. Many nouns have both countable and non-countable uses, such as the countable dozen eggs and the non-countable idiom egg on his face. Examples and Observations Arm in arm, the King and Bartholomew went down to the counting room to count out the gold. (Dr. Seuss,  The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. Vanguard, 1938) Keep all trash and garbage away from your cat, and your cat out of trash cans and garbage bins. (Wendy Christensen, Outwitting Cats. Lyons Press, 2004) She considered, maybe for the first time, how lucky she was to be able to pick up the phone and call her mother whenever she needed some bad advice. (Brady Udall, The Lonely Polygamist. W.W. Norton, 2010) The novel manufactured to entertain great multitudes of people must be considered exactly like a cheap soap or a cheap perfume, or cheap furniture. (Willa Cather, The Novel Demeuble. The Editor, August 26, 1922) I read the news today, oh boy,about a lucky man who made the grade,and though the news was rather sad,well I just had to laugh. (John Lennon and Paul McCartney, A Day in the Life. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967) Types of Noncount Nouns That May or May Not Take Determiners - Abstractions: democracy, education, health, knowledge, loveAn education is of utmost importance.Education is crucial to economic security.- Groups of things: clothing, equipment, garbage, homework, money, trafficThe homework for French class is time-consuming.I spend a lot of time doing homework.- Substances: air, blood, coffee, ice, rice, tea, water, woodThis tea is watery.She prefers tea for breakfast. (Cheryl Glenn and Loretta S. Gray, The Hodges Harbrace Handbook, 18th ed. Wadsworth, 2013)   [T]here is a resolute sadness between X and me that our marriage is over, a sadness that does not feel sad. (Richard Ford, The Sportswriter. Vintage, 1986)​ Noncount Nouns and Indefinite Articles Some noncount nouns accept the indefinite article when they are modified . . ., e.g.: They are doing a brisk business. (NOT * a business.)​ In some cases no modification seems to be required. In the following example, however, modification is in fact implied:​ She has had an education. [a good education] (Randolph Quirk et al., A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. Longman, 1985)   How do you go to a woman who lives at the foot of a mountain of sadness and shovel more around her ankles, the sadnesses of strangers? (Rick Bragg, All Over but the Shoutin. Random House, 1999) Quantifying Noncount Nouns What about a loaf of bread or a slice of bread? Arent these count nouns? The noncount noun, e.g. bread is still a noncount noun. What has happened is that we have added a quantifiying phrase, a loaf or a slice, before the noncount noun, bread.Many noncount nouns can be quantified, that is made countable, by adding certain phrases before them: a grain of sand, three bottles of water, a piece of advice. When one of these phrases comes before a noun, we call the entire group of words a noun phrase. (Andrea DeCapua, Grammar for Teachers: A Guide to American English for Native and Non-native Speakers. Springer, 2008) Noncount Nouns and Mass Nouns Non-count nouns are often called mass nouns. We have preferred non-count, in part because it reflects clearly the test we use for determining whether a noun is count or non-count, in part because mass is not suitable for the full range of non-count nouns. The term mass is readily applicable with nouns like water or coal that denote substances but it is less evident that it applies transparently to abstract non-count nouns such as knowledge, spelling, work. (Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey Pullum, The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge University Press, 2002)

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Analysis Of Origin Energy Limited

Questions: 1.Select a company listed in the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and prepare a report covering aspects of the Management and directors of the company,Major shareholders,Compensation of directors and top executives,Key performance indicators and Evaluate the performance of the company? 2.Robert Alba just won the state lottery. He has been given the option of receiving either $62.9 million today or $5 million a year for the next 35 years, with the first payment paid today. Discuss the process that Robert should use to determine which payment option he prefers. Ignore all taxes and assume that Jesse will live for at least 40 more years? Answers: Introduction The assignment has taken origin energy limited for analysis. The company is formed by demerger of Boral limited which a conglomerate company is dealing into variety of products and services. The Origin energy limited is founded in 2000; it is headquartered in Sydney Australia. The chief executive officer of the company is Frank Calabria. The main business of the company is to deal in natural gas production and exploration, Australia Pacific, Queensland, Australia, energy retailing, and electricity generation. The company possesses 28th rank from 2000 company in Australia. Major part of the revenue is earned from supplying electricity supply in Australia industry. The given report describes about the management and directors of Origin energy limited, major shareholders. Here only those shareholders are considered who possess at least 5% of the shareholding in the company. The report provides a brief about the remuneration paid to its directors such as executive and non executive direc tors. Furthermore the report describes about the key performance indicators of the company. Here the report has focused on accounting and market in key performance indicators. At last the report provides conclusion in which it has concluded all the report in a summarized manner (Origin, 2016). 1. Management and directors of origin energy limited The board members of origin energy limited consist of executive and non executive directors. The executive directors of the company include: Grant King, Karen Moses, David Baldwin, Frank Calabria, G Mallet, D Bames and P Zealand. While the non executive director team consists of: S Perkins, S Sargent, R Norris, J Akehurst, M Brenner, G Claims, B Morgan, H Nugent and B Beeran. The non executive directors are responsible for audit, health, safety and environment (Origin, 2017). The executive directors are the members of the company and they held some responsibility in the firm. While in case of non executive directors are the member of the company but they do not held any responsibility in the company. However the legal responsibilities, liabilities and duties are same for both executive as well as non executive directors. Executive director held his/her position in executive board of the company, while non executive directors held his/her position in non executive board. Non executive directors aid the chairman and executive board in designing the effective strategies for the organization (Origin, 2010). Major shareholders Major shareholders are those shareholders who held at least 50% share holding in the company. These shareholders are also called as the owner of the company; these shareholders are majorly the key persons of the company such as chairman, chief executive officer, managing director, or promoter of the company. The reason behind such a high shareholding is to control the voting interest in the company. These shareholders impact the regular operations of the company by providing strategic and operational directions to the company management. The big shareholding is usually in case of large company or multinational company. In this analysis, the report has considered 5% shareholding of the origin energy limited. These shareholders are: HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited, JP Morgan Nominees Australia Limited, National Nominees Limited and Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited (IBIS world, 2016). The origin energy limited company has ordinary shares which ranges from 1-1000, 1000-5000, 5000-10000, 10000- 100000 and above 100000. The shareholding of such ranges are 74840, 75923, 12093, 6108, and 176 respectively. The bigger the range of shareholding in the company, it represents higher percentage. However following is a presentation over large shareholders which holds share in Origin energy limited of above than 5%. Shareholding pattern Name of shareholder Percentage HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited 17.92% JP Morgan Nominees Australia Limited 13.82% National Nominees Limited 9.66% Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited 4.76% Compensation of directors and top executives Compensation to the members of board and directors consists of a combination of fixed and variable pay. However the remuneration to be paid depends upon operating cash flows after tax, and earnings per share. The company pays two types of remuneration that is STI and LTI here STI is called as variable remuneration. This is because such remuneration is allowed after achieving of some set targets, while LTI is a fixed amount of pay. Following are the presentation of STI and LTI as paid by the company (Origin, 2016). The remuneration models of the company for its executive as well as non executive directors are as below: Remuneration table Executive director Name Basic pay Incentives Total G king 2478168 1393436 3871604 D Baldwin 1118480 1728243 2846723 F Calabria 1046655 1482536 2529191 G Mallet 84327 64352 148679 K Moses 1169595 1030558 2200153 D Bames 89094 221960 311054 P Zealand 605581 882892 1488473 Non Executive Director J Akehurst 239679 19500 259179 M Brenner 247680 19500 267180 G Claims 657680 52726 710406 B Morgan 275679 30303 305982 H Nugent 273680 19500 293180 S Perkins 188900 16280 205180 S Sargent 218679 19500 238179 B Beeren 61042 163591 224633 R Norris 56670 4688 61358 Key performance indicators The key performance indicators of the company are those factors which lead to competitive advantage for the company. It helps in achieving the business objectives of the company. In an organization there are two types of key performance indicators those are low performance indicators and high performance indicators. High performance indicators help in achieving the overall performance of the company, while low performance indicators are those which make their impact on company sales and revenue (Adedeji, 2014). The key performance indicators of the origin energy limited are natural gas, electricity and LPG. The company is considered as leading retailer of energy in Australia. It provides services to 4.2 million gas, electricity and energy accounts. The company is engaged in making its product and services as per technology such as compatible for roof top. Hence the company is engaged in making its products and services compatible for changing technology so to increase the brand image in the minds of consumer. The company by providing such facilities increases the loyalty and trust of consumer (Parmenter, 2015). In case of accounting, the key indicators of the company are in revenue, earnings before interest depreciation and tax and operating cash flow. The company has revenue in 2016 as 11.42 billion$ which is increased its revenue by 1% in comparison to previous year. In case of earnings before depreciation, interest and tax the company has $ 1.33 billion which has increased by 6% in comparison from previous year. While in case of operating cash flow the company has $1.39 billion which has increased in 2016 by 36%. Evaluation of the performance of the company For evaluation of financial performance the ratio that to be analyzed are: liquidity ratios, operating ratios, leverage ratio and investment ratio. In liquidity ratio, the report has made analysis of current ratio, quick asset ratio. In case of operating ratios, the report has considered operating return on investment, operating profit margin, total asset turnover. In leverage ratio, the report has calculated debt ratio, times-interest earned. While for shareholder return investment ratios are calculated, the report has calculated return on common equity, DuPont analysis of return on common equity (ROE). Current ratio: it describes the relationship between current assets and current liabilities of the company. It states that whether the current asset are sufficient to set off current liabilities of the company (Friedlob and Welton, 2008). Quick asset ratio: it is calculated by dividing quick asset from current liabilities. Quick asset are calculated by subtracting inventory from current assets. It defines the relationship between short term current asset and short term obligations of the company. Operation return on investment: this ratio is widely used due to its simplicity and versatility. Operating return on investment is calculated to find out the return on various investment made by the company. Operating profit margin: the ratio interprets the relationship between operating profits of the company and its net sales. Here operating profit is calculated by paying off the regular expenses of the organization (Nuhu, 2014). Total asset turnover: it describes the relationship between total assets and sales. It states the percentage of sales which can be earned by using total assets. Debt ratio: it is also called as solvency ratio; it is used to find out the relationship between total liabilities and total assets of the company. It interprets that whether the company has sufficient assets to fulfill all its liabilities (Tracy, 2012). Times-earned ratio: this ratio is also called as interest coverage ratio. It is used to find out the percentage of net profit that is used to pay off the interest expenses. It finds out the firms ability to pay off its interest liabilities and debt payment capability. Return on common equity: this ratio is used to find out the firms ability to generate profits from the capital invested by the shareholders. It can also be understood how much profit or earnings are made from the capital invested by the company shareholders (Business, 2016). DuPont analysis on common equity (ROE): it is an advanced version of return on equity. It is calculated by using net profit ratio, total asset turnover ratio, and debt ratio. This ratio is used to find out that whether the firm is earning sufficient net profits, whether it is using its net assets for generation of sales, and the financial leverages of the company (Dalabeeh, 2013). Origin energy limited Particulars Amount million$ Industry average 2016 2015 2014 current assets 3571 8321 3596 current liabilities 2889 5175 3709 inventory 248 239 287 quick assets 3323 8082 3309 operating income -177 -145 1200 total assets 28898 33367 31139 total liabilities 14368 19208 16010 interest expense 560 389 453 total equity 14530 14159 15129 net profit -576 -590 638 sales 11923 11893 14518 Ratio current ratio 1.24 1.61 0.97 quick asset ratio 1.15 1.56 0.89 operating return on investment -0.01 0.00 0.04 operating profit margin -0.01 -0.01 0.08 total asset turnover 0.41 0.36 0.47 0.44 debt ratio 0.50 0.58 0.51 2 times earned interest -0.32 -0.37 2.65 3.83 return on common equity -0.04 -0.04 0.04 Net profit ratio -0.05 -0.05 0.04 11.03 return on equity -0.01 -0.01 0.01 9.83 2. In the given case study Robert Alba has won a lottery in which he has given an option to either receive the 62.9 million$ today or to receive 5 million$ for 35 years. In the calculation done above, the formula for net present value is: (Arshad, 2012) Here: PV = present value C1= annual cash flow R = rate of return of present value N= number of years By analyzing the present value it is recommended that Robert should apply for the first option that is he should receive 62.9 million$ today rather than to receive 5 million$ for the next 35 years. The reason behind this is the difference in present value. In the given question, in absence of information it has been assumed that the present value factor is 10%. Hence by calculating net present value of equal cash flow of amount 5 million$ for 35 years, the present value comes out to be 48.22 million$, which is much lower than the total sum up money to be received today. Here the difference comes out as 14.68 million$ which is a great sum of money. Therefore it is recommended to Robert Alba to take the entire sum today only of 62.9 million$. Conclusion By analyzing over the report it has been analyzed that HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited has major shareholding in origin energy limited. The key performance indicators of the company are revenue, cost advantage, and technology. The company is highly committed towards winning the trust and loyalty of its customers. By analyzing the financial performances of the company it is concluded that current asset of the company has declined in 2016 due to fall in current assets in 2016 as compare to 2015. Due to negative operating profits in 2015 and 2016, the operating return, return on common equity, net profits has come out to be negative. By analyzing ratio with industry average it can be concluded that the company has good total asset turnover ratio, but in case of debt ratio, the company has very reduced debt ratio, which is due to high total assets. While in case of times earned interest, net profits and return on Equity Company is far back from industry standards. Hence by anal yzing all this, it is said that company must focus on its earning besides focusing on technological aspects, as earnings plays a considerable role in maintaining liquidity. While in case of Robert Alba, the entire sum as to be received today is recommended. References Adedeji, E, A,. (2014) A tool for measuring organization performance using ratio analysis, Research journal of finance and accounting, 5 (19), pp (16-22) Arshad, A,. (2012) Net present value is better than Internal rate of return, Interdisciplinary journal of contemporary research in business, Vol 4(8) Business. ( 2016) Analyze your finances: Financial Ratios. Retrieved from https://www.business.gov.au/info/run/finance-and-accounting/finance/analyse-your-finances-financial-ratios Dalabeeh, A, R,. 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Race, Ethnicity and Crime

Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion Reference List Introduction Racism and ethnicity are one of the social evils that pose a big danger to the society. These are the main factors that have been contributing to crime in the contemporary world. Racial discrimination in America has a significant implication on crime in the region. Most of the racism in America has been between the whites against the blacks and vice versa. There are a number of incidences that has resulted into crime in the United States.Advertising We will write a custom research paper sample on Race, Ethnicity and Crime specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More Discussion In many cases, most criminal activities in the United States are characterized by racism. Racism has resulted in a number of crimes, which has threatened security and peaceful co-existence among the people. There are a number of opposing issues concerning racism and disparity that has l ed to complication in the discussion of the issue of racism in the Criminal Justice System. For instance, there are economic differences among the people that have led to crime in the United States. It is possible to have people from different race on low income group and also on the high income groups. The larger the differences between the poor and the rich, the high are the chances of crime. We also have differences in terms of biological heredity, psychological and other factors that may influence ones tendency to engage in crimes. Racial differences have also led to crime in the United States. This can be explained through the discrimination that the vice has cultivated among the people. For instance, the idea that members of a certain group like the African Americans are more likely to commit a certain crime can lead to difficulties in fighting the vice. Similarly, the fact that the reason for doing so is psychological can also lead to serious difficulties. This is because the y tend to propose the inability of the public policy to solve these problems. This is unlike the social explanations where an individual can change through the public policy. From previous statistics, the results showed that the rate of arrests for the African Americans were higher than those in the other Americans (Anonymous, 2011). There are several historical incidences that can clearly illustrate the issue of racism in America. One of this was the racism against African Americans through the institution of slavery. During this period, African Americans were enslaved and treated like property (Randall, 1998). This incident led to undermining and persistent racism against Africans. Another incident in the history that can be used to demonstrate racism in America took place after the Mexican- American War in 1948 (Greenhaus and Parasuraman, 1990). During the period, Zoot Suit Riots clearly demonstrated the racism against Latinos. The Latin Americans were usually composed of people from different ethnic and racial backgrounds. This made them more prone to racism.Advertising Looking for research paper on ethnicity studies? Let's see if we can help you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More Recently, the issue of racism has raised major concerns in the study of the criminal justice. In America, there are a significant difference between the number of the black Americans and the white Americans arrested and prosecuted for various crimes. This has raised concerns on the criminal justice practices. There are a number of areas that differ in terms of races, a thing that may lead to differences in the criminal justice. One of these differences is the level of unemployment. Through racial discrimination, there is a significant difference in the level of unemployment in different racial groups. When the level of unemployment is high, the level of poverty is also high and therefore there are high chances of committing crimes. For instance, unemploye d person may engage in stealing due to lack of livelihood. Race may also lead to differences in political orientation. This leads to differences in the views among the people from different races. In some cases, some members from a certain group may feel that they are not properly represented. In such a situation, differing views may lead people to engage in criminal activities. The issue of the race and crime can easily be understood through the analysis of the criminal etiology or the breaking of law. Breaking of the law can either be explained from individual or social perspectives. From the individual perspective, the crime is caused by the characteristics that an individual possess. These include heredity defects, intelligence, and body type among others (Heaven and Hudson, 2011). On the other hand, crime is seen to be caused by social or psychological reasons. In my opinion, I believe that racism is of great importance in the criminal justice. This is because it has helped in explaining the patterns of crime in the society. Most of the criminal activities in the United States are rooted in the issues related to race. As already noted, previous statistics have revealed that certain groups of people in America are more likely to commit crime than others. It is therefore necessary to study in terms of race differences. People from a certain race may have varying social psychological differences. This can significantly influence the conduct of individuals. For instance, there are some tendencies that are common in a particular racial group but not prevalent in others. The concept of race has a significant implication on my future career as a police officer. To begin with, this may affect me through prejudice. As already seen, the past record has clearly revealed that there is more proportionate cases of criminals arrested and prosecuted from one racial group than the other (Lafree and Russell, 1993).Advertising We will write a custom research paper samp le on Race, Ethnicity and Crime specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More For instance, the past data has revealed that there are more cases of the African Americans engaged in crime. This may lead to a temptation of prejudice or bias in the process of executing duties. Due to intensification of the issue of racism in the society, I may also face the problem of undermining others. The citizens from other racial groups may be tempted to think that I am biased towards my race. Another way through which race can affect my future profession is through career advancement. In most cases, racism has been integrated in the work place. For instance, the senior managers are tempted to promote only those employees from their racial group. Racism may therefore affect me in my career as a police officer. Conclusion In summary, race and ethnicity has a significant implication on America’s criminal justice system. Racial differences have significantly affected the crime patterns among the people. For instance, there are more reported cases of criminals from a certain group arrested and prosecuted in court. This can be explained from both the personal and the social perspective. Individual’s personal differences can increase the possibility of engaging in a certain form of crime. Social and psychological factors can also increase the chances of engaging in crime. Reference List Anonymous. (2011). Race and Ethnicity – Race in U.S. Legal History, Native Americans, Black Americans and Crime, Policing and Minorities. Greenhaus, J. and Parasuraman, S. (1990). Effects of race on organizational experiences, job performance evaluations, and career outcomes. Azca\demy of Management Journal. 1990, Vol. 1, pp. 64-86. Heaven, O. and Hudson, B. (2011). ‘Race’, Ethnicity and Crime. Web. Lafree, G. and Russell, K.K. (1993). The Argument for Studying Race and Crime. Journal of Criminal Justice Education. 4, 273-289.Adv ertising Looking for research paper on ethnicity studies? Let's see if we can help you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More Randall, K. (1998). Race, Crime, and the Law. New York: Vintage Books. This research paper on Race, Ethnicity and Crime was written and submitted by user Jerome Herman to help you with your own studies. You are free to use it for research and reference purposes in order to write your own paper; however, you must cite it accordingly. You can donate your paper here.

How does an increased surface area change the time taken for a mass to fall Essays

How does an increased surface area change the time taken for a mass to fall Essays How does an increased surface area change the time taken for a mass to fall Essay How does an increased surface area change the time taken for a mass to fall Essay The aim of this investigation is to find out how the change in surface area changes the time for a mass to fall at certain heights.To do this, I am going to use a large cup cake as a mass with a large surface area and a small cup to be the mass with a small surface area. They are going to both be the same mass to make this a fair test. The cup cakes are dropped at given heights and the time period will be the tine taken for it to reach the ground from when it starts to fall. With this, we can look at the times to see what affects the change in surface area has with a given mass.In my preliminary experiment, I am going to determine what mass is going to used, the minimum and maximum heights at which the cup cakes are going to be dropped for both and create a graph of the range of results to approximately know what range of results I should come up with when I am actually doing the experiment. The graph will determine what generally happens whilst the cup cakes fall and will show the a ffects that the different surface area has on them.Preliminary Work showing which variables we can study.Height (cm)Large cup cake Time to fall (seconds)Small cup cake Time to fall (seconds)123Average123Average600.650.750.630.680.480.590.580.55801.091.031.041.050.700.800.750.751051.231.251.291.260.900.870.890.891301.911.441.431.590.971.040.981.001551.561.651.711.641.091.001.101.061651.641.691.691.671.101.401.081.191751.641.711.751.701.011.071.011.031851.911.952.011.961.081.041.101.072002.112.052.092.081.151.211.211.19From this preliminary experiment, I have determined the minimum and maximum height at which the cup cakes are going to be dropped from and the mass of both cup cakes. It seems from these results; the higher the cup cakes are dropped at, the longer the time for it to reach the ground. The results seem reasonable at the mass we did this experiment at which was 0.33g. With this mass, it seems that it did not drop too fast or too slow. From looking at my preliminary resu lts, I have come up with my final variables:Maximum height = 260.00cmMinimum height =50.00cmMass of cup cake = 0.33g (for both cup cakes to make fair test)PredictionMy prediction is that the larger the surface area is, the longer the time will be taken for the mass to reach the ground. Also the object will accelerate until it reaches a constant velocity, where it will drop at approximately (with experimental error) the same velocity but this constant velocity will change for both cup cakes due to the its surface area. The larger cup cake with the larger surface area will drop with a slower constant velocity so therefore it will reach the floor in longer time periods. The small cup cake with the smaller surface area will reach the floor in a shorter time due to its surface area being smaller, therefore having a larger constant velocity. On the graph I will expect a little curve showing the acceleration of both cup cakes but will quickly end up in a straight line until it reaches the bottom. The gradient of the smaller cup cake will be steeper than the larger one due to its greater constant velocity. The scientific explanation is explained below.Background theoryTo explain what happens, we must use scientific evidence to prove this. First we must know about Newtons third law:Resultant force = Mass x Acceleration (f = m.a)In this experiment, mass is kept constant so it cannot affect the resultant force. This means the only variable to change the resultant force is acceleration. Therefore for the resultant force to increase, the acceleration of the cup cakes must increase. When the cup cake starts to fall at the very start, its resistance is 0.00N. The smaller cup cake will have a higher acceleration because due to its smaller surface area, it will have less friction in the air and higher resultant force. The air particles in the air collide with the cup cake as it falls down and if fewer particles are colliding with the cup cake, then it will have a higher accele ration, faster velocity and higher resultant force. As the air resistance increases, it will eventually equal the resultant force of the cup cake and will fall at a constant velocity. This is because air resistance increases with increase of velocity. This is known as terminal velocity. The small cup cake with a smaller surface area will fall at a faster terminal velocity because its air resistance (friction) is less great and therefore its acceleration is faster and so resultant force will be greater.Terminal velocity is achieved by Newtons 1st law: Balanced forces do not affect the movement of an object: it remains stationary. But in this case Newton also says if the object is already moving it continues to move at the same speed and in the same direction.Apparatus* Two 100.00cm rulers* 2.00g of plasticene* A large cup cake* A small cup cake* A stop watch* A Balance (to measure mass of cup cakes for fair test to 2 d.p.)* Sellotape* Right angled set squareMethod* Get all apparatus as listed above* Using a right angled triangle to make sure the ruler is 900 to the ground, place one 100cm ruler up against the wall and attach it to the wall firmly using sellotape.* Using the right angled triangle again, firmly attach the other 100cm ruler on top of the other 100cm to the wall using sellotape. The right angled triangle is used to keep the rulers at right angles to the ground so no anomalous results appear due to the rulers not being straight.* Place the large cup cake on the balance. It will be lighter then 0.33g. To make it to 0.33g which I am going to use for both cup cakes, add a little bit of plasticene at a time until it reaches 0.33g* Do the same as above but with the smaller cup cake to make it a fair test with both cup cakes being the same mass at 0.33g.* Remember to find the mass of the cup cakes each time before it is dropped to make sure it is a fair test.* Starting from 50.00cm, drop each cup cake 3 times so an average time can be recorded. Use the st opwatch to time how long it takes the cup cake to reach the ground. When dropping the cup cake, make sure it is dropped at exactly 50.0cm each turn by using the right angled set square level to the height. Measure from the bottom of the cup cake. Start the timer when it starts dropping immediately and stop the timer as soon as the bottom of the cup cake reaches the bottom. Each cup cake must be dropped in the same way, with its bottom facing the floor. Make sure the cup cakes are dropped straight and that no winds are affecting the results or any obstacles i.e. the wall and windows open. Record all observations.* Repeat the above up to 240.00cm going up 10.00cm each time and recording all observations. Put all results into a results table.* Make sure it is a fair test.ResultsMass used = 0.33g for both cup cakesHeights = 50.00cm going up 10.00cm to 240.00cm3 results were taken at each height for each cup cake to make an average result.SmallLargeTime (Seconds)Time (Seconds)Height drop ped from (cm)123Average123Average50.000.320.370.250.310.410.500.440.4560.000.430.320.370.370.680.630.630.6570.000.430.340.550.440.690.720.680.7080.000.430.430.320.390.740.810.820.7990.000.350.430.500.430.800.880.890.86100.000.750.530.650.641.010.981.011.00110.000.650.750.720.710.961.071.021.02120.000.780.630.780.731.181.171.141.16130.000.720.830.720.761.111.241.181.18140.000.910.870.780.851.121.211.241.19150.000.840.930.930.901.281.271.281.28160.000.820.930.820.861.321.291.291.30170.000.941.021.091.021.381.321.321.34180.001.091.131.111.111.681.701.641.67190.001.151.090.901.051.431.591.561.53200.001.091.291.151.181.651.561.651.62210.001.151.181.091.141.781.781.631.73220.001.101.321.151.191.721.661.701.69230.001.181.091.391.221.691.681.851.74240.001.331.211.391.311.871.961.921.92It appears that no anomalous results appeared in my tableAnalysisFrom looking at the graph, it shows that the higher the cup cake is dropped at, the longer the time it takes for it to reach the floor. It seems that from my figures and graph, if height doubles then time does not halve. There is no connection of doubling/halving at all. The large cup cake has taken longer to fall to the ground than the smaller cup as I predicted at given heights. This is because the larger surface area causes more friction with the air particles in the air giving it a larger air resistance. This means that the acceleration would be slower than the smaller cup cake as shown by the less steep curve at the start of the graph. Also the larger air resistance meant that its terminal velocity would be less great and therefore it will reach the ground through a longer period of time. The resultant force of the cup cake is due to this formula:Resultant force = Mass x AccelerationAs the mass is equal for both cup cakes, the only variable will be acceleration. Because of the larger air resistance, its acceleration is not as high and therefore its resultant force will not be high, hence the slower terminal velocity an d then its longer period of time to reach the floor.The terminal velocity is shown by the roughly drawn straight line as shown on graph for both cup cakes. My prediction is correct about this terminal velocity being reached because Newton says: if the object is already moving it continues to move at the same speed and in the same direction. This is made by the air resistance equalling the resultant force of the cup cake. The gradient of the two cup cakes are different. The large cup cake shows its terminal velocity was not as great as the smaller cup cake with its less steep gradient. My prediction proves correct that the larger cup cake was going to fall at a smaller terminal velocity due to its smaller acceleration and there smaller resultant force using the formula F = m.a.The graph also shows at the start the acceleration of the cup cakes were being made by the little curves drawn on the graph. The gradient of the smaller cup cake is steeper which indicates that it had a higher acceleration than that of the larger cup cake, scientifically proven above by its smaller surface area.EvaluationIt seems from my results and the graphs well fitted line that the experiment went very well. The method used does seem to be quite accurate but may be altered to improve the experiment so further investigation can occur. The accuracy of my results do seem pretty good as shown by the good fit of the line on the graph and no anomalous results appearing in graph or table. I do not think more accurate results will alter much of my results but if I wanted to make this experiment even better, I can use apparatus that will measure my results more accurately as I will further explain later.My method does seem to perform the experiment with many precautions as I always checked the constant qualities all the time. Each set of reading was done in the same way, with a right angled triangle to make sure that the bottom of the cup cake was level with the height given, the mass was cons tantly checked, that the cup cake was dropped bottom first and that no interference of wind etc. affected the results.One method that might have altered some results is the reaction time of stopping the timer when the cup cakes hit the floor and also the reaction time to start the clock when it first drops. This may alter some results dramatically but it seems it has not in this investigation but to make it more accurate; we could use sensors to know when it starts dropping and know when it reaches the ground. Starting and stopping the stopwatch with your reaction time of yourself can make the results very inaccurate.Some repeated values were a little bit off than the others but were not that dramatic. This is probably due to the reaction time of starting and stopping the stopwatch as stated above and could be improved. The range of readings may have also been improved by making more readings at the start when the cup cake is first released. This could give more detail and informati on how much more the smaller cup cake accelerates than the larger cup cake. There is no point in making range of readings more than 240.0.cm because from using scientific evidence, we know that terminal velocity will carry on until it reaches a halt on the ground. To improve data, more readings may have been taken. Instead of taking readings every 10.00cm, we could have taken readings every 5.00cm to produce more data so we could reinforce our conclusion.