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    the Earth has multiple layers that build up on top of each other over time. To put it simply, an age estimate could be made based on how deep and object was found. With radio carbon dating, archaeologists are taking into account the fact that every living organism constantly absorbs 14C and levels it with the atmosphere’s carbon; as soon as the organism dies, it stops absorbing 14C and, over time, the levels decrease. Through measuring those levels, experts are often able to determine the age of an

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    microscope and x-ray diffraction (McCrone 1976). The second method, used by Donahue, Olin, and Harbottle in their testing of the Vinland Map is radiocarbon dating (Donahue, Olin, Harbottle, 2000). Radiocarbon dating is based on the decay of a specific carbon isotope known as 14C. All organisms contain 14C and once an organism dies, scientists are able to measure how much 14C has decayed in an organism. By measuring this rate of decay, scientists are able to date the age of an organism (Higham). Since

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    remains with the process of carbon dating that became a topic of interest of many critics and viewers of the shows. Like many science oriented shows, bones was made from Hollywood that viewers questioned or argued about how the science process or carbon dating can really identify the age of human remains and how accurate the show bones in real life. Carbon dating According to Brad Peroney (2014), Carbon dating compares the amount of radioactive carbon to ordinary carbon in old objects to figure out

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    Eighty-seven percent of American scientists believe that a series of random chemical and biological events produced mankind. However, the philosophical "theory" of evolution has no solid evidence, whereas creation can be proven. Science is supposed to be based on observation, right? The best theories satisfy the test of experimentation. No one can test if evolution happened. Non one can prove that evolution actually happened. But what evidence can we place against evolution? In 1859, Charles Darwin

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    found various units. My question is if night vision is so good and works well why isn’t it used at night while driving? That’s a question that I can make an argument on. Night vision goggles boost a dim, dark scene in a series. A solider using the PVS-14 views the environment on a screen inside the device. Doing my research came across a website called nightoptics.com it has various info on how night vision was brought up and how it works.

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    “Washington… was a ‘promised land’ to many a freeman… it was the capital of the nation– that is, of the North that had set them free.” -Walter Dyson, A.M. History Founding of Howard University On November 19, 1866, a number of members of the First Congregational missionary society met to hear Dr. Charles B Boynton, presiding minister, emphasize the special obligation of the nation and clergy to the recently emancipated freedmen. Reverend Benjamin F. Morris, a member of the society, then enthusiastically

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    Apollo 13 Apollo 13 launched on April 11, 1970 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crewmembers aboard the ship were James A. Lovell Jr., John L. Swigert Jr., and Fred W. Haise, Jr. Before the launch, there had been a few problems. Thomas K. Mattingly was supposed to fly on the Apollo 13 but he was exposed to the measles. He didn’t have the antibodies to fight the disease, causing him to not be able to go into space. Swigert took his place. Right before the launch, one of the technicians

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    Regional United FC is a comprehensive soccer club based in Dooradoyle, Limerick. It was founded in 1974 by 2 men named Seamus Ryan & Lorcan Harney. The idea for the soccer club came about as these 2 men saw a growing need for a soccer club in an ever expanding urban area. The only other club serving the region was Mungret Regional FC which had been founded 3 years previously in 1971.The club is run entirely through volunteers. Regional United grew very steadily since its founding and developed as

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    Charles Thomas ‘Chuck’ Close was born an only child in 1940 Monroe, Washington to parents that both held a sight for artistic endeavors. He is known to everyone outside of his family as ‘Chuck,’ a name he has always hated. It was in high school where he made attempts at individuation that he started referring to himself as Chuck. Only by an accidental dubbing taken place during an interview in 1968 that this stuck as his professional art name. His father passed away when Chuck was eleven forcing

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    Chuck close Chuck Close was born on July 5, 1940, in Monroe, Washington. Suffering from severe dyslexia. Chuck close suffered 3 diseases that we're called dyslexia, prosopagnosia (face blindness), and was paralyzed neck down. He was best known for large scale photo realistic paintings and went to university of washington. Chuck got kicked off from a 9 foot photorealistic painting on himself. By the late 1960’s close and his realistic photos we're entrenched in the new york city art scene. In 1988

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