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Happy Holidays my friends! New seminars to start in February SENIOR LIVING
Generations in a home is a treasure...
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his year has been a big year for PdX Mature Moves. We have updated our name to be Mature Moves Real Estate Team. We have added a new team member, Suzanne Perkins, as our Buyer Agent and are currently giving our logo and marketing materials a face lift to include a tag line:
Generations in a home is a treasure, Downsizing is a gift! We are also taking this time to prepare for 2022, which includes determining if we will be writing articles for Beaverton Resource Guide. While I have absolutely enjoyed doing so, it will not be monthly. We will, however, be advertising our seminars which we are starting in February and hosting monthly so please stay tuned. They will be held in
• Ready to manage less and enjoy more?
Downsizing is a gift! person, which we are extremely excited to be doing. Topics that we will address include: • Estate Planning • Downsizing • Medicare • Scam Protection • Living/Dying & Leaving a Legacy • Hospice & Palliative Care • Selling a Home for Seniors and much more. We are wishing you abundant blessings this holiday season and thank you for taking time to read the articles and for those of you who have sent wonderful
comments of appreciation. We are here to be of service and look forward to seeing you in 2022!
• Is it time for your parents to downsize but you are not able to help?
971-227-1302 kimberly@mmret.com www.MatureMovesRealEstateTeam.com
If you would like to learn more about real estate and move management services, please call 971-227-1302 or email Kimberly@mmret.com. www.pdxmaturemoves.com.
#TEENESSAY
Can something fall faster than gravity? Breakthroughs can come from simple ideas TEEN ESSAY
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any people are familiar with this classic science question: will a tennis ball, with a small mass, reach the ground later than a bowling ball? The answer to this thought experiment which was once famously conducted by Galileo off of the Tower of Pisa is: No. The laws of physics dictate that gravity accelerates falling objects at the same rate, irrespective of their mass. On Earth, countless applications of physics depend on the fact that gravity stays constant for most (not all) falling objects.
One study from Cornell University and its research of the properties of chains stand in the way of me using the word “all.”
Notice the chain ladder on the left pulls itself down faster than gravity as it hits the table compared to the chain ladder on the right which is allowed to pass to the floor.
7KH\ ¿UVW ORRNHG DW WKH way a normal chain with oval loops linked together falls. In the case of a chain falling onto a table, usually what we imagine is that the part that hits the table doesn’t have any effect on the section of the chain above it that is still falling. And by recording two looped chains falling, one on a table and the other WR WKH ÀRRU WKDW LV H[DFWO\ what they observed. The last link that connects the parts at rest and in free fall is
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disconnected, which means that it doesn’t transfer any force nor change how fast the chain falls. But what the researchers realized is that, in principle, the last link could put a force on the section above it. They achieved this effect by building a chain looking more like a ladder with two ropes strung through the ends of several slanted wooden dowels (see image). The way it works is that, as the lower end of the dowel hits the table, it pivots
and speeds up the other end thereby pulling on the dowel above it. It speeds up for the same reason that a person roller skating will turn quickly if they grab onto a stationary pole. The interesting result is that the chain actually pulls itself toward the ground faster than the normal force of gravity. What? Defying gravity?!? I was drawn to this research because, as far as I know, this phenomenon has only been described in this study which was done
in 2011. And from watching their video of the chains, it’s clear that it works. By looking at something as unassuming as a chain, these researchers were able to come up with a startling result. Evidently, it shows that breakthroughs can come from looking at simple ideas.
To watch this amazing experiment, visit: http://ruina.tam.cornell.edu/ research/topics/fallingchains/Falling_Chain_experiments.html Shion Britten is a senior at Southridge High School and enjoys playing the trumpet, baseball & hiking. To prepare for college, this will be Shion’s last teen essay. Good luck Shion!
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