Ch 15-16 Deadmen

15.

P. 238 

"Waiting for him was Bolshevik death squad led by commander Jacob Yurousky."

This quote is relevant to the 15th chapter because it tells the reader what happen to the Russian Royal family. Through the whole chapter Dr. Maples investigates what happened to the royal family, which they were killed by Jacob Yurousky and his death squad.

P. 239

"Yurousky had not finished speaking when the first shots exploded in the narrow room."

I think this quote captures the cruelty that is described throughout the chapter when the family was murdered in order to overthrow the government.

P.239

"Execution of Nicholas, the bloody crowned murderer shot without Bourgeous formal ties but in accordance with our new democratic principles."

The quote demonstrates why the royal Russian family was being murdered, to overthrow the old government and to establish a new one.

P. 244

"Eight days after the murders, white Russian arms under admiral Alexander Kolchak reconquered Ekaterinburg"

This quote emphasizes that this was all military related and the whole family had to pay the price that was probably unjustly set upon them.

P.267

""Anna Anderson" went to her grave in 1984 claiming she was Anastasia"

I think it is interesting how the "lost princess" is actually an option for the what happen because no one knows what happened to Anastasia even if Dr. Maples does not think she survived.

16.

P.270

"I am recalling 5 young students..."

As always it is important to set the scene of the victims describing their background and what their life was like so that the reader knows what was stripped from the victim, and I believe to get the reader to connect as he connects with the case.

P.271

"Unfortunately for him he left traces of his semen at the scene and this identified him by means of DNA "fingerprinting"."

Even though this quote is important it mostly makes me very happy to know that the murderer made a mistake and it lead to his downfall. I see it as a revenge from the two girls he raped because that caused him to get caught.

P.274

“. accused man suddenly pleaded guilty of five counts of murder and three of rape."

It was Shocking that someone capable of those horrendous actions could just confess to so many crimes that were certainly going to keep him locked for a while.

P.274

""I've been running all my life" he declared "and there are some things you cannot run from anymore.""

I think this is important because it gives a sort of closure that he "bad guys" actually have remorse and have to live with it forever and hopefully it is unbearable.

P.280

"They have tales to tell us even though they are dead."

I think this is important to the whole book because it is what he tries to demonstrate in all the chapters that even dead bodies can tell the truth: there is no perfect crime.

Ch13-14 Deadmen

13.

 Atrocity:

an extremely wicked or cruel act, typically one involving physical violence or injury.

Insurrection:
a violent uprising against an authority or government.
Reverenced:

deep respect for someone or something.

Sarcophagus: 
a stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece.

Concubines:
a woman who lives with a man but has lower status than his wife or wives.

Perpetual:
never ending or changing.

Embezzling:
steal or misappropriate (money placed in one's trust or belonging to the organization for which one works).

Conspirators:

a person who takes part in a conspiracy.

Antiquity:
the ancient past, especially the period before the Middle Ages.

Despoiling:
steal or violently remove valuable or attractive possessions from; plunder




14.
Truculence:
obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness.
Compunction:

a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that follows the doing of something bad.

Arduous:

involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.

Frivolous: 
not having any serious purpose or value.

Exhuming:

dig out (something buried, especially a corpse) from the ground.

Delved:
reach inside a receptacle and search for something.

Convivial:
(of an atmosphere or event) friendly, lively, and enjoyable.
Embalming:
preserve (a corpse) from decay, originally with spices and now usually by arterial injection of a preservative
Arsenic:
the chemical element of atomic number 33, a brittle steel-gray metalloid
Anticlimactic:
anything connected with turning out to be far less meaningful or exciting than was hoped

EC Nanotechnology blog

Nanotechnology

During the Nanotechnology presentation I actually learned a few things that were very interesting. Even if the presenter talked fast, it gave him more time to explore the subject of Nanotechnology. He seemed almost positive that Nanotechnology was the future of, well basically, the whole world. ranging from everyday things to medicine, science, and technology. He also said it would be a good idea to work in nanotechnology because it is where most if not all the work was going to be. The thing that i thought was the most interesting of the whole presentation was the water proof spray, and how it actually worked. The first thing i thought of was spraying cars that way they would never get dirty and would not have to wash them. It is also a good idea to spray clothes but i wonder how that would affect washing clothes because they still get dirty and need to be washed.