Day: December 21, 2024

We’ve all seen those amazing domino constructions where, after tipping one piece ever so slightly, all the others fall in a beautiful cascade of rhythmic motion. This is known as the “domino effect.” When it comes to writing, if you think of your scenes in terms of this domino effect, you may be able to see how your story will flow more effectively.

Domino is a flat thumbsized rectangular block with one face that’s either blank or patterned with an arrangement of dots, called pips, like the dots on a die or the suits on playing cards. Each side of the domino has a value indicated by its pips; for example, a piece with six pips is higher in value than one with only four. There are several games that can be played with dominoes, some involving blocking or scoring, and others in which dominoes are placed in lines or angular patterns. A complete set of dominoes contains 28 pieces.

When Hevesh creates her mind-blowing domino setups, she starts by considering the theme or purpose of the display. Then she brainstorms images or words that might be appropriate to use. After that, she puts the pieces in a pattern that makes sense to her and then lays them out. Some of her most complex domino creations take up to a day to fully complete.

Hevesh’s dominoes stand right where she put them, unmoving because they have inertia, a tendency to resist motion unless a force is applied. But when she gives the first one a slight nudge, it takes less than a second for gravity to pull it over and unleash a chain reaction of its own. The energy of the first domino travels through the rest of the stack and pushes each subsequent domino to its tipping point.

Physicists who study the behavior of objects use this concept to understand how the universe works. For example, a team of scientists used this principle to calculate how much energy it would take to knock over 13 massive dominoes in a row. The researchers found that the 13 dominoes needed only about a billion times as much potential energy as the first domino.

This is why the physics of the Domino Effect is so astonishing and impressive. The power of a small action to generate a huge result is a great metaphor for how tiny actions can have big effects in our lives and businesses.

In addition to creating amazing domino displays, Hevesh also uses the domino effect in her work as a professional artist. She has a YouTube channel where she shares her creations and has done some commercial domino work, including helping to launch an album for the singer Katy Perry. She has a lot of faith in the power of the domino effect to help people find success in whatever they do. She says, “If you want to achieve something in life, you have to be ready to start your dominoes falling.” For anyone hoping to build a career in anything, it’s important not to wait for opportunities to come your way; you need to go out and create them.

As we enter the final stretch of the presidential campaign, pundits and political observers of all stripes are digging out their favorite catchphrases and hackneyed expressions to describe the close contest. One of the more popular ones is “horse race,” which means an uncertain, but perhaps tight, contest. In the early 19th century, the term began to be used to describe equestrian events, particularly those involving horse racing. Whether you like or dislike horse racing, the sport has influenced our culture and history.

Horse races are thrilling, dangerous spectacles that have entertained and engaged millions of people for centuries. Yet behind the glitz, glamour and mint juleps is a dark world of drug abuse, injuries, and slaughter. It’s also a world where it’s common — and even accepted — for horses to develop debilitating medical conditions, such as hemorrhaging lungs and ringbone, or suffer heart attacks and fatal injuries.

A horse’s normal instincts are to move away from danger, not toward it. But in order to win a race, a horse must be taught to run fast and to stay close to other runners. This requires training, conditioning and sometimes force. A horse may be whipped and forced to take risks that are against its nature. It is not unusual for a horse to experience psychological trauma from being whipped or forced to compete in a race, which can lead to repetitive behaviors such as cribbing, biting at its gate or kicking itself.

In the wild, horses love to run and to move fast. They’re prey animals, and in the wild they run to keep each other safe. But the sport of racing is a human construct that forces them to run as individuals, to run for victory over other individual competitors, and to push themselves past their natural limits. As a result, horses frequently die in the course of a race.

In the days before a race, trainers will begin to condition their horses. This usually involves routine jogs and gallops in the early hours of the morning. Once a horse is conditioned, he will be allowed to work or breeze — he’ll be asked to run at a faster pace for a set distance. This will give the trainer a better idea of the horse’s fitness level and readiness for competition. A trainer will then select the horses that will compete in the race and will set their starting weights. Each horse is assigned a specific weight, depending on the horse’s age, gender and distance of the race. The heavier a horse is, the more money it will earn if it wins.