Alpha decay - Mechanism. 1  The nuclear force holding an atomic nucleus together is very strong, in general much stronger than the repulsive electromagnetic forces between the protons.
Or maybe that was just all the straight women and gay men in the theater snapping to attention, since Carter is played by Taylor Kitsch, the blunt-featured, compactly buff, curiously irresistible actor who played the high-school football star Tim Riggins in Friday Night Lights.
Waite played John Walton Sr., the tough but lovable head of a large family trying to live out a meager existence in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia in the Depression-era 1930s. Waite's manager, Alan Mills, says the actor died midday in the Palm Springs area. John Walton Sr., played by Ralph Waite, holds hands with his wife, Olivia, played by Michael Learned, in an episode of The Waltons.. CBS. The actor was born in White Plains, N.Y., on June 22, 1928.