The Earth - it’s an intricate formation of land and sea‚ rock and metal‚ but how can the movements of the continents be explained‚ or how do deep ocean trenches affect us? The three main theories that explain how these things work are sea-floor spreading‚ continental drift‚ and plate tectonics. These are the theories that give us explanation as to why the continents move‚ how plate tectonics work‚ etc. These theories were formed by different scientists and with different forms of evidence‚ some scientists
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| Smoke Breaks | Shari Johnson | | Smoke Breaks There is a lot of controversy over the allowance of employee smoke breaks. Some employees say that the employees that smoke end up getting more smoke breaks than the employees that do not smoke. Concerns about one’s health of breathing in smoke from cigarettes is another issue that is raised. A lot of companies have concerns that if they do not provide smoke breaks than their employees will just take unauthorized breaks to go smoke. To
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Calculating the break-even point To avoid making a loss every business must at least break-even by achieving a level of sales that covers its total costs. But what level of sales is necessary to break-even? To explore the concept of break-even‚ we need to define some basic terms: Fixed costs: Costs that do not vary with output or sales e.g. managers salaries‚ rent and rates on business premises. Variable costs: Costs that vary with the quantity produced or sold e.g. costs of materials
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The first time I heard the phrase break the ice was in elementary school. On the first day of school‚ my math teacher asked the class to do an activity to break the ice. I looked at her disbelief‚ “What? Why are we breaking ice in a math class?” I took what was supposed to be a figurative expression literally. My math teacher explained that breaking ice was just a figure of speech to make the class feel more comfortable with everyone. Although she never explained why it means like that today‚ or
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joy. You never think a break up is possible. You are sure your love and joy are going to last forever. But as the days or months or years pass‚ you feel something has gone wrong. Your feeling gets stronger and stronger‚ and before you know it‚ you break up with your partner and dissolve into tears of misery. The break up of a loving relationship can cause untold pain. However‚ the thousands of divorces and break ups that are taking place all over the world prove that a break up is one of the sad realities
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CHRISTMAS BREAK The beginning of Christmas break was awesome. We had a relaxing day and after school‚ Ella‚ Taylor‚ Seamus‚ Motse‚ Christina‚ and I went into to courtyard and gave each other our secret santa gifts. Seamus was my secret santa and I was Motse’s but I gave presents to everyone. I also got awesome Christmas presents from Kaitlyn and Weronika. From them I got two steven universe tee shirts‚ a steven universe beanie‚ a marcelline statue‚ another beanie‚ lipsticks‚ and an iTunes gift card
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Early Life and Education Sir Isaac Newton was a very influential figure in academic history. His most significant contributions were to the field of science‚ although he was also a mathematician‚ physicist‚ philosopher‚ astronomer‚ chemist‚ professor‚ and a farmer. Born in Woolsthorpe‚ Lincolnshire‚ England‚ Newton was said to have been the‚ “culminating figure of the scientific revolution of the 17th century.” (Westfall) He lived to be 84 years old; he was born on January 4 of 1643‚ and died on
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Isaac Newton was one of the most influential people of the Scientific Revolution. His ideas are framework for modern physics and forever changed what science is and how it’s conducted. Newton believed that all natural philosophy and phenomena could be explained by science and he set out to do just that throughout his life. He did research in optics‚ created the theory of universal gravity‚ wrote the three laws of motion‚ invented calculus and he was even able to calculate the shape of the earth.
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Chief Seattle‚ in his oration to Governor Isaac I. Stevens‚ mourns the loss of his people but does not resign himself and his people to a hopeless fate. Seattle opens his oration with a tone of respect‚ recognizing the President of the United States as a “chief” of the white people‚ just as Seattle is the chief of his people. Seattle’s oration does not drift into a despairing tone however. It gradually shifts from a dismal and gloomy outlook for his people to an admonition towards the President and
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Isaac Newton discovered one of the biggest laws in science‚ gravity. He was born in England in Woolsthorpe. His theory led to more discoveries and he changed our thoughts in science. He should be set free so he could discover more things and so he could help our scientists in their observations. Newton should be let free because he could make more brilliant discoveries. When an apple fell down at the same time that the moon was in the sky‚ Isaac became struck with his great idea. He had the idea
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