This semester‚ I read The Disappearing Spoon and Other True Tales of Madness‚ Love‚ and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean. The main reason I wanted to read this book is the concept behind it: every element is unique and has had a unique role in history and society. It is such a clever idea to write a book that outlines the uniqueness of each element and the roles that each one has played in our daily lives and the lives of those before us. And like I was
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About me Hi my name is Daniel Gjorgjioski and I am born on the 18th of March 1998‚ I complete all of my tasks in hand. Work Experience: I have never had work experience and I would like to get some so therefore this is why I am applying for a job at hungry jack’s Fawkner. Education I am currently in year 10 at Roxburgh College and I like year 10 it is very hard but I learn how to cope with it and follow my duties that I need to complete. Hobbies My hobbies include fishing I love fishing
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1888PressRelease - This new book from Mark Parker examines the current state of character‚ ethics and morals in our society. Integrity is a new book from Mark Parker that casts a critical eye on the current state of character‚ ethics and morals. His premise is that these qualities are in decline among governmental‚ political‚ business‚ athletic‚ religious‚ educational and other leaders‚ and their lack of integrity is having a profoundly negative effect on our nation and society. Parker begins
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The book I read for the this class is Uglies. Uglies is about a girl named Tally. In this dystopian world when you turn sixteen‚ there is a operation done to make everyone stunningly beautiful. When Tally sneaks into New Pretty Town to see her friend Piris. When she sees him she notices that his personality has changed along with his face. When she gets back to Uglevill she meets Shay. Shay is a rebellious girl who doesn’t want to be pretty. She talks about a place called the smoke. When she runs
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The giver Jonas is a ordinaire kid in a utopia world. As a kid he was different not wanting to say anything because different is bad he let it pass. As he got older he started to realize things that no other human was. Color as he watched it go and then leave he then realized he was different. The ceremony of 12 was coming up for Jonas the ceremony of 12 is the change in adulthood. As the newborns were brought into their families it went to the ceremony of release to elsewhere. As it got closer
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Freakonomics Chapter 1 Summary In chapter one of Freakonomics‚ Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt describe how when incentives are strong enough‚ many usually honest people from different walks of life will cheat in order to gain financially or climb the ladder in their careers. The authors define an incentive as “a means of urging people to do more of a good thing or less of a bad thing.” This chapter covers three varieties of incentives: Economic‚ Social and Moral. Economic incentives motivate people
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Chapter 1 1. The main lesson of chapter one was explaining how humans came to be and major jumps in our development. 2. I agree with diamonds ideas because it is scientifically proven that humans started by evolving from monkeys in Africa 3. That people developed certain things suddenly instead of gradually‚ that the clovis was responsible for many mass extinctions of large mammals around 11‚000 B.C. Chapter 2 1. Looks at the effect of the climate on the civilization being a small group of
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Chapter 6 Notes o Cost Of Merchandise Sold- revenue is reported as sales‚ cost is reported as merchandise sold o Sales- Cost of Merchandise Sold = gross Profit o Gross profit-operating expenses = net income o Merchandise. Inventory- merchandise on hand (not sold) at the end of the accounting period o Multi-step income statement- contains several sections‚ subsections‚ subtotals o Sales-total amount charged customers for merchandise sold – (cash sales‚ and sales on
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After Aunt Harriet runs away from Waknuk‚ she peacefully rides down the road cradling her dear baby Laia‚ as she hears a loud thump and the horses cries and glances over to where Joseph is standing holding arrows‚ just as Aunt Harriet starts to scream an arrow goes through the side of her chest. Aunt Harriet knew her life had come to an end for her‚ but not to her baby. She quickly tosses her baby to a big soft bush to her left. That was the end for Aunt Harriet‚ but just maybe‚ her baby had a chance
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Socrates: Socrates was born in Athens about 470 BC and lived until 399 BC‚ he was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher and is credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. An accurate picture of the man‚ his life‚ and viewpoints are problematic because he did not write any philosophical texts‚ everything we know is based on writings by his students and contemporaries… this is what is known as the Socratic problem. Socrates was later tried and put to death for “corrupting the youth
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