John Green John Michael Green (born August 24‚ 1977) is an American author of young adult fiction and a YouTube video blogger and creator of online educational videos. He won the 2006 Printz Award for his debut novel‚ Looking for Alaska‚ and reached number one on a New York Times Best Seller list with The Fault in Our Stars in January 2012. Green was born in Indianapolis to Mike and Sydney Green and his family moved three weeks after he was born to Orlando‚ Florida. He attended Lake Highland Preparatory
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Green plants absorb light energy using chlorophyll in their leaves. They use it to react carbon dioxide with water to make a sugar called glucose. The glucose is used in respiration‚ or converted into starch and stored. Oxygen is produced as a by-product. This process is called photosynthesis. Temperature‚ carbon dioxide concentration and light intensity are factors that can limit the rate of photosynthesis. Plants also need mineral ions‚ including nitrate and magnesium‚ for healthy growth. They
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Sir Francis Bacon Sir Francis Bacon was born January 22‚ 1561. He died April 9‚ 1626. He was an English essayist‚ lawyer‚ statesman‚ and philosopher . He had a major influence on the philosophy of science. When he was 12 years old‚ he began studies at Trinity College‚ Cambridge. In 1576 he entered Gray ’s Inn to pursue a career in law. He was first elected in 1584. Bacon ’s opposition to royal tax measures would probably have brought an end to his political advancement‚ but he had the
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30 Things You Can Do to Change the World in 30 Seconds Part of the reason so many people blog is to help change the world. So I’m starting a new competition. The reward? Convincing people to change the world in 30 seconds or less. The task? I challenge all bloggers to blog about 30 things that can be done to change the world in 30 seconds. Before you freak out‚ that’s 30 seconds for EACH of the 30 things. 30 for 30. There is a lot you can do to change the world in 30 seconds. In thirty seconds
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Harvey Dent‚ from The Dark Knight‚ was Gotham Cities white knight. He was the district attorney and made it his had the same mission as Batman: to shut down Gotham’s organized crime. Throughout the film‚ Harvey uses a two-faced coin in order to “make his own luck”. Near the end of the film half after laying in oil‚ half of Harvey’s face and one side of his coin is disfigured/burned in an explosion. Harvey Two-Face then pursues and murders those he felt responsible for Rachel’s death. The Batman’s
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research of Sir Robert Peel’s position on policing to the varied needs of contemporary society‚ it was revealed that police departments currently use the nine principles that Peel established in 1829. These principles are used as a foundation for the police to prevent crime and also to preserve a positive relationship with the community. It will be explained how Peel’s policing and principles are being utilized in the modern era and also show his position on policing. In 1829 Sir Robert Peel
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Sir Isaac Newton (25/Dec/1642 – 20/Mar/1727) Early Life of Newton Sir Isaac Newton was born on Christmas Day‚ in 1643‚ to a poor farming family. His father died 3 months before he was born. His mother later remarried‚ but her second husband did not get on with Isaac; leading to friction between Isaac and his parents. The young Isaac attended school at King’s School‚ Grantham in Lincolnshire (where his signature is still inscribed in the walls). Isaac was one of the top students‚ but before
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You hear the word recycling or going green many time trough the years. It is such an important environmental issue and yet‚ not much is done about this issue. If you ask a random person on the street what they think about recycling‚ they would say “it’s good for the environment.” Even though there are so many things said about going green or recycling‚ not much is done. Recycling can help the environment and we the creatures all around the world. Recycling is important for the environment because
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Zikia Griffin Ms. Eunice Cavalcanti Algebra II‚ 7th period 11th March 2013 The Life and Works of Sir Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton‚ (1642-1727)‚ mathematician and physicist‚ was one of the greatest scientific minds of all time. Sir Isaac Newton was born at on January 4th (December 25th old calendar) at Woolsthorpe‚ a farmstead‚ in Lincolnshire. Woolsthorpe is the place where he worked on his theory of light and optics. This is also believed to be the site where Newton observed an apple fall
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Hastings the foot-soldier based army of the English wilted under the charge of the Norman knights. With this conquest‚ Marcus Bull argues‚ the old era of foot-soldier armies was wiped away and the new era of the horse-backed knight began. Up until the end of the thirteenth century the mass cavalry charge was the ace-card of battle. The destructive fury of a group of heavily armoured knights could break any unit. Knights lived their entire life to fight. They trained all day in the art of war and at tourney
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