recycled. Every year thousands of marine animals and birds die from ingesting plastic bags or becoming entangled in them (Warner‚ 2010). These are horrendous statistics‚ especially when you consider the fact that plastic bags are an unnecessary invention. Plastic bags may be convenient and economical to use‚ but they also have far-reaching consequences on the environment and especially marine wildlife; and their use should be discontinued altogether in favour of equally affordable‚ sustainable and
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1. a.) Contribution per CD unit: Unit Selling Variable Costs $9.00 1.25 - .35 1.00 = $6.40 $6.40 b.) Break-even volume in CD units and dollars: ($275‚000 + 250‚000) / 6.40 = 82‚032 units 82‚032 * $9.00 = $738‚288 to break even c.) Net profit if 1 million CD’s sold: 1‚000‚000 * 6.40 = 6‚400‚000 6‚400‚000 525‚000 = $5‚875‚000 d.) Necessary
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Thomas Edison(draft) Thomas Edison was one of the greatest inventors and industrial leaders in history. Thomas Edison’s inventions are still used today in many different ways. In that essay I am going to talk about his early life‚ his career‚ and last what did he offer to the society. Thomas Alva Edison was born to Sam and Nancy on February 11‚ 1847‚ in Milan‚ Ohio. Known as "Al" in his youth‚ Edison was the youngest of seven children‚ four of whom survived to adulthood. Edison tended to be in
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Television a Great Invention Some people may argue that television is the worst invention there is‚ but I will argue against that. There are more pro’s to television then there are con’s. There is the up to date information that you have access to at all times. There are also educational television shows. Last‚ television produces entertainment for everyone. One of the most important qualities of television is the up to date information available. You are able to turn on your T.V and there
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"What in your opinion is the influential audio-visual technological discovery ever?" In order for something to be the most influential discovery ever it must follow certain criteria. I ’m defining the word discovery to be synomous with invention in that it is something that was "happened upon" and developed and didn ’t necessarily exist for all time. In order to be the most influential it must permeate every part of our lives‚ from leisure‚ education‚ business‚ and travel‚ to the very social
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The Invention of the Gatling Gun In 1871‚ a new military technology was developed that would fundamentally change the way warfare was conducted‚ and which would lead to some of the most tremendous slaughters of human beings ever witnessed. This invention was the machine gun‚ and it changed warfare by making it possible for a handful of men to kill thousands in only minutes. Richard Jordan Gatling was‚ for most of his life‚ involved in the making of farm equipment. The son of a North
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Inventions of Steve Jobs Define Us Steve Jobs revolutionized our world through his inventions. Born in san francisco in 1955 ‚ jobs was the co founder and CEO of the apple inc. There are very few inventors in the world that give us devices that change the way we live. His attention to design‚ function and style won him millions of fans. He developed a passion for style and functional perfection‚ which became apple trademarks. There are not many households in the world that don’t have some form of
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geographical area for the next 3000 years. Eventually‚ all of these diverse writing systems‚ which encompass both logophonetic‚ consonantal alphabetic‚ and syllabic systems‚ became known as cuneiform. It is actually possible to trace the long road of the invention of the Sumerian writing system. For 5000 years before the appearance of writing in Mesopotamia‚ there were small clay objects in abstract shapes‚ called clay tokens‚ that were apparently used for counting agricultural and manufactured goods. As time
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Prompt 1 The mother and daughter connection throughout the short story‚ “Daughter of Invention‚” is very caring and loving. The mother protects the daughter throughout the story from the father’s harsh words. For example‚ the mother states‚ “What is wrong with her speech?... That is no tone of voice‚ Eduardo (Alvarez 7). The mother believed that the daughter had put together an inspirational speech for school the next day. Furthermore‚ the father was furious. Readers can infer just by reading this
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Characters are used as components in other characters. Most Chinese characters contain two components‚ one indicating meaning and the other indicating sound. There are around two hundred Chinese characters that are used as the meaning part of the component. These two hundred characters used are called radicals. Radicals are important because they are used to organize Chinese characters in many of the Chinese dictionaries. To look up a Chinese word in the dictionary‚ the easiest way is to know the radical
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