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Sally Ride was a very important physicist and astronaut. Sally was the first American woman who flew to space. Sally was born on May 26, 1951 in Los Angeles California. She went Stanford University and got a degree in physics. In 1977 NASA was looking for women astronauts. During that time Sally was still a student still she applied for the job and she was picked. Sally was one of the girls picked out of a thousand other appliers. On June 18, 1983 Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly to space. Her job was to work on the robotic arm. The arm helped put satellites into space. In 1984 Sally went to space again. By 1987 Sally stopped working for NASA. She started teaching at the University of San Diego. Additionally Sally helped young…

conducting will be the hiding assessment. This assessment will show “Children who are able to subtract with ease and efficiency know the parts of number and see the relationship between composition and decomposition of numbers and addition and subtraction.” Kathy Richardson, Assessing Math Concepts: Hiding Assessment. Didax Publishing, page 26. The probe will first be probing for the student’s ability to see part-whole number relationships. For each of the students I started off with the number…

evaluate Wordpress, an open source website creation tool that simplifies the process of blogging and website content management. The heuristic evaluation will be performed using the “heuristics” provided by Jacob Nielsen. For this evaluation, ten heuristics were used to analyze the core functionalities of Wordpress, which include creating blogs, managing website content easily and conveniently for users with no or very knowledge of coding. The goal is to identify major usability flaws in the…

Portfolio Milestone – Phase 1/ Option #1 Statement of Problem/ Needs I am being hired on as an Information Technology (IT) professional to set up an office of approximately 20 people for a small business firm. They desire half of the employees to be using desktop computers and the other half to be using laptops. They also desire a wire-less network that can be utilized by the laptops and wire-less printing and scanning capabilities for the whole office. The desktops will be hard-wired to the…

Ways to Winterizes Windows After installing new replacement windows using our team at RWC, it makes sense to take every measure to keep your warm air inside. Although new windows are highly energy-efficient, taking extra steps to reduce energy loss is in your best interests. Fortunately, winterizing your windows is a do-it-yourself project. The process is simple, and it will not take a lot of your time compared to other home projects. The following are simple ways you can winterize your…

effective to stimulate customers to buy more, or to request their colleagues to consolidate the purchase (Word-of-mouth advertising). Gifts are selected products from the store such as snack, stationery, chocolate, etc and will be changed each month to maintain freshness of the game. 4.6 Competition Despite of having the competitive edge of location, we anticipate Buster’s will face competition from 2 areas. A) Convenience Stores This competition will be from national franchises…

Introduction A year ago, Cisco predicted that there would be 50 billion network-connected devices by the year 2020. New estimates are forecasting that some 38.5 billion devices will make up the Internet of Things by 2020. As a new market projected to be worth 1.7 trillion dollars, it is attracting the attention of major industry players. Microsoft, in particular, seems to be mobilizing a dedicated effort aimed at owning a chunk of this emerging market. After losing the battle for the mobile…

you to snap up to 4 apps all placed on a single screen. In Windows 7 and 8, snapped apps took up to half of the screen but this is not the case in Windows 8. This will save time for those who are working so as to meet a deadline which is tight. 4. Cortana- this works in the same way as “Siri” in Apple. It provides the users with a personal assistance. What it does is that it gives you reminders, latest news and is also capable of learning your interests so that it can provide you with your…

There is generally Chapter 7, Chapter 13, and a small percentage is Chapter 11. Chapter 7 bankruptcy is manly for liquidation, like stated above a trustee gathers assets and some may be seized, sells them off, and pays your creditors. Unsecured debt is completely wiped out, secured debt is different the business can allow the creditor to repossess the property that secures the debt, like a machine, vehicle, or building. The business can also agree to continue paying for that said secured debt.…

In Chapter 7 bankruptcy the debtor can keep any income they receive after their debt has been discharged, but in Chapter 13 bankruptcy, income must be used to repay debt during the repayment period. The advantages of filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy include most secured debts being discharged, the process moves fairly quickly, and creditors cannot contact the debtor while the automatic stay is in effect or after the debt has been discharged (Chapter 7 Bankruptcy vs. Chapter 13 Bankruptcy). The…