...“But you know how much that boy loves skiing. He always talks about wanting to learn how to ski and I think this would be the perfect opportunity to do it. There is a skiing competition next weekend at the ski hill a few towns away and Tom Wallish might be there, you know that Liam would absolutely love to see him,” I said trying to convince him. But he just sat there with no comment. He looked kind of annoyed like he wanted me to drop the topic completely. “Well he probably needs a break from school, this presentation is a really big deal to him and I think it would be nice to have a family trip once it’s done.” “No he doesn’t, if anything he should be more focused on school, his grades are dropping and his teacher said that he is always day dreaming and-“ “I guess the teacher isn’t wrong about the day dreaming,” I said cutting him off before he could say anything else. “Well than should we book a meeting with her, does she want to talk with us about him?” “We might...
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...A Cold Case There are four clues in the story that implicate or exonerate one of the suspects. With a partner, identify the clues and use reporting language to tell what each of the suspects said – then decide who committed the crimes. Bryan Durell Grieve Collier Jacques Bourbonne Ruth Majick Corporal James Prescott of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police leaned back in his chair and looked out the window of his tiny office, located in the rear of the small station house. He almost went snow-blind just glancing at the brilliant white scenery outside. A weekend snowstorm had blanketed the surrounding countryside in another twenty inches of the white stuff, and the bright sun in the cold, clear sky reflecting off the crisp snow dazzled the eyes. Corporal Prescott blinked and turned away, took another sip of coffee from the steaming mug on his desk. He jumped when Constable Marchildon suddenly stuck her head in the door and said, “All four of them are here now, Jim.” “Right,” Prescott replied. The door closed again and the corporal reopened the file in front of him. Investigative information pertaining to the murder of the hermit ‘Red’ Temeck and the theft of the Canadian Maple Leaf gold coins the recluse had hoarded away in his root cellar. Tembeck’s battered and bloodied body had been found behind his ransacked shack out on Rural Route 21, at the entrance to his underground root cellar. The discovery of the body had been made Tuesday morning by the rural mailman...
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...wrists of posts As ankles of a queen Then stills its artisans like ghosts, Denying they have been. Paraphrase The snow falls from the sky through the clouds like flour. It powders all the trees. It fills every cracks of the road with the white. It makes the mountain and the plain becomes flat land in white. As far as we can see is white from east unto the east again. The snow reaches the fence, and wraps it by rail until cannot be seen but white snow. The snow deals the sky layer. Coming noisy and full fill the farm acres of joints where harvest were, recordless but for them. The snows annoy the pole of posts as well turned of queen. Then stills its artisans and disappear in silence, denying they have been make an annoyance. ☺ The Imageries of “It Sifts from Leaden Sieves” There are some imageries used in this poem, but, personification is the major imagery used by the writer. It can be found in these sentences: 1. It sifts from leaden sieves, 2. It powders all the wood. 3. It fills with alabaster wool 4. It makes an even face 5. It reaches to the fence, 6. It wraps it rail by rail 7. It deals celestial veil All of those underlined words are the signal of personification used by the writer. Personification is an imagery that describes an inanimate object that has the human qualities of actions. The inanimate object here is the snow. The writer wants to show...
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...Skiing or Snowboarding? Skiing and snowboarding are both great activities to enjoy during the winter months. Not only do they offer a nice leisure experience, but they are both beneficial to your health as they are both excellent forms of exercise for whatever skill level you may be. Deciding which activity to partake in should be thought with care and consideration. They are both costly activities but can result in a generous payoff for a person’s mind and body. When deciding which winter sport to participate in, first consider the various similarities and differences between skiing and snowboarding. As with any other sport or hobby, the equipment used is a decision to consider. Skiing involves a pair of skis appended to boots by the way of bindings that clip in and the use of two poles to help keep balance. A person’s body is positioned facing forward with feet straight ahead, facing the front. Snowboarding on the other hand uses a single board which is attached to a person’s feet using special boots and bindings facing sideways with the body perpendicular to the direction of movement. The stance is an important factor when deciding which sport to participate in due to the abundant varieties of skiing and snowboard positions. The rider must determine which position feels the most comfortable for the direction in which an individual’s body faces as this is a primary aspect of both activities. Some other factors to consider are the basics of the sport, such...
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...founders applied to over the years. The Strategy SSI created partnerships with ski resorts to secure sales and revenues. The global strategy was to create small branches with limited liability with SSI workers and locals in each resort, infrastructure needed would be either purchased or leased and SSI software license would be included for 3 years. Their strategy allowed resorts to increase safety, conviviality and improve the ski experience, still they needed to innovate constantly to maintain their competitive advantage. The Potential The success in the industry depended on several factors, the seasonality of the industry evidenced that the SSI product needed to adapt to several conditions in the markets. The increase of ski and snow boarding lessons demand in the US between 2003 and 2004 and the popularity of extreme sports and Telemark Skiing showed a promising international market. Competition was tough but the small independent companies strength was their constant innovation. SSI’s competitive advantage in Australia was the uniqueness of their product in applications and services. In...
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...Effect of Salt on Ice By: Aymen Syed 12/20/15 Table of Contents Testable question and background research……………………………….page 3 Hypothesis, variables, material, procedure…………..…………………….page 4 Data………………………………………………………………………...page 5 Conclusion………………………………………………………………....page 6 Bibliography……………………………………………………………….page 7 Testable Question: Can an ice cube be lifted from a glass of water using a string? Background Research: Ice is frozen water. The state of matter ice is at in room temperature is liquid. When the temperature of water comes below a certain point, called the freezing point, it starts to solidify. The freezing point of pure water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit, but when water comes into contact with different substances the freezing point can sometimes move up or down. Salt is a white crystalline substance that gives seawater its characteristic taste. The chemical formula for table salt is sodium chloride. Salt has many uses in day to day life, and is used as a preservative, seasoning, and as a preventative measure for icing over on bridges. The reason for it being used to prevent ice forming on bridges is that it lowers the freezing point of water to slightly below 0 degrees. What is supposed to happen in this experiment is that the salt, thrown in a thin layer on top of the ice cube, should lower the melting point of the ice and melt a thin layer. The water should then cool down a bit further...
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...behind. Jack makes a daring leap across what seems to be a 7 foot crevice in the ice. He makes it across and gets the samples but as he is about to leap back across to the safety of his colleges the ice splits again, and he narrowly escapes falling in the crevice. After getting the samples back to the lab and testing them he realizes that there is an issue with the samples and also that there was a sheet of Ice the size of Texas that broke off, so he goes to a convention to warn other people of the facts that he has learned. Discussion One thing that I liked about this movie is the snow. The fact that the frigid cold could freeze your skin, crystalize your lungs, freeze Jet fuel at -200 Fahrenheit in a matter of seconds. Also it froze the ocean solid enough that it could be driven on and walked upon. It was pretty cool how they could drive across the ocean and the super deep snow and nothing happens to them. Flag poles and flags were frozen stiff at the eye of the storm and this is what all humans should have been aware of but some did not care and chose to trek on anyway and they lost their lives. The crazy thing about the weather was that only the northern states and mid-western states were...
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...while the summer is the easiest . This essay will compare and contrast winter and summer driving to show that winter is the most technically difficult . Winter and summer driving are similar in that both seasons require one to get behind the wheel of a vehicle . The basic driving decisions are always the same no matter what the season . One must always signal appropriately , pay attention to traffic and other drivers around , and generally concentrate on getting from one point to another . Winter and summer driving are very different in the types of weather conditions present . In the summer , there is generally less rain and snow to make the roadway conditions hazardous . With dry pavement , cars and drivers respond quicker to situations , avoiding accident potentials . In the winter , rain and snow make the roads slick and less forgiving in dangerous situations . Even if a driver is attentive , winter conditions may cause a vehicle to spin out of control at the slightest touch of the brakes . Winter drivers must be more cautious of distance between cars in case one needs to stop quickly . Winter drivers may also have to contend with frost and condensation on the windows of cars . Both can decrease visibility and reduce driver awareness . Summer is generally warmer and dryer , reducing the chance of frost and condensation problems . All in all , summer driving is more forgiving than winter driving . Weather conditions in...
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...damp, musty, stale scent in the air, I realized it would be only a short time before the white flakes overtook the mountain. As I readied myself to make the first run, I took a moment to appreciate my surroundings. Somehow things seemed much different up here. The wind, nonexistent at the bottom, began to gust. Its cold bite found my nose. Its quick and sudden swirling movement kicked loose snow into my face, forcing me to zip my jacket over my chin. It's strange how the gray clouds, which seemed so far above me at the bottom, really didn't appear that high anymore. If I had a tall enough ladder, I might be able to touch them. As I gazed out over the landscape, the city below seemed unrecognizable. The enormous buildings which I had driven past earlier looked like dollhouses a child might play with. The towering smokestacks of the factories would not have caught my eye had it not been for the tiny stream of gray emerging from them. At this distance, the smoke spiraled upward like tree branches reaching for the sky. The air was raw and stung me through my many layers of clothing. There was snow all around me. It was on the trail and in the trees. There was so much white, that my eyes became blinded by so much absence of color. It was too cold to remain at the top forever, so I decided to make my run. I gave a strong push with my poles, starting my skis sliding gently across the snowy terrain. I kept my speed slow in order to feel out the mountain and its changing conditions. Ahead...
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...Boston-Ansoff Enterprise Question 2: Using additional data explain why the holiday packages Using the data we can create a conclusion on how the holiday packages have performed either as ‘favourable’ or ‘adverse’. Favourable variances are costs in terms of revenues occur when the actual revenues are greater than the budgeted or standard revenues. This also means that it’s good for the company as it means they are making profit as they are spending less money. Whereas, adverse variances are achieved when the actual performance is worse than the expected results, or making a loss in their estimation of finance. * Looking at the data the ‘UK summer’ package budget was £150,000 however the actual was £89,000 so the variance is £61,000 which means the company didn’t sell the packages that they wanted to sell but they sold under their budget that means it’s adverse as it’s not reaching to its budget. According to the data provided it also shows that summer in the UK was particularly wet compared to both Europe and USA. This explains that why people didn’t spend on the UK summer package as the weather was not good they might have planned to go somewhere else than coming to UK. * Euro summer package’s budget was £250,000 however the actual was £312,000 which means that it’s favourable as they have sold more packages then the budget required and the variance was £62,000 which is the profit made by Euro summer. There are many reasons that; it might have been favourable because...
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...thick. When the caribou gather, the groupings are monitored until biologists are convinced that nearly all of the caribou in the herd are included. Assuming the weather cooperates, they fly over the herd in an aircraft fitted with a belly-mounted camera and photograph the entire herd on large-format film. After the film is processed, biologists sit in the office with magnifying glasses and count every caribou on the photos. This process takes several weeks to complete this type of census. Moose don't gather in large groups. Their population estimate surveys are performed in the fall and winter when the right combination of weather, snow depth, and day length allow biologists to fly and see the moose. It's hard to believe that such a large animal can be so hard to find or see trust me it is. The biologist usually wait until after a good amount of snow is on the ground before attempting the census on moose. The area to be censused is broken into smaller sample units based on terrain or habitat types. The sample units are stratified; that is, a team of biologists flies over them and identifies whether moose are...
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...Anyone who has ever lived in New York City knows there’s a lot of snow during the winter months. One winter we had a snow storm. I was lying in the bed with my sisters, warm and toasty. Out the window, I could see the wind blowing the snow across the field. It wasn’t enough snow to close the schools down. I could hear my Mother calling us to get up for school. Mom came into our bedroom and told us to get dress because the schools in New York were not closing today. Mom was getting ready for work. She was a nurse’s aide at a senior citizen facility. Before our Mom left for work, she told us not to cut across the field in front of our apartment building to get to school. “The snow is too deep. Go the long way around. Are you guys listening?” We all said...
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...Wisconsin Dells claims itself as the ‘Waterpark Capital of the World,’ and though this may be true, this wasn’t what made it famous in the beginning. It didn’t even start out as Wisconsin Dells; It was renamed in 1931, 74 years after it was first founded! H.H. Bennett is a photographer, who changed Wisconsin Dells forever. After a terrible tragedy he ended up making his place in history as being one of the best photographers of his time. He influenced photography, and helped shape it into what it is today. He might be a foreign name to you, but I’m going to show you the man who made Wisconsin Dells famous. Henry Hamilton Bennett was born on January 15, 1843, in Canada where he would stay for a year before moving to Brattleboro, Vermont. This is where 8 of his 12 siblings were born. Henry’s father, George, moved to Reedsburg, and worked as a carpenter earning $1.50 a day. George had hoped to buy some farm land, but it was really hard to get at the time due to the good land was more expensive. Some were at $1.25 an acre, but the best land was usually between $3-$30. Another set back was the depression that was sweeping the nation, and instead George worked as a carpenter and Henry joined him. Reedsburg was small, as you can see by the fact that the post office was established in 1784, while the first stamps were in 1846. There were bookshops, and other stores and jobs but at that time in the tiny, growing town, a carpenter was a great job. When Henry was fourteen, he found his...
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...look at. However, it will not feel too wonderful, if you do not have the right winter accessories to help you get through it. Sears can help you find everything that you need to get through the cold weather months. We stock everything from juniors winter hats, to neck warmers to help you protect yourself from the cold, and wind so that you can get out and enjoy all that the winter months have to offer.
Whether you want to take a brisk winter walk, or hit the slopes, having the right winter accessories is a must. Sears has you covered, literally. You are covered from the top of your head by our juniors winter hats, to the tips of your feet with our snow boots. There is a large selection of items that are both functional, and fashionable, so you not only feel great, but look great as well.
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...The day was starting as it would in Mr Volk’s classroom when Kai brought up the discussion of snowflakes. “Why does it snow diamonds here on neptune but not over on the moon where I used to live?” “The pressure is so strong here that all precipitation is diamonds, but back on the moon and mars it snows water.” Colton said. “Why does it snow water on other planets instead of other things?” Kai asked “It’s because of the way the atmosphere is on other planets and moons.” Mr Volk stated, “Let’s go outside and study this, do not forget to exit through the airlock system.” “It feels good to get some fresh artificial air made by machines.” commented Colton “So do either of you have any stories about how snow comes about on other planets, or do I need to say one?” “No, tell us one.” Kai and Colton said in sync and turning to each other in shock at what had happened. “Well I have one, but both of you must listen and not interrupt.” Mr Volk said. “ It happened a long time ago on a planet called Earth which was the only place humans could live before space exploration.” “ I thought that was fake.” said Kai....
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