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    Scottish mathematician. His incentive was to help in the multiplication of sine quantities. The entire sine was the value of the side calculated of a right angle triangle with a large hypotenuse. In participation with the English mathematician Henry Briggs, Napier transformed his logarithm into its present day shape. The comparison of logarithms is between an L point moving consistently minus infinity, and an X point moving from zero towards infinity at a speed proportional to its distance from zero

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    also produced many examples that demonstrated how his tables could lessen the work of computations. Next, Napier cooperated with the English mathematician Henry Briggs, in order to adjust his logarithms into its modern form. After Napier’s death in 1617, Briggs published a table of logarithms in

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    CHARACTER DESCRIPTION INVOLVEMENT Steve Harmon Steve Harmon is a 16-year-old black man who is being convicted of felony murder and participating in a holdup at a drugstore. Steve grew up in a bad neighborhood and on multiple occasions admired the tough thug guys and even wanted to be like King (pg 96). His flashbacks show us that Steve did talk to King, Johnny and Cruz about a planned holdup, (pg 50) though in court he outright lies and says that he never talked to either one of them about anything

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    Roasted chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, biscuits, and a vegetable melody was what Phillip’s mother, Krista, had prepared her family for dinner. It was a meal that would have taken her all day if she had assembled it from scratch, But, thankfully, the whole process was streamlined given that she elected to use the house’s food hydrator and cooker instead of conventional methods. The automated process of preparing dinner had also freed up more time for her writing, which she definitely needed

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    November 7, 1872, with her Capt. Benjamin Spooner Briggs, his wife, the couple 's 2-year-old

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    Elizabeth's Poem

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    The Harp In the woods there lived a women that played a beautiful song on her golden harp. Her name was Elizabeth these songs were like a call that would signal the animals in the forest. This signal would impact their actions, the song she played in December was so beautiful it put the animals into a deep sleep that lasted till the end of winter. During winter the animals would sleep so soundly that nothing could hurt them. Elizabeth’s song would change the seasons, the song of the spring brought

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    A man by the name of Harvey Milk has left a mark on those in support of and the community of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) worldwide. Harvey Milk served as the first openly gay individual to be elected into public office. Harvey Milk left a positive impact on the gay community and the Castro district of San Francisco through his contributions in politics and stance as an openly gay man. He can also be attributed to being the most influential gay individual to hold political office

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    “Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked two moons in his moccasins.” This is a common Native American proverb, and also a quote from the book Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech. This is telling you to look at a situation from someone else’s point of view before making a decision. By doing this, you become inadvertently more sympathetic and compassionate towards other people. Many times in To Kill a Mockingbird, the main characters: Scout, Jem, and Atticus, look at something from another person’s shoes

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    The world in which we live in today has a variety of issues. These issues range from small-scale issues such as crime and homelessness, on the other hand there are also large-scale issues such as environmental protection to reduce climate change. What do these issues share with one another even though they vary greatly in severity. You may not have guessed it, but these both of these issues, despite their differences have both been portrayed in film. The issue of climate change took center stage

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    really enjoy the day though and don't want to go home. The trip and class frequently bother Mr Briggs throughout the play. Mr Briggs is not used to the type of children who are on the trip that he is supervising, he was asked to go on the trip by the headmaster. He teaches the children in the main part of the school who are more intellectual. The headmaster asked Mr Briggs to assist Mrs Kay on the trip as he thinks Mrs Kay is not capable and has the control to take the

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