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Because of money shortage and more reasons, the United States is in a reccession at this time. As a result, many hundred of thousands or even millions of peoples jobs are lost or layed off. Losing your job or getting layed does not just occur with certain occupations. The AOL company proves this. Starting December 4th and until December 11th, AOL said it will be searching for participants to lay off. In addition, once all of the laying off is done, AOL will decide what jobs will get layed off. After all of this tradgedy occurs for a lot of AOL workers, about one third of the entire jobs at AOL will be lost. This is an estimate of about 2,300 people losing their jobs. As AOL's Chief Executive, Time Armstrong has decided to give up his 2009 year bonus . Armstrong giving up his bonus adds money to go towards the company. I think Armstrong's actions represent his maturity and dedication he is to his job and company as well. Plus, even though one persons bonus is a small amount of money compared to the whole businesses, it still makes a difference because everything has to begin from something small. Along with money, it is estimated that the restructuring will save AOL 3 million dollars annually. However, it will cost about 2 million dollars within the first years. Overall, the AOL company is at an advantage gaining more money that lost. With this, hopefully the employees who unfortunately get layed off or lose their jobs, will be able to regain what they loss during the time of this recession.
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Recently, I have watched a television show named Friends. On this show, there are six friends who go through life like any other person would. Because it is about life there is much science to be seen. For instance, one of the characters, Ross Geller, is a paleontologist. A paleontologist is a scientist who studies dinosaurs. Obviously if someone has the suffix -ologist in their occupation title, then they deal with science in some manner. Science can fall under almost any category. If your occupation involves studying or working then your job has to do with science. This is exactly how Ross Geller's life is because he studies dinosaurs. As a result, he has to do with science.= and can be related to the subject.
Recently, a women from Massachusetts experienced a near death situation. Intoxicated my large consumed amounts of alcohol, this women stumbled down into the path of an oncoming train. Unable to get up, bystanders wove down the oncoming train warning it to stop. Fortunately, the train is able to make a complete stop inches away from the women. In addition, when try to make her way up before the train came to a stop, she almost got electrocuted by the third rail. Escaping two near death experiences this women is lucky to be alive.
All events no matter how categorized can be related to science. In this case, the fact that this lucky women could have almost died from the trains third rail is how this event can be related to science. Although everything is science, in this situation the electrical matter of the third rail is just one of the science parts. A third rail is a method of providing electric power to a railway train, through a continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails o f a railway track. It is so because third rail systems are a means of providing electric traction power to railway trains. Third rails contain so much power that even by the slightest touch, an electrical shock could cause someone death such as the women situated in the train incident.
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