A salary is a form of periodic payment from an employer to an employee, which may be specified in an employment contract. general rule for comparing periodic salaries to hourly wages is based on a standard 40 hour work week with 50 weeks per year (minus two weeks for vacation). (Example: $40,000/year periodic salary divided by 50 weeks equals $800/week.
ascent. n. 1. the act of ascending; climb or upward movement: the ascent of hot gases. 2. an upward slope; incline or gradient.3. movement back through time, as in tracing of earlier generations (esp in the phrase line of ascent).y means of ascent and descent consist simply in dilating or contracting the gas that is in the balloon by the application of different temperatures, and here is the method of obtaining that result.
Any mountaineer can tell you that climbing down is many times harder than climbing up. On the descent of the Northeast Ridge, modern climbers simply rappel the Second Step along fixed ropes. But Mallory and Irvine had no way to anchor a rope to the rock. In âGhosts of Everest,â this problem is sidestepped. In the midst of a discussion about the timing on summit day, the question is posed as follows: As to how they managed that feat, the book is mute.