Time Zones Christopher D. Smith GLG/150 July 21‚ 2010 The Greenwich Meridian is a north-south line representing a zero degree-reference line in longitude. The line passes through the United Kingdom and it represents the world’s prime meridian. Longitude is used to measure the distance of areas on the world east‚ or west. Think of it like the equator‚ where the equator separates the southern and northern hemispheres. The Greenwich Meridian separates the east and west hemispheres. According
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The Blue Zones The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest by Dan Buettner talks about the author’s research in different places who have people who live into very long years of their life in a few areas of the world who claim to have the highest number of the oldest people. Blue Zone is a concept used to identify a demographic and/or geographic area of the world where people live measurably longer lives‚ as Dan Buettner describes in his book. The concept had
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Abyssal Zone Steven Jevan 10.2 Located deeper than 2000 meters underneath the ocean surface‚ lies a biome that we have barely seen and realize. This unbelievable and incredible biome is called the abyssal zone. With a depth reaching down to 6000 meters‚ it is impossible to inhabit this biome. Conversely‚ certain organisms have managed to keep their survival in this very biome through particular processes. Initially‚ the abyssal zone and the living organisms inside it‚ suffers
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Crumple Zone I choose to look at the crumple zone in cars for my technological device and briefly touch upon seat belts in cars and air bags. The crumple zone in my own words is a zone built in an automobile to compress when an accident occurs. This was built to absorb “deformation” energy from the impact. The other reason it was built‚ which is more common is to reduce the deaths in car accidents. Crumple zones are mostly located in the front of a car and this will absorb the energy from “head
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1.0 Background of NasionCom Holdings Berhad NasionCom Holdings Berhad (NHB) is an investment holding company. The company is organized into two main business segments: Telecommunication and multimedia services segment‚ which is engaged in the provision of voice and data services broadband Internet access and related services‚ and Wholesale services segment‚ which is involved in wholesale of telecommunication prepaid cards. The company was formerly known as High-Tech Electronics Sdn Bhd. Other operations
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Comfort Zone Brian Tracy‚ one of the top success speakers and authors in the world‚ has once said‚ “Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.” His point is that‚ when one steps out of her comfort zone it will be strange‚ difficult‚ or painful. However‚ one will only grow or learn from the experience if they accept the embarrassment‚ difficulties‚ and the awkwardness that come with trying something new. I agree
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The Hot Zone The Hot Zone is a best-selling 1994 non-fiction bio-thriller by Richard Preston about the origins and incidents involving viral hemorrhagic fevers‚ particularly Ebola viruses and Marburg viruses. This book is based upon an outbreak of the Ebola virus in a monkey house located in the Washington‚ D.C. suburb of Reston‚ Virginia. The author weaves together the tales of several previous outbreaks in Africa to describe clearly the potential damage such an outbreak could cause. The first
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oral discharge adrenaline- A hormone secreted by the medulla of the adrenal gland‚ especially in times of stress or injury. Chapter 1: Something In The Forest 1. Who is Charles Monet? 2. What happens to Monet? 3. (pages 4-6) The author uses a sensory image of hot and cold in describing the case. Why? 4. The author makes a distinction between lethal and nonlethal contagion. What is the difference? 5. Why were workers burning
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Summary Richard Preston’s Hot Zone is a horrific narration of the origin of filoviruses and their encounter with humans. These viruses include Marburg virus (MARV)‚ Ebola virus (EBOV) and Sudan virus (SUDV). They are also known as Biosafety Level 4 agents because they are extremely dangerous to humans and have no treatments or cure. Section 1: The Shadow of Mount Elgon This section details Charles Monet’s visit to Kitum cave‚ which is located in Mount Elgon‚ Kenya. During this trip‚ Monet
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Climate Zones according to their locations Have you ever wondered why Alaska and Mexico differ in climates? The average temperature in each zone or region determines the climate and their respective classification. There are three climate zones: the tropical‚ temperate‚ and polar zones. The changes in climate differ because the earth revolves and rotates around the sun in a counter- clockwise direction. These zones are important for the earth because they characterize how the climate in each
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