acronym for "self-contained breathing apparatus"‚ Allows divers to dive deeper and stay submerged longer. Scuba comes a long way from other forms of diving by using an air-tank and regulator. This is what allows them to stay under longer and dive deeper. Scuba originally began with military and commercial applications‚ where it is still used today. But now‚ by far the largest group of divers is "Recreational Divers". These dives are practiced at depths of less than 130 feet‚ from these depths‚ divers
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Mathematics Applied to Life The mathematician S. Gudder once stated‚ “The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated‚ but to make complicated things simple.” Although it seems extremely complex‚ the idea of mathematics seeks to simplify the unpredictable occurrences of life. Mathematics‚ the study of quantity‚ structure‚ space‚ and change‚ exists throughout the entire universe. It attempts to provide some solid explanation for the seemingly random chaos in the world. Mathematicians
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The Epic of Gilgamesh dates back to as early as Bronze Age Mesopotamia‚ to the people of Sumer that told poems and legends of a great hero-king called Gilgamesh‚ the demigod ruler of Uruk (around 2500 BCE). The legends and poems were later gathered into a longer epic and written on clay tablets C. 1900 BCE. They were found in the mid nineteenth century and were later deciphered‚ and eventually published. The story is important not only to the people of the time or historians‚ but to everyday modern
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soldier. Perry goes through a lot of changes and sees some of his good friends die in battle fighting for a cause that no one could agree upon. The book has 4 other main characters‚ Lobel‚ Johnson‚ Brunner‚ and Peewee. Myers’ Fallen Angels takes a dive into the harsh reality of modern war. The realistic depictions of various events in the war and the thoughts of the narrator‚ Perry‚ and other characters show an immense change in their approach to the war. Perry is 17 and on his way to Vietnam‚
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a diving tour for several days. It would be important to have a professional underwater camera to document 10-15 dives. Normally one does a maximum of two dives per day. One is normally underwater for an hour on each dive and the body is affected by the strain of moving underwater and the water pressure. Thus‚ two dives and one feels exhausted. I was planning to do only one dive because of the buildup of gases in my blood system and we were scheduled to fly to Sydney the following day. One has
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A driver starts a journey with 25 gallons in the tank of his car. The car burns 5 gallons for every 100 miles. Assuming that the amount of gasoline in the tank decreases linearly‚ a) write a linear function that relates the number of gallons G left in the tank after a journey of x miles. b) What is the value and meaning of the slope of the graph of G? c) What is the value and meaning of the x intercept? Solution to Problem 8: a) If 5 gallons are burnt for 100 miles then (5 / 100) gallons
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Pipkin 1 On July 27th 1890 Vincent Van Gogh died a fairly young man‚ completely crazy and lost in his own mind. I want to dive deeper into the life of this brilliant‚ yet completely crazy man‚ who has produced more than 2‚100 artworks‚ made up of some 1‚300 watercolors and 860 oil paintings(Vincent Van Gogh Biography‚ quotes & paintings‚ The Art History Archive; retrieved
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Preventing Security Breaches Ka ’Sandra Johnson BIS/221 December 8‚ 2014 Jamie Telesca Preventing Security Breaches When an organization uses and relies on computer systems and information technology to assist in running their company(s) and also uses these resources to store important‚ personal information about clients‚ customers‚ employees‚ and the organization itself‚ it is important to have the adequate security protection in place to prevent this information from being compromised. The following
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Pieces of April The dictionary definition of family is the members of one’s household‚ close relatives‚ or a social unit. Family does not always need to be of blood relation. Many times we find family in the comfort of our friends‚ partners‚ and others that surround us. In the film Pieces of April‚ we watch one family’s struggle to heal their fractured relationship with their daughter‚ while trying to overcome their own personal conflicts. We are introduced to April Burns and her boyfriend
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Additionally‚ Hsun Tzu wrote a text that dives deep into both education and philosophy‚ while also mentioning the importance of applied studies and discipline. In the text “Encouraging Learning‚” Hsun Szu illustrated a question at issue‚ which was: what could help heal a human nature that is so selfish
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