Essays on Meridian

It is one of the ironies of history that the “old west” was actually the last area of the north American continent to be settled. By 1860, for example, San Francisco, California was a booming city of 56,802 persons making it the 15th largest city in the nation (San Francisco Population). Kansas City, meanwhile, had a population of 4,418 (U.S. Census Bureau). Denver, Colorado was already the “Queen City of the Plains” with a population of 4,749 (Population of Denver, CO). These three communities are important since Denver and Kansas City represent the western and eastern ...

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This research was carried out with the aim of comparing rather simultaneous stimuli and proving that perceiving the temporal order is a vital part in the performance of tasks. However, it aimed to show the factors that lead to us being unable to make the right perception by the inclusion of irrelevant events in the visual field. It was conducted by recording the various readings that were collected from the behavioural index of the observers in the static distractor environments and in isolation. This research was carried out by 9 psychology undergraduates from the University of Western Sydney who ...

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Abstract It is well research that visual performance is way effective within the horizontal compared to vertical meridian. The current research reveals the impact of horizontal and vertical meridian on temporal resolution that is particularly interested in detecting the phenomenon of Remote Temporal Camouflage (RTC). 9 participants recruited among psychology students participated in the study. The respondents were provided several tasks which they had to develop temporal order judgments (TOJs) in terms of which of the two stimuli emerged initially. The context was developed in both static and dynamic distractors. In the result, it was determined that JNDs were ...

Introduction

3D printing takes a representation of an object in a digital file and uses a process that lays consecutive layers of material to develop a tangible three-dimensional replica of the object. This process used in creating the solid object is known as additive manufacturing (Munoz and Guenther, 2014). The 3D printing technology has given rise to a new type of prototyping known as rapid prototyping. Manufacturers have been the biggest gainers of rapid prototyping because the process allows them to quickly create and change prototypes.

3D Printing in Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Although 3D printing is mostly used in manufacturing to model prototypes and print parts, ...

One Meridian Plaza was a high rise commercial building that housed offices in Philadelphia, United States. The 38 story building was designed by an architectural firm named Vincent Kling and Associates and it opened its doors to the public in 1972. On 23rd February 1991, a fierce fire broke out in the building on the 22nd floor. The cause of the fire was said to be the ignition of rags soaked in linseed oil (Penwell Corporation, 2011). The resulting fire spread to seven other floors in the building and raged on for hours. Three firefighters lost their lives trying ...

2.11 Modern imperialism and economic globalization Economic globalization refers to increased instances of integration and interdependence among various national economies of the world. While the phenomenon has grown over the years as a result of deliberate government actions such as trade deals, the idea has its origins in the era of colonization by the world powers from the beginning of the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. The effects of imperialism on the global economy continue to be felt until today. It is therefore important to have some background on imperialism. Imperialism was initially a project of a few European ...

Many questions are yet to be answered regarding civil rights casualties. Many black people in America were killed, and their murders were not solved. In the 1950s and 60s, quite a significant number of black people that involved themselves with the Civil Rights Movement were killed, and their stories made headlines across the nation. Many family members of the victims killed during the civil rights movement are still waiting for justice and proper measures to be taken on those who participated in the murder of their loved ones. The murder of three civil rights workers by Ku Klux Klansmen ...

Youth with Disabilities Problem

Introduction Current issues and statistics of the juveniles experiencing disabilities and their disproportional representation in the juvenile justice system. The attitude of the educational system towards the disabled students and the role of the teachers in the process. Legislation, enforcement and advocacy regarding the problems of this group of children. The role of the police and other enforcement authorities in cases with disabled juveniles that commit minor offences. Recommendations. Conclusion INTRODUCTION The White Paper discusses the current situation with the system that disproportionately targets juveniles with disability problems in regard with School-to-Prison Pipeline. What is a school-to-prison pipeline? This ...

What are the main data sources for GIS? Do some research and try to list Canadian sources (with their web addresses) for road data. Geographical Information System or GIS is a database system that have the capacity of analyzing spatially referenced data (ESRI). Any data with spatial attributes can be a source of GIS. Several processes in GIS are encoding, storage, processing and display of digitized maps (Understanding GIS). Some of the Canadian websites that share free data are the Canadian GIS and Geomatics, ESRI Canada, National Resources Canada, GeoBase, GeoGratis, and some other Canadian websites that offer open ...

The movie “Class Action” depicts the story of the trial in occasion of damages resulting from the use of defective vehicles. The lawsuit was filed against Argo Motors, one of the largest automobile corporations; it neglected the tests on the safety of manufactured cars. The Plaintiffs would be suing Argo Motors for defect in design. The Meridian cars that were designed and manufactured in 1985 had a problem with electro scheme; when the car was about to turn left but was it hit from the back, it started to burn. One of the Argo Motors employees who were testing ...

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1. Substation (located 11/4 mi ESE of Penn Wood) 40.01885°Lat and 78.3964°Long

40.04147° Lat 78.39918° Long 3. What cultural feature is located at 40 3’43”N & 78 28’25”W? Locale is the cultural activity in this location. 4. What cultural feature is located at 40.05583N & 78.39694W? At this particular location, there’s a church holding religious functions. 5. What year were the original aerial photographs used as the map base acquired? The year was 1972. 6. When was the aerial photography used for the map revision acquired? The year was, 1968. ...

Explain how the outward flow of energy from the Earth’s interior drives the process of plate Tectonics

All the earth processes are a result of energy flow and mass circulation in and outside of the earth system. Plate tectonics is an earth process that involves the movement of the lithosphere caused by internal processes inside the earth’s mantle (Kent C 154). This is as a result of convection currents within the earth’s crust caused by the heat in the crust. This heat in the crust is due to the initial heat during the earth’s formation and through the radioactive process. The earth’s core is made of radioactive elements such as uranium which decay and ...

1) Explain how the outward flow of energy from the Earth’s interior drives the process of plate tectonics?

The outermost layer of earth, or lithosphere, is broken up into tectonic plates. The boundaries of the plates and their movement leads to the formation of earthquakes, volcanic activity, creation of mountains, and the formation of oceanic trenches. Tectonic plates are formed from either oceanic crust or continental crust, with many containing both. The movement of the plates varies from 0-100mm in a given year. The movement of these plates comes from the outward energy of flow that comes from earth’s central core. Radioactivity produced from elements within earth’s core, such as uranium, decay and release energy. The ...

2) There are justifications on the presence of the moon. Perhaps, collision-ejection theory of the moon gives an explains on the issues. The theory asserts that the moon exists due to the formation of debris ejected from the earth, especially when objects crushed. Collision-ejection theory claims that the newly formed earth collided with mars at an angle, which splashed the layers of the earth surface into the orbit around it. This implies that the Earth crust and mantle formed the moon though condensation. There are various facts on the moon that the theory is consistent with. Some of the ...

The use of cell phone among students at school has generated intense debate over the years. This paper is developed amid this controversy. By relying on varied literature, the paper attempts to answer the question, “Should cell phone be banned at school?” Annotated Bibliography..II This section is split into five parts. Each part explores the perspectives of scholars on the use of cell phone at school. The following articles are explored.

"National School Debate: Banning Cell Phones in Public Schools: Analyzing a National School and Community Relations Problem."

"Cell Phones in American High Schools: A National Survey." "Cell phones for education." "Students and cell phones: Controversy in the classroom." "The use ...

Introduction

Fire accidents cause a lot of damages including loss lives and property. Fires can be prevented through improving the building process, and through preventive measures. One Meridian Plaza fire is one of the most significant fires that have affected Highrise buildings in the United States’ history. The fire caused a loss of three firefighters, destroyed eight floors of a 38-storey building, and loss of property worth hundreds of millions of US dollars. This paper will focus on the causes of the fire, and the issues that were not taken into consideration while the building was constructed. By considering these factors, there are ...

Introduction

On the evening of February 23, 1991, the Philadelphia Fire Department received a call reporting a fire on the 22nd floor of the One Meridian Plaza. The fire department responded immediately but were faced with various challenges that made the fire unmanageable. The fire lasted for nineteen hours and spread to eight floors above the 22nd floor in the 38 story building. Firefighters were able to contain the fire when it spread to the 30th floor. The incident led to three casualties, all firefighters from the local Philadelphia Fire Department, and injuries to 24 others. For this task, we are supposed ...

Introduction

Kouzes and Posner came up with the five practices of exemplary leadership they researched and developed on it using case studies. They are: challenge the process which is the main focus in this case, inspire a shared vision, model of the way, enable others to act and encourage the heart. They believe that “one is not born with leadership traits, but they are learnt”. (Posner, 2011). We shall focus on one practice of exemplary leadership, which is the challenge in the process. It is criteria used by management whereby they take risks which involve making mistakes and failures; these are ...

Construction is an industry that encompasses a variety of activities involving construction, modification, and/or repair. Residential construction involves the construction, modification and repair of solo family houses and the construction of apartment buildings not exceeding four stories in height (Allen, 2011). The construction includes items that go with this houses and apartments such as parking areas, streets, and sidewalks. Heavy construction includes any project not classified as either building, residential or highway. Examples of the various construction activities are road paving, demolitions, bridge construction, residential constructions, heavy construction and painting jobs. Both residential and heavy constructions have differences and similarities. ...

Many have rated the book Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness In The West (1985) as an artwork in American literature and even as Cormac McCarthy continues to publish books it has remained to be his masterpiece. Blood Meridian is regarded as one of McCarthy’s best writing as it is a multilayered and complex reexamination of the American West mythology. Blood Meridian is defined as a historical novel as it adds in events that are documented chronicling the gang of Glanton who are hunters between the years of 1849-1850 before evolving to a band of ragged villains who murder and ...

The earth is spherical in nature. The earth also rotates on its own axis. The other thing about the shape earth is that it is an oblate spheroid. This means that the earth’s surface is not perfectly symmetrical. In order to have a clear definition of the different locations in the earth, it is divided into different horizontal and vertical lines. These are the lines that help us to have a clear location of a place. The horizontal lines are called the latitudes and the vertical lines are called the longitudes. These are the angles that uniquely define a point on a sphere. ...

710 Expansion

Introduction

For over forty years the planning of extension of 710 state routes has been in the planning, the main aim was to ease traffic congestion and to facilitate air quality within the metropolitan area of Los Angeles County .The department of transportation in California and metropolitan transportation authority of the county of Los Angeles came up with proposal of a tunnel concept by extending the SR-710.With over 15.2 m in diameter and 17.7 km in length, the tunnel would stand to be among the world’s largest highway tunnels .This project has been challenged by a lot of opposition ...

Vicksburg was built on a high hills but “it was also located on a severe bend in the Mississippi River”, which Grant attempted to isolate by digging canals. His forces also destroyed the levees above and below Vicksburg in order to flood the area and then bring up more troops and supplies to besiege the city. Gen. John Pemberton, the Confederate commander, never had “enough men at his disposal to adequately defend his department”, while his immediate superior Joseph Johnston had a hostile relationship with Jefferson Davis (Wynne 96). Pemberton received conflicting orders from both, and since he was Northern-born with two ...

Annotated Bibliography

Alexanian, Nicole, Wiebke Bebermeier, Dirk Blaschta, and Arne Ramisch

2012 The Pyramid Complexes and the Ancient Landscape of Dahshur/Egypt. Journal for Ancient Studies (3):131-133.

This short article demonstrates the changes in sand levels since the time of the Old Kingdom (About 2600-2150 BCE). Geomorphic and sediment investigations conducted by the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) and the Institute of Geographical Sciences of the Free University of Berlin were able to determine the landscape during the Old Kingdom. Utilizing information from 80 sondages and several excavation trenches, researchers found that up to 7m of alluvial and aeolian deposits had occurred ...

The Earth is divided by lines of latitude and longitudes which are imaginary. The equator marks the centre of the globe; therefore, it is equidistant from the North Pole and the South Pole. Lines parallel to the equator are called parallel of latitudes, and they run from east to west. The prime meridian is an imaginary line used as the zero line, and it passes through Greenwich, England, and it is zero degrees. The maximum longitude is 180 degrees both in the east or west. The prime meridian converges at the poles same case as the other longitude lines. ...

Post-modernism is a literary construct wherein actual modernism is critiqued – modernism being the Enlightenment-like idea that one needs only to be confident in oneself in order to accomplish anything, from life goals to wealth. In the books Blood Meridian and The Fountainhead, post-modernist viewpoints allow the authors to deconstruct this confidence, demonstrating how immaterial and ineffective it can be. The short stories “Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot” and “Jackson is Only One of my Dogs” also use postmodernism to deconstruct what it means to be normal and modern.

Cormac McCarthy’s novel Blood Meridian follows an unnamed teenage ...