Longitude

On the 25th of October I attended Canterbury crown court. The proceeding I observed was a sentencing and named ‘Operation Hailstone’. I will firstly make an overall summary of what happened and then reflect and analyse on my experience by highlighting what surprised me, what didn’t, what I learnt and what the whole experience has done for me. Once I had been through security and was seated in my chosen court room the judge walked in and the judges clerk announced the charge on Anthony Baker,…

Joe found himself wrapping on the door of Kat’s JLTV. He saw shadows moving inside and a voice saying to come in. While Joe helped himself through the door, a face moved onward into the light. It was Scuba Bill. “I was just on my way out,” Bill said. His hand extended out to pat Joe on the back. “Goodnight Commander,” Joe replied. Kat wheeled out of her nav station chair and bowed her arms around Joe’s neck, “No kisses,” she told him, “I’m lots better, but I’m still contagious I think.” Joe just…

their own. This type of research could be helpful to understand how people gain their own impendence and what it means to them, I think there could be more questions to be ask and there could be more ways to do the research by maybe conducing a longitude research on adolescents to see the different ways they have all gained their…

The town of Sykesville in Carroll County Maryland may be a small town; however it is rich with history and culture. Location According to the textbook, the absolute location of a given area is defined as “the position reckoned by latitude and longitude on the globe and also includes site and situation.” The absolute location of Sykesville is 39.37 11° N, 76.97 25° W. The relative location of the town of Sykesville is situated 21 miles Northwest of Baltimore, 24 miles East from Fredrick, and 53…

Civil War Looking back at history, it would be easy to say that if someone had done something differently, then the major conflict would have been avoided. Putting oneself in their position is a completely different story. Most of the people involved in major events in history did what they could to prevent to inevitable. The Civil War was just that: inevitable. The United States was bound to run into the conflicts that it did being a newer Country. Physical change and conflicts…

Jefferson established for the expedition. A great deal of scientific knowledge was recorded by Lewis and Clark. The various geographic features had to be recorded and followed. As they moved they had to record details of route maps, observations of longitude and latitude and other astronomical duties. There was good connections between expeditionary and the Indians they were therefore able to carry out linguistic and ethnological studies. America gained diplomatic progress and trading rights…

The main purpose of transportation system in a country is to provide the efficient and safe movement of goods and passenger from one location to another. The economic development is strongly affected or influenced by the availability of transportation. The increasing number of vehicles on the road has created a major problem through traffic accidents due to the loss of lives and material. Moreover, in developing countries such as India traffic accidents rates are still quite high. Therefore, the…

Ahab’s is the only one who uses charts and scientific reason, partly because he is seen to be this self-reliant character and partly because he is obsessed with the thought of capturing the white whale, to the extent that he does. Ishmael explains that to those who do not understand whaling and whales in general, attempting to chart where they will be in a giant ocean appears to be hopeless. He responds to this by saying, “but not so did it seem to Ahab, who knew the sets of all tides and…

part of the North Sea. It is located 186 kilometres north-east of Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland at the water depth of 140 metres (460ft). (Figure 1) The field lies entirely within United Kingdom (UK) licence Block 211/29 at latitude 61°N and longitude 2°E. The Brent field is one of the biggest hydrocarbon accumulations in the United Kingdom area. Additionally it has been a cornerstone of the UK’s hugely successful oil and gas industry. The field operated by Shell UK Limited and jointly…

1. Introduction Usability and responsiveness is crucial in software design. According to ISO 9241-210, usability is the “degree to which a product or system can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction in a specified context of use” [1]. In particular, the software interface should promote learnability, understandability, and operability [2]. Responsiveness corresponds to the amount of time required to complete an action after the user…