Meridian

though through technological advancements it may be feasible to live as deep as the base of the abyssopelagic zone at 6,000 meters in depth (see image). All of these zones overlap in one desired location, just east of Hawaii, right on the prime meridian: 35°00 '00.0"N 180°00 '00.0"W: Keep your Friends Close and your Anemones…

To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee is a timeless, touching novel that examines stereotyping and its consequences while teaching main characters Jem and Scout Finch major life lessons through the racism of other people like Tom Robinson and Arthur "Boo" Radley. "Boo" was like a monster to the minds of the citizens of Maycomb. The novel shadows the lives of Jem and Scout, children of small-town lawyer Atticus Finch. Lee uses Atticus to defend the case of Tom Robinson, a black man, who is…

Growing up in Los Angeles, the Griffith Observatory has always been a staple of my childhood. I remember taking class trips and driving up the windy road of Mount Hollywood, where the hills would reveal the white glowing citadel, a symbol that embodies wonder and amazement. My most vivid memory was having the opportunity to look through the Zeiss Telescope and to see the planet Saturn, just barely being able to make out the rings. This moment was deeply rooted in my mind as I visited the…

In the early 1800s, a philosophical movement called Transcendentalism developed in the Northeast United States. Transcendentalists believed in self-reliance and that the individual is more powerful than the institution. Ralph Waldo Emerson, the author of “Self-Reliance”, was one of the founders of Transcendentalism. Emerson befriended and mentored Henry David Thoreau, a fellow Transcendentalist and author of works such as “Walden”. Both men were pioneers for the movement and were the true…

The planets in the solar system are divided into terrestrial and jovian planets. They are different in their position, composition and other features. First of all, let us see what are the jovian and the terrestrial planets. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are the jovian planets. Mercury, Venus and Earth are the terrestrial planets. One of the main differences that can be seen between terrestrial and jovian planets, is their surfaces. While the terrestrial planets are made of solid surfaces,…

Violence, an integral part of modern society, constitutes the lives of individuals that lead to reactions in the sociological perspective. In terms of sociology, violence grasps the control one’s realities. Sociological impact of violence is so intertwined with side factors that individual get derailed in conducts transforming personalities, emotions, thoughts, world views. This study deals with violence in the sociological view and its implications as depicted in Conrad’s The Secret Agent.…

There are five different themes of Geography. Each help geographers in their own way. The first theme is location. It has two aspects of it that geographers use, first absolute location and the other relative location. The second theme is place. There are two different characteristics, one human and the other physical. Another theme is human/environment interaction. It has three significant aspects, the first is dependence, another is adaptation, and the last is modification. The next theme is…

Mystery Creek Resources, Inc. (MCRI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fire River Gold Corporation, proposes to continue to operate, reclaim, and close an underground precious metal mine and associated mill known as the Nixon Fork Mine Project (Project). The Project is located approximately 32 miles northeast of McGrath and eight miles north of Medfra in west-central Alaska (Figure 1; see Appendix A for report figures). The Project is not connected with the Alaska road system; therefore site access…

Four Scott Tsuchitani is a visual artist located here in San Francisco. Tsuchitani’s art has been featured in museums, galleries, and universities in eight states and here at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), SFMOMA Arts Gallery, Meridian Gallery, Asian Art Museum and de Young Museum. Before becoming a visual artist, Scott worked in documentary film on international productions and alongside Academy Award –winning filmmakers. His work relates to creating space and the dynamic…

Past & Future American students of the Vietnam war era did not have it easy at all there was a lot of unfortunate events like being drafted when you probably didn 't want to be, but no one had a choice and there were the lost lives of our soldiers back then. As I and other people get older, we start to think more about everything around us like economy, immigration and the most popular in this generation disinformation from the social media and many other issues. Outcomes will be different…