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    Should people have the right to rescue services if they put themselves at risk? Thousands of people have climbed Mount Everest. Some make it to the top‚ but most don’t. Rescue services are called every day by climbers of Mount Everest. I think that people should have the right to rescue services even if they’re putting themselves at risk‚ because it’s not right‚ businesses wouldn’t have as much work‚ and if people didn’t have the rights‚ the number of deaths would increase. First of all‚ it’s not

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    Working with a team‚ working for a team and working as a team are very different concepts. This distinction is the biggest lesson I learned from the simulation. A team may refer to a group of people but each member has a specific role to play. The idea of parts joining together to form a whole are analogous to the individual personalities‚ strengths and weaknesses each one brings to complete the team. In our group‚ the leader blended in with the roles of the other members. She would have been more

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    Decompression Sickness Decompression sickness‚ also known as the bends‚ is a term used in scuba diving to describe the sharp‚ painful feeling that occurs when one surfaces too quickly. Although it is not very common‚ it can potentially be fatal if severe enough. The symptoms for the bends are easily identified and are simple to treat if it is caught in the early stages. Decompression sickness can be prevented all together if proper safety precautions are taken. If you pay attention in certification

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    approach the problem. Elly is so ill that she can’t even speak‚ read or see properly anymore. She asks Elly to pull up her jumper‚ but when Elly refuses‚ Sophie says that she knows what’s going on. Elly starts to cry and partly blames Sophie for her sickness. Elly asks Sophie when it is okay to die. If there are some things in life you must have done before you die. Sophie doesn’t know how to answer her question and then finally Elly pulls up her jumper. Characterization Sophie and Elly have been

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    2) At high altitude The effects of high altitude on humans are considerable. The percentage saturation of hemoglobin with oxygen determines the content of oxygen in our blood. After the human body reaches around 2‚100 m (7‚000 feet) above sea level‚ the saturation of oxyhaemoglobin begins to plummet. However‚ the human body has both short-term and long-term adaptations to altitude. Athletes use these adaptations to help their performance. There is a limit to the level of adaptation; mountaineers

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    Assignment – SSD 108 Environmental influences on Performance Ismail Iqbal DIPLOMA IN EXERCISE AND SPORTS SCIENCE Batch 3 SSD/2012/24 1. “Marathon race organizers should be mindful of weather conditions during the race ‘ Discuss the above statement on a scientific marathon footrace is among the most physiologically demanding endurance events in the world. Competitive runners typically maintain a pace corresponding to 70-90% of their maximal aerobic capacity [3

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    Tropopause C – Stratosphere D – Stratopause Ref: all Ans: A 10061. The thickness of the troposphere varies with: A – latitude B – longitude C – rotation of the earth D – the wind Ref: all Ans: A 10102. Going from the equator to the north pole‚ the altitude of the tropopause: A – increases and its temperature increases B – decreases and its temperature increases C – increases and its temperature decreases D – decreases and its temperature decreases Ref: all Ans: B

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    20°F. When the temperature is 35°F‚ what is the altitude of the cloud? 3400 At what temperature does a cloud form at 9500 feet? 62 degrees 2. Set the temperature to 70°F. What happens to the altitude of the cloud as you raise the dew point from 20°F to 65°F? goes down Why? Cool air is unable to penetrate clouds above due to subsidence inversion. 3. Based on your observations‚ what is more important to determining the altitude at which the cloud will form; the actual temperature

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    frostbite‚ falling into a crevasse‚ or High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE). Krakauer describes how Ngawang Topche‚ a Sherpa who assisted Scott Fischer’s Everest expedition‚ developed HAPE while climbing the mountain and the effect it had on him. High Altitude Pulmonary Edema is “typically brought on by climbing too high‚ too fast” where “the lungs fill with fluid” from the pulmonary arteries‚ which are exposed to high pressure because of the altitude (Krakauer 113). Though Ngawang likely could have

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    Solomon Dane Sanderson ENGL100-S03 Lynn Wells February 28‚ 2013 Humor: Is it the Correct Thing to use in Times of Despair? Wherever you are there will always be two things in this world‚ sickness and racism‚ but the way you deal with them makes you who become. For many people humor is a coping device to both‚ however others find laughter hard to deal with in times of despair. When Jimmy finds out he has an incurable disease he leans on his crutch of humor. Trying to use it to explain it to

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