Earth Day is a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s natural environment. Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22‚ 1970. While this first Earth Day was focused on the United States‚ an organization launched by Denis Hayes‚ who was the original national coordinator in 1970‚ took it international in 1990 and organized events in 141 nations.[1][2] Earth Day is now coordinated globally by the Earth
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The Design Principles of PlanetLab Larry Peterson Princeton University Timothy Roscoe Intel Research Berkeley PDN–04–021 June 2004 (updated January 2006) Appears in Operating Systems Review‚ 40(1):11-16‚ January 2006 The Design Principles of PlanetLab Larry Peterson Princeton University Timothy Roscoe Intel Research – Berkeley ABSTRACT PlanetLab is a geographically distributed platform for deploying‚ evaluating‚ and accessing planetary-scale network services. PlanetLab is a shared
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Life on this planet Earth is the product of a delicate balancing act provided by nature. Mankind’s very existence is totally dependent on this fragile ecosystem’s ability to maintain itself. A valuable player in the balance of the environment‚ the ozone layer‚ is facing a very serious threat by man. Chloroflourocarbons (CFCs)‚ are chemical agents commonly found in refrigerants‚ aerosol sprays‚ and in the manufacturing of Styrofoam and industrial solvents. With the rate of more than a half-million
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49 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth (The author wishes to thank his wife for suggesting he "get up and do something" to save the earth. This book is dedicated to her.) 1. TURN OFF THE LIGHTS. Even if you’re only going out of the room for a few minutes. Those kilowatts add up. (My wife groans when I say it‚ but‚ "It makes cents—with a c.") 2. UNPLUG APPLIANCES WHEN NOT IN USE. Some of them‚ with their complicated timers and instant start-up features‚ constantly consume small amounts
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The Forbidden Planet During the post World War II era‚ in 1956‚ director Alfred M. Wilcox created this scince fiction masterpiece‚ which was based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest‚ The Forbidden Planet. This exciting film stars Leslie Nielson‚ Walter Pidgeon‚ and Anne Francis. If you have read The Tempest‚ you know that a ship full of people crash onto a desolate island inhabiting a mage and his daughter and a deformed fish man. In The Forbidden Planet‚ rather than a vessel crashing‚ it’s replaced
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nature in general. Although C.S. Lewis published the novel‚ Out of the Silent Planet‚ over three centuries after Bacon wrote his theory on fear‚ Lewis similarly portrayed external surrounding to manipulate perceptions of fear. From the first chapter of the novel‚ Lewis revealed fear to be a weakness that leads to ignorance. It was this ignorance that apparently fueled the cycle of corruption and immorality on "The Silent Planet." Using the character Ransom to reveal the affect of memory and morality on
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Frankiln Scaffner’s Planet of the Apes (1968) is an epic science fiction film that stars the late Charlston Heston. The film begins as a group of Astronauts led by Taylor (Heston) in the would-be present crash land and end up on a seemingly alien planet a few thousand years into the future‚ via suspended animation. After trotting around and exploring the planet‚ they soon discover it governed by simian hominoids who hunt down and experiment on primitive humans who have lost the ability to speak.
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EARTH SURFACE REALMS 2And3 We can look at Earth’s surficial "layers" as being comprised of several major realms or "geospheres": the atmosphere‚ lithosphere‚ hydrosphere‚ biosphere and pedosphere. The reference to "sphere" applies because Earth is spherical‚ and hence layers around it form somewhat spherical shells at the outermost edges of the solid planet. The atmosphere‚ biosphere and lithosphere more completely encircle Earth‚ while the hydrosphere and pedosphere tend to be more discontinuous
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160 Countries Celebrated the Earth Hour As the clocks ticked 8:30 pm at their local time‚ people from 160 countries celebrated the Earth Hour. An Earth Hour which is celebrated to remind us that we all share the same planet we live in and we have the same responsibility for how well we live in it. Earth Hour is a global initiative conceptualized and supported by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and held towards the end of March annually‚ encouraging households and businesses to turn off their
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Earth is changing Introduction We often think of the Earth as a stable and safe place to live. The landscape we see seems timeless and impossible to influence. At the same time‚ we know there are a lot of forces that affect our planet and change it. Some changes are quick‚ such as when earthquakes and volcanic eruptions break the ground or covering it with lava. Other changes may take millions of years‚ such as wind or the abrasive forces of water. The hunt for food‚ searching for land to cultivate
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