Int J Biometeorol (2010) 54:75–84 DOI 10.1007/s00484-009-0256-x ORIGINAL PAPER The urban heat island and its impact on heat waves and human health in Shanghai Jianguo Tan & Youfei Zheng & Xu Tang & Changyi Guo & Liping Li & Guixiang Song & Xinrong Zhen & Dong Yuan & Adam J. Kalkstein & Furong Li & Heng Chen Received: 17 December 2008 / Revised: 29 July 2009 / Accepted: 3 August 2009 / Published online: 1 September 2009 # ISB 2009 Abstract With global warming forecast to continue
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organization has net operating revenue of over $1.2 billion‚ with assets of $1.1 billion in 2007 • In May 1988‚ the U.S. Justice Department’s Antitrust Division tried to prevent the merger of the two hospitals located in Roanoke (Memorial Roanoke Hospital and Community Hospital of Roanoke Valley) because of the monopoly it would create in the area • Congress addressed the issue of monopolistic practices by passing the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890‚ which limited the anticompetitive practices of business
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Terry Pratchett once said‚ “God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising‚ which might be compared‚ from the perspective of any of the other players.” In the novels Frankenstein by Mary Shelly and The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells the characters Victor Frankenstein and Dr. Moreau are scientists who take their experiments too far. Both Victor and Moreau are very smart men who want to experiment with nature. Victor is smart and curious. Victor wants
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(1) Define Sir Walter Raleigh and the Lost Colony of Roanoke and the purpose of English colonization. Towards the end of the 16th century‚ the English began to think more seriously about North America as a place to colonize: as a market for English goods and a source of raw materials and commodities such as furs. The English started to realize that colonizing the new world would bring England many advantages and would help Brittan better compete with Spain‚ England’s economic rival at the time
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Unit 2: The Planting of English America Vocabulary Dia Flint Sept.16‚ 2013 1st period John Rolfe: husband of Pocahontas. He was killed by Powhatans in a surprise raid in 1622. He devoted much of his new world life to perfecting a saleable form of tobacco. Disease: main destroyer of Indian people and cultures. Epidemics of measles and smallpox totally destroyed some Indian groups
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nine ships were carrying food and more settlers‚ due to the amount of settlers that were there dying. But due to bad weather‚ many of the ships were separated from one another and impaired. The largest ship‚ the Sea Venture‚ was shipwrecked on the Island of Bermuda with most of the supplies and leaders such as Captain Christopher Newport‚ Sir George Somers‚ and Sir Thomas Gates and
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I. Field investigation of Roanoke branch office of Phoenix Advertising to establish the root cause of the decline in productivity and the client complaints II. Investigative Approaches A. Workplace Observation 1. Visited the Roanoke branch office from March 1- 7‚ 2015‚ spending the first 2 days observing‚ only 2. Observed employee operations‚ client handling‚ and management procedures 3. Documented ineffective and effective practices currently in use at the Roanoke branch office B. Employee interviews
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Case Study of Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co. Andrew William Pence Liberty University Abstract Palsgraf was severely injured due to a blast that shook the railroad station. The unmarked package of fireworks that was dropped by another party boarding a moving train caused the explosion. The explosion caused large iron scales to fall on Plasgrof. As a result‚ Palsgraf sued the Long Island Railroad for the conductor’s negligence‚ whom she blames for pulling the commuter on the train. Which
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Guano islands Along the Peruvian coast is a string of rocky islands and peninsulas that are home to guanay cormorants‚ boobies‚ and pelicans. The birds leave the islands every morning to feed on the fish‚ especially anchovies‚ that are plentiful in the Humboldt Current. They return in the afternoon. There is no vegetation on the islands‚ so they build their nests out of guano and feathers‚ adding a new layer every year. By the time Europeans first saw the islands‚ the guano was more than 100 feet
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"The Island" SUMMARY The movie "The Island" is a movie about cloning‚ rights‚ and what it means to be human. It takes place in the future‚ presumably in 20 or 30 years. The two main characters are clones; one called Lincoln Six-Echo and the other called Jordan Two-Delta. They reside in a facility owned by a man named Dr. Merrick‚ together with many other clones. They believe that the outside world is contaminated and that the inhabitants of the facility are the sole survivors. That is the
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