Question: Geodesy (/didsi/), also named geodetics, is the scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the Earth. The history of geodesy began in antiquity and blossomed during the Age of Enlightenment.

Early ideas about the figure of the Earth held the Earth to be flat (see flat Earth), and the heavens a physical dome spanning over it. Two early arguments for a spherical Earth were that lunar eclipses were seen as circular shadows which could only be caused by a spherical Earth, and that Polaris is seen lower in the sky as one travels South.

The early Greeks, in their speculation and theorizing, ranged from the flat disc advocated by Homer to the spherical body postulated by Pythagoras. Pythagoras's idea was supported later by Aristotle. Pythagoras was a mathematician and to him the most perfect figure was a sphere. He reasoned that the gods would create a perfect figure and therefore the Earth was created to be spherical in shape. Anaximenes, an early Greek philosopher, believed strongly that the Earth was rectangular in shape.

Since the spherical shape was the most widely supported during the Greek Era, efforts to determine its size followed. Plato determined the circumference of the Earth (which is slightly over 40,000km) to be 400,000 stadia (between 62,800 and 74,000km or 46,250 and 39,250mi) while Archimedes estimated 300,000 stadia (48,300km or 30,000mi), using the Hellenic stadion which scholars generally take to be 185 meters or of a geographical mile. Plato's figure was a guess and Archimedes' a more conservative approximation. 1. When did geodesy begin?
2. When did it flourish?
3. Which Greek argued for a flat Earth?
4. Who argued for a perfect sphere?
5. Who later agreed with him?
6. Why did Pythagoras think the Earth was a sphere?
7. Who thought the Earth was rectangular?
8. Who was Anaximenes?
9. How did early ideas describe the heavens?
10. How does the position of Polaris change as one goes South?
11. What measurement did Plato make?
12. What units of measurement did he use?
13. What did he measure the circumference as?
14. What range of km does this convert to?
15. Is that larger than Earth's actual circumference in km?
16. What is the actual value in km?
17. Did Plato and Archimedes arrive at the same measurement?
18. What was Archimedes' estimate?
19. Using what kind of stadia?
20. How did Plato arrive at his estimate? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. in antiquity
2. during the Age of Enlightenment
3. Homer
4. Pythagoras
5. Aristotle
6. Because the most perfect figure was a sphere.
7. Anaximenes
8. an early Greek philosopher
9. a dome over the earth
10. it's seen lower in the sky
11. the circumference of the Earth
12. stadia
13. 400,000 stadia
14. 62,800 and 74,000
15. yes
16. 40,000
17. no
18. 300,000 stadia
19. the Hellenic stadion
20. a guess

Question: CHAPTER VIII

THE FIRST TRIAL BY FIRE

On the following day, while Owen sat eating his morning meal with a thankful heart, a messenger arrived saying that the king would receive him whenever it pleased him to come. He answered that he would be with him before noon, for already he had learned that among natives one loses little by delay. A great man, they think, is rich in time, and hurries only to wait upon his superiors.

At the appointed hour a guard came to lead him to the royal house, and thither Owen went, followed by John bearing a Bible. Umsuka was seated beneath a reed roof supported by poles and open on all sides; behind him stood councillors and attendants, and by him were Nodwengo the prince, and Hokosa, his mouth and prophet. Although the day was hot, he wore a kaross or rug of wild catskins, and his face showed that the effects of the poisoned draught were still upon him. At the approach of Owen he rose with something of an effort, and, shaking him by the hand, thanked him for his life, calling him "doctor of doctors."

"Tell me, Messenger," he added, "how it was that you were able to cure me, and who were in the plot to kill me? There must have been more than one," and he rolled his eyes round with angry suspicion.

"King," answered Owen, "if I knew anything of this matter, the Power that wrote it on my mind has wiped it out again, or, at the least, has forbidden me to speak of its secret. I saved you, it is enough; for the rest, the past is the past, and I come to deal with the present and the future." 1. Who did Owen save?
2. What does he want Owen to tell him?
3. Does Owen tell him?
4. Why not?
5. What does he want to focus on?
6. What should be forgotten?
7. What was Owen doing when he got a message?
8. What time of day was it?
9. How did he get the message?
10. When does the king want to see him?
11. When did he decide to go?
12. Why would someone rush around?
13. What makes someone wealthy?
14. Where was the meeting held?
15. Did he find the way himself?
16. How then?
17. What kind of weather were they having?
18. What is the king's name?
19. What made him sick?
20. How does he refer to Owen? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. the King
2. how he cured him
3. no
4. it was wiped out of his mind
5. the present and the future
6. the past
7. eating
8. morning
9. from a messenger
10. whenever it pleased him
11. before noon
12. to wait upon his superiors
13. time
14. the royal house
15. no
16. a guard lead him
17. hot
18. Umsuka
19. poison
20. as doctor of doctors

Question: DirecTV (stylized as DIRECTV or simply DTV) is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider based in El Segundo, California and is a subsidiary of AT&T. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean. Its primary competitors are Dish Network and cable television providers. On July 24, 2015, after receiving approval from the United States Federal Communications Commission and United States Department of Justice, AT&T acquired DirecTV in a transaction valued at $48.5 billion.

DirecTV provides television and audio services to subscribers through satellite transmissions. Services include the equivalent of many local television stations, broadcast television networks, subscription television services, satellite radio services, and private video services. Subscribers have access to hundreds of channels, so its competitors are cable television service and other satellite-based services.

Most subscribers use reception antennas which are much smaller than the first generation antennas, which were typically a few yards (meters) across. Advances in antenna technology, including fractal antennas, have allowed a general reduction in antenna size across all industries and applications. Receiving equipment includes a satellite dish, an integrated receiver/decoder and a DirecTV access card, which is necessary to operate the receiver/decoder. 1. how are the services in the article provided?
2. who provides them?
3. are they called anything else?
4. what?
5. where are they headquartered?
6. are they owned by a larger company?
7. who?
8. when did they buy them?
9. did someone have to approve the purchase?
10. more than one entity?
11. who were they?
12. how much did AT&T pay?
13. what kind of service does the company provide?
14. to everyone?
15. who do they provide service to?
16. does it say what types of services are available?
17. what one is first?
18. is there a large channel selection?
19. how many? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. through satellite transmissions
2. DirecTV
3. yes
4. DIRECTV or DTV
5. El Segundo, California
6. yes
7. AT&T
8. On July 24, 2015
9. yes
10. yes
11. the United States Federal Communications Commission and United States Department of Justice
12. $48.5 billion
13. television and audio
14. no
15. subscribers
16. yes
17. television
18. yes
19. hundreds