A Look Into Subway

By Saleh Alotaibi

It's a cozy afternoon in Whitfield. Outside the clouds hang low and the wind is biting cold, but inside is the warm smell of baking bread coming from the Subway. There is a huge window that gives everyone a clear view inside the small restaurant where a lot of activity is happening. To find out more about who visits Subway and why they go there, I went to interview the people.

 One of the first people I saw was a girl sitting alone by herself. She was reading a textbook while eating a sandwich and she looked busy, but she was the only one sitting alone so I wanted to see if she would talk to me. The woman's name was Sharon and she was happy to take a few minutes to give me an interview and explained that she loves going to Subway because she could get a good meal to eat and also study a little bit. “I like it in here,” Sharon said. “It's warm and comfortable in here and I can get a little bit of work done while I grab something quick to eat. It's also really convenient for me because I live on campus and I don't want to drive anywhere, especially on such a cold day.”

 When I visited Subway on another day around lunch time and it was packed. There were many students there and all kinds of activity was going on. I could see that the employees were working very hard to keep up with all of the sandwich orders, and to get everything right. Each student had their own demand and idea about what is the best tasting sandwich, and the employees had to deliver. It was like watching a machine, and they knew exactly what they were doing and how to do it.

 My final visit to Subway was in the evening. I saw two men sitting together and I asked them if they would talk to me. Jim and Sam were happy to give me an interview and told me that they were graduate students there working on their MBA. Jim told me, “Sometimes it's really hard because I come here straight from work work, and so I don't have a lot of time to eat. I love the Subway because it's quick and easy.” Sam felt the same way, that it was convenient and easy and he was glad that a sub shop was located on campus.

nice view

When was empty and have shiny weather

some guys have good conversation

Earthquake 7,8

Indonesia Strictly Earthquake

            A magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck Wednesday off the coast of Indonesia. This is an area that is known for major tremors, but this one didn't immediately appear to cause widespread death or destruction. The quake was centered in the Indian Ocean about 410 miles (660 kilometers) southwest of Muara Siberut and roughly 500 miles west-southwest of Padang, which is on the west coast of Sumatra, the Asian archipelago nation's largest island.The U.S. Geological Survey indicated the earthquake struck 15 miles deep.

            After initially noting a potential threat, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, a U.S. government agency, said there had been no tsunami observed. Just in case, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology issued warnings for Cocos Island, which is about 530 miles south-southeast of the quake's epicenter, and Christmas Island.

            Both Australian warnings noted the possibility of dangerous rips, wave and strong ocean currents, as well as localized onshore flooding, for several hours Wednesday night. Indonesia's disaster management agency reported that tsunami warning sirens went off after the quake, which was felt in Padang. But there are no reports of casualties or damage, nor have there been signs of possible tsunamis on the islands of Sumatra, West Sumatra, Bengkulu and Lampung. And all tsunami warnings for Indonesia had been lifted as of 10:50 p.m. Wednesday.

            Large earthquakes are relatively common in and around Indonesia, which is part of the Ring of Fire, an arc of fault lines circling the Pacific Basin that is prone to frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. For example two earthquakes, one a magnitude 7.1 and the other a 7.0, struck in November 2014. More recently, on February 12 of this year, a magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Pulau Sumba. Neither of those did significant damage although that's not always the case.

            In December 2004, a magnitude-9.1 quake struck off the west coast of Northern Sumatra and the tsunamis it generated killed upwards of 225,000 people in India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and Bangladesh. That quake, which lasted between 500 and 600 seconds, released an amount of energy equal to a 100-gigaton bomb.

            More than 1,300 people were killed three months later following an 8.7 earthquake and subsequent tsunami on the same fault line. Another quake, this one a 6.3, killed some 5,750 people in May 2006, and there have been a number of other deadly incidents since.

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Earthquake that struck off the southwestern Indonesian 

Indonesia issues tsunami warning after earthquake

References of the image:

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-some-species-endemic-to-indonesia.htm

http://globalnews.ca/news/2552372/major-8-1-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-off-indonesia/

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3282e2b4-e082-11e5-8d9b-e88a2a889797.html#axzz42MbbdW6y