32 point reference cubes 9 categories of life (contextual Reading program) 1.Government -rules and regulations •CFR •FCC •FTC •SEC •FDA 2.Financial -budgeting •Cash vs Credit •Your financial identity •Networth vs Netvalue 3.Entertainment -people •History •Demand vs supply •Evolution 4.Lifestyle -it matters •Trends •Genders •Evolution 5.Connections – existing or new •Speed of trust •Quantitative review •Cognitive audience 6.Businesses – data cards •Types •Sub categories •Databases 7.Organizations – private – public 8.Family – first 9.About You – self evaluation 32 point reference system 1.Longitude lon·gi·tude [lon-ji-tood, -tyood] – noun 1. Geog. angular distance east or west on the earth’s surface, measured by the angle contained between the meridian of a particular place and some prime meridian, as that of Greenwich, England, and expressed either in degrees or by some corresponding difference in time. 2. Astron. 1. celestial longitude. 2. galactic longitude. Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L longitūdō length. See longi-, -tude 2.Latitude lat·i·tude [lat-i-tood, -tyood] – noun 1. Geog. 1. the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the point. 2. a place or region as marked by this distance. 2. freedom from narrow restrictions; freedom of action, opinion, etc.: He allowed his children a fair amount of latitude. 3. Astron. 1. celestial latitude. 2. galactic latitude. 4. Photog. the ability of an emulsion to record the brightness values of a subject in their true proportion to one another, expressed as the ratio of the amount of brightness in the darkest possible value to the amount of brightness in the brightest: a latitude of 1 to 128. Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L lātitūdō breadth, equiv. to lāt(us) broad + -i- -i- + -tūdō -tude 3.Time – noun temporal length of event or entity’s existence, period Synonyms: age, allotment, bit, bout, chronology, clock, continuance, date, day, duration, epoch, era, eternity, extent, future, generation, go, hour, infinity, instance, instant, interval, juncture, lastingness, life, life span, lifetime, many a moon, moment, month, occasion, pace, past, point, present, season, second, shift, space, span, spell, stage, stint, stretch, tempo, term, tide, tour, turn, week, while, year – noun opportunity Synonyms: break, chance, heyday, look-in, occasion, opening, peak, shot, show, squeak 4.Speed speed – noun rate of motion, often a high rate Synonyms: acceleration, activity, agility, alacrity, breeze, briskness, celerity, clip, dispatch, eagerness, expedition, fleetness, gait, haste, headway, hurry, hustle, legerity, lick, liveliness, momentum, pace, precipitancy, precipitation, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, readiness, rush, rustle, snap, steam, swiftness, urgency, velocity – verb move along quickly Synonyms: advance, aid, assist, barrel, belt, bomb, boost, bowl over, career, cover ground, cut along, dispatch, expedite, facilitate, flash, fly, further, gallop, gather momentum, gear up, get a move on, get moving, get under way, go all out, go fast, go like the wind, hasten, help, hightail, hurry, impel, lose no time, make haste, open up throttle, press on, promote, quicken, race, ride, run, rush, sail, spring, step on it, tear, urge, whiz, zoom Antonyms: delay, halt, slow 5.Distance distance – noun interval, range Synonyms: absence, ambit, amplitude, area, bit, breadth, compass, country mile, expanse, extension, extent, farness, far piece, gap, good ways, heavens, hinterland, horizon, lapse, length, objective, orbit, outpost, outskirts, provinces, purlieu, purview, radius, reach, remoteness, remove, scope, separation, size, sky, space, span, spread, stretch, sweep, way, width – noun aloofness Synonyms: coldness, coolness, frigidity, reserve, restraint, stiffness Antonyms: affection, friendliness, sympathy, warmth – verb 6.Constellation 7.Terrestrial ter·res·tri·al [tuh-res-tree-uh l] – adjective 1. pertaining to, consisting of, or representing the earth as distinct from other planets. 2. of or pertaining to land as distinct from water. 3. Bot. 1. growing on land; not aquatic. 2. growing in the ground; not epiphytic or aerial. 4. Zool. living on or in the ground; not aquatic, arboreal, or aerial. 5. of or pertaining to the earth or this world; worldly; mundane. – noun 6. an inhabitant of the earth, especially a human being. Origin: 1400–50; late ME < L terrestri(s) pertaining to earth (deriv. of terra earth) + -al1 8.Compass com·pass [kuhm-puh s] – noun 1. an instrument for determining directions, as by means of a freely rotating magnetized needle that indicates magnetic north. 2. the enclosing line or limits of any area; perimeter: You can find anything you want downtown within the compass of ten square blocks. 3. space within limits; area; extent; range; scope: the narrow compass of the strait; the broad compass of the novel. 4. Also called range. the total range of tones of a voice or of a musical instrument. 5. due or proper limits; moderate bounds: Their behavior stayed within the compass of propriety. 6. a passing round; circuit: the compass of a year. 7. Often, compasses. an instrument for drawing or describing circles, measuring distances, etc., consisting generally of two movable, rigid legs hinged to each other at one end (usually used with pair of ): to spread the legs of a compass and draw a larger circle. 8. ( cap. ) Astron. 1. Also called Mariner's Compass. the constellation Pyxis. 2. Compasses, the constellation Circinus. – adjective 9. curved; forming a curve or arc: a compass timber; compass roof. – verb (used with object) 10. to go or move round; make the circuit of: It would take a week to compass his property on foot. 11. to extend or stretch around; hem in; surround; encircle: An old stone wall compasses their property. 12. to attain or achieve; accomplish; obtain. 13. to contrive; plot; scheme: to compass a treacherous plan. 14. to make curved or circular. 15. to comprehend; to grasp, as with the mind: His mind could not compass the extent of the disaster. Origin: 1250–1300; (v.) ME compassen < OF compasser to measure < VL *compāssāre, equiv. to compāss(us) equal step (L com- com- + pāssus pace1) + -āre v. suffix; (n.) ME compas < OF, deriv. of compasser 9.Crew crew1 [kroo] – noun 1. a group of persons involved in a particular kind of work or working together: the crew of a
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