Australia‚ Asia and the World (week 2) Topic 1- A citizen of the world Topic 2- Identity‚ values and worldviews Topic 3- Cultural Literacy Encountering Strangers Terra Nullius- Land belonging to no one “In this world through which I travel‚ I am endlessly creating myself” Franz Fanon‚ Black Skin White Masks Communities of People People coming together for a common cause‚ connecting in a world of strangers. Recognising common humanity Connecting across differences Accountability and responsibility
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The end of World War 2 left Southeast Asia in an interesting albeit complex period. The once mighty European colonial empires started to crumble‚ having exhausted their fiscal resources and capacities in fighting the war. With decolonization‚ some countries like Indonesia declared independence‚ while other countries were left in a state of anomie‚ with the already existent internal turmoil such as segregated and suppressed ethnic groups and unstable democracy . The region undeniably saw the rise
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Air pollution Air pollution is a problem everywhere in the world. Local air pollution usually affects big cities. Air pollution becomes a worldwide problem when local pollution moves away from where it came from. For example‚ winds carry air pollution made in the middle of the western part of the United States to Canada‚ like acid precipitation. Acid precipitation Acid precipitation is precipitation‚ like rain‚ sleet‚ or snow‚ that contains acids from air pollution. When fossil fuels are burned
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I do not own anything. Air Pollution What is Air Pollution? Air Pollution is the introduction of chemicals‚ particulate matter‚ or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms‚ or damages the natural environment into the atmosphere. What is Atmosphere? The atmosphere is the complex dynamic natural gaseous system that is essential to support life on planet Earth. Stratospheric ozone depletion due to air pollution has long been recognized as a threat to
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What are the different types of air pollution? How does each of these types of air pollution affect human health and the environment? What some ways to control air pollution? Industrial smog is the black-brown colored haze that is in the air that can be seen over some cities. It is mostly visible in the summer. Burning coal produces sulfur dioxide (SO2) that eventually ends up into our atmosphere. Photochemical Smog is air pollution containing ozone and other reactive chemical compounds formed
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AIR CARRIERS Question 1: What is the major advantage of air carriers? How does this advantage impact the inventory levels of those firms using air transportation? Explain how this advantage relates to the choice of modes when choosing between air carrier and other modes of freight and passengers transport. SPEED How does this advantage impact the inventory levels of those firms using air transportation? Lower inventory cost Lower related logistics cost Higher variable cost
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* * * * * “Asia’s Challenge 2020” What is the most important challenge facing Asia over the next decade? Why? What should be done about it? Unhealthy development: a lack of values education and personal generosity CHIM Chamroeun Do we really have enough will to come together and cope with challenges? Let us have a look at this metaphor of our body which consists of trillions of cells. “A main purpose of a cell is to organize. Cells hold a variety of pieces and each cell has a different
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Air pollution is a major environmental health problem affecting the developing and the developed countries alike. The effects of air pollution on health are very complex as there are many different sources and their individual effects vary from one to the other. It is not only the ambient air quality in the cities but also the indoor air quality in the rural and the urban areas that are causing concern. In fact in the developing world the highest air pollution exposures occur in the indoor environment
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Air India plans a turnaround strategy without wage and job cuts After all the turbulence national air carrier Air India went through in the recent past‚ Arvind Jadhav‚ Chairman and Managing Director of the beleaguered airlines is now determined to have a positive balance sheet by 2014-15 and is ready with a turnaround strategy. Some of the key targets the national carrier has set for itself include achieving 25 million domestic and 15 million international passengers by 2015‚ 93% on-time punctuality
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Deforestation of South-East Asia The effects deforestation is having on south-east Asia are dizzying. Rapid development since the siege of Khe-Sanh in Vietnam (1968) and surrounding nations of the Mekong region has caused widespread destruction of their forests. Many of these areas are switching trees for coffee bushes‚ threatening the extraordinary biodiversity that holds around 1‚700 different species. These trees are cut down for the furniture export market. Also‚ forests are being wiped out
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