ACTIVE VOLCANOES IN ASIA Asia contains 60 percent of the world’s population and some of the most active volcanoes. The region has a varied geography from the jungles of Indonesia to the deserts of Saudi Arabia. Volcanoes of Afghanistan : Afghanistan has a complex geology and tectonic history. Active volcanoes are located in eastern afghanistan‚ in a region that marks the collision zone with the Indian plate. The country contains mostly rugged mountains‚ with plains in north and southwest
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02/21/2011 Fresh Air Portland Community College decided to become smoke-free in the fall of 2009. They were just one of the many colleges in Oregon‚ and by extension‚ in the United States‚ to become smoke free campuses. Most people know that smoking is bad‚ but how bad is secondhand smoke? Many people that go to campuses dislike breathing in secondhand smoke. PCC’s policy‚ as of fall 2009‚ to become a non-smoking campus‚ was a wise decision that listened to the students. Secondhand smoke
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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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Why did I hate my job so intently? Why was I so easily able to avoid the chain in America‚ its home country‚ but succumbed to the pressure 8‚000 miles away in a foreign land? Globalization‚ as represented through the entry of McDonald’s into East Asia‚ is a series of cultural ‘give and take’‚ as businesses change to local preferences and consumers adapt to the various new disciplines of foreign enterprises. This combats the idea of American imperialism‚ as the new product formed from this ‘give
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The Geopolitics of South Asia From Early Empires to the Nuclear Age Graham P. Chapman Centre for Advanced Study‚ Oslo‚ Norway Professor Emeritus of Geography‚ Lancaster University‚ UK From Chapter 14 The Greater Game The New Security Agenda The United Nations Development Programme in 1997 outlined the seven areas of new security; economic‚ nutritional‚ health‚ environmental‚ personal‚ community and political. Since then the more crystallised term ‘New Security Agenda’ has been pushing
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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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Air Jordan is a brand of shoes and athletic clothing designed‚ owned‚ and produced by Michael Jordan for Nike’s Jordan Brand subsidiary. The shoes‚ informally referred to in the plural as Air Jordan’s or simply J’s‚ were first released for public consumption in 1985 after Michael Jordan wore them in 1984 as a rookie; thereafter‚ new designs were released annually. Since its introduction into the sports shoe market‚ the Air Jordan evolved to the original basketball shoes to models for different uses
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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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DEFINITION: General cargo space or bale space the volume of the cargo holds that can be used to carry general cargo General Cargo ship has holds on the main deck and also has tweendecks‚ where cargo can be stacked atop or beneath them. TYPE OF CARGO INCLUDED These spaces can be filled by: * breakbulk cargo - variety of goods that must be loaded individually‚ is transported in bags‚ boxes‚ crates‚ drums‚ or barrels. This type of cargo is called “loose cargo” * unitized cargo.- uniform
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General Motors General Motors is a well known American company that is responsible for the fabrication and production of vehicles under others subsidiaries or brands such as Buick‚ Chevrolet‚ Cadillac‚ GMC‚ Oldsmobile‚ and Pontiac. Besides of the American brands there are other brands working through joint ventures like Opel‚ Wuling‚ Vauxhall‚ Holden‚ and Faw Jiefang. It seems to be an interesting strategy of market power the diversity of vehicles and models oriented to satisfy the necessity of the
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