Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Video Questions/ Answers Episode 1 Name: Cindy Liu Per______ Jared Diamond has a theory about what causes huge discrepancies among different countries‚ and he says it boils down to geographic luck. What was great about the “Fertile Crescent”? The big four livestock animals; cows‚ pigs‚ sheep‚ and goats‚ were native to the Middle East. Also‚ due to its fertile land‚ the Fertile Crescent housed the best crops in the world. The great crops and animals it had benefited the civilizations
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Peak Garage Door‚ Inc. Peak Garage Door Inc. has set a sales goal of $12.5 million increase for 2004 which is 36% increase in sales over projected 2003 year-end sales. The company currently has 50 exclusive dealers and 300 non-exclusive dealers. Management has four new proposals to look in. The first proposal is to increase the number dealers in their existing markets. The second recommendation is to develop an exclusive franchise agreement with existing non-exclusive dealers. The third recommendation
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Advances in welding technology have opened the way for innovative designs in structures and machinery. Of modern welding processes‚ the greatest number fall under the general classifications of arc welding‚ gas welding and cutting‚ resistance welding‚ and brazing. Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding is one of the arc welding methods. This method is suitable for many kinds of metals‚ but especially for welding of stainless steels‚ aluminum and magnesium. In stainless steel industry‚ TIG welding
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During the late 1960’s bands sang of love and peace while drugs were passed out at every moment. But for The Doors it was different‚ because they could get a person high by just listening to songs of mystery and intenseness. The nights belonged to the gods of revelry and rebirth‚ and the songs invoked their potent passions‚ the Oedipal nightmare of "The End‚" the breathless gallop of "Not to Touch the Earth‚" the doom of "Hyacinth House‚" the ecstasy of "Light My Fire‚" the dark uneasy undertones
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“It’s what you do last that counts” The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum was written to open the readers minds to what could happen and what did happen. It also deeply examines the human awareness and the way people can be easily influenced‚ pressured‚ and in the end completely controlled. This book was based on a true story. The most interesting thing I learned about this book was how much the human body can handle before it gives up. A reason I did not find this book interesting was the fact that
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Sliding Shower Doors Cardinal Shower Enclosures offers several trim levels of sliding door enclosures‚ from the basic Cardinal Builder series up to the luxurious Heavy Euro and Apollo series. Framed sliders have metal all the way around the glass while frameless sliders have clips holding the top of the glass. Be sure to check out the Cardinal S-Curve option. It can dramatically change the look of a basic shower enclosure. Cardinal Builder Series Available as the "Trojan Series" on the West Coast
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Topic: Privatization of Pakistan Steel Mills Subject: Pakistan Economic Policy Submitted By: M. Faizan Sohail (7133) Faculty: Shahid Iqbal Date of Submission: 12th August 2010 Pakistan Steel Mills Introduction: Pakistan Steel Mills is the producer of long rolled steel products in Karachi‚ Pakistan. The Pakistan Steel Mill is the country ’s largest industrial undertaking having a production capacity of 1.1 million tons of steel. The enormous dimensions of the project can be visualized
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AP World History Summer Reading “Guns‚ Germs and Steel” A.) In the Prologue of Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel by Jared Diamond‚ a local politician name Yali asks Jared Diamond a question‚ the answer to it is explain throughout the rest of the book. His question‚ “‘Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea‚ but we black people had little cargo of our own?’” By this‚ Yali wants to know why the advancements in some areas are greater than in others‚ why there are
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The Open Door Policy The Open Door Policy is a foreign policy. It allows any nation to access China‚ but none of those countries can control China. The concept of an open door policy is that any nation can trade with the nation that holds the open door policy. If America adopted an Open Door Policy‚ it would be certain to make the country prosperous and lower the prices of many things for its consumers. Just because it is good for the United States‚ does not mean that it is best for the rest
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strategy Introduction The steel manufacturing company Corus focuses on meeting the needs of its worldwide customers and providing innovative solutions. It manufactures‚ processes and distributes steel and aluminium products worldwide. Corus is a subsidiary of Tata Steel‚ part of the giant Indian conglomerate. Tata Group includes businesses in many industries - for example‚ chemicals‚ automotive‚ telecommunications‚ leisure and consumer goods (such as Tetley Tea). Tata Steel acquired Corus in 2007 as
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