annual precipitation of only 200 mm (8 inches) along the coast and far less inland.[7] The temperature in Antarctica has reached −89 °C (−129 °F). There are no permanent human residents‚ but anywhere from 1‚000 to 5‚000 people reside throughout the year at the research stations scattered across the continent. Only cold-adapted organisms survive there‚ including many types of algae‚ animals (for example mites‚ nematodes‚ penguins‚ seals and tardigrades)‚ bacteria‚ fungi‚ plants‚ and protista. Vegetation
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CHINESE CONSUMER McEwen‚ W‚ Xiaoguang‚ F‚ Chuanping‚ Z & Burkholder‚ R 2006‚ ’Inside the mind of the Chinese consumer’‚ Harvard Business Review‚ vol. 84‚ no. 3‚ pp. 68-76. INTRODUCTION Today China becomes one of the biggest economies all around the world. After the economy boom‚ there is many affluent people appear. A study conducted in China‚ revealed that this country consumes a quarter of world luxury consumer products. Therefore‚ it can be obviously said that China converts one of the
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good friends and hanging out with them everyday. You begin to forget about your family and everything else all you want to do is hang out with your friends and get messed up. Life is tough as a teen and you want to be accepted. Before you know it years go by and all you do is smoke weed‚ everyday. Seems fun and exciting at the time but then that’s all that you do. Then you notice that all your so called friends talk and do things behind each others
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CHINA (Chinese Cuisine Lecture) by Bernadette Olivares December 10‚ 2012 CHINA Population: Ethnic groups: Han Chinese 91.5%‚ Zhuang‚ Manchu‚ Hui‚ Miao‚ Uyghur‚ Tujia‚ Yi‚ Mongol‚ Tibetan‚ Buyi‚ Dong‚ Yao‚ Korean‚ and other nationalities 8.5% (2000 census) Religions: Daoist (Taoist)‚ Buddhist‚ Christian 3%-4%‚ Muslim 1%-2% note: officially atheist (2002 est.) Languages: Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua‚ based on the Beijing dialect)‚ Yue (Cantonese)‚ Wu (Shanghainese)‚ Minbei
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Chinese Women Traditional Chinese society was patriarchal‚ patrilineal‚ and patrilocal. In this male dominated society‚ sons were preferred to daughters‚ and women were expected to be subordinate to their fathers‚ husbands‚ and sons. Because marriages were arranged‚ young women and men had virtually no voice in the decisions on their marriage partner‚ resulting in loveless marriages. Once married‚ it was the woman who left her family and community and went to live with her husband’s family‚ where
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Chinese Zodiac The Shēngxiào (Chinese: 生肖)‚ better known in English as the Chinese Zodiac‚ is a scheme that relates each year to an animal and its reputed attributes‚ according to a 12-year mathematical cycle. It has wide currency in several East Asian countries such as China and Korea and Japan. Identifying this scheme using the term "zodiac" reflects several similarities to the Western zodiac: both have time cycles divided into 12 parts‚ each labels at least the majority of those parts with
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FROM CHINESE CINDERELLA Adeline Yen Mah’s ‘Chinese Cinderella’ is the story of pain‚ rejection and triumph. Mental pain‚ contempt and cruelty were the harsh realities of her life. But the will to succeed and win recognition proved to be powerful motivating factors. The subtext is based in the years 1940-1950 and on memoirs of Adeline’s childhood. This extract is based on one of the few occasions when she went home. The title has a dreamy fairy tale like tone. It is used in an ironic manner and appropriately
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nurtured the development of much denser and more stratified societies. The study of agriculture is known as agricultural science. Agriculture is also observed in certain species of ant and termite. The history of agriculture dates back thousands of years‚ and its development has been driven and defined by greatly different climates‚ cultures‚ and technologies. However‚ all farming generally relies on techniques to expand and maintain the lands suitable for raising domesticated species. For plants‚
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Dana Deuel Prof. Sullivan Deuel 1 BIO 106 May 4th‚ 2015 Digestion is important for breaking down food into nutrients which the body uses for energy‚ growth and cell repair. When I am chowing down my steak and potatoes‚ my digestive system is doing that exact thing. Our digestive system breaks down food into smaller molecules and into nutrients for the body. These nutrients include carbohydrates‚ protein‚ fat and vitamins. The digestive system is made up of the GI tract‚ also known as
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Describe a situation where leadership and teamwork were critical to the outcome. Each year I volunteer to organise and manage a fundraising fete for my local church. The fete is run over a weekend in September and attracts over one thousand visitors from the local community over the course of the event. There are various attractions at the fete‚ each with their own particular requirements‚ for example any food served at the fete requires all preparation‚ handling and storage standards to be
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