Explain why the Philippines and California are affected by disasters in different ways California is a state on the west coast of the USA and the Philippines is an island country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. They are both considered hazard hotspots and frequently experience natural disasters. A natural disaster is the realisation of a hazard. California is an MEDC‚ the 6th largest economy in the world with a GDP of US$65000 per capita. However‚ despite the high risk of hazards
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Kuok? Let’s discuss about it. Robert Kuok has been the richest man in South East Asia since 2002. He is in the sugar business. Kuok’s father arrived in Malaysia from Fujian‚ China at the beginning of the 20th century‚ and Robert was the youngest of three brothers‚ born on 6 October 1923‚ in Johor Bahru. He claims he began in business as an office boy‚ and later started a business with relatives’ support. In fact‚ upon graduation‚ he worked in the grains department of Japanese industrial conglomerate Mitsubishi between
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University Maryland University College Abstract After viewing the different Gross Domestic purchases over the past 10 years‚ I have found that GDP deflator can be viewed as a measure of general inflation in the domestic economy. Inflation can be labeled as a measure of price changes over time. The deflator is usually expressed in terms of an index‚ a time series of index numbers. For example‚ percentage changes on the previous years are also shown below. The GDP deflator reflects movements of
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another blue square attached back to Task. e. What attributes might be attached to the Works_on relationship? Different positions on the project can be attached to the Work_on relationship‚ like Jobs and Requirements. f. Could TOOL be modeled as an associative entity? Why or why not? Tool cannot be modeled as an associative entity because different Tools can be used on different Tasks. Sometimes you would need more or less Tools depending on what you are trying to do. 16. The owner of two
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To what extent were Stalin’s 5-year plans successful in achieving rapid industrialization in the Soviet Union in 1928-1940? The Marxist ideology states that a society going through industrialization is the only thing that will cause a revolutionary change. Stalin believed in this ideology and proposed a 5-year plan in order to achieve rapid industrialization. They involved state intervention in the economy and great expansion of industry by using collectivization as their main method. The Communist
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UPS COMPETES GLOBALLY WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Q1. Inputs‚ processing‚ and outputs are the three activities for the UPS’s package tracking system. The inputs include package information‚ customer signature‚ pickup‚ delivery‚ time-card data‚ current location‚ and billing and customer clearance documentation. Processing is transmitting the data to a central computer and stored for retrieval. Data are also reorganized so that they can be tracked by customer account‚ date‚ driver‚ and other criteria
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Over the past 20 years‚ commercial influences on scientific research have become increasingly detrimental. Discuss Undoubtedly‚ the links between commercial sectors and science have increased over the past two decades. Where universities and research institution used to be generally independent‚ increasing opportunities for short-term profits have led to more commercial pressure on these bodies. Despite the fact that there are some advantages of scientific development with funding from the private
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How far did the first five year plan differ from the second and third five year plans? The first five year plan of1928-32 was created by Stalin for the ideological reason of rapid industrialisation and to boost the Russian economy to catch up with and protect from western cultures. While the second plan of 1933-37 and third year plan of 1938-41 stayed the more or less the same in their social outcomes and success/failures and their poor implementation but differed in the details of their priorities
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Executive Summary The main purpose of this report is to discuss the concept of this technology including its characteristics‚ structure‚ types and some typical application. The report will start with an overall introduction to wide area network‚ and then identify the key characteristics of this technology. Generally‚ the data transmission rate of wide area network is lower than local area network (LAN)‚ but with the development of technology‚ this data transmission rate is improved dramatically
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companies to reap the benefit of low cost business environment in Bangladesh. AG is following this low cost strategy to search for new ways in reducing production cost‚ developing new products that can be manufactured more cheaply and marketing managers to find ways to lower the costs of attracting customers. Toyota Motor Corporation primarily conducts business in the automotive industry. Toyota also conducts business in the finance and other industries. Its business segments are automotive operations
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