HONG KONG : THE FACTS The Port Hong Kong is fortunate in having a sheltered natural harbour‚ which provides good access and a safe haven for vessels calling at the port from around the world. The port has always been a key factor in the development and prosperity of Hong Kong‚ which is strategically located on the Far East trade routes and is in the geographical centre of the now fast-developing Asia-Pacific Basin. In terms of tonnage of shipping using its facilities‚ cargo handled
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I. TESTAMONIE: * From Witnesses: * Witness heard fighting between boy and father at 8pm * Witness saw boy run out of building after fight * Witness heard boy yell “I’m going to kill you” at 12:10 A.M. * Witness heard body fall a second later * Witness saw boy run down stairs and out of building * Witness from across street‚ 60 feet away‚ divided by an “L” line‚ saw boy stab his father in a downward motion through her bedroom window‚ looking through the windows of the last
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Ten Fast Facts about Animals in the Circus 1. Every major circus that uses animals has been cited for violating the minimal standards of care set forth in the United States Animal Welfare Act (AWA). 2. Animals in circuses spend about 11 months of the year traveling. 3. During travel‚ animals may be caged or chained for long distances and hours‚ forced to stand in their own waste‚ in extreme temperatures. 4. Standard circus industry training tools used on animals include bullhooks
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-Disease‚ mutation‚ disfunction‚ or virus?: virus and disease -Common name: yellow fever -Scientific name: flavivirus and topotypes -History of oResearched XWhere: Philadelphia‚ Cuba‚ and South Africa XWhen: 1800‚ 1881‚ 1901‚ and 1939 XWhy: It was researched because so many people were infected who were coming to America‚ and so many people were getting infected by the virus who lived near the port. XHow: It was researched with the Aedes Aegypti
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The Atacama Desert forms one of the major hyper-arid deserts of the world and it is known to be the driest place on Earth. The extreme aridity of the climate and unusual mineralogy of the regolith in the Atacama region is of considerable interest because of its value as an analogue to the Martian surface. The sedimentary succession in the Atacama Desert records deposition under an arid to semiarid climate from the late Jurassic (150Ma) to the present day (Hartley‚ 2005). Comparison with other long-lived
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| | |There are approximately 870‚000 sworn law enforcement officers now serving in the United States. | | | |About 11.3 percent of them are female. | |
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50 SCIENCE TRIVIA 50 Interesting Science Facts 1 – The speed of light is generally rounded down to 186‚000 miles per second. In exact terms it is 299‚792‚458 m/s (equal to 186‚287.49 miles per second). 2 – It takes 8 minutes 17 seconds for light to travel from the Sun’s surface to the Earth. 3 – 10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment. 4 – The Earth spins at 1‚000 mph but it travels through space at an incredible 67‚000 mph. 5 – Every year‚ over one million
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INDIAN AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY : SOME FACTS India with arable land of 184 million hectares. India produces annually 90 million tonnes of milk (highest in the world) India produces 150 million tonnes of fruits & vegetables (second largest) India has 485 million livestock population (largest) India produces 204 million tonnes food grain (third largest) India produces 6.3 million tonnes fish (3rd largest) ‚ India has 489 million Poultry and produces 45‚200 million eggs. India had the “Green” Revolution
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Edgar Allen Poe ’s "Hop Frog": The Transcendence Of Frogs and Ourang-Outangs "Hop-Frog!‚ I will make a man of you." In Edgar Allen Poe ’s short story "Hop Frog‚" the title character Hop- Frog is able to transcend the limitations of his physical body‚ in ways the King and his seven ministers are unable. "Hop-Frog" has multiple examples of the transcendence of man‚ and the inability of man to transcend. The most prominent of these points are: 1. By overcoming the limitations of his‚ Hop-Frog
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There should have been more about Christopher Columbus on the United States history myths search. Not only did he not discover that the world was round‚ but he never even landed in America. The more research I did‚ the worst I found out he was. In 1492‚ Christopher Columbus and the Santa Maria shipwrecked off what is known now as the Bahamas. The land was inhabited by the peaceful Lucayan people. The Lucayan people worked for hours rescuing the crew and ship. Christopher Columbus did not look at
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