Time can provide connections and ideas of answers to complicated and intricate questions. In the book Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel by Jared Diamond‚ the author encounters a man named Yali while on a trip to new Guinea. Yali asks Diamond a question that is essentially about advantages and disadvantages between different civilizations. The author cannot provide a definite answer. Later in the book‚ Jared Diamond describes how Francisco Pizarro‚ a Spanish conquistador‚ easily overcame the Incas using European
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Mohammed Asif M et al studied the impact of heat input on tensile strength‚ toughness‚ micro hardness‚ micro structure and corrosion behavior of duplex stainless steel joints. Four parameters were varied by keeping speed as constant. The heating pressure of 30‚ 40‚ 50 MPa‚ heating time of 3‚ 4‚ 5 sec‚ upset pressure of 60‚ 70‚ 80 MPa‚ upset time of 2‚ 3‚ 4 sec were used to weld the joints. L9 orthogonal design concept was used. Results revealed that no intermetallic phases were formed. By increasing
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Book Review The book Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel features the work of the author Jared Diamond. In his book‚ he mentions his answer to how different human societies became so diverse. Diamond doesn’t use racist answers‚ he gives an answer based on the geographical location of these diverse societies. He explains many concepts on how the location of a society can make them more diverse and more powerful than other societies. He shares many examples in history to support his thesis
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Taylor Shockley Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel A. YORK Period 4 Research: Write a short biography of the author‚ include information about his areas of research‚ books written‚ and prizes awarded. Jared Diamond is a professor at the University of California He wanted wrote Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel‚ which won the Britain’s 1998 Rhone-Poulenc Science Book Prize and Pulitzer Prize. He also wrote Collapse: How Societies choose to Fail or Succeed. Jared has been on 22 expeditions to New Guienea and islands
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Storm of Steel Storm of Steel which was written by Ernst Junger creates for the reader a picture of war as seen from the eyes of a German soldier who has found himself in the fields of battle during World War I. Through the novel‚ the German soldier attempts to dispel what nice ideas the reader may have about war. It may be true that to many men like the young German soldier in the story‚ war is all about glory. For the German soldier‚ to fight in the war is to bring glory to one ’s country
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1 Is CSR compatible with China’s developing economy? China’s fast developing economy causes environmental and other problems‚ which leads more and more enterprises to take CSR into account and see making ‘green’ products as a trend. In the near future‚ CSR surely will be one important part of the development of each industry and be compatible with China’s developing economy. Recent years‚ while China continues to maintain economic growth of nearly 10%‚ structural adjustment issues such as the gap
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U.S. Steel (USS) is the largest integrated steel producer in North America and the largest in the United States. Headquartered in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania‚ it can produce about 27 million tons annually. The world’s largest steel maker‚ Europe’s Arcelor‚ produces more than 40 million tons annually‚ while South Korea’s POSCO‚ the second largest‚ produces about 30 million tons. In fiscal 2003 U. S. Steel’s total revenue was $9.3 billion. Its third largest customer is the Ford Motor Company‚ an automobile
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Guns Germs and Steel Essay review Paper written by: Cydney Dickens Period 6 Jared Diamond was presented with a very interesting question by a man named Yali‚ he was asked‚ “why white men have so much cargo and we new Guineans have so little?” his main answer to question is very simple. He said “it is not based on their race‚ however it is based on their geographic location” this is basically stating‚ if they were closer to a different area things would have turned out differently
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WRITTEN ANALYSIS & CASES Assignment 1:Southwestern Ohio Steel LP Letter of Transmittal From: South western Ohio Steel LP XYZ 16th Jan ‚2009 Manager‚ Sales To: Dan Wilson‚ Vice President ‚ Sales Subject: Decision report on letter from Matworks which requests sponsorship Please find attached the decision report on Matworks. I have prepared a detailed report outlining the implications for each possible
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[pic] INTRODUCTION ABOUT PENNAR INDUSTRIES LIMITED Pennar industries limited are a multi-product‚ multi-location enterprise. The company manufactures six different products. • Cold rolled steel strips • Cold rolled form sections • Engineering components • Road safety systems • Precision tubes • Fabrication Pennar industries has received the ISO 9001‚2000 quality certification
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