Tropical evergreen forest Tropical forests are characterized by the greatest diversity of species. They occur near the equator‚ within the area bounded by latitudes 23.5 degrees N and 23.5 degrees S. One of the major characteristics of tropical forests is their distinct seasonality: winter is absent‚ and only two seasons are present (rainy and dry). An evergreen forest is a forest consisting entirely or mainly of evergreen trees that retain green foliage all year round. Such forests reign the tropics
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Jing 1 Air Pollution in Northern China Section 18 April 07‚ 2013 Student Name: Yue Jing The latest air quality readings released by the U.S. Embassy in central Beijing in April show that the air has slightly improved‚ dropping from the off-‐chart 517 on January 29th to average 100-‐200 according to the air quality
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determination for individual customers - wrong cost determination for new services provided by DOP (to small charges for the “desktop” delivery‚ then the actual cost of it) 2. Develop an activity-base cost system for Dakota Office Products based on Year 200 data. Calculate the activity cost-driver rate for each DOP activity in 2000. Activity cost-driver rates: Activity One: process cartons in and out of the facility Rate=(90% of Warehouse Personnel Expense + Cost o Items Purchased)/cartons
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland General Information The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland known as the United Kingdom‚ the UK or Britain is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain‚ the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign state - the Republic
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Market Analysis for case of Giant Consumer Products: The Sales Promotion Resource Allocation Decision by Yujun(Monica) Wang‚ ywang29@nd.edu; Ji(Shirley) Yang‚ jyang8@nd.edu Background As a market leader in frozen food industry‚ Frozen Foods Division (FFD) of Giant Consumer Product (GCP) has been proved very successful in the past 30 years‚ with national market share of 43% in the “Italian frozen dinners and entree offerings” subcategory. However in 2008‚ FFD were in sales trouble. The gross
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Case: Allied Office Products Company A costs Allied less money to service‚ they are also a much smaller source of potential growth for the company. Company B on the other hand utilizes far more services and has the potential to earn Allied much greater revenue. With the information we have from the new ABC costing scheme we now know that Allied should be charging far more for the services rendered to company B‚ and less for the services used by company A. Current information shows that company
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agriculture for their livelihood. Nepal is rich in forests. % of the total land is covered with forest. Majority of the rural households are subsistence farmers and rely heavily on forest products to meet their daily requirements. Fuel wood is used for cooking and heating purposes‚ fodder and grass for livestock‚ leaf litter for manure‚ and timber for constructing houses and for making agricultural implements. Poor people are more benefitted from forests products as they are not able to afford for alternative
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are sometimes difficult to determine. Frequently‚ there are a mixture of political alliances‚ economic differences‚ ethnic feuds‚ religious differences and others: This paper looks at the unrest between the Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland. In Northern Ireland‚ "the troubles" are partly rooted in Catholic/Protestant differences‚ partly in political allegiances‚ and probably partly in hatreds that go back so far that the exact reason is lost in the mists of time. Let ’s take a minute
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Theme Essay- A Northern Light A Northern Light is a story about mystery‚ freedom and romance. The author uses these themes to keep you in suspense‚ help you relate to the book and help you experience what emotions the main character goes through. Without mystery there would be no suspense. Life itself is a mystery. Not everything is what it seems. When Grace Browns body is discovered there is the theme of mystery is introduced. After Mattie says that she knows who the man was in the
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pundit‚ David Kiley‚ predicted that “Kellogg will run up against what every ambitious consumer marketer eventually faces: a case of brand extension greed.” But four years later‚ that prediction hasn’t materialized. Kellogg has sustained healthy success‚ generating nearly $13 billion in 2009 sales‚ by continuing to introduce low calorie cereal and snack options. Most of the products in the Special K line build on the famous “Special K diet” and provide versatile weight management solutions that are marketed
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