Ever wondered how ice skating works? Why the ice is slippery? Or just how to maintain enough balance to speed up? Well this article will explain why. Ice skating works because metal skate blades glide with very little friction over a thin layer of water on the ice surface. At one time‚ scientists thought skaters created the water layer by melting the surface layers of ice through the pressure of their body weight creating a melting point.. However‚ recent studies disproved that explanation and it
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of the Ice Cream Industry The Canadian demographic for ice cream has been a constant presence of a sweet treat on a hot summer day. Thankfully‚ Canadians love ice cream‚ and enjoy it all year around. But‚ just who is enjoying this delicious milky treat‚ and what opportunities and threats does that leave the ice cream industry with? Opportunities Canadians have loved ice cream for centuries‚ and it shows today as children as young as ages 2-12‚ and folks as mature as 75 and up love ice cream. (Canadians
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In early 1959‚ jazz trumpeter Miles Davis laid down the foundation for a whole new style of jazz music. Through his "Kind of Blue"� modal jazz was born. This record became a classic‚ at times showing its complexity through the soloing‚ but also allowing the educated listener to revel in the simplicity of the modes. Davis planted the seeds for this new style in his album "Milestones"� but "Kind of Blue"� showed that the style had matured and was more developed. From the introductory piano/bass duet
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the “West Coast Warlord”‚ “Amerikkka’s Most Wanted”‚ “The Grand Wizard”. There is only one man who holds the right to all these names‚ and that is the rap star‚ Ice Cube. O’Shea Jackson Sr.‚ soon to be called Ice Cube by his fans and friends‚ would grow up to be a tremendously influential piece of American hip hop‚ and helped cast the mold for future singers to form their careers in the likeness of. Ice Cube is one of the greatest rappers to ever live. He was raised in South Central L.A.‚ which is where
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Antarctica consists of mostly frozen ice particles and may very well vary huge chunks of ice burgs. Sea ice keeps the Polar Regions levelheaded and helps adequate global climate. Sea ice has a bright surface; that contains eighty percent of the sunlight that strikes it is revealed back into space. As sea ice melts in the summer‚ it exposes the dark ocean surface. Instead of reflecting eighty percent of the sunlight‚ the ocean only absorbs ninety percent of the sunlight. The oceans eventually heat
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Canadian ice cream market witnessed a steady growth between 2005 and 2009‚ the growth in this market is expected to accelerate marginally in the forthcoming five years. Generating total revenues of $2.1 billion in 2009 the market grew by 3.4% in value‚ the compound annual growth rate of the market in the period 2005-2009 was 3.3%. In Volume the market grew by 1.5% reaching a volume of 388.4 million liters. The growth rate for volume was same in the period of 2005 to 2009. As we can see the ice cream
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Introduction Ice-Fili is a mid-sized and privatized joint-stock company in Russia. In 2002‚ it ranked as the top ice cream producer which offered 170 different ice cream products and had more than $25 million in sales. In addition‚ Ice-Fili’s flagship ice cream brand --“Lakomka” was responsible for 30% of the company’s sales. However‚ Ice-Fili has been losing its market share and experiencing a decrease in sales volume in recent years due to the increasingly competitive Russian ice cream market
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award: 8.33 out of 16.66 points For the following questions‚ would you collect information using a sample or a population? | (a) | To calculate the percentage of car owners in New York City | | | | Population | (b) | To know how many different private airlines provide service in the United States | | | | Sample | (c) | To estimate weekly earnings of computer programmers in United States | | | | Sample | (d) | To find the marks of a class
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‘PRAN’ started its operation in 1981 as a processors fruit and vegetable in Bangladesh. Over the years‚ the company has not only grown in stature but also contributed significantly to the overall socio-economic development of the country. “PRAN” is currently one of the most admired food & beverages brand among the millions of people of Bangladesh and other 82 countries of the world where PRAN Products are regularly being exported. PRAN is currently producing more than 200 food products under 10 different categories
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polar ice over the coming decades will lead to irreversible climate change and alter the face of the planet. The earth as we know it is a unique planet composed of global masses of air‚ land and sea. Each body interacts with each other in unique physical and biochemical ways and minute changes in one mass can lead to irreversible changes to another. Climatology is that scientific endeavour that monitors climate systems to explain loss of polar ice. The variables impacting climate and polar ice and
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