1. Results Part 1: When samples of austenitic stainless steel are immersed in a sulphuric acid solution and are taken through a current‚ it may be observed that corrosion products are formed around the electrodes‚ to differing degrees. The reason for this is because when a uniform voltage is applied across the series of interconnected electrodes in the acid solution different potentials are obtained at each electrode and hence different electrochemical reactions take place. The products of these
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CASE ANALYSIS OF UNITED BREAKS GUITARS Carrols experience of poor baggage handling was published in the web which received widespread exposure in mainstream media. Industry overview: * Severe economic pressure. * Costs exceeded revenue growth thereby profit margins suffered. * Sources of cost pressures – global recession‚ competition from low cost carriers‚ high fuel prices and overcapacity * Customer dissatisfaction due to in-flight services‚ flight crew and costs and fees.
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The name Katie Steel will soon be making headlines in the music industry. The South Florida artist may be young but the inspiration behind her music is wise beyond her years; Steel has developed into a well -rounded musician who has been influenced by gospel superstar like Smokie Norful‚ blues legend Etta James‚ and modern-day powerhouse Beyoncé. All of these different muses have helped Katie develop a distinctive style‚ which sincerely resonates through her powerful vocals. Yet Steel’s talent will
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Ryan Maierle/Global 2H/Guns‚ Germs and Steel What is “Yali’s question”? “Yali’s question” is “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea‚ but we black people had little cargo of our own?” (Diamond 14). By “cargo‚” Yali is referring to wealth and technology‚ which leads to power and dominance. Essentially‚ Yali wants to know why was there is such a disparity between the lifestyle of the average New Guinean versus the average European or American? In other
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel is a short documentary in which Jared Diamond tries to answer a question asked by a man named Yali. The question Yali asked is; “Why you white man have so much cargo‚ and we New Guineans have so little?” Yali was asking why the people of New Guinea have so few technologies and goods in general. Diamond goes on to answer the question‚ stating that the reason the people of New Guinea have so little is because of New Guinea’s geography. I completely agree with Diamond’s answer
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel by Jared Diamond Prologue 1. What was Yali’s question? 2. What did Yali mean by “cargo”? 3. Summarize Yali’s question. This requires mentioning race‚ intelligence‚ and development of technology. 4. What does the term “inequality” mean? 5. How does the use of the word “inequality” prejudice the question? 6. How does the author inject terms that prejudice the reader into the premise that Europeans (and Asians to some extent) acted unfairly towards Native
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Parth Patel 04/27/11 Introduction to Medical School Hot Lights‚ Cold Steel Michael J. Collins‚ M.D. Hot Lights‚ Cold Steel is an exciting medical memoire‚ written by Dr. Michael J. Collins regarding his life as a resident at the famed Mayo Clinic. This narrative of Collins’ four-year surgical residency recounts his progress from an enthusiastic but inexperienced first-year resident to an expert Chief Resident. In detailing the rigorous path to a successful medical career‚ Collins conveys
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Jared Diamond’s book Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel discusses the topic of the ancient and current civilizations with an eye-opening argument. Diamond’s main argument is that civilizations developed based on the environment and not because of individual humans. In this book he summarized a history of the last 13‚000 years in civilization. Although his points were scattered he makes it clear that he believes strongly in environmental determinism‚ which is the belief that physical environment predisposes human
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Throughout the semester‚ we have watched many films that relates to chapters in our book‚ the film that I chose is Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel by Jared Diamond‚ Episode 1: Out of Eden. This film illustrates and attains the answer to why some societies and regions like Eurasia and the Americans thrived meanwhile countries like New Guinea did not. Jared Diamond‚ who is a professor‚ biologist by training‚ and specializes in human physiology studied birds in New Guinea. During his quest‚ he also came upon
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The book Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel is about how many different things contributed to the success of societies versus the destruction of other societies. The book starts out with the author‚ Jared Diamond‚ in New Guinea talking to a New Guinean politician named Yali. Yali asked Diamond "Why white men developed so much cargo…" Diamond was determined to seek an answer to Yali’s question. Diamond surrounds his answer on how History followed different courses for different people because of differences among
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