What is Stormwater Pollution? When it rains‚ water flows from your roof‚ yard‚ and street into the gutter and down the drain. The stormwater drain carries this water into Lake Macquarie‚ wetlands‚ lagoons and the ocean along with all the sediment‚ rubbish‚ grass clippings‚ pet faeces‚ chemicals and fertiliser it collects along the way. The result is stormwater pollution. Last Modified: 20-AUG-2009 What impact is stormwater pollution having on Lake Macquarie? Volumes of stormwater in urban areas
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Video Questions/ Answers Episode 1 Name: Cindy Liu Per______ Jared Diamond has a theory about what causes huge discrepancies among different countries‚ and he says it boils down to geographic luck. What was great about the “Fertile Crescent”? The big four livestock animals; cows‚ pigs‚ sheep‚ and goats‚ were native to the Middle East. Also‚ due to its fertile land‚ the Fertile Crescent housed the best crops in the world. The great crops and animals it had benefited the civilizations
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Guns‚ Germs and Steel Jared Diamond‚ author of the Pulitzer Prize Winning‚ National Best Selling book Guns‚ Germs and Steel‚ summarizes his book by saying the following: "History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples ’ environments‚ not because of biological differences among peoples themselves." Guns‚ Germs and Steel is historical literature that documents Jared Diamond ’s views on how the world as we know it developed. However‚ is his thesis that
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illustrated below; • Equity is stock or any security that represents ownership interests. In BlueScope Steel‚ stocks are the total amount of shares of the company that represents the owner’s interests • The amount of money that has been contributed by the owners commonly referred to as stockholders or shareholders and their retained earnings and losses. It’s also called shareholders equity. BlueScope Steel has millions of shareholders who have
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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF INDUSTRY India Steel Industry Steel Companies in India The steel industry‚ in general‚ is on the upswing‚ due to strong growth in demand propelled particularly by the demand for steel in China. The world scenario coupled with strong domestic demand has benefited the Indian steel Industry. [pic][pic]During April-December 2004- 05‚ production of finished steel recorded a growth of 4 percent over the corresponding period of the previous year to reach 28.3 million tonnes
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INTRODUCTION Tata Steel‚ formerly known as TISCO and Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited‚ is the world ’s sixth largest steel company‚ with an annual crude steel capacity of 31 million tonnes. It is the largest private sector steel company in India in terms of domestic production. Ranked 258th on Fortune Global 500‚ it is based in Jamshedpur‚ Jharkhand‚ India. It is part of Tata Group of companies. Tata Steel is also India ’s second-largest and second-most profitable company in private sector
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Ispat Nigam Limited - Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (RINL-VSP) is India’s first shore-based integrated Steel Plant built with state-of-the-art technology and is a prime producer of long steel products in the country having extensive market in infrastructure‚ construction‚ automobile‚ electrical and forging industry. With an annual turnover of over 14‚000 crores‚ the Company is poised to commission its second phase of expansion from 3.0 Mtpa to 7.3 Mtpa liquid steel capacity by 2013-14. We have also commenced
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WEYMOUTH STEEL CORPORATION Weymouth Steel Corporation is currently in the sort of dilemma which may turn into a disaster for the company. However‚ given the situation if the top management is able to inspire its employees (who survive this downsizing) with a vision and hope for the rejuvenation of the company; this dilemma can easily become a pivotal time for its success. Once the bad news is broken and the downsizing process starts‚ stress is inevitable; for both the employees who will be terminated
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job. Not enjoying the job makes the stress worse because they must continue to go to a job they have no interest in just to make enough money. Not only does a job for income create stress‚ it starts to overtake one’s life. In the novel‚ The Perfect Storm the author states a true scenario about a man losing his family over his job. Describing the job of a fisherman trying to support his family ultimately leaves him alone‚ “If it was hard on the men‚ it was even harder in the women… I did it for a long
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professor. This sparked Jared Diamond to answer this question by turning back the clocks of time to an era where everyone lived the same. This is the beginnings of Diamond’s ground breaking and heartwarming three- part documentary called “Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel.” This documentary goes deep into history and answers the main question of‚ “How did our worlds become so different?” Jared Diamond takes on the challenge most philosophers wouldn’t dare try of dividing the haves and have-nots of the world
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