1.1 Introduction Japan‚ a beautiful and wonderful country made up of more than 6‚800 islands and located in East Asia in the Pacific Ocean which lies off the coast of Russia and to the east of People’s Republic of China‚ North Korea‚ South Korea and Taiwan in the south. The area of Japan is 377‚873kilometersquare which is slightly smaller than the size of California(United States of America). Japans’ main islands are Hokkaido‚ Shikoku‚ Honshu and Kyushu and several thousand more islands which form
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Icelandic Eruption Spews Record-Breaking Amounts of Lava‚ With No Signs of Slowing National Geographic- The article is talking about how a large amount of lava daily is gushing out of the Baroarbunga volcanic system on a plain made of old lava. The lava has spewed out a huge amount: it can bury the size of an NFLfootball field every 5.5 minutes as well as fil 740 empire state building. Luckily‚ no one lives near the growing lava flow but the many scientists that are stationed there‚ complete with
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1. Why is a data warehouse needed in the GeoStor system? Answer: A data warehouse contain pool of data both current and of the past/historical which in turn are used to support decision making by the managers.‚ Without it‚ GeoStor would lack the variety of data it needs to be able to perform different tasks for different functions. 2. List the major benefits of GeoStor to Arkansas and to private-sector users. Answer: GeoStore is used by Arkansas state agencies for different tasks such as
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To Room 19 ‚ Final draft In the short story “To Room Nineteen” by Doris Lessing‚ Susan Rawlings is a woman living what seems like the perfect life with the perfect marriage. However‚ it soon becomes clear that Susan isn’t as happy with her life as one might think upon first glance. Slowly but surely‚ Susan begins to drift away from her home life in attempts to find freedom through solitude. This reaction can be analyzed by taking a closer look at how Susan relates to the places in her life such
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GARBAGE DISPOSAL – THE NEED OF THE HOUR In the magazines like National Geographic or any adventure tourism magazines‚ one sees pictures of Mount Everest in its lonely majestic beauty. Rising high above the clouds one imagines the clear air‚ the pristine white snow‚ and the complete calm and quiet. What these magazines may or may not show their readers are the giant heaps of garbage‚ the destruction of Nepalese forests; the corpses which are strewn across the mountain‚ and the long lines of tourists
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Where exactly is Oklahoma? When geographers speak of location‚ they are using two separate definitions‚ each with its own useful purpose. The first of these is Absolute Location. Absolute location refers to an exact‚ pinpointed location. Absolute locations involve some sort of measurement‚ whether it’s latitude and longitude‚ an address‚ the number of miles from an exact point‚ etc. Pinpointing Oklahoma on a map using absolute location involves locating latitude and longitude lines on the map. Looking
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Martin A perspective on regional and global strategies of multinational enterprises‚ A.Rugman and A.Verbeke; Regional strategies for global leadership‚ Pankaj Ghemawat The importance of globalization and crucial role of MNEs are amplified in first article. However‚ not all MNEs worldwide are considered to be global but rather regional or semi-globalized. Also‚ the article talks about the concept of triad power as power of market penetration and exploitation as well as avoiding blind spots (unpredictable
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Current Indian Business Environment According to the latest FICCI Survey on Current State of Economy‚ business confidence has hit a new low with as many as 77 per cent of the respondents to the survey feeling that the current business environment in India is not favourable for capacity expansion. A pall of gloom has enveloped India as the economy continues to be buffeted by negative global cues‚ flagging industrial and export growth coupled with sluggish investment sentiment. The findings
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All TV stations are displaying different forms of commercial and political shows with different messages. These messages are usually trying to attack our minds to summarize those ideas to the viewers. In my opinion with basis of my psychographic profile‚ the most appealing TV programme is National Geographic. This programme is very remarkable as it tries to invite viewers to live curious. The programme is bounded with questions of what we know‚ how we view the world‚ and what drives us forward. These
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1. Name: The age of stupid Producer: Franny Armstrong Presenter: Pete Postlethwaite Type: Documentary This documentary is about the influence of people on the total destruction of the Earth as we know it. 2. According to the presenter and producer it is our fault the earth over floods (seen in the intro). The main problem that caused the world-wide flooding and the end of the world population of people and animals as we know it was us. the human race. Or mostly they set the blame to the
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