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Asteroid, Meteor, and Comet Collisions with Earth
Earth
Introduction Problem and its Background More than a hundred asteroids of kilometer size, which cross the Earths orbit are catalogued, and this represents perhaps 5% of the total of these fragments. There is thus a certain risk of a collision of an object a few kilometers in size with our planet This could provoke…
The Milliner Group: A History
Bangladesh
In 1972 Milliner purchased A&W Restaurants’ Canadian division but sold its shares through a management buyout to former A Food Services of Canada CEO Jeffrey Mooney in July 1996. By 1 980 soap and edible fats contributed just 40% of profits, compared with an original 90%. In 1984 the company bought the brand Brooke Bond…
China Business Etiquette
China
Chinese Business Etiquette I thought that because I had Chinese parents and could speak Chinese relatively well, I would have no problem fitting in with the business culture during my first trip to China. But when our client rejected all of our proposals and chose to work with a local bank, I realized that I…
Flammable and Combustible Liquids
Chemistry
Nature
Sodium
i. Flammable Materials Flammable and Combustible Liquids (Examples: alcohols, esters, ethers, ketones) Vapors from these liquids can ignite upon contact with an ignition source such as hot electrical wires, surfaces, flames, particles and embers, or sparks. The flash point serves as the determining factor between a flammable liquid and a combustible liquid; it refers to…
Essay on Tehran – the Capital of Iran
Capital
Iran
Tehran is the capital of Iran and the Tehran Province. With a population of around 8. 3 million and surpassing 14 million in the larger metropolitan area, Tehran is Iran’s largest city and urban area, and one of the largest cities in Western Asia. In fact, Tehran is ranked 29th largest in the world by…
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Asia
Introduction ASEAN refers to a bloc of nations which have collectively formed a regional grouping in South East Asia. ASEAN stands for The Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Formed in the late 1960s, the regional forum aimed to promote and foster better economic relations in the region. It also aimed to ensure the stability of…
Current Issues in the Arab World
Iran
World
Arab World The Middle East, like any other region in the world faces various issues in its everyday activities. The countries under the Arab world also experience challenges and hardships in their respective territories just like any other nations. However, they are doing the necessary measures in order to address these problems and enhance…
The World of Blended Families
World
Blended Families are dramatically taking over the world’s population. There are more than twenty two million stepfamilies in the United States, and about thirteen hundred new ones form each day. (Bao, 2005). A Blended family is one or more persons from one family joining another partial family to make a whole blended family. There are…
Impact of Global Warming on Polar Bears
Global Warming
The Polar bear also known as the ‘Sea Bear’ is believed by scientists to have evolved from the brown bear some two hundred thousand years ago. Ursus Maritimus, as the polar bear is known scientifically, is very well adapted to extremely cold weather having made the Arctic it’s natural habitat. The polar bear can be…
High Temperature Materials
Temperature
Executive summery High-temperature resources are used for many significant components in a broad range of industries; examples include power generation, chemical and petro-chemical processing, as well as gas turbines. As demand rises for effectiveness and throughout in such industries, the tendency has been for elevated services temperatures as well as pressures. Candidate materials for elevated…
theme | The five themes of geography are location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region. |
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description | Geography is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of the Earth and planets. The first person to use the word γεωγραφία was Eratosthenes. |
quotations | Geography has made us neighbors. History is not everything, but it is a starting point. Love, having no geography, knows no boundaries. There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines all our lives. War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography. |
information | Importance: Geography can help us understand the planet’s movement, changes, and systems. Topics that are relevant to today such as climate change, water availability, natural resources, and more are much easier understood by those who know geography well., |