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Chloroflourocarbons were discovered in the 1920’s by Thomas Midgley, anorganic chemist at General Motors Corporation. He was looking for inert, non-toxic, non-flammable compounds with low boiling points that could be used asrefrigerants. He found what he was looking for in the form of two compounds:dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12) and trichloromonoflouromethane (CFC-11). Inboth compounds, different amounts of chlorine…

The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931. Nazi Germany saw this as an opportunity to show a positive image of the…

The K-12 Program in the Philippines, which commenced in 2012, encompasses both Kindergarten and twelve years of basic education. It comprises six years of primary education, four years of Junior High School (JHS), and two years of Senior High School (SHS). Its main objective is to provide students with ample time for comprehending concepts, acquiring…

The text2teach program was adopted the idea from Brazil, where a department of the state of health ministry called the Health Vigilance Foundation (FVS) started monitoring the spread of Dengue Fever. They develop the Nokia Data Gathering (NDG) to conduct household surveys, interviews in local populations and monitor stagnant water, which would help the foundation…

The Battle of Britain occurred in World War 2 and entailed a fierce air combat between the British Royal Air Force and Nazi Germany’s Luftwaffe. This battle, happening from June to October 1940, formed part of Germany’s “Operation Sealion” strategy aimed at invading and weakening England. Despite committing crucial mistakes, Germany was unsuccessful in its…

Asian Nationalism The May 4th Movement, which happened in 1919, was basically an anti- imperial, cultural and political revolt in China. In fact this so-called movement was regarded as the political revolution of the century. This kind of intellectual movement awakened Chinese Nationalism or perhaps Asian Nationalism. This also aimed the alteration of Chinese traditional…

Drawing the Color Line shows the development of racism in our country and how our society has lowered people of a different race other than caucasian to be the “have-not’s” of society. Background Information: Sometimes it is noted that, even before 1600, when the slave trade had just begun, before Africans were stamped by it—literally…

There is an alarming situation that needs to everybody’s attention. It’s far more important than the ongoing war between Israel and Lebanon, oil crisis and the international terrorism. It’s called global warming, and because of this, our world is facing a bleaker future. Global warming is increasingly looked on as one of the biggest threats…

Introduction Climate change refers to variations in regional, global and earth’s climates within a period of time. This includes changes in the entire atmosphere. Most of the changes are usually caused by external factors like sunlight intensity variations. These changes can also be caused by internal factors. According to environmental policy, climate change can be…

The laziness of the FilipinosIn this essay of Dr. Jose Rizal, he explained the behaviours of the Filipinos he had observed in the past and present with in his clip. Here he admitted that laziness exist with in Filipinos, but was because of the problems experienced by the state. One of this problems is the…