Geo 255 Tue Key focus: container Tension between mobility and fixity Containers 20 feet or 40 feet long : standard size for easy movement standard size ensures that containers are “intermodal” switch them among ship‚ road. Move via shipping‚ rail‚ and road networks Bulit Over 8000 container ships 12.5 million TEUs (20 foot equivalent units) Annual global trade estimated at 150 million TEUs “Invented” in 1956 The largest container ships 1995-1998 4‚000 to 8000 TEUs
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Characteristics of Expository Essays ENG101 Characteristics of Expository Essays What characteristics make these essays expository? The characteristics that make these essays expository at that they were meant to explain a topic. They are unbiased and show evidence/facts about the topic of the paper. In what ways are expository essays similar to business communication? In what ways are they different? Expository essays are very alike to business communication because they both use
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Compulsory Part : Living with our physical environment Ch.1 Opportunities and Risks – Is it rational to live in hazard-prone areas? Ch.2 Managing Rivers and Coastal Environments: A continuing challenge Facing changes in the human environment Ch.3 Changing Industrial Location – How and why does it change over space and time? Ch.4 Building a Sustainable City – Are environmental conservation and urban development mutually exclusive? Confronting global challenges Ch.5 Combating Famine – Is
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Fatin Halili bt Mhd Hulaimi Nur Izzati Farahani bt. Ab Rahim Nur Hafizah Iffah bt Azhar 3. ‘A friend in need is a friend indeed’. Describe how a friend helped you in a difficult time. A friend is someone who always be there for you during thick and thin‚ who always be our best listener and who will always help us from barking up the wrong tree. Without a friend‚ ones will feel alone and never know how to socialize with people around him or her. Everyone in this world needs friends as companion
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Is Mayella Ewell portrayed as a flower or weed? Mayella’s a Ewell‚ and everyone knows what the Ewells are like: ugly‚ shiftless‚ and trashy—they even live by a dump. But when she takes the stand‚ she represents something else entirely: a flower of "Southern womanhood‚" an idea that itself is‚ according to Atticus‚ a "polite fiction" (15.39). But to justify sending an innocent man to death‚ the jury has to believe in her as a representative of "fragile" white women everyone: A young girl walked
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Differences and Similarities between Egyptian Art and Greek Art Egyptian art and Greek art are two types of art that have adorned the early human civilization. At the same time they show differences between them in terms of their styles and characteristics. The characteristics of the Greek art are certainly different from those of the Egyptian art. It is essential to know that Egyptian artists followed the implementation of certain stylistic laws in their art‚ especially
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Bahcesehir University Department of Industrial Engineering INE4009 Engineering Management Final Exam Paper Q.1. For the set of tasks given below‚ do the following: a. Develop the precedence diagram. (5 marks) b. Determine the maximum cycle time in seconds for a desired output of 500 units in a 7-hour day. Why might a manager use a cycle time of 50 seconds? (10 marks) c. Determine the minimum number of workstations for output of 500 units per day. (5 marks)
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Graphic and Visual Aids Graphic aids present information in pictorial form or in other specific formats in order to consolidate‚ clarify‚ or prove the written material they go with. Too often graphs‚ diagrams‚ charts and tables are casually glanced over or bypassed completely by readers. Purpose: Visual aids are designed to summarize information. Sometimes the amount of data is so large that an aid is the only practical way of making the information accessible. Visual aids allow the writer
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PROSPERO In the Tempest‚ the character of Prospero is the protagonist and the most important character. Prospero is the father of Miranda and used to be the legitimate Duke of Milan. Unfortunately his treacherous brother Antonio stole his title and banished Prospero to a Mediterranean island with Miranda. There he has spent twelve years refining the magic that gives him the power he needs to punish and reconcile with his enemies. The first impression of Prospero is of a magician‚ doting father
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Written communication method Purpose in the workplace Technical or expository writing Why the classification was chosen E-mail Contact and respond to a person quickly with information or a question Expository Not instructional‚ usually informal‚ meant to get information to/from quickly Memo Provide reminder information Expository Used to get information out quickly‚ short and to the point Letter Relay information to a specific person or group Expository Usually written to a specific person or
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