Country Presentation Your presentation must last about 15 minutes. It must be done on Microsoft PowerPoint. It must cover the following information about your country: 1. Geography (2-3 Slides) Land & Water Climate & Vegetation Natural Resources 2. History (4 Slides) Pre-Colonial & Colonial Independence 20th Century 21st Century Issues/ Current News 3. Country Information (1-2 Slide) a. Economic Systems b. Political Systems c. Basic Statistics 4. Culture (4 slides) Population
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THE MAYAN REALM The Mayans created a great civilisation in parts of what are now Mexico and Honduras and in Guatamala. The ancestors of the Mayans were hunters but about 2‚500 BC they adopted farming as a way of life. In the years from 300 BC to 250 AD organised Mayan kingdoms emerged. Then from 250 AD to 600 AD an advanced civilisation emerged. The Mayans invented writing and they made great advances in astronomy and mathematics. MAYAN LIFE Mayan Society In the centre of each Mayan city was
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What is Maritime English and how does it contributed to my career in maritime field. Maritime English is very important since English is the universal language; seafarers should learn different terms concerning navigation for ensuring safety‚ efficient and profitable ship operation. Language learning is to improve the student’s four skills of listening‚ speaking‚ reading and writing‚ with the base of good grammar and large vocabulary‚ including technical and maritime jargon. It is also an English
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40 years that the Head of the Commonwealth‚ Queen Elizabeth II‚ was not present at the CHOGM. Member countries Fifty-three countries are members of The Commonwealth. Our countries span Africa‚ Asia‚ the Americas‚ Europe and the Pacific and are diverse – they are amongst the world’s largest‚ smallest‚ richest and poorest countries. Thirty-two of our members are classified as small states – countries with a population size of 1.5million people or less and larger member states that share similar characteristics
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Since the latter half of 2007 the world economy has been in a severe downward spiral as a result of the reckless lending practices of the world banks‚ the implications of which have trickled down into the industrialized economy over the last two years. This assignment aims to analyze the global seaborne trade industry with a focus on the dry bulk sub-sector and its major commodities by assessing the effect on factors that are influencing the demand and supply of dry bulk vessels and the future growth
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Maritime Ethics Group 4 Members: Amodia Beco Gabiola Manzo Ramirez Sancio Chapter II Ethics SHIPBOARD DISCIPLINE Ship’s officers and crew should realize the importance of maintaining strict discipline and courtesy on board. The kind of discipline existing aboardship will either mean the difference between crews who promptly follow orders or a mutinous bunch of gripping seamen‚ especially so when the ship is in distress and life is in danger. The desirable and happy seamen are those who have
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EARTH SURFACE REALMS 2And3 We can look at Earth’s surficial "layers" as being comprised of several major realms or "geospheres": the atmosphere‚ lithosphere‚ hydrosphere‚ biosphere and pedosphere. The reference to "sphere" applies because Earth is spherical‚ and hence layers around it form somewhat spherical shells at the outermost edges of the solid planet. The atmosphere‚ biosphere and lithosphere more completely encircle Earth‚ while the hydrosphere and pedosphere tend to be more discontinuous
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Holding On The human mind holds thoughts and ideas that sometimes interfere with its acceptance of truth. Sir Francis Bacon calls these hindering ideas “idols” in his work: Idols Which Beset Men’s Minds because people tend to hold onto these flawed ideas even when faced with other possibilities. Charles S. Peirce tells us in The Fixation of Belief that people do not just hold onto a belief‚ they hold onto it with an unyielding stubbornness. This stubbornness hinders the mind from accepting
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States will decline in economic importance as China‚ India‚ Brazil and other countries will rise in power and influence politically and economically in the twenty first century. As the other countries are rising‚ we are falling. The United States alone has over fifteen trillion dollars in debt and still counting. We are only falling more and more as we take out more loans from other countries. Soon enough all of the countries are going to be trying to control us because we have all of the debt that
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The traffic dispatch system has greatly affected the actions of foreign countries to solve their traffic problems. Most of the people living in these nations are satisfied and contented on the results of implementing this system. Two of the countries that used this system are Singapore and Japan. The Dispatch System in Singapore In Singapore‚ there is a research conducted that shows how effective the dispatch system is. The existing taxi dispatch system that taxi operators in Singapore use to
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