... crying salt tears Seabirds get rid of excess salt by sneezing Sea snakes have a saline gland under their tongues to get rid of salt, but some species of sea snakes still need to drink freshwater ... bit like reverse osmosis: seawater is pushed through a very fine filter so the salt stays behind But unlike reverse osmosis, where the freshwater needs to be under constant pressure so it won’t ... hands It sounds pretty dumb, but there are several reasons for this When seawater evaporates, 41 DISCOVER THE OCEANS it leaves behind salt crystals Salt crystals are shaped like small cubes, and...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 17:20
... various message boards I have personally read inside information from brokers discussing how they create false accounts on the many message boards and chat rooms; the biggest ones out there are disseminating ... competitors have sought to discredit my books Why? Simple I have always shared strategies to help others trade the markets more successfully I have lots of readers and prospective trading customers wanting ... advertised in strategic places such as social media, forums, and investment-related sites Using Your Own Professional, Social, or Even Familiar Circles One of the easiest and most effectively used...
Ngày tải lên: 04/11/2014, 05:24
world''s places
... Sears Tower The Sears Tower is a skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois It has been the tallest building in the United States since 1973, surpassing the World Trade Center, which itself had surpassed ... has the world' s second largest economy by nominal GDP It is a member of the United Nations, G8, G4, OECD and APEC, with the world' s fifth largest defense budget It is also the world' s fourth largest ... East Asia China is one of the world' s oldest continuous civilizations, consisting of states[citation needed] and cultures[citation needed] dating back more than six millennia It has the world' s...
Ngày tải lên: 03/07/2013, 21:51
24 LESSONS FROM THE WORLD’S GREATEST CEO
... “Just as surely as speed flows from simplicity, simplicity is grounded in self-confidence.” 32 Set modest goals Set stretch goals Welch s single greatest contribution to the field of leadership ... and his colleagues focused on competing, building businesses, creating new products, and all of the other things that Welch loved about business Those early days showed him that business could ... to sports to describe his passion for leadership He often urged his managers to “involve everyone in the game,” knowing that businesses need every brain in the company to succeed Since business...
Ngày tải lên: 08/11/2013, 01:15
Tài liệu World’s Greatest Architect pptx
... things, such as the facades of buildings As Times Square demonstrates, these can now be designed as programmable displays, so that relationships of the public faces of structures to the activities ... fingers Where elements play visible roles in larger systems, designers frequently employ similar rhetoric to show us how these systems work In a pin-jointed roof truss, for instance, some members ... rooms The world of artifacts is organized into hierarchies of elements, subsystems, and systems—all of which both serve utilitarian purposes and signify From a narrowly focused engineer s perspective,...
Ngày tải lên: 25/01/2014, 14:20
Tài liệu Nutrition in the First 1,000 Days - State of the World’s Mothers 2012 ppt
... Insufficient On track No progress Insufficient Insufficient Insufficient Insufficient Insufficient Insufficient No progress No progress No progress Insufficient No progress Insufficient Insufficient ... countries It shows how millions of lives can be saved – and whole countries can be bolstered economically – if governments and private donors invest in these basic solutions As Administrator Shah states ... times a day and he is able to digest it I still breastfeed him at least six times a day.” Hira says she plans to continue breastfeedbreastfeeding Sandesh for a few more years 34 Saving Lives...
Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 11:20
Tài liệu THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN 2011AdolescenceAn Age of Opportunity.© United Nations ppt
... professional sectors, supporting community activities such as discussions, door-to-door visits and theatre, and using media such as radio, television and newspapers to promote women s rights.52 ... abuse, communities must address their particular needs, and governments must invest in establishing adolescent-friendly health care services in hospitals, clinics and youth centres Studies show ... adolescents at various youth and women s centres, and also includes a community awareness component specifically for parents of adolescents, as well as sensitization sessions with private sector...
Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 00:20
Tài liệu The Riel Value of Money: How the World’s Only Attempt to Abolish Money Has Hindered Cambodia’s Economic Development doc
... Analysis from the East-West Center The Cambodian Economy Today Lawlessness, corruption, and the rule of the jungle have prevailed in business transactions It is not surprising that Cambodia is one ... precious metals as “barter objects”; his riel in bank savings became “worthless.”vii Is it possible that Cambodians’ rejection of currency as a store of value has an ethical or moral cause? In ... damleung Smaller items such as televisions are measured in chi or U .S dollars Importers keep the demand for dollars high 7 Analysis from the East-West Center Bank accounts earned 16% interest in...
Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 11:20
Tài liệu THE WORLD''''S GREATEST BOOKS JOINT EDITORS doc
... tells what each asserts With consummate skill also he arranges his recital like a series of dissolving views, showing how epochs overlap, and how as Babylon is fading Assyria is rising, and as ... gods representing the sun cherished pretensions to universal dominion The goddesses shared in supreme power Isis was entitled lady and mistress of Buto, as Hathor was at Denderah, and as Nit was ... now his aggression was checked, for though his forces were successful at first, they were ultimately sent flying across the frontiers with great loss, through the prowess of Assurishishi, who became...
Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 23:20
Tài liệu MARKETING APPLE 5 SECRETS OF THE WORLD''''S BEST MARKETING MACHINE pptx
... innate desire to share their passion for products and help create “lift” the irresistible force of millions of customers selling your product for you Just as Apple has harnessed this power more ... Tight messages are required Look at how Apple focuses the message Mac was “The Computer for the Rest of Us.” iPod was “1,000 Songs in Your Pocket “ iMac was “3 Steps to the Internet.” And Pepsi challenged ... Generation” These messages are memorable and transcend product features Lift occurs only after prospects and customers can easily repeat your message to their friends and colleagues G re a t m...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 02:20
Tài liệu The Best of the World''''s Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII doc
... remission of sins, satisfaction for all duties by the gifts He makes us of His love, passion and merits This consideration gives me so much joy that I take my Psalter and as humbly as I can I sing ... is inseparable from self-love This false delicacy causes those who must needs reprove others to choose so many windings and modifications in order to avoid shocking them They must needs lessen ... precious stones, such as carbuncles, rubies, diamonds, sapphires, emerald, turquoises, garnets, agates, beryls, and pearls Their head-dressing varied with the season of the year In winter it was of the...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 06:20
Tài liệu THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN 2009: Maternal and Newborn Health pdf
... births, low birthweight in infants and neonatal deaths; studies show that birth intervals of less than 24 months significantly increase these risks It is also imperative to secure girls’ access ... adequate resources, have led to substantial reductions in health inequities The main challenge for countries and societies is to disseminate these success stories, adopt best practices, and generate ... practices, such as exclusively breastfeeding an infant for the first six months of its life or washing hands with soap, must be evidencebased and established by medical experts Describing these practices...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 15:20
Tài liệu THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN 2012: Children in an Urban World pptx
... analysis, from UNICEF and our partners, that scarcity and dispossession afflict the poorest and most marginalized children and families disproportionately It shows that this is so in urban centres ... constant displacement and abuse of marginalized populations can further hinder access to essential services Despite their many deprivations, slum residents provide at least one essential service ... greater access to alcohol and illegal drugs than their counterparts in rural areas They may resort to these substances as a means of coping with stress or as an outlet for idleness and frustration...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 15:20
Tài liệu Champions for Children State of the World’s Mothers 2011 docx
... societies U .S leadership in saving children s lives is one of our greatest success stories and proudest achievements It would be a terrible mistake to risk the progress we have made by slowing ... lifesaving services to millions of children in the poorest countries in the world Save the Children s 2011 State of the World s Mothers report assembles a distinguished group of “champions for ... that is supported and has hope.” That proud Air Force reservist is also U .S Senator from South Carolina Lindsey Graham He is among those valiantly fighting proposed cuts to U .S foreign assistance...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 15:20
Tài liệu Alan turing and his contemporaries: Building the world’s first computers ppt
... become obsolete, being replaced by storage systems whose access time was independent of the position, or address, of a bit – the so-called random-access systems – and most computers now used random-access ... Admiralty Signals Establishment (ASE) at Haslemere and Witley in Surrey In 1945, as hostilities ended, senior people from the various British and American research establishments visited each other s ... each other s organisations and exchanged ideas Amongst the subjects often discussed was the task of carrying out the many kinds of calculations and simulations necessary for weapons development and...
Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 00:20
Yaverbaum - leadership secrets of the world's most successful CEOs (dearborn financial publishing
... Leadership Secrets of the World' s Most Successful CEOs ISBN:0793180619 by Eric Yaverbaum Dearborn Financial Publishing © 2004 This book showcases exclusive interviews with top executives discussing ... organization to success In Leadership Secrets of the World s Most Successful CEOs, 100 top CEOs reveal—in their own words and through exclusive interviews not published elsewhere—their secrets of effective ... past six years Clearly, thousands of businesspeople in these companies and others—from shop floor supervisors to presidents—could benefit from the management and leadership strategies and ideas...
Ngày tải lên: 27/02/2014, 20:52
Pneumonia and diarrhoea: Tackling the deadliest diseases for the world’s poorest children ppt
... transmission and death from outbreaks requires specific preparedness and response activities such as strong national multisector co ordination and control structures, comprehensive risk assessments, ... to support more than 40 of the world s poorest countries in rolling out the rotavirus vaccine.3 Measles and pertussis vaccines Pneumonia is a serious complication of both measles and pertussis ... programmes worldwide since the 198 0s There has been substantial progress in reducing mortality due to measles and pertussis over the past few decades Worldwide mortality due to measles declined...
Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 10:20