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    North American Monsoon

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    Monsoon is traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation,[1] but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with the asymmetric heating of land and sea.[2] [3] Usually, the term monsoon is used to refer to the rainy phase of a seasonally-changing pattern, although technically there is also a dry phase. The major monsoon systems of the world consist of the West African and Asia-Australian

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    consisting of states in Peninsular Malaysia, namely Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Penang, Selangor, Terengganu and the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya; Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo and the Federal Territory of Labuan off Sabah. Malaysia lies entirely in the equatorial zone and the average daily temperature throughout Malaysia varies from 21C to 32C Malaysia is a multi-ethnic country. The principal ethnic groups are Malay,

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    Was the Japanese internment necessary? This question is seldom asked because, from today’s perspective, this act seems cruel and discriminatory. America didn’t mindlessly incarcerate Japanese in Internment camps since one has to remember the context of this time. There was the possibility of spies like the ones that gave away the location of our ships in Hawaii and a general fear of saboteurs which caused the Japanese internment to be necessary for our safety and eventually theirs if our citizens

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    Eugenie Clark was born on May 4, 1922 in New York City; she died at age 92 on Feb. 25, 2015. She died due to lung cancer which she had a tough battle for many years. Eugenie started her interest in fish and sharks when she went to her first aquarium when she was nine years old. From there she went to college to study ichthyologist in New York City University. Ichthyologist is a branch of zoology that deals with fishes. Eugenie received her Bachelor of Arts degree where she majored in zoology and

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    • Sometimes, it’s hard to coordinate your schedule with someone you want to go to a trip with especially on a very short notice. If you have time to spend some vacation and you do not have time to look for a companion, it is best if you try to go alone rather than cancel a good opportunity for you to travel. • If you want to do something but your friends and family is adamant to try such, do not let go of that thing without doing it. Try it for yourself still. It is not their dream, it is yours.

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    The first big experimental or avant-garde film of the 1930s was L'Age d'Or, or The Golden Age, released in 1930. It was directed by Luis Buñuel and written by him and one of the most famous painters of all-time, surrealist Salvador Dalí. However, the two were not getting along by the time production began and Buñuel supposedly ran Dalí off the set while brandishing a hammer. They were fresh off making a landmark in avant-garde cinema, the shocking Un Chien Andalou. That was a short film, but

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    To begin with, Japan was a colonizer itself as she was never formally colonized by any Western powers. This is because, during the Meiji era, the Japanese studied the Western’s social form, economic, political, technological and military which ultimately led to the modernization of Japanese. This period was also called as the Meiji restorations in 1868 – 1912. Moreover, the Japanese elites were confident that their technological and economics developing paces would able to dodge from being colonized

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    The Han Dynasty and Roman Empire both ruled for considerably long periods, spanning over four centuries around the same time. The Zhou Dynasty, an early Chinese empire, ruled to around the beginning of the Han Dynasty. Their government was based on feudalism; this giving power to the rich in their society. Overextension led to the fall of their rule, leading to the rise of Confucianism and Legalism. These beliefs along with Taoism led to the warring states period, these views leading to the start

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    The 1929 Geneva Convention in Switzerland had one goal: getting all major powers to sign one document. The document stated that prisoners of war must be treated with some amounts of respect and not be treated inhumanly. (Prisoners) The Allies, the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union, all signed the treaty with the exception of the Soviet Union. Germany and Italy also signed, however Japan would not. (World) For this reason, Japanese POW camps progressively became more brutal

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    Weaknesses Of Nestle

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    Nestle is a multinational packaged foods and beverage manufacturer and it is recognized as the world’s leading nutrition and health based company. The Nestle’s headquartered in Switzerland and it was founded by Henri Nestle in 1866. Though innovation and renovation, Nestle grows it product lines and maintains a balance on its geo-environmental activities and product lines. They operate long term goals rather than short term goals. Before any company want to make a decision to formulate and implement

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