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Las Posadas is Spanish for “The Inns”, and it is a religious festival celebrated across Mexico and some parts of the United States. It is held between December 16 and 24, and lasts for nine evenings. The Posada begins with the recitation of the Holy Rosary, a beautiful prayer to the Mother of Jesus, Mary. It finally ends with the Posada and Midnight Mass on December 24th. It commemorates the journey that Joseph and Mary made from Nazareth to Bethlehem in search of a location where Mary could

From PDAs to Smart Phones: The Evolution of an Industry In the twenty first century the world has advance so much by technology you can hardly recognize the world from ten years ago. Realistically it is hard to recognize technology from as much as two years ago because technology is evolving so quickly. It is hard for the most technological savvy individual to keep up with the next technological innovation that is about to hit the market because it is evolving that fast. Technology is evolving at

2.5 The Product HSmart is cross-platform smart home management mobile application, which allows you to synchronize with numerous electrical home elements such as light bulbs, conditioners, refrigerators in collaboration with wearable devices and smart phones. The application allows you to control and monitor home appliances irrespective of your location. For example, switching on the air conditioner for a cooler environment before arrival or command robot vacuum cleaner to tidy up the house while

Logging and land conversion activities for agriculture and palm oil plantation by local communities, small-scale farms, and plantation companies in Indonesia through slash-and-burn method have brought a persistent phenomenon called the Transboundary Haze Pollution (THP) in Southeast Asia. Widespread forest/land fires and the resulting haze emerge from Sumatera and Kalimantan island, particularly intense during the dry season, have polluted the air of Singapore and Malaysia with poison smoke, thus

Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Known for its modern technology, ultramodern architecture, and is one of the most advanced cities in the world. Dubai is setting the example for many cities around the globe. Known greatly for its luxury and “fanciness”, Dubai is becoming popular for tourism and shopping, and they are pulling as many people in as they can. The reason why Dubai is now focusing on tourism instead of oil is because the supply of oil is depleting, and soon enough the oil will be gone

Orangutan population has depleted drastically in the last twenty to thirty years due to their habitat loss through the clearing of forests to pave way for oil palm plantations and other agricultural developments (Gursky-Doyen, S., & Supriatna, J., 2010). With palm oil being extremely versatile, its demand has resulted in having 48 million tonnes of palm oil being produced each year for the world export market (Oil World Trade Journal, 2008),

EFFECT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETENCIES ON SKILLS INNOVATIONS: A CASE STUDY OF PALM OIL BUSINESSES IN UMUOMA COMMUNINTY, IMO STATE 1.0 Introduction Umuoma in Ihitte-Uboma Local government area of Imo State, Nigeria is an agrarian community that depends heavily on the processing of palm fruits for survival. The community in the 1960’s contributed immensely as a foreign exchange earner in the export trade of that era in Nigeria. The local industry has faced a lot of challenges over the years

Dubai the new destination for the rich and famous. Arabs who made millions of dollars have invested their fortune into a new city to put them on the map. But, with the hard economic climate, is Dubai necessary in the current economy of the world. Dubai’s extreme projects and buildings are unnecessary and serves little to no purpose. Dubai has spent billions of dollar in construction projects. When these are funded by the government and the investments are failures, the government becomes unstable

Heavy metals are elements that exhibit metallic properties. It mainly includes the transition metals, basic metals, some metalloids, lanthanides, and actinides. Many different definitions have been proposed—some based on density, some on atomic number or atomic weight, and some on chemical properties or toxicity (Duffus, 2002). Example for some heavy metal are iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd) etc. Iron is important as a mineral in human body (part of haemoglobin)

PALM OIL COMPANIES VS. THE ANIMALS CONFLICT ANALYSIS MAJOR PAPER PEACE 101 – INSTRUCTOR: RANDY JANZEN BY: TAYLER DIXON Submitted March _______ Introduction: Palm oil is an essential ingredient we all use in our every day lives. This product is mostly manufactured in Africa, Southeast Asia, or Brazil. It’s used in shampoo, baked goods, cleaning substances, or even toothpaste (‘What’s the issue’, n.d.). As you can tell all of these are used daily, palm oil isn’t just only a crop used for certain