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LES QUATRE BARRES
Posted on April 4, 2010 | No CommentsThe four red bars on the senyera, the Catalan flag, are said to represent the four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida and Tarragona. The design derives from a legend of Guifré el Pelós, first Count of Barcelona. It relates how he received a call for help from Charles the Bald, who was King... -
Vertical integration
Posted on April 2, 2010 | No CommentsThe control of the different stages as a product moves from raw materials through production to final distribution. It is both backward and forward integration that some companies find it advantageous. Vertically integrated firms can manipulate prices and costs in different parts of the value... -
WILHELM AND ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT
Posted on March 30, 2010 | No CommentsThe Humboldt brothers rank among the most distinguished Berlin citizens. Wilhelm (1767– 1835) was a lawyer and politician, occupying various government posts. It was on his initiative that the Berlin University (later renamed Humboldt University) was founded, and he conducted studies in comparative and historical... -
Top 10 – HIGHEST-GROSSING HORROR FILMS
Posted on March 29, 2010 | No CommentsFilm Year Total world gross 1 Jurassic Park 1993 $914,691,118 2 The Sixth Sense 1999 $672,804,617 3 The Lost World: Jurassic Park 1997 $618,638,999 4 1 Am Legend 2007 $510,982,867 5 Jaws 1975 $470,653,000 6 The Mummy Returns 2001 $433,013,274 7 The Mummy 1999 $415,933,406... -
GLOBE ARTICHOKE – Cynara scolymus
Posted on March 28, 2010 | No CommentsIt was once taken as beingaphrodisiac (Campbell-Culver). As Andrew Boordehad it, “they doth increase nature, and doth provokea man to veneryous actes”. Dreaming of them is asign that you will receive in a short while from thehands of those from whom you would least expectit... -
Social judgment theory
Posted on March 25, 2010 | No CommentsThe perspective that people assimilate new information about attitude objects in light of what they already know or feel. This theory says that people form latitude of acceptance, a latitude of rejection, and a latitude of non-commitment to operationalize this concept of involvement. The greater... -
Top 10 – Directirial debut films
Posted on March 24, 2010 | No CommentsFilm Year Director Total world gross 2 Love Actually 2003 Richard Curtis $246,942,017 3 American Pie 1999 Paul Weitzt $235,483,004 4 Con Air 1997 Simon West $224,012,234 5 Alien 3 1992 David Fincher $159,773,545 6 Mousehunt 1997 Gore Verbinski $125,947,102 7 Star Trek VII: 1994... -
Sydney Tower
Posted on March 22, 2010 | No CommentsThe highest observation deck in the southern hemisphere, the Sydney Tower was conceived as part of the 1970s Centrepoint shopping centre, but was not completed until 1981. About a million visitors a year appreciate the stunning views, often stretching for over 85 km (53 miles).... -
GIANT FENNEL – Ferula communis
Posted on March 21, 2010 | No CommentsIn the Prometheus myth, the fire that he stole was carried in a hollow fennel stalk, and given to men. Giant Fennel stalks, which can be five metres tall, are filled with a dry white pith like a wick, and were still used in the 20th century in parts... -
Honey
Posted on March 20, 2010 | No CommentsHoney, a pure sugar, energizes the body and satisfies the desire for sweet tastes shared byhumans and other primates. Europeans and Americans prized it as a table sweetener; inAsia, it was traditionally valuable as a medicine; and in Africa, it was the basis for analcoholic...