Birth control, also known as contraception, anticonception, and fertility control, is the use of methods or devices to prevent unwanted pregnancy. Birth control has been used since ancient times, but effective and safe methods of birth control only became available in the 20th century. Planning, making available, and using birth control is called family planning.
Prostitution is a main component of the industry and may take place in a brothel, at a facility provided by the prostitute, at a client's hotel room, in a parked car, or on the street.Often this is arranged through a pimp or an escort agency.Prostitution involves a prostitute or worker providing commercial sexual services to a client. In some cases, the prostitute is at liberty to ...
The Economy of South Africa is the third largest in Africa and the most industrialized, technologically advanced, and diversified economy in Africa overall. South Africa is an upper-middle-income economy, one of only eight such countries in Africa. Following 1996, at the end of over twelve years of international sanctions, South Africa's Gross Domestic Product (nominal) …
The arms industry, also known as the arms trade, is a global industry which manufactures and sells weapons and military technology.It consists of a commercial industry involved in the research and development, engineering, production, and servicing of military material, equipment, and facilities. Arms-producing companies, also referred to as arms dealers, or as the military …
Biofuels companies' customers are chiefly fuel-blending and fuel-supply companies, including major integrated oil companies. While biofuels are produced worldwide, the publicly listed companies in the Biofuels industry operate primarily in the U.S., though some have minor operations abroad, notably in India, Brazil, and South Korea.
Hafeet Mountain, Abu Dhabi's highest elevation and sole mountain, rising 1,100–1,400 m (3,600–4,600 ft), is located south of Al-Ain City. [1] [19] Land cultivation and irrigation for agriculture and forestation over the past decade has increased the size of "green" areas in the emirate to about 5% of the total land area, including parks and ...
The electric power industry covers the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electric power to the general public and industry. The commodity sold is actually energy, not power, e.g. consumers pay for kilowatt-hours, power multiplied by time, which is energy.The commercial distribution of electricity started in 1882 when electricity was produced for electric lighting.
Retail is the sale of goods and services to consumers, in contrast to wholesaling, which is sale to business or institutional customers.A retailer purchases goods in large quantities from manufacturers, directly or through a wholesaler, and then sells in smaller quantities to consumers for a profit.Retailers are the final link in the supply chain from producers to consumers.
The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur.Since the establishment of a world fur market in the early modern period, furs of boreal, polar and cold temperate mammalian animals have been the most valued.Historically the trade stimulated the exploration and colonization of Siberia, northern North America, and the South Shetland and …
Walsall (/ ˈ w ɔː l s ɔː l / (), or / ˈ w ɒ l s ɔː l /; locally / ˈ w ɔːr s ʌ l /) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands County, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located 9 miles (14 km) north-west of Birmingham, 7 miles (11 km) east of Wolverhampton and 9 miles (14 km) from Lichfield.. Walsall is the administrative centre of the wider ...
In Rajasthan, which produces 90 percent of India's sandstone, boys and as young as age 6 or 7 work chiseling sandstone cobblestones, and boys ages 13 to 17 quarry sandstone. Children from migrant families or children belonging to scheduled castes, a socially disadvantaged group in India, are particularly vulnerable to child labor in ...
Allinial Global empowers member firms to transform their people, clients, processes, and technologies for a changing accounting profession. In addition to next-gen tools, training, and technology, we provide guidance and thought leadership to help independent accounting and advisory firms build and execute a deliberate strategy for the future.
The Fairey Aviation Company Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer of the first half of the 20th century based in Hayes in Middlesex and Heaton Chapel and RAF Ringway in Cheshire. Notable for the design of a number of important military aircraft, including the Fairey III family, the Swordfish, Firefly, and Gannet, it had a strong presence in the supply of naval aircraft, and …
Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms.It is a key geographical term. In simple terms, population density refers to the number of people living in an area per square kilometre, or other unit of land area.