Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Cat

The Cat also known as the Domestic Cat or House Cat to distinguish it from other felines, is a small carnivorous genus of crepuscular animal that is often valued by humans for its camaraderie and its ability to hunt mice. It has been associated with humans for at least 9,500 years.

A skilled marauder, the cat is known to hunt over 1,000 species for food. It is intelligent and can be trained to obey simple commands. Individual cats have also been known to learn to manipulate simple mechanisms, such as doorknobs. Cats use a variety of words and types of body language for communication, including meowing, purring, hissing, growling, squeaking, peeping, clicking, and grunting. ats are popular pets and are also bred and shown as registered derivation pets.

Until recently the cat was commonly believed to have been disciplined in ancient Egypt, where it was a cult animal. But a study by the National Cancer Institute published in the journal Science says that all house cats are descended from a group of self-domesticating desert wildcats Felis silvestris lybica circa 10,000 years ago, in the Near East. All wildcat species can interbreed, but domestic cats are all hereditarily contained within F. s. lybica.

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Shipping

Shipping is basic method of transporting goods and cargo. Virtually every product ever made, bought, or sold has been exaggerated by shipping. Despite the lots of variables in shipped products and locations, there are only three basic types of shipments, land, air, and sea.

Land or ground shipping can be either by train or by automobile. Trucking is easily the most accepted form of shipping. Even in Air and Sea shipments, ground transportation is still required to take the product from its origin to the airport or seaport and then to its purpose. Ground transportation is typically more affordable than air shipments, but more costly than shipping by sea. Trucks are also much quicker than ships and rail but slower than planes.

Ground shipping can be cheaper and less limiting to size, quantity, weight, and type of freight than by air transport. Air transport is usually held in reserve for products which must be sent within a shorter time frame. Shipping can more generally refer to the transport of freight, self-determining of the mode of transport.