Ballast - (a) the material (usually water in ballast tanks) used to stabilise a vessel when partially loaded or empty‚ (b) In Ballast - term to describe vessel sailing empty to next loading port. BENDS - Abbreviation for ’both ends’. Used when any loading and discharging term for a vessel is the same for both loading and discharging operations. BFI - Baltic Freight Index - an index reflecting a composite number of routes‚ issued on a daily basis. BIFFEX - Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange
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472/572 Office Hours: Tue. & Thur. 8:30-10:30 Tue./Thu. 2:30-3:50 Phone: (513) 529-8325 361 Upham Hall E-mail: sbrow@miamioh.edu Recommended Texts: The course readings will consist primarily of research articles and other readings that are available in electronic format (These are either directly available via normal library search or will be provided directly from the instructor). Several readings‚ however‚ will come from a single text: Racial and Ethnic Differences in the
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CONTENT Introduction ................................................................................................................................3 INTRODUCTION Sarcasm‚ verbal irony‚ paradox‚ and pun are devices sometimes used to show humor. Heck‚ a simile or metaphor can also establish humor. One of my favorite funny lines from a book is a simile. Somewhere in the "Hitchhiker’s Guide" series‚ Douglas Adams described a woman failing to fly by saying "She
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comes the advancement of data theft. When does ease of data access open the doors to advanced intellectual property theft and media piracy? How common is piracy and what are some of the reasons that some mediums are pirated more than others? What are the impacts of online piracy? In this paper we will define online media piracy‚ what laws govern intellectual properties and discuss some of the reasons that some mediums are pirated. Next‚ we will go into detail about some reports compiled on piracy
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University of Phoenix Material Understanding Business Research Terms and Concepts: Part 2 Which type of research design— exploratory‚ descriptive‚ or causal—is appropriate for the following examples? Explain why. • The goal of this research is to discover the real nature of the problem and to suggest new possible solutions or new ideas. - Exploratory because the problem is not known. • A food manufacturer wants to know the demographics of people who purchase organic foods.
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term paper Project on Linux Programming (CSE207) [pic] Project—SIMULATION OF CHMOD‚CHOWN AND CHGRP USING C PROGRAMMING AND WITHOUT USING ANY INBUILT COMMAND. Submitted by -- Submitted to aman Miss. Anjlee Verma INTRODUCTION TO STUDY/COURSE The present course Linux programming deals with various aspects of a very widely used operating system i.e. LINUX. Actually LINUX is not an OS in itself but a kernel i.e.‚ Heart of any operating
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Students CHAPTER-1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION Social networking websites are a must for the Internet community to stay in touch with each other Social networking web sites help people keep in touch with old friends‚ make new friends‚ distribute new data or product‚ and many more aspects of our everyday lives. We define social network sites as web-based services that allow individuals to: (1) Construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system. (2) Articulate a list
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Microeconomics 9e (Parkin) Chapter 1 What Is Economics? 1 Definition of Economics 1) All economic questions are about A) how to make money. B) what to produce. C) how to cope with scarcity. D) how to satisfy all our wants. Answer: C Topic: Definition of Economics Skill: Recognition AACSB: Reflective Thinking 2) An incentive A) could be a reward but could not be a penalty. B) could be a penalty but could not be a reward. C) could be either a reward or a penalty. D) is the opposite
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1.0 INTRODUCTION openSUSE is a general purpose operating system built on top of the Linux kernel‚ developed by the community-supported openSUSE Project and sponsored by SUSE and a number of other companies. After Novell acquired SUSE Linux in January 2004‚ Novell decided to release the SUSE Linux Professional product as a 100% open source project. In 2011 The Attachmate Group acquired Novell and split Novell and SUSE into two autonomous subsidiary companies. SUSE offers products and services around
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Global Leadership 5601 Midterm 1. What is meant by the internationalization of a firm’s value chain? How do advances in technology contribute to internationalization of firms’ value chains? Internationalization generally means global sourcing‚ exporting‚ or investment in key markets abroad. Proactive firms seek a simultaneous presence in major trading regions‚ especially Asia‚ Europe‚ and North America. The most direct implication of market globalization is on the firm’s value chain.
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