brightest stars (11th as viewed from Earth). Hadar is a blue-white super giant in the constellation Centaurus (Cen). In about 4‚000 years‚ the motion of Alpha Centauri‚ who’s proper name is Rigel Kentaurus‚ will carry it close enough to Hadar that they will appear to be a magnificent double star. Because of the distance away from Earth that Alpha and Beta Centauri are (approximately 90 parsecs)‚ they will be an optical double. As they sit today‚ the two stars look like a pair of eyes‚ the right one
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The Alpha Position: Every domesticated dog needs to be trained in this area. By no means should your dog be allowed to assume this role in your home or outdoors for that matter. Dogs do not speak‚ they bark‚ except for the Basenji breed of course‚ so do not assume dogs understand human language. Ultimately your dog needs to know that you are in charge and as such‚ your dog can relax‚ knowing that you will protect him. I know this sounds strange‚ as many of us assume the dog is there to protect us
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The Web Search market has been dominated by Google‚ forcing Microsoft and Yahoo to form an alliance in July 2009 to get a larger slice of the huge web search pie. The new Wolfram/Alpha Search engine‚ however‚ tries to compete with Google and other similar search engines by “researching” rather than just “searching” data. Stephen Wolfram‚ the new search engine creator gives an example; for a question like "How many Nobel Prize winners were born under a full moon?" Google would find the answer only
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Shanghai Volkswagen is a joint venture between the German Volkswagen AG and a consortium of Chinese partners. The 25-year agreement signed by the partners in the middle of 1980s provided for 50 per cent VW AG equity. By 2001‚ this venture was the most successful automobile venture in China. Other attempts made by the US AMC Jeep Corporation and other carmakers failed. Other companies were attracted by the large population of 1.2 billion people (certainly only a very small percentage would be the
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sexuality‚ many people use this theme as a main topic of their novels‚ articles or any other literatures; included Wei Hui – one of the controversial Chinese feminist writer – who put women and sexuality as her main topic in her forbidden novel‚ the Shanghai Baby. Having lived in a state of quasi-servitude for over two thousand years‚ Chinese women began to demand liberation from their serfdom within the family clan complex. They sought to outlaw arranged marriages‚ selling of wives and children‚ infanticides
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Shanghai Free Trade Zone(SFTZ) officially known as the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free-Trade Zone was officially launched on September 29‚2013. With the backing of Chinese Premier Li Ke Qiang‚ Mainland China formed its first ever free trade zone. Personally‚ I feel that the establishment of the SFTZ is a stepping stone for China to boost their economy as well as creating more innovative and realistic systems to maintain its country’s competitiveness. SFTZ is a necessity for China to boost global cooperation
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7 indicator variables was calculated by SPSS (IBM Version 24). Table 3 presented the Cronbach’s Alpha which represent the reliability of survey results. All of Cronbach’s Alpha values are more than 0.7 which are in the recommended acceptable range (Nunnally and Bernstein‚ 2010). Values above 0.8 can be considered as very good values (Nunnally and Bernstein‚ 2010). Indicator variables Cronbach’s Alpha Subjective Norm 0.821 Image 0.717 Entertainment Relevance 0.846 Output Quality of Entertainment
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Shanghai Cooperation Organization is not an anti-Western alliance The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)‚ after more than a decade since its inception‚ merits increasing attentions from the world and meanwhile different explanations of the objective and main agenda of this organization are heatedly debated and evaluated. One of them is the sensational argument that it is an anti-Western alliance which reflects a reasonable suspicion given China and Russia’s leading role in it. However‚ it
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1 Apply SWOT-Analyses to SVW in 1985 and 2004 and evaluate the Match between SVW’s Strategies and its Internal and External Environments at both Time Points. 1.1 SWOT Analysis 1985 1.1.1 Strengths In SVW’s early days‚ the availability of an existing network to undertake sales and distribution was an advantage to the joint venture. SVW had strong relationships to the government‚ since SAIC was under the government’s supervision. That helped to find a big market share in China and get large contracts
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Also‚ imagine having to carry various inhalers and oxygen as part of an everyday routine. This is how it feels to have Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency‚ also known as early onset emphysema. For someone with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency‚ everyday tasks can seem nearly impossible. Simply walking upstairs or raking leaves
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