The Blinding Color of Blood: The constraints of Geography The modern whaling debate is in no doubt a strenuous one. Whaling in itself has been around since as far back as 6000BC and countries such as Japan and Norway have developed into nations which revolve around a market for such cetaceans as whales and dolphins. In fact‚ in Taiji‚ a small town on the southern shores of Japan‚ over thirty percent of their annual economy is generated from a market oriented around whales and dolphins (Hanlon‚ The
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Timeline of materials technology BC • 29‚000–25‚000 BC – First pottery appears • 3rd millennium BC – Copper metallurgy is invented and copper is used for ornamentation • 2nd millennium BC – Bronze is used for weapons and armour • 16th century BC – The Hittites develop crude iron metallurgy • 13th century BC – Invention of steel when iron and charcoal are combined properly • 10th century BC – Glass production begins in ancient Near East • 1st millennium BC – Pewter beginning to be used in
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October 21‚ 2008 THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: CAN ISLAMIC FINANCE HELP MINIMIZE THE SEVERITY AND FREQUENCY OF SUCH A CRISIS IN THE FUTURE? by M. Umer Chapra* (A paper prepared for presentation at the Forum on the Global Financial Crisis to be held at the Islamic Development Bank on 25 October 2008) ___________________ * The author is Research Adviser at the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB). This paper is a revised and updated version
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1.0 Executive Summary Interior Views is a retail home decorator fabrics and complementary home accessories and services concept that is now in its third year. This destination store offers the advantages of providing fabrics specifically designed for home decorator use in fabric widths of 54 inches and greater. Over 900 fabrics are available on the floor at any time with more than 3‚000 sample fabrics for custom "cut" orders. Customers see‚ touch‚ feel‚ and take the fabric to their home as they
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Strategic Audit of a Corporation; An Analysis of Wal-Mart MBA 685 Written by: Michelle Ujene 1. Current Situation 1.1 Current Performance: Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated‚ or Wal-Mart as popularly known‚ is a publicly traded company. The company has continued to increase its sales income over the period of existence since 1962. Recent financial records revealed that net sales increased from $418.9Billion recorded in 2011 fiscal year to $443. 9 Billion in 2012 fiscal year‚ representing
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AssignmentPrint View 4 t . Page1 of26 it11’"‚" i. Oepreciation for 2011is computed to be $1O‚OOO. on the company’s equipment beforeadjusting b. The PrepaidInsurance accounthad a $6‚000debitbalanceat December31‚2011‚ for the costsof any expiredcoverage. An analysisof the company’sinsurancepoliciesshowedthat insurance coverageremains. $720of unexpired c. The OfficeSuppliesaccounthad a $570debitbalanceon December31‚2010; and $2‚680of office supplieswere purchasedduringthe year.The December31‚2011
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GARMENT EXPORTS FROM BANGLADESH: AN UPDATE AND EVALUATION Munir Quddus Professor of Economics and Chair University of Southern Indiana‚ USA Salim Rashid Professor of Economics University of Illinois‚ Urbana-Champaign‚ USA Journal of Bangladesh Studies: on-line Articles published in the Journal of Bangladesh Studies will be available on-line a year after publication. Current issues are available only in paper form to subscribers. Here are the articles contained in the first issue of
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Who travels with you? - A segmentation analysis of today’s travellers Contents 1. Executive Summary 2. Introduction 3. Methodology 4. Customer segments - Digital Natives - Young Adults - Family Travellers - Empty Nesters - Golden Oldies 5. Conclusions 6. website hints 7. About Amadeus 4 6 8 10 12 16 20 24 28 32 34 36 Executive Summary The report is based on a segment analysis of the results of a web-based survey. This report by Amadeus
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Gandhism In Our Times Samudra Biswas CIA III‚ 2ND EPS Regn No 1214415 Christ College Political Ideologies 231 Teacher Sindhuja Iyengar “On Gandhi: Don’t ever forget‚ that we were not lead by a saint with his head in clouds‚ but by a master tactician with his feet on the ground.” ― Shashi Tharoor “I believe that Gandhi’s views were the most enlightened of all the political men in our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit: not to use violence in fighting for our cause‚ but by non-participation
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Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing‚ 16:62–88‚ 2009 Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group‚ LLC ISSN: 1051-712X print/1547-0628 online DOI: 10.1080/10517120802484338 Journal 1547-0628 1051-712X WBBM of Business-to-Business Marketing‚ Vol. 16‚ No. 1‚ January 2009: pp. 1–34 Marketing FIFTEEN YEAR INDICES: 1993–2008 Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing Part I: Subject Listing Fifteen Year Indices: 1993–2008 The Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing (JBBM)‚ an important
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