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    Buddhism in Asia

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    Rhys Davids in The Cambridge History of India: Here we read: A few salient facts about the history of NE Thailand must be set out before we can examine the millennialism that occurred in the area. We shall illustrate this with the case of Ceylon. This statement is generally intertwined with a story that the Buddhist teachings would have survived for a full 1‚000 years‚ were it not for the Buddha’s decision to admit women to the monastic order. With regard to

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    The multi-talented Camille Billops has found many different ways to express her artistic ability throughout her career. Her works that were done throughout her career was an expression of her life. Throughout the life of Camille she had many influences leading her into the art world. This paper has the artist going through her life coming up through the world as a student to a teacher then artist‚ and her works making her a legend. The way she met her husband and worked together to make the Hatch-Billops

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    History of Spice Notes

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    essential oil Pericarp‚ outershell Green pepper: comes from unripe berries (least hot) Black pepper: fully grown and dried White pepper: removed skin (hottest) Cinnamon: Cinnamomum verum Small evergreen tree in laurel family (true Cinnamon Ceylon) Native to Sri Lanka light flavor‚ fine texture‚ little Coumarin 2 yr old branches cut and fermented for 24 hrs inner bark peeled and dried to form quills Cassia (fake)

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    Penang History

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    island of Penang in return for protection from the Siamese and Burmese armies who were constantly threatening Kedah. This treaty never materialised as Francis Light’s superiors refused to offer any aid. Captain Francis Light left Kedah for Junk Ceylon (Phuket‚ an island off southern Thailand) in 1772 to setup trade activities with India‚ southern Siam and northern Malay Peninsula. At that time‚ the British were involved in the Napolean war in Europe. Light was asked by the East India Company based

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    China Cultural Revolution

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    Ming Dynasty Introduction ! Ming Dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China between 1368-1644. The early years of the Ming dynasty between 1405 until 1433; it was that time that exploration of China was pushed to its furthest limits. Seven unmatched voyages led by the Chinese imperial eunuch Zheng He. The voyages he led where nothing compared to the expeditions previous explorers had made. As a navigator‚ Zheng He single handedly controlled 27‚800 men and a fleet of 62 treasure ships supported

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    Heading Page No. Task A – Mini Case Study 1. Company profile 3 2. Products and Customers 4-5 3. Business process 5-6 4. Product pricing 6 5. Capital investment 7 6. Performance measurement 7 7. IT and E – Business 7 Task B Global Emerging Middle 8-9 Key areas Companies should consider 10-12 Task C - Analysis of the Company 1. SWOT Analysis 13-14 2. PESTLEC 15-16 3. POTTER & Miller’s five forces Model 17-18 4. Potter’s competitive strategies 19-20 5. McFarlen’s

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    Glaxo Smithkline

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    development‚ manufacture and marketing of pharmaceutical and consumer health-related products. With an estimated world market share of 8.15% GSK is ranked as one of the top five pharmaceutical companies in the global marketplace. Glaxo Laboratories (Ceylon) Limited founded in 1956‚ achieved number 01 market position by 1986 among private pharmaceutical companies‚ currently operates as two separate SBU’s Glaxo Welcome and SmithKline Beecham since the merger of the two companies in 2001. Employing around

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    srilanka

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    SRILANAKA: INTRODUCTION TO SAARC: The south Asian association for Regional Corporation was established on 8th December 1985 with objectives to promote economic and social progress within the nations. At the time of establishment of the SAARC when government of Nepal‚ India‚ Pakistan‚ Sri Lanka‚ Maldives‚ Bhutan and Bangladesh together stood for friendship and co-operation among each other. Afghanistan later got membership in SAARC and became the 8th member nation. All the member head of eight

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    Mayan Latex

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    The old Mayan People utilized latex to make elastic balls‚ empty human figures‚ and as ties used to secure hatchet heads to there handles and different capacities. Latex is the sap of different plants‚ most outstandingly the elastic tree. When it is presented to the air it solidifies into a springy mass. The Mayans figured out how to blend the elastic sap with the juice from morning greatness vines so it turned out to be more tough and versatile‚ and didn’t get entirely as weak. Both the elastic

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    Big Bazar Layout

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    PROJECT TITLE : A study on layout of Big Bazaar‚Noida. INTROUCTION: Big Bazaar is a chain of shopping malls in India currently with 29 outlets‚ owned by the Pantaloon Group. It works on same the economy model as Wal-Mart and has had considerable success in many Indian cities and small towns. The idea was pioneered by entrepreneur Kishore Biyani‚ the head of Pantaloon Retail India Ltd.Big Bazaar‚ the flagship retail chain of the Future Group‚ is on the verge of achieving a unique milestone in the

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