know and like it. it is humorous and highly satirical by nature. Though similar performance had been popular for centuries‚ it was only in the reign of Emperor Xianfeng of the Qing Dynasty (1851 -1861 ) that XiangSheng became established as an independent art form. The first XiangShap artists were Zhang Sanlu and Zhu Shaowen‚ the latter’s stage name being Qiong Bupa. He used to perform in the entertainment quarter of Beijing known as Tianqiao. He always began with a ragged verse which started and
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION‚ OBJECTIVES AND OUTLINE OF THE THESIS -49- -50- Abstract As marine environments are under increasing anthropogenic pressure‚ there is a need for decision support systems (DSSs) and management tools that allow to tackle some of the environmental problems associated with this pressure and to allocate the different uses in a sustainable way. Most marine management tools are built around the Driver-Pressure-StateImpact-Response (DPSIR) framework‚ where indicators
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International Journal of Research Studies in Management 2013 October‚ Volume 2 Number 2‚ 3-20 Human resource management in the telecommunications sector of Laos Southiseng‚ Nittana Mekong Institute‚ Khon Kaen University‚ Thailand (southiseng.nittana@gmail.com) Walsh‚ John ISSN: 2243-7770 Online ISSN: 2243-7789 Shinawatra University‚ Thailand (jcwalsh@siu.ac.th) OPEN ACCESS Received: 23 October 2012 Available Online: 15 March 2013 Revised: 16 January 2013 DOI: 10.5861/ijrsm.2013.235 Accepted:
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The Beginning of an Independent America By Tony Jawhar In January‚ 1763‚ the Treaty of Paris was signed; ending the French and Indian War. France has given up most of their territory east of the Mississippi River and in Canada. Great Britain is struggling to stay strong after sending thousands of soldiers to defend their colonies in the New World‚ resulting in them passing more taxes and other acts on them to make up for their losses. The following years will forever shape the history of the world
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"We didn ’t all come over on the same ship‚ but we ’re all in the same boat."- Bernard Baruch Cross-cultural communication is the process of exchanging meaningful and unambiguous information across cultural boundaries‚ in a way that preserves mutual respect and minimizes antagonism‚ that is‚ it looks at how people from differing cultural backgrounds endeavour to communicate. The study of cross-cultural communication was originally found within businesses and the government both seeking to expand
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and other standards‚ working hours‚ breaks‚ vacations‚ worker compensations and unemployment benefits. 2. Would the use of third party independent contractors alleviate or insulate MNCs from being attached‚ and would such use be a good defensive shield against charges of abuse of “their employees”? As is the case in the United States‚ the “independent contractor” status can only be supported through clear‚ legally defensible criteria‚ such as the amount of control the “contractor” has over
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INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS A Tutorial Introduction James V. Stone Independent Component Analysis Independent Component Analysis A Tutorial Introduction James V. Stone A Bradford Book The MIT Press Cambridge‚ Massachusetts London‚ England © 2004 Massachusetts Institute of Technology All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying‚ recording‚ or information storage and retrieval) without permission
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Sample Report The Power to Understand. 800-211-8378 • PsychCorp.com Technical Report for DAS-II and WIAT-II (School Age Battery) Examinee: Age: Date of Birth: Examinee ID: Gender: John Sample 8 years‚ 5 months 2/11/1999 1 Male Report Date: Grade: Ethnicity: Examiner: 7/19/2007 Not Specified White not Hispanic Origin Sandra Behrens Spanish Home Language: Dominant Language: Translation Used: Test Administered: DAS-II (1/11/2007) WIAT-II (1/11/2007) Handedness: School: Teacher: Age at
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Cross-cultural communication has been an integral component of business in recent decades‚ as globalisation has created a situation where countries depend more and more on each other (Asgary & Walle 2002). Achieving this has been through the use of both verbal and non-verbal communication. Both these forms of communication have their advantages as well as their shortcomings‚ but are necessary in order to communicate in the current globalised world. Achieving successful‚ effective cross-cultural communication
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The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: Why Palestine should be granted nationhood Omar Azraq World History Mr. Nicolai May 13th‚ 2013 Palestine‚ or is it Israel? Either way‚ it is a highly contested land between two major Semitic groups: the Arabs‚ and the Hebrews. From the late 19th century‚ and throughout the 20th century it has been the focal point of Arab nationalism and Jewish Zionism. Today‚ it has become the Jewish state of Israel with occupied Palestinian Territories called the
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