Deforestation of South-East Asia The effects deforestation is having on south-east Asia are dizzying. Rapid development since the siege of Khe-Sanh in Vietnam (1968) and surrounding nations of the Mekong region has caused widespread destruction of their forests. Many of these areas are switching trees for coffee bushes‚ threatening the extraordinary biodiversity that holds around 1‚700 different species. These trees are cut down for the furniture export market. Also‚ forests are being wiped out
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Ana Bruges “The lottery” The Lottery‚ a short story written by Shirley Jackson explains two of the most important aspects of humanity: traditions and rituals. The story takes place in a small town in New England where every year a lottery is held‚ most people would relate lottery to wining cash. In this lottery one person will be randomly choose to be stoned to death by the people in the village including their own family members. The lottery has been practiced for over seventy years by the townspeople
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An Analysis of “The Lottery” “The Lottery‚” by Shirley Jackson‚ is about villagers who gather in the square in a small town to run a lottery conducted by Mr. Summers. Mrs. Hutchinson arrives late so there are little chats in the square. After she arrives‚ Mr. Summers calls last names of families in order to aware for the head of each family to draw a slip of paper from the black wooden box. After all of them have chosen‚ Mr. Summers allows them to open the slip of paper and check to see which
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Air Asia A. Introduction 1. Objective and scope This paper will analyze the internal and external environment of Air Asia and will look into how it uses Management Information System ( MIS )‚ specifically its online reservation system to gain competitive advantage. And also discuss why and how important is MIS to Air Asia in running its business. 2. The Important of MIS Low Cost Carriers (LCC) business model is based on no frills service. This means that cost savings is a critical success factor
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Malaysia’s economy may expand as little as 4 percent in 2009‚ growth will probably be between 5 percent and 5.5 percent this year‚ below the official 2008 forecast of 5.7 percent. (v) - Real GDP % Growth forecast is from 5.1 in 2008 to 1.4 in 2009. (vi) - Interest rates % dropped from 3.5 in Jan.2008 to 2% in Jan.2009. (vii) - The inflation rate may fall below 4 percent before the second half of 2009. (viii) - Unemployment has remained constant at an average of 3.6% in July 2008 to 3.1% in Oct
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“The Lottery (1948)” by Shirley Jackson‚ is a short story about an annual lottery taking place in a small New England town. Every year the lottery is held and the winner of the lottery is then promptly stoned to death. This lottery has been a long held tradition in this small town and it is a tradition that everyone in the town must take part in. The man in charge of the lottery drawing‚ Mr. Summers‚ calls each male head of household forward to an ominous looking black box sitting atop a three legged
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Doing Business in Asia Dennet R Watson INB-300-9574-International Business February 12‚2013 Robert Wengrzyn Doing Business in Asia Expansion of businesses into Asia has become popular with a lot of companies. In the article‚ “US Companies Head to Asia”; the author describes the reason for expansion and the success of several prosperous companies (Basar‚ 2011). Doing Business in Asia Anyone interested in doing business in Asia should definitely begin their research by visiting the website
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How effectively did colonial governments deal with of nationalist movements in Southeast Asia the period before WWII? Colonial initiatives during pre-war nationalism in Southeast Asia took the form of both colonial suppression and concessionary measure. The extent of effectiveness of these measures is depended on how the colonial masters carried put these initiatives and also the extent to which the nationalist movements could resist them. Colonial suppression was the most effective in the short
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Experts say protecting about 42 sites across Asia‚ ranging from forests to tropical grasslands‚ could be key to the survival of one of the world’s most iconic and feared wild cats‚ the tiger. Habitat loss and the overhunting of its prey and poaching have caused its numbers to drop from more than 10‚000 in the 1980s to fewer than 3‚500 today. Tiger parts are so prized in Eastern medicine that a dead one can sell for $1‚500 to $3‚500 before its eyes are sold as a cure for epilepsy and malaria‚ its
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The Lottery Shirley Jackson was a short story writer and novelist; however‚ she was also a loner and an introvert. Shirley was born on December 14‚ 1916 in San Francisco‚ CA. Jackson and her family moved East when she was 17‚ were she attended Rochester University. After doing a year‚ she dropped out of school‚ stayed at home for a year and began practicing on her writing. Jackson entered Syracuse University in 1937‚ where she met her future husband. Stanley Edgar Hyman‚ who was at the time also
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