that make up DirectX: Microsoft DirectDraw: The Microsoft DirectDraw API supports extremely fast access to the accelerated hardware capabilities of a computer’s video adapter It supports standard methods of displaying graphics on all video adapters‚ and faster‚ more direct access when using accelerated drivers. DirectDraw provides a device-independent way for programs‚ such as games and 2-D graphics packages‚ and Windows system components‚ such as digital video codecs‚ to gain access to the
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Direct selling is the marketing and selling of products directly to consumers away from a fixed retail location. Peddling is the oldest form of direct selling. Modern direct selling includes sales made through the party plan‚ one-on-one demonstrations‚ and other personal contact arrangements as well as internet sales. A textbook definition is: "The direct personal presentation‚ demonstration‚ and sale of products and services to consumers‚ usually in their homes or at their jobs." Advantages/Benefits
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revolutionized the teaching and learning foreign languages‚ specifically‚ English. They now provide a wealth of materials and resources‚ innovate the method of teaching and learning English and lead to the appearance of e-learning. First‚ today’s technology has provided teachers as well as students of English more choices of materials than in the past‚ when "technology" was still an unfamiliar term to the majority of Vietnamese society. As materials for teaching and learning English then were very limited
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College English Teaching in China I. Introduction 1.1 Background In recent years‚ college English teaching research focuses on exploring more effective teaching methods to improve the students’English proficiency and self-learning ability. China ’s college English teaching find itself caught in a dilemma of time-consuming but low-efficiency. The undesirable language teaching situation drives the teaching researchers to make great efforts to innovate present teaching ideas and methods. No matter
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------------------------------------------------- Direct marketing communication Direct Marketing What is Direct Marketing? Direct marketing is a channel free approach to distribution and/or marketing communications. So a company may have a strategy of dealing with its customers ’directly‚’ for example banks (such as CityBank) or computer manufacturers (such as Dell). There are no channel intermediaries i.e. distributors‚ retailers or wholesalers. Therefore - ’direct’ in the sense that the deal is done directly
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-This video displayed how direct instruction is used in learning tasks like reading‚ pronunciation‚ and spelling. When the teacher asked the students to perform a task they could only participate when the teacher tapped on the desk. Students are only allowed to express what they know only when they are instructed to. When the students performed the task correctly‚ they were rewarded a point on the board. When they performed out of direct instruction‚ they earned a negative point. The teachers felt
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practices of good teaching and what a good teacher does is to think thoughtfully about children and develop ways and means to reach them all. Students’ performance is obviously one of the most important concerns of every educational Institution since it determines the final placement of the child in the future. Parents send their wards to school hoping for holistic social and academic upbringing of their wards. But this cannot be successful without a serious look at the methods of teaching to be adopted
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Direct Marketing consists of connecting directly with carefully targeted consumers‚ often on a one-to-one‚ interactive basis. Using detailed databases‚ companies tailor their marketing offers and communications to the needs of narrowly defined segments or individual buyers. Beyond brand and relationship building‚ direct marketers usually seek a direct‚ immediate and measurable consumer response. The New Direct Marketing Model Early direct marketers-- catalog companies‚ direct mailers‚ and telemarketers--
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present financial information relating back from Sports Direct Annual Report 2012 alongside a brief history of Sports Direct with additional information about how the group generates revenue. Background Sports Direct is the UK’s largest sporting retailer‚ sells major third party fashion brands and licensed brands‚ leisure equipment‚ footwear and accessories such as Adidas‚ Nike‚ Reebok‚ Lonsdale and many more for a competitive price. Sports Direct manage 395 stores in the UK alone however they operate
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DIRECT AND INDIRECT In this section‚ We are going to see How the conversion of Direct to Indirect Speech and Indirect to Direct Speech is done? We may report the words of a speaker in two ways. 1. Direct Speech We may quote the actual words of the speaker as it is. This method is called Direct Speech. 2. Indirect Speech We may report what he said without quoting his exact words. This method is called Indirect Speech or Reported Speech. Example: • Direct: Clinton said‚ “I am very busy now
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