Last Updated: Tuesday‚ 18 July 2006‚ 16:36 GMT 17:36 UK E-mail this to a friend | Printable version | | China plan to protect environment | Pollution problems have grown along with China’s economy | China plans to spend 1.4 trillion yuan ($175bn) over the next five years on protecting its environment.The sum - equivalent to 1.5% of China’s annual economic output - will be used to improve water quality‚ and cut air and land pollution and soil erosion.China has some of the world’s most polluted
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after Japan’s harbors were opened to European and American trade and travel‚ when several anthologies of haiku were translated into English and French. In the early years of the 20th century the Imagist poets adopted the form as an ideal poem‚ writing what they called “hokku” in the three-line 5-7-5 pattern. Mid-century Beat poets like Jack Kerouac and Gary Snyder were also enamored of the haiku form‚ and it has flourished in contemporary poetry‚ particularly American poetry. Because the form has been
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TYPES OF RESEARCH The different characteristics of research: Research May be Applied or Basic The purpose of applied research is to solve an immediate‚ practical problem. Basic Research (Pure) adds to the existing body of knowledge; doesn’t necessarily provide results of immediate‚ practical use. Research May be Obtrusive or Non-Obtrusive Obtrusive research - where the researcher introduces conditions that influence participants. Where the researcher manipulates the environment
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TYPES OF BONDS There are a plenty amount of different types of bonds‚ existing nowadays. Actually‚ the bond market offers investors a lot more choices than the stock market. Which bonds to choose depends on the goals‚ tax situation and the risk tolerance of a person who is going to invest in bonds. The broad bond market includes in itself government‚ municipal‚ corporate‚ mortgage-backed or asset-backed securities and international bonds. Within each broad bond market sector it is possible to
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Stereotypes – execrate of a category. Stereotype theory. Like burger king meal better than McDonald. Use stereotype of everything idea/action/views. Put certain type of category into certain type of people. Ex: Drunks – Irish A) If half of the stereotype of nationality‚ came to conclusion were true with the negative stereotypes. If it positive stereotypes‚ people may deny it. B) Looking at history of the group or at the history of relationship with other group. Polish people – being dumb
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activities. Now a blend of versatile instrumentation‚ user-friendly software and communication technology is rapidly increasing the scope of weighbridges‚ thereby expanding their operational and data collection capabilities. Parkerfarm’s Mark Spick outlines what users should look for in a weighbridge and how the new technology is increasing operational efficiency. 1 Weighbridges- the workhorses of agricultural weighing Weighbridges play a vital role in today’s agricultural industries‚ providing valuable
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Using examples of organisational communication‚ discuss what the four main approaches to media research explained by McQuail (2005‚ ch 3) offer to an understanding of company media communication. Communication is the exchange or transfer of information. It covers just about any interaction between people. It is described by McQuail as‚ “a process of increased commonality or sharing between participants‚ on the basis of sending and receiving ‘messages’.” As communication is the sending and receiving
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Type Talk: The 16 Personality Types That Determine How We Live‚ Love‚ and Work by Otto Kroeger and Janet M. Thuesen Dell Publishing‚ October‚ 1989 Type Talk is a primer on personality preference typing centered on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ("MBTI"). The MBTI is a widely-used "test" that helps a person begin to understand why people perceive situations differently‚ communicate different from others‚ and opt for different activities. The book ’s authors‚ Otto Kroeger and Janet Thuesen
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Types of Economies What is an economy? An economy consists of the economic systems of a country or other area; the labor‚ capital‚ and land resources; and the manufacturing‚ production‚ trade‚ distribution‚ and consumption of goods and services of that area. A market based economy may be described as a spatially limited social network where goods and services are freely produced and exchanged according to demand and supply between participants (economic agents) by barter or a medium of exchange
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Chapter 5 Strategies in Action A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step Copyright 2005 Prentice Hall 中國諺語 Ch 5 -1 Chapter Outline Long-Term Objectives Types of Strategies Integration Strategies Copyright 2005 Prentice Hall Ch 5 -2 Chapter Outline (cont’d) Intensive Strategies Diversification Strategies Defensive Strategies Copyright 2005 Prentice Hall Ch 5 -3 Chapter Outline (cont’d) Michael Porter’s Generic Strategies Means for
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