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    Marine Policy 25 (2001) 71}81 China ’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf: developments‚ problems‚ and prospects Zou Keyuan* East Asian Institute‚ National University of Singapore‚ 7 Arts Link‚ Singapore 117571‚ Singapore Received 1 October 2000; accepted 29 November 2000 Abstract China promulgated its Law on the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf in 1998 after it had rati"ed the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1996. By so doing‚ China has formally

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    placed everywhere amongst roads to secure each drivers safety. Near schools‚ school zones speed limits are placed‚ and active during the times that the school is open. These school zone speed limits are extended within a mile away from the school. Speed limits are much lower than average speed limits‚ so the children going and coming from school are safe. Once you go over the speed limit provided in a school zone‚ you put a child’s life in danger. During school hours many children may cross a street

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    this type of oppression‚ I reference this section from Mary Louise Pratt’s "Art’s of the Contact Zone": "....in order to lay out some thoughts about writing and literacy in what I LIKE TO CALL CONTACT ZONES. I use this term to refer to social spaces where cultures meet‚ clash‚ and grapple with each other‚ often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power..." Using this idea of the contact zone puts Jacobs’ efforts in a new light. Jacobs undertook her endeavor with the understanding she was

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    China (Shanghai) Pilot Free-Trade Zone is a free-trade zone launched in Shanghai‚ China on September 29‚ 2013. It is reported that there will be revolutions in finance‚ social service‚ cultural service‚ shipping and professional business services. There are several characteristics of this FTZ (Free-Trade Zone). Firstly‚ this FTZ focuses on function innovation and this is different from other bonded areas in China which focus on special policies. Secondly‚ this FTZ is different from the Singapore

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    Tolerance Tolerance is something that you are told on a daily basis but do you truly understand the meaning of the word? You probably don’t and the reason being that in the time since the enlightenment period the definition of tolerance has been warped. The official definition of tolerance is “willingness to accept feelings‚ habits‚ or beliefs that are different from your own” (Merriam Webster). However the modern unofficial definition of tolerance requires a person to not only accept someone’s idea

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    Gruwell eventually managed to get her students to show tolerance for one another. She teaches them about the Holocaust and that despite the students’ ethnic backgrounds‚ they aren’t all that different from each other. For example‚ she takes them to the Museum of Tolerance. This shows that the students aren’t realistically the different despite the color of their skin or their ethnic background. This is important

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    OSAGU‚ JESSICA CHINEZIE OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY‚ ILE-IFE‚ NIGERIA DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ACHIEVING FAULT-TOLERANCE IN OPERATING SYSTEM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION Introduction Fault-tolerant computing is the art and science of building computing systems that continue to operate satisfactorily in the presence of faults. A fault-tolerant system may be able to tolerate one or more fault-types including - i) transient‚ intermittent or permanent hardware faults‚ ii) software

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    Do you believe that gun-free zones are doing there job protecting us? Glenn Reynolds’ article “Gun-free Zones Called Magnets for Mass Shooters‚" claims that gun-free zones are an open door for gunmans‚ and has an alternative solution. I comply with Lott’s stance that gun-free zones are an open invitations for shooters. Glenn Reynolds argues that enforcing gun-free zones in public places is only welcoming a gunman a place to shoot down. It gives the shooter comfort‚ knowing he will not get shot

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    and other STD’s impact the way they live externally; depression and suicide can govern their internal lives. However‚ religious tolerance grabs at both their internal and external lives. The biased media always attempts to push teens’ beliefs one way or another‚ yet it is the choice of the individual to which counts in the end. ApologeticsIndex.org defines religious tolerance as "Acknowledging and supporting that individuals have the right and freedom to their own beliefs and related legitimate practices

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    A contact zone is defined as “social spaces where cultures meet‚ clash‚ and grapple with each other‚ often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power‚ such as colonialism‚ slavery‚ or their aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the world today.”(Pratt) The definition makes it sound like a very advanced concept but in actuality it happens in everyday life. You come in contact with something new everyday‚ from meeting someone to accidently grabbing barbeque sauce when you always

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