Economic challenges facing UK business Ipsos MORI SURVEY – NOVEMBER 2011 Methodology 122 structured telephone interviews of approximately 15 minutes conducted between 6th October and 4th November 2011 Survey sample Sample by sector Manufacturing Where is the location of your head office? 15% 22% Construction Financial services 15% 9% 15% 34% UK Retail‚ transport & distribution Non-financial services Other 66% Outside the UK 24% Sample by global revenue
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Saving Face Saving Face In Shooting an Elephant by George Orwells‚ the author narrates an incident when he was an unhappy British police officer in Burma faced with the predicament to shoot an elephant and safe face‚ or not shoot it and loose face. Making decisions to meet others expectations‚ to avoid humiliation and embarrassment‚ or to maintain ones dignity can have repercussions in ones life. Orwells final act of killing the elephant to please a crowd and look like a powerful sahib‚ in
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Face Detection Ming-Hsuan Yang University of California‚ Merced‚ CA 95344 mhyang@ucmerced.edu Synonyms Detecting faces Definition Face detection is concerned with finding whether or not there are any faces in a given image (usually in gray scale) and‚ if present‚ return the image location and content of each face. This is the first step of any fully automatic system that analyzes the information contained in faces (e.g.‚ identity‚ gender‚ expression‚ age‚ race and pose). While earlier work
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The Market Revolution rose and gave opportunities to women factory workers and those who moved to the West while some faced difficulties on trying to achieve their religious freedom. Great opportunities were given to the people when The Market Revolution arrived for the Americans and led people on trying to represent their rights as residents. Firstly‚ the female factory workers complained about the length of their labor which they compared to the slaves. In an example‚ “large class of females
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Face in the Crowd In the mall you sit in the middle of the courtyard. There is a big crowd of people just hanging out‚ or conversing with each other‚ or waiting for transportation. In this courtyard there are some small potted trees and bushes; these plants are beginning to turn brown since the winter is drawing near. As you sit on that stone bench you notice the different cliques of people. There are the high schoolers‚ the “cool kids”‚ the parents and their children‚ and the young couples.
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Studies in C ontinuing Education‚ V ol. 23‚ N o. 1‚ 2001 Challenges in Human Resource Development Practitioner Preparation ROBYN JOHNSTON University of Technology‚ Sydney This article describes some of the challenges that confront designers of programs which prepare or upskill Human Resource Development (HRD) practitioners. It surfaces varying perspectives of human resource development and some of the issues that confront organisations in the post-industrial economy which have implications
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Changing Seasons Seasons are typically a pleasant thought for individuals. People commonly have a season or a type of weather that they consider their favorite. Whether it is summer‚ fall‚ winter‚ or spring‚ certain people desire different climates and look forward to when their preferred season arrives. Some people may overlook the fact that changing seasons can have a lot of effect on your mood. Seasons can provoke a very good change for the mind; on the other hand‚ there is a time of year that
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Is writing changing...‚ writing is a living process‚ not dead like the Aztecs nor stagnant like a building. Writing is the process of weaving words together to form a complex or simple string of sentences that either tell a story or teach. The act of constructing such text is referred to as literature‚ man’s legacy. As a consequence of changes is the art of writing; as well as the mediums through which they or found and published‚ the way individuals read has changed. Now there’s the question of
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What are the challenges that face a psychotherapist working with self harm or eating disorders. “She cuts herself. Never too deep‚ never enough to die. But enough to feel the pain. Enough to feel the scream inside. The lines I wear around my wrist are there to prove that I exist. A broken mirror‚ a bleeding fist‚ a silver blade against a wrist‚ tears falling down to lips unkissed‚ she’s not the kind you’ll come to miss.” (http://xxdailydreamxx.tripod.com/id16.html) I took this poem from an
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they are referred to as drum and disk brakes. Sensors and technology have improved the way brakes are made and functioned today. Although these advances are very beneficial to car buyers‚ it can become expensive to people who aren’t familiar with changing the brakes themselves. Components of most vehicles brakes are very simple and they are easy to understand for most people. If they are not changed properly‚ it could lead to negative results. Materials Needed: Jack (to raise the vehicle) Lug
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