important role when studying language in its social context. A very interesting topic in this large field is politeness‚ since forms of politeness are often misinterpreted and lead to misunderstandings. So I chose to have a closer look at the differences between politeness in Chinese and English. Since it is very difficult to collect data concerning politeness in the language of Chinese‚ this paper is theory-based only. Nevertheless‚ many books that cover this topic can be found. Some of the books used
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"One ring to rule them all‚ one ring to find them. One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them."(8) Quite an interesting line for the trilogy of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. The trilogy of The Lord of the Rings is based in a struggle between good and evil‚ courage and friendship‚ not leaving the humanity behind. A world made by Tolkien‚ real enough to live not only in his mind‚ but also in ours. Middle Earth‚ a place ruled by elves‚ dwarves‚ and humans. A place where some
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Packet filtering is the earliest technology developed to protect the network from dangers in the Internet. It works at network transport layer. A data is split in to several packets and then reassembled back once it has reached its destination. Administrators creates a set of rules which will then be configured to the router‚ router will then act as a security guard‚ will either deny or allow packets from passing through. However packet filtering has only limited function‚ it can only analyze header
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electronics in China‚ has been authorized a detail analysis based on four keys issue. Firstly‚ Hofstede’s cultural dimensions are provided to the senior management team of TCL with an appropriate understanding of Vietnamese culture‚ and the different between Vietnamese culture and that of China. The analyses come up with 2 similarities which are individualism and uncertainty avoidance and 3 differences which are power distance‚ masculinity and
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might look as if there are very few similarities between a human skeleton and a cat skeleton‚ However‚ when you look a little deeper‚ you find many similarities in shape‚ structure and function. Evolution has shaped the cat as a hunter and predator. Everything about a cat has been formed to shape a leathal‚ agile fighting animal. In contrast‚ the skeletons of humans have formed to provide strength and stability. There are many similarities between the modern-day cats and humans. Like nearly every
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BUS 499 The Learning and Growth Perspective‚ Module 4 Session Long Project Dr. William Muraco As one of the four perspectives of the Balanced Scorecard‚ the Learning & Growth perspective focuses on how the organization must learn and innovate in order to achieve the set goals. It is the root of the balanced scorecard and requires nutrients to grow. It develops intellectual capital and empowers employees as part of the relationship to the vision and strategy portion of the BSC. Learning
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------------------------------------------------- Bus (computing) From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia 4 PCI Express bus card slots (from top to bottom: x4‚ x16‚ x1 and x16)‚ compared to a 32-bitconventional PCI bus card slot (very bottom) In computer architecture‚ a bus is a subsystem that transfers data between components inside a computer‚ or between computers. Early computer buses were parallel electrical wires with multiple connections‚ but the term is now used for any physical arrangement
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who survived through legends and folktales before he was immortalized through literature; rather than inventing the entire story‚ Goethe was inventing a supernatural explanation for a fate of a legendary figure‚ already understood. The parallels between Faust and Satan in Goray continue. They both open by contrasting what used to be and what is. Faust begins‚ "I have‚ alas! Philosophy‚ / Medicine‚ Jurisprudence too‚ / And to my cost Theology‚ / With ardent labour‚ studied through. / And here I
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RAINBOW : “MAKING STAR TEAMS OUT OF STAR PLAYERS” The best top performers are on average four times more productive than an average performer. However‚ there is a great danger of star members being unable to work together due to personal their personal egos. Thus‚ there is a need to manage them. In addition‚ their conventional wisdom is highly useful in situation such as designing highly sensitive business model and new products besides solving strategic problem. For example‚ 600 Apple engineers
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Five Star Beer Problems Analysis Decreasing Market Share Five Star Beer had a great history. This was closely related to the policy of China at that time. Before 1978‚ Chinese government controlled almost all Chinese economy and resources. Every company was owned by government. Every activity was under the control of Chinese government‚ including what the prize was‚ how much beer it should make‚ where to sell‚ and how much the employees should earn. Five Star Beer served Beijing and the
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