Book Review on Urban Poverty B M Hasanul Banna International Islamic University Malaysia Urban poverty is the outcome of urban-bias development projects being predominantly financed by the external capital‚ either in the form of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) or Aid. The urban-bias industrialization strategy performed as a pull factor for the rural unemployed. This strategy contributed to the expanding of urban informal sectors where unskilled as well as highly unorganized day labours remain
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The Essential Drucker “In one Volume selection of the essential writings from Peter F. Drucker’s sixty years of work on management.” Part I: Management Consist of twelve chapters and focuses on the purpose of the business‚ management by objectives and self- control and Entrepreneurial strategies. Many great ideas and problems that comes across while managing a business has covered in these sections. Author has described very good example of how sears has changed his business strategy over the
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among adolescent readers. Main character is Holden Caulfield‚ the 17 year old boy who planned on being a catcher in the rye. His intended audience are adolescents or students which this story mostly implies. Something unique and interesting in this book is that J.D Salinger wrote this novel through his own experiences‚ meaning this is almost the same one written in his autobiography during his teenage life. The success of the said novel led to public attention and scrutiny: Salinger became reclusive
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THE ESSENTIALS OF STYLISCTICS The expressive means (EM) of a language are those phonetic‚ morphological‚ word-building‚ lexical‚ phraseological and syntactical forms which exist in language-as-a-system for the purpose of logical and/or emotional intensification of the utterance. Phonetic EM: pitch‚ melody‚ stress‚ pausation‚ drawling‚ whispering‚ a sing-song manner of speech (onomatopoeia‚ alliteration‚ rhyme‚ rhythm). Morphological EM: the Historical Present (the Present Indefinite instead
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Book review. My book report is on ‘Catcher in the Rye’ by J.D.Salinger Over a month I have really enjoyed reading this novel. It’s a very perceptive book‚ but only in one point of view: Holden’s. I never felt attached to the book in any form‚ and when I wasn’t reading it‚ there was nothing that drew me back to want to read more. However when I wasn’t reading I would ponder about the book a lot and question the meaning and depth that Salinger was trying to get across. It’s a very interesting style
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special operations soldier. This book portrays his life story and sheds light into the secretive world of counterinsurgency. The story starts out in Green Team which is the name of the training process to get into DEVGRU (Shortened name for Special Warfare Development Group) more commonly known as SEAL Team Six. It then jumps back to Alaska and his childhood. Mark tells of how living in Alaska prepared him for the extreme cold he would feel during BUD/s and how he decided to become
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Christian Scientists When I was first assigned this report I had no idea what Christian Science was. I researched for hours on the religion‚ and tried to find anything I could on it. I found out that Christian Science was a religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. As quoted from a Christian Scientist " This religion is based on the words and works of Christ Jesus‚ and draws its authority form the Bible. Its teachings are set forth in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
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Good to Great Book Review Throughout the book Collins examines what differentiates a good company from a great company. This first chapter addresses the process of evaluating information and finding characteristics that differentiates the two types of companies. After finding these characteristics Collins’s team compared the data to a variety of companies and discovered what a great company had that a good company didn’t. “We came to think of our research effort as akin to looking inside a black
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Essentials of Accounting Week 5 Assignment Chapter 9: E9-6 SY Telc has recently started the manufacture of RecRobo‚ a three-wheeled robot that can scan a home for fires and gas leaks and then transmit this information to a mobile phone. The cost structure to manufacture 20‚000 RecRobo’s is as follows. Cost Direct materials ($40 per robot) $ 800‚000 Direct labor ($30 per robot) 600‚000 Variable overhead ($6 per robot) 120‚000 Allocated fixed overhead ($25 per robot) 500‚000 Total $2‚020
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and responsibilities of the Ministry of Defence and the Home Office in relation to the public services. Ministry of Defence “We protect the security‚ independence and interests of our country at home and abroad. We work with our allies and partners whenever possible. Our aim is to ensure that the armed forces have the training‚ equipment and support necessary for their work‚ and that we keep within budget.” Quote from: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence Responsibilities
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