WHERE ARE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE SPEAKERS DISTRIBUTED? Origin and Diffusion of English • Second language most spoken. o Official in 50 countries (more than any other language). • English Colonies o English migrated with language as established colonies. ▪ Official language of most foreign colonies. o North America (Jamestown 1607 and Plymouth in 1620). ▪ After defeat of French‚ English is main language. o First to North
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Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Decision Support Systems 44 (2008) 657 – 672 www.elsevier.com/locate/dss Eight key issues for the decision support systems discipline ☆ David Arnott a‚⁎‚ Graham Pervan b a Centre for Decision Support and Enterprise Systems Research‚ Monash University‚ Melbourne‚ Australia b Curtin Business School‚ Curtin University of Technology‚ Perth‚ Australia Received 2 May 2006; received in revised form 26 August 2007; accepted 23 September 2007 Available
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Arndt’s study implies‚ even if a membership in a particular group is important‚ if it affects their self-esteem; they are likely to distance themselves from that particular group‚ especially if mortality is induced. This suggests that people are more focused on self-esteem than belonging to a group. It would be interesting to see if the extent of group identification contributes the disengagement of a particular group. For example‚ the difference between people who were raised highly accustomed to
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1. Retail grocery stores ----Specialty retailer Industry 2. Commercial banking ----Commercial banks Industry 3. Pharmaceutical preparations ----Pharmaceuticals Industry 4. Commercial airline ----Aerospace and defense Industry 5. Computer software ----Network & other comm. Equip. Industry 6. IT service provider ----Internet services and retailing Industry 7. Liquor producer and distributor ----Beverages Industry
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• Industries in the case can be organized into five groups consisting of A. Financial industry High receivables (loans) and payables (deposits‚ other loans)‚ little inventory Commercial banking (2) 2 has the highest receivables and payables (both note payable and account payable). It has no raw materials‚ work in progress and finished goods‚ which are characteristics for a bank. B. Retail industry Lots of inventory‚ low gross profit percentage Retail grocery stores(1) 1 has the lowest
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Film Review – Tory Story 3 Toy Story 3 is a 3D computer animated comedy film from United States. This movie is the third one of this series of Toy Story. It was produced by Pixar Animation Studios. In Toy Story 3‚ Andy is going to leave home for College and he has to leave his toys because he can’t bring them to the College. He only takes Woody along with him to the College. Someday‚ the others toys find themselves at the day-care center. Andy’s mother donate them to there and the toys think that
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Chapter 14: Resource Issues Name: Hour: Key Issue #1 . Read Chapter 14‚ Key Issue #1 (pages 438-451) and fill in the answers to the following questions. Use a dark colored text other than black to type your answers. Save and share with jmbrylski. 1. Define resource: 2. What are the two major misuses of resources? a. b. 3. North America uses _____% of the world’s energy‚ but is only _____% of the world’s population. 3. Eighty three percent of the world’s energy
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Metal health issues in Aboriginal peoples are all strongly tied to the process of colonialism and impact of displacement from land‚ family‚ loss of culture and traditional practices‚ hence this disconnect from spiritual‚ cultural and physical heritage led to disempowerment of many Aboriginal peoples and subsequently results in the maladaptive behaviours such as substance abuse‚ alcoholism‚ suicide and interpersonal violence (Alfred‚ 2009). Similarly‚ colonial experiences have led to the mistrust
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priced at the right level‚ promoted to the right customers in ways that motivate purchase‚ and making them available through the right distribution channel. This course represents an introduction to the field of marketing and will focus on the key marketing issues faced by typical consumer-focused companies Objectives 1. To introduce the concepts‚ analyses and activities that comprise marketing. 2. To provide methods and exercises in assessing and solving marketing problems 3. To reinforce and
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IDENTIFYING CORE COMPETENCIES FOR ELECTRONIC RESOURCES LIBRARIANS IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY LIBRARY A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE TEXAS WOMAN‘S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION BY SARAH W. SUTTON‚ M.L.S. DENTON‚ TEXAS MAY 2011 TEXAS WOMAN‘S UNIVERSITY DENTON‚ TEXAS December 3‚ 2010 To the Dean of the Graduate School: I am submitting herewith a dissertation written
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