CLEARINGHOUSE ON LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS Interest in and support for language study has been strengthened in the United States in recent years by the growing recognition that proficiency in more than one language benefits both individual learners and society. For the individual language learner‚ research has found a positive link between second language proficiency and cognitive and academic ability. Several studies indicate that individuals who learn a second language are more creative and better
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http://ezinearticles.com/?Local-Color-in-Literature&id=3074106 The setting plays major role in prose fiction. The dialect spoken‚ the customs observed‚ the dress code prevalent‚ and the way of living all can be peculiar to a particular region. This sort of setting is called a local color of the area or region. You must have come across such peculiarity of an area while reading a prose or a novel. Such beautiful local color called "Wessex" (present-day Dorset) is painted by Thomas Hardy in his
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Local Lawsuit Shari Hart July 25‚ 2012 School of Business 1. Summarize the actions that lead to the lawsuit. 2. Discuss what management could have done in terms of risk management to have prevented the events that lead to the lawsuit. 3. Discuss the ethical considerations reflected in the laws applicable to this case. 4. Determine which sources
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2008 to 2010. REVENUE | Periods | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | December | 2767.6 | 2615.2 | 2722.7 | March | 2526.0 | 2333.3 | | June | 2574.0 | 2403.9 | | September | 2515.4 | 2422.2 | | Totals | 10383.0 | 9774.6 | | Comparable Store Sales Growth(Company-Operated Stores Open 13 Months or Longer) (LLP) | B. Situation Analysis (SWOT) Strengths * Starbucks one of the most recognized and respected brands in the world * Innovative and willing to spend on R/D * Premier
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT The national government in the 1990s sought to upgrade local government by delegating some limited powers to local subdivisions and by encouraging people to participate in the community affairs. Local autonomy was balanced‚ however‚ against the need to ensure effective political and administrative control from Manila especially in those areas where communist insurgent were active. The 1987 Constitution retain the three-tiered structure of local government. The
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Local Heroes In the short story "local Heroes" by Scott Westcott informs readers about how Brad Ray and his family saved the life of the owner of Kathy’s Korner restaurant in a horrific car accident. Due to their brave actions‚ Brad and his family received certificates of heroism and recognition from the city of Fostoria and the wood country sheriff department. The story begins with Brad and his children going to pick up their mom from work. As they made a sharp turn around a curve
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Diploma in Sales & Marketing Management 2013 SAMR018 Assignment 1 SALES AND MARKETING 2013 TIME ALLOWANCE: MARKS TOTAL PAGES 10 Hours 100 11 INSTRUCTIONS 1. Assignments must be typed/written/either typed or written – the important measure is that they are easy to read (legible). 2. All work must be adequately and correctly referenced. 3. No more than 25% of the assignment may be copied from the original source(s) used‚ even if referenced correctly. 4. Begin each section on a new page. 5
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Question 1 (5 points) 1. Which of the following may lead to vertical integration? a) Technological interdependencies b) Reduced search and bargaining cost c) The hold-up problem d) All of the above Question 2 (5 points) Effective collusion generally is more difficult when a) the number of oligopolistic firms involved decreases b) the number of oligopolistic firms involved increases c) when customer orders are small‚ frequent‚ and received on a regular basis as compared
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Speed and Efficiency A computerized inventory management system makes everything from inputting information to taking inventory easier. Doing a hand count of inventory can take days‚ but with a computerized inventory management system‚ the same process can be done in a matter of hours. Document Generation Once the computerized inventory management system is in place‚ managers and workers can use it to automatically generate all kinds of documents‚ from purchase orders and checks to invoices and account
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Cosmopolitans and locals "If there were only locals in the world‚ world culture would be no more than the sum of its separate parts". Hannerz 1990:249 Ulf Hannerz (1990) argues that the world culture is created through the increasing interconnectedness of varied local cultures where people connect in different ways. He uses Robert Merton’s cosmopolitan-local distinctions in a global context‚ to describe how people identify themselves with the global or not. The term `cosmopolitan’ is often used
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