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- 6491: War In Vieques
- ... hours. The net effect of these policies was the clustering of the entire civilian population of Vieques into a small strip of land right in the middle of the island. Thus the US Navy took control of over 75% of this tiny island. 2. Legacy of the US Navy in Vieques: Economic Stagnation Vieques has a population of approximately 9,400 inhabitants. It has an unemployment rate of almost fifty percent ...
- 6492: Watching The Box Watch Peter H
- ... have emotional shifts without any kind of effort. It is passive escapism. He believes that television allows people to escape from the world and its demands, and makes them feel as if they have no control over their surroundings (601). His second claim is that television is in many ways responsible for the change of the drug culture into a mass "problem" (600). Before television., the use of hard drugs was ...
- 6493: What Are Stock Options
- ... premium." The potential loss to the buyer of an option can be no greater than the initial premium paid for the contract, regardless of the performance of the underlying stock. This allows an investor to control the amount of risk assumed. On the contrary, the seller of the option, in return for the premium received from the buyer, assumes the risk of being assigned if the contract is exercised. In accordance ...
- 6494: Japanese Aesthetics, Wabi-sabi
- ... because of its geographic location, a string of islands about 100 miles from Korea and 500 miles from China. Its isolation by the sea helped protect Japan from foreign invasion and allowed its rulers to control contact with other nations. During long periods of self-imposed isolation, art forms and aesthetic ideas developed that were specifically Japanese. Over the centuries, when interactions with foreign cultures occurred, they influenced the traditional arts ...
- 6495: Fiberoptics
- ... also contains an output monitor and a thermoelectric cooler. (Burkig 103). The basic elements commonly found in a transmitter consist of housing, electronic interface, electronic preprocessing, drive circuits, optical interface, light sources, temperature sensing and control and the optical monitor. (IFO 17). The receiver of an optical fiber system functions to accept the information-containing modulated light from the fiber and convert it into usable output, or an electrical signal. The ...
- 6496: Modernization of Air Warfare
- ... on it are probably General Electric YF-120 turbo fan-turbojet engines which can reach speeds up to Mach 2. One of the best recent advances has been in the area of flight guidance and control such as the pilotless plane or drone. The Firebee is a pilotless plane that can be controlled by ground, plane, or by a computer. It can fly following a preset course and return. Another advance ...
- 6497: Marketing Analysis Of Oakley I
- ... of its athletes even in the most core of sports such as surf and snowboard, yet continues to expand successfully into more traditional sports such as golf, tennis and baseball. Advertising & Promotion Oakley retains significant control over its promotional programs and is able to deliver a consistent, well-recognized advertising message at substantial cost savings compared to complete reliance on outside agencies (Zimmerman, 1997). Localized strategies of marketing and distribution are ...
- 6498: What Is Postmodernism
- ... in the use of the Internet to conclude that this is indeed the case. Bill Gates has become the richest business on the planet, and, to a certain degree, one could say that he does control knowledge , or at least people s access to it. Another important aspect of the post-modern society is the diversity that exists within it. Even postmodernist theory is not a unified approach. Kellner (1990) argues ...
- 6499: Motivation Theories In Relatio
- ... in a manner where employees can achieve their own goals by directing their personal effort towards organizational objectives. The contrast between X and Y solely relates to who controls human behaviour. Theory X touts external control, and Theory Y promotes a self-fulfilling prophecy and that Theory Y management will breed Theory Y employees and vice-versa. In the application of McGregors theories an obvious pitfall is that obviously given ...
- 6500: What Is Sociology -
- ... Ontology. Critical realism is the ontology of critical theory. Critical realism believes that a reality exists "out there" and is not merely relative. However, reality can never be fully comprehended or understood. Natural laws still control and drive reality and to the extent possible should be understood. 2. Epistemology. Critical theory is value oriented. Therefore, the critical theorist is subjective to the extent that the inquiries are governed and conducted in ...
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