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- 2021: Djibouti
- ... a few mineral deposits exist in the country, and the arid soil is unproductive--only 10 percent is pasture and 1 percent is forested. People are free to pursue private business interests and to hold personal and real property. That part of the gross national product that benefits citizens (and thus excludes the expatriates) is estimated at about $250 per capita. The Government's human rights record remained poor despite a ... rights and civil liberties. In August the Constitutional Council ruled that the Parliament's disciplinary committee wrongly denied the parliamentary immunity of three legislators. The Government ignored the Constitutional Council's ruling and launched a personal attack in the press on the Council's members. The legal system is composed of legislation and executive decrees, French codified law adopted at independence, Shari'a (Islamic) law, and traditions of the native nomadic ... the communications of some regime opponents (see Section l.d.). There was a credible report that members of the "political police" have kept attorney Aref Mohamed Aref under surveillance, threatened his life, and harassed his personal secretary. Aref often represents clients in high profile cases involving alleged human rights violations. The Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, which intervened on Aref's behalf, asked the Government to protect ...
- 2022: A Consumers Buyer Behaviour Is Influenced By Four Major Fact
- A consumers buyer behavior is influenced by four major factors; cultural, social, personal, and psychological factors. These factors cause consumers to develop product and brand preferences. Although many of these factors cannot be directly controlled by marketers, understanding of their impact is essential as marketing mix strategies can ... number of people involved in the buying decision increases with the level of involvement and complexity of the buying decision behavior. Consumers buyer behavior and the resulting purchase decision is strongly influenced by cultural, social, personal and psychological characteristics. An understanding of the influence of these factors is essential for marketers in order to develop suitable marketing mixes to appeal to the target customer. CULTURAL factors include a consumer s culture ... our values and decision processes. SOCIAL factors include groups (reference groups, aspiration groups and member groups), family, roles and status. This explains the outside influences of others on our purchase decisions either directly or indirectly. PERSONAL factors include such variables as age and lifecycle stage, occupation, economic circumstances, lifestyle (activities, interests, opinions and demographics), personality and self-concept. These may explain why our preferences often change as our situation changes. ...
- 2023: A Case Study In Diversity India And Romania
- ... US, as well as a few from within the country s current boundaries. Upon visiting many pages, I discovered that most people had lived in their home country for some years, and had moved for personal reasons (mainly for education and schooling) - however, many had left their country due to political turmoil that they or their families found threatening. Interestingly, many of the members of the Virtual Romania website are involved in the technical fields, especially computing and physics, while the vast majority of SAWNET homepages I visited indicated a tendency towards educational facilities (mostly University professors), and writing. (SAWNET also represented several artists sites.) Few of the homepages spoke at depth about political issues, but both of the sites themselves has extensive links and information relation to politics and religion. The Virtual Romania ...
- 2024: A Comparison Of Two Network Operating Systems; Microsoft Win
- ... consider visiting the local library to research the particular subject. It will be difficult to find current unbiased literature. But a determined manager or QM student should be able to separate the important information from personal preferences. Most of the older books are concerned with theory using Unix as a guide. For current information, periodicals are the best source. But as stated earlier, much of it is very biased one way ... of instructions for large mainframe computers in order to control the hardware resources of the mainframe. Thereafter, they have been developed to run on smaller and smaller computers, first mini computers then on the new personal computers (PC). But, the main job of the OS was the same, a layer between the hardware and the user. The main reason for having an OS is for the application programmers to have a ... NOS's that through extensive research and controlled comparison, an undisputed, clear choice would emerge. But the fact is that the optimum NOS is dependent upon the particular information system. Many professionals have their strong personal opinions about their choice of NOS. Deciding which NOS is superior is not the key to making the correct decision. The most important determination will be system requirements. Analyzing current and future information system ...
- 2025: Baseball And American Popular
- ... experienced the struggle between pitcher and batter. Neither one hates the other, but when the pitcher takes the mound, he or she wants to blast it past his opponent. Conversely, when batters step up, their personal goal is to put a hole through the pitcher when they send the ball blazing back. It's this understanding of the emotions involved that makes watching the game enjoyable to me. It has become ... professional baseball. Jackie Robinson was a college educated and outspoken individual. In 1957, he retired from the major leagues and took a position as Vice President for a restaurant chain. Later, in 1959, Robinson began writing a regular column for the New York Post. He wrote of social issues, foreign affairs, and the upcoming elections. In the 1960 election, he decided to back Richard Nixon instead of John Kennedy. His logic ...
- 2026: What Is Zen
- ... zazen is the essence of Zen. Zen students develop wisdom if they are vigilant in their zazen practice, in their effort to know themselves, to go beyond themselves, to give of themselves without expecting any personal gain. During the course of a day, one s mind is rambling thinking about family, friends, pressures, responsibilities, etc. During zazen, one concentrates only on posture and breathing, and can delve into his consciousness. Koans ... and intellect and lead to an intuitive flash of enlightenment. They were developed primarily by the Rinzai branch of Zen for use in training Zen students. More than 1700 koans are in use today. My personal experience with Zen and Zazen I have always been fascinated with Zen. My fascination began when I was about seven and saw a television program about Zen monks. These monks were able to do things ... 1996 6. Pirsig, Robert. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. New York: Bantam Books, 1984 Table of Contents Introduction 1 History .. . . 2 Meditation .. 4 Zazen .. 5 Breathing 7 Attitude of Mind 7 Koans . 8 Personal Experience ... 9 Connection between Zen and Metaphysics .. 12 End Notes . 13 Bibliography 14 Endnotes 1. Taisen Deshimaru, The Zen Way to Martial Arts, p6. 2. Frederick Louret, The Way and the Power, p11. 3. ...
- 2027: Virtual Communities
- ... What does this mean? Rheingold (1993) defines virtual communities as "social aggregations that emerge from the [Internet] when enough people carry on those public discussions long enough, with sufficient human feeling, to form webs of personal relationships in cyberspace" (p. 5). According to Rheingold and others, the notion of virtual community is not to be dismissed as a technological, cyberpunk fantasy in which people increasingly live in what Mills (1959) terms ... not be as egalitarian as its advocates suggest. Disadvantage ? Computer bulletin boards serve to "add the final mechanism needed to insure that we never talk to people beyond our immediate friends and family on a personal level about anything. The global community, linked by terminals, replaces community where we are" (Schwartz, 1994). ? R]ather than providing a replacement for the crumbling public realm, virtual communities are actually contributing to its decline ... isolated individuals into a community. ? Similarly, Catalfo (1993) argues that the same rituals and rites of passage that mark physical communities can be found on- line as well. Death, illness, sex, therapy and other intensely personal issues are addressed in on-line communities in addition to the more public discussions of political policy or environmental activism I found it full of twenty-four-hour compassionate ears and souls. They not ...
- 2028: Universities Medieval And Mode
- ... many things have remained unchanged throughout the years. The student and teacher roles have evolved as well as the general purpose of going to a university. Overall the academic aspects have changed more than the personal aspects of college. In 1200, the King of France issued a statement (118)* regarding Royal Privileges granted to the University of Paris. In order to protect the students, the King made a law that if ... has striking similarities to that of the medieval student. The main problem for students both now and then is the lack of money. A letter (132) written in the Thirteenth Century displays a timeless theme: writing home for money. The last line of the letter says it all; "Without Ceres and Bacchus Apollo grows cold". Another issue that has plagued students and parents for hundreds of years is partying. Some students ...
- 2029: Unfoldingone Art
- ... with a villanelle. The poem hints at being autobiographical after reading about Elizabeth Bishop's life in the "Lives of the Poets" section of the text- Literature an Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. The personal voice also hints at the poem being autobiographical. Further analysis of the poem and Bishop's life leads to the discovery of confessional poetry. Researching The Microsoft Encarta 96 Encyclopedia tells us that Elizabeth Bishop ... stanzas of "One Art". How is the art of loss mastered? Bishop answers this question with two words "(Write it!)" (Line 19). Perhaps Bishop is telling the reader how to master the art of loss. Writing something down is a great way to remember things. People keep organizers with notes and dates every day. So maybe losing something just appears to be a disaster (line 19). As long as a memory ...
- 2030: Uleashing The Killer App Book
- ... and eliminate non-essential processes. Once developed, killer apps take their market by storm. For example, electronic mail has established itself as the way of communicating notes and short correspondence over the traditional ways of writing letters. The US Postal Service has experienced extreme loses in revenue due to the hands of email. Killer apps will dominate a market quickly as customers find its advantages over traditional services and products. THE ... by each other. Companies like America Online have recognized this and built technologies by which customers can communicate with each other. AOL has a "People Connection" service where members create their own rooms based on personal interest. This system has "Buddy Lists" that tell members when their friends sign on and off. Building New Connections The building new connections section is based on design principles 5,6,7 and 8. They ...
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