THE FATE OF EMPIRES and SEARCH FOR SURVIVAL Sir John Glubb John Bagot Glubb was born in 1897, his father being a regular officer in the Royal Engineers. At the age of four he left England for Mauritius, where his father was posted for a three-year tour of duty. At the age of ten he was sent to school for a year in Switzerland. These youthful travels may have opened his mind to the outside world at an early age. He entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich in September 1914, and was commissioned
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Praise for The Immortals of Meluha ‘Shiva rocks. Just how much Shiva rocks the imagination is made grandiosely obvious in The Immortals of Meluha ... Shiva’s journey from cool dude... to Mahadev... is a reader’s delight... What really engages is the author’s crafting of Shiva, with almost boyworship joy’ — The Times of India ‘The story is gripping and well-paced. An essentially mythological story written in a modern style, the novel creates anticipation in the readers mind and compels one
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION 1 Compiled By: RONKY F. DOH (aka: ronky biggy diggy daddy igp) FU DAME TALS OF COMPUTERS We are living in an information age dependent upon digital information. Digital information is electronic information, the result of computer processing. Every type of job relies upon getting information, using it, managing it, and relaying information to others. Computers enable the efficient processing and storage of information. Do not think of a computer merely as the
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his father’s eye Contents Introduction 1 Weapons of Influence 2 Reciprocation: The Old Give and Take…and Take 3 Commitment and Consistency: Hobgoblins of the Mind 4 Social Proof: Truths Are Us 5 Liking: The Friendly Thief 6 Authority: Directed Deference 7 Scarcity: The Rule of the Few Epilogue Instant Influence: Primitive Consent for an Automatic Age Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments About the Author Cover Copyright About the Publisher v 1 13 43 87 126 157 178 205 211 225 241 INTRODUCTION
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QUALITY MANAGEMENT MBA 453 PAPER 453 : QUALITY MANAGEMENT Unit – 1 Concept of Quality – Quality as customer delight – Quality as meeting standards – Actual vs Perceived quality – Concept of total quality – Design, inputs, process and output – Need for Quantity – Function of quality – Philosophy of quality – Old vs new – Quality as a problem and as a challenge – 6 sigma concept. Unit – 2 Quality Management : Fundamentals evolution and objectives – Planning for quality – Quality process –
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Microsoft-Access Tutorial Soren Lauesen E-mail: slauesen@itu.dk Version 2.4b: July 2011 Contents 1. The hotel system................................................... 4 2. Creating a database ............................................. 6 2.1 Create a database in Access ............................. 6 2.2 Create more tables ......................................... 10 2.3 Create relationships ....................................... 12 2.4 Look-up fields, enumeration type ................
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2013 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS ANNUAL REPORT 2013 Financial Summary Samsung Electronics and Consolidated Subsidiaries 228,693 Income Statements Sales Operating Profit 2011 165,002 15,644 13,759 2012 201,104 29,049 23,845 2013 228,693 36,785 30,475 201,104 36,785 Net Income 29,049 165,002 15,644 Balance Sheets Assets Liabilities Shareholders’ Equity 2011 155,800 54,487 101,314 2012 181,072 59,591 121,480 2013 214,075 64,059 150,016 2011 2012 2013
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pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 For the year ended December 31, 2010 or Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 For the transition period from Commission File Number 1-87 to EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) NEW JERSEY (State of incorporation) 343 STATE STREET, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK (Address of principal executive offices) Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
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Enablers of Exuberance Jennifer S. Taub Sept. 4, 2009 DISCUSSION DRAFT Enablers of Exuberance: Legal Acts and Omissions that Facilitated the Global Financial Crisis Jennifer S. Taub1 I. Introduction This paper explores certain legal acts and omissions that facilitated the over-leveraging and near collapse of the global financial system. These ―Legal Enablers‖ fostered the boom that enriched a class of financial intermediaries who followed a storied tradition of gambling away ―other people‘s money
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