landscape in Sweden was improving, lingering uncertainty and skepticism remained, resulting in increasingly price-sensitive consumers seeking economy-positioned alternatives. Second, Swedish consumers are also very conscious of quality, and in order to balance the aspiration for higher quality with price-sensitivity, the increasingly frequent sales periods gained
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in modern-day education circles, although, Title IX, a groundbreaking statute intended to end sex discrimination in education, became the law of the land on June 23, 1972. While most famous for its requirement that schools provide girls with equal athletic opportunities, the law
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Rehabilitation of Acromioclavicular Joint Separations: Operative and Nonoperative Considerations Mark P. Cote, PT, DPTa, Karen E. Wojcik, MSPT, ATCb, Gregg Gomlinski, MSPT, CSCSb, Augustus D. Mazzocca, MS, MDa,* Acromioclavicular joint (AC) separations are one of the most common injuries seen in orthopedic and sports medicine practices, accounting for 9% of all injuries to the shoulder girdle.1–3 Various operative and nonoperative treatment schemes have been described for the management
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floating in air during the ballet. But don’t get me wrong, the vertical jump is also a measure of pure raw power that is used widely throughout professional and college athletics as a performance test. An athlete’s vertical jump can effectively determine how explosive they are and how efficiently they utilize their strength in athletic movements. In fact, in the NFL, the single biggest predictor of success isn’t one’s size, speed, or strength, but rather their vertical jump! Vertical Jump I Know
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Pakistan Supreme Court annulled New Law Protecting the Prime Minister Supreme Court of Pakistan on 3 August 2012 annulled the new law called Contempt of Court Act 2012(COCA 2012). Pakistan’s Supreme Court 3 August 2012 struck down a law designed to protect the new prime minister from being charged with contempt and thrown out of office like his predecessor. The court ousted the previous prime minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani, from office in June by charging him with contempt of court for failing to reopen
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Though affirmative action may have been valuable in the beginning, it has long since outlived any usefulness it may have had. That it ever had any usefulness is questionable, based on comparisons between overall black populations socioeconomic standing today and that of the mid-1960’s. Today, it is little more than a scapegoat behind which inferior performance can hid very well, and that scapegoat’s upkeep has become far too extravagant in today’s society. “We didn’t land on Plymouth
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the realm of sports fans has begun to unravel. The National Football League recently has begun to introduce new rules and regulations for their athletes to start abiding by to ensure the continued safety of the player’s health. Although most find this change in the game of professional football as a positive step forward, others see this as a diminishment of the sanctity of NFL football. New rules and regulations that have been introduced into NFL are vital to athletes involved in the sport and help
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TOOL KIT Despite ever more demanding retailers and rampant product proliferation, manufacturers have stayed with dangerously indiscriminate production schedules and sourcing strategies. A new approach leaves less money on the table. INVENTORY IN A W O R L D OF LEAN I RETAILING by Frederick H. Abernathy, JohnT Dunlop, Janice H. Hammond, and David Weil |ANUFACTURERS OF CONSUMER GOODS are in the hot seat these days. 1 n the past, retailers would place large orders at the
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