In rural areas, traditional industries are usually seasonal extra gain while in urban, they take place as nearly full-time (Koga, 1968). ... Change and innovation In the first place, there are several concerns of upholding the ownership of resource-poor industries that need to be looked into details in response to "change or not to change. ... Mixed traditional industries enhance comparative advantages in terms of clusters or region innovation (Kaufman & Todtling, 2000), a small part develop into small-scale operations (Sugihara, 2007) whereas the pure form rarely exists or has its conversion...

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The 1920's were a time of sex, drinking and partying; however the small town school of Dayton Tennessee had been worried about the loss of Christianity in the students present in that small classroom, and educators have to be sure to keep in mind that all evidence they present to their students have a strong basis in fact and should steer clear from any statements that suggest a religious affiliation. ... In the Scopes Trial and in the 1920's alike a certain way of life has been taught to those children and with all the changing from the post war economy's success and celebr...

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However the solution for that specific scenario was never ideal, as it never increased the number of competitors in any given place but it simply split the large company into numerous smaller ones. Unfortunately our governments control on this closed door system is very small as they cannot interfere as long as laws are not being broke, which is never strictly necessary for deals not to benefit the customer in every aspect. ...

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But it has been often observed that in places where greater focus is placed on patronizing farmers' markets, the pattern results in pulling away trade from other local businesses and locations, which means that the net benefit to the local economy proves to be only negligible. ... This has often leads to bankruptcy amongst small farmers. ... It is very difficult for small retailers to effectively compete with the massive price cutting and advertisement strategies of big retailers such as Wal-Mart, Tesco, and Whole Foods. ... The pooling of resources by several small businesses creates a ...

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Snow Falling on Cedars, David Guterson's mystery-suspense novel, provides an immaculate interpretation of a small American coastal island's trial to conquer and expel the ongoing dogmatic narrow-mindedness synonymous with its inhabitants. ... The small community associated with San Piedro Island, recently stricken with the misfortune of a mysterious drowning, soon realizes a more complex situation. ... This conflict, though not visible to tourist mindsets, has been subliminally effervescent since the mistreatment of the Japanese Americans during World War II, and its dormancy beneath...

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Prevention-of and response-to terrorism, as well as prevention of WMD proliferation are likely to be the operational goals of any ADF deployment in the near future, despite only a small portion of the ADF being suited to these types of operations. ... The US welcomes the ADF's changing goals and role, This new role is indicative of recent Australian foreign policy, which tends to place more emphasis on US global primacy and less on regional engagement. ...

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(The Queensland Times, 6 January 1996, p.14) By advocating that Aboriginals must be responsible for their own actions, Hanson began to gain small amounts of local support and media interest, so much so that she won the seat in the former Labor stronghold of Oxley with a swing of 19.3%. ... Ultimately without her place in the spotlight of the media, the impact of Hanson's radical policies to the Australian political environment would be almost non-existent. ... Though her support was relatively small in comparison to the major parties, Pauline Hanson's One Nation was the embodiment H...

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His confidence and ability to argue his opinion with his experience in business and a family man definitely translates well across on television screens, he is able to use sympathetic language to persuade Americans to vote for him, by using a lot of examples of touring states on the campaign and using real life grievances that Americans have, especially in unemployment to place blame on current policies of Obama . ... The strength of Romney's is that he was able to open with humor in the first debate referring to Obama's anniversary, he states that he as 5 basic parts to his plan to ...

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Regardless of how large or small, all aspects of human activity have affected and will continually until the end of time affect the land we live on. ... What was once a small ecological problem has now become a dangerous threat with the help of modern day industries and enterprises, through ranching, urbanization, agriculture, and forestry. ... We have clear-cut complete forests, without second thought and have built cities with thousands of houses and buildings in their place. ... Some degrade the standard of living for humans, while others affect various species thru infectious diseases a...

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Although it may seem like these accounting scandals happen all the time, people fail to realize there are huge laws set in place to prevent these type of scandals from happening. One of the largest and most influential of these laws set in place to prevent falsified financial reporting and protect the public is the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX), which was implemented immediately after the Enron corporate scandal in 2001. ... As one of the most sweeping amendments to the securities laws since the 1930's, SOX was put in place to restore confidence in the market by increasing corporate accountabi...

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"We the people of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of a human person, in the equal rights of men and women in nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom."" ... Each has its main orga...

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This can been seen in interest groups ability to influence public officials who hold power to fulfill their wants rather than what the party as a whole wants or what the people want, the majority of interest group members being people with higher incomes and higher levels of education limiting the average citizens ability to influence decisions made, the small group of elites dominating congressional decisions, and the concerning dominance money has in American politics. ... Many politicians claim to have the people's best interest at hand and they ultimately decide what policies are pu...

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The Northern Snakehead was introduced to North American waters in the late 1960's by an unknown commercial entity such as a private aquarium or a restaurant looking for a place to raise the fish to sell later (4). ... Controlling further invasive proliferation of the Northern Snakehead, then, is limited to managing the existing populations to prevent food chain disruption, prevention through education, legislation designed to prevent further importation of the Northern Snakehead, and small scale population control through the draining of isolated bodies of water and chemical application....

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The ambiguity experienced by the peoples in developing Columbia and Venezuela regarding their citizenship as well as their place in society drew an even larger gap between the natives and the Spaniards. ... Haiti's small size allowed a monarchy-like government to be able to control the island without absolutism being an issue. ...

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Communism, at its most idealistic base, is a contingent of gown up responsible people that have free access to information and can therefore self govern, except for the transitional period required for the establishment of the required infrastructure. In this light, it would seem that communist coun...

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The disturbing images we are presented with such as 'the grinning skeletons' which builds strong emotions in the readers as it suggests the hidden crimes that are not seen by normal citizens, it also foreshadows the death of Pinkie and Spicer in the play showing that Brighton was their destined place to die. ... This also creates the idea of murder, manipulation and tragedy from the beginning of the novel which builds up on the idea of Brighton being a hopeless place and engages the reader to explore it more as the novel continues. In addition Greene makes a clear contrast at the ve...

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In order for a freer market economy to take place, a system of regulations needed to be placed in order to be able to govern the market based on competitive forces rather than social norms. ... Similarly an oligopoly where there is only a small select number of companies providing a specific service, price can become very uncompetitive and does not necessarily reflect the needs and wants of the consumer. ... Globally, there have been mass layoffs within big and small businesses due to downsizing and efforts to compete in free market-based economies by utilizing advances in technology that fo...

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From the conquest of the occupied territories by Israel during the Six Day War, small numbers of Israeli settlements began to appear. ... These new Israelis require a place to settle in Israel, and cheap housing is not in short supply if one is willing to live in the West Bank. ... Many small factions of Israeli society however, do not share this view, seeing the occupied territories as an unnecessary hinderence. ...

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Explaining Development in Africa: An Analysis of Three Approaches While the modernization approach "presented a hopeful general framework of progressive development," and the statist theory "[reassesses] the role of the state and pinpoints the effects of political frailty and mismanagement," they both fail to place fault in the correct perspective regarding the difficulty of development in African politics. ... That European country and its indigenous corporations have economic interests to protect and will place them far above the interest of the people involved in the conflict. ... Wes...

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When Raphael Oyelade was a small child living with his family in Nigeria, his parents migrated to the United Kingdom. ... Taking place in 399 BC, Socrates, regarded as the wisest man in the world by Chaerephon, the Oracle of Delphi, was put on trial by the Ancient Athenian state for corrupting the youth and impiety. ...

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After discovering this dumping site of 32 cubic yards, and prosecuting the corporation responsible, the state was still left with the dilemma of removing the chemicals and finding a new, safer storage place. ... Thus, while the scope and direction of the EPA's mandates are unclear and sometimes arbitrary, the creation of the Office of Environmental Justice is a promising, if small, step....

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As the Renaissance era progressed, the educational system gradually transformed from placing an emphasis on becoming learned to placing an emphasis on learning practical knowledge. ... In the view of the author of this letter, studying literature is appropriate for only a small percentage of men because farmers, soldiers, merchants, and laborers have no need to learn the classics and fill their minds with intellectual pursuits. ...

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A fault is a crack in the rock where other rocks on the sides have move with each other, San Andreas Fault is the most famous fault in the world and due to small earthquakes in Northern Mexico to big earthquakes in Japan it has been getting more attention. ... If this major earthquake takes places what could be some precautions the community should take to decrease death and injury? ... In Japan the earthquake was due to a small fault and there were thousands of dead and injuries, San Andreas Fault is huge in scale, comparing that major catastrophe with the "Big One" has to be taken...

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These changes forced individuals to place a new emphasis on the value of themselves and their communities to which they "voluntarily transferred some of [their] rights- . ... Second, the university provides a place where intellectuals can teach nationalist propaganda with the purpose of increasing nationalist sentiment to the general population of an ethnic group. ... Once the community transforms from a small rural village with little outside contact, to a more developed urban area with technological advancement allotting instantaneous communication with people from all over the world, the ...

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Tourism is commonly associated with international travel, but may also refer to travel to another place within the same country. In sociological perspective, "tourism consists of the of phenomena of space movement connected with voluntarily temporal change of place in space, change of life rhythm and environment accompanied by making personal contact with the visited environment Mpofu (2009)Both tourism and globalization can have positive and negative impact on socio-cultural, economic, political and environmental aspects of indigenous (local) peoples. ... Further, small airline compan...

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