Speech Technology Magazine, January/February 2009

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Speech Technology Magazine, January/February 2009


Speech Technology Magazine, January/February 2009
50 pages | English | Adobe Air | 21.9 MB

Speech Technology is recognized worldwide as the leading source of information on speech technology solutions that are changing communications and technology needs of organizations worldwide.


World Trade Magazine, January 2009

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World Trade Magazine, January 2009


World Trade Magazine, January 2009
68 pages | 50 pages | English | 16.8 MB

World Trade magazine: The trusted source of information and analysis for executives at the highest level of midsized to large U.S. manufacturers engaged in domestic and international trade.


Eliminating Female Genital Mutilation

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Eliminating Female Genital Mutilation

Eliminating Female Genital Mutilation
WHO | 2008 | ISBN: 9789241596442 | English | PDF | 48 pages | 5.9MB

2007 Internet Crime Report

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2007 Internet Crime Report

2007 Internet Crime Report
English | 28 pages | PDF | 4.4 MB

The 2007 Internet Crime Report is the seventh annual compilation of information on complaints received and referred by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) to law enforcement or regulatory agencies for appropriate investigative action. From January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007, the IC3 website received 206,884 complaint submissions. This is a 0.3% decrease when compared to 2006 when 207,492 complaints were received. These filings were composed of fraudulent and non-fraudulent complaints primarily related to the Internet.

Budgeting and Budgetary Institutions

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Budgeting and Budgetary Institutions

Budgeting and Budgetary Institutions
The World Bank | 2007 | eISBN-10: 0-8213-6940-7 | English | 588 pages | PDF | 2 MB

Budgetary institutions and the budgetary process fulfill several important functions. These include setting priorities in the allocation of public resources; planning to achieve policy goals; establishing financial control over inputs to ensure compliance with rules; managing operations with fiscal prudence, efficiency, and integrity; and ensuring accountability to taxpayers. The effectiveness of budgetary institutions has been recognized in the economics and political science literature as contributing to improved fiscal and economic outcomes. In developing countries, especially in Africa, budgetary processes and institutions are not yet well enough developed to perform the above-mentioned functions adequately; instead, they provide work as means of legalistic controls. The reform of these institutions is critical to improving government performance in service delivery and to strengthening parliamentary and citizens’ oversight on government operations.

An International Investment Regime? — Issues of Sustainability

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An International Investment Regime? — Issues of Sustainability

An International Investment Regime? — Issues of Sustainability
IISD | 2000 | ISBN: 1895536278 | English | 88 pages | PDF | 1.3 MB

The history of investment negotiations over the past 20 years reveals that the MAI suffered from more shortcomings than just the widely advertised environmental ones. With its focus on investor rights—certainly an essential part of any investment agreement—the MAI perpetuated a polarization of the process that consistently separated investor rights from investor obligations. The need to strike a balance between private (investor) interests and public goods must be at the heart of any international agreement, certainly when viewed from the perspective of sustainable development.

MIT Sloan Magazine, Winter 2008

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MIT Sloan Magazine, Winter 2008

MIT Sloan Magazine, Winter 2008
English | 62 pages | PDF | 2.7 MB

MIT Sloan magazine, published by the Alumni Office, provides the entire MIT Sloan community with important news about the School and alumni, as well as insights into pressing issues facing alumni today — both professionally and personally. The MIT Sloan School of Management is one of the five schools of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. It is one of the world's leading business schools, conducting research and teaching in finance, entrepreneurship, marketing, strategic management, economics, organizational behavior, operations management, supply chain management, information technology, and many other fields.

T&E magazine, June 2008

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T&E magazine, June 2008

T&E magazine, June 2008
English | 24 pages | PDF | 3.3 MB

T&E magazine is dedicated to helping companies master travel and entertainment expense management by offering policy advice, legal insights, trend analysis and smart solutions for the many challenges facing travel management professionals.

SOA World Magazine June 2008

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SOA World Magazine June 2008

SOA World Magazine June 2008
English | 19 pages | PDF | 12 MB

SOA World Magazine is the world's leading magazine dedicated to web services technology.

BtoB Special Issue - 2007 E-Mail Marketer Insight

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BtoB Special Issue - 2007 E-Mail Marketer Insight

BtoB Special Issue - 2007 E-Mail Marketer Insight
English | 38 pages | PDF | 11.2 MB

Electronic E-mail remain a major component of every marketer’s strategy. Say what you will about the potential of new-fangled channels such as video, social media and virtual worlds, e-mail marketing isn’t going away. Far from it. While improved filters have helped clear my inbox of unexpected, unnecessary, unwelcome spam, I now confront a thornier problem: picking among the dozens of targeted and relevant messages I receive every day.

T-shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity

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T-shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity

T-shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity
Merseyside ACME | 2005 | ISBN 9780953825455 | 117 pages | English | PDF | 1.6 MB

Successful creative enterprises integrate creativity and business. T-Shirts and Suits offers an approach which brings together both creative passion and business best practice. Written in an engaging and jargon-free style, the book offers inspiration and appropriate advice for all those involved in running or setting up a creative business. Marketing, intellectual property, finance, competition, leadership - and more - are included in this guide. Examples of best practice are illustrated in eleven 'Ideas in Action' sections featuring a range of creative businesses and organisations.

Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud

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Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud

Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud
Harper Collins | 2005 | ISBN: 9780066210643 | English | 73 pages | PDF | 3.5 MB

In this hugely ambitious and stimulating book, Peter Watson describes the history of ideas, from deep antiquity to the present day, leading to a new way of understanding our world and ourselves.

Our Food Our Future by EarthSave

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Our Food Our Future by EarthSave

Our Food Our Future by EarthSave
English | 12 pages | PDF | 1 MB

The choices we make, individually and collectively, in the coming years will make an incredible amount of difference, perhaps more so than at any other time in the history of life on this planet.”— John Robbins, The Food Revolution Are you concerned about your health? Would you like to reduce your risk of getting diabetes, heart disease, and many types of cancer? Would you like to help the environment, each and every day? Would you like to make food more available for the poor of the world? Would you like to ensure that animals suffer less in the world?

Asia Soft Power Survey 2008

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Asia Soft Power Survey 2008

Asia Soft Power Survey 2008
English | 18 pages | PDF | 1.4 MB

June 17, 2008 - Report Reveals China Lags Behind U.S. in Using Non-Military “Soft Power” to Gain Influence in Asia. Today, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the East Asia Institute (EAI) released a major new report, Soft Power in Asia 2008. The report provides an eye-opening look at how China, just months before it is set to take the world’s center stage during the 2008 Summer Olympics, still ranks below the United States as a multifaceted power in the opinion of its Asian neighbours.

Wind Energy Siting Handbook

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Wind Energy Siting Handbook

Wind Energy Siting Handbook
TetraTech | 2008 | ISBN 2008020043 | English | 183 pages | PDF | 12.4 MB

Global warming is considered one of the most serious problems facing the global community. Certain gases, such as carbon dioxide, when released in the atmosphere through the burning of fossil fuels, create a "greenhouse effect." Clean, renewable energy solutions, such as wind, solar, and hydroelectric systems, that do not rely on fossil fuels for energy generation help curb the effects of global warming. Throughout the United States, many local and state governments have set mandates or passed laws to encourage clean energy generation by requiring utilities to produce a portion of electricity from renewable sources. Although wind has been used as an energy source for centuries, only within the last 30 years have advances in technology allowed wind energy to become an increasingly important part of the nation’s energy mix. Since 1974 the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has been committed to encouraging and assisting wind energy development in the United States.