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Maintaining the Strong Ties: Community vs. Social Networks 4 by MikeW on 06-30-2010 11:51 AM - last edited on 08-15-2010 09:53 PM Michael Wu, Ph.D. is Lithium's Principal Scientist of Analytics, digging into the complex dynamics of social interaction and online communities. He's a regular blogger on the Lithosphere and previously wrote in the Analytic Science blog. You can follow him on Twitter at mich8elwu.   This post is the 4th installment of my miniseries exploring the relationship between

whereas one estimates with the double the average daily needs for a man in good health. However, the totality of the food resources available of planet would be enough to nourish all the men, at least if they equitably were distributed and distributed well.  But the situation of the food in the world is characterized nowadays by an imbalance between rich zones and extremely impoverished zones.  In the first, if one excludes some historical aberrations like famines caused by the political authorities

Copyright © 2009 The New York Times Une sélection hebdomadaire offerte par Doubts About Obama Todd Heisler/THe New York Times The United states and europe still have tensions over issues like Afghanistan and iran. President obama joined NATo leaders on the French-German border in April. By STEVEN ERLANGER T Marrakesh, Morocco HE ELECTION OF Barack Obama as president of the United States seemed to most Europeans to be unadulterated good news, marking an end to the perceived unilateralism

1: Trends in consumer behaviors toward online videos. p.4 A. Consumer profile and video content p.5 B. Consumer behavior toward online video advertisement. p.10 Part 2: Insights of the online video industry: key players and p.14 best practices A. Actors of the online video industry p.15 B. Internet tools for VSEO p.18 C. VSEO best practices p.20 Part 3: Video as a global marketing tool p.24 A. Online video is hot new communication

EMPLOYEES NOT ONLY DELIVER THE GOODS IN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, THEY ARE THE GOODS. TQS SOUNDS GOOD, BUT HOW DO YOU DO ITESPECIALLY IN THE INTANGIBLE SERVICE BUSINESS? DEFINITION OF TOTAL QUALITY SERVICE “SERVICE QUALITY FOCUSES ON SATISFYING YOUR CUSTOMERS’ NEEDS IN THE HUNDRED OF LITTLE “MOMENTS OF TRUTH” THAT MAKE UP THE CUSTOMERS’ PERCEPTION OF YOU”. JAN CARLZON, CEO OF SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM, FIRST PUT THESE MOMENTS OF TRUTH INTO FOCUS. HE DESCRIBED THOSE MOMENTS WHEN THE CUSTOMER COMES EYE

sur Terre aurait disparue, la Terre serait une planète morte où règnerait en surface une fournaise de 600°C. Illustration : Usine rejetant du CO2 Et s'il n'y avait plus rien à faire pour sauver l'humanité ? S'il était déjà trop tard ? The Australian rapporte une interview bien pessimiste du célèbre scientifique australien « Frank Fenner ». Pour lui, nous avons déjà scellé le destin de l'Humanité : dans moins de 100 ans, les sociétés humaines ne seront plus... II: Une possible reconstruction

courtesy of The London School of Economics and Political Science Cover design by Karina Braszo Democratic Ideals and Reality DEMOCRATIC AND REALITY IDEALS A Study in the Politics of Reconstruction by the RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR HALFORD J. MACKINDER Privy Counsellor; lately Chairman of the Imperial Shipping Committee; formerly Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science and Professor of Geography in the University of London; and at one time Reader in Geography in the University

UNIT 1 The importance of being earnest At the turn of the century artists, writers and playwrights were highly critical of Victorian achievements and beliefs. They mocked and challenged middle-class values, such as convention, respectability and the very notion of art, a classic example is Oscar Wilde´s play. Wilde followed the Art for Art´s Sake doctrine: pursue fleeting beauty and pleasure as ends in themselves. Polished, impressionistic images that appealed to the senses and also a desire

Séquence 1 Stardom: privilege or pain? Sommaire Objectifs de la séquence 1. Get ready : getting to know the world of fame 2. Learning to read press articles about famous people 3. Understanding people expressing and justifying their opinion 4. Developing your ideas on fame and your reading skills 5. Making logical connections and drawing up a synthesis 6. On the way to autonomy “One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you’re a star you’re dead already. You’re

Surah 1. The Opening 1. In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. 2. Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds; 3. Most Gracious, Most Merciful; 4. Master of the Day of Judgment. 5. Thee do we worship, and Thine aid we seek. 6. Show us the straight way, 7. The way of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace, those whose (portion) is not wrath, and who go not astray. Surah 2. The Cow 1. A.L.M. 2. This is the Book; in it is guidance sure, without doubt