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..., agreement has not yet been reached, especially in the area of market access, and it seems unlikely that this will be achieved in the near term. Nev... ... TFAP II goal of a 5% reduction in trade transaction costs between 2007 and 2010. It was agreed that the measurement be aligned with the actions and ... ... strongly in real terms, particularly in ports and terminal handling. On average, it took 17 days and USD 842 to complete an APEC export transaction ... ... complete an APEC export transaction for a single container 21 in 2006. In 2010, it took 15 days and USD 856. Previously in 2006, it took 17 days a... ...006, it took 17 days and USD 941 to complete an APEC import transaction; in 2010, it took 15 days and USD 923. The fees and charges incurred in each... ... 1998. Originally established in 1999 as an APEC Senior Official’s Special Task Force, the ECSG was aligned to the CTI in 2007 to enhance the coor... ...ulations for medical devices with the principles of the Global Harmonization Task Force (GHTF). Progressively adopt and implement GHTF guidance docu...

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...hould be viewed as indicative in general. Based on the results of the study, it is recommended to focus future efforts on the following: Ex... ...of suitable KPIs for evaluation of the cross border paperless trading projects. It would be useful for APEC economies to consider collecting reliab... ... three Korean exporters or export customs brokers who had used the e-CO service (it is a common practice for an exporter to outsource the entire exp... ...hinese Taipei importers or import customs brokers who have used the e- CO service (it is a common practice for an importer to outsource the entire imp... ...nterviewed were selected based on the volume of contributions to the e-CO. Hence it is safe to assume that the study covered approximately 50% of t... ...not been analyzed. 6.2. ASEAN – CEPT FORM D (NOW ATIGA FORM D) The entry into force of the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) on 17 May 2010...

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...penses consumed in the trading process. According to the World Bank indicators, it took 17 days and USD 842 to complete an APEC export transac... ...ight at this stage. The other significant uncertainty is the valuation of time. It is most pronounced for the time taken to prepare the docume... ...taken to prepare the documents for customs clearances and other regulatory approvals. It is clear that exporters and importers spend valuable employ... ...orters and importers spend valuable employee time in preparing such documentation but it is unclear how much of this adds to delays in the delivery o... .... In mid-2009 the Policy Support Unit (PSU) commissioned ITS Global (ITS) to assist it to undertake an Interim Assessment of TFAP II. This involv... ...ur time in an economy is gross domestic production (GDP) per day worked by its labour force. This was the basis on which ITS Global prepared its pr...

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...c Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind (Yale University Press) James Boyle introduces readers to the idea of the public domain and describes how it is being tragically eroded by our current copyright, patent, and trademark laws. In a series of fascinating case studies, Boyle explains why gene sequences, basic business ideas and pairs of musical notes are now owned, wh...

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... under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. It can be accessed through the author’s website at http://james-boyle.com... ...paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48–1992 (Permanence of Paper). It contains 30 percent postconsumer waste (PCW) and is certified by the Fo... ...entle and deserved mockery. “Want that insignia torn off your car, Dad? Then it would be in the public domain, right?” My colleagues at Duke are one o... ... Chris Schroeder, and many, many others helped out—sometimes without knowing it, but often at the cost of the scarcest of all resources: time. Amidst ... ...e satisfied and productive resources are allocated efficiently. It’s a tour de force. Of course, there are problems. The market measures the value of a ... ...ecause they seek fame, or out of altruism, or because an inherent cre- ative force will not let them do otherwise. Where those motivations operate, we... ...pression or my novel invention. Why create such a right and back it with the force of law? According to the economists, the answer is that trademark l... ... of its functioning would suggest. The precursors of copyright law served to force the identification of the author, so that he could be punished if he... ...e comes from so long ago that the copy- right could not possibly still be in force. But since copyright lasts for seventy years after the death of the...

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... world’s economy is becoming increasingly vulnerable to the price of oil. It was severely impacted in 2008 when the price of oil rose to nearly $15... ...e of oil rose to nearly $150 a barrel. Hawai‘i was similarly affected as it imports nearly 53 million barrels of oil annually. With peak oil on the... ... world’s economy is becoming increasingly vulnerable to the price of oil. It was severely impacted in 2008 when the price of oil rose to nearly $15... ...e of oil rose to nearly $150 a barrel. Hawai‘i was similarly affected as it imports nearly 53 million barrels of oil annually. With peak oil on the... ...ay reality.” At a military installation near Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Air Force and the state of Hawai‘i are taking a further step. They have set ... ...ion in merchandise during 2009) 8 Pearl Harbor naval base and Hickam Air Force base 9 Camp Smith (Pacifc Command for all U.S. armed f orces from Ca... ... consortium includes the National Science Foundation, NASA, the U.S. Air Force, the Space At the 8.2-meter, optical/infrared Subaru Telescope, ast... ...sts study the chemistry of molten lava and the dynamics of earth-forming forces. Others, such as Professor of Geology and Geophysics Charles “Chip... ...l services reconnect you to the Earth through the power of touch and life force of plants. Be soothed by Aveda Pure-fume aromas. Be calmed by Aved...

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...e nook or couch in which he rests is situated between the two levels, as it were in an angle of the river bank. His position is such that he can, ... ...histicated, We, the children of the ages, Bring the solemn heritages, - Force and Woe and Human Fate, - Embittering your god-like state. Bitter i... ..., but the Spirit of Man moving in thy demesnes. Leader of Men. Lo, where it comes! Lo, where the shadow falls! [Enter Benedict Arnold. He is in th... ...xpectation of praise from men. ,. [I41 Am@. He may not come. - What if it were a ruse to capture me? - The whole proceeding cloaked in infamy, A... ...art Must to His Majesty have long been known, And he will praise me for it. Civil war Knows no such thing as treason; change of sides, The victo... ... dar- ling; And when his body fell, scaling Quebec, Down the sheer rock it left a track of light Which sped in opposition towards the stars Bea... ... Sin, error, evil, anguish, touch it not. It burns forever with ethereal force Beyond pollution. I can see your soul; And never has its aspect be...

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...The theory of loops (groups without associativity), though researched by several mathematicians has not found a sound expression, for books, be it research level or otherwise, solely dealing with the properties of loops are absent. This is in marked contrast with group theory where books are abundantly available for all levels: as graduate texts and as advanced resea...

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...by several mathematicians has not found a sound expression, for books, be it research level or otherwise, solely dealing with the properties of loop... ...s that the main reason for the absence of books on loops is the fact that it is more abstract than groups. Further one is not in a position to give ... ...lo integers. They serve as a concrete examples of loops of even order and it finds an application to colouring of the edges of the graph K 2n . S... ...gement that Dr. Minh Perez extended to me during the course of this book. It was because of him that I got started in this endeavour of writing rese... ...apter we shall recall some of the basic concepts used in this book to make it self-contained. As the reader is expected to have a good knowledge in a... ... unique property enjoyed only by S-loops and not by loops. This study has forced us to propose open research problems in chapter 5. DEFINITION 3.4... ... L 1 and g 2 ∈ L 2 }. Clearly N is a normal subgroup in L. This concept forces us and paves way for the definition of Smarandache loops of level I...

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...fundamentally different visions of Dhamma? This work assesses the claims of the traditions, and takes into account to findings of modern scholarship. It pays special attention to the origins of the monastic orders. If we are to understand the differences, and sometimes tensions, between the schools of Buddhism today, we must examine more closely the forces that spurred the...

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...he BBC. The government's constitutional experts wrote: "If the King disregarded it, constitutional monarchy would cease to exist. The King is bo... ...aldeans). Ur was the capital of S(h)umer but the Kasdim - Khaldeans - did not make it to Ur until 1300 years after the birth of Abraham. Why do the... ...t make it to Ur until 1300 years after the birth of Abraham. Why do the Bible call it Ur Kasdim? Abraham's family are described as pastoral nomad... ... suggest that Ur is actually Urfa in Turkey - about 30 kilometers away from Harran. It boasts a cave where Abraham is said to have been born. SO... ...produced the first model in 1888. He was granted a patent in 1891. Strowger joined forces with Joseph B. Harris and Moses A. Meyer to form “Strowge... ...who preceded Abraham Lincoln, made clear that the federal government would not use force to prevent secession. Secession was declared unconstitutio... ...h, though. But nearly 90 percent of slave households remained intact till death or forced separation. The average age of childbirth for women was 2... ... few weeks is referred to as a persistent vegetative state." (Multi-Society Task Force on PVS, Medical Aspects of the Persistent Vegetative State... ...fornia at Berkeley in his tome, "As the Future Catches You - How Genomics and Other Forces Are Changing Your Life, Your Work, Your Investments, Your...

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...on The Zohar. The following morning the Rabash perished.Following Rabash's legacy to disseminate the Kabbalah, Laitman published the notebook just as it was written, retaining the text's transforming powers....

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...in the Work ..............................................50 17. What Does It Mean that the Sitra Achra Is Called “Malchut without a Crown” ............. ...through Transgression ............................ 171 61. Round About Him It Stormeth Mightily .................................. 172 62. Descends an... ...s Home on Passover .......................................... 313 159. And It Came To Pass in the Course of Those Many Days...... 314 160. The Reason ... ...ainment ...........................................320 167. The Reason Why It Is Called Shabbat Teshuvah .................... 321 168. The Customs of ... ...tten, “there is none else besides Him.” This means that there is no other force in the world that has the ability to do anything against Him. And wh... ...s not always have the strength to overcome above reason; otherwise, he is forced to deviate, God forbid, from the way of the Creator, even from Lo L... ...g (Baal HaSulam) 17 That is, he must not think that there is the force of the Sitra Achra (Other Side), which does not allow a person to do... ...he Creator. The Baal Shem Tov said that he who says that there is another force in the world, namely Klipot (shells), that person is in a state of “... ...s the transgression, but if he thinks that there is another authority and force apart from the Creator, by that he is committing a sin. Furthermore,...

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...ed by a seething and explosive envy of the lucky, the mighty, the clever, the have it alls, the know it alls, the handsome, the happy - in short: h... ...ike a nobody and his overriding ambition is to be somebody, even if he has to fake it, or steal it. His only talents, he openly admits, are to fake... ... and the author of the Great American Novel but he is neither and he bitterly knows it. Even their sexual identity is not fully formed. Ripley is at... ...is attracted to women. He falls desperately in love with Greenleaf's False Self and it is the revelation of the latter's dilapidated True Self that ... ...osted Rip Van Winkle exclaims upon seeing Reagan on television (40 years after his forced hibernation started): "I know this guy, he used to play C... ... incorporated in their films. Jean Harlow, Barbara Stanwyck, James Cagney all were forced to spill their guts in cathartic acts of on camera repent... ...not provide prior consent to being born. This fundamental decision is made for us, forced upon us. This pattern persists throughout our childhood a... ...hat his attempts to render the Matrix "harmonious" (perfect) failed. He was, thus, forced to introduce an element of intuition into the equations t... ...sidered to be "Causa Sui", His own cause. But any application of a causal chain or force, already assumes the existence of a cause. This existence ...

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...other person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not... ...k in 2006 for an event called "NaNoWriMo" (National Novel Writing Month). It was during this event in November 2008, that Werelove: Dusk Conspiracy'... ...ina McFin stared at the giant, almost-impenetrable Sevicorps research lab. It was chilly, but not cold enough to form snow. Inside, Dr. Henry Le Croi... ...any disrespect.” She watched him, aware of his insolence, but chose to let it slide. Other things were more important, such as the lab before them. S... ...t them. They had been a best friend gift from Britta two years ago. Laylah forced her mind away from thoughts of Britta. She was not looking forward ... ...e blinked and there stood a man. She gasped. Mustering her courage, Laylah forced herself to look. The man had no shirt on and his bare chest and mus... ...r animals reacted with warning cries. “Enough!” His voice whipped out with force, commanding instant obedience. Laylah could taste her fear but felt a... ...ded her of the school bullies and her father. The wolf growled again. She forced her attention back to her visitor. “Who are you?” He tilted his hea... .... Chapter 18 Blinded by her tears, Laylah ran. Her side ached and she was forced to slow down. She wiped at her eyes and noticed that she was in the...

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...erpt: Several years ago, when the Author retired to his native mountains with the hope of being enabled to construct a literary work that might live, it was a reasonable thing that he should take a review of his own mind, and examine how far Nature and Education had qualified him for such an employment. ?As subsidiary to this preparation, he undertook to record, in verse, ...

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...with the hope of being enabled to construct a literary work that might live, it was a rea sonable thing that he should take a review of his own mind,... ...as been long finished; and the result of the investigation which gave rise to it, was a determi nation to compose a philosophical Poem, containing vie... ...included in those edifices.” Such was the Author’s language in the year 1814. It will thence be seen, that the present Poem was intended to be introduc... ... [now in print]; but the Third Part was only planned. The materials of which it would have been formed have, however, been incorporated, for the most ... ...nce for Truth’s sake: or tell, 205 How that one Frenchman, through continued force Of meditation on the inhuman deeds Of those who conquered first the ... ...fear, 605 By pleasure and repeated happiness, So frequently repeated, and by force Of obscure feelings representative Of things forgotten, these same ... ... near and nearer to the spot we drew, It seemed to suck us in with an eddy’s force. Onward we drove beneath the Castle; caught, 15 While crossing Magd... ...y noise RESIDENCE AT CAMBRIDGE 39 And superficial pastimes; now and then 210 Forced labour, and more frequently forced hopes; And, worst of all, a tre... ...her vice nor guilt, Debasement undergone by body or mind, Nor all the misery forced upon my sight, 650 Misery not lightly passed, but sometimes scanne...

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...blems need extraordinary effort. The book is organized in the following way: It has seven chapters. The first chapter on preliminaries gives some... ... and an algebraist to know and enjoy the Smarandache analog concept for groups. It is pertinent to mention that Smarandache notions on all algebraic... ...ing to the world of mathematicians and researchers, so at this juncture we felt it would be appropriate to study the Smarandache semigroups and intr... ...fficult for these problems may attract a research student and an algebraist and force them to contribute something to the world of Smarandache notio... ...e relation, x ~ b. However, a ~ x and x ~ b by the transitivity of the relation forces a ~ b. Suppose, now that y ∈ cl(b); thus b ~ y. However, f... ...m to define an equivalence relation? The way is clear; given an element, a in A it is in exactly one A α . We define for a, b ∈ A, a ~ b if a and b ... ...(b  a)  y = e  y = y. We have, in fact, proved that a  x = a  y in a group forces x = y. Similarly x  a = y  a implies x = y. This says th... ...any proper subgroup of G, so that Z(G) cannot be a proper subgroup of G. We are forced to accept the only possibility left us, namely, that Z(G) = G... ...ve because they make the analog of the classical Lagrange's theorem false. This forces us or instigates us to define a new class of S-semigroups whi...

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...nknown. There is nothing worse than writing yourself into a corner where your only exit is to build a door by solving unsolved problems. In any case, it is my hope that you will read this volume and come away thinking that I have overcome enough of those obstacles to make the book worthwhile. As always, your comments and criticisms are welcome. Feel free to contact me usin...

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...ent that can be generated by exploring the consequences of such a problem It is a well-known cliche among writers that the best novels are those whe... ... containing new material for study and everyone else for everything else. It may be a cliche to say that many work very hard behind the scenes to cr... ...ry hard behind the scenes to create the product you see, but in this case it is very true As is ':lways the case, it is the responsibility of the aut... ... Lim, professor extraordinaire who truly believed in me and my abilities. It takes real effort to fail when people of his quality are teaching you. ... ...dar Rapids, IA 52401 Chapter 1 Smarandache Sequences In the time since it was first published[ 1], the Smarandache function SCm) = n, where n is ... ...of digits can be at most one. a) With k = 2j, the principles listed above force the number of digits in nl and n2 to both be j. Gsing simple arithme... ...number when multiplied by 2 b) With k = 2j-l, the principles listed above force the number of digits in n I to be j and the number of digits in n2 t...

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...e algebraic structures that have two binary operations. Semirings are algebraic structures with two binary operations enjoying several properties and it is the most generalized structure — for all rings and fields are semirings. The study of this concept is very meagre except for a very few research papers. Now, when we study the Smarandache semirings (S-semiring), we make...

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...braic structures with two binary operations enjoying several properties and it is the most generalized structure — for all rings and fields are semi... ...f the same set. The motivation for writing this book is two-fold. First, it has been our aim to give an insight into the Smarandache semirings, s... ... also given several problems as exercises to the student/ researcher, since it is felt that tackling these research problems is one of the ways to g... ...s 25 research problems and they will certainly be a boon to any researcher. It is also noteworthy to mention that at the end of every chapter we hav... ...tion of mappings. S(n) is a non-commutative semigroup with n n elements in it; in fact S(n) is a monoid as the identity map is the identity element ... ... to mention that S is a S-semiring for the very definition of S-subsemiring forces S to be a S- semiring. Example 4.2.1: Let Z o [x] be the semir... ...0). In fact S has S-ideals of the from S = Z 7 × {0, a}. These examples forces us to define Smarandache substructures in a different way. We fin... ... = W ⊂ V, W is a semivector space which is not a S-semivector space. We are forced to state this theorem. THEOREM 6.3.1: Let V be a S-semivector ...

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... published in 1998. In the year 1999, bivector spaces was introduced. In 2001, concept of free De Morgan bisemigroups and bisemilattices was studied. It is said by Zoltan Esik that these bialgebraic structures like bigroupoids, bisemigroups, binear rings help in the construction of finite machines or finite automaton and semi automaton. The notion of non-associative bialge...

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...1, concept of free De Morgan bisemigroups and bisemilattices was studied. It is said by Zoltan Esik that these bialgebraic structures like bigroupoi... ...ty of a polynomial, or we can say in some cases a polynomial is such that it cannot be reducible or irreducible. Likewise, we see in case of groups a... ... 6 This book has ten chapters. The first chapter is unusually long for it introduces all concepts of Smarandache notions on rings, groups, loops,... ... an introduction, which brings out clearly what is dealt in that chapter. It is noteworthy to mention in conclusion that this book totally deals wit... ...ok. If these Smarandache concepts are not introduced, the reader may find it difficult to follow when the corresponding Smarandache bistructures are... ...ield. A field F is said to be of characteristic 0 if nx = 0 for all x ∈ F forces n = 0 (where n is a positive integer). We say F p is a field of ch... ...as the biorder of (G, +, ) that is B(H) = o(G 1 ) + o(G 2 ) = B(G) we are forced to get this definition for 2 reasons. i. As we did not assume (H... ... M 2 then we call M a unitial R-bimodule. Thus the concept of R-bimodule forces both the structures to be bistructures i.e. we demand the group sho...