The Australian Bureau of Statistics identified from its 2006 Census of Population and Housing 2.6 million Australians who did not use the internet at home. ... The Roy Morgan statistics cited in the report were derived from data collection periods below: take-up of internet "discrete quarter April 08 "June 08 internet activities "six month period from January 08 "June 08 non-internet users "12-month period, July 2007 "June 2008. ... Instant messenger (IM) IMs are programs which can instantly send messages in real time from one computer to another as a form of ...

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These statistics have changed very little between 2001 and 2005 (SCRGSP, 2007). ... The most disadvantaged Indigenous Australians live in remote areas of Australia (National Indigenous Languages Survey Report, 2005), it is these people that have been failed by all stakeholders in not developing these communities in order to reduce disadvantage in particular through education. ... The Commonwealth Government's wide-ranging Northern Territory (NT) Emergency Response (Intervention) began in June 2007, based upon the urgent need to address child neglect and social dysfunction in certain NT co...

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World leaders appear to be creating and passing legislature that protects their civilians from the threat of "terrorists." ... They create laws that will protect themselves from an uprising while convincing the public that it is for their safety. ... "Language is a system of interdependent terms in which the value of each term results solely from the simultaneous presence of the others". ...

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In June 1995, the State Council published a "Directory of Guidelines for Foreign Investment," which included guidelines covering retail and wholesale enterprises, and the distribution of goods and materials. ... China's tariff rate accordingly decreased from 35 percent to 23 percent in 1996, to 17 percent in 1997, to 16.7 percent in 1999, and currently stands at 13 percent. At the 1997 Vancouver meeting, China announced that it would join in the Information Technology Agreement, and that it would reduce its industrial product tariffs to an average level of 10 percent by 2005. ... From 19...

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Its people have one of the highest per capita incomes in the world (BBC News, 2013). ... An unsuccessful counter-coup was staged in 1996 (BBC News, 2013). ... Qatari citizens approved a new constitution via public referendum in April 2003, which came into force in June 2005 (Bureau of near Eastern Affairs, 2013). ... On June 25, 2013, Emir Sheikh Hamad ibn Khalifah Al Thani abdicated the throne. ... Temperatures are moderate from November through May, although winter temperatures may fall to 17° C, which is relatively cool for the latitude. ...

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Its people have one of the highest per capita incomes in the world (BBC News, 2013). ... An unsuccessful counter-coup was staged in 1996 (BBC News, 2013). ... Qatari citizens approved a new constitution via public referendum in April 2003, which came into force in June 2005 (Bureau of near Eastern Affairs, 2013). ... On June 25, 2013, Emir Sheikh Hamad ibn Khalifah Al Thani abdicated the throne. ... Temperatures are moderate from November through May, although winter temperatures may fall to 17° C, which is relatively cool for the latitude. ...

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"2 His words were a far cry from a "Lincolnian" rhetoric depicting America as "the last best hope of man on earth.... When developing my research I came across this cartoon from the New York Times in 1949.8 The message is clearly that coming from an American point of view it has to hold up the world through a globalisation of its ideas and way of life, in order to keep the world out of the hands of the USSR and Stalin. ... "11 Moreover the link between the two is further evidenced from a survey conducted in 2010. ... Contained within this unique document defined the co...

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The study employed the use of secondary data to collect information from the study. ... The Federal Government through its treasury circular reference No TRY/A8 & B8/2008 of 22nd October, 2008 directed that payments from all funds from it be made electronically as from 1st January, 2009. ... Electronic fund transfers – electronic fund transfers a retail payment system which allowed the direct transfer of money from the customer's bank account or simply from one account to another using computerized network. On –line: Is a form of electronic commerce which allows consumers to...

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The foundation of the study is based on the theoretical frameworks of parental involvement and minority student achievement from Ogbu and Cross. ... Table of Contents List of Tables iv Table 1 A Sample Table Showing Correct Formatting 52 iv List of Figures v Section 1: Introduction to the Study 1 Introduction 1 Problem Statement 4 Purpose of the Study 8 Definition of Terms 10 Assumption, Limitations, Delimitations and Scope of the Study 13 Significance of the Study 14 Summary 16 Section 2: Literature Review 17 Introduction 17 Rural Communities 18 The Influence of Technology 20 Minorities in ...

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So where do things move from there?Government InfluencesThe strongest push to place digital television in the mainstream has come from the government, mainly the FCC and Congress. ... According to this mandate, sets with a screen of at least 36 inches must have between 2004 and 2005, the sets with screens of 25 to 35 inches will join sometime between 2005 and 2006, and finally smaller screens will have them around July 2007 (Whitney).In recent months of this year, Congress has been putting more pressure on the FCC to move things along. ... So, obviously there is pressure from the government fo...

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From the perspective of world history, urbanization is a modern trend and the second half of the 20th Century was distinguished by the phenomenon great speed. ... It is well known that housing finance does not stand apart from economic development and there are many recognizable negative consequences if housing finance is not easily accessible. ... The literature is mainly from law based sources and the financial institutions, mainly the State Bank of Pakistan which is a major player in this endeavour. ... As most of the information on the internet is up to date and consists of the latest news...

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On March 17, 1905 he got engaged to Eleanor Roosevelt, his fifth cousin (Schuster 102). ... He would not allow this to stop him from running for his fourth term. ... A warning had been sent from Washington to Pearl Harbor, but it had arrived too late (Pearl 1). ... Near the end of his studies at Yale, Bush applied for a pilot trainee in the Texas Air National guard, commissioned as a second lieutenant in July 1968, he became a certified fighter pilot in June 1970 (Greenstein 389).He continued to serve until 1973 when he was granted early discharge from the service to attend Harvard business sc...

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