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441357 | Somali language | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali%20language | Somali language
Grammar.
## Morphology.
Somali is an agglutinative language, and also shows properties of inflection. Affixes mark many grammatical meanings, including aspect, tense and case.
Somali has an old prefixal verbal inflection restricted to four common verbs, with all other verbs undergoing inflection by m... | 6,129,100 |
441357 | Somali language | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali%20language | Somali language
emphatic) pronouns and clitic (verbal) pronouns. The independent pronouns behave grammatically as nouns, and normally occur with the suffixed article -ka/-ta (e.g. "adiga", "you"). This article may be omitted after a conjunction or focus word. For example, "adna" meaning "and you..." (from "adi"-"na"). ... | 6,129,101 |
441357 | Somali language | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali%20language | Somali language
example, the plural of the masculine noun "dibi" ("bull") is formed by converting it into feminine "dibi". Somali is unusual among the world's languages in that the object is unmarked for case while the subject is marked, though this feature is found in other Cushitic languages such as Oromo.
## Syntax... | 6,129,102 |
441357 | Somali language | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali%20language | Somali language
noun phrases is also found in other Cushitic languages (e.g. Oromo), but not generally in Ethiopian Semitic languages.
Somali uses three focus markers: "baa", "ayaa" and "waxa(a)", which generally mark new information or contrastive emphasis. "Baa" and "ayaa" require the focused element to occur prever... | 6,129,103 |
441357 | Somali language | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali%20language | Somali language
social, cultural, commercial and religious links and contacts with nearby populations in the Arabian peninsula. Arabic loanwords are most commonly used in religious, administrative and education-related speech (e.g. "aamiin" for "faith in God"), though they are also present in other areas (e.g. "kubbad-... | 6,129,104 |
441357 | Somali language | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali%20language | Somali language
personal names are derived from Arabic.
The Somali language also contains a few Indo-European loanwords that were retained from the colonial period. Most of these lexical borrowings come from English and Italian and are used to describe new objects or modern concepts (e.g. "telefishen-ka", "television"... | 6,129,105 |
441357 | Somali language | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali%20language | Somali language
(potato), "bistoolad" from "pistol" (pistol), "fiyoore" from "fiore" (flower) and "injinyeer" from "ingegnere" (engineer). Somalis call their calendar months as Soon, soonfur, siditaal, carafa...but these changed recently. Furthermore, all the months in Somali language are now loaned words from the Ital... | 6,129,106 |
441357 | Somali language | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali%20language | Somali language
the primacy of the Somali language, the past few decades have seen a push in Somalia toward replacement of loanwords in general with their Somali equivalents or neologisms. To this end, the Supreme Revolutionary Council during its tenure officially prohibited the borrowing and use of English and Italian... | 6,129,107 |
441357 | Somali language | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali%20language | Somali language
also discovered ancient ruins and rock-inscriptions both in pictures and characters[...] These have hitherto not been deciphered." According to Somalia's Ministry of Information and National Guidance, this script represents the earliest written attestation of Somali.
Besides Ahmed's Latin script, other... | 6,129,108 |
441357 | Somali language | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali%20language | Somali language
Islamic poems (qasidas), recitations and chants. Among these texts are the Somali poems by Sheikh Uways and Sheikh Ismaaciil Faarah. The rest of the existing historical literature in Somali principally consists of translations of documents from Arabic.
Since then a number of writing systems have been u... | 6,129,109 |
441357 | Somali language | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali%20language | Somali language
the apostrophe for the glottal stop, which does not occur word-initially. There are three consonant digraphs: DH, KH and SH. Tone is not marked, and front and back vowels are not distinguished.
Writing systems developed in the twentieth century include the Osmanya, Borama and Kaddare alphabets, which w... | 6,129,110 |
441357 | Somali language | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali%20language | Somali language
Ph.D. dissertation, Université de Montréal.
- Armstrong, L.E. (1964). "The phonetic structure of Somali," "Mitteilungen des Seminars für Orientalische Sprachen Berlin" 37/3:116-161.
- Bell, C.R.V. (1953). "The Somali Language". London: Longmans, Green & Co.
- Berchem, Jörg (1991). "Referenzgrammatik ... | 6,129,111 |
441357 | Somali language | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali%20language | Somali language
997). "Somali Phonology," "Phonologies of Asia and Africa, Volume 1". Ed. Alan S. Kaye. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns. Pages 521-535.
- Lamberti, M. (1986). "Die Somali-Dialekte". Hamburg: Buske.
- Lamberti, M. (1986). "Map of the Somali-Dialects in the Somali Democratic Republic". Hamburg: Buske.
- Saeed... | 6,129,112 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
Allan Caidic
Allan Vito Flores Caidic (born June 15, 1963, Pasig, Rizal, Philippines) is a Filipino retired professional basketball player in the PBA. He is considered by many to be the greatest shooter the country has ever produced, thus, earning the moniker, "The Triggerman".
He played college hoops at... | 6,129,113 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
triples; later surpassed by Jimmy Alapag). He has played with several PBA teams and won numerous championships. He played for the Philippine national basketball team including the 1998 Philippine Centennial Team.
While in the league, he was considered one of the best three-point shooters in Asia. The vaun... | 6,129,114 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
and in the Inter Subdivision Leagues at Brookside in Cainta before trying out for college teams such as the Ateneo Blue Eagles and the Mapua Cardinals but was unsuccessful. He then tried out for the Letran Knights and was accepted. But after realizing that Letran does not have an engineering program, he le... | 6,129,115 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
championship to the unbeaten Tamaraws. In 1982, he bounced back by leading the Red Warriors to a comeback win against the UP Fighting Maroons in the finals, scoring 30 points to capture the UAAP basketball championship and won the Most Valuable Player award.
In 1983, Caidic was seeded number one in the UA... | 6,129,116 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
League while playing for the national team.
He played for several PABL teams such as CF Sharp, ESQ Marketing and the Magnolia Ice Cream/Lagerlite. He also played for commercial teams internationally, notably the Development Bank of Rizal (1983) that finished third in an invitational tournament in Malaysia... | 6,129,117 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
which was last won by the Philippines in 1973.
In the 1985 William Jones Cup, Caidic played in the San Miguel Beer-Philippines’ overtime victory against the US, coached by Gene Keady, in the finals. His shooting mentor, Arthur "Chip" Engelland, scored 43 points while Caidic scored 21, to lead the Filipino... | 6,129,118 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
gold medal and scored 22 points in an 82–72 win over China in the finals. After winning the Asian Championship, the Philippines qualified for the 1986 FIBA World Championship at Madrid, Spain, but due to the political crisis in the country (that led to the 1986 Philippine People Power EDSA Revolution), the... | 6,129,119 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
the distinction of being the only Filipino player to win the William Jones Cup championships twice, once as an amateur in 1985 and once as a professional in 1998.
## PBA career.
### Great Taste/Presto Tivoli.
In 1984–1985, Caidic played in the PBA for the all-amateur guest NCC national team, preparing f... | 6,129,120 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
he equalled Brown's PBA all-time record for the most points scored by a Filipino in a single Finals game - 48 points) and later captured his first PBA-All Filipino Cup championship. In his rookie season, he earned the 1987 PBA Rookie of the Year award and was named in the All-Star Mythical Five Selection, ... | 6,129,121 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
a high-scoring overtime game 175–159. Both teams' combined points was one of the most in the PBA history.
In 1990, he set the PBA all-time record for the most three-point field goals made in a single season (160 triples) and led Presto Tivoli to a championship title. He was named the 1990 PBA Most Valuabl... | 6,129,122 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
in the finals with Caidic and Samboy Lim named in the mythical 5 selection.
On October 15, 1991, he broke the PBA all-time record for the most three-point field goals made in a career with 594 three-point conversions after scoring 9 triples in Tivoli's 125–142 loss to Pepsi.
One month later, on November ... | 6,129,123 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
field goals made in a single game (8 triples), to lead Presto Tivoli against Ginebra San Miguel. His performance remains as one of the greatest individual performances in the PBA history. What makes it more remarkable is that while he was playing in the court, his wife Millote was giving birth to their fir... | 6,129,124 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
he teamed up with Samboy Lim to form the league's deadliest scoring duo in the 1990s and led the Beermen to the 1993 All-Filipino Cup finals. He ended the season winning the PBA Governor's Cup championship with San Miguel and earned the 1993 PBA All-Star Most Valuable Player award after leading his team (N... | 6,129,125 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
Cup conference title. In the Asian Games, the Beermen formed the core of the national team with some loaned players from the other PBA ballclubs like Alvin Patrimonio and Johnny Abarrientos. The national team finished fourth but he finished as the Asian Games basketball tournament leading scorer and was na... | 6,129,126 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
with 20.9 points per game, the last guard ever to lead the league in season-best points scoring average in the 20th century.
On April 29, 1997, in a game between the Gordon's Gin and the San Miguel Beermen, he suffered a serious career-threatening injury. The incident took place when he jumped for a rebou... | 6,129,127 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
South East Asian rival, Thailand) and the Asian Games. The team started their international campaign against China and a PBA All-Star Selection but had a dismal display in the PBA Centennial Cup. They went to a tough United States midwest tour and won the William Jones Cup in Taiwan. In the Asian Games, th... | 6,129,128 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
list for the Barangay Ginebra Kings to protect other important players in the team. The expansion team Red Bull picked unprotected players from the dispersal draft, which includes himself and got his rights. To avoid leaving Ginebra and playing for Red Bull, he announced his retirement and decided to hang ... | 6,129,129 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
his number 8 jersey in honor of his legacy in the PBA. In the same year, he was named in the PBA 25 greatest players ever to play in the league's history after the PBA celebrated its 25th year as the first professional basketball league in Asia.
After his retirement, he remained with Ginebra as a full-tim... | 6,129,130 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
professional basketball players.
In May 2005, he took part in the PBA's 30th Anniversary, leading Virgilio Dalupan's Legends Team to victory, 96–92, in the PBA's Classic Greatest Game with an MVP performance, scoring 30 points (4 triples, 8 rebounds). He also led the PBA Legends Team to a two-game Austral... | 6,129,131 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
Corporation's Philippine Baseball and Boxing Project Director/Liaison Officer for the South East Asian Games. His teams brought 10 gold medals (1 from baseball and 9 from boxing) for the country.
On June 15, 2006, on his 43rd birthday, he fittingly released his autobiographical book, ""My Life Allan Caidi... | 6,129,132 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
as well as former national team head coaches, current national team members and head coach Chot Reyes in expressing their support to Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) and for the lifting of suspension of the country from FIBA-sanctioned tournaments.
In 2008, he joined several PBA legends in a charity ... | 6,129,133 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
against Dominique Wilkins'-led NBA Generations.
On August 27, 2010, he scored 54 points during the 2010 NBA Asia Basketball Challenge held at Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. He also defeated Glen Rice, 7–5 in a three-point shooting contest. Their team won 177–167.
He was formally an assistant coach of t... | 6,129,134 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
time (2000)
- PBA Most Valuable Player 1990
- PBA Rookie of the Year 1987
- PBA Mythical First Team Selection in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, and 1995
- PBA Mythical Second Team Selection in 1993 and 1994
- PBA Best Player of the Conference (1995 PBA Governor's Cup)
- PBA All-Star Games (1989, 1990,... | 6,129,135 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
Career Achievement Award 500 Steals
### Team achievements.
- 1985 PBA Reinforced Conference Champions
- 1987 PBA-IBA World Challenge Cup Finalists
- 1987 PBA Open Conference Finalists
- 1987 PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference Champions
- 1990 PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference Champions
- 1993 PBA All-Fil... | 6,129,136 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
Assistant Coach
- 1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference, third place - Playing Assistant Coach
### Philippine Basketball Association all-time records.
- Most points scored in a single game by a Filipino (79) - November 21, 1991
- Most points scored in a single half (53) - November 21, 1991
- Most point... | 6,129,137 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
October 15, 1991
- Most number of three-point field goals made in a single quarter (9) - November 21, 1991
- Most number of three-point field goals made in a single All-Star game (9) - June 6, 1993
- Most consecutive free-throw shots made (76) - October 22, 1992 - May 11, 1993
- Most number of three-po... | 6,129,138 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
6, 1993
- Second highest number of three-point field goals made in a single game (15) - November 2, 1989
- Sixth highest points scored in a single game by a Filipino (59) - 1988
- Sixth highest points scored in a single game by a player (both locals/imports) (79) - - November 21, 1991
#### Former recor... | 6,129,139 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
Philippine Basketball League Top 20 Greatest Players of all time (2003)
- PBL Legacy Team: 12 All-time Best players in history (2000)
### Team achievements.
- 1982 UAAP-Manila College Basketball Champions
- 1982 UAAP National College Basketball third place
- 1983 UAAP-Manila College Basketball third p... | 6,129,140 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
Basketball Champions
- 1986 UAAP National College Basketball second place
- 1986 Philippine Amateur Basketball League Champions
### College and amateur basketball all-time records.
- Career all-time PBL record leader for most number of three-point field goals made in a single game (15 triples) - 1986
... | 6,129,141 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
record leader for most points scored in a single finals game (42 points) - 1985
## International career highlights.
Club and Country
- 1982 ASEAN School Youth Basketball Championship champions
- 1983 Asian Invitational Basketball Tournament, third place
- 1984 William Jones Cup
- 1984 FIBA Asia Champ... | 6,129,142 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
1990 Asian Games, second place (silver medal)
- Asian Games All-Star Mythical Five member (1990)
- 1991 China-PBA All-Stars Goodwill Exhibition Series
- 1994 Asian Games, fourth place
- Asian Games Tournament top scorer (1994)
- Asian Games All-Star Mythical Five member (1994)
- 1998 Philippines-PBA ... | 6,129,143 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
1998 PBA Governor's Cup Conference, fourth place - Playing Assistant Coach
- 1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference, third place - Playing Assistant Coach
- 2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference Finalists - Head Coach
- 2001 PBA All-Stars Game Head Coach
- 2002 Philippines-Chinese-Taipei Goodwill Series w... | 6,129,144 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference Champions - Team Manager
- 2005-06 PBA Fiesta Cup Conference, fourth place - Team Manager
- 2008 PBA Fiesta Cup Conference Champions - Assistant Coach
- 2009 PBA Fiesta Cup Conference Finalists - Assistant Coach
- 2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup Conference Finalists - Assist... | 6,129,145 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
(2004)
- PBA Classic All-Star Greatest Game (2005)
- PBA Classic All-Star Greatest Game Most Valuable Player (2005)
- PBA Legends Tour of Australia (2005)
- PBA Legends Tour of Australia Series Most Valuable Player (2005)
- 2005 Philippine South East Asian Games Sports Ambassador
- NBA Asia Challenge... | 6,129,146 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
Tivoli
- Philippine Centennial Team
- History of Philippine Basketball
# Publications and articles.
- Bocobo, Christian and Celis, Beth, "Legends and Heroes of Philippine Basketball", (Philippines, 2004)
- Caidic, Allan, "My Life: Allan Caidic The Triggerman", (Philippines, 2006)
- Dela Cruz, Juan, "... | 6,129,147 |
441359 | Allan Caidic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allan%20Caidic | Allan Caidic
an Caidic The Triggerman", (Philippines, 2006)
- Dela Cruz, Juan, "Book of Pinoy Facts and Records", (National Bookstore, Mandaluyong City, Philippines, 2004)
- King, Jenny, "Great and Famous Filipinos", 2nd Edition, (Worldlink Books, Philippines, 2002)
- OFW Guardian, "Mr. Inside and Mr. Out", Sport, O... | 6,129,148 |
441411 | Little Bighorn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Little%20Bighorn | Little Bighorn
Little Bighorn
Little Bighorn may refer to:
- Little Bighorn River, (previously called "Little Big Horn River") a tributary of the Bighorn River in Wyoming and Montana
- Battle of the Little Bighorn, took place near the river in 1876
- Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, preserves the site ... | 6,129,149 |
441392 | Trade war | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trade%20war | Trade war
Trade war
A trade war is an economic conflict resulting from extreme protectionism in which states raise or create tariffs or other trade barriers against each other in response to trade barriers created by the other party. Increased protection causes both nations' output compositions to move towards their a... | 6,129,150 |
441392 | Trade war | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trade%20war | Trade war
where England tried to end the Dutch domination of world trade during a period of intense European commercial rivalry. The Fourth Anglo-Dutch War over British and Dutch disagreements on the legality and conduct of Dutch trade with Britain's enemies in that war. The Shimonoseki Campaign after unrest over the s... | 6,129,151 |
441392 | Trade war | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trade%20war | Trade war
econd Opium War, which arose from another trade war with the same underlying causes, expanded the British possessions on the island.
# See also.
## General.
- Currency war
- Customs war
- Economic sanctions
- Economic warfare
## Chronological.
- Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652–1784)
- Opium Wars (1839–1860)
... | 6,129,152 |
441418 | Achim Gercke | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Achim%20Gercke | Achim Gercke
Achim Gercke
Achim Gercke (August 3, 1902 – October 27, 1997) was a German politician.
Born in Greifswald, Gercke became a department head of the NSDAP in Munich on January 1, 1932. In April 1933, he was appointed to the Ministry of the Interior, where he served as an expert on racial matters.
Gercke de... | 6,129,153 |
441418 | Achim Gercke | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Achim%20Gercke | Achim Gercke
measures, which indicated the direction future measures would take. Gercke argued for defining "Jew" as including any person with one-sixteenth Jewish blood. Later in 1942, the Wannsee Conference ultimately defined "Jew" quite differently: Persons having one Jewish grandparent were mostly excluded and even... | 6,129,154 |
441418 | Achim Gercke | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Achim%20Gercke | Achim Gercke
who investigated Heydrich's genealogy. Gercke reported that Heydrich was "... of German origin and free from any coloured and Jewish blood". He insisted that the rumours were baseless. Even with this report, Heydrich privately engaged SD member Ernst Hoffman to further investigate and deny the rumours.
In... | 6,129,155 |
441418 | Achim Gercke | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Achim%20Gercke | Achim Gercke
rman origin and free from any coloured and Jewish blood". He insisted that the rumours were baseless. Even with this report, Heydrich privately engaged SD member Ernst Hoffman to further investigate and deny the rumours.
In 1935, Gercke was dismissed following allegations of homosexuality. After the war, ... | 6,129,156 |
441395 | Trade barrier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trade%20barrier | Trade barrier
Trade barrier
Trade barriers are government-induced restrictions on international trade.
Economists generally agree that trade barriers are detrimental and decrease overall economic efficiency; this can be explained by the theory of comparative advantage.
Most trade barriers work on the same principle:... | 6,129,157 |
441395 | Trade barrier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trade%20barrier | Trade barrier
restrict imports and occasionally exports).
In theory, free trade involves the removal of all such barriers, except perhaps those considered necessary for health or national security. In practice, however, even those countries promoting free trade heavily subsidize certain industries, such as agriculture... | 6,129,158 |
441395 | Trade barrier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trade%20barrier | Trade barrier
by trade barriers. Tariffs have been declining in the last twenty years as the influence of the World Trade Organization has grown, but states have increased their use of non-tariff barriers.
According to Chad Bown and Meredith Crowley, world trade is "probably" vastly more liberal in current times than ... | 6,129,159 |
441395 | Trade barrier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trade%20barrier | Trade barrier
University Professor Marc L. Busch and McGill University Professor Krzysztof J. Pelc note that modern trade deals are long and complex because they often tackle non-tariff barriers to trade, such as different standards and regulations, in addition to tariffs. Due to steadily decreasing tariff barriers sin... | 6,129,160 |
441395 | Trade barrier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trade%20barrier | Trade barrier
to trade include:
- Import licenses
- Export licenses
- Import quotas
- Subsidies
- Voluntary Export Restraints
- Local content requirements
- Embargo
- Currency devaluation
- Trade restriction
# Impacts of trade barriers on business.
Trade barriers are often criticized for the effect they have... | 6,129,161 |
441395 | Trade barrier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trade%20barrier | Trade barrier
Tariffs also tend to be anti-poor, with low rates for raw commodities and high rates for labor-intensive processed goods. The Commitment to Development Index measures the effect that rich country trade policies actually have on the developing world.
Trade barriers are mostly a combination of conformity a... | 6,129,162 |
441395 | Trade barrier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trade%20barrier | Trade barrier
prices and accept inferior quality.
Trade barriers obstruct free trade. Before exporting or importing to other countries, firstly, they must be aware of restrictions that the government imposes on the trade. Subsequently, they need to make sure that they are not violating the restrictions by checking rel... | 6,129,163 |
441395 | Trade barrier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trade%20barrier | Trade barrier
(SAFTA)
- European Free Trade Association
- Union of South American Nations
- New West Partnership (An internal free-trade zone in Canada between Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan)
- Gulf Cooperation Council common market
# See also.
- Agricultural policy
- Customs union
- Denied trade s... | 6,129,164 |
441395 | Trade barrier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trade%20barrier | Trade barrier
uropean Free Trade Association
- Union of South American Nations
- New West Partnership (An internal free-trade zone in Canada between Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan)
- Gulf Cooperation Council common market
# See also.
- Agricultural policy
- Customs union
- Denied trade screening
- ... | 6,129,165 |
441385 | Sighetu Marmației | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sighetu%20Marmației | Sighetu Marmației
Sighetu Marmației
Sighetu Marmației (, also spelled "Sighetul Marmației"; or "Siget"; , ; ; "Syhit"; "Siget"), until 1964 Sighet, is a city (municipality) in Maramureș County near the Iza River, in northwestern Romania.
# Geography.
Sighetu Marmației is situated along the Tisa river on the border w... | 6,129,166 |
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Valea Cufundoasă ("Mélypatak") and Valea Hotarului ("Határvölgy").
The city's name derives from Hungarian name which means "island in Máramaros".
# Demographics.
The city has 37,640 inhabitants.
- Romanians - 82.2%
- Hungarians - 13%
- Ukrainians - 2.3%
- Roma - 1.5%
According to the 1910 cens... | 6,129,167 |
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Tisza Valley, an important route as being the only access to the otherwise mountainous, sparsely populated region. After 895 in the 10th century the area became part of Kingdom of Hungary. The first mention of a settlement dates back to the 11th century, and the city as such was first mentioned in 132... | 6,129,168 |
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In 1570 the Principality of Transylvania was formed which included Máramaros County. Transylvania, including Maramureș, became an autonomous principality within the Ottoman Empire from 1541. In 1711, King Charles III returned Máramaros County to his Hungarian domain.
During the early centuries of the... | 6,129,169 |
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Monarchy. On November 22, 1918, in an assembly of Romanians from Maramureş took place in the town's central square, electing a national council and deciding to send a delegation to the Great National Assembly at Alba Iulia, which voted the union of Transylvania with Romania and the consequent establis... | 6,129,170 |
441385 | Sighetu Marmației | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sighetu%20Marmației | Sighetu Marmației
The Maramureș ethnographic museum opened in the cultural palace in 1926. During the interwar period, over twenty newspapers appeared in the town, as well as a number of literary reviews. As a result of the August 1940 Second Vienna Award during World War II, it came under Hungarian administration duri... | 6,129,171 |
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Among the deportees was Sighet native and future Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel. In 1947, there were some 2,300 Jews in Sighet, including survivors and a considerable number of Jews from other parts of Romania. By 2002, the town had 20 remaining Jews.
The Treaty of Paris at the end of World W... | 6,129,172 |
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blocks began. 1962 saw the opening of a wood processing factory ("Combinatul de Industrializare a Lemnului"). Turning out furniture and other wood products, it had over 6000 employees and played an important part in the city's economic development. After the Romanian Revolution, it gradually fell upon... | 6,129,173 |
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as well as an exhibit on life in Sighet prior to the deportations. The exhibit contained contributions by survivors and their families. Additionally, visits were organized to the Jewish Cemetery as well as the Holocaust Museum located in the childhood home of Elie Wiesel. On 3 August 2018, Wiesel's bi... | 6,129,174 |
441385 | Sighetu Marmației | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sighetu%20Marmației | Sighetu Marmației
is operated as a museum, part of the Memorial of the Victims of Communism and of the Resistance.
# International relations.
## Twin towns — Sister cities.
Sighetu Marmației is twinned with:
- Khust, Ukraine
- Oława, Poland
- Kolomyia, Ukraine
- Naples, Italy
- Kiryat Yam, Israel
# Natives.
-... | 6,129,175 |
441385 | Sighetu Marmației | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sighetu%20Marmației | Sighetu Marmației
of Communism and of the Resistance.
# International relations.
## Twin towns — Sister cities.
Sighetu Marmației is twinned with:
- Khust, Ukraine
- Oława, Poland
- Kolomyia, Ukraine
- Naples, Italy
- Kiryat Yam, Israel
# Natives.
- Elie Wiesel
- Marius Bilaşco
- Géza Frid
- Hédi Fried
- ... | 6,129,176 |
441401 | Parody religion | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parody%20religion | Parody religion
Parody religion
A parody religion or mock religion is a belief system that challenges spiritual convictions of others, often through humor, satire, or burlesque (literary ridicule). Often created to achieve a specific purpose related to another belief system, a parody religion can be a parody of severa... | 6,129,177 |
441401 | Parody religion | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parody%20religion | Parody religion
pro-religious arguments — the thinking being that if a given argument can also be used to support a clear parody, then the original argument is clearly flawed. An example of this is the Flying Spaghetti Monster, which parodies the equal time argument employed by intelligent design and creationism.
Occa... | 6,129,178 |
441401 | Parody religion | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parody%20religion | Parody religion
religious-specific garb or headgear. A U.S. federal court ruled in 2016 that Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster ("Pastafarianism") is not a religion, but Pastafarianism or The Church of the Latter-Day Dude have been accommodated to some extent by a few U.S. states and some other countries.
Several ... | 6,129,179 |
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Parodies of particular beliefs.
The following were created as parodies of particular religious beliefs:
## Post-modern religions.
The following are post-modern religions that may be seen as elaborate parodies of already-existent religions:
# Usage by atheist commentators.
Many atheists, including R... | 6,129,180 |
441401 | Parody religion | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parody%20religion | Parody religion
Thor does not exist. The intention is to emphasize the claim that atheism is not a form of religious creed, but instead merely denial of beliefs.
A common challenge against atheism is the idea that atheism is itself a form of "faith", a belief without proof. The theist might say "No one can "prove" tha... | 6,129,181 |
441401 | Parody religion | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parody%20religion | Parody religion
"does not" exist, therefore an atheist is exercising faith by asserting that there is no God." Dawkins argues that by replacing the word "God" with "Thor" one should see that the assertion is fallacious. The burden of proof, he claims, rests upon the believer in the supernatural, not upon the non-believ... | 6,129,182 |
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Lester Thurow
Lester Carl Thurow (May 7, 1938 – March 25, 2016) was an American political economist, former dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management, and author of books on economic topics.
# Education.
Born in Livingston, Montana, Thurow received his B.A. in political economy from Williams College i... | 6,129,183 |
441415 | Lester Thurow | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lester%20Thurow | Lester Thurow
Casa Autrey, E-Trade, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. Thurow was one of the founders of the Economic Policy Institute in 1986. Thurow was an economics columnist for, among others, the "Boston Globe" and "USA Today". He was an economics columnist for and on the editorial board of the "New York... | 6,129,184 |
441415 | Lester Thurow | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lester%20Thurow | Lester Thurow
Way" philosophy. Thurow supported a more universal patent system as a requirement for a knowledge-based economy, where governments would assess the value of infringements of intellectual property against their companies by competitors in foreign jurisdictions and allow these companies to match that.
Thur... | 6,129,185 |
441415 | Lester Thurow | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lester%20Thurow | Lester Thurow
" (2003).
- "Building Wealth: The new rules" (1999).
- "The Future of Capitalism: How today's economic forces shape tomorrow's world" (1996).
- "The Zero-Sum Solution: Building a world-class American economy" (1985).
- "Dangerous Currents: The state of economics" (1983).
- "The Zero-Sum Society: Dist... | 6,129,186 |
441421 | Ecologist Green Party of Mexico | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ecologist%20Green%20Party%20of%20Mexico | Ecologist Green Party of Mexico
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico
The Ecological Green Party of Mexico (, PVEM or PVE) is a green-conservative political party in Mexico. In the 2012 Legislative elections, the party took 34 seats in the Chamber of Deputies (out of 500) and nine seats in the Senate (out of 128). During th... | 6,129,187 |
441421 | Ecologist Green Party of Mexico | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ecologist%20Green%20Party%20of%20Mexico | Ecologist Green Party of Mexico
the PVEM initiated an advertising campaign in favor of reintroducing the death penalty in Mexico. This led to the European Green Party's withdrawal of recognition of the PVEM as a legitimate green party.
## Anti-LGBT rights factions.
During an interview, PVEM candidate Gamaliel Ramirez... | 6,129,188 |
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Accusations of corruption and nepotism.
The PVEM is also widely criticized because its current leader, Jorge Emilio González Martínez, was appointed for being the son of former leader Jorge González Torres, and for supporting the political and business agenda of Mexican businessman Víct... | 6,129,189 |
441421 | Ecologist Green Party of Mexico | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ecologist%20Green%20Party%20of%20Mexico | Ecologist Green Party of Mexico
eader Jorge González Torres, and for supporting the political and business agenda of Mexican businessman Víctor González Torres, owner of the "Farmacias Similares" drugstore franchise and González Martínez's uncle.
## Unlawful political advertising in movie theaters.
In January 2015, t... | 6,129,190 |
441390 | Temporary work | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Temporary%20work | Temporary work
Temporary work
Temporary work or temporary employment (also called odd jobs or gigs) refers to an employment situation where the working arrangement is limited to a certain period of time based on the needs of the employing organization. Temporary employees are sometimes called "contractual", "seasonal"... | 6,129,191 |
441390 | Temporary work | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Temporary%20work | Temporary work
member of one organisation to another organisation for a temporary period, and where the employee typically retains their salary and other employment rights from their primary organisation but they work closely within the other organisation to provide training and the sharing of experience.
Temporary wo... | 6,129,192 |
441390 | Temporary work | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Temporary%20work | Temporary work
(a labor market characterized by the prevalence of short-term contracts or freelance work as opposed to permanent jobs), many workers are now finding short-term jobs through freelance marketplaces: a situation that brings into being a global market for work.
A temporary work agency, temp agency or tempo... | 6,129,193 |
441390 | Temporary work | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Temporary%20work | Temporary work
began after World War II with small agencies in urban areas employing housewives for part-time work as office workers. Over the years the advantages of having workers who could be hired and fired on short notice and were exempt from paperwork and regulatory requirements resulted in a gradual but substant... | 6,129,194 |
441390 | Temporary work | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Temporary%20work | Temporary work
women in pink collar, clerical positions who provided companies with a stop-gap solution for permanent workers who needed a leave of absence, when on vacation or in illness. In contrast, in the Post-Fordist period, characterized by neoliberalism, deindustrialization and the dismantling of the welfare sta... | 6,129,195 |
441390 | Temporary work | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Temporary%20work | Temporary work
of elimination because of fluctuations in a company's products. In the context of today's temporary labor force, both people and positions have become temporary, and temporary agencies use the temporary worker in a systematic and planned, as opposed to impromptu, manner.
Temporary employment has become ... | 6,129,196 |
441390 | Temporary work | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Temporary%20work | Temporary work
is disrupting, which is the relatively recent phenomenon. Before the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, it was common for one person to take on multiple temporary jobs to piece together livable earnings.
# Post-Fordism.
As the market began to transform from Fordism to a post-Order regime of cap... | 6,129,197 |
441390 | Temporary work | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Temporary%20work | Temporary work
and market rule contributed greatly to this increasing pressure put on local labor markets towards flexibility. This greater flexibility within labor markets is important at the global level, particularly within OECD countries and liberal market economies (see liberal market economy).
The temporary labo... | 6,129,198 |
441390 | Temporary work | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Temporary%20work | Temporary work
the highest percentage of temporary dependent employment at 28.7%, 28.3%, and 27.5% respectively. Romania, Lithuania, and Estonia have the lowest percentage of temporary dependent employment that ranges from 1%-4%. The United Kingdom has 6% temporary employment, Germany has 13% temporary employment, and ... | 6,129,199 |
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