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How was the Opium war related to social and consumer trends in Britain?

How was the Opium war related to social and consumer trends in Britain?

What does this tell us about China’s shifting position in the global economy?

1st answer) Because China refused to fix the trade imbalance, Britain resorted to Opium. A highly addictive drug grown in North India. The grab for Opium in China soon increased dramatically. Instead of Britain paying for the imports, it is now China.

2nd answer) Because of the Opium War(S) (There is two), China is now in a worse position forever, making it a easy target for conquering nations. China’s Economy slipped down even more, because they had to pay heavy indemnity for Britain, and had to give up Hong Kong in the Treaty of Nanjing.

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What was the overwhelming scientific view of future temperature trends in the 1970’s?

And Why?
John Terry – I said SCIENTIFIC.

There wasn’t an overwhelming view at the time, but most studies predicted warming from greenhouse gases. Here’s an AMS study on the matter.

http://ams.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1175%2F2008BAMS2370.1

Claims that scientists predicted an ice age are clearly not justified by an objective examination of the peer-reviewed scientific literature. The purpose of the false claims is to discredit climate scientists.

What did exist in the 70’s were some sensationalist articles in the popular press that talked of global cooling, not much different than today, really. Today, however, the popular press is even more disconnected with the scientific community. Examples:

http://www.businessandmedia.org/printer/2009/20090114065138.aspx
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/3982101/2008-was-the-year-man-made-global-warming-was-disproved.html
http://ibdeditorial.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=287279412587175

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What type of companies purchase consumer data?

If a company steadily amasses information about a particular market segment, their demographics, likes, dislikes, purchasing trends etc, to whom can that company sell that intelligence?

to any company that might benefit from that data by directing their marketing efforts to the groups that are most likely to respond and buy the products or services offered.

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Is Google flu trends accurate?

On Google flu trends, it shows influenza dropping in many states.

But according to the CDC and WHO, they show that influenza is increasing sharply.

Which is right?

Google flu trends- http://www.google.org/flutrends/us/

CDC- http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/updates/us/#iligraph

CDC is more accurate. Google is based on search trends.

People who care enough to search are reaching info saturation, so searches are beginning to slack off.

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Which of the following correctly describes labor market trends in the U.S.?

Which of the following correctly describes labor market trends in the U.S.?

A. Real wages have grown substantially, but the number of people with jobs has decreased.
B. Real wages have grown substantially and the number of people with jobs has also grown substantially.
C. Wage inequality has increased and the number of people with jobs has decreased.
D. Wage inequality has decreased and the number of people with jobs has increased.
E. Real wage growth has slowed since the early 1970s, but wage inequality has decreased.

C. Wage inequality has increased and the number of people with jobs has decreased.

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What type of research can i conduct to keep ahead of apparel fashion trends.?

I would say industrial espionage but that is against the law.

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latest internet marketing trends in 2010?

you will get the answers from searchenginewatch,com or
seomoz.org sites……………

provide information relevant to the site, a genuine one and regularly updated content…
Quality is the main factor.

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Can Milankovitch cycles explain global warming trends?

Nope.

The timing is all wrong. The cycles are pretty regular. We had a warming Milankovic cycle about 12,000 years ago, it got us out of the last Ice Age. Since then we (until recently) were in the slow cooling that follows a warming cycle. The next warming cycle isn’t due for 80,000-90,000 years.

Also, the Milankovic cycles aren’t some magic. They cause an increase in solar radiation that would be EASILY detectable. But measured solar radiation shows the slow decline related to the slow cooling mentioned above.

This graph shows the slow decline in temperature, after the last Ice Age, and before global warming.

http://www.globalwarmingart.com/images/b/bb/Holocene_Temperature_Variations_Rev.png

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what are the responsibilites, education/training, task, growth trends, salaries in a business field?

I need this because of reserch and i also need to know a life long opportunities of three careers in the business field.

Go to the US Dept of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, at this web page, for business and management business careers, and pick out three careers (each career title will link you to the job description, tasks, education/training, outlook and wages):
http://www.bls.gov/oco/oco1001.htm

Good luck!

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What are some of the trends in the web / publishing industry?

I will be writing a test on this so as much general information on this would be appreciated and an online resource would be helpful too! Thanks!

Here are a few links that can help you with that. The first one is a blog from a publisher dedicated to talking about web publishing trends in the industry from a publisher standpoint.

http://blog-opi.blogspot.com/

The following site covers several other internet resources related to publishing and how the online world is affecting them. It includes links to places for online web publishing news.

http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2001/september3/publishinginformation.cfm

Another enlightening blog that talks about publishing and sometimes how the online web publishing world is affecting it.

http://jwikert.typepad.com/the_average_joe/publishing_trends/index.html

This is a GREAT link which talks about trend analysis of web publishing. Check out the links towards the bottom. Especially the one that reads "Publishing trends" which will lead to a page with links on how the Internet is having a profound effect on the world of publishing and those trends.

http://environmentalscan.pbwiki.com/Publishing+Trends+Analysis

Good luck with the research.

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