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101Japanese mobile phone culture — In Japan, mobile phones have become ubiquitous. In Japanese, mobile phones are called keitai denwa , literally portable telephones, and are often known simply as keitai . Much of the Japanese population own cellular phones (especially flip… …
102Clare, Suffolk — Coordinates: 52°05′N 0°35′E / 52.08°N 0.58°E / 52.08; 0.58 …
103Prosumer — is a portmanteau formed by contracting either the word professional or less often, producer with the word consumer. For example, a prosumer grade digital camera is a cross between consumer grade and professional grade. But the professional… …
104Large and Complex Financial Institutions — Large and Complex Financial Institutions, or LCFI, is a polite term for the bulge bracket banks. The context is that of systemic risk, a topic of particular concern to central banks, financial regulators and the Bank for International Settlements …
105Jiu Valley — The Jiu Valley ( ro. Valea Jiului) is a region in southwestern Romania, in Hunedoara county, situated in a valley of the Jiu River between the Retezat Mountains and the Parâng Mountains. The region was heavily industrialised and the main activity …
106Plantation (settlement or colony) — Plantation was an early method of colonization in which settlers were planted abroad in order to establish a permanent or semi permanent colonial base. Such plantations were also frequently intended to promote western culture and Christianity… …
107Home recording — means recording at home rather than in a professional studio. It has lately become more popular due to the increase of affordable digital and analog recording equipment. One can have one s own semi professional recording studio, depending on the… …
108TradeMe — Infobox Website name = Trade Me caption = Trade Me page as of 2007 url = http://www.trademe.co.nz type = Auction site registration = Free owner = Trademe Ltd /Fairfax Media author = Sam Morgan launch date = 1999 current version = v3.0 revenue =… …
109Electronic waste — For the EC directive, see Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. Defective and obsolete electronic equipment. Electronic waste, e waste, e scrap, or Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) describes discarded electrical or… …
110Barry Eichengreen — (born 1952) is an American economist who holds the title of George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1987. Eichengreen s mother is… …
