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Recently, in order to promote its new luxury compact hybrid, the CT 200h, Lexus launched “Dark Ride," a high-definition 12-minute interactive film.

It is extremely important to devise effective mechanisms to deal with sudden price hikes and dysfunctions of the agricultural markets.

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Declines in food expenditures by middle- and low-income households have forced children and adults to eat less frequently and less diverse and nutrient rich foods.20 The recent spike in chronic mild undernutrition among the poor and other social groups in high-income countries is largely attributed to declines in household incomes as a result of the global economic recession.

Two of the 4 general temporary assistance positions, 1 P-4 and 1 P-3 Training Officers, and 1 P-4 continuing post, currently funded from the support account, design, deliver, upgrade, harmonize and evaluate three ongoing cross-cutting leadership programmes: the senior mission leaders’ programme, a two-week course, conducted twice annually at a host Member State, for 26 candidates from Member States, the Secretariat, the United Nations agencies, programmes and funds); the senior leaders’ programme, a compulsory orientation course for all mission personnel at the D-2 level and above, conducted twice annually in New York; and SMART, an intensive year-long programme involving distance learning and three week-long workshops for two groups of 40 candidates.

In paragraph 63 of his report (A/64/380), the Secretary-General provides information on a number of related initiatives being implemented concurrently with ERP within the United Nations Secretariat and missions, including: IPSAS implementation, the talent management system (recruitment and staffing), Lean Six Sigma (non-systems process improvement), enterprise content management and customer relationship management, as well as a fuel management system and a rations management system for peacekeeping functions.

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(3) Where there are joint registered holders of any Share, any one of such persons may vote at any meting, either personally or by proxy, in respect of such Shares as if he is solely entitled thereto, but if more than one of such joint holders be present at any meeting personally or by proxy, that one the said persons so present whose name stands first in the register of members in respect of such Share shall alone be entitled to vote in respect thereof.

(f) the Board may resolve that the shares to be allotted shall be allotted at a premium provided that the premium is credited as fully paid up and in such case the Board shall in addition to the amount to be capitalised and applied pursuant to sub-paragraph (e) above, and for the purpose therein set out, capitalise and apply out of the amount standing to the credit of the share premium account or out of any part of the undivided profits of the Company (including profits carried and standing to the credit of any reserve or reserves or other special account) as the Board may determine, a sum equal to the aggregate amount of the premium on the shares to be allotted and shall apply the same together with the sum to be applied pursuant to sub-paragraph (e) above and on the basis therein set out in paying up in full the appropriate number of unissued shares for allotment and distribution to and amongst the holders of the Elected Shares.

The value of this precious metal has risen dramatically over the last few years.

The mechanism absorbs masses of megawatts of electricity from the nearby power plant and ends up rocketing through town and shooting up into the stratosphere, destroying Sardine Land.

Applications from South Korea, Taiwan and the United States increased markedly, especially for South Korea, with the number soaring from 4 to 163 between 2007 and 2011.

The socio-economic difficulties faced in these situations exacerbate the problem — as unemployment levels soar and service delivery fails — an increasing number of people are disenfranchised, resulting in increased crime and the vandalizing of what little infrastructure exists.

Falling unemployment and improving employment quality were accompanied by an increase in real wages that was somewhat smaller than in 2009 (although greater than the annual increases during the rest of the decade), owing to a jump in inflation — from 4.7% to 6.7% — and greater enforcement of minimum wage policies.

First, the timeliness of the mandate entrusted by the Council to the Committee should be seen against statistics that show that malnutrition in children remains strikingly high.3 The food crises of recent years, characterized by skyrocketing prices for basic foodstuffs,4 and the recent famine in the Horn of Africa5 add to the urgency of understanding the linkages between severe malnutrition and childhood diseases from a human rights perspective.

Meanwhile, more tech-savvy names like Alibaba’s TMall, Vipshop (NYSE: VIPS) and Vancl have seen their fortunes soar as they steal business from the traditional retailers.

respect of shares or any other payment to be made by the Company to any shareholder is of such a small amount as to make payment to that shareholder in the relevant currency impracticable or unduly expensive either for the Company or the shareholder then such dividend or other distribution or other payment may, at the discretion of the Board, be paid or made in the currency of the country of the relevant shareholder (as indicated by the address of such shareholder on the register).

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Minerals, ores and metals price indices sharply increased in 2009 with copper, lead and zinc driving the price gains, which were a response to the stronger-than-expected recovery in emerging countries.

internet radio is also soaring in popularity, with leading service pandora already accounting for 8 per cent of all radio listening in the us. services such as slacker and iheartradio are also growing in popularity.

In addition, the current global economic crisis and the related massive unemployment rate for youth requires the building of strategic alliances to improve the supply of relevant education opportunities for youth and the demand for a skilled labour force.