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The Linguistic Genius of Babies

Patricia Kuhl shares astonishing findings about how babies learn one language over another — by listening to the humans around them and "taking statistics" on the sounds they need to know. Clever lab experiments (and brain scans) show how 6-month-old babies use sophisticated reasoning to understand their world. (Filmed at TEDxRainier.)

Impact of Global Competition on Business

Impact of Global Competition on Business For hundreds of years, American businesses led the way in producing new goods and services for sale around the world. Consumers worldwide eagerly purchased exciting new products that were invented and made in the United States. Factories hummed with activity, workers from other countries arrived by the thousands to find jobs, and people spent their wages buying the goods that the firms produced. Many businesspeople and government leaders from foreign countries also arrived to find out how American businesses were managed. During the past half-century, however, other countries have become more industrialized and have learned how to invent and produce new products for consumers. Often the products were cheaper than similar products produced in the United States and, over time, many of the products were judged to be of equal or better quality. Americans gradually began to purchase these foreign products. Foreign companies learned t

భారత ఆర్ధిక వ్యవస్థ

భారతదేశ ఆర్ధిక చరిత్రను ముఖ్యంగా మూడు కాలాలుగా విభజించవచ్చు, మొదటిగా 17వ శతాబ్దం వరకు వున్న వలసలకి ముందు కాలం. ఆంగ్లేయులు వలస పోయి వేరొక చోట స్థిర నివాసం ఎర్పరుచుకోవటం వలన వలసల కాలం 17వ శతాబ్దంలో మొదలయ్యి, 1947లో వచ్చిన  స్వతంత్రంతో  అంతం అయ్యింది. మూడవ కాలం 1947లో స్వతంత్రం వచ్చిన దగ్గర నుండి మొదలయ్యి ఇప్పటి వరకు కొనసాగుతున్నది. భారత ఆర్ధిక వ్యవస్థ   పర్చేసింగ్ పవర్ ప్యారిటీ (PPP-పిపిపి) లెక్కల బట్టి 3.36 ట్రిలియన్ డాలర్ల GDP (జిడిపి అనగా ఆదాయం) తో ప్రపంచంలోనే నాలుగవ అతి పెద్ద ఆర్ధిక వ్యవస్థగా ఉంది. డాలర్ మారక ద్రవ్య విలువల బట్టి చూసినా,   భారత్   691.87 బిలియన్ డాలర్ల GDP తో ప్రపంచంలో పదవ స్థానంలో ఉంది. 2005 మొదటి త్రైమాసికం నాటికి భారత్ 8.1 శాతం పెరుగుదలతో ప్రపంచంలోనే రెండవ స్థానంలో ఉంది. ఐతే, భారీ జనాభా వలన తలసరి ఆదాయం మాత్రం 3,100 డాలర్లతో (PPP లెక్కల బట్టి) కొంచెం తక్కువగానే ఉంది. భారత ఆర్ధిక వ్యవస్థ   వ్యవసాయం ,   హస్తకళలు ,   పరిశ్రమలు   మరియు సేవలు వంటి రంగాలతో విభిన్నమై ఉన్నది. నేటి భారత ఆర్ధిక వ్యవస్థ పెరుగుదలకు సేవల రంగమే దోహదపడుతున్నప్పటికీ, పని చేసే జనాభాలో మూడింట రెం

State wise Industry Opportunities

State wise Industry Opportunities Based on the various factors that affect the location of an industry, the opportunities for setting up business varies in different States. As all States vary in resource endowments, availability of raw materials, labour supply, climatic conditions, etc., each of the States attracts a different set of industries. Hence, the industrial opportunities in different States are summarised as follows :- Andaman and Nicobar Jharkhand Puducherry Andhara Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Punjab Arunachal Pradesh Kerala Rajasthan Assam Karnataka Sikkim Bihar Madhya Prasdesh Tamil Nadu Chhattisgarh Maharashtra Tripura Delhi Manipur Uttar Pradesh Goa Meghalaya Uttarakhand Gujarat Mizoram West Bengal Haryana Nagaland Himachal Pradesh Odisha For more details visit our Section on  ' Investment Opportunities and Incentives ' ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS Thrust Areas I.T. Handicrafts High value added Agro Products Fisheries Coir Hydro C

List of Cloud Certifications

Cloud certifications and Cloud computing certifications are very young, but their value grows so fast. Managers and IT specialist want to extend their knowledge about neutral cloud topics, but also vendor-specific implementations. Few of them, like Arcitura Education with the CloudSchool program, CompTIA or EXIN created vendor neutral certifications. The biggest vendors like VMware, HP, EMC, Microsoft and IBM have in their portfolio also Cloud certifications, that help you prove your skills about products and technologies. On the horizon we can see other vendors like Huawei or Cisco with new certifications. Strong cloud skills are for sure a good trend for companies (on the management level) and also engineers or IT architects. List of Cloud Certifications 52 Certifications 13 Vendors Amazon AWS Amazon AWS has in the offer three certifications and works on new ones. At this moment you can pass exams on associate level for architects, developers and SysO