Activities 1. Global Reading Task • Scanning: reading for specific information • Answer the questions on page 9 to get the main idea of the text. • Text structure analysis

Reading-Centred Activities 1. Global Reading Task Answer the questions on page 69to get the main idea of the text. Predicting an author’s ideas Analyze the text structure byquestion and answer technique

Privatization and Self-Regulation as Tropes of Global Media Restructuring There is a power to language itself in affecting media reform around the world. The field of media regulation is filled with examples of strong ideas, encapsulated in words and phrases, that have an enormous impact on legislative transformation, and the export of which seems a characteristic of globalization. Just think of the ideology-laden tropes

1 世纪议程 Agenda 21 （the international plan of action adopted by governments in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro Brazil（巴西里约）, — provides the global consensus on the road map towards sustainable development） 世界环境日 World Environment Day (June

solar energy as the driving force for this global process (Fig. 1). All living organisms also require a source of nitro￾gen, which is necessary for the synthesis of amino acids, nucleotides, and other compounds. Plants can generally use either ammonia or nitrate as their sole source of ni￾trogen, but vertebrates must obtain nitrogen in the form

Optimal Routing View routing as a “global” optimization problem Assumptions: – The cost of using a link is a function of the flow on that link

ntroduction 2004 has been a very active and productive year for the multilateral trading system, both in terms of progress in the Doha Development Agenda(DDA)as well as in the WTOs regular work. These developments have taken place against the backdrop of a much healthier global economy. The DDA was given an important boost with Members' decision in July

Class expectations This is a graduate level class. There is no final exam Grading in the class is based on homework (75%) and on a final written report(25%) The report will be revised during semester and should be 2000-3000 words(8-10 double spaced pages)

Today's Lecture Examine specifics of GPS signals Multiple modulations on same carrier signal Structure of signals GPS receiver operation and satellite acquisition

GPS Basic Positioning Principle Two reference systems: Time and Coordinate Syst