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    Coal in the 21st Century: a climate of change and uncertainty

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    Coal presents a particular set of challenges when balancing energy policy goals. Despite presenting viable solutions to the problems of energy security and global energy poverty, coal struggles, given its greenhouse-gas drawbacks, in a world of increasingly harmful climate change. Notwithstanding the harm caused to the environment, coal remains an expanding low-price route to meeting local energy needs. It is forecasted to remain a major global resource for the foreseeable future. In the short term it is predicted to have a 26% share of the global energy mix. Recent years have witnessed severe deviations from previously stable trends in coal markets and policy dynamics. According to the predictions by the International Energy Agency (IEA), a variety of factors ranging from the planned phase-out of coal in countries such as Denmark, France and the UK, to changes in policy in China and import-dependency in India, and demand drop in the US have together resulted in the largest decline in coal production in 2015 since 1971 (IEA, Coal Information, 2016). This paper seeks to outline basic coal facts, recent market trends and directions globally and provides an overview of issues shaping the future of coal in the twenty-first century. This paper seeks to outline basic coal facts, recent market trends and directions globally and provide an overview of issues shaping the future of coal in the 21st century

    A Pragmatic study on Kawinese terms used in Wayang Kulit “Karna Tandhing” by Ki Anom Soeroto

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    ABSTRACTS This study begins from the writer’s apprehensiveness for the lack of peoples’ appreciation to the original literary works of the. nations which are regarded as the ancestor’s inheritances. Culturally, the more the time goes by, the more the wonderful arts that have been the images and characteristics of Javanese communities disappear. Wayang Kulit is an expression of ancient Javanese literature that is artistically adopted from classic Indian stories of Vyasa’s Mahabharata and Valkimi’s Ramayana. However, on the other side, the writer continuously embittered; what language used in wayang kulit is. This question is reasonable, since the writer finds some Javanese who don’t know the meaning of Kawinese language, an important language to understand in Wayang Kulit. This phenomena encourage the writer to find out the meaning of Kawinese terms in wayang kulit especially one with the title “kama tandhing”. Based on those statements, this research is focused on finding out the Kawinese terms in *یKama Tandhing” and describes their meaning according to the pragmatic approach. Data sources of this research are gained from the cassette of Wayang Kulit ی‘Kama Tandhing” that has been transcribed into written sentences. In analyzing and presenting these research findings, researcher uses qualitative methods. The results of this research lead to the conclusion as follows: (1) the use of Kawinese terms in “Kama Tandhing” mostly spoken in passive voice rather than active one. Soeroto prefers to choose this style for it is considered more polite in Javanese speech communities. He also often uses imageries and figurative language to show the resemblances/comparisons. (2) The meanings of those terms, in accordance to pragmatic approach, implicitly refer to social norms and religious teachings, as clearly described in cassette III about Bhagavad-Gita. Some suggestions for the continuations and completions of these research findings are proposed to the next researchers who would like to conduct their research especially about Wayang Kulit. They are suggested to conduct their research in: (1) different topics such as its speech style, characters, and so on; (2) different title such as Wahyu Topeng Waja, Pandhawa Manages, and so on; (3) different narrator/dhalang such as Ki Narta Sabda, Ki Hadisugita, Ki Manteb Sudarsono and so on. All aspects related to this study that are not analyzed yet are researchabie

    The relationship between speed and accidents on rural single-carriageway roads

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    Coal sulphur content Impact on coal markets

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    Coal prospects in Latin America to 2010

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    The effects of drivers' speed on the frequency of road accidents

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