Microsoft wanted to expand its Encarta brand of digital reference materials, which includes the world's bestselling electronic encyclopedia.

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Cofounded the Asia Art Archive of reference materials 12 years ago.

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For years, he gave take-home exams for which students could use any reference materials they wished, but it became apparent that they did not actually internalize the material.

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Reference materials on which the sessions are based include the UNESCO Community Radio Handbook, the UN Charter of Human Rights, AMARC manuals, as well as current practices for non-profit organizations and policies in community media.

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Commerce does this by endeavoring to consider all of the factors of production necessary to make the product (the various materials, labor, electricity, water, and other overhead) and valuing those inputs by reference to their prices in another country.

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