Anderson’s essay “The 51-per-cent minority” is a deductive essay. The general principle is explained through the title “The 51-per-cent minority” which is saying even though women account for 51% of Canada’s population they still get discriminated upon. A test case that supports the general principle is when women workers earn‚ on average only 70 cents for every $1 man gets- even though on average‚ women are better educated than men. Therefore‚ all the discriminatory practices would be set aside if women
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Alternatives to Destruction Gas prices got you down? They should. However‚ the rise in petroleum prices is the least of my worries. Our nation ’s supply of fossil fuels is running out and we ’re doing more damage to our environment than humanly reversible. Now it ’s time for the good news‚ there are alternatives and loads of them. Legislation from federal and state governments along with biofuels are constantly being introduced and researched to the betterment of the environment. These alternatives
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Alternatives and recommendation: Decision criteria: 1. Enables CRL to achieve its 20% annual growth goal. 2. Does not distract SPAFAS’s continual expansion in United States. Alternatives: 1. CRL invests $2 million to build a joint-venture with Alpes. Pros: Cons: It fills up CPL’s "strategic growth gap" It is a potential distraction for SPAFAS’s development in U.S. It facilitates SPAFAS’s expansion into international market There is "uncertain market and unstable currency" in Mexico Alpes has
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Supply and Demand XECO 212 April 10‚ 2011 Supply and Demand In economics supply and demand refers to the relationship between the accessibility of a good or service and the need or wish for it amid buyers (Microsoft‚ 2009). Our daily lives are affected by supply and demand. Demand is based on the price of a product‚ the price of related products‚ and customer’s salary and preference. Supply can rest not only on the price available for the product but also on the cost of similar products
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Introduction Generally‚ PET can be produced in two steps by one of two ways‚ called the DMT and the TPA processes‚ or the transesterfication and direct esterification routes‚ respectively. Since its commercialization in the 1950’s by DuPont‚ PET was predominantly synthesized out of DMT due to the fact that this monomer‚ compared to TPA‚ was relatively easily purified by distillation. Yet‚ since the 1960’s‚ purified TPA became available by the development of new technologies and gained a lot of importance
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Discuss the reasons for the decline we have witnessed over the past 30 years in the number of U.S. banks. 3. (30 pts.) Suppose the total amount of reserves in the economy is $5 billion‚ and the public does not directly hold any cash. Also‚ suppose all banks hold excess reserves equal to 4% of deposits and the required reserve ratio is 5%. a. (5 pts.) Calculate the money multiplier. b. (5 pts.) What is the total money supply (or money stock)? c. (10 pts.) Bank
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regulatory control by provincial and regency governments. Despite these changes in ownership and regulatory control‚ Indonesia‘s coal industry expanded during the Localization period at a still impressive‚ albeit slower‚ growth rate of 12 percent per year. In 2005‚ against all odds‚ Indonesia became the world‘s largest exporter of steam coal with total coal exports of 117 mt of steam coal against ―runner-up‖ Australia‘s 115 mt. In 2009‚ Indonesia‘s exports of steam coal had increased to 176.39 mt
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Education: Equal Opportunity? The U.S. Educational system has historically divided into two objective groups. The first objective focuses on increasing opportunity. The second objective focuses on stabilizing an unequal society. The objective of increasing opportunity has mainly emphasized on practition more than discussions of schooling. Thomas Jefferson implemented a plan in 1779‚ it promised the laboring class more opportunity to attend higher education. The point of the plan was to rake out
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debts‚ and the country tearing itself apart. That problem is inequality. The same inequality which existed in the 1900s exist today. Women are not getting paid equal‚ even though men and women both do the amount of work. This is alarming since if in over a hundred years the United States has not solved a simple human rights issue‚ then what will happen when a major humanitarian issue arises. The other disquieting thought from pay inequality is that still a significant portion of the United States
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The Equal Rights Amendment "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." In 1923‚ this statement was admitted to Congress under the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The ERA was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution granting equality between men and women under the law. If the Era was passed‚ it would have made unconstitutional any laws that grant one sex different rights than the other
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