with RFID: A Case Study of the Octopus Card Lam Tak Ming The Hong Kong Polytechnic University mslam@polyu.edu.hk Abstract: Octopus cards are an electronic payment system based on a wireless RFID technology developed in Hong Kong. Users simply hold their contactless smartcards over an electronic reader‚ and the payment is deducted from the card automatically. If users link their cards to their credit card to upload money‚ there is no cash transaction
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promoted the development of the market economy in Europe. From the ending of the 19th century‚ the major capitalist countries in Europe and the United States had successively entered the stage of monopoly capitalism from the unrestricted competition of the capitalist stage. In order to get more resources‚ some capitalist countries started twice world wars. After the world war two‚ United Stated became the most powerful country in the world. And the market economy began to be developed in the all world
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who did the terrible acts it was because of the belgians. The belgians created the identity cards that sparked the terrible genocide and made some people feel non human. During the genocide identity cards were created and what they did was “ The cards said it all; they decided the fate of who would survive the 100 days of violence and who would not.” (Nardone). But the real reasons these identity cards were important was because they had “Racial differences were distinctly classified between the
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St Ivo School Geography Department - GCSE REVISION Solar Output – variations in amount of energy given off by sun – sunspots can affect solar output – e.g. reduction in sunspot activity between 1645-1715 likely cause of Little Ice Age Orbital Geometry – earth’s orbit of the sun varies in shape – when circular glacial periods have occurred‚ when elliptical warmer periods result (Milankovitch Cylces) www.geobytesgcse.wordpress.com Name and describe 2 external factors which affect climate change
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Central Bank of Belize UNDERSTANDING OUR ECONOMY Central Bank of Belize © Central Bank of Belize‚ 1999 P.O. Box 852 Belize City‚ Belize Central America Telephone: 501-223-6194 Facsimile: 501-223-6222 Email: govcenbank@btl.net ISBN: 976-8111-44-5 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface and Acknowledgements 1 The Role of the Central Bank 2 The Financial System in Belize 3 The Banking Sector 4 The Offshore Sector 5 Development Finance Corporation 6 Supervision of the Financial System 7 International
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School of Technology and Society MASTER DEGREE PROJECT Title: BANK PERFORMANCE AND CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT Master Degree Project in Finance Level ECTS: 15 Spring term Year: 2008 Takang Felix Achou Ntui Claudine Tenguh Supervisor: YingHong Chen (PhD) Examiner: Bernd-Joachim Schuller (PhD) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We would like to express our immense thankfulness to all those who gave us the possibility to complete this thesis. We would like to thank the library staff of the University of Skovde
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The Great Depression: A Social Credit Solution Brooklynn Schwartz Mr. Lindsay: CHC2DI Friday‚ April 12th 2013 During the Great Depression of the 1930’s‚ money had become a huge issue. There never seemed to be enough money to go around‚ not allowing people to support themselves and purchase goods. However‚ there was a solution based on the theories of a Scottish engineer‚ Major Douglas. Douglas felt that capitalism was a wasteful economic system‚ and claimed that financial institutions
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necessary for advancement. A card catalog is a physical listing of all of the contents of a library‚ organized with a single card for each item in the library. The card catalog was a familiar navigational hazard and blessing in all libraries well through the late 20th century‚ when physical card catalogs began to be displaced by computerized versions. Some libraries retain their card catalogs‚ often as sentimental mementos‚ and a few actively maintain their card catalogs: this is most common in
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How To E-file My Green Card Renewal? Green card is the ticket to getting a comfortable job and to reside peacefully in the US. It gives a sense of secure feeling to the individuals as they have the most important legal rights granted to them. The easiest way of getting a green card is by marrying a US citizen‚ as the citizens have the right to sponsor their immediate relatives. Getting a green card is very important and at the same time‚ keeping it fully updated and valid is also important. This
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