Malcolm Turnbull‚ Australia’s Prime Minister‚ admits that Close the Gap‚ a program aimed to reduce inequality between Aborigines and nonnative Australians‚ has had mixed progress at best. Child mortality rates have fallen and high school graduation rates have risen‚ but figures contrasting life expectancy and employment between the groups aren’t satisfactory. The Australian government has been criticized for weak engagement with Aboriginal communities and misguided spending‚ and barriers of language
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A Gap of Sky In Anna Hope’s short story “A Gap of Sky” from 2008‚ we hear about an English student and an ordinary day for this girl in London. In reality we get introduced to a whole world of a young girl. In the story we hear about a nineteen year old girl who lives in London. She wakes up in her bed and feels really tired after a long night of partying with friends. Suddenly she realizes that she has to do some homework - an essay for the university. She understands that the time is running
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the “wealth gap” has become between the upper class and middle class in the last 10 years. Upper class individuals are more likely to have larger percentages of their assets invested in the stock market and we have been in a bull market for the last eight years. Middle class individual’s largest asset is generally their home and for a large part of the last eight years the recovery in the housing market has been slow to return to the levels prior to 2008. These factors increased the gap between the
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When it comes to the work environment‚ a wage gap between men and women is one of the clear aspects to show gender discrimination. If we sum up the amount of time each person works during a day‚ including inside and outside the home‚ women tend to work more hours than men. Even so‚ the wages women receive are much less than men. Women scholars have made extensive studies about the role of women in society and what affects them in participation into the labor force. In term of work competency‚ there
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Sanders. I follow him because his politics and visions are closer to mine than the rest of the candidates. Even though I do mostly agree with his entire platform‚ but one of his central policies that I have found questionable is “On the wealth gap”. “On the wealth gap” policy briefly will help reduce economic inequality. The policy sounds really great and can improve the economic well-being of the poor‚ but will that encourage society to work hard to get the most it can from its scare resources? As a future
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Strengths Large network of physical stores Gap‚ the company‚ has a large network of physical locations. At the beginning of February 2008‚ the company had 3‚167 stores‚ including 1‚249 in the US and 1‚918 in international locations such as Canada‚ the UK‚ France and Japan. Gap has also entered franchise agreements to operate Gap stores or Gap and Banana Republic stores in Singapore‚ Malaysia‚ United Arab Emirates‚ Kuwait‚ Qatar‚ Bahrain‚ Oman‚ Indonesia‚ and Korea. Comparatively‚ Gap’s competitor
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In 2000 the digital music was the next big thing in how consumers listen to music. The technological shift in music changed how the relationship is between the artists‚ recording companies‚ promoters and music stores on how they operate today. In the late 90’s and early 2000’s Peer-to-peer (P2P) networks allowed free exchange of music files with companies like Napster and Kazaa was a big step that allowed consumers to store large libraries of music. With the cost of hard drive space going down;
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p.3). Missing these opportunities may present a danger to the preservation of Aboriginal culture and the academic success of Indigenous students. – Cultural security‚ via cultural awareness and safety Week one Lecture (Bonney‚ 2017). A throughout analysis of the eight ways of learning will provide foundations on what to look out for when initial contact with local leaders is made. This baseline is important because it allows communication in a way that is culturally appropriate‚ show respects supports
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1. SPRICE: selling price of home‚ dollars LIVAREA: living area‚ hundreds of square feet AGE: number of beds BEDS: number of baths BATHS: =1 if lot size > .5 acres‚ 0 otherwise LGELOT: age of home at time of sale‚ years POOL: =1 if home has pool‚ 0 otherwise | SPRICE | LIVAREA | AGE | BEDS | BATHS | LGELOT | POOL | Mean | 123693.9 | 16.75 | 21.86 | 3.29 | 2.13 | 0.06 | 0.07 | Median | 109500.0 | 16.00 | 19.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | Maximum | 713000.0 | 49.00
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The Gap Inc. business strategy is a combined of cost leader and differentiation. The company provides a highly competitive price with some differentiated fashion features. As a cost leader‚ Gap supplies the similar products at a lower price‚ uses the simple design‚ and applies a tight cost control system to its store space. At the same time‚ Gap also equipped with some unique product features. The company has variety products designed for different group of target customer‚ like GapKids and Banana
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