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    Gold Rush

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    INTRODUCTION: The Australian gold rush affected Australian society in many ways. One example can be the Eureka Stockade‚ Australia’s only armed protest by gold miners POPULATION: The gold rushes in the second half of the 19th century would completely change the face of Australia. Before 1851‚ Australia’s combined white population was approximately 77‚000. Most of those had been convicts sent by ship over the previous seventy years.  The gold rush completely changed that however. In the two

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    GOLD MINING AND THE ENVIRONMENT Dirty gold mining has ravaged landscapes‚ contaminated ecosystems with toxic waste and resulted in widespread water pollution. Cyanide and mercury‚ two highly toxic substances‚ have been released freely into the environment as a result of dirty gold mining. TOXIC WASTE Toxic waste is a devastating consequence of dirty gold mining practices. Cyanide heap leaching is the cheapest way to extract gold and as a result‚ is commonly used around the world. The process leaves

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    The Gold Rush

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    In 1848‚ the Gold Rush was a major factor of the United States expansion. There was this massive open land with the promise of gold and no government or laws to tell people they could not have it. Numerous people from the East coast traveled to California to be a part of the gold. This brought more than men to mine the land. Businessmen and merchants also came to California. With all these people looking for gold they needed every day basics like entertainment‚ places to eat and where to leave

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    Globalization

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    Americanization of Globalization Denzel Speights English 1133: Freshman Composition II November 21‚ 2012 American business is renowned for its domination in food‚ clothing‚ media‚ and technology. Various cultures and companies know that America’s marketing strategy isn’t like any one else in the world. Their business comes on a large scale to showcase everything on a worldwide media market. American companies are Globalizing societies by Americanizing them

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    Barrick Gold

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    1. One organization that I feel has the best longterm position in terms of their stock market price is Barrick Gold. http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bs?s=ABX+Balance+Sheet&annual http://www.barrick.com/investors/annual-report/financial-highlights/default.aspx The most important factor in any organization from what I learnt is how much it can pay its shareholders in dividends. Barrick gold has increased per year their annualized dividend US cents per share from 48 cents per share in 2010 to 60 cents

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    Gold Penny

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    Gold Penny Lab Purpose: The purpose of this lab is to convert a regular penny into a “gold” penny. Background: Chemistry is a branch of physical science that studies the composition‚ properties and behavior of matter (www.acs.org). Sodium hydroxide is considered to be a strong base because it breaks up in water. When mixed with certain metals it produces potentially explosive hydrogen gas. Many alchemists believed that doing certain chemical reactions that they would be able

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    Globalization

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    in the same economic activity. On the other hand‚ the "global economy" is one in which goods‚ services‚ people‚ skills‚ and ideas move freely across geographic borders‚ ie the range is no longer just national but spreads to other countries. Globalization on the other hand‚ is the diffusion of innovations worldwide economic and political and cultural adjustments that accompany it‚ fostering international integration‚ which has increased substantially over the past generation‚ and through it‚ globalized

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    Gold Dinar

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    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Gold dinar was gold coins used as a medium of exchange by Muslims through out the Islamic history. Today‚ the gold dinar‚ sometimes referred as Islamic Dinar is a bullion coin made from 4.25 grams of 22-carrat (k) gold. There were renewed interest in gold as a medium as exchange globally. More economists now prefer gold over money paper‚ to be precise fiat money. In a fiat money system‚ money is not backed by a physical commodity‚ for example gold. The only thing that gives money

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    Separation of Gold

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    decided to do is gold separation. Gold separation can be done in a number of ways but there is not always one way to do it‚ but the combination of a couple of these processes to extract pure gold. Gold is obtained form the lithosphere. It is separated from the ore found in the lithosphere. Gold’s symbol is Au. Its atomic number is 79 and has an atomic mass of 196.96655 amu. Its melting point is 1064.43°C‚ while its boiling point is 2807.0 °C. It is a transition metal and is yellow or gold in colour

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    Pot of Gold

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    In the short story Pot of Gold by Cheryl Albury she explores the dynamics of friendship‚ family and the limits one will go to in the name of love . In the story A man by the name of Jacob is on the verge of freedom. He reminisces about his prior years in prison‚ his family and his best friend and former jail mate Cyril. Jacob and his group of friends‚ including Cyril would spend their Saturday nights at “endurance café” drinking rum and sharing jokes. One night‚ Cyril proposed an offer to Jacob at

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