Question 2 a) A fall in the value of the Australian dollar (AUD) against the U.S. dollar (USD) benefit Billabong in two folds‚ strengthened price competitiveness and translation advantage. Firstly‚ the Americas segment accounts for about 50% of Billabong’s sales revenue in 2008 and 2009. (Appx.1) In case of depreciation of AUD against USD‚ the price of imported surfwear to the U.S. in terms of USD will decrease. The US importers demand more for Billabong’s products. The sales increases from the
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4). Explain how subsidies are used by governments and give an example. Subsidies are used by governments for many different things. A subsidy is when the government gives a person or business money to help them. For example‚ the WIC program is a subsidy used by the government. The WIC program provides mothers with formula and other essentials for their babies. They will help provide for the children up until the age of five. This is a great help to low income mothers. Since formula is very expensive
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Describe the Chinese population: Observers of China’s rise‚ when assessing the implications for global peace and prosperity‚ have largely focused their attention on the country’s economy‚ on its energy and resource needs‚ on the environmental consequences of its rapid expansion‚ and on the nation’s military buildup and strategic ambitions. Yet‚ underlying all these dazzling changes and monumental concerns is a driving force that has been seriously underappreciated: China’s changing demography.
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Formative Task 1.2 Acceptance into Australian society has always been a struggle for marginalised groups such as Aboriginals and migrants. This has given Australian contemporary writers a voice to address the issue. An Aboriginal poet named Oodgeroo of the tribe Noonuccal wrote a poem titled “The Dispossessed” in which he talks about his struggles with the new multicultural Australian society. This is typified in this quote “Your tribes are broken vagrants now wherever whites abide‚ And justice
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Malthus became widely known for his theories about change in population. His An Essay on the Principle of Population observed that sooner or later population will be checked by famine and disease. He wrote in opposition to the popular view in 18th-century Europe that saw society as improving and in principle as perfectible.[4] He thought that the dangers of population growth precluded progress towards a utopian society: "The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce
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Religions and Indigenous Sacred Ways" Please respond to the following: Name and discuss at least three defining characteristics of indigenous religions. Then describe at least one aspect of indigenous religions that exists in a similar form in a traditional mainstream religion. Define religion‚ and discuss why it is useful in society. Explain why it is important for you personally to understand the beliefs of other religious groups. One major characteristic of an indigenous religion is the
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Reflection Paper Indigenous Perspective I agree with Professor Acuna and his historical statement. Along with Linda Tuhiwai Smith‚ their interpretations of the colonization of the Americas has long since been scene as the rape of a country for it’s riches‚ resourced and land is evident. The impact of the Catholic Church (I am catholic) at this time in history was one of the most devastating blows to the indigenous peoples of America‚ and the beginning an effort to wipe their cultures and history
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political problem. Facing with this situation‚ do you think governments should or should not censor the internet? I believe that government should censor Internet by banning some negative websites from ambiguous or bad sources. What kind of negative websites and why do they have to do that? Actually‚ in my country‚ Vietnam‚ there have some websites about critical political or religious reaction content which is prohibited by the government. Most of these are made by the Vietnamese living in oversea
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a) What is indigenous knowledge system? Indigenous knowledge refers to knowledge systems embedded in the cultural traditions of regional‚ indigenous‚ or local communities. Indigenous knowledge system includes types of knowledge about traditional technologies of subsistence (e.g. tools‚ and techniques for hunting or agriculture)‚ midwifery‚ ethno botany‚ and ecological knowledge‚ celestial navigation‚ ethno astrology. Difference between indigenous knowledge system and western knowledge
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1.Why do we have government? As the colonist declared their independence from Great Britain‚ many did not want a political system‚ due to England’s horrid political structure. This resulted in a conflict between those who wanted to live free from rule‚ and those who saw the need for a system. The colonists’‚ who did not want to be ruled‚ compromised because they wanted their natural rights and liberties to be protected. The government ensures the protection of inherent rights‚ and protects freedom
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