CHAPTER 2 SUMMARIZED NOTES A) THE EVOLUTION OF INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM 1) THE CLASSICAL GOLD STANDARD ERA (1870-1914) Characteristics: All currencies are valued in terms of their gold equivalent and thus all currencies are linked together. Eg: 1 ounce of gold = $20.67 1 ounce of gold = £4.25 so 1£ = (20.67 /4.25) = $4.87 Money has a value fixed in terms of commodity gold. Since gold is costly to produce‚ governments could not easily increase their
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organization or project. b) Individuals‚ Conservation Groups‚ Businesses‚ Local Government‚ State Government Individuals – Want the right to dump any sort of waste without cost at any time of year. Do not want to be living anywhere near the rubbish tips/dumping sites‚ do not want the smell of the waste‚ and do not want to be anywhere near where the chemicals can travel through the air and poison families. Therefore‚ they want the landfills located well away from residential areas. Conservation
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recyclable materials are reprocessed into new products‚ and as a result the amount of rubbish sent to landfill sites reduces. There are over 1‚500 landfill sites in the UK‚ and in 2001‚ these sites produced a quarter of the UK’s emissions of methane‚ a powerful greenhouse gas. Also what happens to the land we use to dump all our rubbish‚ eventually it will fill up and we won’t have anywhere else to dump our rubbish at‚ we will end up with more landfills the more we recycle. I talked about this issue
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on Brighton Beach changed the quality of the sand of the beach. The beach nourishment used on the beach sand changed the sand quality from a eroded sand to a more fine and softer sand. Human Use Activity Survey: Rubbish All the rubbish that we saw on the beaches were
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‘’John and Alice‚ for your exemplary performance in your year-end examinations‚ we are going for a little family holiday.’’ said James Brown‚ father of John and Alice Brown. ‘’Where? Where?’’ asked the children excitedly. ‘’We’re going to a place that offers unlimited peace and quiet. That place is Bermuda. And while you’re there……’’ James spoke at length about proper etiquette and how it would affect them. Although it was quite boring‚ it would have benefitted them if they had paid attention instead
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on the sidewalk instead of into the rubbish bin. I was very disappointed with them; however‚ I tried to persuade them to put it into garbage cans by explaining them " the bad effects of the waste. It was useless because they didn’t follow me‚ and they said they didn’t believe what I have said. They even justify themselves by telling that many people were doing the same thing but nothing bad happened to them. One day‚ while it was raining‚ I saw a lot of rubbish flooding along the road of my house
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One of the things that we must remember with poverty is that it is a structural problem‚ especially for women‚ of which 15.6 percent are living in poverty in the United States. This compared to 13 percent of men who are living in poverty. (U.S. Bureau of the Census‚ qtd in Aulette and Wittner) These numbers also increase for people of different races‚ including an increased gap between women and men within those races. This phenomenon is called the “feminization of poverty‚” simply women are more
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education‚ and student support that stimulated scholarly achievement‚ educational excellence‚ and economic growth. The English as a Second Language (E.S.L.) program fell under the guidance of this mission statement. Diversity was widely accepted and valued in the E.S.L. program and college-wide in all of the other programs. However‚ when working with multiple cultures‚ there were tendencies for students to have clashes. Interracial clashes had occurred because there was a lack of experience with other
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Equality‚ Diversity and Rights Sinead O’Neill Equality • Equality- Ensuring that everyone has equal opportunities and rights. “The state of being equal‚ especially in status‚ rights‚ or opportunites” Oxford dictonary. ‘Our flag is red‚ white and blue‚ but our naton is a rainbow- red‚ yellow‚ brown‚ black and white- and we’re all precious in God’s sight.’ Jesse Jackson Diversity • Diversity- The way in which people are different e.g. race‚ language‚ ethnicity. ‘’We all live with the objectve of
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ASB Auckland Secondary Schools Maori & Pacific Island Cultural Festival Niraj Nand Outline of the nature of this event. Brief History. The ASB Secondary Schools Maori and Pacific Island Cultural Festival (Polyfest) is the largest Maori and Pacific Islands Cultural Festival in the World. It attracts almost 80-90 thousand audiences and followed by 8-9 thousand of students participating from 60 schools. Purpose of this event is entertaining all the audiences with traditional music‚ dance‚
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