area of 472,281 square miles (1,223,208 square kilometers). It lies at the southern end of the African continent, bordered on the north by Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Swaziland; on the east and south by the Indian Ocean; and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. The independent country of Lesotho lies in the middle of east central South Africa. Among the prominent features of the topography is a plateau that covers almost two thirds of the center of the country. The
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2008 Lake County Epidemiological Profile The Consumption and Consequences of Alcohol & Other Drugs in Lake County, Indiana Produced by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Lake County Prosecutor’s Office & Lake County Drug Free Alliance The Study Was Funded By the State of Indiana Via a Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) State
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Public Sector Economics Exercises 1. Florida Taxation a. The 5.5% corporate flat tax levied in Florida is a PROPORTIONAL tax because it is based on gross income of corporations. This tax is levied at the identical 5.5% rate across all levels of gross income on corporations registered or doing business in Florida, so by definition, the tax is proportional. b. Florida’s 6% sales tax is REGRESSIVE since all consumers, regardless of earnings are required to pay the same tax rate. There are arguments
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quickly enough along with these techniques to address the depletion of stock in the Atlantic. Over the past 40 years, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) reported a decline of 72% in the population of eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean stock and an 82% decline in the western Atlantic stock (NOAA(a) 2009). The bluefin population has been continuously declining for several years and despite some measures being taken to manage the population in the Atlantic, it still
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PART-I US-Canada: Since many years, US-Canada trade has been the cornerstone for Canada’s economic development. Canada began its trade with the US in 1920s when rapid urbanization in the US led to huge demand in wood and other forestry products. In the 1920s and 1930s, pulp production increased steadily with over 90% of the produce being exported to the US. In 1925, the opening of the Panama Canal increased the exports of lumber from British Columbia to eastern U.S. markets, which dramatically
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normal economic recession lasts for approximately 1 year. The newspapers in America often quote theThumbRulethat a recession occurs when real gross domestic product (GDP) growth is negative for two or more consecutive quarters. A recession is a decline in a country's gross domestic product (GDP) growth for two or more consecutive quarters of a year. A recession is also preceded by several quarters of slowing down. Recession is the result of reduction in the demand of products in the
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The 1973 Oil Crisis By Sarah Horton In October of 1973 Middle-eastern OPEC nations stopped exports to the US and other western nations. They meant to punish the western nations that supported Israel, their foe, in the Yom Kippur War, but they also realized the strong influence that they had on the world through oil. One of the many results of the embargo was higher oil prices all throughout the western world, particularly in America. The embargo forced America to consider many things about
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The roaring 20's brought an era of American greed and the complete stand still of moral developement. Morals became loser through prohibition. Many people stood for wealth and climbing the later of success. People believed in achieving wealth and social status through hard work. People in their time period made delicious on the the whim such as getitng involved in the stock market. Stocke market could led it major wins and major lossses. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote a tragic tale full of obsessions
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situated in the downtown core, surrounded by Simcoe St. to the East, Front St. to the South, Bathurst St. to the West and Queen St. to the North. The area is bisected by King St. and Spadina St., and is adjacent to Toronto’s financial district. Historically, the King-Spadina Area was one of the City’s primary manufacturing and industrial areas, however the area fell into a long period of decline because of several factors including changes in the manufacturing processes, an increase in interactions between
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Great Depression The Great Depression had a tremendous effect on the people of this Dark Age in the United States. Throughout these tough times people faced many hardships such as increases in crime, the stock market crash and the Dust Bowl. These events were all results of the Great Depression and also had huge impacts on people’s lives. Beginning of the Great Depression The Depression began in the year 1929 and was a result of the ending of the First World War. The United States was
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