World Aids day Since 1988‚ the World AIDS Day is held on December 1 every year. It is an international day to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS around the world. On this day‚ besides raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection‚ memorials are held to honor persons who have died from HIV/AIDS. Government and health officials also observe the event‚ often with speeches or forums on the AIDS topics. Since 1995‚ the President of the United States has made an official
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Should Australia reintroduce tariffs for the car industry? Australia’s automotive industry is a significant contributor and major employer to the national economy. But the economy is in crisis. The greatest problem for the automotive industry is the mindset of the cabinets. Cabinets became downright apoplectic and argue that tax payers should not support a failing industry‚ and they vehemently combat the automotive industry policy as a matter of principle. The truth is‚ Australia cannot afford
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Ralph Waldo S. Piadozo Gary Evans O. Lamanilao Subsidies A Brief Introduction: The recent GATT says that both the least developed countries and developed countries should have some level playing field. Likewise it was discussed in the WTO accord that there should be the phasing out of farm subsidies. Subsidies come in many forms. The U.S. heavily subsidizes irrigations as well as compensates their farmers not to plant when there is market glut. The E.U. adopts a common agricultural policy where
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2007 THE CHALLENGES OF RAISING REVENUES AND RESTRUCTURING SUBSIDIES IN MALAYSIA Suresh Narayanan School of Social Sciences Universiti Sains Malaysia Penang nsuresh@usm.my Malaysia has run deficit budgets in all but five years since 1970 but past deficits have been managed thanks to substantial oil revenues and high domestic savings. However‚ the slow growth or decline of several traditional sources of revenue and the rising subsidy bill since 2007 have given pause for reflection on the traditional
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Psychology Have you ever wondered if chewing gum helps you concentrate more? My project is about seeing if it actually does help you concentrate better. We are going to give half of the subjects a piece of gum and the other half will not have a piece of gum. We are going to give them a test and see which half does better. I thought this would be interesting to know about because everybody likes gum‚ and it’d be even better if it helps you do better with your work. I believe that learning more about cognitive
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Which place do you prefer to leave: in a small town or in a big city ? Small towns and big cities both have their good sides. First big cities have unlimited choices of things you can do. There is always a lot to do and visit. Living in a big city is more comfortable because there are cinemas‚ theaters‚ museums‚ shops‚ malls‚ lots of restaurants to choose. There are a lot of possibilities of shopping. Secondly the standard of education is also very high in big cities. People have
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is aid received from various sources. Even though aid is generally received by developing countries‚ most countries in general have at some point or another been the recipient or the donor. Aid is described as help or assistance for support and relief. In economics however‚ it can mean much more than that‚ as there are times when aid can transform a nation. There are several different types of foreign aid with the most common being bilateral‚ multilateral‚ official and tied aid. First of all‚ the
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Foreign Aid to Bangladesh (from independence to till now) Bangladesh is a country with a population of 120 million people‚ but heavily dependent on international or foreign aid. One of the downside of receiving foreign aid is that Bangladesh still spends a part of it for waging war in the Chittagong Hill. Foreign aid is also used for socio-economic developments and fighting one of the highest poverty rates in the world. Each year‚ Bangladesh spends an extra $125 million on foreign aid and
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Which Dress Do You Like Best? The following memory I will outline may seem an excessively informal anecdote for a paper as such but it reveals truth in the point I will be presenting. When I was a senior in high school and prom season arrived it was a common practice among me and two other friends to go shopping for our dress on Saturdays. The drill consisted of trying on several dresses and asking the two other friends their opinion‚ when we found a dress that all three agreed on (given the price
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at Farm Subsidies The current Farm Bill is set to expire in 2012 and in this climate of spending reductions and budget balancing‚ there has been a lot of talk about reducing or eliminating many farm subsidies. The purpose of this paper and my research is to see what if any impact the elimination of the commodity subsidies would have on the local farming economy. The objectives of this paper are to examine the history of farm subsidies‚ the current Farm Bill‚ various commodity subsidy programs
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