OCTOBER CRISIS Mairead Dunn Mr. .Burke November 23‚ 2012 SUMMARY OF MAIN POINTS October Crisis: -series of events triggered by two kidnappings of government officials by members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) during October 1970 in Quebec‚ and mainly Montreal metropolitan area. -culminated in the only peacetime use of the War Measures Act in Canada’s history -was invoked by Governor General of Canada Roland Michener at the direction of the Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau‚
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concepts and information provided in my “Police Administration” textbook about the department. I ask you to consider the question “Is the feeling of heightened security worth the risk of eroding our individual Constitutional rights and freedoms?” In this memo‚ I will provide my opinions to you‚ the President of the United States of America‚ on how this Criminal Justice Agency is structured and whether or not it is effectively managed. In order to properly address the Department of Homeland security
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1991 India economic crisis By 1985‚ India had started having balance of payments problems. By the end of 1990‚ it was in a serious economic crisis. The government was close to default‚ its central bank had refused new credit and foreign exchange reserves had been reduced to such a point that India could barely finance three weeks’ worth of imports. The country had to airlift its gold reserves as a pledge with theInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) for a loan.[1] The crisis was caused by currency
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Subprime crisis Introduction The subprime crisis is one of the biggest disasters of the financial system. It originated in the US subprime mortgage market in 2006 and within a year it engulfed the financial sector of USA along with numerous mature economies. The weaker income groups comprising the Afro-Americans and the Hispanics suffered home losses. It is projected that the number of subprime foreclosures will reach 2 million‚ if measures are not taken to resolve the crisis. This
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Name: Alicia Torres The Crisis in Venezuela p.16 What’s the Big Idea? After reading “The Crisis in Venezuela‚” use the graphic organizer below to record the article’s central ideas. Use the topics in the column on the left as a guide. TOPIC STATE THE CENTRAL IDEA RELATED TO THIS TOPIC ECONOMY Shortages of basic goods UNREST Lost in oil South America facing crisis GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO UNREST Insisting to changing to a dictatorship RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S. U.S buys oil from
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ENERGY CRISIS INTRODUCTION 1. An energy crisis is any great shortfall (or price rise) in the supply of energy resources to an economy. It usually refers to the shortage of oil and additionally to electricity or other natural resources. The crisis often has effects on the rest of the economy‚ with many recessions being caused by an energy crisis in some form. In particular‚ the production costs of electricity rise‚ which raises manufacturing costs. For the consumer‚ the price of gasoline (petrol)
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and Consequences of the Spanish Economic Crisis: Why the Recovery is Taken so Long? Summary: Spain is currently facing its worst crisis in the last fifty years. The crisis began as an extension of the international financial crisis‚ but the internal imbalances accumulated in the pre-crisis period aggravated the situation. At present their incomplete adjustment is making difficult the economic recovery. This paper describes the evolution of the economic crisis in Spain. The real estate sector and the
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Crisis in the Village Chapter One: Churches~ A Crisis of Mission A Critique Presented to Dr. Joseph L. Jones Johnson C. Smith University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for LS 235 By Malcolm-Ryan Brown June 11th‚ 2010 Robert M. Franklin in his adoring and avid book Crisis in the Village presents in first-person advice and constructive criticism as he identifies issues within the African-American church. Black churches face a "mission crisis" as they struggle to serve
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Memorandum In our recent meeting‚ you told us how Smooth Sailing’s business was affected by the presence of pirates in your area of operation. The pirates caused a decline in the fair market value of the cruise ship and you contacted our firm to determine how to test the ship for recoverability and the amount of impairment loss (if any). We used the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) Accounting Standards Codifications (ASC) 360 – Property‚ Plant and Equipment to conduct our tests for
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| AOF & MKT Western High School | |Memo To: Mr. Faulstich From: Tia Coley Date: 5/6/13 Subject: “Prom marketers use social media to push deals” A) I selected this news worthy article because prom is coming up with this weekend. Also‚ marketing is used to promote prom‚ and is explained in this article. Other marketing strategies are being used to lure people in the ‘prom world’. B) The main idea of the article I chose is how prom marketers are using
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