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Anqi Li Li-Kuang Chen Siyao Song Econ 5103 May, 22nd, 2016 Submission Question 10 (a). What factors may have led to the changes in interest rate taken by RBA in 2011-2015 (Tradingeconomics.com, 2016) In 2011 the reserve bank of Australia decided to cut interest rates and continued to reduce them over the next 5 years. The RBA did this in response to a slowdown of the Australian economy as shown by the downward trend in monthly GDP growth, decreasing trade scale and lowering of commodity…

hundreds of thousands of sports injuries a year, so why not tell years of injuries from different sports? Sports like football can be very dangerous like jamming your fingers or breaking bones, but how many injuries were their in 2012? The top 10 most dangerous sports in 2012 were track and field, gymnastics, cheerleading, wrestling, volleyball, softball, baseball, soccer, basketball, and last but not least football. Track and field had 25,910 injuries, gymnastics had 28,300 injuries,…

Bobby Bailey. In 2003, the two men journeyed to Uganda with the intentions of exposing a story to the world. The story that would ultimately become the most spoken of subjects in America in addition to the world. Russel and Bailey started the Kony 2012 Movement after being introduced to the vial tragedies in Uganda. A group called the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) led by Joseph Kony, abducted children from their homes; the girls sold as sex slaves and the boys turned into soldiers (Invisible…

Captivating the hearts of those who watched, the Kony 2012 documentary was a viral phenomenon. Within 6 days the documentary reached 100 million views. Unfortunately, the director of the film and the leader of the movement Jason Russell was marked as a heretic by several media outlets. Thoroughly, the movement was geared to free children being enslaved as child soldiers. In actuality, Jason Russell’s efforts helped bring awareness to a person that was forcing children to do horrid acts of human…

Bowles (2013) reported that U.S. audiences are taking a back seat to moviegoers across the globe — particularly in Asia. Specifically, movies are being released in other countries before they hit the states. According to the 2012 MPAA industry study, the Asian market grew 15% in 2012 to $10.4 billion (Bowles, 2013). The international movie box office has appeared to benefit far greater than the American movie box office. In regards to television, the…

Starting in 2005, the bidding processes began to select an eligible city to host the 2012 Summer Olympics. Competing against five other global, post-industrial cities, London, England was selected to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. As the chosen host for the 2012 Summer Olympics, the city of London highlights the social, economic and cultural benefits of planning, production and execution of a major global event on a world…

the London 2012 Olympics where we won one silver and three bronze medals. There was a 99% take up of the tickets for the artistic gymnastics as people watched one of the nations most popular sports. At 2.98m from the ground and 2.40m across the high bar event has always been an exciting part of this. Scores are made up of a difficulty score based on the moves performed and connections between them added to an execution score out of ten based on how well they perform…

The 2016 presidential election has to be the most controversial election in American history. For many years’ elections were based off pride and respect not hatred and jokes. For the first time in history, we have a business man such as, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton the first woman nominee running for president. Both candidates have weaknesses when it comes to their political ideology, but they represent Americas two major political parties. With most media coverage going to the Republican…

The 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee supplies strong on-road performance and excellent off-road mastery. This midsize SUV successfully upholds Jeep ruggedness without neglecting comfort or convenience. The 2012 Grand Cherokee is a midsize, two-row SUV with room for five. This model comes in Laredo, Limited, Overland and Overland Summit trims. Three engine choices and two four-wheel drive systems set this model apart from the pack. Changes for 2012 include an updated transmission with V8 models and…

affinity was the infamous prophecy concerning the Mayan Apocalypse of 2012, an idea created from belief that the world would end or change in some fashion once that year ended. Of all the actions generated by the aforementioned mentality, this prophecy was perhaps the most ridiculous considering how obviously wrong it was and how little we really know about Mayan culture, iconography, and language. The Mayan Apocalypse of 2012 was the belief that either cataclysmic or transformative events would…