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Section 1: Economics of my product 1.1 Evaluate the economic value of your product to the Australian economy which includes a graph that compares this value to three other products. /10 The Australian agriculture industry is vast and provides approximately $ 39 645.1million to the economy in 2009-2010. (2) To evaluate the place of the pork industry in Australia there are several factors we need to compare other industries with: Amount of properties, domestic gross value, and export. There are…

In today’s society, the health care industry produces an excessive amount of waste. Waste is generated from many different ways in hospitals and in health care facilities in the United States as well as internationally. The increased use of disposables and the discarding of unused material from standardized or prepackaged surgical packs contribute to the rise of waste material from the health care industry. The way waste is disposed of is not only hazardous to the health of the general…

These are units which data is collected in terms production of cloth - meters, weight-tons, time - hours. Units of collection and Enumeration are of three types. a) Single units : it represents single determining characteristic such as miles, tons etc b) Compound units : it represents combination of two or more simple units, which represents more than one determining characteristics, such as passenger - kilometres, tons - kilometres, c) Hypothetical units : These units are used to facilitate…

class members and they work at any moment they are called upon. The Griots and Griottes (girl Griots) had to have some of the best memories in all of West Africa. Typically the role of a Griot is passed down from generation to generation, that is a ton of pressure to know that you are going to be the town's historian, musician, and story teller. Wherever the Griots went, it was their job to remember everything that happened and they were expected to be able to recite it and turn it into a song…

Everything people are doing that they don't think is affecting the world and all the animals they need to think again. Tons of people are ruining the planet and because of this animals are starting to go extinct faster than ever before. One person doesn't think they might be doing much by driving a car or killing an animal. But even though it's one person that's how everyone thinks so it's tons of people. Since everyone doesn't realize that what they are doing is killing off all the animals and…

survivors, most women and children. Source one says, “ At one thirty the Titanic cast off from its Queenstown moorings and steamed out into the Atlantic carrying 1,320 passengers, a total of 2,235 souls including crew; 3,435 bags of mail, 6,000 tons of coal, 900 tons of baggage and freight.” Hines- Davenport, page 31. Source two says, “ The berg’s dark bulk glided along the ship’s length, scraping and bumping against the first 300 feet of the vessel’s hull deep below the waterline.” Eaton, John,…

As a child, my media consumption was very selective and sheltered by adults in my life. I had favorite books, like Harry Potter, a favorite movie, High School Musical, and favorite toys, all of which belonged to my neighbor, Marley. I remember whenever I went to Marley’s house, we would play with Polly Pockets, American Girl Dolls, or Barbies for hours at a time. To me, it wasn’t the looks of the toys that I desired, it was what the toys themselves possessed. They had fancy stretch limos,…

What weighs 24 tons, is carved from volcanic rock, and helped inspire a whole culture? The Aztec Calendar Stone is an ancient artifact of Mexico from the 15th century (Discover Kids). The stone is a calendar, well, actually two calendars that are suspected to have been used to predict solar eclipses (Discover Kids). The stone itself weighs 24 tons and is three feet thick with a ten foot diameter (Discover Kids). It was carved from basalt in 1479 and was found in 1790 under the Zocalo in Mexico…

Hunger has always been a problem for our world. Today, 842 million people are currently undernourished. Now, that’s nothing compared to the statistic in 1992. In 1992, 1 billion people were undernourished. There are many determinants as to why the people of our world are suffering from famine, hunger or starving. Economic policies have been contributing to an increase in food prices. (Clapp) The uneven distribution of food production, food trade and poor access to food are the key reasons people…

The average household is not doing enough to reduce or reuse waste products. As a result, landfills are filling up with potential reusable waste. Due to lack of knowledge on how to compost food, food waste can make up nearly 20% of the municipal solid waste (MSW) at a landfill (Nadakavukaren, A., 2011). Greater community education and outreach is needed to help individuals, families and communities compost on a regular basis, and reduce the amount of food waste in our landfills. According to…