Economics
Economics and ecology
Another premise is that economics fits within a finite ecosystem where there are at least some abundant resources. For instance, when fuelling a fire, people are usually concerned with finding the wood, and not with finding the air to burn it with. Traditional economics explicitly does not deal with free abundant inputs – one criticism is that it often conflicts with ecology's view of what affects what.
Ecological economics attempts to address this criticism by calculating the financial contribution of nature's services and by adding environmental considerations such as biodiversity to traditional list of human wants and needs.
Green economics is a closely related field which views the human economy as a subset of the larger ecosystem.
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Jewellery
Jewellery (jewelry in American English) is literally any piece of fine material used to adorn oneself. The word jewellery is derived from the word jewel, which was anglicised from the Old French jouel in around the 13th century. Further tracing leads back to the Latin word jocale, meaning plaything.
Jewellery has probably been around since the dawn of man; indeed, recently found 100,000-year-old Nassarius shells that were made into beads are thought to be the oldest known jewellery.[1] Although in earlier times jewellery was created for more practical uses, such as wealth storage and pinning clothes together, in recent times it has been used almost exclusively for decoration. The first pieces of jewellery were made from natural materials, such as bone and animal teeth, shell, wood and carved stone. Jewellery was often made for people of high importance to show their status and, in many cases, they were buried with it.
Jewellery is made out of almost every material known and has been made to adorn nearly every body part, from hairpins to toe rings and many more types of jewellery. While high-quality and artistic pieces are made with gemstones and precious metals, less costly costume jewellery is made from less-valuable materials and is mass-produced.
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Market trends
Recently, in May 2006, emerging markets including India witnessed a correction. Indices fell as much as 20% before resuming the secular bull run.
The most recent example of a correction preceding a bear market was the stock market performance during the 3rd quarter of 2001. Dismal job, labor, and retail numbers in addition to the September 11 attacks pushed the stock market into a correction and later a bear market by September 2001 that lasted until December 2002.
The stock market downturn of 2002 pushed the Dow and Nasdaq from their seemingly average levels of 10,000 and 2,000 in March, respectively, to five- and six-year lows of 7,200 and 1,100 by that October.
The Black Monday crash of 1987 did not push the markets into a bear market. It was a sharp, dramatic correction within an upward trend.
The October 27, 1997 mini-crash is considered a somewhat more minor stock market correction when compared to Black Monday, but, like the 1987 crash, it was a correction during an upward trend.
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Safe deposit box
A safe deposit box (sometimes called a safety deposit box) is a type of safe usually located in groups inside a bank vault or in the back of a bank or post office. It usually holds things such as valuable gemstones, precious metals, currency, or important documents such as wills or property deeds that a person might feel afraid to leave at home due to fear of theft, fire, flood, tampering or other reasons. In the typical arrangement, a renter pays the bank a fee for the use of the box, which can be opened only with production of the assigned key, the bank's master key, the proper signature, or perhaps a code of some sort. Additionally, some banks are using biometric security to complement the already increased security procedures.
Safe deposit boxes serve as plot devices in works of fiction, particularly thrillers and mysteries. For example, in The Da Vinci Code, Inside Man and The Bourne Identity, sections of the storyline revolve around control of a safe deposit box.
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