The stomach has an internal lining, or mucous membrane, called the gastric mucosa. The mucosa must create hydrochloric acid to break down food, but also protect itself from the acidic contents that it creates. This delicate balance is controlled by three different glands in the lining of the stomach.
The IMF, the SDR, and the Dollar: One Big Happy. The SDR is a fake currency issued by the International Monetary Fund. It was invented in 1969, the first year of the Nixon administration. It was a stop-gap measure to save the fixed exchange rate system of currencies, which came into existence in 1946, when the 1944 Bretton Woods system was implemented.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other uses, see Lira (disambiguation). Lira (plural lire) is the name of several currency units. It is the current currency of Turkey and also the local name of the currencies of Lebanon and Syria. It is the former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino and the Vatican City, all of which were replaced in 2002 with the euro, and of Israel, which replaced it with the old shekel in 1980.