Slide One- Which areas did Vesuvius hit? Vesuvius entered the history of volcanology with the eruption of 79 AD burying towns and making history as one of the most fascinating natural disasters ever to hit this planet. The eruption destroyed the cities of Pompeii‚ Herculaneum‚ Oplonti and Stabiae and caused the death of thousands of people‚ including Pliny the Elder. Earthquakes occurred frequently before the eruption in 79 AD but the locals disregarded them‚ as they were extremely common in this
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ACID / BASE BUFFER SYSTEMS Abstract A buffer solution is a solution that contains both an acid and a salt containing the conjugate base / acid in sufficient concentrations so as to maintain a relatively constant pH when either acid or base is added. In this experiment a selection of buffer solutions (Bicarbonate/carbonic acid)‚ Lake water and distilled water were obtained to compare their buffering behaviours when mixed both with an acid and a base. The results showed buffering capacities for
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CONSERVATION OF MOMENTUM PRACTICAL WRITE UP AIM: To investigate if momentum is conserved in two-dimensional interactions within an isolated system. HYPOTHESIS: Without the effects of friction the momentum will be conserved in the isolated system. In all three experiments the momentum before the interaction will equal the momentum after the interaction. METHOD: An air hockey table was set up and a video camera on a tripod was placed over the air hockey table. The camera was positioned so it was
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Executive Summary The case discusses the Royal Ahold’s the major events that led to the demise of a great European company. The case presents some of the key issues in the areas of leadership‚ strategy‚ audit and accounting fraud that resulted in their disaster. The case identifies the problems made by the management in selecting the improper growth strategy and incentive plan that encouraged unethical behaviour from the senior management. The events presented touch and highlight management
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Case Study on Nike Inc. What is the WACC and why is it important to estimate a firm’s cost of capital? The WACC is a firm’s overall cost of capital‚ taking into account the weighted average of its equity and debt costs of capital. A firm’s WACC is the minimum return (hurdle rate) required by its capital providers to stay invested. Therefore managers of a firm should only invest in projects that generate returns exceeding the firm’s cost of capital. For the company’s owners the WACC is the minimum
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Unit 29: Promote Creativity And Creative Learning In Young Children (CYPOP 7) 1) Understand the concepts of creativity and creative learning and how these affect all aspects of young children’s learning and development. 1.1) Analyse the differences between creative learning and creativity? Creative learning is about helping children develop problem solving skills and imaginative thinking. It is about giving the children opportunities to make connections and apply them. Creative learning can be
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HOW TO WRITE AN UNKNOWN LAB REPORT IN MICROBIOLOGY GENERAL Unknown reports in microbiology are written in scientific format. Scientific writing is written differently from other types of writing. The results of the exercise or experiment are what are being showcased‚ not the writing. The purpose of scientific writing is not to entertain‚ but to inform. The writing should be simple and easy to understand. There is a specific style that must be followed when writing scientific reports.
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Bus4003 Retailer And Channel Management Belano case write up Group 3: Lam Chong Yan s116112 Ho Ching man s116078 So Ching Wai s116226 Yung Chi Fung s116309 Lee Kin San s116142 Wong Yan Ho s116284 Introduction Today‚ Belono is one of the most successful pioneer to get into China casual wear market when many of Hong Kong retailers were focus on the local business. By a vision of
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Buffer Overflow Subscribe Hide Description Explain what buffer overflow attacks are and how they are created to attack our software. And‚ describe the best security measures you would recommend mitigate these buffer overflow attacks. Buffer overflow attacks occurs when hackers sending a large amount of data than the buffer was intended to hold‚ this large amount data immediately overwrite and corrupt other data in the buffer. Data contain codes to trigger specific actions that controls the program
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As long-term valuation is assumed‚ risk free rate is set as 30-year treasury rate‚ 5.73%. Cost of debt is 6.72% reflecting Amoco’s credit level. Cost of equity is calculated as 10.63%‚ leading to final WACC at 8.85% (Chart 1). In DCF valuation (Chart 2)‚ long-term growth rate is assumed to be 4%. Change in working capital is calculated as the average of 1997 and 1996 figure and is assumed to be constant for simplicity. Terminal value is valued at $69‚398.1 million and NPV is $51‚525 million. Stock
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