When I was young‚ my parents never treated me the same way as they treated my other siblings. Starting in seventh grade‚ I was dropped off at the municipal pool every day after school to take swimming lessons so my parents did not have to bother taking care of me at home. At first‚ I dreaded taking swimming lessons‚ but after a while I had grown to love it. In high school‚ I joined the swim team excelling in meets and later on becoming the captain. As I matured in high school‚ I became anxious in
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Do you ever wonder why a boat floats and a rock doesn’t? Well I do. A Boat floats because of buoyancy and it remains lighter than the amount of water it displaces. Buoyancy is an interesting topic. Buoyancy can happen in any fluid and air. The buoyant force applies not just to water but to any fluid...A fluid is a substance that is able to take the shape of a container in which it is placed.” The source of this information is http://blackbirdlibrary.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/70171466/dFlaoting
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A boat floats‚ because the fluid in which it is floating offsets the downward pull of gravity and pushes it up. The scientific name for this force‚ which allows even immense objects to float in liquid‚ is buoyant force‚ more commonly known as buoyancy. A solid object’s density determines whether or not the buoyant force of a liquid can lift it. The density of an object depends upon its weight and its size. Given two solid objects that are different sizes‚ but weigh the same‚ the smaller‚ more
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I am writing to express my interest in the Edward Slack Scholarship. I am currently a sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh‚ majoring in Finance and minoring in Economics. After graduating from Pitt‚ I hope to work in Investment Banking or Equity Research‚ in New York City. When first arriving at Pitt‚ freshman year‚ I had no idea what my future had in store for me. I began working hard in my studies and getting involved around campus. Last summer‚ I secured an internship with BNY Mellon from
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the U.S. dollar in 1994 because at that time the United States was the world ’s number economy and its currency is considered a highly reliable financial instrument. The benefits of pegging the value of the yuan against the dollar include more control in regulating money supply‚ and managing exchange rate. Costs include that higher chance of the economy blowing up in a costly currency collapse (Goldstein‚ 2002‚ p. 3)‚ an example of which is the managed float currencies during the Asian crisis.
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Managing China’s Float Why do you think the Chinese government originally pegged the value of the Yuan against the U.S. dollar? What were the benefits of doing this for China? What were the costs? Over the last decade‚ many foreign firms have invested in China and used their Chinese factories to produce goods for export. If the Yuan is allowed to float freely against the U.S. dollar on the foreign exchange markets and appreciates in value‚ how might this affect the fortunes of those
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Signal time deterministic for process control applications from the cloud O.Makarov1‚2‚ R. Langmann2 and B. Frank1 1 Dusseldorf University of Applied Sciences/Department of Electrical Engineering‚ Düsseldorf‚ Germany 2 Odessa National Polytechnic University/Department of Computer Systems‚ Odessa‚ Ukraine Abstract— This paper is devoted to the problem of data transfer rates between automation devices and cloud services. The possibilities of the device connection to the automation systems are described
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China: To Float or Not To Float? International Finance Executive Summary On July 21‚ 2005‚ China revalued its decade-long quasi-fixed exchange rate of approximately 8.28 yuan per U.S. dollar by 2.1% to 8.11. Simultaneously‚ the People’s Bank of China announced that the daily trading band of 0.3% against the dollar would be maintained. Many analysts and economists believed that the real trade-weighted value of the renminbi was undervalued by up to 30% to 35%. Companies that produce in
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range of other classes‚ clubs and activities is available to students‚ sometimes in lessons but more often in the lunch break or after school. These are referred to as the co-curriculum‚ or as extra-curricular activities‚ and they are mostly voluntary for students. Examples would include sports‚ musical activities‚ debate‚ Model United Nations‚ community service‚ religious study groups‚ charitable fundraising‚ Young Enterprise projects‚ military cadet activities‚ drama‚ science clubs‚ and hobbies
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Problem How do ships float even though they are so heavy? Research • What is buoyancy? – Buoyancy is the upward force caused by a fluid such as water. • What is Archimedes Principle? – The buoyant force is equal to the weight of the displaced water. • What is density? – Density is the mass of a material per unit volume. – Example: The density of steel is 10 times more than the density of wood. Hypothesis I think when the weight of the object is greater than the displaced water
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