preventable death (par. 2). Nine million American children over the age of six (including teenagers) are overweight or obese (par. 4). According to Demian McLean‚ obesity in children has doubled in the United States for children ages 2 to 5‚ and has tripled in children ages 6 to 11 in the past 30 years (par. 6). A child with a BMI over 85 percent is considered overweight and someone with a BMI over 95 percent is at risk for heart disease‚ diabetes‚ and other weight-related diseases (Weiss‚ par. 6). “Obesity
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influenced us. I truly believe that movies today are influencing us negatively. Therefore‚ I strongly stand by the topic that has been given to me‚ ‘movies have a negative influence on our lives.’ In a widely acclaimed movie like ‘tare zameen par‚’ which addressed a serious problem of learning disabilities‚ made a huge impact on us. The fact that LD’s are so widely accepted that every child who is unable to maths is inevitably labelled with a tag that says‚ ‘I have a learning disability.’ Why
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Healthy Grief Grand Canyon University HLT-310V ` Job was a faithful follow of God who experienced tragedy as a result of Satan’s test of God. As a result of this test‚ Job moves through the stages of grief to complete his healing process. Kübler-Ross study of an individual’s grief led her to define and divide grief into five stages; denial‚ anger‚ bargaining‚ depression‚ and acceptance. This paper will examine the similarities joy and grief share. Lastly‚ how the author handles grief in their
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load copper losses are 350 W and 400 W respectively. Calculate the efficiency at unity power factor on a) full load‚ b) half full-load. 2. If P1 and P2 be the iron and copper losses of the transformer on full load‚ find the ratio of p1 and P2 such tat maximum efficiency occurs at 75% full load. 3. A 5-kVA‚ 2300/230 V‚ 50 Hz transformer was tested for the iron losses with normal excitation and copper losses at full-load and these were found to be 40 W and 112 W respectively. Calculate the efficiencies
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FIN 470 Exam 1 NAME________________________ 1. What are the three types of financial management decisions? For each type of decision‚ give an example of a business transaction that would be relevant. Capital budgeting (deciding whether to expand a manufacturing plant)‚ capital structure (deciding whether to issue new equity and use the proceeds to retire outstanding debt)‚ and working capital management (modifying the firm’s credit collection policy with its customers).
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and not exploit tourists by selling them faulty goods. Chairman Patrick Wong said the shopping experience was an important part of any tourists’ holidays. Reacting to claims made by an Australian couple that they were cheated when buying a tanoa in Nadi‚ Mr Wong said it was important that the sellers meet the demands of any buyer. The couple paid $200 for a tanoa‚ which they claimed was made from inferior material. They said they only found out the tanoa was varnished with shoe polish when they returned
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market at $1‚200. The bond has a $1‚000 par value‚ pays interest at 14 percent‚ and is scheduled to mature in 12 years. For bonds of this risk class‚ you believe that a 12 percent rate of return should be required. The second investment that you are considering is a preferred stock ($100 par value) that sells for $80 and pays an annual dividend of $12. Your required rate of return for this stock is 14 percent. The last investment is a common stock ($35 par value) that recently paid a $3 dividend
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Cost of Capital Definition: cost of capital is the rate of return that a company must earn on its project investments to maintain its market value and attract funds. The cost of capital to a company is the minimum rate of return that is must earn on its investments in order to satisfy the various categories of investors‚ who have made investments in the form of shares ‚ debentures and loans. The cost of capital in operational terms refers to the discount rate that would be used in determining the
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Case Study in Corporate Finance Krispy Kreme Doughnuts‚ Inc. Presented by – Group A2 Timeline Krispy Kreme Doughnuts‚ Inc. Ratio Analysis Liquidity Ratios As shown in Exhibit 1‚ quick ratio for Krispy Kreme gradually rose from 1.05 to 2.72‚ during 2000 to 2004. And current ratio changed with the similar pattern. Generally‚ a quick ratio of 1 is considered good in most industries. As for Krispy Kreme‚ the quick ratio is always higher than 1‚ and the highest point is 3.25 in 2004. This means
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Nike Case Study By Mark Colasurdo‚ Andrew McMullen‚ Jonathan Burd‚ Gaoxing Feng‚ and Jie Leng Background: Kimi Ford‚ a portfolio manager at North Point Group‚ is looking into the profitability of investing in the stocks of Nike for her fund that she manages. She is supposed to base her decision the company’s data which was disclosed in the 2001 fiscal reports. While Nike management had addressed several issues that are causing the decrease in market sales and stock price‚ management presented
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