Environmental News Article 2 According to the article “A Bumblebee Gets New Protection on Obama’s Way Out‚” rusty-patched bumblebees‚ which were once prevalent across the United States‚ have now been put on the endangered species list (Schlossberg and Schwartz 2017). The population of these rusty-patched bumblebees has declined roughly ninety percent since the 1990s‚ as a result from pesticide exposure‚ climate change‚ disease‚ and habitat loss. Once common across twenty eight states‚ the District
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The Knight in Rusty Armor The Knight in rusty armor depicts our mental processes‚ or cognition that plays a complex and dramatic role in my life. I have learned that our cognition makes us human. I can cope only by first sensing and understanding my environment‚ just like the knight. sometimes I misperceive and wrongly interpret certain situations‚ causing problems for myself. My expectations and response partly determine how I see the world. My attitudes‚ suspicions‚ and conclusions
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In the novel Tom Jones‚ two female characters had a great impact on the story. They were Miss Sophia Western and Miss Molly Seagrim who differed in very many ways. These traits became distinct when matters concerned with physical appearance‚ family‚ and their feelings about things as well as the people around them were discussed. Both girls were comparable in that they were beautiful‚ but this was where their similarities stopped. The ways in which they were beautiful were
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THE SILVER SWORD CHARACTER SKETCHES Joseph:- Joseph Balicki was the head of the Balicki family. He was the Headmaster of a Primary School in Warsaw. Joseph and his Swiss wife Margrit had three children‚ Edek‚ Ruth‚ and Bronia. He was bundled off to a prison camp in Zakyna‚ where the weather was extremely harsh. Joseph‚ was marched off to Zakyna because‚ during a scripture lesson‚ Joseph had turned Hitlers’ picture towards the wall. Someone had reported
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Personally ‚ I thought that Ding Ling ’s story ‚ Sketches from the `Cattle Shed ‚ was very interesting . It is not often that someone has a story to tell that is so interesting and unique . Also ‚ it is not often that someone like her comes along to tell their story . First of all ‚ there is the fact that she is a female writer from China during the mid-to-late 1900 ’s . That ‚ all by itself ‚ makes her contribution to literature even more exciting . Also ‚ there is the fact that he Chinese government
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What are Yield to Maturity (YTM) and Yield to Call (YTC)? By calculating the present and future value of bonds‚ managers can make sound decisions about their potential strengths and weaknesses as investments. Answer the following questions in this week’s Discussion 2 thread: 1. What terms (or inputs) are needed to calculate yield to maturity (YTM)? How does this compare to calculating yield to call (YTC)? To calculate the YTM you will need to use Annual Interest‚ Par value‚ Market Price
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Most of the character bonds ended in the previous season. Now‚ many ask if there is a signature friendship that will carry on when NCIS season 14 hits the screens. The remaining character bonds such as Abby and Gibb’s could still remain. Or maybe a fairly new one like McGee and Bishop could blossom further. These TV friendships are the reasons why shows become successful. Could NCIS season 14 be any different? When season 13 ended‚ Carter Matt explains there was no real ending. Season 13’s episode
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Bonds and Their Valuation After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: • List the four main classifications of bonds and differentiate among them. • Identify the key characteristics common to all bonds. • Calculate the value of a bond with annual or semiannual interest payments. • Explain why the market value of an outstanding fixed-rate bond will fall when interest rates rise on new bonds of equal risk‚ or vice versa. • Calculate the current yield
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perpetual bond is currently selling for RS. 95/-. The coupon rate of interest is 13.5%. The approximate discount rate is 15%. The value of the bond and the YTM is: (a) Rs. 90/- and 14.2% Value is (13.5*15%=90) and YTM is ((13.5/95)*100=14.21%) (b) Rs. 100/- and 13.5% (c) Rs. 90 and 15% (d) Rs. 90/- and 13.5% 902. In 2001‚ Meridian Ltd. has issued bonds of Rs. 10‚000/-each due in 2011 with a 14% per annum coupon rate payable at the end of each year during the life of the bond. If the required
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According to Ruskin (2003)‚ “the rise of childhood obesity is part of a larger story: how corporations have laid claim to children’s imagination and play—to childhood itself.” Ruskin (2003) also states that “in the process of redefining children as “consumers”‚ corporations have redefined the nature of childhood disease.” He says that “our children suffer not from the results of infection or lack‚ but from the role the commercial culture has assigned them” (Ruskin‚ 2003). Obese children have a low
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