It was junior year and I had just joined Save Darfur Club at school. The club had been created a year ago to spread awareness among the community about the atrocities and genocide committed in Darfur‚ Sudan. The year I joined‚ we decided to take it a step further and actively help the victims in some way. The very obvious and practical way to do that‚ for us school goers‚ was to raise funds and send it through Red Cross‚ the only humanitarian organization still allowed to operate in Darfur. Our
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over prior year’s ratio of 1.7 indicating that the firm is relying less on debt. Times interest earned ratio of 6.4 improved by 30%. * Profitability ratios indicate overall earnings growth. Net margin of 15.2% grew by 18% compared to 12.9% in 2011 while Return-on-Equity (ROE) of 27.4% grew by 16%. Return on Investments (ROI) of 11.2% shows a significant 28% growth from 8.7% and posted a 14% favourable variance compared to target. * Revenue and net income grew by 13.4% and 33.3%‚ respectively
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BA and Iberia (Jan 2011) 1) Merger between BA and Iberia tend to be horizontal integration. Horizontal integration occurs when a firm is being taken over by‚ or merged with‚ another firm which is in the same industry and in the same stage of production as the merged firm‚ e.g.BA and Iberia. In this case both the companies are in the same stage of production and also in the same industry (i.e. airlines industry). The goal of horizontal integration is to consolidate like companies and monopolize
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Off the Caribbean coast of Belize‚ between Mexico and Guatemala‚ lies the Belize Barrier Reef‚ the largest reef in the northern and western hemispheres. The reef is home to many species of coral reefs‚ coastal lagoons‚ seagrass meadows‚ and mangrove forests. It provides a habitat for a large number of fish species and many endangered animals. With global warming issues‚ local activities‚ and mass tourism threatening the very existence of the reef‚ the United Nations Educational‚ Scientific and Cultural
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Sometimes we have to save image‚ any type of multimedia file or text file in Oracle database from client. In web application client must upload the file in web server or any other machine. But web server can access that directory where the files are uploaded. To complete the operation we can use Oracle Blob data type‚ Oracle directory and with a procedure. Implementation: Suppose we have a table name ImageTable. The table should be like this. CREATE TABLE ImageTable ( ID NUMBER‚ FILENAME
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2011 Sustainability Report Contents About Sony Ericsson About the report Financial results 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 16 18 19 20 21 Corporate A word from our President and Chief Executive Officer Governance People Vision in sustainability GreenHeart™ Contents The Life cycle approach Life cycle analysis Carbon footprint Recycling Substance control Supply chain Factory Health Community engagement 2011 Sustainability Report | Contents About Sony Ericsson Sony Ericsson is
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Copyright © 2012‚ World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Annual Report 2011 Published by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)‚ Madrid‚ Spain. First printing: 2012 All rights reserved. Printed in Spain. The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinions whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the World Tourism Organization concerning the legal status of any country‚ territory‚ city or area‚ or of its authorities or concerning
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Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Financial Report And Shareholder Letter January 2012 Dear Shareholders‚ Fiscal 2011 was a year of great accomplishment for The Walt Disney Company‚ marked by creativity and innovation across our businesses globally‚ record financial results and numerous important steps to position the Company for the future. While 2011 brought us so much to cheer about‚ it was also marked by profound loss‚ with the passing of Steve Jobs. Steve’s incredible stewardship of Pixar‚ and his
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which is a story that takes place at a very important moment in history. Some cinematic examples of this include some of the greatest movies of all time‚ like Schindler’s List‚ Braveheart‚ and Lawrence of Arabia. Another great movie of this genre is Saving Private Ryan. Released in 1998‚ the movie takes place in France during World War II in the events following D-Day. A small band of soldiers are given one mission: find Private James Francis Ryan and bring him home safely. Along the way‚ the soldiers
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Agreement is the contract between the NBA team owners and the NBA Players Association that dictates the rules of player contracts‚ trades‚ revenue distribution and the salary cap. Since the previous CBA signed in 2005 was going to be expired before July 2011‚ the two parties‚ team owners and basketball players had to come up with a new CBA for the upcoming few seasons. According to the CBA signed in 2005‚ a soft cap system (at $58 million) was adopted‚ meaning that the limit of total amount the NBA
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