1. Why does CSX want to buy Conrail? How much should CSX be willing to pay? After passing the Stagger’s Rail Act of 1980‚ railroad companies had possibility to close the unprofitable lines‚ determine the price and make mergers with other companies. Right after these drastic alterations‚ key measure of profitability analysis‚ which is operating ratio‚ decreased significantly from 93.3% to 80.0 %. Overall‚ efficiency in this sector increased‚ and railroads again turned to be competitive against the
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Theme: Working with Men on Gender Equality Intensifying a dialogue among women and men in rural and peri-urban Uganda Authors: Debbie Singh Uganda has undergone numerous changes since its independence in 1962. Using the lens of modernisation‚ "the process of social change whereby less developed societies acquire characteristics common to more developed societies" (Lerner 1968 quoted by Irwin‚ 1975‚ p. 596) and development‚ “change that improves the conditions of human well-being so that people
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What Makes Me Want to Buy Something . People often buy a lot of things daily . They sometimes don’t know why they want to buy something ‚ but they say it depends on their needs . However ‚ some people buy products for no reason . There are many factors that can affect people’s mind and make them want to buy a certain product . The most important is advertising which plays a vital role in convincing people to buy something . I myself buy products which can grab my attention through
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shouldn’t be allowed in schools is because of cheating. Cheating allows cheaters to gain unfair advantage and improperly rewards laziness. Despicable children who cheat get higher scores than the students who study‚ which is unfair to the hard working students. Also‚ students who cheat might tempt other conscientious students. The students who really try their best might be seriously tempted to try this easy way of getting perfect grades. Furthermore‚ people might say that cell phones can be used
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length of each side of a smaller square. The sum of the areas of the squares is 149 in2. Find the lengths of the sides of the two squares. Uniform Strip 3. Cynthia Besch wants to buy a rug for a room that is 12 ft wide and 15 ft long. She wants to leave a uniform strip of floor around the rug. She can afford to buy 108 ft2 of carpeting. What dimensions should the rug have? Rectangular piece of metal 4. A rectangular piece of metal is 10 in longer than it is wide. Squares with sides
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phones in school does detract or doesn’t detract from students’ educations. At the high school‚ Brookfield East‚ the new electronic device policy doesn’t detract from learning because it permits for personal responsibility‚ allows for relief in between blocks‚ and students are less likely to use their phone in class. The new electronic device policy doesn’t detract from learning because it permits for personal responsibility. No matter what the policy will be at the school‚ it’s always going to
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everyone answers questions differently and that is because of these aptitudes. This can be illustrated with the age old question of whether the bottle is half full or half empty. Someone who thinks more logically than otherwise would say that it depends whether the bottle is being filled up or being emptied. Someone who thinks philosophically might ask “what bottle?” Every question can have a different answer‚ the way it is answered depends on the person‚ just like each one of us in this class reads
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‘winner-takes-all’ industry? A “winner-takes-all” market refers to a market that is dominated by a single supplier and is subject to significant network externalities. Network externality in simplest terms is the value of a product to an individual customer that is affected and dependant on the number of other users of that product. Thoroughly assessing the case study we came up with the conclusion that the notion behind the market being considered a “winner-takes-all” market was only evident in some
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CCJ27 – Sociology of Crime | Dialogue: Beccaria‚ Lombroso‚ and Durkheim | Assignment #1 - EssayName: Larissa MylonasOUA Student ID: 267240Griffith Student ID: S2711917Due Date: 04th October 2010; 4:00pmWORD LENGTH: 1955 words | | DIALOGUE Between Beccaria‚ Lombroso‚ and Durkheim Setting: Three (3) theorists at an undisclosed location; take part in a private book club meeting in which the following four articles are discussed: * “On Crimes and Punishments” by Cesare
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murdered son…husband to a murdered wife‚ and I will have my vengeance in this life or the next. COMMODUS (whispering) Maximus. Maximus. Maximus. They call for you. The general who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an emperor. A striking story. (beat) Now the people want to know how the story ends. Only a famous death will do. And what could be more glorious than to challenge the Emperor himself in the great arena? Commodus places his finger alongside
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