Pets as carriers of soil inhabitant microbes into our homes GIZELL VASQUEZ Biology department‚ Pathogenic microbiology‚ Crosby Jones‚ Angelo State University‚ San Angelo‚ TX 76909 There are approximately 78.2 million owned dogs in the United States (1)‚ and according to the United States government the current population of the nation is 308.7 million. The portion of dogs to humans is 4:1. These statistics are of importance because these pets physiologically observed their environment by smell
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Six Flags Financial Crisis Capitalistic Enterprise Business 10A Edward Bayone May 7‚ 2010 Table of Contents A. Introduction B. Financial Crisis C. The Economic Environment D. Competition E. Changes F. Conclusion G. Exhibits H. Work Cited 3 5 8 9 10 12 13 15 “This year is very much about stabilizing the company and keeping it on the rails while at the same time pursuing growth avenues on the marketing and international front.” -Mark Shapiro‚ Six Flags CEO A. Introduction Founded in
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present his views on War and Conflict in the poem “Flag” Throughout time‚ flags have given men connotations of bravery‚ identity and solidarity‚ showing a belonging to a particular culture or set ideology. Within the poem‚ Agard attempts to strip back all of the cultural connotations of what a flag represents and take a more literal approach to it being “Just apiece of Cloth”. In doing this‚ he presents man as the cause of wars‚ and shows how flags have‚ throughout time‚ been manipulated to force
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Identify the main environmental forces affecting British Airways by undertaking a PESTLE analysis (focus on current trends). Which ones are likely to be drivers for change in the future of the company and why? Analyse the nature of competition British Airways faces using Porters Five Forces framework. Porters five forces analysis looks at factors outside of an industry that influence the nature of competition within it‚ the way in which firms compete and the industry’s likely profitability conducted
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Company Profile •Aer Lingus is the national airline of Ireland. It is headquartered at Dublin Airport‚ Ireland. •The airline operates 43 aircraft and carries on average 10 million passengers per annum. •The airline’s primary mission is to connect Ireland with the world and the world to Ireland by offering its customers the best product in the Irish airline market at a competitive price. The airline’s primary markets are Ireland‚ the United Kingdom‚ Europe and the United States. The Irish people
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Southwest Airline Strategy Implementation Executive Summary An analysis of Southwest Airlines strategic controls has been conducted in order to determine if these controls match‚ and or enhance‚ the companies design and strategy. The company structure‚ culture‚ and human resources have been taken into consideration. What was found‚ was that Southwest has a strong culture‚ which ties most of the strategies together. Supervisors and employees work side by side‚ which promotes trust and understanding
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H Partners and Six Flags Case # 1: In order to determine the enterprise value and recovery rates for each class of creditors implied by the April 2009 attempted exchange offer‚ we first had to determine the priority levels of the capital structure. We used Exhibit 7 in the Case documents to determine the priority levels of each class. The top priority class included the SFTP Revolver and Term Loan; the second priority class included the SFO Notes; and the third priority class included the SFI
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NPV Analysis. 4 Table 3: Estimation of Resale value of Carrier @15th year 7 1. Introduction 1.1 Executive Summary Ocean Carriers Inc. (OCI) is an International provider of Marine transportation services mainly focussing on Dry Bulk commodities mainly iron ore and coal. OCI has offices located in New York and Hongkong. One of OCI’s customer’s is keen in committing for a 3 year lease starting from 2003 for a large dry bulk Capesize carrier of capacity 180‚000 DWT in order to fulfil its own interests
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OCEAN CARRIERS CASE 1) Should Ls Linn purchase the $39M capsize? Make two different assumptions. First‚ assume that Ocean Carriers is a U.S. firm subject to a 35% statutory (and effective) marginal tax rate. Second‚ assume that Ocean Carriers is domiciled in Hong Kong for tax purposes‚ where ship owners are not required to pay any tax on profits made overseas and are also exempted from paying any tax on profit made on cargo uplifted from Hong Kong‚ i.e.‚ assume a zero tax rate. The
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OCEAN CARRIERS ANALYSIS DATE: 8/29/2007 TO: MS MARY LINN CC: PROF. TOM MILLER FROM: RYAN DALE SEELKE RE: DECISION ON CAPE SIZE CARRIER PRIORITY: [URGENT] Ms Mary Linn‚ After careful cash flow analysis and a discount rate (WACC) of 9%‚ commissioning a capsize carrier for 25 years is the only appropriate option for our firm. However‚ if the discount were instead 10%‚ both options would fail the NPV test by yielding negative results. I make this recommendation after thorough analysis of
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