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    In Ian Lovett’s essay “Space Mission: Christians Ask if Alien Souls Need Saving‚” the title proved to be fairly self-explanatory from the beginning. In this piece‚ Lovett did an excellent job at opening his essay by introducing Proxima b‚ which he described as being a “dream planet‚” and quickly progressing his writing into explaining how a portion of the Christian community took this scientific discovery as their cue to try and implement their religious teachings upon life forms that may potentially

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    Types of volcanism associated with plate margins There are two types of plate margin. When there is a boundary between two diverging tectonic plates‚ such as between the North American and Eurasian plates‚ it is known as a constructive plate margin. This is because it recognises the importance of magma rising up from the mantle to create new crustal rock. The boundary between two converging plates is known as a destructive plate margin‚ as it is responsible for more violent seismic activity‚ volcanoes

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    behavior is vital to the manager’s decision-making role‚ because one of the main goals of management accounting is controlling costs. 15 Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. The Profit Equation Breakeven Point Margin of Safety Contribution Margin Contribution Margin Ratio What-if Analysis The Profit Equation Profit = SP(x) –VC(x) – TFC X = Quantity of units produced and sold SP = Selling price per unit VC = Variable cost per unit TFC = Total fixed cost Break-Even Point  The break-even

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    “The Praise of Folly” Desiderius Erasmus In Erasmus’ work “The Praise of Folly”‚ the narrator delivers a speech praising Folly with the following: "And to whom is it generally agreed life owes its beginning if not to me? For it certainly isn’t the spear of ‘mighty-fathered’ Pallas or the shield of ‘cloud-gathering’ Jupiter which fathers and propagates the human race‚"1[2496]. Here the narrator‚ who is Folly herself‚ tries to put herself above everyone else‚ even the Gods on Olympus. She says

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    income statement for last month: Sales         $1‚000‚000 Less: Variable Expenses         $    700‚000 Contribution Margin         $    300‚000 Less: Fixed Expenses         $    180‚000 Operating Income         $    120‚000 The company has no beginning or ending inventories. A total of 20‚000 units were produced and sold last month. What is the company’s margin of safety in dollars? $400 000 10 points   Question 2 1.   The following is Addison Corporation’s contribution

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    2. The contribution margin per chair for the Colonial model is: A) $51. B) $16. C) $35. D) $25. The answer is b. CM = P-V = $60 - $35 - $9 = $16. Page 1 3. If the sales mix and sales units are as expected‚ the break-even in sales dollars is closest to: A) $132‚000. B) $148‚500. C) $143‚000. D) $139‚764. Price: Variable Costs: Contribution Margin: Contribution Margin Ratio: The answer is c. Colonial to Early American Sales Mix: 3:1 Weighted Average Contribution Margin Ratio: .75(.2667) +.25(

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    used? Will trends in these ratios always move in the same direction? All the three bases are used to find the return earned with respective to sales as well as investment made. When the profit is compared with sales‚ it is called as the net profit margin. When the profit is compared with assets‚ it is called as return earned on total investment and when profit is compared with stockholders’ equity‚ it is called as return on equity. All these are profitability ratios and help to analyze the profitability

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    Wages of Guilt‚ was written by Ian Buruma and published in 1994. The author takes a subject rarely discussed or analysed and examines it in great depth. While much is written historically about war it is mostly the epic battles that have been fought‚ the great ideas that were fought over and the effect of war on civilians during the war itself‚ almost always from the victors point of view. The main focus of the book is on the varying responses to the horrors perpetrated by both the Japanese and

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    Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error Being wrong and having someone tell you that your wrong isn’t a good feeling. Many people feel like they can never be wrong and in my opinion that’s a very ignorant way to think. No one was made perfect and I say that to say this‚ being wrong is imbedded in our human DNA. That’s why in mathematics and science they have formulas that have human error or margin of error as variables in their calculations. I remember one day I was arguing with a friend

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    Name: ________________________________________________ Date: _____________ WHAP – Chapter 13 Big Picture & Margin Review Big Picture: 1. Assume for the moment that the Chinese had not ended their maritime voyages in 1433. How might the subsequent development of world history have been different? Is there value in asking this kind of “what if” or counterfactual question? Or is it an irrelevant waste of time? 2. How does this chapter distinguish among the various kinds of societies that comprised

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