Assignment 1 1. Suppose you discover a treasure chest of RM10 billion in cash a. Is this a real or financial asset? b. Is society any richer for the discovery? c. Are you wealthier? d. Is anyone worst off as a result of the discovery? 2. The average rate of return on investment in large stocks has outpaced that on investments in T-Bills by about 8% since 1926 in US. Why‚ then‚ does anyone invest in T-Bills? 3. You see an advertisement for a book that claims to show
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"The Shark Net"‚ by Robert Drewe‚ is a vibrant memoir focusing upon the simple pleasures of growing up in Perth‚ Western Australia‚ in the ’50s. Drewe examines his life in sleepy friendly Perth‚ using techniques such as language‚ structure and selection of detail. These techniques contribute to the understanding of the events in Drewe’s life while growing up in the small city of Perth and the astounding change of the city when it was victimised with countless murders. Language: Aged six‚ Robert
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well. Each piece showcases each artist’s skill. Jan Van Eyck’s painting; “The Arnolfini Portrait” depicts Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife. Arnolfini was a merchant from a city in Tuscany‚ Italy‚ called Lucca. The Arnolfini family was very powerful. People often say that the woman in the painting is pregnant‚ but that is not the case. In fact‚ she is holding her full-skirted dress to her stomach‚ because that was the contemporary fashion. Jan Van Eyck was really interested in the effects
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Do you think that the Canadian government should enforce net neutrality rules on Internet service providers in Canada? Why or why not? Net neutrality is considered to be an issue that mainly concerns hot the internet can function in future. Besides‚ it can be considered to be a founding principle of an internet. To me‚ I can say it is important that the Canadian government ought to enforce the net neutrality regulations on the Internet service providers. First‚ it does drive the economic innovation
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Advanced Apprenticeship Health and Social Care Health and Safety Identify the legislation relating to general health and safety. BTEC 1.1. Dip 1.1 Health and Safety Legislations; Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 Reporting of injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) Work Place (Health‚ Safety and welfare) Regulations 1992 Describe the main points of Health and Safety Procedures
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maximization problem A. the decision maker seeks to maximize net benefits. B. the decision maker seeks to maximize total benefits. C. the decision maker does not take cost into account because there is no constraint. D. the decision maker does not take the objective function into account because there is no constraint. E. none of the above 5. When marginal cost is greater than marginal benefit at the current activity level‚ the decision maker can increase net benefit by decreasing the activity because A. B.
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Jan van Eyck was able to create a naturalism and religious feeling in his oil painting‚ which made him one of the most famous painters in fifteenth-century. The “Arnolfini Portrait” was painted in 1434 by van Eyck in the style of oil on panel. This piece has various interpretations because of the different objects and layout in the painting. In this painting there are two main figures of a man and women. “Images represent a man and woman standing in a richly furnished room‚ equipped with a brass
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Net Present Value‚ IRR‚ and the Payback Period Infomercial Entertainment‚ Inc. In the good of days—before cable TV‚ fax machines‚ and multimedia personal computers—the phrase‚"…and now a word from our sponsor…”usually meant just that‚ Television commercials were continued to thirty-and sixty—second messages‚ grouped together to occupy only two or three minutes of viewing time. Occasionally‚ if you stayed up late enough sitting in front of the tube‚ you’d see thirty minute segments on riveting topics
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Thor Benson‚ an author and journalist‚ once said while talking about net-neutrality that there is no free expression when people have to pay to stand on the soapbox. For years‚ the internet has been an international gathering place where people with controversial ideas are free to speak their minds‚ and communities have been created around every topic. The average user is able to use their available bandwidth to do what they like‚ be it using Facebook‚ or watching videos on YouTube. Recently‚ however
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Personal Legend “Real success means creating a life of meaning through service that fulfills your reason for being here.”(Oprah Winfrey) Living a fulfilling life without achieving one’s Personal Legend is not feasible. The novel‚ The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho‚ introduces the reader to a boy who lives a fulfilling life by achieving his Personal Legend. The boy’s dream was to travel the world and find the treasure he kept dreaming about. For this reason‚ he spends all his gold and made many sacrifices
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