regarding your family’s long term care insurance needs. As you know‚ long-term care is an important issue that can affect your family’s emotional and financial well-being. We believe all of our policyholders need to ensure they are adequately prepared for the impact of long-term care expenses. Understanding how you can prepare for long-term care on your own can be quite a task – that’s why I am excited to offer my assistance in helping you understand more about long-term care and the options that
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The Black Death was a plague that spread across Europe during the fourteenth century. It swept the continent and baffled millions of European citizens. I chose this topic because the idea of the past epidemic intrigues me. In elementary school‚ we touched on the topic and barely discussed the possible outcomes. I was fascinated by what could’ve happened those years of peril. I am of Polish descent‚ so I am also learning how this plague could have affected by ancestors and what they were put though
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| Long Term Capital Management and the Hedge Fund industry | | | | | | Introduction The Hedge fund industry is surrounded by much controversy and debate; and that for many years. Lack of oversight‚ excessive returns‚ unclear impact on the market and more‚ are all subjects of concerns for market participants and the public. According to Priya Jestin on Hedge Fund Street‚ “on an average day‚ between 18 and 22 percent of all trading on the New York Stock Exchange is related
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QUESTIONNAIRE ON CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE Completing the article: Prevalence of child sexual abuse among adolescents in Geneva: results of a cross sectional survey (1996). Halpérin D.S.‚ Bouvier P.‚ Jaffe P. D.‚ Mounoud R-L.‚ Pawlak C.H.‚ Laederach J.‚ Rey Wicky H. British Medical Journal; 312: 1326-1329 Q1: How old are you ? years and months Q2: Are you a girl or a boy ? girl boy Q3: Who do you live with ? (several answers are possible) father mother stepfather
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Ethical code of conduct for a Long-Term-Care Facility Professor Tamara D. Smith April 8‚ 2012 The code of conduct for a Long Term Care Facility is a guideline and procedure for personal conduct for those working in that kind of facility. To preserve the highest standard of care using integrity and ethical standards‚ code of ethics or code of conduct are the foundations that most long term care facility based their business principle. It is the responsibility of all parties including upper management
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Long term management of client diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide and one of the four leading threats to human health and development along with cardiovascular diseases‚ chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes (WHO‚ 2011). It is estimated that cancer accounted for 13% of all deaths worldwide in 2008‚ of which colorectal cancer along with lung and breast cancers contributed to 45% of world’s total cancer mortality (Ferlay‚ et al.‚ 2010). Cancer continues
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The Stakeholder Theory: Aiding in the Long Term Success of Corporations Managers of corporations‚ big and small‚ must make decisions everyday‚ incorporating the appropriate ethics and also maximizing corporate profit. The two major theories in decision-making are the Stockholder theory and the Stakeholder theory‚ both of which I will be explaining. First‚ I will explain the Stockholder theory as a short-term profit oriented model with regards to business ethics decisions. Then‚ I will explain
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“The Long Tail is only relevant to buying products and not any other aspect of the Internet.” Discuss. The Long Tail refers to the marketing strategy which involves selling a large selection of goods with relatively little quantity of each sold. The term “long tail” was popularised by Chris Anderson in his article in Wired magazine which had mentions of how this strategy was incorporated by firms such as Amazon.com. The Internet can be credited for the plausibility of the Long Tail form of marketing
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Long-term goals I have two long-term goals in mind for the next 5-10 years: (a) register to practice social work in South Africa‚ and (b) organize support groups for women there. When I left South Africa in 2002 to study in the United States‚ my interest was always to advance my education and experience in different social work programs which could benefit the communities of South Africa in the end. My ultimate goal is to go back to South Africa and work in collaboration with communities and social
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Lessons Learned From Long Term Capital Management LTCM was selling liquidity as their fund structure was more similar to an investment bank than a typical hedge fund. When investors or issuers need to change their positions or risk exposure‚ they would go to an investment bank or dealer to buy or sell securities. In turn‚ the dealer would utilize the capital markets to offload the exposure. LTCM was often on the other side of these transactions‚ in some sense‚ wholesaling risk to the investment
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