Daily 49er (student newspaper of CSU‚ Long Beach) CSU starts talks of placing campuses on semester system By Raul Cabral Staff Writer Tuesday‚ March 26‚ 2013 In an effort to streamline the academic calendar‚ the Cal State University is considering converting six of its campuses from a quarter system to a semester system‚ according to Erik Fallis‚ a CSU spokesman. The switch‚ if implemented‚ would be phased in throughout the next few years‚ Cal Poly San Luis Obispo President Jeffrey D. Armstrong
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Long-term Financial Planning FIN 3504 Pavel G. Savor What is a Financial Plan? A high-level description of how a firm will achieve its financial objectives First step: Second step: Decide what are the appropriate general objectives Growth ≠ value creation Pick the planning horizon and the level of aggregation Third step: Come up with projections Elements of Financial Policy 1. Investments 2. Capital structure 3. NWC management 4. Shareholder return (dividends and/or share
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from a heart condition known as‚ Long QT Syndrome. Long QT Syndrome is a condition that causes the heart to have fast or chaotic heartbeats. The fast and chaotic heartbeats can trigger fainting spells and seizures. If the heart beats erratically for too long it can cause sudden death. Dana Vollmer began swimming at very young age. At age twelve‚ Dana became the youngest person to be in the Olympic swimming trials. She was taken to the doctor and diagnosed with Long QT Syndrome at age fourteen after
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takes place in August in the city of Tacna‚ Peru. 2. What does it celebrate? 83th anniversary where Tacna’s city is returned from Chile to Peru. Do you remember Heroic City of Tacna? Well this is the reason. 3. When is the festival and how long does it last? The festival starts in August from 1st to 31st and goes on for several weeks. The central day is 28th August. 4. Who started the festival and when? Peruvian people has been celebrated since 1929‚ by the Treaty of Lima on
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Eugene O’Neill’s Play‚ Long Days Journey into Night On June 25‚ 1939‚ Eugene O’Neill began an outline for a literary masterpiece that would reach its completion on April 1‚ 1941. The title of his autobiographical drama is Long Days Journey into Night. He wrote it for his wife on the occasion of their 12th wedding anniversary in 1940. The play was written in part as a way for O’Neill to show the world what his family was like and in what sort of environment he was raised. The story of one day
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they do through the handle of a shield.” Rules? Athletes jumped into a pit approximately 50 feet long and landed with their feet together. Officials measured a jump from the bater‚ a fixed point on the side of the jumping pit and used a kanon‚ a wooden rod‚ to measure the distance of each athlete’s jumps. How is it so different to Modern Athletics? In the Modern Olympics‚ if you did Long-Jump‚ you would definitely not jump naked! Also weights would not be used in the Modern Olympics.
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“Long Live the Career Smoker” In a study conducted through the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids‚ it was found that between the years of 1998-2006‚ fifty percent of American children were exposed to second hand smoke on a daily basis. Dave Eggers‚ having experienced this statistic first-hand‚ tends to have a very biased but yet unique opinion as to why smokers continue with their habit-- even though they are all well aware of the possible outcomes of their choices. In 1998‚ Eggers wrote an essay
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“An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experiences” - (James Baldwin). One’s identity can be shaped by many things including people and experiences. In A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah‚ Ishmael’s identity was also shaped by the people around him and his experiences. Ishmael lost his family and was forced to become a ruthless killer at a young age. He was also forced to leave the country he loved because he was too afraid to rejoin the fight. In
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of personal weakness in being a self-motivated and engaged student. Two areas of personal strength: First is discovering self-motivation‚ finding purpose in their lives by discovering personally meaningful goals and dreams. Second is adopting life-long learning‚ Finding valuable lesson and wisdom in nearly every experience. As for personal weakness in being a self-motivated and engaged student. First is doubting their competence and personal value‚ feeling inadequate
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In the book A Long Way Gone I found three myths that related to cultural. One myth was on page 181 where Ishmael’s aunt served him some chicken as to welcome him‚ and chicken is not simply chicken to the Sierra Leone people‚ they represent honor and special. On pages 12‚ 172 and 157‚ it tells how the cultural in Sierra Leone does not allow men to cry. Men represent strong and are the whole in the family. If the men are weak‚ then the whole family wills collapse. Cheng 3 Lastly‚ on page 16‚
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