FROM MARIA COLWELL TO VICTORIA CLIMBIE: REFLECTIONS ON A GENERATION OF PUBLIC INQUIRIES INTO CHILD ABUSE Plenary paper by Professor Nigel Parton for the BASPCAN conference‚ July 2003 (published in Child Abuse Review (2004)‚ 13 (2)‚ pp80-94) In his statement to the House of Commons when presenting Lord Laming’s Inquiry Report into the death of Victoria Climbié‚ on 28 January 2003‚ the Secretary of State for Health‚ Alan Milburn‚ said: It is an all too familiar cry. In the past few decades there
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CAMBRIDGE SOFTWARE CORPORATION CASE QUESTION 1: IF CAMBRIDGE SOFTWARE IS OBLIGED TO LAUNCH JUST ONE PRODUCT‚ WHICH ONE SHOULD IT BE‚ AND HOW SHOULD IT BE PRICED? For every single version‚ we have calculated the total contribution for each price that segments are willing to pay‚ and chosen the price that can maximize the total contribution. SELL ONLY "STUDENT" VERSION Price Segments unit cost Unit Contribution Seg. Dev. Costs Demand Total Contribution $200 Consultants $15
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Maria Agnesi was born on May 16‚ 1718 in Milan‚ Italy. Agnesi was the oldest of 21 children; her father was a wealthy silk merchant who had been married three times. Agnesi was a smart girl even from a young age. Her father paid for Agnesi to be tutored. She was also a devout Catholic with a very kind heart. Agnesi was ahead of her time‚ because women were not necessarily treated equally as men during the 16th century; she was exposed to some great tutors and even worked at the University of Bologna
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Lydia Maria Child makes a strong point when she speaks of how men objectify women in literature and base women’s value on how much the women’s beauty appeals to men. The objectification of women that Child speaks out against is quite apparent within the selected paragraph from James Fenimore Cooper’s work The Pioneers. Within just the description of Elizabeth that Cooper narrates from the viewpoint of Remarkable Pettibone‚ a reader will note the issues that Child mentions. Cooper’s paragraph is
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CEO Assignment #1 Bank Analysis - Decomposition of ROE FIN 420 – Bank Management Summary: Utilizing data contained within the Uniform Bank Performance Report (UBPR) of a local bank‚ decompose the company’s 12/31/11 financial performance as well as information for its peer group. Analyze the results. Available Banks: Bank of Holland Grand River Bank Mercantile Bank Macatawa Bank Format: Part #1 – Obtaining Information
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In order to improve their net income‚ Flores has suggested three options as follows. Option 1 is to increase the price to $1‚000 per hour while reduce demand by 30%; option 2 is to reduce the price to $600 per hour while increase demand by 30%; option 3 is to increase revenue hours by up to 30% through increasing their promotion cost. Each option will affect net income in the following ways: For option 1: Profit 1 = 205 hours * $400 per hour + $1‚000 per hour * (138 * 70%) hours – total hours
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ImageFirst Signs is a custom signage manufacturer located in Grinnell‚ Iowa. ImageFirst Signs offers a wide variety of expertise including: design‚ fiberglass signs‚ prototype‚ as well as project management‚ and site survey and installation. The purpose of this project is to reallocate the space in their facility‚ to help accommodate the high volume production they experience for most of the year. Their facility is experiencing a lack of space because of the continuous need for staging areas‚ shelving
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Florida residents have a vast number of enjoyable activities right in our backyard. These range from beaches to restaurants and theme parks. As a Florida resident planning an in-state vacation‚ consider the following locations that will provide you with discounts. The Orlando Eye Get a view of the Orlando skyline via the Orlando Eye‚ which offers flights to Florida residents for a mere $20 + tax. In order to get this discount‚ you will need to provide proof of residency. Orlando Eye tickets
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1. Why has Cartwright Lumber borrowed increasing amounts despite its consistent profitability? Cartwright lumber has had to borrow substantial amounts of money due to the fact that the firm is a growing company with sales rising quickly. In order for the company to sustain this growth rate‚ they will have to get additional external funding. Growth in sales nearly doubled from 2001 to 2003‚ with a percentage growth of 18% and 34% in 2002 & 2003 respectively. While sales are growing steadily
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A literature review of Patients and Families experiences with video telehealth in rural/remote communities in Northern Canada. Rahul Raj Student id # 100806429 Course director: Diane Duff George Brown College‚ Toronto‚ Ontario Date of submission: March 02‚ 2012 Introduction The literature review critically valuates the families’ experiences with video telehealth in rural communities in Northern Canada. Many electronic health care research projects have tested the video
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