Daylight-saving time (DST) has been a controversial issue ever since it has first been observed. I believe DST is a useful and effective idea‚ and I would recommend continued use of it. In fact‚ I believe it should be observed year-round‚ which means America’s standard time would be moved back one hour. Many people make arguments that DST saves energy‚ and there are studies to support it. (Sources B & C) But an equal amount of people make the argument that it doesn’t save energy at all‚ and
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Topic: The Benefits of Saving Money General Purpose: To persuade. (Persuasive Speech) Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to save money for the future. Thematic Statement: Saving money bring significant benefits to the financial status of a person‚ and it is helpful to reduce personal economic risk in the future. Introduction Attention getter: “A penny saved is a penny earned” “When you don’t work‚ savings will work for you”‚ but‚ why? Is this true? Is saving money important? We can’t
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Benefit of Saving for Retirement I. Do you every wonder about your financial status after you retire? You should save for retirement and do not depend on Social Security. Social Security benefits may not be around in the 20-30 years. Looking at our economic crisis today we may not have the fund to support our Social Security benefit users when they need it. By saving yourself for retirement you are giving yourself a piece of mind so you are able to live comfortably. Who is to say if there
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Strategic Practice Exercise From an ethical standpoint‚ I would suggest Zombie Savings and Loans stay in business. Keeping the doors open would allow them to accrue new customers to help with the issue of high interest rates putting them at a loss. Not only could they seek new customers‚ but they could also seek more stakeholder shares. Doing so would bring more capital to the bank to help make up for the loss it is currently seeing. They could also consider selling stocks and bonds to
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Pioneer Savings and Loan Late in the third quarter of 1994‚ the board of directors of Pioneer Savings and Loan of Orlando‚ Florida requested that their president‚ Herbert Jones‚ submit a recommendation on whether or not to grant branch managers a cash bonus that year. According to the company’s Management by Objectives (MBO) system‚ the granting of yearly bonuses was contingent upon the attainment of specific corporate profit objectives‚ in addition to the individual manager’s performance
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Chairperson for inviting me to the stage Good morning to all judges‚ time keeper‚ teachers‚ fellow contestants and audiences. I would grab this honour today to tell about Saving Our Environment. Before I begin‚ I would like to thank to Allah the Almighty who has given us mercy and blessing so we can meet together in this blessing place. Saving our environment. How many of us do care about environment? How many trashes did you see around the road in the drain? How is the drain? You cannot see the flow of
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Building Envelope- Design/Thermal Parameter According to the award guidelines for air-conditioned building‚ the ETTV computed in the Code of Envelope Thermal Performance should be 40W/m². The building also needs to demonstrate a minimum of 30% energy savings. As for the Building Envelope‚ it is necessary to minimise a west-facing façade and west-facing windows. The sunshading provision for west-facing windows should have a minimum shading of 30%. The U-value of walls facing the west should be 2W/m²K
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this: When Trump or Paul Ryan say they want to replace the ACA with "Health Savings Accounts" (HSAs)‚ they are also saying they want to replace Obamacare or Medicare or Medicaid with YOU paying for your healthcare. That means YOU pay for chemotherapy... YOU pay for all surgeries and hospitalization... YOU pay for all your family’s doctor visits‚ urgent care‚ ER visits‚ and prescription drugs out-of-our-pocket. A Health Savings Account is just a tax-free way for you to save up money to pay for your own
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opposes the manner in which the store manager treated the three girls that entered his store wearing just bath suits. He ends up quitting his stable job‚ but the girls he was defending do not notice or appreciate his actions. The same happens to Nea in "Saving Sourdi" by May-Lee Chai who ends up being rejected by her sister despite trying to protect her on multiple
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4*(1/x)=(5/2)*(1/x)+3 4/x=(5/2x)+3 (8/2x)=(5/2x)+3 (8/2x)-(5/2x)=3 (3/2x)=3 x=1/2 The answer would be x=1/2 3. John had $30‚000 to invest. He invested part of this money in bonds paying 12% annual simple interest and the rest of the money in a savings account giving 4% annual interest. At the end of the year‚ he received $2‚400 as extra income. How much money did John place in each investment? .4x+.12(30000-x)=2400 .04x+.12(30000)-.12x=2400 .04x+3600-.12x=2400 .12x-.04x+3600=2400 .08x+3600=2400
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