BROOKLYN BLOOMS SEED BOMB WORKSHOP What: Seedbombs‚ or seedballs are a mixture of clay‚ compost and seeds that are designed to improve ecology in blighted often hard to reach areas. The components are simply mixed together into balls that can easily be dropped or thrown in an appropriate place. How: The clay prevents the compost and seeds from being washed away in rain and keeps them damp. The seeds will sprout plants that need the compost for nutrients required for successful early growth
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Over fishing is a serious problem that the world faces today. With sea food consumption at an all time high and the oceans resources being fished almost to extinction. We have to look towards the future of maintaining our oceans resources. "Only 10 percent of all large fish-both open ocean species including tuna‚ swordfish‚ marlin and the large ground fish such as cod‚ halibut‚ skates and flounder-are left in the sea"(National Geographic‚ pg. 1) To help maintain and preserve our oceans resources
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Sam Walton – the founder of the world’s largest retailer‚ Walmart. From Midwest origins‚ Sam Walton began his retail career as a sales trainee at a J.C. Penny in Des Moines‚ Iowa (Sam Walton). His boss once threatened to fire him‚ because his books were always a mess. But Mr. Walton cared more about customer service than organized books‚ but was not fired because he was such a good salesman‚ he “added about $25 per month in commissions to his beginner’s salary (Sam Walton).” After being released
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1.0 Introduction As per the requirement of the Bachelor in commerce and economics course structure‚ I was obliged to undertake an industrial attachment at an organization of my choice for a period of eight weeks. This exercise was meant to enable me glamatise with work environment‚ exercise skills and knowledge acquired in university and gain more competence in my area of specialization. The application process begun as early as third year 2nd semester and I must say it was not an easy task because
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Review Problems#3 Question-1 Mark Goldsmith ’s broker has shown him two bonds. Each has a maturity of 5 years‚ a par value of $1‚000‚ and a yield to maturity of 12%. Bond A has a coupon interest rate of 6% paid annually. Bond B has a coupon interest rate of 14% paid annually. a. Calculate the selling price for each of the bonds. ANSWER: b. Mark has $20‚000 to invest. Judging on the basis of the price of the bonds‚ how many of either one could Mark purchase if he were to choose it over
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The Effects of a Seed Coat in Seed Germination Mario Monroe INT1 Task 3 The Effects of a Seed Coat in Seed Germination Abstract Seed germination is an important aspect in plants growth and food production. It is therefore it’s of uttermost importance to know the effective ways of seed germination so as to improve food production. This research was therefore prompted by the rising issue of farmers buying low quality and a damaged maize seed from unscrupulous sellers and this has led to deterioration
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Sam Walton: A Biography America ’s richest man‚ Sam Walton‚ was not always rich. Growing up during the depression‚ he struggled to help his family then‚ not knowing he would one day own a multi-billion dollar business‚ and then struggle to help the poorest of America becoming one of the top philanthropists in the United States. Also seen as a great leader‚ not everyone agrees on the "greatness" of the man who laid the foundation of some of the most significant management concepts used today in
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Quiz. Evaluate the following problems. Show your solution and encircle your final answer. 1. In a 25-kVA‚ 2000/200 V‚ single phase transformer‚ the iron and full load copper losses are 350 W and 400 W respectively. Calculate the efficiency at unity power factor on a) full load‚ b) half full-load. 2. If P1 and P2 be the iron and copper losses of the transformer on full load‚ find the ratio of p1 and P2 such tat maximum efficiency occurs at 75% full load. 3. A 5-kVA‚ 2300/230 V‚ 50 Hz transformer
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1. (24 points) If needed‚ additional workspace is provided on the next sheet. Doug Moodie is the president of Garden Products Limited. Over the last 5 years‚ his vice president of marketing has been providing the sales forecast using his special “focus” forecasting technique. The actual sales for the past ten years and the forecasts from the vice president of marketing are given below. |Year |Sales |VP/Marketing
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appropriate innovation management tools‚ management can trigger and deploy the creative juices of the whole work force towards the continuous development of a company. The process can be viewed as an evolutionary integration of organization‚ technology and market by iterating series of activities: search‚ select‚ implement and capture. In 1960s‚ Sam Walton (founder of Wal-Mart) achieve higher sales volumes by keeping sales price lower than his competitors by reducing his profit margin. He relied on them
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