I The winter evening settles down With smell of steaks in passageways. Six o’clock. The burnt-out ends of smoky days. And now a gusty shower wraps The grimy scraps Of withered leaves about your feet And newspapers from vacant lots; The showers beat On broken blinds and chimney-pots‚ And at the corner of the street A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps. And then the lighting of the lamps. II The morning comes to consciousness Of faint stale smells of beer From the sawdust-trampled
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The Real Life of T.I. Rap music has become popular among teens since the 1990’s. Teens listen to rap because they like the beat and lyrics. Many teens in inner cities relate to rap music because it shows life in the real world. The successful reality rapper‚ T.I. aka Clifford Harris‚ has risen to the top of the rap scene by appealing to teens who desire to be rich and famous. Although his career has been tumultuous‚ he has reached fame through hard work and dedication to helping others see the
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Marcela Lopez English 110 B. Ruff 3 Feb. 2011 Deceptive Reality Television Unfortunately‚ today’s popular culture highly regards reality shows that are far from being real. Richard Huff’s title “Real or Not‚ It Doesn’t Matter” clearly states this fact; the public enjoys watching these shows‚ even though it knows that they are deceitful. Reality shows are fallacies‚ the work of the producers and editors‚ who work hard to make people believe that they are watching truthful situations. The impact
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Stacy’s perspective of his friendships with T.J. and Jeremy affects the decisions he makes in Chapter Seven. Stacy lets T.J. gets away with so much because Stacy believes that it is his duty to be nice to T.J. because he is T.J.’s friend. I believe that Stacy thinks that T.J. is a good kid and friend deep down. T.J. tries to cheat on Mrs. Logan’s test with cards but slips them to Stay when he sees Mrs. Logan coming toward him. Stacy does not see his mom when he takes the cheat cards. Mrs. Logan
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Ace Repair: Q1: A. List: WACC= (%of debt) (after-tax cost of debt) + (% of preferred stock)(Cost of preferred stock) + (% of common equity) (Cost of common equity) =WdRd * (1-T) + WpsRps + WceRs Wd – the weights used for debt‚ Wps – the weights used for preferred equity‚ Wce – the weights used for common equity‚ rd – before-tax cost of debt‚ rps – cost of preferred stock‚ rs – cost of common equity‚ T – marginal tax rate B. Book weight of debt=long-term debt/ total capital=30
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Case Study #1: Green Valley Medical AEM 4570: Advanced Corporate Finance Name: Di Hu Net ID: dh583 1. What are the key elements of Green Valley’s strategy? a. What kind of hospital is it‚ and how does that relate to their overall strategy? Green Valley Medical Center is a nonprofit teaching hospital comprising of 330 beds affiliated with a large state university in a midsize town located several hours from the state’s two urban centers. It was the only regional hospital
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Topics: 1. PHONETICS AS A BRANCH OF LINGUISTICS We begin our study of language by examining the inventory‚ structure and functions of the speech sounds. This branch of linguistics is called phonetics. Phonetics (pronounced /fəˈnɛtɪks/‚ from the Greek: φωνή‚ phōnē‚ ’sound‚ voice’) is a branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the sounds of human speech‚ or—in the case of sign languages—the equivalent aspects of sign.[1] It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds or signs
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first simply as “training”‚ then involved into “training and development”（T&D）‚ and finally into HRD. Therefore‚ some confusion arise relating to the difference between Human Resource Development and “training and development”. In order to differentiate HRD and T&D‚ the author illustrates this essay by clarifying the definition of HRD and T&D‚ their respective main purpose‚ and the strategies of each term. I．Definition 1．Definition of HRD Because of the evolving nature of HRD‚ defining HRD
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established in 1924 and operating in oil refining‚ pipeline transportation‚ and industrial chemical fields. Company uses weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) as a discount rate to discount future cash flows that generate from possible projects. According to net present values of these possible projects management decides to invest or not. WACC represents the minimum rate of return from the investments to satisfy both debt-holders (bondholders) and shareholders. Since these investments are forward-looking
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of ACADEMIC RESEARCH Vol. 7. No. 1. January‚ 2015 Library of Congress Classification: HB1-3840‚ HD28-70 ANALYSIS OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING CUSTOMER SATISFACTION: CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT APPROACH USING SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODEL (Case study: Mobarakeh Steel Complex) 1 2 EnsiyehTaki ‚ Habib Allah Mirghafoori *‚ Ali Morovvati Sharifabadi 3 1 Master of Science in Industrial Management‚ Faculty of Economics‚ Management and Accounting‚ Yazd University‚ Associate professor
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