True/False (8 questions‚ 1 pt. each‚ 8 pts.) Enter whether the sentence or statement is true (enter “A” on your clicker) or false ( “B”). 1. Suppose that Congress were to demand that defined-benefit pension funds use a lower interest rate to calculate the PV of their expected future liabilities. This lower discount factor would make pension funds look more insolvent. T 2. Life insurance companies typically have greater liquidity risk than property-casualty insurance companies. 3.
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The story of Bamboozled revolves around a Black studio executive and his attempt to create a successful show for the major network where he is employed. Instantly‚ Spike Lee’s film becomes a format for political discussion‚ as he highlights the state of the media industry and the difficulties minorities face within it. Pierre Delacroix‚ the Black studio executive‚ is tasked with creating the idea for a show that represents Black culture‚ however‚ his boss insists the storyline must be “as black as
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Components that are correlated to the velocity of a volleyball spike Christina Atwood‚ Derek Tortorich Belhaven University Introduction In most sports played by athletes today‚ ball velocity and velocity of the human anatomy both have an exceptionally high correlation with the effectiveness in that sport. Athletes who can perform at a fairly high velocity‚ or that can put objects in high velocity‚ tend to excel in their sport‚ especially power sports. Due to the importance of velocity in most
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Khalid‚ an American songwriter and Artist‚ wrote the song “ Young‚ Dumb‚ and Broke” which was released as a single on February 2‚ 2017. This song was added to his American Teen Album and he was honored with a platinum certification in the U.S.A at the age of 19. His song was a hit which received number one in the Philippines and New Zealand and the song reached the top ten in Australia and Belgium. The song “Young‚ Dumb‚ and Broke” is a very personal song to him. There was a time in his life that he went
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pants‚ which had been folded. Another courageous moment is when a mob gathered to lynch Tom Robinson‚ Jem sneaks out with Scout to face the crowd. Jeremy also sits in the colored balcony‚ and that adds to their judgement from others. He also shows strength when Bob Ewell breaks his arm and he takes it pretty well. This all shows courage as Maycomb is a racist town‚ and he is defending a black man. They continue to do so even when Scout and Jem get bullied in school for it.
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“The Plow That Broke the Plains” is a documentary of the Great Plains region‚ an area of 625‚000 square miles stretching across Texas‚ Kansas‚ Nebraska‚ Montana‚Wyoming‚ Colorado‚ New Mexico Oklahoma and the Dakotas. Written and directed by Pare Lorentz in 1936‚ it starts in the 1880s in the last frontier (the Great Plains)‚ when the territory was an "ocean of grass" perfect for cattle. The video ends in the middle 1930s‚ when farming choices had turned it into a no-man’s-land. People start heading
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A Close Analysis of Spike Lee’s He Got Game Claimed as Spike Lee best work since Malcolm X‚ He Got Game is a film about the relationship between a father and his son. In this film the father‚ Jake Shuttlesworth (Denzel Washington)‚ is serving time in prison for murdering his wife. His son‚ Jesus Shuttlesworth (Ray Allen)‚ is the nation’s top high school basketball prospect. The governor‚ being an avid basketball fan‚ has made a deal with Jake that will cut back his sentence if he can convince his
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evident that the problem of racism lies within the larger society as a whole and not any individual. The fact that Malcolm experiences racism and prejudice from many different people‚ in many different places‚ shows that this is a societal problem. When he takes on the role of a civil rights leader‚ he does not attack individuals but instead he addresses the racist problem present within America. This film is a biography so it definitely portrays the problem of racism in America accurately. This is
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Nwoye Goes Broke In America In Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” the character Nwoye is used to show the positive effects of cultural change. It is shown through rough challenges Nwoye has to make to decide his future. Nwoye’s father wished Nwoye wasn’t born he wanted a son that would resemble him‚ A strong hard working son he believed his son was closer to being a woman than a man of which is ironic because the closest person to Okonkwo was his daughter who he wished was a boy. This is what
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I think the difference between bent and broke is that one who is bent is still capable of doing evil‚ a broken one cannot do any evil anymore because they are broke (they can only do good). Oyarsa says that Weston is bent but Devine is broken. Weston has been bent because of his high ideals and love for humanity were made to serve evil. For example‚ killing the “savage” beasts on Malacandra in order to take it over so that mankind can colonize it. Additionally‚ he does not see these things as evil
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