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...Essay title Introduction
Distribution policy is a set of principle stipulating the guidelines for cash dividends payout to the shareholders and stock repurchases. Dividends mean the company's earnings distributed to the stockholders declared during the year, interim dividends, or at the end of a financial year referred to as the final dividend. Dividends account as a source of income for the investors but also have an information signaling effect. Therefore, a dividend distribution is informing the management of the earnings to allocate as dividends and contribute to sharing purchase investment decisions. Dividend distribution policy is informed by multiple factors such as financial flexibility, investment opportunities for the company, tax consideration, contractual and legal restrictions, the volatility of expected future earnings, and flotation costs (Baker & Weigand, 2015).
Dividends may be distributed in the form of stock repurchases or cash dividends. Cash dividends offer investors a stream of income. Stock repurchases entail the……
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...Essay title A Systematic Review of Online Auctions for Fund Raising by Non-Profit Organizations
Background
Its origin dating back to Babylon in 500 BC auctions account as one of the oldest forms of price determination mechanism in the markets. Auction is negotiation protocols that entail simultaneous bidding with the price determined bidders and products or services allocated based on competition amongst potential buyers (McAfee, 2017).
Classifications of Auctions
There are four major classifications of auctions formats in the market based on the information asymmetry and the flow of prices. The auction types include English Auction, Dutch Auctions, sealed-bid first-price auctions, and Vickrey auctions (Klemperer, 2004).
English and Dutch auctions are both open auctions implying that they are orally implemented but entail distinguishing value setting features. According to Klemperer (2004), an English Auction also known as the oral ascending auction or first-price auction entails an ascending sequential price strategy where the auctioneer sets a……
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… year 2010, the top medical officer in the United States, the Surgeon General, issued a report that touched on obesity. The report was title Vision for a Healthy and Fit Nation. Within the report, the Surgeon General highlighted the growing public health issue of obesity. The report ……
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… and that got me interested in BJJ as well. BJJ Techniques to Defeat Bigger and Stronger Opponents by Dan Faggella was also a title I perused frequently, as was Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by Alexandre Paiva.
Observations and Reflections
I did not have any preconceived ideas about the sport ……
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...Essay title The Issue of Age in Cultural Diversity
Introduction
Age is an important aspect of cultural diversity that often goes ignored. For that reason ageism is a particularly problematic issue. Racism and sexism are often reported on but prejudice against the elderly is not so commonly touched upon in society. For example, the current presidential candidate Joe Biden is often mocked on social media by people engaging in ageist behavior, attacking him for being senile and having dementia because he stutters or stumbles in his speech or train of thought while campaigning. What people do not realize is that they would likely not fare any better were they to hit the campaign trail and have to give numerous speeches. As Albom (2019) notes, “jabs at Joe Biden mask our growing ageism issue.” This paper will discuss the cultural factors regarding age, developmental theory models, relevant laws, other diversity issues, resources available……
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… differ with federal immigration law relating to employment and compensation of undocumented immigrants. Based on Florida laws (Fla. Stat. 440.02), undocumented immigrants are title to receive remuneration for their work regardless whether they are legally or illegally employed. This differs from federal immigration law that prohibits employment ……
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Alternate title:
Rise of the Oligarchs in Russia and Ukraine
How Boris Berezovsky Fled Russia and Supported a Coup in Ukraine
Introduction
The “expulsion” of ……
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...Essay title Lesson Plans
Introduction
Lesson plans ought to be designed as per the level of the targeted learner's skills and capabilities. Also, a lesson plan must seek to achieve the standards and goals set but the school, the state, or federal authorities. For a lesson plan to be not just successful but also effective, it must be designed to suit the resources available. Alternatively, a lesson plan should not be designed to utilize resources that are not or cannot be availed. In this paper, therefore, is a review of a curriculum guide - Common Core Literacy Lesson Plans: Ready-to-Use Resources, K-5 by Lauren Davis, and afterward, two lesson plans that are designed based on the reviewed curriculum guide.
Part I: A Review of Curriculum
Review of \"Common Core Literacy Lesson Plans: Ready-to-Use Resources, K-5\"
The Common Core Literacy Lesson Plans: Ready-to-Use Resources, K-5 by Lauren Davis, is the curriculum guide that……
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Biondi, L. (2012). A Major CCSS Resource [Review of the book Common Core Literacy Lesson Plans: Ready-to-Use Resources 6-8, By Lauren Davis]. Middle web. Retrieved from https://www.middleweb.com/4982/a-major-ccss-resource/
Davis, L. (Ed.). (2013). Common Core Literacy Lesson Plans: Ready-to-Use Resources, K-5. Routledge.
Ramakrishna, A., & Sawhney, M. S. (2012). Constructivist Lesson Planning: Theory and Practice. RESEARCHERS ORGANIZATION BILASPUR (CG), 121.
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...Essay title All workers in the United States who are members of a protected class due to age, ethnicity, race, national origin, disability, sex, or religion have the legal right not to be harassed under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Glaviano, 2017). John does fall under the protected class due to his national origin and race since he identifies as Hispanic. Since his supervisor has been calling him "idiot" and another inflammatory name John was right to take up the matter with the Human Resources Department. However, the lack of assistance from the HR department allows him to file a discrimination and harassment case against the employer. The elements of a hostile work environment that John faces include discrimination based on his race and national origin and offensive behavior from his supervisor. The case of Johns as presented does satisfy the elements of a hostile work environment claim. The claim could……
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… way so as to suggest that the leisure gap is real and that men are still taking advantage of women. After all, the title of the article is “Another Gender Gap: Men Spend More Time in Leisure Activities”—so it is definitely not a stretch to guess that ……
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