Established in January 1999‚ Pine Street Capital (PSC) was a market-neutral hedge fund that specialized in the technology field‚ facing market risk and trying to decide whether and which way to use in order to hedge equity market risk. They choose technology sector because the partners of PSC felt that they have enough ability to evaluate this sector and specially be good at picking out-performing stock. Short-selling of NASDAQ and options hedging strategy are the two major hedging choices for PSC
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Fashion Photography has been seen as lightweight end of photography due to it`s close relationship to the fashion industry‚ which is dependent on fast turnover; transitory‚ commercial Fashion advertisement in particular is seen as denying the purity of the image → shows the typical‚ stylised instead of the unique moment/event; has nothing artistic (stylised fashion shoot‚ controlled‚ created‚ unnatural‚ uniform and monotone‚ all are essentially the same in their aim to sell clothes) captured
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Q1. Private Members Bills Private Members’ Bills are Public Bills introduced by MPs and Lords who aren’t government ministers. As with other Public Bills their purpose is to change the law as it applies to the general population. A minority of Private Members’ Bills becomes law but‚ by creating publicity an issue‚ they may affect legislation indirectly. Like other Public Bills‚ private Member’s Bills can be introduced in either House and must go through the same set stages. However‚ as less time
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Introduction and why you selected the model Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is a therapy treatment that has two phases. According to the article “Parent-child interaction therapy: Can a manualized treatment be functional”‚ these phases help parents and caregivers develop and work on particular skills. The skills are taught to all clients that enter the program. I chose PCIT because I was interested in learning more about it. I am interesting in family centered social work fields and this
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This chapter examines a number of theories about the complex conditions that may affect school achievement and considers how these conditions can collectively influence the academic success of failure or students. Caring "Educators caring is just as important-and in some cases‚ even more so-than larger structural conditions that influence student learning." Three out of four students said they worked harder for teachers who cared most for them. Rubén Garza found five dominant themes that described
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fossil fuels from industry and transport. Potential criminals are governments‚ businesses and consumers. Secondary crimes; crimes that grow out of the flouting of rules aimed at preventing or regulation environmental harms. State violence against oppositional groups is a form of secondary crime. States condemn terrorism but they have been prepared to resort to similar illegal methods
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Learning Activity 4 – Evaluation of Educational Tests Part 1: Description A. Title of the test: School Motivation and Learning Strategies Inventory B. Acronym used: SMALSI C. Authors: Stroud‚ Kathy Chatham & Reynolds‚ Cecil R. D. Publisher: Western Psychological Services E. Year of publication: 2006 F. Intended grade/age level of use: Ages 8-12‚ 13-18 G. Intended purpose: To measure strategies students actively employ in learning and test taking H. Test category:
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From recent years‚ utopian urbanism connects with the so-called crisis of modernist urbanism that forms utopic degeneration. Cities function daily‚ to improve the lives of the citizens‚ while utopia is developing to mean something for the community “a visionary system of political and social perfection” (More‚ 1516). Utopia has developed to mean a community with a “visionary system of political and societal perfection”‚ where cities that function to improve the daily lives of its citizens; an ideal
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The Life The Life of Patricia Hill Collins Patricia Hill Collins was born May 1‚ 1948 in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. She was the only child born unto her mother Eunice Hill and father Albert Hill. Her father was a veteran who had me her mother in Washington‚ DC. Patricia was born during the time of World War II‚ so it affected her family’s lifestyle dramatically. She had once said that "Beginning in adolescence‚ I was increasingly the "first‚" "one of the few‚" or the "only" African American and/or
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Families with Co-Occurring Needs Parent management training (PMT) is also known as behavioral parent training (BPT) is an evidence based intervention for families with co-occurring needs such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)‚ oppositional defiant disorder‚ and conduct disorder. This intervention was developed in the early 1960’s‚ due to the increase in the need for therapies focusing on the child and parental needs. The pioneers of this intervention were several child psychologists
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