Emergency Fund Ratio For households with dual-earners‚ like yours‚ we normally recommend you hold in cash or cash equivalents 3-6 months of fixed expenses. These fixed expenses are what would be left if you both lost your job. Certain expenses like: income taxes and contributions to retirement plans would not be included when calculating the size of your emergency fund. You currently hold 15x your expenses in cash and cash equivalents. Since both of you work‚ in addition to earning strip mall income
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY General Motors is primarily engaged in automotive production and marketing and financing and insurance operations. GM designs‚ manufactures‚ and markets vehicles worldwide‚ have its largest operating presence in North America. The core competence of General Motors is innovation. This is the driving force behind its $190 above turnover. General Motors has been utilizing innovation in service ad technology to secure itself a dominant position in the automobile industry‚ since 1908
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The richest native americans know as the Northwest Coast Indians are believed to have begun living on the northwest coast of North America over 10‚000 years ago. This area includes what we know as Alaska‚ Washington State‚ Oregon‚ California‚ and British Columbia‚ Canada. This stretch of land has the ocean on one side and the mountians on the other side. Some of the tribes that make up the Northwest Coast Indians are the Bella Coola‚ Haida‚ Nootka‚ and Tlingit. Living along the coast‚ there was
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Northwest Airlines and American Airlines will be compared thoroughly in many aspects. Globalization‚ diversity‚ ethics and technology will be addressed in various ways. All four themes will be addressed through the strength‚ fit and adaptive ness of both company’s cultures. The overall organizational culture of both Northwest Airlines and American Airlines will be clear. Globalization Globalization can be defined as "making worldwide in scope or application"(1). In this comparison of the
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A 24-year-old male presents to the trauma bay of an emergency department after being struck as a pedestrian by a car. Upon arrival‚ his Glasgow consciousness scale (GCS) is 15 and the patient is hemodynamically stable. Examination reveals left lower leg deformity with a 1 cm overlying skin wound. There is some fat visible in the wound‚ but no bone or gross contamination is identified. There is slow‚ but steady‚ dark blood oozing from the wound. Radiographs obtained in the trauma bay are shown below
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Fizza Raza Intro to Political Theory September 22‚ 2011 The purpose of the Myth of Er is to emphasize one of the points that Plato has been making throughout this whole book‚ that philosophy‚ or the quest for knowledge is essential in order to have a successful existence‚ either as a person or a group of people. One cannot work towards something until and unless he knows what that thing is and how to get there. It is only possible to study philosophy up to the point where one fully understands
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Table 3. The Recorded Chief Complaint for 309 Emergency Department Visits (EDVs). Chief complaint No. % Pain 141 45.6 Abdomen 92 29.8 No specific site 15 4.9 Back 10 3.2 Chest 10 3.2 Headache 6 1.9 Mouth 5 1.6 Lower limb 4 1.3 Neck 4 1.3 Pelvis 3 1 Upper limb 1 0.3 Dyspnea 41 13.3 Vomiting 38 12.3 Fatigue/weakness 34 11 Altered consciousness 32 10.3 Fever 21 6.8 Bleeding 16 5.2 Diarrhea 15 4.9 Cough 13 4.2 Anorexia 11 3.6 Constipation 10 3.2 Care for catheter/intravenous line 7 2.3 Nausea 6 1.9 Dehydration
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and non-verbal communications‚ that must be understood to prevent misunderstandings. Another‚ ex. There was a Cambodian women‚ who had outstanding sales for the month‚ she was given an award and gift. She was asked to come to the front of the room to get her award‚ she acted reluctantly. It is not customary to receive praise‚ it is seen as bad manners in Southeastern Asian cultures. In the workplace‚ it is important to know the customs‚ values‚ and beliefs of the people you work with
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Deforestation of the Pacific Northwest One of the most controversial areas associated with the global problem of deforestation is the Pacific Northwest of the US. The problem can be broken down into several issues that all tie in together. These include the near extinction of the Northern Spotted Owl‚ the "business" aspect of logging versus the environmental aspect‚ and the role of the government in this problem. In 1973‚ the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was passed. This enabled the Dept. of
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The Delta-Northwest Merger Some airlines have struggled to stay in business for years. Due to the tough economic times‚ it has affected companies such as Delta and Northwest and the whole airline industry. The competition is intense and some of the global airlines are on the verge of going out of business. Recently‚ Delta and the Northwest Airlines have stated that they are merging together to create America’s premier global airline. Rising fuel prices is one of the primary reasons the airline
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