Company Case #2: Valero ***Note that all of the amounts stated are in millions of dollars‚ unless specified) 1. For noncurrent (long-term) liabilities‚ what categories of long-term liabilities does the company disclose on the balance sheet and what are their amounts for the most recent year? The company discloses long-term liabilities on the balance sheet as: 2011 Debt and capital lease obligations (less current portion) $6‚732 Deferred income taxes: $5‚017 Other long-term liabilities
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Fishering Analysis In the non-fictional essay “Fishering” by Brian Doyle‚ the writer goes into great detail explaining one of the most feared animals the wolverine. In this short essay the author Brian Doyle explains the significant importance that the wolverine plays in the role of the wild‚ two important populations in Oregon where you might find a fisher (wolverine)‚ along with walking around in the wild looking for nothing particular. In this paper I will examine the writer’s key features such
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Have you ever climbed an 150 foot tall Royal Yard? In The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle‚ Avi the author wrote about a pety rich girl named Charlotte. The first piece of evidence was when Charlotte climbed the royal yard. Another reason‚ is when Charlotte went into the dark hull to get her luggage. Third‚ she tried to steal the mean captain’s muskets. These pieces of evidence show that Charlotte is risky and adventurous throughout the novel. One of the risky and adventurous things Charlotte
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L.A. Candy is one of a trilogy series written by Lauren Conrad. The author was inspired to write this book due to the fact that she participated in two reality television series‚ Laguna Beach and The Hills. The genre of this novel is young-adult literature. Jane Roberts and Scarlett Harp just graduated from high school and move to L.A. to begin an active new life style. Jane works for an event planner‚ Fiona Chen while Scarlett studies at the University of Southern California. A producer of an
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The Sweet Science of Candy Making Have you ever wondered about the mysteries behind the unique textures in candy? It is because of the chemistry behind candy making that we are able to consume a variety of textured candy such as rock candy‚ fudge and glass candy. Despite only using boiled water and sugar‚ the type of candy formed is dependent on the presence of sugar crystal formation and its size. At a molecular level‚ sucrose molecules form a small crystal that is orderly arranged in three
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Candy’s name has many connotations and many of which gives us an insight to the inequalities against old people in American society. Candy on the very simple and literal level means “sweet and pleasing” and shows that Candy is a very sweet‚ nice old man. Another connotation that springs to mind is that Candy‚ the old swamper‚ is a very friendly‚ honest and open man with whom you can talk about everything. This is underlined by his name: "candid" means "not hiding one′s thoughts‚ frank and honest"
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Biology 180 Problem Set 2 1. A population of marine gastropods has shell lengths that are normally distributed with a mean μ = 8 mm and variance σ2 = 2.15 mm2. a. what proportion of the population will have shell lengths between 6.5 mm and 8.5 mm? (3 points) b. what is the probability of finding a gastropod that has a shell length of exactly 7.5 mm? (1 point) c. if there are 1‚000 gastropods in an area‚ how many will have shell lengths greater than 5 mm? (3 points) 2. Childhood lead poisoning
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of partition through Bapsi Sidhwa’s novel Ice Candy Man. ‘India is going to be broken. Can one break a country? And what happens if they break it where our house is? Or crack it further up on Warris Road? How will I ever get to Godmother’s then?’ – Lenny. Bapsi Sidhwa was born in 1938 in Karachi‚ Pakistan‚ to a Parsee family and grew up in Lahore. In 1947 India was partitioned‚ and Lahore became part of Pakistan. With her third novel‚ Ice Candy Man‚ Sidhwa established herself as Pakistan’s
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your solution will crystallize all at the same time and you’ll get a huge rock that you can’t pull out of the jar. If you have too little salt‚ then you’ll wait forever for crystals to grow. Finding the right amount takes time and patience. Rock Candy Crystals Leave a Comment Crystals are formed when atoms line up in patterns and solidify. There are crystals everywhere — in the form of salt‚ sugar‚ sand‚ diamonds‚ quartz‚ and many more! To make crystals‚ you need to make a very special
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Jayden Meier Block One Charlotte Doyle‚ Character Analysis Paper The story starts in the early summer of 1832‚ as thirteen-year-old Charlotte Doyle prepares to take a big voyage from Liverpool‚ England to her family’s new home in Providence‚ Rhode Island. Her upper class upbringing and her education in the very proper Barrington School for Better Girls gives her a very sheltered and narrow view of life. Charlotte finds herself the only passenger and the only female on the ship‚ the Seahawk
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