...This Tournament Goes to Eleven 2007 This Packet Has Gone to the Dogs (theme packet) Written by: Delaware (Bill Tressler) Every question will mention a dog somewhere, but answers need not be specifically a dog's name or breed. Tossups 1. One character by this name was a son of Zeus and Niobe who succeeded Apis as king of Phoronea. Another had the labors of freeing Arcadia and killing Satyr, while a third is seen "lying neglected on the heaps of mule and cow dung" and could not get up to greet those entering. After one of those figures was slain his 100 most famous attributes were placed on the tails of peacocks, as Hera had previously entrusted him to watch Io with his many eyes. The brother of Cerberus and the dog of Odysseus share, For 10 points, what namesake with the builder of Jason's ship? ANSWER: Argos or Argus 2. The First Battle of Acentejo occurred here in 1494 and was a setback for Fernández de Lugo's attempts at colonization, which were begun when the 1474 Treaty of Alcáçova had ceded this place to Isabel of Castile. Antonio de Viana wrote an epic ode to the aboriginal natives of this place, and one of his works provides the name of Mount Teide, which is the highest point in its entire country. Secondary landmasses here include * Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gomera, and La Palma, while its largest component is named Tenerife. Their name is in fact derived from a fierce breed of dogs known as the Presa, and not from their famous yellow avians. For...
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...Both Purina Baneful and Blue Buffalo make an excellent but as dog owners has to choice which brand. When choiring a dog food you have to choice what is going to promote my dog growth. Buffalo is the number one choice owners used food feed their dogs. Purina Baneful is on the less cheap side if you don’t a lot of money. The Purina Baneful and Blue Buffalo are too high quailed dog food products in American. The growth is the most important so you have to look into indegredints. Blue Buffalo has varies good food source such as yellow squash, yellow zucchini, yucca, zinc and zinc amino acid chelate. But unlike the Purina Baneful has chicken by products such as animal digest chicken legs sugar, salt rice flour and potassium. If you don’t watch the indegredints in the dog food you might have problems with your pet .You have to always keep that in mind when picking out the dog brands of food between Purina Baneful and Blue Buffalo. Blue Buffalo is a great dog food products because its ingredients are all natural. It’s the number one in the country dog food to used.You can take the True Blue test on-line to see if your dog food you using is a good for your pet. The Blue Buffalo don’t have article colors ,flavors or preservatives such as Purina Baneful .Blue Buffalo is the number one dog food overall for your pet think which one is best for my dog. Purina Baneful is the second in the country because of it has less natural ingredients. It don’t include veggies and fruit which the dog’s...
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...IT 265 Data Structures for Problem Solving Data Structures and Methods 9/20/2014 Phase 5 Contents Executive Summary 4 Phase 1 4 Phase 2 4 Phase 3 4 Phase 4 4 Phase 5 5 Section 1: Lists, Stacks, and Queues 6 Stacks 6 Queues 10 Section 2: Hashing, Heaps and Trees 14 Section 3: Sorting Algorithms 20 Insertion sort 20 Bubble Sort 20 Selection sort 21 Section 4: Searching 22 Array 22 Linked Lists 23 Section 5: Recursion 30 References 33 Executive Summary Phase 1 A list is a collection of items in which the items have a position (Weiss, 2010). A linked list allows data to be input or removed easily because each of the data items in the list is connected to its neighbor by a pointer that can be quickly and easily modified to accommodate new or removed items (CTU M.U.S.E. 2014). The Phase 1 portion of this document will be demonstrating the implementation of Stacks and Queues. Phase 2 Hash tables can be viewed as an array of lists and are used to speed up a search for data by creating a situation that does not require the search to start at the beginning and go through every item. The identifying value is the key and the associated record is the data, thus a hash table is a collection of (key, value) pairs. Phase 3 In order to efficiently use a database, the data must be stored in some sort of order. There are a number of different sorting algorithms; a programmer would choose which one to use depending on the amount...
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...Instructor: Bruce Smith I use Country Best Pet Resort daily for doggie day care and overnight boarding when needed. Country Best Pet Resort offers services for all dogs, but specializes in care for dogs with social issues, particularly those that have been adopted or abused and going through an adjustment or recovery period. Each dog has their own room, with a flat screen TV with webcams, a small bed the size of a baby crib, and a private patio. Each guest is exercised thirty minutes two times a day and can enjoy an outside play area. Grooming services, pet accessories, toys, and candles are available for purchase as well as administering medicine and care for old or sick dogs. Several businesses partner with Country Best Resort such as; veterinarians, food suppliers, and other pet supplies by trading and bartering to promote their products through Country Best customers. For example, Natures Select Dog Food has attractive packaged samples of all their food in the office for the owner to recommend. This dog food is holistic, the dogs love it, priced competitively with the better brands found in pet stores, and is delivered to your home. The owners also have a second business on the property, Blue Ridge Heirloom Nursery, specializing in native plants of the Blue Ridge Mountain region. Customers for the nursery come from four different states for the native plants which creates awareness of the pet resort and vice versa. Country Best Pet Resort...
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...7ft-long blue great dane who could be the world's tallest dog Standing at nearly 43 inches tall from paw to shoulder and weighing a staggering 245lbs could this be the world's new tallest dog? Pictured here in the parks of Tuscon, Arizona, George, a four-year-old blue great dane, looks more like a miniature horse than a dog.  The gentle giant, who measures 7ft 3ins from nose to tail, could be a prime contender to take the title from the former record holder, Gibson, a harlequin Great Dane who passed away from cancer last August. Now George's owners, David and Christine Nasser, are awaiting confirmation from Guinness World Records to see if he has achieved the lofty heights. 'He's 42.625 inches at the shoulder,' said David. 'He's very very unique.' According to David, George consumes 110lbs of food every month, and sleeps alone in his own Queen Size Bed. David and Christine raised George from when he was 7 weeks old, but never expected him to grow so big.  The couple eventually had to move their aptly named dog out of their king sized bed, when he grew too large for the three of them to share the same sheets. Dr. William Wallace of the Buena Pet Clinic in Tucson, who witnessed the documentation necessary for the Guinness record, said: 'In my 45 years of experience working with giant breed dogs, without question, George is the tallest dog I have ever seen.' David is currently rushing to get that necessary documentation into Guinness as other dog owners are...
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...• The common stock of a company is riskier than the debt of the same company. • The interest paid on debt is deductible for tax purposes, whereas dividends paid on common stock are not deductible. 2. The Mountaineer Airline Company has consulted with its investment bankers and determined that they could issue new debt with a yield of 8%. If Mountaineer ' marginal tax rate is 39%, what is the after-tax cost of debt to Mountaineer? rd* = 0.08 (1 – 0.39) = 0.0488 or 4.88% 3. The Blue Dog Company has common stock outstanding that has a current price of $20 per share and a $0.5 dividend. Blue Dog’s dividends are expected to grow at a rate of 3% per year, forever. The expected risk-free rate of interest is 2.5%, whereas the expected market premium is 5%. The beta on Blue Dog’s stock is 1.2. a. What is the cost of equity for Blue Dog using the dividend valuation model? re = {[$0.50(1 + 0.03)] /$20} + 0.03 = 0.05575 or 5.575% b. What is the cost of equity for Blue Dog using the capital asset pricing model? re = 0.025 + (0.05) 1.2 = 0.025 + 0.06 = 8.5% 4. Gaggle Internet, Inc. is evaluating its cost of capital under alternative financing arrangements. In consultation with investment bankers, Gaggle expects to be able to issue new debt at par with a coupon rate of 8% and to issue new preferred stock with a $2.50 per share dividend at $25 a share. The common stock of Gaggle is currently selling for $20.00 a share. Gaggle expects to pay a dividend of $1.50...
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...Analysis Case Recap To begin we must under the nature of the corporation and the market it is looking to advantage from. First in Show Pet Foods, Inc. has a known premium dog food that has been proven through the use of blue ribbon dogs. The brand is known as Show Circuit, which by today’s dog food standards it stands as an organic protein filled dog food. Currently, market research shows consumers regard to organic, non-GMO or additives dog foods. The type of food will be a first full frozen food which requires refrigeration. Problem Identification The problem faced by First in Show Pet Foods, Inc. is marketing a new type of dog food. A dog food that will require refrigeration and freezing will require consumers to break out of their known comfort zone of what a dog food is. Also, a consumer must now share freezer space with their own human food; thus, sharing freezer space will result in consideration of available freezer space and if the consumer wants to share their already limited freezer space. Case Analysis Ambitious, First in Show Pet Foods, Inc. is looking to expand its brand beyond show dogs and into the general market of dog owners. Market research shows a 54% demand increase for a no additives/no preservatives dog food and a 29% demand increase for an All-natural and organic dog food (Kerin and Peterson, 2007). This sharp increase in demand makes First in Show Pet Foods, Inc. poised to take the opportunity to further its brand into an already established...
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...cent each. Soon after he gets the dogs he wants to train them to become great hunting dogs, which is where the story really begins. Billy is eager to teach his brand new puppies hunting techniques so he asked his Grandfather for a raccoon hide. The training for the dogs began when his grandfather gave him a raccoon hide. Billy used the hide by dragging it over a certain path, then he turned lose the hounds and they tracked the hide by the scent. Soon after Billy is finished hunting each day he goes to his Grandfather’s store and talks to some of the more experienced hunters. He learned a great deal of tips and tricks from these more experienced hunters. Autumn comes and Billy is ready to take his young dogs for their first hunt. On this first hunt Old Dan and Little Ann trap a raccoon in one of the biggest trees in the forest. This goes on for a couple of months; they catch a lot of raccoons. Everyday, Billy went to his Grandfathers store were he would trade stories with the older and more experienced hunters. Little did Billy know that he was getting a reputation for having great pair of skilled Coonhounds. Soon all of the Ozark Mountains knew about Billy and his two awesome Coonhounds. The conflict in the story begins when two of the meanest boys in town come in to try to out hunt Billy. During this hunt, Old Dan and Little Ann get in a fight with the Prichard boys dog Old Blue. Old Dan and Little Ann are killing Old Blue and one of the Prichard boys...
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...The Swing How do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the air so blue? Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing Ever a child can do! Up in the air and over the wall, Till I can see so wide, River and trees and cattle and all Over the countryside-- Till I look down on the garden green, Down on the roof so brown-- Up in the air I go flying again, Up in the air and down! Robert Louis Stevenson Because I Could Not Stop for Death( personification) Top of Form Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality. We slowly drove, he knew no haste, And I had put away My labour, and my leisure too, For his civility. We passed the school where children played, Their lessons scarcely done; We passed the fields of gazing grain, We passed the setting sun. We paused before a house that seemed A swelling of the ground; The roof was scarcely visible, The cornice but a mound. Since then 'tis centuries; but each Feels shorter than the day I first surmised the horses' heads Were toward eternity. The poem by Emily Dickinson "Because I could not stop for Death" is know to be one of the best poems in English. Every image extends and intensifies each other. But there are some pro and cons in this poem. The poem helps us to characterize and bring death down to a more personal level. It shows a different perspective of death that the more popular views of death being brutal and...
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...medium of this art work is oil on canvas. The technique she used appears to be heavy brush strokes. The size of the painting is very large, approximately 8x5 Ft. It is a representational work, which displays a small child, two dogs and some regular attributes of a household kitchen. The image can be broken down into the few blocks. On the front, there is a little child, assumingly named Noel, reaching the top of the kitchen cabinet. He is surrounded by two dogs, one of them seating and looking away from the boy. Another dog is positioned next to Noel, towering over the child. The second block includes the floor of the room and the kitchen cabinet with dishes on the top. Third part of the image is the wall behind the desk. It appears to be shaded and out of focus. The overall intensity of colors happens to be fading towards the right side of the paining. It gives balance to the image by counterweighing the representative images on the left. The large kitchen cabinet is painted brightly red, immediately focusing viewer’s attention on itself as a center of composition. All figures are placed on the various levels, which provide space effect in relationship to the floor and vertical axis. The floor is painted with clear lines distinction in yellow, black and blue colors. By looking at the painting from some distance, the relationship between shapes is very thin and objects are highly recognizable. However, by looking from a close distance, it becomes obvious that there is overlapping...
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...Miss Annie’s first husband. He loved Miss Annie and treated her very well. Miss Annie was very beautiful. This led caused Mr. Andrew to be very jealous, so jealous that he made Miss Annie promise not to remarry if he died before her. Unfortunately, Mr. Andrew was the first to die. Miss Annie, however, did not keep her promise. This evokes a feeling of sympathy for Mr. Andrew because he did not get to have his last wish fulfilled after looking after Miss Annie all of his life. Next, Patricia Glinton arouses our sympathy for Mr. Andrew’s dog. When Mr. Andrew died, he left his dog to look after Miss Annie. His dog completed this job faithfully. One dark night, however, while doing his duty, the dog was killed and thrown into a blue hole by a suitor who was trying to get Miss Annie’s attention. The dog does not give up give up, he tries to protect Miss Annie even in death, but he fails. Surely a feeling of compassion can be felt for this dog who gave his life in order to fulfill his late...
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...Black Maltipoo Many people think that the white color on maltipoo dog fur if in pairs with black will be gray. The estimate is wrong, not of course if later the child becomes gray colored maltipoo. Party color or have two different colors. Yet genes are both dominant and recessive determinants. Black Maltipoo is very rare among people because its color is very beautiful and most liked. This section will discuss about maltipoo one hybrid dog with this very charming fur. Why is black maltipo very rare? The black color of the dog is very interesting and is sought by maltipoo lovers. This is because the colors are popular and rare for this type. The study found that most of the black coat grew from tip to root. But, a little part of the hair color...
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...McKinsey & Company McKinsey Problem Solving Test Practice Test © 2010 APTMetrics, Inc. Practice Test McKinsey Problem Solving Test – Practice Test Practice Test Overview and Instructions This practice test has been developed to provide a sample of the actual McKinsey Problem Solving Test used for selection purposes. This test assesses your ability to solve business problems using deductive, inductive, and quantitative reasoning. This practice test contains a total of 26 questions. The actual test contains 26 questions and you will be given 60 minutes to answer as many questions as possible. You will be presented with three scenarios based on actual McKinsey client cases. Information related to each scenario will be shown in text, tables, and exhibits. This information is presented in doublebordered areas and is distributed in sections throughout the scenario. The questions ask you to find the most appropriate answer to the problem as described using only the information presented. You should select one and only one answer to any question. While completing this practice test, do not use any electronic devices (e.g., calculator, computer) when performing calculations to answer the questions. Electronic devices will not be permitted to be used during the actual test administration. Also during the actual test administration, you may use all blank space in the test booklet as scratch paper to assist you in performing any calculations and recording any notes. No scratch...
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...Tessa Childhood Encapsulated Mustard yellow walls encase the room. Walls that make the room seem devastatingly hot in the summer and just right in the winter. The yellow walls are complemented by blue accents throughout the room. A blue bedspread sprinkled with multicoloured flowers, like a cartoon field coating the double bed. Windows surround the bed bathing it in natural light, the windows are trimmed by shear blue curtains all the same shade with different patterns. Curtains that on cool fall days billow softly in the wind. Beside the bed is a small window with a door, into my sister’s room beside mine. The door is often open so that we can engage in late night chats, but is closed when our sleep schedules don’t quite match up. Beside the bed is a white side table topped with a lamp holding a bulb in need of replacing. On this dresser is a stack of Archie comics a retainer and a handful of rocks with images of crudely painted marine life from summers past....
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...the Blue Dolphins 1) Who is Tutok, and what game dd Karana play with her? 2) What do you think these phrases mean? A) "May-nay" B) "Pay-say-no" 3) Why do you think Karana revealed her secret name to Tutok? 4) What gift did Karana make for Tutok? 5) Why did Tutock leave and not return? 6) What did Karana find after the Aleut hunters had left the island? 7) Why did she not treat its wounds? 8) What name did she give to the otter, and what does the name mean? 9) Why did the otter leave the pool where Karana had caredfor it? 10) How did Karana feel about Tutok at the eand of the chapter? Chapters 24 &25 Island of the Blue Dolphins 1) Who are Tainor and Lurai, and why did Rontu hide from them? 2) Who made up Karana's new family? 3) Why did Karana change the otter's name to "Won-A-Nee? 4) What made her decide to never kill another animal? 5) Why did the herd of otter leave Coral Cove in the summertime? 6) How did Karana keep account of the days and years that she lived on the island alone? 7) Rontu went off and did not return. Where did Karana find him and what condition? Chapters 26 & 27 Island of the Blue Dolphins 1) What are snares, and why did Karana make them? 2) Karana made a mixture calles "xuchal". A) What is it made of? B) How did it help her catch the dog she...
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