...Diabetes is on the rise in epidemic proportions. (National Diabetes Fact Sheet, 2011) * Nearly 26 million Americans have diabetes. * Adults with diabetes die of heart disease 2 to 4 times more than people without diabetes. * The risk for stroke is 2 to 4 times higher among people with diabetes. * Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure, nontraumatic lowerlimb amputations, and new cases of blindness among adults in the United States. * Diabetes is a major cause of heart disease and stroke. * Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States. Diabetes does affect corporate America and its bottom line. * In 2007, direct and indirect costs of diabetes total nearly $174 billion a year. * People with diagnosed diabetes, on average have medical expenditures that are 2.3 times higher than what the expenditures would be in the absence of diabetes. * In 2007, Indirect costs include increased absenteeism ($2.6 billion) and reduced productivity while at work ($20.0 billion for the employed population, reduced productivity for those not in the labor force ($0.8 billion), unemployment from disease- related disability ($7.9 billion) and lost productive capacity due to early mortality ($26.9 billion). * Diabetes accounts for 15 million work days absent, 120 million work days with reduced performance, 107 million work days lost due to unemployment disability attributed to diabetes. * People with diabetes have health a related...
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...OSTEOPOROSIS FACT SHEET Jack Fan May 08, 2011 Characteristic Osteoporosis is a disease which where the bones are weak, brittle and is become dangerous for fracture. The results can be brutal because osteoporosis can lead to pain, surgery, disability or even death. Having an osteoporosis can reduce their ability of lead to active lives. Osteoporosis is always referred as “silent disease” because you would not know until your bone is actually fracture or break. Hip, spine and wrist have a higher chance of fracture. Bones are living tissues and old bone cells are always replaced with new bones. There is a kind of special cell where it can build up new bone and another special kind of cells where it break down old bones. The cells that build new bones are call osteoblasts and the cells where it breaks down the old bone are call osteoclasts. This cycle will stop as a person get older and because the old bones did not got replace this could lead to thinning of bone and result of fracture. Symptoms Osteoporotic fracture often hidden in a person for years and even so they may even escape some of diagnosis because they do not have any symptoms before fracture. The symptom of osteoporosis fracture is usually associated with pain; the location of pain depends on the location of fracture. But there are some specific symptoms according to different of bone fracture. Fractures in the vertebra are like a circular pain that radiates from the back to side of the body. The intensity...
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...Dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease) Fact sheet N°359 October 2011 ________________________________________ Key facts • Dracunculiasis is a crippling parasitic disease on verge of eradication, with fewer than 1 800 cases reported in 2010. • It is transmitted exclusively when people who have little or no access to safe-drinking water supply swallow water contaminated with parasite-infected fleas. • Of the 20 countries that were endemic in the mid 1980s, only 4 (all on the African continent) are still reporting cases. • Most cases (97%) occur in newly independent South Sudan. • From the time infection occurs, it takes between 10-14 months for the cycle to complete until a mature worm emerges from the body. ________________________________________ Dracunculiasis (more commonly known as guinea-worm disease) is a crippling parasitic disease caused by Dracunculus medinensis, a long thread-like worm. It is transmitted exclusively when people drink water contaminated with parasite-infected water fleas. Dracunculiasis is rarely fatal but infected people become non-functional for months. It affects people in rural, deprived and isolated communities who depend mainly on open water sources such as ponds. Scope of the problem During the mid 1980s there were an estimated 3.5 million cases in 20 countries worldwide, 16 of which were in Africa. The number of reported cases declined throughout the 1990s to reach fewer than 10 000 cases in 2007. This number dropped further to...
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...S&P/ASX 200 VIX The S&P/ASX 200 VIX (ASX Code: XVI) is a real-time index that reflects the market’s expected volatility in the Australian benchmark equity index, the S&P/ASX 200. Real-time bid/ask prices for S&P/ASX 200 (XJO) put and call options are used to derive a weighted average of the implied volatility being incorporated into the options. Two maturities are used with the nearby having at least a week until expiry. The volatility of the options closest to maturity is interpolated with that of the options farthest from maturity to arrive at a constant 30 day indication of expected volatility in S&P/ASX 200.1 Volatility indicators such as the volatility index are often perceived to exhibit characteristics of mean reversion by oscillating around a long term average (or mean). In other words, a move away from the long term average towards high or low extremes is usually followed by a move back towards the long term average. The implication of mean reversion is that high levels of volatility may be followed by a return to more normal levels of volatility and very low levels of volatility may be pre-cursors to an increase in volatility. The volatility index value is similar to rate of return volatility with the volatility index reported as an annualised standard deviation percentage that can be converted to a shorter time period. For instance, a volatility index value of 20% can be converted to a monthly figure remembering that volatility scales at the square root of time...
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...Motto: “To inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person, one cup, and one neighborhood at a time” Logo: [pic] Overview: • Established in 1971 at Seattle, Washington as a gourmet coffee shop • Specializes in sales of coffee and coffee related equipment • The Starbucks logo is an image of a twin-tailed siren • Product lines include : − beverages (coffee, Tazo tea, soda, juices) − pastries − whole coffee beans − coffee-related hardware and equipment − merchandise (mug, CDs) Corporate governance: • Originators: Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker • Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks • Orin C. Smith was President and CEO of Starbucks from 2001 to 2005. • January 2008, Chairman Howard Schultz resumed his roles as President and CEO after an eight year break, replacing Jim Donald Growth of Starbucks: • Starbucks was started by Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. • The original owners purchased green coffee beans from Peet's Coffee and Tea, then began buying directly from growers • 1982 – Howard Schultz joined Starbucks as Director of Retail Operations and Marketing • He wanted to change the company’s focus away from in home coffee production and coffee bean retailing, to also include selling coffee drinks. • 1986 – Howard Schultz established II Giornale Coffee Company. • 1987 – II Giornale acquired...
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...Jordan Lebanon Philippines 2 30 Morocco 2 87 3 29 49 3 28 7 5 27 31 6 26 Total 6 25 19 8 24 13 8 23 7 8 22 (1) 12 21 Inter’l 16 20 68 16 19 36 18 18 - 18 17 32 23 14 UK 27 12 Total 28 11 Equity 30 9 JV 72 7 Franchise 78 6 COSTA OPENINGS SUMMARY 108 3 • Growth target – £2.5Billion system sales by 2020 • Average spend per head – £2.73 • Most popular food – Caramel Shortbread • Most popular drink – Latte • Coffee Club card used in c.42% of all transactions • c.2.7m active Coffee Club cardholders 351 2 WHITBREAD: COSTA China Facts COSTA EXPRESS SUMMARY 14/15 UK Net Installs Total 3,954 321 4,275 Inter’l 338 95 433 Total 4,292 416 4,708 WWW.WHITBREAD.CO.UK...
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...Concussions In The NFL The Problem * A hit or a bolt to the head ultimately causes a concussion, which is classified as a traumatic brain injury. * Concussions can also be caused by an excessive blow to the body that causes a person’s head to move back and forth, which causes the brain to bounce around or twist in the skull. * Concussions within the National Football League have become a serious health risk due to the fact that athletes were playing in games before their concussions had completely healed, which puts athletes vulnerable to increased injury. * Many retired NFL football players have suffered memory and cognitive issues, such as dementia, Alzheimer’s, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and depression. Indicators of Concussions * During the 2012 NFL football season, there were 265 concussions reported. * From the 2010 season to the 2012 season, the amount of concussions per season only decreased from 270 to 265. * In the 2012, players who suffered concussions have been linked to severe memory loss, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and player suicide. * Mike Webster’s death in 2002 was the first to relate concussions in the NFL with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and death. * In 2012, autopsies of Ray Easterling and Junior Seau both showed evidence of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. * This concerning evidence led to relation of concussions and deaths for several more NFL players. * Chris Henry, a former Cincinnati...
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...Fact Sheet Mission Novant Health exists to improve the health of our communities, one person at a time. Vision We, the employees of Novant Health and our physician partners, will deliver the most remarkable patient experience, in every dimension, every time. Values Compassion: We treat our customers and their families, staff and other healthcare providers as family members with kindness, patience, empathy and respect. Diversity: We recognize that every person is different, each shaped by unique life experiences. This enables us to better understand each other and our customers. Personal Excellence: We strive to grow personally and professionally and approach each service opportunity with a positive, flexible attitude. Honesty and personal integrity guide all we do. Teamwork: The needs and expectations of any one customer are greater than what one person's service efforts can satisfy. We support each other so that together as a team, we can be successful in the eye of the customer as a quality service provider. Inpatient facilities (hospitals)* | 13 | Partnership hospital | 1 | Licensed beds | 2,707 | Physician clinic locations | 343 | Primary service area | NC, SC, VA, GA | Employees | 24,400 | Medical group physicians | 1,123 | Emergency department visits | 542,000 | Surgeries | 121,000 | Births | 18,000 | Inpatient discharges | 122,000 | Physician medical group visits | 3,700,000 | Founded | July 1, 1997 | * Novant Health hospitals include...
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...Smith, Thank you for your phone call last week requesting a legal advice. In this letter, I will provide you with my legal opinion concerning the facts you gave to me so you can make a qualified decision regarding the charges you face. First I will restate the facts, as I know them, to confirm their accuracy. Next, I will give you my opinion on whether a conviction for insider dealing is a potentiality. In your phone call you said, that you have received a call from City of London Police who wanted you to come in for an interview under caution due to evidence stating that you have been insider dealing. Regarding the facts of the case you explain, that you work for Stevens Management buying and selling orders and your wife works in the financial department in Transeit, a company which has been taken over by Microsoft. Before the offer from Microsoft became public the shares in Transeit shot up in value. According to the claim from the police exactly three days before the offer became public you excluded a sale of 500 Transeit shares. What makes your situation problematic is the fact that you had access to confidential information about the offer before it was made public due to your wife’s work. Whether you excluded the shares in your own name or in the name of the company your work for may also be relevant to the case. Due to the facts you have presented me it seem that the police have a strong case against you. The success of your case relies on persuading the police that you...
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...September 1, 2015 Mr. Rick Hermann 9035 Masi Drive Fair Oaks, CA 95528 Dear Mr. Hermann I noticed today that your current home listing in Fair Oaks has recently expired. My goal is to introduce myself, and tell you about Placer Hills Real Estate. We can offer you attention and services that are unmatched by other real estate companies. . I am also a Whitney Hills resident, and I primarily work in this area with buyers and sellers. As a matter of fact, I have shown your beautiful home to potential buyers. There was a lot of detail and thought put into your home. Your home has many unique features and upgrades making it an excellent value among homes currently on the market in this price range The service and experience I can offer, when helping you with your selling needs, is unmatched. Working together with you, I am confident that we can analyze your present and future goals, and help you obtain them. If you are curious as to the type of activity that has been occurring in your area, or you would like to discuss your needs and goals, I would be more than happy to come by and talk with you. Gaining your trust and confidence for the building of a solid relationship for the future is my first priority. Feel free to call me to set up an appointment if you would like a unique perspective for marketing your home from someone with thorough knowledge and experience with homes in your neighborhood. I look forward to talking with you soon. Best regards, Emma...
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...invalid. In general, students are compensating tons of bills in availing education. Mere fact, no institutions are offering low prized education and as a matter of fact, education itself is expensive. The availability of money is a factor for students to purchase education. Without money, we are always on the verge of hanging ourselves because we ought to know that money is power. In my daily life, being a student is nor hard and easy. Technically speaking, students are classified as; Responsible and irresponsible student. Responsible is when they spend money for the sake of education, for personal means, and any other positive reasons. Example paying the fare, food, and sometimes load. Those students who are irresponsible tend to spend money for their pleasure, leisure, and any other negative things that contradicts the real purpose. Education is valuable, so we really need to give value in order to avail it. Failing Grades Real students have the attitude of taking things for granted. Ever since, we only want what is top for us and we assume to get it in an easier way. But no matter how hard we try to be good, we always end up complaining though we already know that we only did what is easy did not exert effort. Many reasons are popping out due to the continuous and rampant failing of grades, such as; laziness, procrastination, time management and even consider the fact of love problems. There are even instances that students are under peer pressure that results...
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...Austin Alejos Ms. Garr Freshmen Convocation August 30, 2015 Freshmen Convocation Freshmen convocation was a meeting at the J. Schiedger Center for all freshmen to welcome them and talk about the university. I learned many cool new things and interesting facts. One of them was that this incoming freshmen class is the top academic class ever which is pretty cool to think since Lindenwood is the second oldest school west of the Mississippi. Another fact that I learned was that there are 815 incoming freshmen in this class and out of those there are 173 international students which is a ton. Out of those 815 freshmen, we come from 35 states and 37 countries. 518 out the 815 students have a 3.0 GPA or higher, which is 14% higher from last years’ freshmen class. Another interesting fact was that the average ACT score of the incoming freshmen is a 23.24. The President and all of the other people just talked about these facts and how proud they are of them and then the “voices only” group came on the stage and sang a couple songs for us. I learned quite a bit about the university that I did not know and was very surprised and honored to be apart of a class as high academic achieving as ours is. They also talked about all of the activities and sports they have here (which I am already on the baseball team), you can get involved in at Lindenwood and they all sounded like a lot of fun and great opportunities. I took away from that experience that this is a great and very...
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...Conformity and Control, The Story of Green Eggs and Jam By: TheSarcasmLord After watching Green Eggs and Jam, many people laugh at the silly video and take it for nothing more than meaningless entertainment, but in fact it has some deep meaning. Green Eggs and Jam by Jason Gastrow is a parody and perspective shift of the classic book Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss, and can be viewed here on youtube. In Green Eggs and Jam, Gastrow takes the original concept of Green Eggs and Ham and follows the idea that in actuality Sam is fairly pushy for trying to force his opinion onto others. This aspect is not touched on in the original book, and it brings up the important point that if someone’s opinion is contrary to another person’s it should be...
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...App. 2002) Facts of the Case: Micro Enhancement International (MEI) was a software development company that was on the about to have an IPO. They hired Coopers and Lybrand as the auditor. The IPO for MEI was delayed because Coopers and Lybrand were resisting some of MEI’s recognized revenue and were threating to add a “going concern” to the audit. In the end Coopers and Lybrand allowed MEI to recognize the revenue and took away the “going concern” qualification. By the time the issue was settled MEI had lost the underwriter for the IPO and then went bankrupt shortly after. MEI sued Coopers and Lybrand for multiple things, but then wanted to add a breach of fiduciary duty. MEI’s CEO Staples said that, “he trusted Coopers and that Coopers had agreed to do the audit to do the Audit and to serve as MEI’s business advisor…” The judge denied this request and MEI appealed. Procedural History: The judge denied MEI’s request to add the breach of fiduciary duty so MEI appealed. Legal Issue: The issue in this case is the establishment of Cooper and Lybrand’s fiduciary duty to MEI. If this duty is established then MEI will get to add that breach, however, if not, the judge’s original ruling will be affirmed. Reasoning/Analysis: The first thing is to understand what causes a fiduciary duty. There are two types, Matter of Law (between a attorney and client, physicians and patients, partners and partnerships, and close friends/relatives) or a Matter of Fact, which means that...
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...is the ability to influence a group toward the achievement of a vision or set of goals. It can be determined that Leadership Today is not able provide this influence. In order for this company to achieve success it must change the way it is being lead. Thus, in order to this Kouzes and Posner (2010) consider that a number of 10 enduring truths about leadership will help the company or the leader to think, decide, and also to act more effectively. The first truth is about inspiring or making the leader to think that he posses skills through which he can have a positive impact on other, believe in him self and in his ability to make a difference. The next one is called “credibility is the foundation of leadership” and refers to the fact that the others need to have trust in the leader as well in order to make things flow. The third truth is called “values drive commitment” and refers to individuals wanting to know what the leader is standing for, what he believes in and what are his values. The fourth truth is about the ability to vision exciting future possibilities, take future perspectives,...
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