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    Vitamin K as any other vitamin plays a crucial role in our body as vitamins and minerals are essential nutrients for our body to perform daily activities. Vitamins are al-so needed “to promoted and regulated growth, reproduction and maintenance of health” (HMKN 205 notes). All vitamins and minerals play a key role in our body and they each have different functions, however vitamin k is really important because it plays a really significant role in blood clotting and bone health. Vitamin k was “discov-ered

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    Korean Drama is a television series, ranging from 16 to 30 episodes depending on its broadcasting network. Each episode usually lasts an hour and is aired once or twice a week. One of the popular terms incorporated with the advent of Korean Dramas is the term “Hallyu wave”. Hallyu wave refers to “a surge in the international visibility of Korean culture” (Ravina, 2009, p.3). “Korean Wave refers to the cultural phenomenon in which people in the world are willing to adopt and consume Korean popular

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    I. Question 1 Courts have identified two categories of fiduciary relationships: The first is “inherently fiduciary” and the second is “fact-based”. The circumstances in which a fiduciary relationship would arise include: A. Undertaking of trust and confidence Mostly, fiduciary relationships involve an agreement where one party accepts from another on trust, the exercise of a power or discretion over his or her interests. The agreement does not need to be contractual. The key criterion is whether

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    Kpop is a genre that is heavily criticized in America but embraced in the Asian Community. I was only exposed to classical music and Kpop until I was in the fourth grade. So naturally, I was influenced by the beautiful doll like people with colorful hair on those shining stages. I have had many professions that I wanted to follow, but I gradually lost interest in most and picked up new ones. Becoming an idol in Korea was the only one that remained the one thing I wanted to be. As a young child

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    Keurig Green Mountain (GMCR), the maker of quick-serve coffee machines and those ubiquitous coffee pods, plans to cut its workforce by 5% after reporting a massive sales slump in the third quarter, the company said Thursday. Keurig shares fell nearly 28% in morning trading on the news. The company said the job cuts are part of a "multi-year productivity program" that will save $300 million over the next three years. The news comes as Keurig says it struggled to sell its coffee machines and pods

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    Personal Financial Plan

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    Personal Financial Plan FIS 210 Personal Finance Axia College of the University of Phoenix As I begin my personal financial plan, I will start with my goals for different points in my life. This will outline the overall plan for getting my finances in order. Even though I may not have enough time to complete my goals, completing my goals are important because of financial well-being and being able to retire comfortably. I will start with my long-term goals for my future. One long-term

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    To start off, I will be explaining what Kpop is, what is the “Hallyu” wave, and Local vs Global identities. My second section is the K-pop production: what idols are, how idol groups are formed so that will be like recruitment, training, the so called “death contracts,” etc. My third section will be about where K-pop differs from American pop. This will already be mentioned in the first section but this will be in depth research on such “differences,” and this section will

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    fundamental processes within a ‘coagulation cascade’. If one of the in vivo processes is altered within the cascade the cycle cannot complete with the formation of Thrombin. [Figure 2] Warfarin is an antagonist of vitamin K used to treat reoccurrence of DVT and pulmonary embolisms. ‘Stenflo & Nelsestuen, 1974’ showed prothrombin ‘the precursor to thrombin’ to contain a number of glutamate residues relating to the amino acid γ-carboxyglutamic acid (Gla). Antagonism in the

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    Introduction: For Massachusetts state employees, like myself, there is one big decision that has to be made after being employed. That decision is if you are going to select the State Employee Retirement System (MSERS), or the Optional Retirement Plan (ORP). Upon employment, any contributions are immediately put into the MSRES system; the employee has 180 days to indicate that he/she would like to switch over to the ORP. Once the decision is made it is irreversible. Because there is no reversing

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    As I have stated earlier, the Chaebols have gained significant advantage to become the top class due to government control of the financial system in the 1960s. The power and wealth of the chaebol could be best explained by the music video “Gangnam Style”, produced by Park Jaesang, who is known as Psy in the video. As of June 2014, on the CNN Entertainment website stated that “Gangnam Style” has “charted a new record: 2 billion YouTube views” (Conlon, 2014) and has become the most watched video

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