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Net present value

Net present value is a measure of how much value could be added to an initial cash outflow by undertaking an investment. It is the difference between project’s market value and its cost. NPV accounts for the time value of money by expressing future cash flows in terms of their value today. It recognises that money has a cost (interest), so that one would prefer to have a certain amount of money, say £10 today to having £10 a year from now. If there is an interest rate of 20% when the money is invested, £10 today wil

Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling was an english short-story writer, novelist and poet. He was born in 1865 in Bombay, India, where his father was a teacher at the School of Art. India was at that time British colony.
In 1878 Kipling atended United Services College. It was an expensive institution specialized in training for entry into military academies. Kipling returned to India in 1882, where he worked as a journalist. The stories written during his last two years in India were the famous story The Man Who Would Be a King, The Man Who Was and famous no

Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book was written by Rudyard Kipling and it’s probably his most known prose.

The hero of the story is a boy named Mowgli. When he was a little baby, Shere Khan, a big tiger, attacked his parents. They lost him and let him there. Fortunately, a wolf found him and brought him home to his wife. A wolf couple, which recently had their own four small wolfs, adopted Mowgli and protected him from Shere Khan. Akela, the wolf leader, said that Mowgli needs two other patrons besides the wolf couple. And so

Saints

Saints

Did they actually exists or were they only a legend? What sort of men were they ? Why are they saints? This question and many others occures to me for this theme.

They are mostly heroes, who became famous during the wars or they were martyred. Each of them has his own nameday which is in different countries celebrated as a national feast.

But I am not a Christian and I do not believe in Christian Got or in other gots! Yes, I know that some people in our planet (or in the Czech Republic, if you wa

Scénář k velkofilmu Titanik 1/3

„Titanic“
a screenplay by James Cameron

Cast:

KATE WINSLET... Rose DeWitt Bukater
LEONARDO DICAPRIO... Jack Dawson
KATHY BATES... The Unsinkable Molly Brown
BILLY ZANE... Caledon Hockley
BILL PAXTON... Brock Lovett

Written and Directed by:

JAMES CAMERON



1 BLACKNESS

Then two faint lights appear, close together... growing brighter. They resolve into two DEEP SUBMERSIBLES, free-falling toward us like express elev

Science and Technology

Basic vocabulary
tool, power, shelter, machinery, muscle power, augment, alternative sources, manufacture/manufacturing, acceleration, landowner, create, urban working class, drain mines, home-made production, machine-made production, reveal, electrical engineering, commercial scale, carbon arc lamp, electric bulb, distribute, flow though wires, international-combustion engine, petrol driven motorcar, enable sth, explosion of a bomb, current source of energy, blast furnace, charcoal, coke, synthetized drug, insulin, growth hormone, produ

Science has gone too far

Science has gone too far

We all know how fast is growing calculation power of computers. Two-year-old computer has half a speed of the new one. This drives computer engineers to finding new technologies to boost the power.

Scientists are now stesting optical and biological technologies. Some new discoveries are quite controversial, for example central processing unit (CPU) of new generation could be made from mortally dangerous virus ebola.

Although scientists are trying to breed a new virus variety, th

Scotland

Scotland is perhaps the best-known country without its own indepence in the Word. This tiny country fought for its own indepence, and visualization many years.
Scotland is known as the exlusive exporter of the famous drink „whisky“. It is impossible for us to imagine a bar, a restaurant or a pub without this drink.
Only in Scotland men wear skirts called kilts. The kilt was originaly a kind of blanket which was vraped around the body and held togetherby a belt. We must say that the scottish garb is unique. There are also typic

Seven Natural Wonders of the World

Seven Natural Wonders of the World

To define the official seven natural wonders of the world was not a hard task, even though many other “Seven natural wonders” exist. The most famous are the following:


Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon, an exceptionally deep canyon in the state of Arizona in the United States, is excavated by the Colorado River, which began to erode app. 6 million years ago. The Grand Canyon is 446 km long, up to 29 km wide, and more than 1500 m deep. Sections of the canyon and close a

Shifting cultivation - open door policy with regard to immigration

All wealthy countries should have an ‘open door’ policy with regard to immigration.’ Do you agree with this statement? /Argumentative/

At the very beginning I want to talk about what does an ‘open door’ policy means. It is a policy, which allows emmigrants to come into the country without any problems. I think it means that everybody is welcome. But the statement shows us that wealthy countries should have open door policy. It is really a good idea?

A first thing against this statement is about people who v

SHOPPING

SHOPPING

When we go shopping , we can go either to a big department store or to the shop which specializes in some extra goods, e.g.:

The greengrocer specializes in fruit and vegetables, butcher in meat, baker in bread and cakes, ironmonger in metal goods( tools, nails, pans, pots), florist in flowers, draper in clothes, fishmonger in fish, etc…

My favourite shop is a self-service shop Křib, because is near my home. When I go in I put a basket or a trolley. Opposite to me there is a corner with bread

Should Drugs Be Legalized?

For several decades drugs have been one of the major problems of society. There have been escalating costs spent on the war against drugs and countless dollars spent on rehabilitation, but the problem still exists. Not only has the drug problem increased but drug related problems are on the rise. Drug abuse is a killer in our country. Some are born addicts (crack babies), while others become users.

The result of drug abuse is thousands of addicts in denial. The good news is the United States had 25,618 total arrests and 81,762 dru

Sinead OConnor (životopis známé osobnosti)

I like listening music very much.Especially
pop musicI listen a lot. Person of pop music which I
like is Irish popular singerSinéad O’Connor.
She was born in Dublin on 8thof December
1966. She was third of four children. Whem she was
eight years old, her parents were divorced and she
stayed living with her mother. But she had never get
on well with her, so in 1979 she run away from home,
did not go to school and sometimes stole something
in shops.
When was caught by the po

Skies

It was cold and cloudy night,
When I suddenly saw a light,
The light was shining through,
I need beer, it is true.

I got dressed and made a tea,
Then, I dumped it on the bonsai tree,
-Because- I can feel it in my heart,
I need some beer in my mind.

-Now- I’m in a pub, having fun,
You know what? I’m the one!
Catching chicks for their tits,
I need beer, for it fits.

Mostly I like teens,
But when I see the slot machines,
I for

Skotsko - vynálezy (Inventions and inventors)

JAMES WATT (1736-1819)

James Watt didn't invent the steam engine. The first steam engine was patented in 1698, the year James Watt's father was born. James Watt improved steam engine's efficiency enormously, making them the versatile workhorse of the Industrial Revolution. In 1764 he was given a model Newcomen engine to repair. The major problem with the Newcomen engine was that three quaters of the steam was wasted in heating the cold cylinder up to 100 degrees before the steam stopped condensing and started genera

South Bank of River Thames

South Bank of River Thames

We can find there Tower Bridge, London Bridge, National Theatre, Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elisabeth Hall, Westminster Bridge, and for example Waterloo Bridge. We can get there underground route „Waterloo“. South Bank is the modern complex of buildings(they are from glass and concrete). Complex was build in last ten years.

South Bank include 3 phase of construction:
1. Royal Festival Hall
- here are made concerts
- the main hall has 3000 places
- in the larg

Sport and Games

Sport and Games are activities that are well known for everybody of us.People started to do sports and games many years ago,but the biggets boom was the last century.With comin of new technologies people got new posibilites and new ideas how to spend their spare time for pleasure,but not only fot it.Sport are one of the most popular leisure time activities,are very god for active relaxation and are important for our physical and menthal health.Can be denifed as an activity that gives enjoyment or recreation.Such a form of relaxation as sports i

Sport in Australia

Not sure about what to do in Australia ? Try some sports !!


Australia is a sporting nation and as part of the Commonwealth, it has many simular games and sports as we do here in Europe and particularly in U.K.And why are Auzzies that dependent on sports ? That is the object of this report.
A generally temperate climate, relatively low-cost access to tennis courts, golf courses and other sporting facilities, and the presence of beaches and waterways, open spaces and bushland, encourage Australians to take up outdoor a

Sports and Games

Sports and games are activities that are well known for everybody of us. People started to do sports and play games many years ago, but the biggest boom was the last century. With coming of new technologies people got new possibilities and new ideas how to spend their spare time for pleasure, but not only for it. People do the sports because they want to keep fit, build their muscles and make their body look better. It is also very good (the best) kind of relaxation. It helps to keep our mental health in order. The majority of people do the spo

Sports and games

Sports are one of the most popular leisure time activities.This is mainly due to the fact that they help one to keep fit both physicaly and mentally.Such a form of relaxation as sports is refreshing, can help také off some weight, and makes use of one’s skills and strenght.Last, but no least, during sports events one can meet a lot of new people and see how it feels to be winner or a loser.
Usually all sports and games are further differentiated into two groups according to where they can be practised.Indoor sports inculde for example

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