from the past. This is the case for the numerous communities in Lois Lowry’s The Giver. By masterfully twisting together the idea of the the community’s lack of wisdom‚ the suffering of the Giver and his trainee‚ Jonas‚ and finally the lack of human bonds‚ Lois Lowry writes a tale of loneliness and heartache. Through words‚ she proves to the reader that memories are meant to be shared. Humans are constantly making mistakes‚ but what keeps them from repeating the error? Memories from the past provide
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Smythson of Bond Street is a British luxury leather goods and personalized stationery brand. It is a synonym of exclusivity‚ discreet good taste‚ elegance‚ and British heritage. It was founded in 1887 in London and ever since‚ the brand has received clients such as the Queen Victoria‚ the Royal Family‚ Grace Kelly‚ and Madonna. Besides that‚ Smythson is positioned as the “British Hermès” according to its current CEO Andy Janowski; whom along with the new Design Director Rory O’ Honlon wants to consolidate
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Wealth Transfers among and between Bond Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions: Evidence from Bond Tender Offers Matthew T. Billett* and Ke Yang ** March 2011 Abstract: We explore the wealth effects of mergers and acquisitions to bondholders at the bond issue level using a sample of mergers and acquisitions that involve a tender offer for one or more of the target or acquiring firms’ bond issues. Over the period 2000-2008 such tender offers occur in 32% of the mergers and acquisitions involving targets
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Running Head: ATTACHMENT THEORY Attachment Theory: A Bond for Specific Others Abstract Attachment theory is the joint work of John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth that examine a special emotional relationship that involves an exchange of comfort‚ care‚ and pleasure. John Bowlby devoted extensive research to the concept of attachment and describes it as a connectedness between individuals that is psychologically lasting and through Mary Ainsworth’s innovative methodology not only has
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Whenever there is a Bond film‚ there is always a Bond girl. She is as indispensable as the gadgets‚ the car‚ the chase and the villain set on overtaking the earth. They have always been in the centre of controversy; they have always been branded as beautiful women (often with sexually overt names) who need Bond and ironically‚ Bond cannot complete his mission without them. They always seem to have perfection in everything they do. However‚ this portrayal of women can be somewhat unrealistic. Some
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Conventional bonds are debt securities issued by governments or corporations that promise to make payment periodically for a given period (Mishkin and Eakins‚ 2012). Islamic Bonds‚ referred to as Sukuk‚ is a certificate of a debt instrument which complies with Islamic law (Thomas‚ Cox & Kraty‚ 2005). Both conventional bond and Sukuk bears profit and are traded over the stock exchange market and over the counter (OTC). They are used to raise capital of a company on a normal yield price with a
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The Importance of Bond Market Development Since the Asian crisis‚ considerable attention has been paid to the role of corporate bond markets in overall. Crises like the Asian one gave following lessons: Foreign exchange exposures can be devastating Foreign capital flows can be volatile The risk of liquidity and maturity mismatches can be very acute and is a source of systemic risk These risks can be mitigated through the development of financial sector and this goes hand in hand with
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Barry Bonds is the best baseball player of all time. Even before people accused him of using steroids‚ Bonds accomplished things on the baseball field that most can only dream of. Bonds started his career in the National League in 1986‚ as a member of the Pittsburg Pirates. His first four years in the League started slow and his numbers were very average for an every-day MLB player. From then on out‚ there was nothing average about Bonds’ career. Throughout the next 10 years‚ from
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Case: Corning Inc.‚ Zero coupon convertible Bonds Cornhill needs funds to the order of $ 3.6 billion in cash to complete the acquisition of Pirelli. The company currently is planning to come up with an equity issue to raise $ 2.1375 billion at $ 71.25 per share. The remaining part of the fund requirements is furbished using zero coupon convertible debentures due in 2015‚ priced at $ 741.923 per $ 1‚000 principal amount. This offering price yields 2% p.a. compounded semi-annually. Corning is raising
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RANT Dropped and Blocked Calls Classification Summary (WCDMA Network MTN South Africa) 1 Introduction 2 2 Dropped Calls Classification 3 2.1 Missing Neighbours 3 2.2 Poor Coverage 4 2.3 Bad Radio Environment 5 2.4 Congestion 6 2.5 Not Radio 7 2.6 Equipment Fault 8 3 Blocked Calls Classification 9 3.1 Missing Neighbour 10 3.2 Poor RF (Bad Coverage and Radio Environment) 11 3.3 Equipment Fault (UE) 12 3.3.1 Security and Authentication Mode Failure 12 3.3.2 UE Freeze 13 3.4 Not Radio
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