← The United States Coast Guard (USCG) ← The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven U.S uniformed service. Their role is critical to national security. Its mission is to protect the public‚ the environment‚ and America’s economic interests in the nation’s ports and waterways. The Coast Guard values diversity‚ teamwork‚ and responsiveness. Their mission in valuing diversity is to build a positive and respectful work
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Lyons Document Storage Corporation: Bond Accounting In December 2008 Rene Cook sat in her cubicle trying to remember what she had learned in business school about bonds and bond accounting. Ms. Cook‚ a new MBA and special assistant in a training assignment with the company president‚ had just met with David Lyons‚ president of Lyons Document Storage Corporation. He had asked her to think about the possible consequences of repurchasing company bonds outstanding using cash that he felt could
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Overview: Economic Issues in the Middle East on Oil In today’s society one of the economic issues has been in the Middle East on oil. Oil was the backbone of the western countries and it was very important to imperial and super powers‚ such as France‚ Britain‚ United States of America and the former Soviet Union. One critic says‚ “That the declining Ottoman Empire paved way for the rising European imperial and colonial powers interested in securing various territories and controlling access to
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A PLACE WHICH NEEDS ATTENTION: THE EAST The term Orientalism‚ was used by the West‚ to define the East. Orientalism is the perspective of the West‚ the way they see the East. The West here‚ is the Western Europe and the East is rest of it. Also Said divided Orientalism into two groups which are “latent and manifest Orientalism.” Nineteenth century scholars were mostly interested in Manifest Orientalism which is things we can observe about the Orient like language‚ literature‚ art‚ history. Most
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East End Community Services is a nonprofit organization founded by Jan Lepore-Jentleson in 1998 to serve the people of East Dayton. Before founding East End Community Services‚ Jan Lepore-Jentleson‚ the executive director‚ asked parents and members of the community what are their “most immediate needs.” The overwhelming and devastating response was “our children have no dreams” (Machi 2015). As on offshoot of St. Mary’s Development Corporation‚ Lepore-Jentleson launched East End Community Services
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STARBUCKS Entering the Netherlands Starbucks‚ Entering the Netherlands Student: Bart Verhulst Student number: 20024409 Supervisor: Mr. Kandou Date: ”The Hague School of European Studies” Haagse Hogeschool‚ Den Haag Executive summary In this thesis‚ the luxury coffee company Starbucks has been well described‚ although many aspects of the company have been left out of consideration in order to keep it relevant and clear. However‚ while Starbucks has not entered the
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BONDS Bonds pay fixed coupon (interest) payments at fixed intervals (usually every six months) and pay the par value at maturity. Par value = $1‚000 Coupon = 6.5% or par value per year‚ or $65 per year ($32.50 every six months). Maturity = 28 years (matures in 2032). Issued by AT&T. Types of Bonds Debentures - unsecured bonds. Subordinated debentures - unsecured “junior” debt. Mortgage bonds - secured bonds. Zeros - bonds that pay only par value at maturity; no coupons. Junk bonds - speculative or
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Excerpt from FS Series #1: enabling sub-sovereign bond issuances B3. Case 3: Alternative Financing for Water Utilities — Lessons from a Failed Bond Issue in Indonesia B3a. Background and Environment PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN THE WATER SECTOR HAS BEEN VIRTUALLY ABSENT IN INDONESIA. ACHIEVING INDONESIA’S MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL‚ TO HALVE THE PROPORTION OF PEOPLE WITHOUT SUSTAINABLE ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER AND BASIC SANITATION BY 2015‚ WOULD REQUIRE A TENFOLD ANNUAL INCREASE IN INVESTMENTS
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ENGLISH ESSAY OH EAST IS EAST Oh‚ East is East‚ and West is West‚ and never the twain shall meet. This is a part of Raudyard Kippling’s poem The Ballad of East and West. This poem is perfect to use as an explanation to why Brick Lane is so different. Brick Lane is dominated by people from the east‚ especially Hindis and Bangladeshis. The cultural differences between the East and West are major. They have different religion‚ food‚ language and even clothes. The West has more of a modern way of thinking
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The United States serves as a giant puzzle. From coast to coast‚ each region of land is slowly being put together. This is very similar to westward expansion. From 1801 to1844‚ westward expansion spread rapidly and America experienced a serious change in national unity. During this period territorial expansion had a very large impact and overall brought Americans together. During the early 1800’s (1800-1823) the Louisiana Purchase and Treaty of 1818 increased national unity. The Louisiana Purchase
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