Monogatari Series The series was first created by Nisio Isin as a series of short stories for Mephisto magazine. While his previous Zaregoto series featured large casts of characters‚ each Bakemonogatari story tends to introduce only one new character. The previously published stories‚ and some new ones‚ were eventually collected in two volumes as part of the Kodansha Box launch titles on November 1‚ 2006 and December 1‚ 2006. The first volume contains three stories titled Hitagi Crab
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The 1920’s and 1980’s are similar in many ways. Their similarities are social‚ economical‚ and political. Some of the similarities between the decades are Prohibition and the War on Drugs‚ the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and 1987‚ and the influence of music on society. Prohibition was passed as the 18th amendment‚ that importing‚ exporting‚ transporting‚ and manufacturing of alcohol was to be put to an end. Prohibition did not achieve its goals. Instead‚ it added to the problems that it intended
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Cars created in the 50s were of a different style. Manufactured by brands such as General Motors‚ Chrysler‚ Cadillac‚ they often had bright colors‚ chromed metal bumpers‚ and shiny hubcaps (Kagan 66-67). Cars seemed to dominate many activities in the decade. Drive-in theaters‚ Drive-in banks‚ and even Drive-in Laundromats sprang up around the country
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for interpretation is an extract from the novel “From W. S.” by L.P.Hartley‚ a British writer‚ known for novels and short stories. L.P. Hartley was a highly skilled narrator and all his tales are admirably told. As a contemporary reviewer remarked‚ “not only does he portray the exterior of social life with a novelist’s sharp eye for detail‚ but he also explores the underworld of fears and fantasies through which we wander in our ugliest dreams”. “From W.S.” comes from “The Complete Short Stories of
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1. If people were to compare children’s experience from now to the 1970’s‚ most would say that children no longer play outside. Although that is partly true due to entertainment media‚ there are other reasons why children no longer play outside as much. Before‚ many women were mostly housekeepers. They made sure that the house was clean‚ and they watched over all the children. Today‚ many more women work in the labor force‚ so the time that children spend outside in creative play has decreased. Nevertheless
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Balance Sheet Analysis The Chrysler Group’s current assets continue to increase at a normal rate from year to year. This is good news for any company‚ but especially for Chrysler since they recently came out of a financial crisis. If you look at the balance sheet for the Chrysler Group‚ after computing the common-size and percentage change analysis‚ you are able to configure that the current assets steadily increase around 15% each year. Also‚ the total assets increase almost to a total of 10%
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Examine the salient features of the Phillips`s Curves. How might elementary textbooks be criticised for writing ‘inflation’ on the vertical axis? Introduction Philips curve‚ named after A.W. Philips‚ has caused many fierce debates in the area of macroeconomics since the World War II. Based on the data of wages and employment in UK from 1861to 1957‚ Phillips concluded that there had been an inverse relationship between the percentage rate of unemployment and the percentage rate of change in
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ey.com/IFRS Issue 2 / May 2011 IFRS Developments What you need to know • Common requirements now exist between US GAAP and IFRS on how to measure fair value • IFRS 13 does not change when an entity is required to use fair value‚ but rather‚ provides guidance on how to measure the fair value of financial and non-financial assets and liabilities when required or permitted by IFRS • While many of concepts in IFRS 13 are consistent with current practice‚ certain principles‚ such
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Before Chrysler merged to become DaimierChrysler AG‚ they were presented with a takeover bid of $55 per share by MGM billionaire Kirk Kerkorian and former Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca. Kirk Kerkorian was a stockholder in Chrysler and an experienced takeover financier who apparently found Chrysler to be a good buy. Chrysler rejected the offer‚ however‚ stating that the firm was not for sale. Further‚ many Wall Street experts felt that Kerkorian could not come up with the $20 billion necessary to
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some distinct differences between Nineties and Seventies punk. Most of the punk bands to emerge and gain popularity in the nineties mostly hailed from California (Green Day‚ the Offspring‚ etc.). Punk vanguards from the seventies hailed from the East Coast and from Great Britain (the Ramones‚ the Clash‚ etc.). The Sex Pistols’ "Liar" and Blink182’s "What’s My Age Again?" demonstrates how conditions — social‚ political‚ and physical — are reflected in the nature of the music produced by these punk
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