1. Briefly summarize the key features of Vanguard’s business philosophy. Vanguard is committed to a philosophy of cost minimization and high-quality service to its clients-shareholders. Vanguard offers its services on an at-cost basis because the company is owned by the mutual funds it distributes‚ or indirectly by investors in those mutual funds. Minimizing costs for Vanguard translates into maximizing profits for its shareholders and clients. Providing high-quality services aims at guaranteeing
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References: 6 External links Club career[edit] Livingston[edit] Griffiths made his debut for Livingston as a sixteen-year-old‚ after coming on as an 82nd minute substitute during a 3–1 defeat to Airdrie United on 30 December 2006.[4] He went on trial at Premier League team West Bromwich Albion in April 2009 and impressed enough to warrant a move. However‚ Tony Mowbray ’s departure as manager saw Griffiths ’ chance of a move ended. Dundee[edit] On 25 June 2009‚ Griffiths completed
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On 1741 in Enfield‚ Connecticut‚ puritan minister Jonathan Edwards‚ gave a harsh sermon to a congregation to disclose how angry God is at those who sin and that only by His grace they can be saved. In Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God the minster uses an emotional appeal to convey what would happen to the people who were considered as God’s enemies because they have not been born again. For example‚ the author admonishes‚ “...the devil is waiting for them‚ hell is gaping for them‚ the flames
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Edward Thomas Quotations – The power of language “Silence/Stained with all that hour’s songs.” Synaesthesia of sound being described in a visual term (MARCH) Conversational – “Now I know that Spring” (MARCH)/“But these things also are Spring’s” (BUT THESE THINGS ALSO) Language and words prove that we love the Earth‚ “As the earth which you prove/ That we love.” (WORDS) The problems with language Names are confusing and pointless. They “half decorate‚ half perplex‚ the thing it is.” (OLD MAN) To someone
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The Fiction that written by Edward Branigan have a deep discussion about what define a fiction and characters it obtains. At the beginning of the essay‚ the fiction is not conceived by lies. The fictions are created by imaginary and association which could be narrative or nonnarrative. The fiction have references related to real world‚ while lies are words that created deliberately for deceiving. The reader of the fictions would have connected the contents with the real world on the basis of the
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Mike LaVine 12/12/12 Individual assignment 2 William Edwards Deming William Edwards Deming was an American statistician professor. He was also considered an author‚ consultant‚ and lecturer. Deming is most famous for his work done in Japan where he taught top management how to improve design‚ service‚ testing‚ quality‚ and sales through many of his unique methods. Deming made a significant contribution the Japan’s economic status for the innovation of high quality products. He is said to
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“Pan’s Labyrinth” Film Review “Pan’s Labyrinth” is a 2006 film directed by Guillermo del Toro. It was a widely acclaimed film because of the imaginative and dark fantasy storyline. It received numerous awards and such as Academy Awards for Best Cinematography‚ Best Art Design‚ and Best Makeup. Pan’s Labyrinth is about a young girl named Ofelia who travels with her pregnant mother to live with her new husband/stepfather—Captain Vidal during the Spanish Civil War in Spain through the Francoist
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In the book Tangerine by Edward Bloor‚ a legally blind 7th grader named Paul Fisher‚ moves to Tangerine County‚ Florida and has to deal with many new situations. Paul had made some decisions that made a huge impact on his life as a middle schooler. Paul made the choice to defend himself against a soccer defender and stand up to his parents‚ neighbors‚ and even local officers. The first decision Paul made was to defend himself from a kid playing fullback from Palmetto Middle School
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one example of a metaphor‚ one example of a simile‚ and one example of an allusion that Edwards uses in this passage from the sermon to elicit this particular mood. A Great furance of warth like a whirlwind the summer threshing floor 3. What specific words (minimum of three) does he choose to make his tone clear? Danger‚ Wrath‚ Damned in hell 4. What images (pictures in the listeners’ mind) does Edwards use in the passage to make his tone clear? What effect do those images have on establishing
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Tom Jones as ‘Comic Epic-Poem in Prose’ Maruf Billah Enjoying the freedom of an artist‚ Fielding in his ‘Tom Jones’ bursts on the literary scene giving thousands of hours for a kind of writing‚ which is in his own words‚ “I do not remember to have seen hitherto attempted in our language”. His immediate inspiration was the Spanish Classic‚ ‘Don Quixote’. However in discussing his work Fielding refers to Homer and Aristotle‚ the former for practice and the later for theory. This kind of appeal
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