Introduction Warren E. Buffett‚ the chairperson of Berkshire Hathaway (BH)‚ is the world’s greatest investor of the current era. From 1965 to 2007‚ BH has compounded annual gain of 20.3% while S&P has 9.3% (Berkshire Hathaway Inc.‚ 2009). Most investors get normal returns and believe the market is in semi strong form. However Buffett believes the market is inefficient and acts on his own investment philosophy. This report will analysis BH’s acquisition of PacifiCorp‚ evaluate Buffett’s performance
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Jerry Covington Professor Marianne Shablousky Intro to Psychology 17 November 2013 Munchausen by proxy This presentation is an overview of the condition factitious disorder by proxy‚ also known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MBP). We’ll begin by highlighting the definitions of the disorder and the etiology. Then we’ll analyze relevant symptoms of the perpetrator and the reasons they abuse the child. Some methods of abuse are highlighted and the social psychiatric illness common in the
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http://www.rtjournal.org Published by the Religion and Theatre Focus Group of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education The Journal of Religion and Theatre is a peer-reviewed online journal. The journal aims to provide descriptive and analytical articles examining the spirituality of world cultures in all disciplines of the theatre‚ performance studies in sacred rituals of all cultures‚ themes of transcendence in text‚ on stage‚ in theatre history‚ the analysis of dramatic literature‚ and
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lit·er·a·ture (ltr--chr‚ -chr) noun. 1. The body of written works of a language‚ period‚ or culture. 2. Imaginative or creative writing‚ especially of recognized artistic value:"Literature must be an analysis of experience and a synthesis of the findings into a unity" (Rebecca West). 3. The art or occupation of a literary writer. 4. The body of written work produced by scholars or researchers in a given field:medical literature. 5. Printed material: collected all the available literature on
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Saddle River: Pearson Education‚ 2003 "Factories and Mines: Report on Child Labor‚ 1843." . 8 November 2005. Nurmi‚ Martin K. "Fact and Symbol in ‘The Chimney Sweeper ’ of Blake ’s Songs of Innocence." Blake: A Collection of Critical Essays. Northrop Frye ‚ed. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall‚ 1966. "William Blake." DISCovering Authors. Online Edition. Gale‚ 2003. Student Resource Center. Thomson Gale. .22 November 2005.
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and cosmic depression which everyone knows is indispensable for novelists and poets‚ although nobody has ever claimed the same for geologists‚ dentists or chartered accountants. It is also due to Victoria College‚ incarnated in the person of Northrop Frye‚ that I didn’t run away to England to become a waitress‚ live in a garret‚ write masterpieces and get tuberculosis. He thought I might have more spare time for creation if I ran away to Boston‚ lived in a stupor‚ wrote footnotes and got anxiety attacks
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was taken on June 15‚ 1775 and a portion of men from the militias surrounding Boston crossed the Charles River to the Charlestown peninsula in order to capture Bunker Hill. This force included men from regiments commanded by Colonel Prescott‚ Colonel Frye‚ Colonel Bridge‚ around 200 men from the work party under Captain Knowlton‚ and an artillery company commanded by Captain Gridley. The combined forces were over 1000 men. Additional forces would also arrive throughout the fortification
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Rice University Chastity as Ideal Sexuality in the Third Book of The Faerie Queene Author(s): Lesley W. Brill Reviewed work(s): Source: Studies in English Literature‚ 1500-1900‚ Vol. 11‚ No. 1‚ The English Renaissance (Winter‚ 1971)‚ pp. 15-26 Published by: Rice University Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/449815 . Accessed: 08/11/2011 05:58 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms
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Bipolar Disorder: A Case of Bad Genes? December 13‚ 2011 Abstract Bipolar disorder‚ formerly known as manic depression‚ is a mood disorder in which a person experiences alternating episodes of both depression and mania. Bipolar disorder affects 1 in 100 people in the world. Throughout history‚ scientists and physicians have tried to find the exact cause of the disorder‚ but only in the last 30 years been able to confirm genetics as a culprit. Advances in research have enabled scientists
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AVOIDING CHRONIC OVERLOAD: Toward a Sane Productivity Douglas Reimondo Robertson‚ Ph.D. Northern Kentucky University Rochester Institute of Technology May 27‚ 2008 CHRONIC OVERLOAD Why such a problem? C. Wright Mills’s Sociological Imagination Individual TROUBLES Social ISSUES When a few individuals have a problem When lots of individuals have the same problem For example‚ unemployment‚ health insurance‚ heart disease...chronic overload. A Changing Higher Education Environment A FULL PLATE
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