Everyone likes to conform to match the norm‚ and will blindly follow if it means that they are part of the group. This conformity is heavily present in ‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson‚ and ‘Examination Day’ by Henry Slesar. In both short stories‚ people conform to the traditions and routines that have been dictated to them. In ‘The Lottery’‚ a small town has a tradition of annually sacrificing one of their own‚ who is chosen by a raffle. The winner‚ a woman named Tessie Hutchinson‚ pleads that it
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Messrs. Twomax Limited‚ Reginald A. S. Goode and John Robert Gordon raised actions for reparation on the ground of negligent misrepresentations against Messrs. Dickson M’Farlane and Robinson‚ a firm of chartered accountants. Twomax (UK 1983) demonstrate that audit firms may be liable to third parties in certain circumstances. It is a case also involving the decision to acquire shares‚ based on negligently audited financial statements. The auditors should be able to anticipate that third party
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cardiac rhythm disease management‚ spinal‚ cardiovascular‚ neuromodulation‚ diabetes‚ surgical technologies‚ and physio-control. It has operations in more than 120 countries. Medtronic is headquartered in Minneapolis‚ Minnesota and employed 43‚000 people as of April 2010. The company recorded revenues of $15‚817 million during the financial year (FY) ended April 2010‚ an increase of 8.3% over FY2009. The operating profit of the company was $4‚215 million during FY2010‚ an increase of 60.7% over FY2009
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“Power doesn’t corrupt people‚ people corrupt power.” (William Goddis) I disagree with this statement due to the evidence found in Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. The theme of this play is Power. Macbeth was prophesied to by the three witch sister that he would be King. “Hail Macbeth… thane of Glamis!‚ Hail Macbeth…. thane of Cawdor!‚ Hail Macbeth…. King hereafter!” (Act.1 Scene 3) The odd aspect about this proficiency is that during this time‚ is that most kings were chosen by God. Macbeth being “The
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saying the drawing was unfair. I feel that the story chose her because nobody likes a sore loser when the drawing was that of a chance for everyone to be picked. 4. What are some examples of irony in this story? For example‚ why might the title‚ "The Lottery‚" or the opening description in paragraph one‚ be considered ironic? Ans: I don’t think there were any examples of
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Trig Cheat Sheet Definition of the Trig Functions Right triangle definition For this definition we assume that p 0 < q < or 0° < q < 90° . 2 Unit circle definition For this definition q is any angle. y ( x‚ y ) hypotenuse opposite y 1 x q x q adjacent sin q = opposite hypotenuse adjacent cos q = hypotenuse opposite tan q = adjacent hypotenuse opposite hypotenuse sec q = adjacent adjacent cot q = opposite csc q = sin q = y =y 1 x cos q = = x 1 y tan q = x 1 y 1 sec q = x x cot q =
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Ch.1 financial intermediation results from economies of scale and the specialization of financial transactions. (banks‚ inv. companies [mutual & pension funds]‚ insurance companies‚ credit unions‚ brokerage firms‚ investment banks). Inv. banks assist firms in raising capital‚ create the market for innovative new securities that meet the risk and return demand (CMOs‚ collateralized mortgage obligations – derivative security that separates the cash flows of a mortgage pool into different classes
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for physical injury. RECOGNISE DoC: Drivers – other drivers‚ passengers‚ pedestrians‚ owners of buildings next to the street; Manufacturers – customers (Donoghue v. Stevenson); Owners/occupiers of property (Australian Safeway Stores v. Zaluzna) – people entering their property; professionals – clients. IF there is 3 rd party >> Failure TO ACT to prevent harm (2 factors): R: No DoC unless it is RF that the D’s failure to act could cause harm to someone like the P and either (a) The parties
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M&A & Restructuring Strategies. Merger: Two Firms agree to integrate operations on relatively equal basis(usually 1 dominates another in mkt share/size/asset value) Hostile takeover: (delivers higher shareholder value than friendly acquires)(Preannouncement returns of hostile takeover anticipated with increase in bidder & target’s share price). Diversification creates value by using excess resource. Restructuring used to correct with ineffective mergers/acquisitions. M&A used as means of growth to
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