The only thing on it was the sentence “In a hole in the ground‚ there lived a hobbit.” Of course‚ Tolkien took it upon himself to create an entire story around this “hobbit.” He felt as though he had to find out what exactly it was and ended up creating a world-famous series complete with maps and languages completely made up from the mind of the man himself. Finally‚ in 1937‚ the book was published
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In Malgudi Days‚ although R.K. Narayan seems to present us with a bleak portrayal of India where life is very hard and there is very little human happiness‚ he means to reflect the triumph of the human spirit over the cruel circumstances of life. In India‚ poverty and the lack of education are prejudiced against and people are discriminated against because they are poor. In ’A Willing Slave’‚ Ayah is discriminated against and treated badly merely because she is an uneducated servant. When she comes
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speech my roommate gave on the K-T Boundary. This analysis will consist of the background of the speech‚ Toby’s behaviors‚ and the audience. Without context a speech is meaningless. The context includes the preexisting conditions and the content of the speech. Yesterday I asked my roommate‚ Toby Briggs‚ if he wanted to give a short speech on any topic he chose. He was beyond interested in giving a speech of his choosing. Without delay‚ he chose the topic of the K-T boundary. Toby went
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My Hero In your life people come and go‚ but there is always that one person or people who you will always remember‚ and those are the ones that you admire or look up to. “The simple acts of heroism are often overlooked- that’s very clear to me not only in war but in peace.” (Oliver Stone p.3) People can walk by the homeless and think they aren’t important but in reality most of them are. Most of them are veterans from war who saved us and our ancestors
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B&K Distributors ROI for a Web Based Customer Portal 10 January 2011 Anne Huang‚ Yu Lee Kim‚ Min Woo Lee‚ Chalida Nakornchai‚ Kana Osugi‚ Ryan Thompson Recommendation to Invest in the Web Portal We recommend investing in the Web-Based Customer Portal. The expected high financial rewards with net present value of $346K and 41% IRR within five years (see Exhibit 1) are the main motivators. Based on our market research‚ we believe the high revenue would come from an expanded customer
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Managerial Accounting Page. 466 Research and Application 11-30 Questions: 1-6 1. After reading the section Strategy in the 10-K I am informed that FedEx’s strategy for success in the market place holds mainly within operational excellence. They excel to provide all of their many different kinds of services to their consumers with ease and convenience. IE. FedEx Express‚ FedEx Ground and FedEx Freight shipment tracking‚ customer service and invoicing information‚ FedEx Kinko’s office
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CHAPTER 1 Problem and its background Introduction Many of us believe that in order for a person to achieve success‚ one must have a good background in education and the attitude of a survivor. A great education begins with the desire to learn. (Osterberg‚ 2004). Education is important to everybody. It gives knowledge about the world around us‚ strengthens people in different aspects in life‚ gives perspectives in life and helps build opinions and have points of view in everything about life. Education
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safe to guess that the same-cost floor must be too‚ that is‚ the floor rate is below 4.9%. Then the floor payoff depends only on the realization of the time 0.5 rate. Let k be the floor rate. Time 0 floor Time 0.5 0 0.0655 0.978737×100×(k-0.04345)/2 k must solve 0.0655 = 0.976086×0.5×0.978737×100×(k-0.04345)/2 ⇒ k = 4.619%. 1 2) Use the interest rate tree below. The first number at each node is the 0.5-year rate at that node. The second number at each node is the price of $1 par
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Hero Deep in Southern California there once was a family‚ a single mother and her only son Kevin. They also had a dog which they loved very much as if it was another son for the mother. The life they were leading was like a fairytale because the whole family were very happy and delighted. However there was one day they lived and dreaded for there whole lives… One day Kevin was playing outside with his friends‚ the way he always did almost everyday of his wife. What he didn’t realise was that
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Good morning/afternoon/evening ladies and gentlemen‚ I stand before you today to argue the advantages/ benefits of legislating K+12 program in the Philippines. Legislation of K+12 program in the philippines I. INTRODUCTION The program aims to uplift the quality of education in the Philippines in order for graduates to be easily employed. The program also aims to meet the standards required for professionals whowould want to work abroad.Most importantly‚ the system aims to fully enhance
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