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    MINIICASE AS an investment advisor‚ you have been approached by a client called Ramesh‚ who wants some help in investment related matters. Ramesh is currently 45 years old and has Rs. 600000 in the bank. He plans to work for 15 more years and retire at the age of 60. Ramesh’s present salary is Rs. 400‚000 per year. He expects his salary to increase at the rate of 12 % per year until his retirement. Ramesh has decided to invest his bank balance and future savings in a portfolio in which stocks

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    Statistically‚ over 90 percent of Americans believe freedom is more important than equality or order. However‚ order is more important than freedom or equality because neither freedom‚ nor equality can protect people’s rights. Without rights‚ many would say that you cannot have freedom or equality‚ because rights establish both of these ideas. Secondly‚ order establishes a government‚ which is the driving force of a nation. Lastly‚ order strikes a balance between freedom and equality. It is impossible

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    ‘Increasing pleasure is more important than ending pain and suffering.’ How far would utilitarian’s agree with this statement? A utilitarian’s opinion on increasing pleasure rather than ending pain would depend upon the severity of the case being assessed. Although utilitarianism is used to decide whether or not in theory carrying out an act will bring about more pleasure‚ some utilitarian’s may argue that there are cases of suffering which require more serious attention‚ to put an end to that

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    More Than Physical Scars

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    Contents Dedication Part 1 Childhood years Was I ever wanted? Is love always confusing? Why Me? The Dark Summer. Am I only here for others to hurt? Now you must grown up. Losing the only one that loved me. Part 2 Teenage years Will life ever get better? Now I know why. You’re in the Army now Part 3 Adult years Is it always about what you want? Life gives life. Don’t believe everything you see and feel. Part 4. Is this what I was born to be‚ a punchingbag for everyone? The

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    think of one that is more important than the Industrial Revolution. Beginning in the late 1700s north of Britain‚ the Industrial Revolution sought to expand and bolster the economy of Britain and those who were to follow in their footsteps. Britain was the first country to industrialize‚ doing so by having a “robust empire‚ profitable overseas trade networks‚ and established credit institutions” (Coles‚ P. 506). Some may argue that the French Revolution was more important than the Industrial‚ but

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    <center><b>By close reference to "More Than Just The Disease"‚ show what feelings you have for Neil in the course of the story. What lessons do you suppose he has learned by the end of it?</b></center> <br> <br>In the story‚ "More than Just the Disease"‚ Neil who was away from home for a holiday with the Middleton family experienced and learned much. The best part was how Neil managed to take the first step of overcoming his shyness‚ not to "suffer from more than just the disease". <br> <br>At the

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    More than just the disease Choose a novel or short story which deals with an important human issue: for example‚ poverty‚ war‚ family conflict‚ injustice‚ or any other issue you regard as important More Than Just the Disease by Bernard MacLaverty is a short story which deals with the themes of class distinction‚ rights of passage and a person suffering mentally which effects the characters in the short story. There is conflict between the two main characters Neil and his mum. This short story

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    A candle (C25H52) is a solid block of wax with an embedded wick‚ which is lit to provide light‚ and sometimes heat‚ and historically as a method of keeping time. Candles have appeared as a source of fine and ultrafine particles in indoor air (e.g. Hussein et al. 2006). Fine et al. (1999)‚ found high Organic Carbon (OC) emissions connected to the extinction of the candle and high EC concentrations when the flame was burning unsteady. In the mid 1800s there were two major developments in the

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    Compton English 101-A51 Essay 15 February 2011 More Human than Human Technology has advanced by leaps and bounds over the past twenty years. What was once considered science fiction is now yesterday’s headlines. In just a hundred and fifty years we have gone from the first combustion-powered motor vehicle to space exploration and now we are managing our lives from handheld mobile devices. So let’s face it‚ technology evolves at a faster rate than humans. In fact it moves at such a rapid pace

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    More than Bows and arrows Overall‚ I found this film very surprising. I never realized how many Native American achievements that have been overlooked in today’s society. Native Americans have done so much to affect the formation of today’s country that it is astonishing. They have made so many contributions that I had never realized prior to this film. I thought that some of the most important contributions were irrigation techniques and medical procedures. Religion also played a vital role

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