January 20‚ 2017‚ at West Liberty-Salem High School the first school shooting of the year occurred when a 17 year old boy bought and assembled a shotgun in the male restroom of his high school then proceed to shot at his teacher and another 16 year-old class mate‚ fortunately only one person was injured. The epidemic of school shootings has become a complicated problem that has caused a lot of frustration‚ this frustration has put pressure on the school officials‚ law enforcement and the government
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Wealth Transfers among and between Bond Issues in Mergers and Acquisitions: Evidence from Bond Tender Offers Matthew T. Billett* and Ke Yang ** March 2011 Abstract: We explore the wealth effects of mergers and acquisitions to bondholders at the bond issue level using a sample of mergers and acquisitions that involve a tender offer for one or more of the target or acquiring firms’ bond issues. Over the period 2000-2008 such tender offers occur in 32% of the mergers and acquisitions involving targets
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ATM The Many Faces of Asynchronous Transfer Mode Table of Contents Introduction 3 ATM Objectives 3 Basic Concepts in ATM 4 ATM Standards 7 ATM Switching 11 Switching Networks 12 Performance Issues 12 ATM Applications 14 Consumer Applications 14 Commercial Applications 16 Summary 17 References 19 The Many Faces of Asynchronous Transfer Mode Introduction Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) has been accepted universally as the transfer mode of choice for Broadband Integrated
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Copies of working papers are available from the author. Testing Strategy with Multiple Performance Measures Evidence from a Balanced Scorecard at Store24* Dennis Campbell Srikant Datar Harvard Business School Susan L. Kulp George Washington University V.G. Narayanan Harvard Business School Current Draft: February 2008 ABSTRACT: We analyze balanced scorecard data from a convenience store chain‚ Store24‚ during the implementation of an innovative‚ but ultimately unsuccessful strategy.
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Satire I can not believe it! School is coming to an end! I have always dreaded this day‚ and wished that it would never come‚ but unfortunately I knew it had to. Eighteen years of my life add to the nearly 5‚400 years of my class’ lives that have been allocated to the most preeminent work. Education is the key to succeeding in life‚ but what happens when the key is finally handed to us? What happens when we no longer see the despised faces of our companions and educators? If you have not already
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Facebook should be utilized in schools by teachers and students. If Facebook was integrated into schools‚ it would provide an effective means for teachers and their students to communicate outside of the classroom. Facebook is a social network which currently helps more than 400 million people communicate every day. Unfortunately‚ there are people who are opposed to utilizing Facebook in this manner. Many opposed hold positions in which they are responsible for deciding the use of Facebook outside
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To discuss whether or not there are valid contracts made between Charles v. Alex and Betty v. Alex‚ the formation of the contract have to be discussed. To form a legally binding contract‚ the elements of offer and acceptance; present of consideration; intention to create legal relation; capacity; legality of object; compliance with formalities; and genuine consent must be present all together. In the case of Charles v. Alex‚ to determine whether or not Alex was entitled to sell the apartment
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Ethics in Advertising The ethical issues that permeate the world of advertising have remained stagnant for decades‚ though the exact nature of the ads may have changed in and of themselves; however much current ads portraying women in our modern times may differ from contemporary ads that portrayed women during the 1950s‚ the end result remains that women continue to be marginalized into a specific subset of society or to be completely visualized as a mere object‚ possessing qualities or faults
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The UK bottled water market has been dominated by firms such as Nestlé and Danone for many years. Coca-Cola‚ the soft drinks producer‚ recently entered the bottled water market in a number of countries‚ including the UK‚ with brands such as Malvern and Glacéau. What do you think is the best strategy for existing businesses to adopt in response to the entry of a new large competitor? Justify your answer with reference to the UK bottled water market and/or other markets that you know. Nestlé and Danone
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When I transferred to Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)‚ I was fortunate to be selected to the Honors Transfer Fellows program. As a requirement of this program‚ I was required to complete an undergraduate thesis and take additional classes along with the regular curriculum for my major. While this project was a valuable experience‚ it was also challenging to balance the workload of conducting thesis research‚ attending classes‚ working part time‚ and working as a clinician at the MTSU Speech
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