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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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    went away on a school field trip to camp tamarack for 3 days in fifth grade. In those three days Sam got ice cream and donuts. Sam kept rubbing it in when I got home. That is when I went to my mom and said “that’s not fair.” My mom said “ well not everything is fair.” And I kind of learned but was still furious and didn’t realize that she was trying to teach me a lesson. But I learned other ways‚ like in basketball and skiing. Then I signed up for a basketball team at Pacific Crest and the teams

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    forced to listen to instructions and do homework. But of course not doing so‚ can result to consequences. These years for me were like a roller coaster. The highs‚ lows and standstills made me learning responsibility‚ because I had no one to blame‚ everything that went wrong was all on me. Despite the challenges I made the best of every situation and pushed forward. With my college challengges I can relate to Cox‚ Green and Bellafante on serval levels. College in the beginning was exciting for me; I

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    Life Isn’t Multiple Choice Were you ever forced into taking a standardized test? If so‚ you are aware of all the test preparation you have to go through and all of the pressure you feel. “Standardized tests are tests in which all the questions‚ format‚ instructions‚ scoring and reporting of scores are the same for all test takers‚” (Standardized Tests: Terms and Definitions‚ 1). There is a lot of controversy and questions being asked pertaining to the tests because many teachers‚ students‚ and parents

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    A well-known coach in football once said‚ “Winning isn’t everything‚ it’s the only thing.”‚ and i disagree with his statement. Have you ever played a sport just because you thought it was fun? I have. I know for a fact that some student athletes who know nothing of a certain sport but still play that sport just for the fun‚ experience‚ and learning of it. As a slightly athletic person myself‚ I’m not in it to just to win it when it comes to basketball‚ I’m in it to have fun‚ like any other boy on

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    Is there anything in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy that isn’t absurd? The answer is‚ surprise‚ surprise… no. This quirky‚ fun‚ and overall discombobulated novel was written by Douglas Adams and published in 1979. Douglas Adams’s style of writing and humor shines through and makes a seemingly perfect universe seem the most improbable‚ absurd place that a person has the misfortune to be a part of. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a fun‚ buoyant adventure following the life of Arthur Dent

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    The song This Isn’t the End by Owl City is the first song I thought of. The chorus goes as follows “When the rain falls down‚ when it all turns around‚ when the light goes out‚ this isn’t the end.” I believe this part of the song portraits my reaction to the holocaust because I wish I could tell all the victims these simple words. Even if it was the end for them‚ it would have been better if I‚ or someone else‚ could have comforted them. Although this song has different context than the holocaust

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    It’s Raining It’s Pouring The Family Isn’t Snoring I Manchester England 1994 a blustery‚ stormy night with the entire Tholdenbore family cooped up at home. Henry Tholdenbore‚ the head of the household‚ recently retired‚ with light gray hair and dull chestnut eyes‚ is rummaging through the first level of the home attempting to find the mobile phone that’s ringing shrilly. The family has been expecting a visit from relatives this upcoming weekend ; although‚ they are stuck on the opposite side of

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    Renowned authors such as W.J.T Mitchell accepted the fact that the way an individual understands a text is the “coequal‚ mutually independent‚ and collaborative” bond between words and images. Because of this‚ words and images cannot be put together without a direct context to lead the reader. Otherwise‚ a the message would be conveyed incorrectly. Due to this‚ there was a crucial overlap which linked Mitchell’s work with any other photographic essay. Of the many important topics I noticed to be

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    Believing in Honesty They say honesty is the best policy. But when it comes to Santa Claus‚ the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy‚ are we being dishonest with our children or just telling those stories. In the essays‚ “Santa Claus Isn’t Coming to Town” written by Allison and “Truth and the Santa Claus Moment‚” written by Corey Harbaugh‚ the writers discuss the values of honesty and the moments we choose to believe in. Allison believed in honesty. In her essay‚ she talks about how she was always

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