...The Gift of the Magi Argumentative Research Paper: Did Jim and Della perform an act of Selfless Love? Abstract The story was written by O’Henry in 1906. The story was centered around a seemingly poor couple who did not have enough money to buy each other the gifts that their significant other deserved. The story took place during Christmas. The Gift of the Magi is like a classic wisdom story in the bible. O’Henrys choice of title depicts symbolism between the three magi that brought gold, frankincense, and mur, to the baby Jesus and the gifts that Jim and Della had given to each other which mainly consisted of selfless love, Della’s hair and Jims pocket watch. This itself ties into the theme of his story. These gifts all entail the act of giving from the heart. The purpose of this research paper is to outline the key factors that support the claim that Jim and Della performed an act of selfless love. Now, after looking at that it is evident that Jim and Della performed the most beautiful act of love for each other. What makes it the most beautiful? The fact that they were selfless in giving up their most valuable possessions in order to get something for the other. There is a famous and well known saying, “Love means putting the other before oneself”. This is the epitome of Selfless love, and clearly of Jim and Della’s love. Towards the end of the text O.Henry said, “Of all who give gifts these two were the wisest.” This paper will serve to back this statement up. ...
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...capacity? Is a keyboard enough, or should I splurge for the touchpad/keyboard combo? Do you have any that aren’t this heavy? These are all question I heard from consumers who were looking to buy a new laptop. Laptops have become a necessity to many these days. With a technological world that is rapidly expanding, desktops have become out-of-date, and consumers are demanding laptops with grand capabilities fit into a small package. The vast amount of options out there give consumers a variety of options to choose from. Consumers demand different qualities from their laptop whether it is processing, durability, battery life, display, and a variety of other options. This paper will discuss the present displays being used in stores to promote the products, what consumers voice in terms of what they want in a laptop, and primarily what brands can do to further help their sales. For this specific paper, I will be looking at Dell as the targeted brand. Dell was once the dominant presence is the computer industry, but their market share is diminishing constantly. My goal in this research is to determine what Dell is doing wrong if anything, and what they can do with their brand and products to regain their lost market share. The first store I stopped out to see their laptop display was Best Buy. Best Buy is one of the leading electronic stores in the nation, and is on the market as one of the top retailers that consumers shop at for electronics. The clerks there are tech savvy, and are helpful...
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...There are many types of MBA papers that are required in most MBA institutions. The most common of these are the MBA term papers. The MBA term paper is one of the most basic of all MBA papers. You can write an MBA term paper on any topic, as long as it is connected with what you are learning in your course. However, it is not everyone who finds it easy to write a good term paper and hand it over to his lecturer on time. This is mainly because many MBA students have no time to do all the research required in an MBA term paper. If you are one of those having trouble writing and finishing a good business term paper, then you should ask for assistance. Instantly calculate the price for your order! Type of Paper Needed Please note that any orders related to thesis and dissertation papers, as well as their parts/chapters, are only available for University (College 3-4) academic level and higher. Academic Level Pagesinfo Deadlineinfo Select Academic Level first! Total Price Select type of paper first! The price for any of the additional services, such as progressive delivery, writer's samples and/or any extra charge for selecting a particular category of writer will be calculated and added automatically as you fill in the order form. Buy custom MBA term papers online There are many places from where you can get assistance to write your MBA term paper. For instance, you can ask someone in your college to do the paper for you for a certain fee. However, there...
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...BLUEPRINT Published by Stansberry Research Edited by Steven Longenecker and Fawn Gwynallen Copyright 2014 by Stansberry Research. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission. About Stansberry Research Founded in 1999 and based out of Baltimore, Maryland, Stansberry Research is the largest independent source of financial insight in the world. It delivers unbiased investment advice to self-directed investors seeking an edge in a wide variety of sectors and market conditions. Stansberry Research has nearly two dozen analysts and researchers – including former hedge-fund managers and buy-side financial experts. They produce a steady stream of timely research on value investing, income generation, resources, biotech, financials, short-selling, macroeconomic analysis, options trading, and more. The company’s unrelenting and uncompromised insight has made it one of the most respected and sought-after research organizations in the financial sector. It has nearly one million readers and more than 500,000 paid subscribers in over 100 countries. About the Author Porter Stansberry founded Stansberry Research in 1999 with the firm’s flagship newsletter, Stansberry’s Investment Advisory. He is also the host of Stansberry Radio, a weekly podcast that is one of the most popular online financial radio shows. Prior to launching Stansberry Research, Porter was the first American editor...
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...Advantages and Disadvantages of the EHR Over the historical decade, every major business invested heavily in computerization. Comparative to a decade ago, today more Americans buy airplane tickets and check in to air flights online, buy things off the internet, and some people earn degrees online. In spite of these developments in our civilization, many patients are given handwritten prescriptions, and not many patients are able to email their doctor or even schedule an appointment to see a physician without speaking to a live receptionist. Electronic health record (EHR) systems has changed the healthcare system from a mostly paper-based industry to a computerized system to assist providers in providing higher quality of care to their patients. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009, which is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) (aka “stimulus package”), was signed into law with an unambiguous purpose of incentivizing providers to adopt EHR systems. The HITECH Act requires that providers adopt EHRs and use them in an eloquent way, meaning using certain EHR functionalities associated with error reduction and cost containment. Some advantages of technology in our society today regards clinical, organizational, and societal outcomes. Clinical outcomes consist of enhancements in the value of care, a decrease in medical mistakes, and other advances in the number of patients that describe the relevance of...
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...Russia as a key to welfare”. (SLIDE 2) I want to attract your attention to an undoubtedly global problem of today’s fast-moving world. I am absolutely sure, that you’ll recognize yourselves in this common day-to-day situation. Just recall it: every day you hurry to work or to studies and don’t have spare time at all. As usual, you just take your keys, grab your bag and run out into the street. Then you throw your rubbish into the dustbin or even leave it at your entrance. So, the problem is successfully solved and nothing else detracts you from your daily routine. (SLIDE 3) Meanwhile, every day one person produces 2 kilos of rubbish. This fact means that Russia has to utilize about 300 000 tons of rubbish daily. Obviously, all the attempts to hide these endless rotting rubbish mountains seem at least ridiculous as we just don’t dispose of infinite space nor needed amount of incinerators (machines for waste burning). (SLIDE 4) As a result, keeping a dump in Russia is extremely profitable as it doesn’t require any great efforts or big sums of money as a fixed capital. If you want to become a dump owner, you just need to buy a forged license (for the transportation, processing, storage, disposal of waste and waste destruction) and a godforsaken plot of land. Then you have to buy technical equipment and employ some workers. All your expenditures will pay off in several years. You don’t have to bear responsibility for your almost completely illegal actions. Ultimately, your welfare...
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... We agree to something and we decide to put it on paper for how long no matter what comes up we stick to it. Now contract can be so testy we don’t know if we are breaching it or right on task. There are contract almost everywhere that we go, when we get a car, buy a house, even when you sign up for a credit card you are putting yourself in a contact. Now every time that you think about something that you want to get into a contract with, it's always smart to think research and make sure that what you are doing is great for you. For example people everyday get into a new car contract because they really need it. Now I have done this in the past but before we got into the contract I made sure that we were able to afford it. Now something that my wife does is takes all the information that we gathered from the car lot and made sure that it would fit in our budget. Now after a long talk we were able to come to the decision that we would take the car. But we wanted to make sure that this is something that really wanted to, I know that if we were not going to be able to afford it then we would be in more trouble for not having that ability to pay for it. Now we are really going to get into this car contract a little deeper and by that I mean we are going to see what is good and what is bad about all decision that will be made in the final hours of the contract. So we will skip past the months that you test drive, and research everything about the new vehicle that you want. And...
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...Paper Towns tells about the mystery that was Margo Roth Spiegelman. She was in love with mysteries, and she loved them too much. For example, when she was nine, she found a dead body on the street. She became obsessed with finding out why he had done that to himself that she interviewed multiple people. She found nothing, but never gave it up. She may have loved them so much, that she became one. Multiple years later, it was close to PROM. Ben, Radar, and Quentin all didn’t really seem interested in PROM. That was until Radar asked his girlfriend. After that, Ben was kind of interested in going, but got rejected by a girl he liked. Moments later, Radar introduced his girlfriend, and they all just hung out. The boys were talking about why Radar’s...
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...New Venture Final Report Submitted: Friday, November 15, 2012 Instructor Name: Imad Kamal Lab ID #: D07 Student Names: Logan Chalkley Nikita Galaninskiy Rui Lin Zeeshan Mahmood Audrey Tulio 1 Table of Contents Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ 2 Program for Itinerary Engineering .................................................................................................. 4 Porter’s Five Forces ........................................................................................................................ 5 PEST Analysis .............................................................................................................................. 12 Financial Feasibility and Market Potential ................................................................................... 14 Exhibits ......................................................................................................................................... 16 Exhibit A: ................................................................................................................................................ 16 Exhibit B: ................................................................................................................................................ 20 2 Executive Summary In 2009, the University of Waterloo (UW) welcomed 24,377 students (University of Waterloo...
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.... In this agreement, we would take over the mortgage payments, homeowner’s insurance, property taxes and maintenance and in return we would receive exclusive rights to buy the house for the balance of the loan at any point during its life. Since entering into this agreement, the mortgage has gone up and we have encountered problems with communication and access to the loan account. After researching the topic extensively, we came to the conclusion that although the contract may be one-sided and possibly even unethical, it is legal and enforceable. From the viewpoint of the buyer (or leasee, since this is sort of like a lease-to-own contract) this is a relatively good deal because it allows buyers with poor credit, such as mine at the time, to go ahead and buy a home then work on repairing their credit while they live in it. The downsides to this contract are that the buyer has little or no access to the account information. They cannot speak with the bank about the account, and cannot access it online without assistance from the mortgage holder. While they are paying on the mortgage, they are paying off the balance but the equity they are building belongs to the mortgage holder and there is no guarantee they will ever get it back, even in part. From the viewpoint of the homeowner, they get an increased opportunity to sell their home in a difficult market. However they have the additional responsibility of keeping tabs on the mortgage, which will remain in their name until...
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...industry is one of the top grossing industries in the world. The fact is that in this modern technology era we live in there are over 1 trillion pages of advertising on the internet alone, according to author Rachel Bauer, that’s about 417 pages per person. Seems insane but when someone really sits down to think about it it’s really not, there are ads everywhere these days. Ads for cologne, make-up, taxes, therapy, reality TV, and politicians you name it. Anything and everything that wants to create and keep a name for itself has to invest in some sort of advertising. Look around you, look around your kitchen and in your fridge, why did you go out and buy that yummy cereal you ate this morning, is it because you just happened upon it and thought it looked good or because the cute little girl on the commercial told you it was “heart-healthy “and because she said it about 3 times in 20 seconds. I believe it’s the second one advertising is everywhere in homes, on the television, on the radio, on buses and benches, in our magazines, everywhere. What we never pay attention to is how things are actually advertised to us. Nothing in advertising is accidental, much like a favorite show there was something about it that either caught your eye or made you relate to it somehow to keep you watching. Well advertising is just like this, ads are targeted and marketed to certain types of people based on their race, age, sex, gender, and even class. Advertisements can even play on what they think the...
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...Entrepreneurial Leadership Salednika McKenzie Contemporary Business October 28, 2012 Professor Rhonda Evans Strayer University Describe how Five Guys’ philosophy sets it apart from other fast food chains. Five Guy’s philosophy sets apart from other fast food chains because of their ideal burgers. “Five Guys goal is to sell the best quality burgers possible. To sell the best burgers possible they focus on quality, service, and cleanliness”. (Elan, 2007) When a customer leaves Five Guys the aim is for them to really find the products and services irresistible. The high quality food does all the talking. Another way they differ from other food chains is they don’t invest a lot into advertising. York (2009) points out that Five Guys’ invest in an intensive secret shopper program where restaurant crew members can earn additional pay by getting high scores from secret shoppers. Also, a wide variety of topping choices for their burgers is offered. Welch (2010) explains how they “prepare their fries by soaking them in water so that when the fries are pre-fried, the water boils forcing steam out of the fry”. While visiting Five Guy’s Burgers and fries for the first time back in 2003, during a brief conversation with the friendly cashier, I was amazed to find out that they use coolers instead of freezers. The truth is, I had never heard of that being done before in a restaurant. Another thought that I have that makes Five Guys’ different from other food...
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...Introduction One of the remarkable transitions in Cambodia began in 1993. It was the economic reform switching from planned-economic to open-free economic market. Since ever, Cambodia gradually boosts the national economy by allowing private possessions and foreign investment. This is a signal of democracy in the nation. To be a democratic country, such rights and freedom must be given to the masses. It is well-known that people want to be equal before the laws and live in a happy life. However, one barrier to newly democratic country—Cambodia—is the citizens. More than half of the Cambodian population is under a poverty line, meaning they are insufficient not only in property but also in education. This situation is not good enough for Cambodians to get influence from the world. Being connected with globalization, Cambodia demands a higher standard and a good quality of production. Among those marketing competition, the most attractive and popular product is high-tech materials. Again, the other half of population might be able to afford such materials in order to live in the society. The society is affected by materialism, which considers possessions more important than values, and its effects range from psychological to economic. Materialism is sometimes used as a status symbol, causing people to purchase items they cannot afford, simply to fit in with an affluent crowd, or to keep up with the people around them. Materialism, although a motivating force in today's world...
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...from around the world to glimpse famous people visiting the island, or to get away from the hardship and stress of their everyday lives. As for me, I saw the poverty of Nassau, Bahamas. Desperate people crowded the straw market and stared across the bridge at Atlantis where vacationers slept in Mahogany furnished rooms with luxurious bedding. Why did the residents have to live the way they do, sleeping on dirt floors? Into the night, the brilliant lights of Atlantis became a world miles away, but out of grasp. We approached the market eager to do some local shopping. Hundreds of vendors brought everything they created to start their marketing line. We live in the U.S., where items are ready-made and disposable, and, if something breaks, we buy a new one. I began thinking about my Michael Kors sunglasses that I had broken on the boat and how I was going to order a new pair when I arrived home. This venue, this world I walked into, was a world that required thought and imagination, of taking the very least commodity they had and turning it into a marketable item to sell, not for the latest technological device or new shoes, but to put food on the table. It humbled me immensely. Louis 2 I approached an elderly man, who looked to be about eighty years old. He dressed in modest clothes, dirty and completely barefoot, took the dried corn shucks from his field and weave them tenderly into beautiful flowers and intricate baskets. Endlessly, he laid each piece of corn stalk in its...
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...Department of Finance Faculty of Business Studies University of Dhaka TITLE OF THE STUDY: BANGLADESH STOCK MARKET PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS Course Title: Course Code: Submitted to Department of Finance University of Dhaka Submitted by Section “A” BBA 16th Batch Department of Finance University of Dhaka Date of Submission: ------------------------------------------------- about us… Sl No. | Name | Id | 1 | | | 2 | | | 3 | | | 4 | | | 5 | | | 6 | | | 7 | Md. Sanowar Hossain | 16-175 | 8 | | | 9 | Md. Mahbubur Rahman Khan | 16-263 | TABLE OF CONTENTS Topic Page No. Introduction 7 – 8 Stock & how it can be Traded 7 Stock Exchange 7 Broker 7 Listed and Unlisted Company 7 SEC 8 Important Definitions & Terminologies 8 – 10 Face Value, Market Value 8 Market Lot 8 EPS 8 Price Earning Ratio 9 Dividend, Stock Dividend 9 Right Issue 9 Dividend Yield 9 Circuit Breaker, LTP 10 Volume 10 High Price, Low Price 10 Trade 10 52 Weeks Range 10 IPO 10 Stock Placement & Market Analyses 10 – 11 Private Placement 10 Technical Analysis 11 Fundamental Analysis...
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