...Roland Merullo once said that “Families are like countries. They have their own language and jokes and secrets and assumptions about the right and wrong ways of doing things, and some of that always shows in the children…” Every family is different. They have their own rules, beliefs and unique ways of doing things, which all affect the families’ dynamics. In short story, Brother Dear, by Bernice Frieson, the family deals with conflict as a result of their family dynamics. The relationships between the parents and their children, Greg, Dennis and Sharlene, are all different. The parents have extremely high academic expectations for their children, and every child reacts differently to them. Greg, chose to rebel against his parents rules,...
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...Compare and Contrast Literary Paragraph In Bernice Friesen’s “Brother Dear” and Budge Wilson’s “The Charmer” the main characters Greg and Zack are both forced to leave their families, but for very different reasons. Greg disbands his family because he desires to do something good and make a difference in the world, however, Zack leaves because he is lazy and he does not do anything good for himself or his family despite, tricking and charming his family into thinking that he does. Even though Greg goes to university he feels that he needs to be a part of something bigger and do something good with his life, so he goes to protests and picketings. He believes that “[s]omethings are [just] more important” (30) and necessary than school. The...
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...FINDER I love the idea of using the Greek word for Finder as the main character’s name… maybe that could even work into the title? The headlines are talking. They say that there are only an estimated 6000 Followers left worldwide and about 10 percent of them may be found in North America. China claims to have wiped them out altogether, while India believes that they can be rehabilitated. Those headlines were from two days ago blaring through my Blue Tooth and YAHWEH alone knows how many of us are left. But after 80 - 100 years of persecution, since the Government’s war on the Followers, we’ve learned how to hide in plain sight. It takes a lot more money living in The Cities than in the communes where I was raised. But after they found our camp, about forty people strong, maybe 34 of us all told were BORNAGAINSAVED. The others were people we’d find on the road hungry, alone, broken; designated appointments from YAHWEH – well after they found our camp . . . well, I’ve been living in cities since then. They called us something else then, but the name has been lost. Now they just call us walking dead or religious trash. Either way it’s all the same. If they catch us, then it’s the Big Show: no ifs, ands, or but’s. Even on the news feeds, we’re “they,” or “suspects,” or “fanatics” and never our names. We’re the nameless ones. That’s how we can tell true Followers from the government plants they keep sending us. You can tell by the scars we carry. Many of us grow our hairs...
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...form • bring your completed form to a Borders, Borders Express, or Waldenbooks store and choose your FREE BOOK** *No purchase necessary. **Form must be completed and brought to any Borders, Borders Express, or Waldenbooks store by 8/26/10 to redeem coupon. Offer valid in-store only. Valid only on selected titles. NAME AGE WHAT BOOKS HAVE YOU READ THIS SUMMER? LIST THEM HERE: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. ❏ YES—MY CHILD READ 10 BOOKS! 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. PARENT/GUARDIAN SIGNATURE WE DARED YOU... AND YOU DID IT! Simply come into any Borders, Borders Express, or Waldenbooks store to choose your Ramona the Brave by Beverly Cleary ISBN 0380709597 Miss Daisy is Crazy! by Dan Gutman ISBN 0060507004 Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown ISBN 0060097914 Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary ISBN 0380709589 FREE BOOK Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes ISBN 0440442508 The River by Gary Paulsen ISBN 0440407532 Kristy’s Great Idea by Ann M. Martin ISBN 0545174759 CHOOSE FROM ANY OF THESE GREAT TITLES: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan ISBN 0142417440 Hoot by Carl Hiaasen ISBN 0440419395 The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare ISBN 0440495962 Ask a bookseller for details. Offer valid in-store only. While supplies last. Titles and editions subject to change at Borders’ discretion. Valid only on selected titles. Not valid for all editions of selected titles. May not be combined with sale pricing, other coupons, or corporate, classroom, or other group discounts. Original coupon...
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...What are you trying to say?（你到底想说什么？） Don't be silly.（别胡闹了。） How strong are your glasses?（你近视多少度？） Just because.（没有别的原因。） It isn't the way I hoped it would be.（这不是我所盼望的。） You will never guess.（你永远猜不到。） No one could do anything about it.（众人对此束手无措。） I saw something deeply disturbing.（深感事情不妙。） Money is a good servant but a bad master.（要做金钱的主人，莫做金钱的奴隶。） I am not available.（我正忙着） Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.(脑中的知识比手中的金钱更重要） Never say die.it's a piece of cake.别泄气，那只是小菜一碟。 Don't worry.you'll get use to it soon.别担心，很快你就会习惯的。 I konw how you feel.我明白你的感受。 You win some.you lose some.胜败乃兵家常事。 Don't bury your head in the sand.不要逃避现实。 I didn't expect you to such a good job.我没想到你干得这么好。 You are coming alone well.你做得挺顺利。 She is well-build.她的身材真棒。 You look neat and fresh.你看起来很清纯。 You have a beautiful personality.你的气质很好。 You flatter me immensely.你过奖啦。 You should be slow to judge others.你不应该随意评论别人。 I hope you will excuse me if i make any mistake.如有任何错误，请你原谅 It was most careless ofme.我太粗心了。 It was quite by accident.真是始料不及。 I wish i had all the time i'd ever wasted,so i could waste it all over again.我希望所有被我浪费的时间重新回来，让我再浪费一遍。 I like you the way you were.我喜欢你以前的样子。 You two go ahead to the movie without me,i don't want to be a third wheel.你们两个自己去看电影吧，我不想当电灯泡。 Do you have anyone in mind?你有心上人吗？ How long have you known her？你认识她多久了？ It was love at frist sight.一见钟情 I'd bettle hit the books.我要复习功课啦。 a piece of one's mind...
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...OUTLINE Introduction 1 About the Community 1 Current Situation 1 The Project 1 Main Benefits 2 Conclusion 2 Bibliography 3 Dear neighbours, dear friends. Have you ever thought how many things in our life we take for granted? The thing unfortunately most often taken for granted is our own health and wellbeing. Why does it take finding out that somebody close to us has heart problems or cancer to get us to appreciate that we are still healthy? Every day we are passing The Royal London Hospital, going to work, university or home. We should remember that within the walls of this hospital there are people who are much less lucky, people who think to themselves, well it's a good thing it's not excruciatingly painful for me to swallow and I can breathe without too much trouble. We should remember that someday we can find ourselves among them. We should remember that someday our friends, or our relatives, or our children can be among them. I represent the voluntary community “PlayRemedy”. We are committed to promoting the welfare of all children in the hospital. For 3 years, we have been directly working with sick children in The Royal London Hospital to bring them both fun and support. We organise special fun days on wards, arranging entertainment, games and activities. We celebrate Christmas and other holidays with these children. We try to make hospital a happier place for children. We try to make the world a better place for them. Because if our society doesn’t...
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...he 1964 world première of “Mary Poppins” was held at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, and it was the kind of spectacle for which the Disney organization had become famous. Throngs of screaming fans were greeted by Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Snow White and the dwarfs, as well as by entertainers who gestured toward the movie’s Edwardian setting: a twelve-piece pearly band, chimney-sweep dancers, valets dressed as bobbies, and a bevy of pretty Disneyland hostesses, whose traditional uniforms (kilts and black velvet riding helmets) suggested a general Englishness. Hollywood luminaries arrived in chauffeured automobiles, the women in ball gowns and mink stoles (Angie Dickinson, Maureen O’Hara, Suzanne Pleshette), the men wearing dinner jackets (Edward G. Robinson, Cesar Romero, Buddy Ebsen). The arrival of the movie’s principals aroused muted excitement: Julie Andrews, who played Mary Poppins, had never appeared in a movie before, and Dick Van Dyke—the chimney sweep Bert—became much better known after the film’s release. Then Walt Disney himself arrived, stepping out of a stretch limousine and gallantly reaching a hand into the car to help his wife, Lillian, onto the pavement. Disney was by then immensely famous, appearing on his own television show every Sunday night. He had carefully engineered his entrance: when his car pulled up, the Disney characters mobbed it, and soon afterward clouds of balloons were released into the air. Inside the packed twelve-hundred-seat theatre...
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...endangering us. I have chosen a few of the technologies in the 1900’s that fascinated me the most. OK so first of all the invention of the car. It is undoubtedly one of the most radical innovations of this century. A car, in its early stages, was highly expensive, only the best of the best could afford such a luxury. After the introduction of labour and the assembly-line system, affordable cars were made, leading to drastic changes to society. Personally I don’t know how I could live without a car, it just wouldn’t be possible, and I can’t even imagine what would happen to me. Airplanes. The Wright Brothers' first-ever flight of a motorized airplane in 1903, introduced the era of flying into the sky. The jet engine, the supersonic flight, fighter aircraft and space travel all are rooted in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina which was the site of the achievement of the Wright brothers. Without these airplanes we wouldn’t be able to see our families in other countries. We would have to take out ships and sail to them and personally that’s not an option I want to take. The first ever manned spaceflight. The technology of... Read...
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...there education. They thought them to look for new things to do,to go out and discover and learn as much as they could . There two sons Wilber and Orville Wright are the first to built a successful airplane. Wilber was born August 16 1867and Orville was born August 19 1871.both brothers loved any thing mechanical ,loved to tear things done and built it back up . Wilber finished highs school but was never able to get his diploma ,he was going to attend Yale,because of an accident that happens wile playing ice hockey Wilber got hit in the face with a hockey stick,even though he wasn’t heart badly he lost he’s front to. And so because of the accident Wilber withdrew from going to Yale as planned,so he spent the next few years tacking care of his mother who was ill. And as for Orville Wright he want to high school but dropped out on his junior year, to open a printing shop in 1889.Wilber and Orville had always been close to each other. The brother’s often worked as a team,they have places they started together like The West Side News Paper,The Wright cycle company but that is not all the Wright brothers have discovered. They discovers the first in the world fling machine . It all began in 1896 when the brothers could not stop thinking about fling. For the next two years or so thought and thought about fling and how they could do it ,read booked about bards,fling machines rose two years were busy with lots of researching etc... To there delight they had a...
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...A fairy tale (pronounced /ˈfeəriˌteɪl/) is a type of short story that typically features European folkloric fantasy characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants, mermaids, or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. Fairy tales may be distinguished from other folk narratives such as legends (which generally involve belief in the veracity of the events described)[1] and explicitly moral tales, including beast fables. In less technical contexts, the term is also used to describe something blessed with unusual happiness, as in "fairy tale ending" (a happy ending)[2] or "fairy tale romance" (though not all fairy tales end happily). Colloquially, a "fairy tale" or "fairy story" can also mean any farfetched story or tall tale; it's used especially of any story that not only isn't true, but couldn't possibly be true. In cultures where demons and witches are perceived as real, fairy tales may merge into legends, where the narrative is perceived both by teller and hearers as being grounded in historical truth. However, unlike legends and epics, they usually do not contain more than superficial references to religion and actual places, people, and events; they take place once upon a time rather than in actual times.[3] Fairy tales are found in oral and in literary form. The history of the fairy tale is particularly difficult to trace because only the literary forms can survive. Still, the evidence of literary works at least indicates that fairy tales have existed...
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...Lynch (now as Subsidiary of Bank of America), Lehman Brothers and Bear Steams (sold to JPMorgan Chase) were the world top five investment banks in United States. They were the key players in the financial markets and make significant contribution to the economics. But when they failed, the consequences would also be extremely fatal. The 158 years old Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday 1:45am, September 15, 2008 (“Wikipedia: Lehman Brothers”, July 15, 2013). With a total assets of $639 billion and $619 billion in debts, Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy filing became the largest in history, It’s assets far surpassed those of previous bankrupt giants such as WorldCom and Enron (“IInvestopedia: Case Study", April 02, 2009). The collapse of the Lehman Brothers is contagious and even triggered the Global Financial Crisis. LEHMAN BROTHERS HISTORY Three brothers – Henry Lehman, Emanuel Lehman and Mayer Lehman in 1850, founded Lehman Brothers. Started as a normal dry-goods store, the brothers grew the business by buying and selling cotton to planters living in and around Montgomery, Alabama ("History of Lehman Brothers", n.d). Eventually the brothers built a cotton storage warehouse together with a cotton merchant John Wesley Durr in a brief partnership form. Thereafter in 1858, an office in New York was opened to fulfill the needs of the growing sales and trades. After Civic War, Lehman Brothers who already have a strong pressure in the cotton...
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... Lehman Brothers is no more. Merrill Lynch has gone down the Bank of America maw. AIG too could go belly up. With a doubt, these developments in America are the most shocking events to have hit global financial markets. So where did it all begin? And what does it mean for the Indian stock markets? Find out. . . What is (or was) Lehman Brothers? America's fourth-largest investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc has filed the biggest bankruptcy petition known to mankind. The 158-year-old firm was founded by brothers Henry, Emanuel and Mayer Lehman, Jewish immigrants to the US from Germany, in 1850. Henry set up a general store in Alabama in 1844 and was later joined by his brothers. In 1850 they set up the merchant bank in New York after having made money in railway bonds. So what went wrong? Compiled by Rediff Business Desk Lehman Bros, which till June 2008 had not reported a quarterly loss even once, had earlier survived many an economic crises, like railroad bankruptcies of the 1800s, the Great Depression in the 1930s, and the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management in the 1990s. Thus the collapse of the giant investment bank came as a major shock for the entire world markets that plunged after Lehman filed a Chapter 11 petition with US Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan. The $613 billion (some estimates put the size at $639 billion) bankruptcy thus throws up the question: why did the Wall Street giant go bust? Here's why. . . Why did Lehman Brothers go bankrupt...
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... will have an effect on our entire lives. To achieve success we must follow our dreams overcome obstacles and not let the fear of failure interfere with our goals. A perfect example of how a dream leads to success is the Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur. They were the first innovators of flight and created the world’s first working airplane. When the brothers were young, they opened their own bike company to capitalize on the public’s new interest in bicycling. Once they earned enough money from their cycling company they wanted pursue their dreams of flying and flying machines. At first they tried to use gliders to fly, which worked but it wasn’t considered actually flying. A few years later they managed to put an engine on a plane and on December 17, 1903, they recorded the first flight. Although they had many critics, they proved all of them wrong when they flew publically in air shows. The two brothers had a dream that one day humans would take to the skies for transportation. Today most of their planes and equipment are scattered all over the country in different museums, including the Smithsonian. Wilbur and Orville Wright faced numerous hurdles that seemed impossible but they did not let challenges or failure deter them. The Wright brothers serve as an example of how hard work and dedication pays off in the end. There are many types of dreams; financial success is one, while another and more important is happiness and contentment. I have many goals that I hope will...
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...Analysis of Unilever Bangladesh: Introducing Unilever: 150 million times a day, someone somewhere chooses a Unilever product. From feeding your family to keeping your home clean and fresh, our brands are part of everyday life. Life partner: With 400 brands spanning 14 categories of home, personal care and foods products, no other company touches so many people’s lives in so many different ways. Its brand portfolio has made us leaders in every field in which we work. It ranges from much-loved world favorites including Lipton, Knorr, Dove and Omo, to trusted local brands such as Blue Band and Suave. From comforting soups to warm a winter’s day, to sensuous soaps that make you feel fabulous, our products help people get more out of life. We’re constantly enhancing our brands to deliver more intense, rewarding product experiences. We invest €1 billion every year in cutting edge research and development, and have five laboratories around the world that explore new thinking and techniques to help develop our products. Continuous development: Consumer research plays a vital role in our brands’ development. We’re constantly developing new products and developing tried and tested brands to meet changing tastes, lifestyles and expectations. And our strong roots in local markets also mean we can respond to consumers at a local level. By helping improve people’s diets and daily lives, we can help them keep healthier for longer, look good and give their children the best start in...
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...Welcome to Unilever Family. A company that aims to help people around the world to meet their everyday needs for nutrition, hygiene and wellbeing, with brands that help people look good, feel good and get more out of life. Unilever was created in the 1890s, when William Hesketh Lever, founder of Lever Bros, introduced Sunlight Soap - revolutionary new product in Victorian England. It mission was 'to make cleanliness commonplace; to lessen work for women; to foster health and contribute to personal attractiveness, so that life may be more enjoyable and rewarding for the people who use our products'. Even today, Unilever believes that success means acting with 'the highest standards of corporate behavior towards our employees, consumers, societies and world in which we live'. Unilever Pakistan started its journey in 1948 at Rahim Yar Khan town with the setting up of vegetable oil factory. From there onwards, as a company we have seen much change in the last 70 years, currently, Unilever Pakistan is known as the largest FMGC, one of the largest MNC in Pakistan, and the ‘Top FMGC employer 2012’. As a company we are accountable for: • Make a positive difference to the lives of low income consumers; • Create new opportunities for growth; • Improve the overall quality of life in Pakistan, by promoting education, nutrition, health and hygiene. It is also important to note what has not changed at Digital Business, namely our commitments to providing exceptional client service...
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