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Bozo and the Storyteller

By: Matt Jones

...inded me not to rush the plot. Mark gave typically wise comments and even managed to slip in the odd extra joke. Vanessa, a real writer, tidied up t... ...d that would be it! I mean, as if all the doc- tors and the experts hadn’t managed to…’ ‘I’m awake,’ Theo repeated, a little stronger now. 11 Theo ‘…... ...k in their frames as the Bloon spoke. Theo listened carefully to the full account and had to resist the temptation not to pinch himself again. ‘You ... ...ringing their bells to drag the nurses away from their magazines. He even managed to lock Bunsen in his off ce for two hours until someone heard his... ...d was a slippery customer, too. He’d set f re to his own hospital, by all accounts. Three of them moved forward to put the cuffs on Simon, while the... ...ription of Dr Bunsen reminded Pierre of certain teachers he knew, and the account of the escape drew an impressed whistle. 74 Bozo and the Storytel... ...d a grown man; and so, too, encoded in the moment are a thousand possible futures. Most fortune-tellers soon learnt that it was more prof table to t...

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Attaining the Worlds Beyond

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...ustbelievethatourownactionshave direct consequences, and that we build our own futures. On the other hand, we must say to ourselves, "Who am I, to be ... ...encing the unbearable suffering brought about by personal interest. If we have managed to oust all selfish thoughts from ourminds,eventhoughtsaboutthe... ...gth. In Kabbalah, this kind of spiritual nurturing of a person is known as "on account of the Higher One." However, the "child" may wish to grow spiri... ...OND This is considered to be a lesser state because in it we do not take into account egoism, since we have no strength to counter it. This situation... ...t is not for our benefit, then immediately our bodies (egoism) demand an exact accounting as to whether it is worthwhile to do this. Forwithoutagoal,w...

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And Gulliver Returns Book III : A Visit to Kino

By: Bob Oconnor

... the honoree at their celebration that I was mesmerized by the occasion. I managed a few words between the projected images of the flight that had b... ...90% of adult males smoke. That‘s about twice the world‘s rate. Smoking now accounts for one in 8 deaths in China but will rise to 1 in 3 by 2050 if ... ...e our workers pay a realistic amount into their retirement and health care accounts each month. They also pay for long term care. The payments never ... ..., with 10% compounded interest. So you see it is a multifunctional savings account with a high rate of return. ―This next year we are moving t... ...cations current for the changing needs of the global economy; save for our futures; take care of our own health; and if we want to someday retire, w... ...have inspired us to work hard when we see some potential for our financial futures. We want more if we can get it. It‘s like the bear overfeeding be...

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The Future of the Internet : And How to Stop It

By: Jonathan Zittrain

... in, though Apple can change it through remote updates. Indeed, to those who managed to tinker with the code to enable the iPhone to support more or d... ...mation ecosystem. Understanding its history sheds light on different possible futures and helps us to recognize and avoid what might otherwise be very ... ...f two ways. First, there was the large-scale Hollerith model of main- frames managed by a single firm like IBM. These computers had general-pur- pose p... ...computers would typically run a handful of designated applications —payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and perhaps a more enter- prise-sp... ...ibly because PCs were not initially networked. In the absence of a centrally managed information repository, there was an incentive to make an individ... ...ht have had its own souped-up adding machine/calcula- tor unit for balancing accounts—or it might have had no appliance at all, since the cost of depl... ...user ID and password. No ID, no network access. This had the added benefit of accountability: anyone engaging in bad behavior on the network could have...

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The Path of Splitness

By: Indrek Pringi

...ort the Hubble telescope 13 billion light years to the farthest radiation you managed to pick up, and aim it again, along the same exact straight li... ...sic Force that caused the Explosion of the Big Bang to happen. Science has managed to measure certain aspects of Impetus: but it does not fully u... ...rythingness and Nothingness are Conditions of Formlessness. After Impetus managed to separate Formlessness into Everythingness and Nothingness; ... ... thing which matters in Life is increasing the number of dollars in your bank account, then abstract greed becomes the ruling culture of human civil... ...y can buy and how many zeros are printed on their paychecks and on their bank account statements. One reason why Science cannot figure out how t... ...with it, and are found by the statisticians to enter it into their statistical accounts. Most sexual abuse and rape is kept secret because it works ... ...mans must sacrifice their lives for the past. They must throw away their own futures to preserve the dead past. The old, sick, dying, senile human ... ...arry and never have any children of their own: sacrificed their own lives and futures; caring-for and loving the children of the rich elite. If...

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Fixing Global Finance

By: Kavaljit Singh

... “NINJA” borrowers – “No Income, No Job or Assets.” The sub-prime business accounted for some 20-30 percent of all housing loans in the US. These loan... ...ears. Out of total $2.8 trillion write-downs, European banks are likely to account for $1.6 trillion. To restore confidence and liquidity in the banki... ...ECA) region were worst hit by the crisis. Their GDP fell by 6.2 percent on account of lower oil prices and problems in financing unsustainable current... ...isted on public stock exchanges. Private equity funds are pools of capital managed and invested by private equity firms. In the last two decades, priv... ...restructure PTL’s operations was opposed by PTL’s senior management, Actis managed to oust the entire senior management team (including the chair) in ... ...eign wealth fund (SWF) is a large pool of assets and investments owned and managed – directly or indirectly – by a national or state government. It ma... ... in September 2006 after losing some $6 billion in one week on natural gas futures – the Amaranth trader had bet half the firm’s assets that prices wo... ...he financial derivatives began in 1972 with currency trading. Stock- index futures trading began in 1982, and trading in interest-rate futures commenc... ...2007. There are specialist exchanges (e.g., London International Financial Futures Exchange) in which financial derivatives 5 56 Fixing Global Financ...

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Contributing to Efforts for Greater Financial Markets Stability in Apec Economies

By: Apec Finance Minister Process

...s more deleveraging, large budget deficit and high government debt, and large current account deficit. Australia still faces financial vulnerability... ...3.3 Financial Institution Regulation………………………………………. 94 III.3.4 An In-depth Account of US Financial Regulation Agencies………… 95 I... ...ld, 2009 (US$ Thousands) ………………………………………………………………... 39 3.6 Capital and Financial Account (2005 – 2009)………………………………...… 40 3.7 Direct, Portfolio... ... derivatives markets, which provide instruments for the management of financial risk; futures markets, which provide standardized forward contracts ... ...accordance with internationally acceptable principles and standards, competitive, and managed by professional and highly skilled management. In... ...wned enterprise divestment, application of floating exchange rate instead of previous managed floating, and tax reform are examples of policies imple... ... Commission published additional rules regarding "prudent measures" applicable to the futures and options markets (Disposiciones de caracter prudenc... ...de Futuros y Opciones cotizados en Bolsa). 1998 : 1. April 1998, the trading in the futures and options market of the index of the Mexican Stock E... ...ection for depositors at most commercial banks and mutual savings banks. The FDIC is managed by a five-member board of directors appointed by the U...

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Facts and Fictions in the Securities Industry

By: Sam Vaknin

... IX. The Future of the SEC X. Privatizing with Golden Shares XI. The Future of the Accounting Profession XII. The Economics of Expectations XIII. ... ...oned risk of non-payment. In certain places, additional factors must be taken into account (for example: country risk or foreign exchange risks). ... ..., research and (predetermined) growth. Cash Flow Statements have become a standard accounting requirement in the 80s (starting with the USA). Becau... ...pable of personally tackling the various and varying tasks of the business that he managed. Thus, two classes of investors emerged. One type suppli... ...ces from past and present ones. Jack Schwager, sums it up in his book "Schwager on Futures: Technical Analysis", quoted by Stockcharts.com: "One wa... ...self and, hence, of risk. Short-selling and spread-betting funds join single stock futures in profiting from the downside. Market - also known as ... ...- yields price fluctuations. Changes in volatility - as manifested in options and futures premiums - are good predictors of shifts in sentiment an... ...absence of political intervention in the handling of the crisis is notable. It was managed by the autonomous, able, utterly professional, largely a... ...ields on "random walk" and stochastic (random) investment portfolios often surpass managed funds. Index or tracking funds (funds who automatically ...

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Utility, Rationality and Beyond – from Behavioral Finance to Informational Finance

By: Sukanto Bhattacharya

...) Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710061, P. R. China. 2) Dr. M. Khoshnevisan, School of Accounting and Finance, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland 9726, ... ...> X. Speculative trading in derivative securities like stock index futures with a highly leveraged position could indeed have unfortunate cas... ...unted zero-coupon bonds of α% such that (1 – α)% is left for an investment account to be invested in high-risk high-return assets e.g. stock index fu... ...t account to be invested in high-risk high-return assets e.g. stock index futures. At the end of the investment horizon the amount invested in the d... ...oupon bond yields the original capital while the amount in the investment account provides the scope for an additional return. This is a rather simp... ...een the contracting parties and are not traded on organized exchanges. Futures Contract Quite similar to a forwards contract – this is a con... ...nt horizon depends on how well the assets within the structure have been ‘managed’ during the lock-up period to adapt to the changing asset market co... ... A notional amount of US$100,000 is invested on 02/02/01 in a dynamically managed structured product with a floor of $90,000. The risk-free rate is a...

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Capitalistic Musings

By: Sam Vaknin

...al Financial Architecture XXIV. War and the Business Cycle XXV. America’s Current Account Deficit XXVI. Anarchy as an Organizing Principle XXVII.... ...ources to reward forthcoming collaborators and punish free-riders. It even fails to account for simpler forms of apparent selflessness, such as reci... ...te income and rarely for self-enrichment. Economics also failed until recently to account for the role of innovation in growth and development. Th... ... theoretical at present. Granted, many resources are unevenly distributed and badly managed. But this is man-made ("internal") scarcity and can be ... ...tself and, hence, of risk. Short-selling and spread-betting funds join single stock futures in profiting from the downside. Market - also known as ... ...- yields price fluctuations. Changes in volatility - as manifested in options and futures premiums - are good predictors of shifts in sentiment an... ...es from past and present ones. Jack Schwager, sums it up in his book "Schwager on Futures: Technical Analysis", quoted by Stockcharts.com, : "One... ...er what is being quantified by the rate of inflation and when and how it should be managed. The sin committed by most central banks is their lack o... ...rrowers the wrong interest rates or, more common, financing risky projects. Badly managed banks pay higher premiums to secure federal deposit insu...

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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

...hat anarchism must address. Anarchy (as Organizing Principle) The recent spate of accounting fraud scandals signals the end of an era. Disillusion... ... both commercial banks and multilateral lenders. As applied to the professions - to accountants, stock brokers, lawyers, bankers, insurers, and so o... ...SA, the government is much more heavily and pervasively involved in the minutia of accountancy, stock dealing, and banking than it was only two yea... ...ctations (in other words, we transfer risks). The markets in derivatives (options, futures, indices, swaps, collateralized instruments, and so on) ... ..."In the first stage ... there is a proliferation of standardised securities such as futures. These securities make possible the creation of custom- ... ...armacology. The multibillion dollar industries involving drug companies, hospitals, managed healthcare, private clinics, academic departments, and l... ...armacology. The multibillion dollar industries involving drug companies, hospitals, managed healthcare, private clinics, academic departments, and l... ...orrowers the wrong interest rates or, more common, financing risky projects. Badly managed banks pay higher premiums to secure federal deposit insu... ...tself and, hence, of risk. Short-selling and spread-betting funds join single stock futures in profiting from the downside. Market - also known as ...

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

...hat anarchism must address. Anarchy (as Organizing Principle) The recent spate of accounting fraud scandals signals the end of an era. Disillusion... ... both commercial banks and multilateral lenders. As applied to the professions - to accountants, stock brokers, lawyers, bankers, insurers, and so o... ...SA, the government is much more heavily and pervasively involved in the minutia of accountancy, stock dealing, and banking than it was only two yea... ...ctations (in other words, we transfer risks). The markets in derivatives (options, futures, indices, swaps, collateralized instruments, and so on) ... ..."In the first stage ... there is a proliferation of standardised securities such as futures. These securities make possible the creation of custom- ... ...armacology. The multibillion dollar industries involving drug companies, hospitals, managed healthcare, private clinics, academic departments, and l... ...armacology. The multibillion dollar industries involving drug companies, hospitals, managed healthcare, private clinics, academic departments, and l... ...orrowers the wrong interest rates or, more common, financing risky projects. Badly managed banks pay higher premiums to secure federal deposit insu... ...tself and, hence, of risk. Short-selling and spread-betting funds join single stock futures in profiting from the downside. Market - also known as ...

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Trendsiters Digital Content and Web Technologies

By: Sam Vaknin

...sitors, statistics and demographics. It failed, however, to take into account the dwindling efficacy of what Seth Godin, in his brilliant essay ... ...l, no doubt, will be witness to public Internet terminals, subsidized ISP accounts, free Internet classes and an alternative "non-commercial, public"... ... supply chain, and update the inventory, ordering, billing and invoicing, accounting, and re-ordering databases and functions. Besides tracking conte... ...n a medium like the Internet. The way it has formed, the way it was (not) managed, its hardware-software-communications specifications - are all uniq... ...uturology of technology" or to try to make a new version of techno-waves, futures shocks and versions of culture wars of Toffler's, Huntington's and ... ...s and are governed by different economic principles. Thus, they should be managed and deployed differently. Massive, double digit increases in pro... ...ration. Their economies may be too obsolete and hidebound, poor and badly managed to absorb yet another critical change in the form of an IT shock w...

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A Unifying Field in Logics : Neutrosophic Logic. Neutrosophy, Neutrosophic Set, Neutrosophic Probability

By: Florentin Smarandache

...retation? 25 Arguing with Plekhanov (historical development is not managed at will), one says that it is at some degree managed and at anothe... ...ll), one says that it is at some degree managed and at another degree not managed by the will. Ab'lard's conceptualism, which states that unive... ...because 'idea' is 'immaterial'). Some clericalist are atheist on the account they transform the church into a business and the religion into a ... ...paradox): further of ourselves. Rousseau attacked the arts, literature on account of corrupting the ethics and replacing the religion. By modern fas... ...ble future, and Branching Time, which has two extra operators: “A” = all futures, and “E” = some futures. Default Logic (Raymond Reiter 1980) is a... ...g Kong, 1999. [72] Hoffmann, Banesh, The strange Story of the Quantum, An account for the general reader of the growth of the ideas underlying our p...

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Analysis of Social Aspects of Migrant Labourers Living with Hiv/Aids Using Fuzzy Theory and Neutrosophic Cognitive Maps

By: W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy and Florentin Smarandache

...ch), BP 72 F-92322 Chatillon Cedex, France. Dr.M.Khoshnevisan, School of Accounting and Finance, Griffith Univeristy, Australia. Dr. G. Lakshma Re... ...n. Study of HIV/AIDS male patients, have been analyzed taking mainly into account that migration is the main cause for them to visit CSWs and thereb... ...w of them had even beaten up their daughter-in-laws. Even if we take into account the fact that it is also equally possible for the women to have ha... ...gether so in this chapter we give new methods by which the problem can be managed section by section or part by part without sacrificing any thing. ... ...k in these fields are helped. Also steps have to be taken to secure their futures and also ideas and suggestions for alternative solutions could be ...

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