... to reassure; the purpose of art is to upset Therein lies the value of each." - "The study of an academic discipline alters the way we perceive the world After studying the discipline, ... morality as though they were separate realms fail to understand either the one or the other." - "The surest indicator of a great nation is not the achievements of its rulers, artists, ... disregard the great works ofthe past, it is because these works no longer answer the needs ofthe present." -"As long as people in a society are hungry or out of work or lack the basic...
... combination of these two impacts, auto-enrollment may not be in and of itself driving the ‘all-in’ fee lower Rather, the lower fee may be attributed to some other factors such as the age ofthe plan, the ... composition as compared with the universe In the case of this Study, the share of large plans in the sample is higher than the share of large plans in the 401(k) universe Thus, if the survey responses ... Whether measured by plan assets or number of plan participants, the 2011 sample covers a wide range of plan sizes Because the distribution of plans across the sample differs from the universe of...
... From the Library of Garrick Lee Insidethe Mind ofthe Shopper From the Library of Garrick Lee This page intentionally left blank From the Library of Garrick Lee Insidethe Mind ofthe Shopper The ... scanning the very bottom shelf ofthe left side ofthe aisle She swings her gaze across the aisle to the bottom shelf ofthe right side, and then moves up along the second shelf Her gaze zigzags to the ... consequence ofthe justified focus on the economics ofthe stock-up shopper, and a lack of attention to the behavior ofthe mass of individual shoppers in the store This huge cohort of quick trippers...
... to the dominant authenticating strategy ofthe previous era, "authenticity" in the late 1960s did not derive from the mere mastery ofthe sounds and social contexts of American jazz, but from the ... within the jazz subculture the (African) American exemplar is conspicuously privileged as the most "authentic."5 When the authenticity and purity of jazz are determined by the ethnicity ofthe performer, ... deemed "authentic" or "unauthentic" depending either on how closely they adhere to the aesthetic standards enshrined in the "original" or on how closely their personal profiles match the specific...
... from the University of Florence and a PhD from the University of Bologna He is the chairman ofthe Italian Chapter ofthe IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, a fellow ofthe IEEE and ofthe ... on the creation of web “trails” (as Bush had anticipated) Each of these characteristics is essential to the nature ofthe web as we know it The WWW is one ofthe greatest success stories in the ... ofthe work to another, transcending the traditional serial presentation of content He developed these ideas independently of Engelbart, though he too was inspired by Bush Around the end of the...
... honest as they were But all of them were straightforward They told me what they had done wrong They told me what they had done right I was touched by the personal aspects of their lives they were ... of new offices in different parts ofthe world All of these new offices must then be educated in this approach to client development “As we acquire new companies, how we integrate them into the ... clients So why they succeed where Joe fails? I believe it’s because they look at the business aspects of their offices with the same creative eye that they apply to actual projects Rather than struggle...
... activities They are: The National Library of Laos, the National University of Laos Library, the Library of Lao Academy of Social Sciences The Thesis provides descriptions, statistics, and analysis of their ... Contributions ofthe Thesis: This is the first thesis conducted in the area of library and information in Laos and is also the first philosophical dissertation on the field The Thesis has: - ... deployment of Thesis: The Thesis analyzes the explanations of phenomena to understand their status and nature; identify issues to be solved; find out the causes ofthe status quo and thereby state...
... Industrial Average: The Late 1920s versus the Late 1980s Source: Bloomberg 14 INSIDETHE HOUSE OF MONEY soften the impact ofthe bubble’s bursting rather than to take away the fuel for the party Black ... managers had the 1987 stock market crash, the sterling crisis of 1992, the bond market rout of 1994, the Asia crisis of 1997, the Russia/LTCM crisis of 1998, and finally the dot-com bust of 2000 (See ... side ofthe trade The devaluation ofthe Russian ruble and simultaneous default ofthecountry s sovereign debt caught many macro managers poorly positioned It also marked the beginning of the...
... understanding of why they chose the path they did They also offer advice and steps to help in the creation of new patterns in their life The client may spend as much time in the garden communicating as they ... with the words of some very smart, very successful people talking about the things they to manage their own thinking, their own emotions, their own lives They talk here about the things they ... not try to fix them I just let them have a life of their own there in my mind I simply let them be, not resisting them and not trying to alter them or make them go away I embraced them, but I didn’t...
... can come from the sounds ofthe slogans when customers read them aloud If the combination ofthe words can make rhythms as they rhyme with one another or they contain the phenomenon of alliteration, ... Airlines Use of comparison Admen have to abide by the code of commercial practice and stick to the rules of advertising They should not advertise their product at the expense of others So they resort ... use the verb “buy” directly On one hand, the advertisers try their best to promote their product; on the other hand, they don’t want to give the consumers a feeling of spending their money Therefore,...
... single party ruling country with the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) as the leading force ofthe government Most ofthe public officials are also members ofthe party and the notion of “civil servant ... training of civil servant The definition of training was provided in the order (ukaz) No 983 ofthe President ofthe Russian Federation of September 1997 on “Complete methods for the training of State ... system to methods of merit selections; so that the most competent politically acceptable person gets the job In the longer term, the further strengthening ofthe principle of merit in the Vietnamese...
... from the councils ofthe National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine The members ofthe committee responsible for the report were chosen for their ... secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health ofthe public The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the ... occurred in the IPO’s plans for NPOESS; in particular, the complement of sensor concepts for the satellite was fixed, thereby defining the limits ofthe planned observing system The scope ofthe committee’s...
... marketing, they often tend to neglect key issues that are important in the use of a marketing perspective An appreciation ofthe self-interest ofthe target, the benefits of an exchange, and the constraining ... understanding of and accommodate the target's MOAs and the trade-off of free choice and externalities The potential for success ofthe three sets of tools is derived from the target's assessment ofthe ... Related to the preceding proposition is the perceived share ofthe community cost imposed on, and the benefit to be garnered by, the individual The greater the perception of a payoff, the easier...
... throughout thecountryThe per capita water supply is 2% ofthe world average (198 cubic metres per person) and the consumption of water for agriculture purposes is one ofthe highest Only 43% ofthe ... population of 23 646 million as of mid 2007 The growth rate of 3.1%, one ofthe highest in the world, is expected to double in 24 years Factors contributing to the high growth rate are the low use of ... system Theissue is problematic, as often only 50% or less ofthe already low budget is actually released Ministry of Finance: 25% The different sources of funding and their contribution to the...
... of May The specifics of their strategies and the relative size of their trading activities dictated the extent to which this had an impact on the rest ofthe market We note that even within the ... either side ofthe midquote ofthe then-current national best bid and national best offer (“NBBO”) This is equivalent to plus or minus 50 points on each side ofthe S&P 500 Index.17 As shown, the ... during the decline in prices ofthe EMini and SPY, the E-Mini was relatively cheaper than either SPY or baskets of individual securities These same firms reported that they therefore purchased the...
... degenerate case ofthe NSI action In the case ofthe NSI action, the speaker and hearer mutually know of a plan that will result in identification ofthe intended referent, and in the case ofthe S[ action, ... situation, the speaker ran augment the description with additional descriptors for tile purpose of informing the hearer that they are true ,ff the denotation ofthe other part ofthe description ... intends that the term D' be active, The preconditions of this action depend strictly on the mutual belief ofthe speaker and the hearer at the time ofthe utterance The noun phrase in a sentence such...
... involves a review ofthe creditworthiness of each tranche ofthe CDO As with RMBS, the process centers on an examination ofthe pool of assets held by the trust and an analysis of how they would perform ... to them by the sponsor ofthe RMBS They did not verify the integrity and accuracy of such information as, in their view, due diligence duties belonged to the other parties in the process They ... below The “Issuer Pays” Conflict Each ofthe NRSROs examined uses the “issuer pays” model, in which the arranger or other entity that issues the security is also seeking the rating, and pays the...