The irony of this drastic
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Not exact matches
The longer the average maturity
of the bond fund, the
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interest rates
change.
Longer ‐ term bonds carry a longer or higher duration than shorter ‐ term bonds; as such, they would
be affected by
changing interest rates for a
greater period
of time if
interest rates
were to increase.
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Given this confinement, they have had little direct access to the
great social questions
of the day... [They
are] encouraging nostalgic attachments to former ways
of life... and abandoning the victims
of social dislocation in rapidly
changing urban environments... They appear more
interested in maintaining secure spaces which can sustain them in their attempts to cope with the daily problems
of living.»
The journal
is a quarterly published by the National Endowment for Democracy (1101 15th St NW, Suite 200, Washington, D.C 20005) and should
be of great interest to people trying to understand political and cultural
changes in today's world.
I've known Jesus for as long as I've known my name, and still I use other people like capital to advance my own
interest, still I gossip to make myself feel important, still I curse my brothers and sisters in one breath and sing praise songs in the next, still I sit in church with arms folded and cynicism coursing through my bloodstream, still I talk a big game about caring for the poor without doing much to
change my own habits, still I indulge in food I
'm not hungry for and jewelry I don't need, still I obsess over what people say about me on the internet, still I forget my own privilege, still I talk more than I listen and complain more than I thank, still I commit acts
of evil, still I make a
great commenter on Christianity and a lousy practitioner
of it.
This would
be a nice
change but in my exprience on these blogs a
great number
of the people seem far more
interested in petty insults and jabs and any serious debates.
Big, wide pappardelle noodles would
be an
interesting replacement and would
change the taste and texture
of the soup a bit, but would
be a
great variation on white bean and kale soup.
nice to see you crawl out
of your hole just in time to offer your 2 cents worth once again... unlike yourself I started following this team long before Wenger arrived on the scene and will continue to do so long after he
's gone... in his earlier years I admired the cerebral elements he brought to the EPL, which at that point
was more brutish than beautiful, and I respected the seemingly tireless efforts
of Arsene, Dein & staff to uncover and develop talent without sacrificing the product on the field... likewise I appreciated that such a youthful manager wasn't afraid to bring strong personalities and / or world - class players into the fold without
being fearful
of how said players would potentially undermine and / or dilute his authority... unfortunately this all
changed about 10 years ago and culminated in the removal
of all our
greatest players, both young and old, without any real replacements coming in... from Henry to RVP to Fabergas and Nasri, it
was easy to see that this club
was no longer
interested in competing at the highest levels... instead
of being honest, minus the ridiculous claims regarding the new stadium, Wenger chose to side with management and in doing so became the «front man» for this corporation pretending to
be a world - class soccer club... without the «front man» this organization would have
been exposed numerous years earlier, so his presence
was imperative if the facade
was to continue... it
's for this reason and more that I despise what this once
great man and Kroenke has done to my beloved club... the gutless, shameful and manipulative way they have treated the fans, like myself,
is largely indefensible and this
is why I felt it necessary to start offering my opinion in a public format... trust me, I resisted the temptation for many years but as long as the same shit continues to exist I will voice my opinions and if you don't like it maybe you should look for a different team to pretend to follow
Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands,
is in no better position to compete next season than they
were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have
been easily snowed by the acquisition
of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release
of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state
of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he
's the only one we have actively tried to get rid
of for years because he and his father
were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had
interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there
are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy
of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid
of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid
of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough
was an anomaly or a prediction
of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return
of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort
of pie in the sky meanderings
are indicative
of what
's wrong with this club and it
's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition
of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle
of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any
of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind
of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to
be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger
's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to
be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack
of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he
was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result
of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest
of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands
of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil
were allowed to regularly start when none
of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract
is criminal for a club
of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it
's time to get rid
of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value
is just to simply right this ship and
change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field
of play, which would
be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who
is like the recent version
of Rosicky — too bad, both will
be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history
of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet
of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam
being perpetrated by this club since the arrival
of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone
of Henry
's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP,
was that he knew that they would demand players
of a similar ilk to
be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model
was that
of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he
was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any
interest to strikers who
were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part
of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish
great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has
changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and
were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet
of those who
were well aware all along
of the potential pitfalls
of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it
was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really
was...
The majority
of Wenger fans
are the ones who have only seen Wenger as the manager
of our
great club they know nothing else that
's the reason they
are petrified
of change, I for one have
been a fan before Wenger and will
be after Wenger as you have Jon and our
interests are for the good
of the club not an out
of date manager long long past his best!
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The
changes may
be of interest to Westminster watchers, but with the holders
of the
great offices
of state keeping their jobs, there will
be little to grab the attention
of those outside the beltway.
«There
is too
great an
interest, I think, in (the Cuomo administration) to make a headline, to score political points, to leverage people against one another in order to score a win instead
of truly understanding the kind
of change that needs to happen in order to grow the economy, keep New Yorkers here and make the state more affordable and improve everybody's quality
of life,» Molinaro said.
«What brought us together
is not
interest to acquire power but the
interest to bring the necessary
change for the economic emancipation
of our
great nation.
«It
was a
great experience, getting to work with a broader set
of people who
are interested in climate
change,» Selin notes.
«This finding
was of interest,» they write, «as it emphasises the paradox involved in LCT, in that tourists
are travelling
greater distances to view the destination that
is in danger, contributing higher levels
of emissions and thus exacerbating the impacts
of climate
change.»
Although the results from the models can not yet give definite measures
of the probability
of a flood, they do provide an insight into how those risks have
changed and continue to
change — information that
is of great interest to insurance underwriters, among others.
At odds with the low levels
of factual knowledge, most respondents reported that they had a «moderate amount» or a «
great deal»
of understanding about climate
change, where polar
change has
been a major area
of interest.
Of great interest, colonisation of germ - free mice with gut bacteria reversed these changes which suggest that there is potential to reverse the changes with microbiota - based intervention
Of great interest, colonisation
of germ - free mice with gut bacteria reversed these changes which suggest that there is potential to reverse the changes with microbiota - based intervention
of germ - free mice with gut bacteria reversed these
changes which suggest that there
is potential to reverse the
changes with microbiota - based interventions.
Discovering any genetic
changes that protect against malaria
is of great interest, says hematologist and malaria specialist Dave Roberts
of the University
of Oxford, who
was not involved with the study.
«There
's a
great deal
of interest in printed electronics, because they
're fast, cheap, can
be done in small volumes and
changed easily,» said Chih - hung Chang, a professor in the OSU College
of Engineering.
Would
be great to see an approximation
of the
change per decade — obviously it
's a completely different trend from the 70s to the 90s than for the whole five decades, would
be interesting to see how different.
[Response: That
's more
of a regional issue, and
of course, the regional patterns
of change — whether forced or internal to the system -
are of great interest for understanding climate dynamics.
As the smallest structural
change in the scale
of biological world, the isomerization and the catalysis
of this reaction by isomerases
is of great interest, to bridge the dynamics
of chemical bonds and the biological functions
of the macromolecules.
It
is interesting that the non-significant EMG amplitude
changes after isotonic training follow a U-shaped curve, but only contribute to
greater torque increases than the middle range
of motion at short muscle lengths (30 degrees).
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I
am a huge fan
of the original Prince
of Persia trilogy, and when I heard about this game I
was a little worried that they would
change to much
of what made the original games
great, and I
was right, the gameplay has
been completely destroyed, platforming
is awkward do to too may actions
being mapped to the same buttons, combat
is tedious and unenjoyable, it
's EXTREMELY repetitive, having to search around for light seeds just to advance the plot
is stupid, and do to the fact that you can't really die the whole game just feels like trial and error, and the new Prince character
is completely unlikeable, while they messed up most
of the game it
's got some good things going for it, the voice acting
is solid, the graphics
are beautiful, and the ending does have
interested in seeing where the story goes from here, but I
'm not sure if I want to pick up the next game they come out with, this
was a huge disappointment and isn't worthy to bear the Prince
of Persia name.
Based on the bestselling novel by former spy turned author John le Carré, the movie looks like a throwback to those
great, low - key political thrillers from the 1970s, and if that
's not enough to pique your
interest, then a brief glance at the cast list — a veritable who
's who
of the best British actors working today, including Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong and Benedict Cumberbatch
of «Sherlock» fame — will almost certainly
change your mind.
This
is not to say that it isn't worth noting that the success
of the women at Litchfield, the bumbling boys
of Andrew Haigh's San Francisco, Ryan Murphy's fun house
of mirrors anthology series and Jill Solloway's Trans - Parent protagonist might tell us something about the ever -
changing state
of contemporary television and the
great strides the gay community has made in creating
interesting and challenging new series.
But one thing hasn't
changed, which
is the ignored, unacknowledged, but complete dependence
of those
great interests on us and on our talents and on the work we do in the quiet
of our solitude.
The Race Underground
is a
great American saga
of two rival American cities, their rich, powerful and sometimes corrupt
interests, and an invention that
changed the lives
of millions.
For readers who love Erik Larson and David McCullough, The Race Underground
is peopled with the famous, like Boss Tweed, and Thomas Edison, a
great American saga
of two rival American cities, the powerful
interests within, and an invention that
changed the lives
of millions.
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of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels
of distribution may
be larger than able to
be sold, possible risks associated with
changes in the strategic direction
of the device business, including possible reduction in sales
of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will
be rendered obsolete or otherwise not
be able to
be effectively utilized in devices to
be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections
are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels
of distribution may
be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth
is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate
of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher
interest rates, the performance
of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success
of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews
of strategic alternatives and the potential separation
of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess
of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications
are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution
of those applications
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of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome
of which
is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect
of the proposed separation
of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects
of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels
of distribution may
be larger than able to
be sold, possible risks associated with
changes in the strategic direction
of the device business, including possible reduction in sales
of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will
be rendered obsolete or otherwise not
be able to
be effectively utilized in devices to
be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections
are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels
of distribution may
be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth
is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate
of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher
interest rates, the performance
of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success
of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews
of strategic alternatives and the potential separation
of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing
of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess
of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications
are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution
of those applications
is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction
of international operations following termination
of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media
is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination
of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing
of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits
of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may
be outside
of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.
While we
're here to discuss your options in
greater detail whenever you
're ready, here
's a quick look at the most common loan types, which primarily involve a fixed
interest rate over a long period
of time, or a rate that can
change over time.
Because bonds with longer maturities have a
greater level
of risk due to
changes in
interest rates, they generally offer higher yields so they
're more attractive to potential buyers.
The
changes will go into effect on January 1, 2018 but lenders
are expecting to roll this rules out to their consumers between December 7th — 15th, and will require conventional mortgage applicants to qualify at the Bank
of Canada's five - year benchmark rate or the customer's mortgage
interest rate +2 %, whichever
is greater.
Fixed income securities with longer maturities
are subject to
greater price shifts as a result
of interest rate
changes than fixed income securities with shorter maturities.
CDs
are a
great way to earn fixed income with an
interest rate that will never
change for the term
of the CD.
Long - term debt
is more sensitive to
interest rate
changes than short - term debt given that there
is a
greater probability
of interest rates rising within a longer time period than within a shorter time frame.
Homeowners trying to get a sense
of how rates will impact their mortgage payments, Scott said, would
be better served by keeping an eye on the strength
of the U.S. economy and
changes in bond markets — factors that tend to have a
greater impact on
interest rates take than any incremental
change by one lender.
The analyst must seek to guard himself against this danger as best he can: in part, by dealing with those situations preferably which
are not subject to sudden
change; in part, by favoring securities in which the popular
interest is keen enough to promise a fairly swift response to value elements which he
is the first to recognize; in part, by tempering his activities to the general financial situation — laying more emphasis on the discovery
of undervalued securities when business and market conditions
are on a fairly even keel, and proceeding with
greater caution in times
of abnormal stress and uncertainty.»
Such performance can
be impacted by a number
of risk factors, including but not limited to (i) the level
of price volatility (equity securities generally have
greater price volatility than debt securities, (ii)
changes in
interest rates, and (iii) the ability
of the manager to purchase or sell a security in a timely manner at desired prices.
This
is also a
great way to keep the customer's
interest in the store's displays by
changing around the look
of the aquarium from time to time when possible.
Of course, as
great as long - term negative -
interest - rate loans
are, what
's almost as
great is being able to request a product
change from my Slate card to a third Chase Freedom in 16 months!