geographical projects. Edward Teller was one of the project’s most avid supporters‚ who viewed the ease in which nuclear explosions was the gateway to geographic engineering that would allow people to change the earth’s surface to suit their needs (Kirsch‚ pg.4). Though Teller was not a member of Project Plowshare‚ Teller would often use his image of a ‘public scientist to build support for the project such as promising president Eisenhower that a radiation
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International Trade and Environment: Past‚ Present and Future On December 6th (2013) the World Trade Organisation concluded the first multilateral trade agreement. At the heart of the deal is an agreement on “trade facilitation”‚ or measures to reduce trade costs by cutting red tape in customs procedures. Disagreement spanned upon on several issues. But one important aspect of the Doha round‚ which didn’t gain much limelight was the WTO’s stance on the environment by launching multilateral environment
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made by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore in 1965. He noticed that the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits had doubled every year since their invention. Moore’s law predicts that this trend[->0] will continue into the foreseeable future. Although the pace has slowed‚ the number of transistors per square inch has since doubled approximately every 18 months. This is used as the current definition of Moore’s law. History The term "Moore’s law" was coined around 1970 by the Caltech[->1]
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of Capital Market on Economic Growth in Nigeria (19802008) Usman Owolabi Akeem‚ Phd Faculty of ManagementScience‚PMB4000‚ LAUTECH‚Ogbomoso‚Nigeria e-mail-labisky@yahoo.com‚ Tel:+2348036675099 Abstract The capital markets play important roles in the economy growth of the market. A well functioning market insures that both corporation and investors get or receive fair prices for their securities. It examine the impact of capital market on the Nigeria economy and also examine how stock exchange
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proprietor are using the manual inventory system. With this kind of system the process of their transactions are very slow and it is a time consuming to their business transactions. This is the main reason why they decided to shift from manual to automated sales and inventory system. The shifting of inventory was made possible by the proponents to make the daily transactions of the company faster‚ easier and more accurate. The system helps them to eliminate problems on sales‚ storage and retrieval
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In an individuals life‚ 53 years is growth from a toddler through adolescence into adulthood and then maturity. This is the so-called jubilee’ at which success or progress is measured and celebrated. But for Nigeria as a country‚ it is not clear what we are celebrating; is it success‚ progress or maturity? Be that as it may I feel very strongly about the progress (or lack of it) so far recoded by the Country in the last 98 years‚ and I would rely mainly on my personal experiences in the last 50 years
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Problem: State Bank has over time increased salaries to tellers that were so high that of the 23 tellers at State Bank they were being paid over what other local tellers were being paid; additionally no other employees outside of the tellers were receiving an exceedingly higher salary based on the other local banks averages. All of this information was compiled in a report based on survey results taken from State Bank and the other local surrounding banks. Analysis: Now that this information
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The Federal Republic of Nigeria‚ is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory‚ Abuja. The country is located in West Africa. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. Nigeria is roughly split half and half between Muslims in the North and Christians in the South; a very small minority practice traditional religion. The people of Nigeria have an extensive history. Archaeological evidence shows that human habitation
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1. Envelope machine FCI is deciding on whether to buy a machine that makes envelopes for their cards. The cost of envelopes is one of FCI’s largest cost components. Referring to Ms. Beaumont’s estimations the project would generate $218 000 increase in profit after taxes every year during its eight year economic life. Cost of acquiring the machine is 500‚000. If we suppose that FCI is able to convince banks to loan $500‚000 to invest in the envelope machine‚ we can first use FCI’s normal interest
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............................................................................. 5 3.2. Planning.....................................................................................................................5 a. Buying a Vending Machine b. Arranging Capital c.Developing Marketing Strategy * Market Segmentation * 4 P’s of Marketing Mix d.Importance of Maintainance & Insurance e.Execution f.Monitor g.Evaluation 4. Industry
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