The M16 is a lightweight‚ 5.56 mm‚ air-cooled‚ gas-operated‚ magazine-fed assault rifle‚ with a rotating bolt‚ actuated by direct impingement gas operation. The rifle is made of steel‚ 7075 aluminum alloy‚ composite plastics and polymer materials. ArmaLite sold its rights to the AR-15 to Colt in 1959[The AR-15 was first adopted in 1962 by the United States Air Force‚ ultimately receiving the designation M16. The U.S. Army began to field the XM16E1 en masse in 1965 with most of them going to the
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a) 1. To raise new equity capital. Because of preemptive rights‚ stockholders can maintain the percentage ownership interest in the company by buying new shares on a pro rata basis before they are issued to the public. It prevents existing stockholders from dilution in value or control. The warrants indicate how many shares can be bought. 2. The objective of issuing warrant to certain employees is that it can appeal them to have interests in management and let them join the growth of company. So
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wh10a-RSG-0416_P3 11/13/2003 3:36 PM Page 149 Name ______________________________________________________________ CHAPTER 16 Section 2 (pages 446–451) Maya Kings and Cities BEFORE YOU READ In the last section‚ you read about societies in North America. In this section‚ you will read about the Maya civilization in Mexico and Central America. Date ______________________ TERMS AND NAMES Tikal Maya city in present-day Guatemala glyph Picture symbol used as part of a writing system codex Book with
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Chapter 16 “How Well Am I Doing?” Financial Statement Analysis Solutions to Questions 16-1 Horizontal analysis examines how a particular item on a financial statement such as sales or cost of goods sold behaves over time. Vertical analysis involves analysis of items on an income statement or balance sheet for a single period. In vertical analysis of the income statement‚ all items are typically stated as a percentage of sales. In vertical analysis of the balance sheet‚ all items are typically
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A Dream Yet To Come True I had set a goal to achieve good grades to get a gift promised by my parents which would be anything of my choice. I always dreamt and wanted to have a puppy. It all started on the 4th of October at 8:00 am the day before my exams. I was in my bedroom studying for my first exam paper which was commerce. While I was studying a thought crossed my mind. “Are my dreams going to turn into reality‚ if I answer all my papers exceedingly well and pass out with high grades?” With
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social media has rapidly become a valuable tool in society‚ few users take any thought of what adverse affects the excessive time spent on these sites has on social development. My name is DeeArla Bollschweiler and I am a Facebook addict. I have come to the realization that I am obsessed with social media after spending more than five hours playing games‚ exchanging posts from friends and family‚ and feverishly trying to figure out what to say on my status update. My need to “log on” grew to be
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Do curfews really keep our teens out of trouble? Parents force their teenagers to come home at a certain time. The only problem is will they abide to their parent’s rules? Curfews might seem like the solution to keep our teenagers out of trouble but let’s not kid ourselves‚ curfews do not work. Curfews make our teenagers rebel against our rules‚ our kids can be in danger even inside our homes‚ and curfews do not prevent our children from doing drugs or alcohol. Teenagers must have their freedom
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is yet to come I believe all the sadness in this world is because life is telling us there’s always something brighter around the corner. All the tears that dry us out‚ are preparing us for the smiles that are yet to happen. We should never be afraid of the bad things that happen to us! Otherwise‚ life would really spoil us. Besides‚ when you think of all the good things that can happen‚ even for a short time‚ you think: “It’s worth it!” At the moment‚ I’m in a period of my life where I’m preparing
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Andy comes back - Andy‚ or Andrew who is his real name‚ is an middle aged man‚ who is suffering from a rare disease. He had survived it‚ but has now lost his mind. A lot of medical experts have tried to cure him‚ but it didn’t worked as hoped. He ’shouted down’. Then he lied in a hospital bed for some weeks‚ until the hospital needed his bed‚ that’s why he has been shifted to a nursing home. In five years he have been drooling around and checked for bowels everyday‚ but now he is recovering
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In chapter eight we have another article from William Cronon‚ titled‚ "The Trouble with Wilderness‚ or‚ Getting Back to the Wrong Nature." In this article‚ Cronon boisterously accentuates his views on the present day definition of wilderness. He argues that prior to the 18th century wilderness was in fact a desolate and satanic habitant in which people should want nothing to do with (216). That disposition was drastically modified during the 18th century when wilderness was‚ and is to this day‚ believed
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