What are Super PACs? Super PACs or Super Political Action Committees are “a type of independent political action committee which may raise unlimited sums of money from corporations‚ unions‚ and individuals but is not permitted to contribute to or coordinate directly with parties or candidates” –Oxford Dictionaries How did Super PACs come to be? Political Action Committees have been around for decades. However‚ prior to 2010‚ PACs were only allowed to accept up to $2‚500 per individual
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Super Computer The fastest type of computer. Supercomputers are very expensive and are employed for specialized applications that require immense amounts of mathematical calculations. For example‚ weather forecasting requires a supercomputer. Other uses of supercomputers include animated graphics‚ fluid dynamic calculations‚ nuclear energy research‚ and petroleum exploration. The chief difference between a supercomputer and a mainframe is that a supercomputer channels all its power into executing a
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I would have to agree with Socrates in this reading because he proved his arguments well. It made sense to me‚ especially with what is happening amongst our generation today. For one thing‚ just because a word says a certain thing‚ doesn’t mean it can’t have another meaning. Especially since there are so many different definitions and understanding of things‚ The same way Socrates said that even if something is being done by everyone‚ doesn’t make it alright to do it. There are still rules to
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Super Bowl 50 Did you watch the Super Bowl 50 ? It was a historic battle‚ Panthers against the Broncos. They played at Levi’s Stadium on February 7th at 3.30 pm. It was an intense game people were nervous‚ excited‚ even terrified that their team might not win. Also Super Bowl 50 had hilarious commercials and an awesome halftime show. Which team were you going for? The winning team was the Denver Broncos. It was a great game for the Broncos‚ but for the Panthers it was a nightmare that would keep
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NELL Film by Michael Apted Before I explain and reflect why this drama film titled Nell related to psycholinguistic‚ let me define first if what is psycholinguistic. Psycholinguistic means the study of language. Psycholinguistics also deals with the mental processes a person uses in producing and understanding language. Obviously as we defined psycholinguistic this story is related to psycholinguistic in where Nell in the story in which her mind and actions is remains a young child because
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The Abyss Like a fish out of water by Jody Lyle from Jump Cut‚ no. 38‚ June 1993‚ pp. 9-13 copyright Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media‚ 1993‚ 2006 Everywhere water. Peaceful water. Then suddenly‚ out of the limitless blue‚ comes a long‚ gray U.S. submarine. Quick cut to inside the vessel to find an exclusively male group of seamen trying to identify an object approaching at an unheard of speed. "I’ll tell you what it’s not‚ it’s not one of ours‚" an officer shouts‚ doing his best to identify
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hurriedly woke up earlier than the usual just not to be late‚ and yet‚ a couple of late students and we were all late. That’s why nobody’s taking the itinerary seriously because we always wait for those people who are effortless‚ and it’s kind of pissing me off just to tell you. I don’t know who to be blame. Maybe it’s the both parties‚ but it’s still disappointing. We arrived at the Avilon zoo‚ which is our first stop at around 9:30 or 10am‚ The two of us has already been at that zoo for a couple of
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SNC-Lavalin‚ a Montreal based engineering corporation‚ made huge profits on billion dollar projects in Libya. 2012 was probably the worst year in the history of the firm. Pierre Duhaime‚ the C.E.O‚ resigned in March following revelations of $56 million worth of questionable payments being made. These payments were made to undisclosed agents and Duhaime was the official who signed them off. In April‚ Riadh Ben Aissa was arrested on charges of corruption‚ fraud and money laundering. In November‚ Duhaime
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achievements‚ the more people will envy you and will try to destroy you. A few days ago‚ I had this opportunity to attend a gathering with successful salesman. We played dice game and everyone is aiming for the first price. Theirs this one man beside me‚ he said that he didn’t want to get the first price because he didn’t want too much greedy‚ any price will do. I knew this guy as a successful man but he dress and live very simple. The moral lesson I learned is that you don’t need to be greedy and
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Chapter 7 Reflection Paper Financial Accounting Buildings‚ machinery‚ equipment‚ furniture‚ fixtures‚ computers‚ cars and trucks are examples of assets that will last for more than one year‚ but will not last indefinitely. These are some examples of long-lived non-monetary assets. When these assets were acquired‚ the company has made an expenditure. If the company will benefit in the curret period‚ the cost of the goods are expenses. If the benefits are expected in future periods‚ the costs are
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