race with germany to develop the first atomic bomb. The project cost about 2 billion dollars and 120‚000 people worked on it. Truman did not want to risk the lives of American soldiers if the allies were to invade Japan. Consequently‚ he ordered the use of the atomic bomb. The Manhattan project had long been underway. Julius Robert Oppenheimer aka the “father of the atomic bomb”‚ led a committee to discuss possible targets of the atomic bomb. Hiroshima‚ Japan became the most desirable first choice;
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Suffering a personal injury or a devastating accident can place the victim in severe financial hardship. Many victims attempt to recover financial compensation for the injury through legal channels. The problem is that financial bills and obligations do not go on hold while a plaintiff’s case makes its way through the legal system. Lawsuit funding is designed to help alleviate the financial stress and burden for the plaintiff. Lawsuit funding provides emergency funds for the plaintiff. Lawsuit funding
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Why do we have rods and cones? Light falling on photoreceptors is transformed by retinal circuitry into a pattern of action potentials that ganglion cell axons convey to the visual centres in the brain. Two systems of photoreceptors exist – rods and cones – allowing the visual system to meet the conflicting demands of sensitivity and acuity‚ respectively. Rods and cones are distinguished by shape‚ type of photopigment they contain‚ distribution across the retina‚ and pattern of synaptic connections
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Many people tend to think way too much when it comes to government policies. And when people begin to think too hard‚ then the thoughts floating around in their head make perfectly fine things turn into issues. One issue that is starting to arise is that of the Electoral College‚ which has been around since the Constitution was scripted. This may seem like a long time ago‚ and it may appear to some people that times have changed‚ so the Constitution should change with it. However‚ if something so
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and nuclear energy. All these sources are finite and at current rate of usage these will be consumed shortly. The high energy demand in the industrialized world as well as in the domestic sector and pollution problems caused due to the widespread use of fossil fuels make it increasingly necessary to develop the renewable energy sources of limitless duration and smaller environmental impact than the traditional one. As a result research and development for alternative sources to replace the petroleum-based
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matter what decade a teenager has come from‚ whether the 1980’s or the present‚ there are general assumptions that can be made. Teens will grow up and will do their best to declare their independence. They think they are smarter than their parents and their parents think the teens are naïve idiots that dress stupid and have horrible taste in music. Something that has changed however from twenty years ago to now is a
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Since the beginning of time‚ dogs have been man’s best friend. Dog’s know how to bring a smile to almost anyone’s face‚ and dogs’ are the best blanket to snuggle up with on a cold winter day. For all that dogs’ do for humankind‚ we should be treating them like royalty. Over time though‚ humankind started forgetting how wonderful dogs’ really are‚ and‚ along with many other things in society‚ started only seeing dollar signs. These poor defenseless creatures were thrown into slavery‚ in the form of
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“America is right . . . If we are not educated together‚ we will live in fear of one another. If we are to stay together forever‚ why should we have separate schools?” said a spokesman in Kenya for the Luo tribe. This represents the fact that America is known to be a united country‚ although it had to suffer some tough times. For example‚ the 1950’s was a difficult era for African Americans. Separate but equal was used phrase because African- Americans were supposedly equal due to what the 14th Amendment
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that force is needed. But‚ because some officer’s use these extreme measures in situations when it is not need‚ Reform is needed in law enforcement. Law enforcement should look at if they held liable if force is used improperly‚ they have been properly trained to use force‚ and they use the same amount of force with everyone. Police officer are humans and humans make mistakes but the police officer make they same mistake over and over again and we wonder are they really mistakes are they being held
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Jews. Everyone should be aware of this awful genocide so that everyone can know what to do differently if anything like this were to happen again. We continue to learn about the Holocaust because it was a tragedy that took the nation by surprise. While other Allied countries were trying to defeat Hitler they didn’t know how to since it never happened before. Now that so many people are aware of what happened we will be prepared for any different type of event. Overall‚ in my opinion this was the worst
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