The Manhattan Project and the Bombings of Hiroshima/Nagasaki When people hear the word nuclear bomb‚ the image of a towering mushroom cloud of destruction instantly comes to mind. This device‚ capable of inflicting an unimaginable amount of damage in a split second‚ is the culmination of the human quest for bigger and better weaponry. On August 6th an earth- shattering event happened that would change the course of the world. As a result of President Truman’s decision‚ the
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An electronic funds transfer (also known as EFT) is a system for transferring money from one bank to another without using paper money. Its use has become widespread with the arrival of personal computers‚ cheap networks‚ improved cryptography and the Internet. Since it is affected by financial fraud‚ the electronic funds transfer act was implemented. This federal law protects the consumer in case a problem arises at the moment of the transaction. The history electronic funds transfer originated
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Why Marijuana Should Remain Illegal I believe that marijuana should continue to remain illegal. I believe there are more benefits if marijuana is kept illegal than if it were to be legalized. I believe marijuana should remain illegal because it impacts health negatively‚ it can be addictive and it would negatively impact society. Although the article from John Cloud (2002) stated that Marijuana might actually be good for you‚ the fact is that the research isn’t available. I believe that marijuana
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interest SINKING FUND -A fund into which a company sets aside money over time‚ in order to retire its preferred stock‚ bonds or debentures. A fund into which a company sets aside money over time‚ in order to retire its preferred stock‚ bonds or debentures. In the case of bonds‚ incremental paymentsinto the sinking fund can soften the financial impact at maturity. Investors prefer bonds and debentures backed by sinking funds because there is less risk of a default. -is a fund established by a
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investigations‚ and jail time all come to my mind. All of these things that help keep marijuana illegal cost the country‚ the government‚ and the taxpayers massive amounts of money every year. The real question is why? Why do we try so hard and spend so much money suppressing a substance that is shown to benefit people for both recreational and medical uses. The negative side effects of marijuana and proven almost insignificant‚ especially when compared next to alcohol and tobacco. For so long American’s have
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1. What is a momentum investment strategy? Momentum is the phenomenon that stocks which have performed well in the past will continue to perform well in the future‚ and that stocks which have performed poorly will continue to perform poorly. Therefore a momentum investment strategy is to invest in short term portfolios that have high returns in the past‚ and to short those with low returns over the same period. 2. Analyze these portfolios. By analyzing monthly returns of all 10 portfolios from
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Why should you be Moral? Why should we be moral? We should be moral‚ because it is a way of how to behave towards each other‚ with focusing on being mostly concerned with situations of humans living with other humans. Questions like how should we behave towards each other? What are the rules and how do we learn them‚ also why do we have to have them? Let’s say there were no laws. How would we treat strangers or people that we know? Would the society be safe to live in? Without laws‚ there would
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way. These issues are in many cases no criteria for accession‚ but several European countries and politicians‚ and in some cases even end the European Parliament‚ made it clear that these issues are crucial for Turkey’s accession. Clearly‚ Turkey should not join the European Union. The reasons are obvious. There must first be made to the rights of minorities and freedom of expression. Still desperately It is a poor state of human rights in Turkey. Ethnic minorities such as the Armenians and Kurds
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Why you should weld Don’t be afraid of the future‚ Build it. Welding is a neat and fun activity that you can build cool things from. Welding is not hard and you can learn to do it. You can do this on your free time. From welding projects and other things you can make money from them by selling them. If you have never welded in your life before you can still learn to weld. It’s not hard to learn and you can do some cool things. All you need is a welding helmet‚ welder‚ and the cables. It may take
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even cash. A mutual fund in basic terms is a large group of people who lump their money together for management companies to invest. And‚ like most things in the world‚ there are fees and commissions involved. Mutual funds are managed by money managers‚ who capitalize the fund’s capital and try to produce capital gains and revenue for the fund’s investors. A mutual fund’s portfolio is organized and maintained to mimic the investment objectives defined in its catalogue. A mutual fund has many characteristics
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