Papers on Miscellaneous Topics
Mock Stock Portfolio
Words: 644 - Pages: 3.... custodial fees associated with frequent buying and selling. I also believe that prices are reflective of all information that is relevant to that securities valuation. We studied in chapters 4, 5, 6 of Fabozzi's Investment Management that we can capture returns similar to that of our benchmark by using securities with characteristics similar to your benchmark. Characteristics of similarity range from market sector, company size, yield to maturity, and the riskiness of the asset. Since the pension fund is in the growth stage of its life and the benchmark the class would be comparing their returns to is the S&P 500, my asset selection .....
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Being A Radio DJ
Words: 943 - Pages: 4.... Having a job as a radio DJ offers a wide variety of benefits and pluses. Some of those special benefits include interviewing famous bands, going backstage, plus receiving free tickets and promotional items for almost every band of your choice (Carter). Even when a disc jockey is new to the station and just starting out, many opportunities are available, which include those listed above, plus many more.
The best way to start out in this field is to work at a college or local radio station, either being a disc jockey or just an intern(Robinson). Aside from having their own daily show, one will also learn how to put a show together, what i .....
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Clausewitz And The Nature Of W
Words: 4804 - Pages: 18.... often mark the parameters of theoretical debate on the subject, however, and Clausewitz's most ardent critics (Jomini, Liddell Hart, the early J.F.C. Fuller) tended to be those who treated war as a science. As Clausewitz argued, the object of science is knowledge and certainty, while the object of art is creative ability. Of course, all art involves some science (the mathematical sources of harmony, for example) and good science always involves creativity. Clausewitz saw tactics as more scientific in character and strategy as something of an art, but the conscious, rational exercise of "military strategy," a term much beloved of theorists .....
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Why The Vegetarian Diet Is Bes
Words: 516 - Pages: 2.... variations. A fruitarian eats only
fruits, seeds and nuts while the vegan eats these and vegetables, grains and legumes. A lacto vegetarian
consumes the same as a vegan as well as dairy products. A lacto-ovo vegetarian follows after the lacto vegetarian
but also includes eggs while the ovo vegetarian excludes dairy products. Finally, the partial vegetarian eats
anything except red meat, or at least strictly limits it. Because the term vegetarian is used to cover all facets and
variations, it is difficult to identify health benefits resulting from the vegetarian diet including all of the above.
Most meat eaters do not rea .....
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Alas, Babylon
Words: 1097 - Pages: 4.... the River Road community changed drastically. Before The Day, many residents of the community were wastrels. These rejects of society lived each day to eat, drink, and sleep. They lacked the drive to succeed in everyday life. After the bomb drop, everything changed. These blots on modern society crawled out of their shells in order to contribute something to a struggling society. They worked hard on construction and other things that would help the community. This strenuous work gave these once slobs a new outlook on life as well as the regular exercise they lacked. But, this sudden increase in work was not the only variable playing .....
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Ordanance Specialists
Words: 1396 - Pages: 6.... skilled, highly trained person, who transports,
stores, inspects, prepares, and disposes of weapons and ammunitions. Ordnance Specialists do all sorts of jobs like defusing unexploded bombs and locating, identifying, and disposing of chemical weapons. They also load nuclear and conventional explosives and ammunition on aircraft, ships, and submarines. They also inspect mounted guns, bomb release systems, missile launchers to determine need for repair or destruction.
Ordnance Specialists have to lift and carry artillery shells and other heavy ordnance. Some helpful attributes are being able to keep calm under pressure, being able to main .....
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Student's Rights
Words: 1451 - Pages: 6.... the highest degree of self-
discipline in observing and adhering to legitimate rules." The first thing I
thought was "WOW! That sounds great! The School Board really trusts me as a
free-thinking individual to respect people and be respected. I love this
school!" But wait. Before we all stage an "I love Cheryl Wilhoyte" love-fest,
let's take a look at what these "legitimate rules" are, particularly as they
apply to freedom of speech, expression, and something they like to call
"material disruption of the educational environment."
The first item on the list is literature, specifically a student's right
to post it. It reads "Studen .....
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Meaning Of Illusions
Words: 1449 - Pages: 6.... They can also have an integration of parts from our emotions that are constantly present in them, if we feel depressed, in harmony or loneliness. In psychological terms, illusions are consider to be a very natural process and necessary rather than being conginated as abnormal, which are sometimes known as passive illusions. This means that our mind plays with our optical visibility by projecting strange figures with a continuous persistence which are usually based on our habits, attitudes and unconscious
motivations. These usual visionary spectrums are described in The Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology in an article written by B. R. .....
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How Social Darwinism Influence
Words: 757 - Pages: 3.... civilizations were invaded and changed.
Troops in the armed forces of these imperialistic nations justified their actions through Social Darwinism. Troops in the Royal Armed Forces of Britain invaded more land than any other empire that ever existed. The troops invaded so successfully because they had sound motivation. Their motivation was the glory of their country and their belief that by invading these countries, they were eliminating the world of weak races. The British believed that they were the highest race of people on earth and so they plundered different nations and cultures and were motivated by Social Darwinism. If these .....
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The Cyclops: An Unusual People
Words: 409 - Pages: 2.... attracting lives.
The Cyclopes had a brother named Cronos who killed his father Uranus (Evslin 13).
Since everyone was afraid of the Cyclopes (2), Cronos punished them by
tricking them into imprisonment. Zeus, the son of Cronos and the new god king,
freed them after Cronos had imprisoned them (31). The Cyclopes were very good
smiths (12). They forged thunderbolts for Zeus because he freed them (Schmidt
74). A war was in the midst so the Cyclopes made armor and weapons for the gods
of Olympus (Evslin 39). Even though the Cyclopes performed all of these good
deeds the people still disliked them so much that they were forced to return .....
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