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characteristics, and there are several physical and mental effects of using LSD. LSD is a hallucinogen, a drug that causes a person to hallucinate (“LSD”). It was first made by Albert Hofmann in 1938, a chemist working for Sandoz Pharmaceutical in Basel, Switzerland (Barter 39). It is made from lysergic acid, which is found in ergot fungus(39). It hallucinogenic effects weren’t known until 1943 when Hofmann accidentally consumed some when he got it on his finger (40). Between 1956 and 1967, the…

anti-Semitism and prosecutions. Specifically, the cruelty they were facing in a foreign land was dire and they were in need of immediate freedom and emancipation (Horowitz and Lissak 89). The first Zionist meeting took place in the early 1890s in Basel, with Theodor…

A/TYPES OF RISKS LIQUIDITY RISK: Liquidity risk for banks mainly manifests on account of the following: Market liquidity risk: The risk that a bank cannot easily offset or eliminate a position at the prevailing market price because of inadequate market depth or market disruption. Though the importance of liquidity risk is well recognized, it eludes a comprehensive definition. The term liquidity is used across the mar-ket for different purposes, which means that Liquidity Risk itself is defined…

The Protestant Reformation was a great religious movement that encouraged a reform in the authority and bylaws of the Catholic church, and led to both changes and breaks away from the Church’s authority. Beginning in the early 16th century, the Reformation officially began when Martin Luther challenged the Roman Catholic church. Luther initially challenged the Church by posting his 95 theses to the Church door, a list of disputes towards clerical abuses, nepotism, simony, usury, pluralism, and…

Jan Tschichold is from Leipzig Germany and is a typography and author. Born in 1902, Tschichold trained as a calligrapher and designer at the Leipzig Academy of Graphic Arts and Book Production from the ages of 17 and 19 then began freelancing as a lettering artist and designer. He was hired at a printing firm to draw page layouts for the typesetters. While working there, he visited a Bauhaus exhibition that drew him into the new Modernist movement. A couple of years later, Tschichold joined…

One of the first rules that is taught when learning Calculus is L’Hospital’s rule. The rule provides an easy technique to solve for a limit that has the indeterminate form 0/0. To get past this roadblock, L’Hospital’s rule allows for the individual differentiation of the numerator and denominator, and taking the limit of the result. If after the first application of the rule the limit once again produces the indeterminate form, it is possible to apply L’Hospital’s rule again. There is mystery…

capital base compared to the 7.94% group average. This was confirmed by the firm’s tier 1 ratio, that is the ratio of equity capital to risk-weighted assets: with a value of 16.10% Goldman Sachs would be classified as well-capitalised according to Basel III regulation (Bis.org, 2011). In terms of assets quality, Goldman Sachs’ ratios raised some concerns in 2016. Impaired loans to gross loans ratio was the group highest at 4.26%. Furthermore, loan loss reserve appeared to be inadequate, being…

3. Analysis (Note: analysis points are based on my own research. Even thought some references are same as Cochrane’s article, it has been cited from respective journals and websites, and not from the article) 3.1. Analysis of runs and run-prone assets Cochrane defined run-prone assets based on the characteristics drawn by Diamond & Dybvig (1983). Diamond & Dybvig (1983) created a model to study the economics of banking and associated policy disputes. According to Diamond & Dybvig (1983) during a…

A Life of Jung written by Ronald Hayman published in 2001 is about the life of one of the greatest psychologist in the world Carl Jung. He begins the book with Carl’s family his grandparents and his parents in 1794 then tells about Jung 's life experience and his work life. This book is very well written and made Jung to look like the hero of his own story. Carl Gustav Jung was born in Kesswil Switzerland to parents Emilie Preiswerk and Paul Jung. Paul was appointed chaplain at Friedman mental…

nations, the Dutch, the Danes, and the English succeeded in colonial expansion. Andrea Strubind in a staff research paper on “Reformation Identities” rightly said that The discovery and conquest of the new worlds did not remain unknown to Luther, but they did not provoke him to any theological response. Not only Lutheranism, but all of Protestantism, remained aloof from the world missionary zealotry throughout the 16th century. Within Lutheranism, the rejection of the targeted missions until…