…{2} where r is the rate at which the individual discounts future utility individual discount rate, a* is the maximum life expectancy, and P(m) is the probability of surviving…
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…the drastic decline in wood exports. This fall in wood exports was due to large increases in transportation costs as well as the failure to match buyers with sellers throughout…
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…plan, but also for their own private benefit.”[9] Ironically, Stalin’s demands and rules created the need for a parallel economy that would become a chaotic and free place (opposite of…
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…(January 10). “NHQT Mission.” <http://www.afsouth.nato.int/NHQT/Factsheets/Factsheet_NHQTmission.htm> Accessed May 26, 2006 NATO3. “KFOR Headquarters.” <http://www.nato.int/kfor/kfor/kfor_hq.htm> Accessed May 26, 2006. NATO4. “NATO Mission in Skopje.” <http://www.nhqs.nato.int/missions/nhqsMission.htm> Accessed May 26, 2006. NATO5. 2004 (June…
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…living conditions, ‘the closure of the atomic test site at Semipalatinsk.'[92] The announcement of a moratorium on testing and the closure of the site by Nursultan Nazarbayev on 29th August…
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…what the people considered to be the powerful forces at play and many came on pilgrimages to see the wonders the site offered. Kingdoms rose and fell throughout the centuries…
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…May 2014. < http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/shared/minitextlo/int_yegorgaidar.html>. George C Marshall Foundation, The “The Marshall Plan.” The Marshall Plan. George C Marshall Foundation, n.d. Web. 26 May 2014. <http://www.marshallfoundation.org/TheMarshallPlan.htm>. Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich. On My…
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…helped form the base of his popular support. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLBO_yAVZ0U A promotional video about Donetsk produced for the the city’s bid to host the UEFA Euro-2012 soccer tournament. In the economic…
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…the real estate brokers buying up the newly privatized apartments are described as “swindlers.”[36] When Ovcharenko wrote about substance abuse among youths in 1988, he linked it, as well as…
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…process was simple: hold up a boat with some guns and some friends, steal one of the cars, sell it, and use the proceeds to continue to buy and sell…
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…board for Rosneft, a state-controlled oil company. Rosneft acquired Yukos’ main assets at a steep discount through another company, the Baikal Finance Group, which had been acquired by Rosneft shortly…
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…to build on this site after only half a year. Creating the first 100 hectares, construction of a port terminal and two docks, has taken less than two years and…
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…but a prosperous settlement called Almatu formed on the site to service the Silk Road perhaps 1000 to 1500 years ago. The site became one of contention between the Russians…
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…between the US and the USSR. Both countries attempted to advance their own sciences and show the world that their national ideology could lead mankind to a better future faster….
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Aerial shot of the 2014 Olympic construction site on the Sochi coast in August, 2013. Note the proximity of the mountains beyond. These facilities were built, in part, on artificially…
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…anything nice about Pavilion until they give us the da**ed discount card they promised!). If you thought that Galleria was just a bit over the top, try Aist!, a minigarch-and-model…
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Voice is a Ukrainian political party established by Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, the lead singer of Okean Elzi, one of the most popular Ukrainian rock bands in Ukraine. The political platform, website,…
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…post-war era. Following two severe famines in the 1920s and 1930s, the peninsula was the site of heavy fighting during World War II as German forces invaded the territory during…
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…in having just such a character in office. It was then that Zelensky started campaigning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JinkCAN6Bx0 Above: Extended trailer for Servant of the People, Season II, (in Russian and Ukrainian…
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…an English translation provided by SRAS.org), is a sincere document full of specific ideas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOrcVEoqg1E Above is one of Mikhael Prokhorov’s first Internet ads. Note that his speech is clear,…
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