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Directed by David Fincher and staring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, and Rooney Mara, The Social Network is a 2010 drama about the founding of the social networking website Facebook and the subsequent lawsuits. The story is adapted by Aaron Sorkin from Ben Mezrich's 2009 non-fiction The ...
It is a sword which is used by two hands. Usually, this sword is very heavy, that is why the character needs his/her strength to perform an attack. Swords like this are heavy but gives a great damage, however, they make it difficult to perform quick attacks.
Inspired by Universal Pictures' upcoming epic action-adventure Dracula Untold – a reboot of Universal's classic movie monster franchise, the "Dracula Untold: Reign of Blood" is a haunted maze at the Universal Studios' annual theme event: Halloween Horror Nights. The terrifying maze introduces guests to Vlad ...
The definition of an act as moral/immoral, and legal/illegal as well as their relationship and differences, may be different in Law, actually Penal Law of countries, as this all has to do with Legal culture, moral values and evolution of Penal Law, hence legal culture per country. For ex. as we've said elsewhere ...
A Massachusetts law that requires businesses with three or more staff on duty to give people with medical conditions access to employee-only bathrooms if no public restrooms are available in the vicinity. The law is designed to prevent businesses from turning away people with urgent need from using staff only ...
An alcoholic beverage made almost exclusively in prisons, where alcohol and the materials to make it are banned or under heavy restrictions. It is made by fermenting various fruit peelings, ketchup, bread and other ingredients at lukewarm temperatures in a garbage bag for a little under one week. Once served, the ...
Schmidt joined Google in March 2001, and he became the Google's CEO in August 2001. But on January 2011, he stepped down as a CEO of Google but he will continue to be the executive chairman. Acting as Executive Chairman in Google, he helps Larry Page (Founder) and Sergey Brin (Co-founder) in taking care of ...
The Vall del Madriu is located to the southeast of the principality and it includes the districts of Escaldes-Engordany, Encamp, Sant Julia de Loria and Andorra la Vella. Its diversity of the landscape, the dry stones walls and borders, the cottages, the herds of livestock and continuing mark of human influence ...
Soya village, located on the mountains about 4 km from Ambon city, was once the central spot of the oldest independent kingdom in Ambon Island, up to the arrival of Portuguese and Dutch occupiers. It has some magnificent historical sites such as the Old Church (built in the 17th century by the Portuguese), the former ...
Equation used to compute the alpha of a fund. It is calculated as follows: (sum of y) - ((b) (sum of x)) / n where n equals the number of observations (36 - 60 months), b = beta of the fund, x = rate of return for the S&P 500 or another benchmark index, and y = rate of return for the fund.
The increase or decrease in price that occurs when a security such as an Exchange Traded Fund is rolled to a new futures contract, instead of trading in the futures contract or just letting it expire. An investor will try to get the highest roll yield possible when switching to a new futures contract.
Stocks not fully paid for but instead bought on credit. Such stock is said to have been "bought on margin." Leveraged stocks magnify gains in the rising markets, and magnify losses in the declining markets.