It is a collection of five elements: argon‚ helium‚ krypton‚ neon‚ radon‚ and xenon. Unlike most elements‚ the noble gases are monatomic‚ which means the element is a single atom instead of being in pairs or a combination. The atoms have stable configurations of electrons. In other words‚ under normal conditions they do not form compounds with other elements. They got there name "noble gases" because at first scientists thought that these elements were inert and didn’t react to other elements. Then
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Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington‚ D.C. 20549 Form 10-Q (Mark One) x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended September 30‚ 2012 or ¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to . Commission File No. 000-22513 Amazon.com‚ Inc. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified
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Introduction Amazon began in 1994 created by Jeffrey Bezos a computer science and electrical engineering graduate from Princeton University. Amazon was created to be an online bookstore that would be customer friendly‚ be easy to navigate‚ provide buying advice‚ and offer the broadcast possible selection of books at low prices and submit product reviews. Bezo operated from his garage in Seattle. Bezo launched his online venture in 1995 with 7 million in borrowed capital. Because Amazon was one of
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A summary of Amazon’s business strategy and revenue model I’ve used Amazon in my books for over 10 years now since many companies‚ from startups and small businesses to large international businesses‚ can learn from their focus on the customer and the approach of using technology and analysis to improve results. It consistently outperforms other companies in its ACSI customer satisfaction rating too. I aim to keep the case study up-to-date for readers of the books and Smart Insights readers who
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Amazon.com Overview of web technologies used by Amazon.com. Website Background Description on Homepage: Amazon.com: Online Shopping for Electronics‚ Apparel‚ Computers‚ Books‚ DVDs & more Online shopping from the earth’s biggest selection of books‚ magazines‚ music‚ DVDs‚ videos‚ electronics‚ computers‚ software‚ apparel & accessories‚ shoes‚ jewellery‚ tools & hardware‚ housewares‚ furniture‚ sporting goods‚ beauty & personal care‚ broadband & dsl‚ gourmet food & just about anything else. Online
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The Battle of Grendel & The Avenging of Her Son On a cloudy night after the banquet‚ Beowulf and his followers stayed in Herot as promised. Beowulf pretended to sleep waiting for Grendel to appear. Grendel came from the foot of misty hills and bogs hoping to kill but instead he found Beowulf‚ the one that was supposed to lead him to his doom. On Grendel journey‚ forever joyless‚ he went straight to the door‚ snapped it open‚ and tore the hinges right of the door with a touch. Grendel rushed angrily
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The Battle between Retro and Now In doing research on the music genre Hip-Hop‚ there is a general consensus that it has changed rather than evolved from the positive times of the 20th Century. There is a distinct difference between evolving and changing because evolution is more of a development that is more positive than negative. Many people feel as though Hip-Hop is not used as an agent of change anymore because it requires little talent to be famous now. Artists in the industry now don’t
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.COM Failure Marketing and the .COM Bust Why Marketing? The .COM bust‚ the .COM “bubble”‚ the failure of companies that “dot-bombed”‚ happened more than a decade ago‚ but the lessons learned are important for the present tech sector. Many investors argue that we are in a bubble now‚ with companies like Instagram selling for $1 billion and hundreds of others getting million dollar valuations. Looking back‚ it’s clear from a marketing perspective current aspects of the products and websites themselves
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The Battle between Fear and Hope Fear is a major emotion and plays a crucial role in the decisions we make every day. Without fear‚ we as humans would make rational choices without thinking of the immediate consequences. In this political cartoon‚ Barack Obama is smashing away at the stone words “Fear” and his black colored mallet spells out “Hope”. In the past‚ America has been through many struggles and turmoil dealing with previous presidents and devastations. America was hit with two major
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Amazon Evolution XBIS/219 November 11‚ 2012 Amazon Evolution More than any other corporation of the Internet age‚ Amazon symbolizes the up-and coming philosophy of business strategy. It is the General Electric of our times‚ and Bezos is the Jack Welch. (Rao‚ 2011). One of the few winners of the dot-com bubble is Amazon. According to Johnson (2010) “Amazon survived the dot-com bust because it had a viable and innovative business model built around a market-changing customer value proposition
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