The following chapter summaries are mostly based on the McConnell & Brue text “Economics- 16th Ed.” Details available at http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072819359/information_center_view0/ note .. arrow means “leads to‚” “results in‚” “causes” Chapter 1 – The Nature and Method of Economics Economics is the study of scarcity and choice Key concept- opportunity cost: for a person to get more of one thing... he/she must forego getting something else e.g. to get food must
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India has the second largest road network in the world with over 3 million km of roads of which 60% are paved. These roads make a vital contribution to the India’s economy. On the whole‚ the facilities for the road users are not up to the mark‚ leading to a high toll of the death victims. Recently‚ there is a growing concern over the road crash problem.India loses more than 100 000 lives due to road traffic crashes every year. It has a road traffic fatality rate of 16.8 deaths per 100 000 population
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india has the second largst road network in the world‚ with over 3.314 million kms of roadways spread across the length and breadth of the country. The roads are primarily made of bitumen‚ with some Indian National Highways having concrete roads. The concept of expressway roads is also catching up in India‚ and the Mumbai - Pune expressway and Delhi Gurgaon expressway are the finest examples. These may be divided into : National Highways These are main highways running through the length and
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Two Roads “The Road Not Taken” is a poem by Robert Frost. Reading through it‚ many emotions surged through my body. This poem has made me reflect on my life and the choices I have made. It is truly inspirational. The narrator comes across two roads that are split into different directions. He regrets that he can’t go down both roads‚ because it’s impossible to split him in two. Standing at the forks for a long time‚ he examines one of the roads as far as he can. Since the road curves away
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Road Safety Why think of road safety at all? It is because of the accidents that occur everyday on the road‚ in which all sorts of vehicles and human beings and even animal are involved. These accidents mean loss of life and loss of property and more often than not obstruction to traffic. In this age of speed and fast moving vehicles and with the congestion on roads‚ these accidents have became almost an everyday affair. So unless everybody is educated on the importance of road safety‚ the loss
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Road accident | Not a single day passes off these days without the news of road accidents claiming lives of the people. No sooner had the Karnali road accident happened in Jajarkot in which several dozen people were killed a fortnight ago‚ a bus accident claimed six lives in Prithvi Highway the other day when the speeding bus skidded off the road to plunge in the Trishuli River. Similar major and minor accidents occur regularly on the highways‚ feeder roads and fair weather tracks killing passengers
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“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Lee Frost is one of the most eminent as well as misunderstood pieces of American poetry. The speaker stands in the woods debating two splitting paths. This happens in a yellow wood (indicating the setting is autumn). Both paths are “worn about the same.” The speaker muses at the fork for a long while until he finally chooses the second road‚ saving for the first road for another day. In the future he will reminisce about his decision‚ claiming to have taken the road
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Country Road has been an iconic Australian brand for 36 years‚ building its success on its high quality and unique designs that look effortlessly casual yet stylish. Following the high financial performances of their Australian stores‚ Country Road decided to embark into the United States of America (US) in 1989‚ in hope of realising the financial gains they saw here. Unfortunately‚ their strategies didn’t work‚ and they found obstacles which hindered their success in the US. This essay examines
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There comes a time in every person’s life where they must make a decision between two equally good options‚ whether it be choosing which house to buy or which university to attend after high school. The poem “The Road not Taken” by Robert Frost is about that time in a person’s life‚ and the indecisiveness that comes with it. Through the use of indecisive punctuation‚ similar rhyme scheme‚ and the number of stanzas‚ Frost is able to represent the challenges that encompasses picking one option over
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Bible 104 3/8/2013 Summary of the books of the New Testament Books Mark The book of Mark is a genre of gospel. The gospel of Mark begins by describing the life and ministry of Jesus. Mark tells of Jesus being baptized by John and He is then sent to the desert for forty days and forty nights. He was tempted by Satan but He overcame all of the temptations. Jesus then began calling on His disciples with the purpose being that these men would follow and learn from Him as Jesus shared and taught
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