Why the Normans won the battle of Hastings The reason why the Normans won the battle of Hasting About 10 days before the Vikings landed at Stanford the Saxons were down in Hasting where they were expecting the Norman’s to come and attack. Unfortunately for William the winds where not very good in France and after a few days of waiting for the Normans word got out that Vikings had landed up in Stanford. The Saxons marched up as fast as they could‚ they won the battle of Stanford and then
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How effective is Congress’s role in checking presidential power? When the Founding Fathers wrote the American constitution‚ one of their key aims was to ensure that power would not be concentrated too highly in the hands of one leader. Despite the resultant implementation of checks and balances‚ it can be argued‚ as this essay will‚ that the president’s power has grown to an extent that makes Congress decreasingly effective. Utilising Wildavsky’s idea of a ‘dual presidency’‚ I will show that
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Check and Challenge 1. Why is metabolic activity most accurately expressed as a rate? Rate as a measure means that minimum and maximum of the stimulus is required to maintain a living organism. High light suggests great growth and low light suggests minimum or no growth. 2. How does increasing light intensity affect the rate of photosynthesis? Light intensity is a factor which can limit the rate of photosynthesis because if the light intensity is increased the rate of photosynthesis
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of the Firm The firm’s goal is to maximize profits‚ !. In order to do this it must decide what quantity of a good to produce given costs‚ technology and demand. A competitive firm is assumed to be able to sell as much as it wants at the market price without affecting price. So it takes price as exogenous (beyond it’s control) and does not worry about demand. In addition‚ for our purpose we’ll assume the firm operates efficiently‚ that is‚ whatever the level of production that the firm chooses
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Firms did not flourish until the early 20th century. They emerged as an authorized structure and were granted exclusive rights to trade and conduct business in certain markets and products. The fact that firms are a different way to organize economic activities cannot explain explicitly and adequately the reason of firm formation. Many socialists and economists have given their interpretations of the conditions under which firms emerged and developed in certain ways in a specialised exchange economy
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being distracted from doing important things that will deliver their dreams by watching dancing cats on YouTube? Did you know that the more you allow yourself to be interrupted‚ the more you actually develop a brain that can’t focus? It’s just unbelievable how many of us are spending the best hours of our days chasing trivial pursuits that add zero value to our lives. It’s the #1 success destroyer these days…all these distractions that have invaded your best hours… So how can you break free of
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1) FIRM OBJECTIVES: The standard economic assumption underlying the analysis of firms is profit maximization. Real world firms‚ however‚ might not‚ and many times do not‚ make decisions based on the profit-maximization objective‚ or at least exclusively on the profit-maximization objective. Other objectives include: (1) sales maximization‚ (2) pursuit of personal welfare‚ and (3) pursuit of social welfare. Although firms are assumed to make decisions that increase profit in standard economic
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Pritchard Netflix entrepreneurship 08/18/2013 MaryAnn Scholl MAN105oll Netflix Entrepreneurship Case Describe the elements of the exchange process as they occur between Netflix and its customers. Netflix has a variety of options to choose from. Depending on the option you chose Netflix will send you movies from the list you set up. When you are finished with the movies you send them back. When Netflix receive the movies they will then send you more from the list you set up. Which marketing
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Time to start doing my make up. As I sit down and start getting everything I need out. Getting out my foundation‚ contouring kit‚ eyeliner‚ etc. Pouring a little bit of foundation onto my hand‚ I use a beauty blender to gently dab it onto my face. Angrily blending it as if my skin held all the answers of why parents just don’t understand.When I get done blending I started to contour my face. Using my make up brush to softly paint my face and blend the contour in. When I got done‚
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“Up and down‚ up and down – that is how temperature and climate have always gone in the past and there is no proof they are not still doing exactly the same now. In other words‚ climate change is an entirely natural phenomenon‚ nothing to do with the burning of fossil fuels” (David Bellamy). To what extent do you agree with this statement? The idea of climate change‚ for many‚ is an opinionated subject with much discussion of whether it is a real issue or just a natural phenomenon. However in recent
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