supply electricity to cities in the late 1880s is often called the ’War of Currents ’‚ as this battle ultimately decided which type of current became the standard for the generation of electricity today. Due to different advantages and disadvantages‚ Edison promoted direct current (DC) for electric power distribution‚ whereas Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla both advocated alternating current (AC). Edison ’s direct current was initially the standard for the United States for electricity distribution
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for some of the modern conveniences of today‚ Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. Edison perfected the incandescent light bulbs and devised a system of electrical current for homes and businesses. Tesla’s biggest innovation was introducing alternating current as the standard for modern electric power‚ breaking Edison’s monopoly on direct current power. Inventors Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla were opposite sides of the same coin. Edison‚ a brilliant business man with no formal education and Tesla‚
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Disease‚ Squalor and Idleness. * Labours welfare programme: * National Insurance act‚ Industrial injuries act‚ The National Health Act (NHS)‚ The National Assistance Act * Principles of universality and minimum standard * Seen as a social revolution * Resistance to into of NHS – resistance of the (BMA) – delayed NHS until 1948. Professionals feared a reduction in income and privileges. 4735 were for NHS‚ whereas 40‚814 were against. Bevan had to ‘stuff their mouths with gold’
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Topic of current event (select from topics in instructions) Cells and Microscopes Source (staple a copy of the article to the back of your assignment) Popular Science magazine‚ MSNBC News online‚ CNN online‚ National Geographic magazine‚ AZ Game & Fish Dept. website‚ etc What is a stem cell? : https://student.societyforscience.org/article/what-stem-cell Summary of current event (at least 8 sentences) What is this current event discussing? Incclude important details to help readers understand
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Current Situation The image of professional baseball has‚ by and large‚ been an idyllic and relatively unblemished one from its roots as the national pastime in the mid-1800s until the latter part of the 20th century. Aside from the 1919 Black Sox scandal in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox conspired to cheat‚ to "fix" the World Series‚ nothing has rocked the game as much as the use of performance enhancing drugs (PED). Since revelations about players using such substances as steroids
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2011 Current Affairs at a Glance JANUARY The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act‚ UPA’s flagship aam admi scheme‚ turned five on February 2‚ 2011. On January 14‚ the Ministry of Rural Development issued a notification revising the wage rates under the MNREGA from Rs 100 per day to between Rs 117 and Rs 181 (17-30 % hike) in different States. The revision under Section 6(1) of the 2005 Act‚ coming in wake of inflationary pressures on the poor‚ adjusts the wages by indexing it
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For All Government Jobs alert visit www.gurujobalert.com Last Six months Current affairs 2012-13 for IBPS Specialist Officer’s and SBI PO Exam For all Competitive Exams Current Affairs Section Current Affairs Study Material for Month of August 2012 September 2012 October 2012 November 2012 December 2012 January 2013 Content: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. International India and World National States Conferences Awards and Honours
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JETBLUE AIRWAYS Paper 1: Crafting & Executing Strategy Strayer University BUSS 599: Strategic Business Table of Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………..….…….p. 3 Trends in the Airline Industry……..……………………………….………..…….......p. 4 Jet Blue’s Strategic Intent………..……………..…………………..……..……..........p. 4 Jet Blue’s Financial Objectives and Related Success………………..…..…….....…...p. 5 Strategic Elements…………………………………………..……….…..……........…p.5 Jet Blue’s Strategies for the Future…………………………………………
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CURRENT AFFAIRS The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Bill‚ 2013 Passed By Rajya Sabha Sunila Abeysekera‚ the Sri Lankan Activist‚ Died in Columbo at 61 Russia Lifted Ban on Import of Non-Basmati Rice and Oilseeds from India Harish Lakshman Elected New President of Automotive Component Manufacturers Association New Delhi Declaration on High Blood Pressure Adopted by Health Ministers of 11 SEARO Countries First Sree Narayan Guru Global Secular & Peace Award 2013 presented
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Cathay Pacific‚ Lufthansa and Thai Airways p1/19 BBA2 - Marketing 1 – Prof. Taylor Term Paper – SS/02 Cathay Pacific‚ Lufthansa‚ and Thai Airways By Stefan Broda‚ Dennis Damer‚ Suttinee Keawsuwan‚ Yin Tong‚ and Li Xin Table of Contents 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 2 2. About the Three Companies................................................................................
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