What is Economics? Economics is the study of choices Choices must be made because resources are scarce Make a list of all the stuff you like to acquire assuming unlimited income Dr. S Home on ICWW Tons of boats F-350‚ Club Cab Season tickets to NYY‚ NJ Nets‚ NY Giants Condo in NYC Tickets to Cup Races Mobile Home Triumph TR-6 Toyota Landcruiser Realistic income Home near ICWW A boat Occasional tickets Toyota 4 Runner Choices mean we make trade-offs Opportunity Cost Informal
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Imagine if oil supply is get exhausted how will it effect your life style? Answer: This is very serious matter of exahausting of oil supply this exhausting will disturb our daily routine of kitchen or in vehicles. The truth is that there is more effort being put into keeping the energy supply as it is than making healthy alternatives. there is a great deal of power concentrated in the hands of a few people as things stand. they know we will eventually run out of oil. In the meantime however
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Did sports branch off of surfing or were they created on their own? Six very popular sports and many more branched off of surfing. While they each came from surfing‚ they all still have their own history. They all became what they are for a reason. Windsurfing‚ for example‚ didnt start out as a sport. It started as a means of transportation. “Sailboards” were created to transport people across large bodies of water. They were created over a thounsand years ago. Now windsurfing is a popular sport
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Through her story of faith‚ persistence‚ and confidence‚ Bethany Hamilton has illustrated to millions how to strive for the seemingly unachievable. At the mere age of thirteen‚ Hamilton experienced something life changing: having an arm bitten off by a shark while surfing. Surfing had always meant the world to Bethany‚ in fact‚ her career as a surfer was primarily initiated because of her parents (Hamilton 7). From the moment Hamilton reaches the board‚ an inexplicable connection sparks. Bethany
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The True Meaning of Resilience What is the definition of resilient to you? Flexible? Can adapt to any situation that person or thing is put in? How about Danielle Burt; a 30-year-old female surfer from San Diego who lost her leg in traumatic motorcycle accident. I read an article called‚ “First Female Above the Knee Amputee Surfer‚ Danielle Burt‚ Catches Wave‚” that tells the reader about how a young woman at the top of her game‚ hits rock bottom after a bad turn that changes her life. But Burt shows
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serve in surfing? For years now‚ many have taken on the challenge of surfing. Certain beaches and locations around the world are known to offer awesome waves to ride for professionals and novices. Many focus on the challenge of getting onto a surfboard and learning the ways to balance themselves to ride waves out and soon be labeled a surfer. Many however‚ do not think about the challenges of learning how to read waves and know how they work. According to Chris Woodford who wrote the Science
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H2testw -- by Harald Bögeholz / c’t Magazin für ComputertechnikData integrity test for USB sticks and other mediaVersion 1.4‚ Copyright (C) 2008 Heise Zeitschriften Verlag GmbH & Co. KG========================================================================H2testw was developed to test USB sticks for various kinds of errors.It can also be used for any other storage media like memory cards‚internal and external hard drives and even network volumes.The executable file H2testw.exe needs no installation
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27‚ then what is the value of x? A. -2 Diagnostic Test - Math Section You’ve completed the diagnostic! Question 4 of 15 View Mode Next > < Prev [Popout Image] The figure shows the number of surfboards made last year in 4 shops. According to the figure‚ what fraction of all surfboards made were made by Aloha Surf? 1/3 [Popout Image] Which of the following equations is represented by the graph above?y= -1/2x +3 What is the x-coordinate of the point in the standard coordinate plane
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being a part of work. The first actual surfboarders originated in the 1920¡¦s where they rode large redwood planks that weighed around 126 pounds. As technology developed the boards became shorter‚ lighter and became better designed. The next surfboards to follow were made in the 1950¡¦s‚ this time the boards where made of balsa wood and then covered in a layer of fiberglass‚ these boards reached a length of about 9-10 feet long. In the 1960¡¦s the long board was introduced and was made of Styrofoam
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Week 1 Social networking seems to have taken over our lives! Almost everyone is on Facebook and Twitter. But is this a good thing? a. What advantages and disadvantages does social networking bring to your life and to society? b. How are businesses using social networking? kjhj Week 2 Think about how mobile our computing devices have become and the convergence of different devices such as cameras‚ phones‚ and computers. What do you think the computer of the future will be like? What capabilities will
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