plan of attack ‘The Schlieffen Plan’. This was until unforeseen problems occurred. This included the unexpected supply problems created by the rapid advance through Belgium and France‚ The Germans not realising the strength of French armies and how they would be able to switch troops using the rail network‚ German rail transport ended at the Belgian border meaning that from there soldiers would
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the ashes. Both companies did not solve all of their problems on their own. GM received a good chunk of money from the government in hopes that they would be a promising new company. Chrysler on the other hand received less money from the government. Instead‚ the got their financial backing from Fiat‚ who now owns a good percentage of the company. Ford decided to not accept a bail out because they were in a better position then the other two companies to begin with. They did not have all of the burdens
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1900: The Zeppelin While originally formulated in 1847‚ it wouldn’t be until 1895 that German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin would register his patent on the rigid‚ hydrogen cell powered aircraft‚ and until 1900 when the LZ1‚ the first working prototype‚ would take flight over Lake Constance. While it was damaged during its first landing‚ it would be repaired and fly for another 8 years‚ when it finally caught fire after crashing into a tree‚ leaving no one seriously injured. Used for both transport
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Philippines Economy To Survive Haiyan Despite a terrible human toll‚ Haiyan is unlikely to derail the nation’s impressive economic performance. By Anthony Fensom Asia’s “strong man” economy of the Philippines is considered tough enough to weather the effects of Typhoon Haiyan. Yet even after the deadliest typhoonin the nation’s recorded history‚ analysts have warned of potentially worse storms ahead. After making landfall on November 8‚ Haiyan (known as Yolanda in the Philippines) flattened dozens
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Managerial Economics Don Uy-Barreta Lecture notes – Week 1 Chapter 1 – Microeconomics: A Way of thinking about business (and life!!!) The bottom line Property rights are crucial to the efficient allocation of resources that are depleted or devalued in some way when used and when transaction costs are low. They can be a problem when transaction costs are high and the use of the resource does not deplete the resource or devalue it. 1) What is economics about? a) What and how much to produce
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single government to theories contemplating that Rome hadn’t fallen at all. Even today‚ many wonder exactly how one of the most influential civilizations in the history of the world crumbled after existing for more than half a millennium. There are many different opinions and explanations regarding this question; yet in order to understand how the Roman Empire fell‚ it is essential to know how it rose. The Roman Empire originated as a small city located on the west side of Italy’s peninsula‚ in the
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The History of how soccer started. Many say it started in England. Some say it started in the Aztec. Some even say it started in the India but where did it really start? Soccer is popular all around the globe its played worldwide every day. However not everyone knows about it all started. Soccer has been around many thousands of years. It started around 2nd 3rd B.C around China during the Han Dynasty (“History of Soccer”). They would dribble a leather type of ball and score on a small net
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How People Make Economic Decisions According to Mankiw‚ the four principles of individual decision-making are: “People Face Trade-offs‚ The Cost of Something Is What You Give Up to Get It‚ Rational People Think at the Margin‚ and People Respond to Incentives:” People face trade-offs by having to give up something to get what they want or need. This is no surprise for most people who learn early in life that few things are free. As an example of a trade-off‚ many times college students
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Chernobyl What happened in chernobyl? Did you ever just wonder what happened on the the day the chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. I have researched different things about chernobyl and what happened. If you didn’t know about the chernobyl accident then you will be shocked at what made the explosion happened and what happened to the residents. Thirty-one years ago on April 26 an explosion happened near Pripyat‚ Ukraine in the soviet union. That day the chernobyl nuclear plant had a malfunction
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and killed the leader of the new land. The Spanish were successful because they built an empire and brought in tons of gold and they "operated many plantations" (page 52). The French had similar motivations to the Spanish‚ but what pushed them was how successful the Spanish were in reaching their goals and building an empire. " Spanish successes in the Caribbean attracted the attention of other European nations" (Page 47)‚ such
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