You are probably wondering what this table of colourful boxes is? Well you’ve come to the right place‚ I hope. What is it? Well everything in the world is made up of elements‚ well almost everything‚ light‚ heat‚ this is energy‚ another story. And elements are a single type of atom‚ the periodic table is basically a table of all know elements to man. What’s in it? To understand what’s in it we need to look at an atom and it subatomic parts. An atom is made up of an Electron(e-) this has a negative
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I believe that Segway failed to revolutionize the way we live for many reasons. Nobody in today’s world wants to trade their truck or car‚ that travels at high speeds‚ for a scooter that travels at a much slower rate. Maybe if they were not as expensive‚ and were invented as more of a toy or handicap tool they would have the potential to have a bigger impact on humanity. The Segway was not a terrible invention‚ but in no way would I ever think it would change our lives like cars did. I believe the
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Jordan Alexander February 14‚ 2012 Economics Essay – Market Failure 1. Markets fail when they under or over allocate resources of production or consumption‚ relative to the best interests of society. Market failure occurs due to four main factors: the existence of externalities‚ asymmetric information‚ the abuse of monopoly power‚ and inequalities and wealth and development. The existence of externalities means that the market mechanism does not always work efficiently. Markets run on a
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Explain why most small businesses fail within 2 to 10 years While small businesses benefit the economy by creating new jobs‚ new industries‚ and various innovations‚ small businesses are much more likely to fail than large businesses‚ especially during economic downturns. Why? Because of management shortcomings‚ inadequate financing‚ and difficulty dealing with government regulations. These issues—quality and depth of management‚ availability of financing‚ and ability to wade through government
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also always promotedtheir CEO or Chairman from within the company and thus they did not have any fresh outlooksor suggestions for the business. The decisions that were made did not fulfill their expectations.All of these are some reasons behind the fail to overcome the problems during 1998 to 2001.Early in 2000‚ they make the decision to appoint Luc Vandevelde as new Chairman of M&S. Since this was the first time anyone from outside the company had been appointed to the positionof Chairman‚ it
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Why did Phillip II launch the Armada and why did it fail? In the summer of 1588‚ the catholic king of Spain‚ Phillip II‚ came up with a plan to conquer protestant England. He would collect his army from the Netherlands and a huge fleet of 130 ships across the channel‚ with the help of France. Why did Phillip launch the Armada?- Phillip launched the Armada for many reasons. When Elizabeth became queen‚ Phillip asked her hand in marriage‚ but she refused. This angered him‚ as he hoped to keep power
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Chartism’s lack of success was due to a fundamental lack of focus. It was supported by a wide range of people with too wide a range of motives‚ hopes and fears. Using all 5 sources and your own knowledge‚ explain how far you agree with this opinion. For the chartist to have had a focus‚ they would all have to have had the same issues‚ and all held equal support for all 6 parts of the people’s charter‚ the paper behind the chartist movement. This was not the case; in many instances the people
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Although President Bush was a very successful president in terms of foreign relations he had some struggles that really caught up to him when it was time for re-election. After his successes in the gulf war he had the second highest approval rating amongst all presidents with a rating of 89%. This is only behind his son’s 91% approval rating after the 9/11 attacks on the world trade center. It is obvious that these ratings are not directly correlated with how well the president does throughout his
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Although the Ethiopian invasion succeeded in routing the ICU and pushing Al-Shabab to the south of the country‚ it failed to end Islamic radicalism in Somalia; in fact‚ it was a primary factor in the ultra-radical turn of Al-Shabab‚ “transforming the group from a small‚ relatively unimportant part of a more moderate Islamic movement into the most powerful and radical armed faction in the country” . In 2009 Ethiopia withdrew its troops from Somalia‚ replaced by the African Union Mission to Somalia
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The US failed to save the South from Communism due to many interconnected reasons. America did not have the ordinary Vietnamese on their side‚ and like the French and Japanese before‚ they were seen as ’foreign occupiers’. Furthermore‚ America faced much controversy over the war within its own borders‚ and therefore was fighting a war unpopular to its own people and the people which they tried to ’save’. Militarily the US failed to stop guerrilla warfare and committed many atrocities against the
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