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    Batteries‚ Resistance and Current   “Battery-Resistor”: Check “show battery” and “show cores”‚ watch what happens‚ adjust some variables   1. Why do electrons (blue dots) move? Draw a diagram of the battery‚ label the flow of electrons. The flow of current (+) is opposite; draw this and note if toward or away from + terminal of the battery.   The electrons move because of the battery voltage. The current flows in the opposing direction of the electrons and the electrons flow towards the positive

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    non-technological factor to shape electricity was the business- and competition-fueled "War of Currents" of the late 19th century between alternating and direct current – AC and DC‚ respectively ("Electricity‚" 2006). During the initial years of electricity distribution‚ Thomas Edison ’s direct current was the standard for the United States‚ and Edison was not disposed to lose all his patent royalties. Direct current worked well for the incandescent lamps that were the principal load of the day. However

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    Discuss how the author makes Rip Van Winkle an interesting character? In “the story of Rip Van Winkle” written by Washington Irving is about a men named Rip Van Winkle‚ who is depicted as an interesting man. Rip Van Winkle was known as escaping from the reality and also a happy-go-lucky man. Rip Van Winkle‚ who lives under his wife’s controlling is a henpecked husband. He is always criticized by his wife for being lazy and for not doing housework‚ and for not caring about his family at home‚ in

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    ELECTROMECHANICAL ANALYSIS LAB EMET 3424_70 TUESDAY‚ FEBUARY 20‚ 2001 8:00 – 9:50AM‚ SET 363 LAB#3 LVDT CALIBRATION PREPARER: Scott Greenberg Address: Mac S J5C4 Phone: 607-587-2615 E-mail: greenbse@alfredstate.edu INSTRUCTOR: Nicholas Reitter III Office: SET 3668 Phone: 607-587-4670 E-mail: reitten@alfredstate.edu LAB PARTNERS: Scott Nicastro Jonathan Ewen LAB #3 -LVDT CALIBRATION(REV.3).DOC – GREENBERG: 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS P REPARER: ...................

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    In his story of the Rip Van Winkle‚ Irving used his unique style of diction‚ which also developed a contrast between before and after the climax of the story. The major change of scene in the story takes place after Rip takes his nap in the mountains and there is a noteworthy change of Irving’s diction from this point onwards. In his description of the surrounding nature and the weather‚ a distinct contrast exists between the duration of twenty years. The Kaatskill Mountain is the first feature

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    PAKISTAN CURRENT ACCOUNT TO GDP Pakistan recorded a Current Account deficit of 2 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product in the fiscal year 2011-12. Current Account to GDP in Pakistan is reported by the State Bank of Pakistan. Pakistan Current Account to GDP averaged -2.32 Percent from 1980 until 2012‚ reaching an all time high of 4.90 Percent in June of 2003 and a record low of -8.50 Percent in June of 2008. The Current account balance as a percent of GDP provides an indication on the level

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    Magnetic effect of electric current is one of the major effects of electric current in use‚ without the applications of which we cannot have motors in the existing world. A current carrying conductor creates a magnetic field around it‚ which can be comprehended by using magnetic lines of force or magnetic field lines. The nature of the magnetic field lines around a straight current carrying conductor is concentric circles with centre at the axis of the conductor. The direction of the magnetic field

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    THE WAR OF CURRENTS Tesla vs Edison: THE WAR OF CURRENTS In the "War of Currents" era (sometimes "War of the Currents" or "Battle of Currents") in the late 1880s‚ George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison became adversaries due to Edison’s promotion of direct current (DC) for electric power distribution over alternating current (AC) advocated by Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla. Thomas Edison American inventor andbusinessman was known as "The Wizard of Menlo Park" and pushed

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    Report for Macroeconomics by Group 5 “Current Account Deficit – An Indian Perspective” Indian Institute of Management‚ Kozhikode Report by: GROUP 5: Aishwarya Kumar (063) Anirban Bhar (064) Anusha Acharya (071) Nimish Shah (110) Palak Bansal (097) Pratik Agarwal (101) Table of Contents Introduction 3 India CAD – Historical perspective (1991 – present) 7 Case Study 1 - US Current Account Deficit and the 2008 Financial Crisis 12 Case

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    Vol. 6‚ 2012-46 | November 29‚ 2012 | http://dx.doi.org/10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2012-46 Are Current Account Deficits Sustainable? New Evidence from Iran Using Bounds Testing Approach to Level Relationships Hassan Heidari Urmia University Salih Turan Katircioglu Eastern Mediterranean University Narmin Davoudi Islamic Azad University Abstract This paper provides new evidence on the long-run relationship between exports and imports of the Iranian economy by employing bounds testing

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