An electric car is powered by an electric motor instead of a gasoline engine. The electric motor gets energy from a controller‚ which regulates the amount of power transmitted throughout the vehicle‚ based on the driver’s use of an accelerator pedal. The electric motors give electric cars instant torque‚ creating a strong and smooth acceleration pattern. Electric cars are about three times more efficient than cars with an internal combustion engine. A pure-battery electric car uses energy stored
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A Critique of “Killing Lincoln” The book “Killing Lincoln” written by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard is an in-depth‚ historical look at the last days of the Civil war; the bloodiest war in our nation’s history that culminated in the assassination of one of the most beloved presidents in American history. This fascinating recounting of the days that led to epic changes occurring in very short measure to our country and those directly involved‚ and exposing further truths regarding potential conspiracy
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General Electric Under Jack Welch John Francis Welch‚ Jr.‚ also known as “Jack”‚ became the CEO of General Electric in 1981 and maintained this title for the next 20 years until his retirement in 2001. He was widely known as a “national business hero” because he had a different approach on management that provided increasing results. For this very reason‚ many also despised his tactics. He was very aggressive in cutting out the weak‚ because he believed that it was holding back the company. One
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sectionalism and tensions around slavery boiled over‚ Abraham Lincoln came to the forefront of US politics. He created a reputation for himself and the Republican Party with a political platform against the expansion of slavery. He became known in the South as an abolitionist through the Lincoln-Douglas debates‚ and his election in 1860 sparked the secession of 11 southern states from the Union and the beginning of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln was the most important contributor to ending slavery in
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Agile Electric: Quality Issues in a Global Supply Chain Question#1: If OEM decides to make a complete recall‚ the associated costs would be charged to the tiered suppliers; especially a higher potion on Automek and then Agile. Automek takes the risks on Agile‚ the manufacturer has no previous experience on producing this critical part‚ with the major purpose of reducing the cost. Moreover‚ it was the Automek’s responsibility to carefully audit the qualification and capability of the lower tiered
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The electron is a fundamental subatomic particle that carries a negative electric charge. It is a spin-½ lepton that participates in electromagnetic interactions‚ and its mass is less than one thousandth of that of the smallest atom. Its electric charge is defined by convention to be negative‚ with a value of −1 in atomic units. Together with atomic nuclei‚ electrons make up atoms; their interaction with adjacent nuclei is the main cause of chemical bonding. The name "electron" comes from
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Building uses Greek and Roman architecture in its columns‚ while the Washington Monument is in the style of an Egyptian Obelisk. One of the monuments‚ the Lincoln Memorial‚ is based off the styles and methods of the Architecture of the Parthenon. Because of this‚ there are many similarities‚ but also differences‚ between the Parthenon and the Lincoln Memorial. The architects of the Parthenon were Iktinos‚ Kallikrates‚ and Phidias. Although not much is known about Iktinos and Kallikrates‚ other than
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Requirement #4 1. Nuclear Engineer. 2. Nuclear Physicist. 3. Nuclear Medicine Physician. Out of these career opportunities‚ I would choose to be a Nuclear Medicine Physician. Education- Generally a physician begins training in nuclear medicine after finishing medical school in a residency training program. Training- Following one year of general residency‚ the resident begins two years of specialty training in areas. Experience- In addition to a general
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How would you assess the challenge of repositioning the Samsung brand? Samsung‚ in wanting to reposition itself as a high value added preferred products provider from a value‚ or cheap OEM products provider‚ faced many challenges. A big challenge for Samsung was that the Samsung brand was at different stages of development in different country markets – so while in some markets the Samsung brand had high brand recognition and loyalty‚ in some the brand had low awareness. This caused management
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1. With whom do you agree here-Abdala or Korman? I don’t agree with any of them because both made mistakes that created the situation. 2. What mistakes do you think each party made? One of the mistakes made by both of them was the fact that both could not refrain from insulting one another. If one or the other would have simply been the bigger person and stopped responding‚ the situation may have not gotten out of hand. But if we focused on each of their mistakes firstly Abdala’s Mistakes:
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