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Grolier Electronic Publishing 19 Th Century
1,437 wordsAn elevator is a mechanism for moving people and freight from level to level in a building or any other structure. The first elevator-like structure was built in 236 BC by the Archives. This construction was a hoist operated by ropes and pulleys. However, the first pragmatic elevator was not developed until the 19 th century. Though sensible, this elevator has been modified many times throughout the course of history and is still updated with all of the new advancements in math and technology. F...
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Frontal Lobes Nerve Fibers
1,967 words... main, a hole of 2. 5 to 5 cm of diameter, drilled by hand into the skull of a living man, without any anesthesia or asepsis, during 30 to 60 long minutes. This is maybe the most ancient form of brain surgery known to man: it is called trepanning (from Greek trianon, borer) or trephining (Sabbatini, 1997). This perhaps was the first idea that man can be cured of mental illness by biological exploration. Thousands of years later, psychosurgery was discovered by accident in America in 1847 when...
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World War Ii Parts Of The World
655 wordsThe Salvation Army was founded by William Booth. His goal was to create an international religious and charitable organization, dedicated to the propagation of the Christian faith and to the furnishing of various forms of assistance to persons in need of spiritual solace and material aid. William Booth was an English Methodist minister. It was originally founded as the Christian Mission, with the aim of carrying on evangelical and social-welfare work among the inhabitants of the slum areas of Lo...
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The Role Of Technology In Kurt Vonnegut Writing
1,344 words... can almen, pioneers, and whalers. Machines do our jobs for us; all we need to know how to do is push a few buttons. Many Americans are jobless because of the computerization in corporations, and Vonnegut blames American scientists and technologists for this (Uphaus 466). Technology is so destructive that it has taken our jobs away from us and takes away our pride. He believes that only those who still have manual labor to perform are truly happy. He shows this belief in his stories, if he ev...
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Brain Surgery Plastic Surgery
1,416 wordsThe most important and influential discovery was the practice of surgery. With this invention, human life became more sophisticated, humans lived longer, and we obtained a knowledge of ourselves sufficient enough to break the boundaries built by ignorance. Lacking prescription drugs, accurate tools, computer technology, and any background experience to build from, our ancestors struggled to learn how to repair the human body. They did an suprisingly competent job of treating the sick and injured...
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Joint Venture Arab Emirates
1,182 words... ks sells coffee drinks and beans, pastries, and other food items and beverages, as well as mugs, coffeemakers, coffee grinders, and storage containers. The company also sells its beans to restaurants, businesses, airlines, and hotels, and it offers mail-order and online catalogs. Starbucks has expanded into coffee ice cream (with Dreyer's) and makes Frappuccino, a bottled coffee drink (with PepsiCo). Starbucks Corporation NASD: SBUX Sector: Consumer/Non-Cyclical Industry: Food Processing STA...
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Diesel Engines High Pressure
1,702 wordsEarly work Rudolf web a German engineer, conceived the idea for the engine that now bears his name after seeking a device to increase the efficiency of the Otto engine. Diesel realized that the electric ignition process of the gasoline engine could be eliminated if, during the compression stroke of a piston-cylinder device, compression could heat air to a temperature higher than the auto-ignition temperature of a given fuel. Diesel proposed such a cycle in his patents of 1892 and 1893. Originall...
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Federal Troops Labor Force
1,042 wordsEverything seemed so perfect. Pullman, Illinois was a company town on the outskirts of Chicago, founded in 1880 by George Pullman, president of the railroad sleeping car company. Pullman advertised his town as a model community that included everything from parks to libraries and was filled with satisfied, well paid workers. Each resident worked for the Pullman company, which manufactured railroad cars, and by 1894 it operated "first class" sleeping cars on almost every one of the nation's major...
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Dell Computer Corporation Strategy And Challenges
2,557 words... th distributing through independent resellers. Building to order avoided (1) having to keep many differently equipped models on retailers shelves to fill buyer requests for one or another configuration of options and components and (2) having to clear out slow-selling models at a discount before introducing new generations of PCs. Selling direct eliminated retailer costs and markups. (Retail dealer margins were typically in the 4 to 10 percent range. ) Dell Computer was far and away the worl...
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Point Of View Matter Of Time
2,588 wordsCase Study (1) In chapter Balzar Wars of his book Paris to Moon, Adam Gopnik discuses the commercialization of restaurant business as such that has a negative affect the public image of Paris and France, as a whole. In 1998, the Balzar restaurant, which used to be owned by representatives of the same family since 1894, was being purchased by French restaurant tycoon Jean-Claude Bucher, for the purpose of giving it a chain-operated status. Gopnik complains that the change of restaurants ownership...
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206 Electric Cars Ad Campaign Strategy Part 2
2,163 words... to this in a creative brief. It should be mandatory. Measurement criteria are not only essential for determining whether or not the campaign has succeeded, they also focus the mind on how the advertising is expected to work. We should make sure there are metrics to measure not only the sales effect but also the effect the campaign has had on the brands image or reputation (brand equity). Too often there is tracking in place, but it tracks standard measures, not the elements of our strategy. ...
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Assault Rifles One Hand
641 wordsDifferent types of firearms There are several unique types of firearms, each with their own advantages and disadvantages. Modern armies have weapons of almost unbelievable destructive power. These weapons include atomic and hydrogen bombs, rockets, guided missiles, flame throwers, submachine guns, and hand grenades. The basic weapon of ground combat, however, is still the foot soldier's hand-operated firearm. Rifle is a firearm whose barrel is rifled (i. e. , has spiral grooves cut inside it to ...
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Wackenhut Corrections Corporation The Truth Behind Private Prisons
2,974 wordsWackenhut Corrections Corporation - the truth behind private prisons Within the conceptual framework of this research, we will elaborate on Wackenhut Corrections Corporation, a private prison system that is nowadays notorious for numerous human rights abuse cases. History of Wackenhut Corrections Corporation as well as its owner will be briefly discussed, followed by detailed elaboration on numerous problems that Wackenhut Corrections Corporation experienced. After careful research, it is appare...
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Warsaw Ghetto Jewish Prisoners
1,413 wordsHolocaust Holocaust was by far one of the most hideous events that took place in the 20 th century. It is crucial that the remembrance, history and lessons of Holocaust are passed to the next generations, since that would ensure that terrible genocide like the one at issue would never happen again. The most important thing students and people at large can do to prevent this from happening again is to combat all the discrimination or prejudice that could possibly lead to another Holocaust. To do ...
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20 Th Century 19 Th Century
2,458 wordsChanging Role of Teacher Education developed from the human struggle for survival and enlightenment. It may be formal or informal. Informal education refers to the general social process by which human beings acquire the knowledge and skills needed to function in their culture. Formal education refers to the process by which teachers instruct students in courses of study within institutions. Before the invention of reading and writing, people lived in an environment in which they struggled to su...
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First Telephone Exchange Sheets An Hour Press
1,284 wordsSince the beginning of time, people have had the need to communicate with one and other. The most common type of communication is speech, but you could not talk to someone who lived 20 miles away. Then written language was developed, people marked symbols on paper, stone, or whatever was available. Then hundreds of years passed, and people who wanted to share their ideas with people had to do allot of writing, until someone thought to make a writing machine. This machine is called the printing p...
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Baking Soda Hydrogen Ions
2,207 wordsHow pH of Soil affects a Plants Growth For the experimental aspect of the research report, four sets of two plants are to be studied. They must either be checked according to size for the same height, or started from seed to ensure equality. Two identical sets of roses are to be cultivated, as well as two sets of corn plants. The flora must all be given the same amount of water and sunlight each day. The only variable to be changed is pH. One of each set will be planted in the acidic soil, and o...
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World War Ii Millions Of Dollars
3,319 wordsNick Bostic Period 3 June 2, 1997 US Involvement in the Swiss Banking Scandal during World War II The Holocaust during World War II was a period of time that will always be a sore spot in the memory of Jewish people worldwide, a time most would try to forget. Yet, new discoveries and memories reveal a scandal involving money and valuables stolen from Jews by Nazi? s and hidden in neutral Switzerland? s famous banks. This discovery is bringing out lawsuits of descendants of Holocaust victims on t...
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