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Internal Combustion Engine Reformulated Gasoline
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Ancient Roman Roman Army
1,430 wordsBloody confusion reigned until a group of Persian aristocrats put forward one of their own members, Darius Hystaspes, to bring order to the realm. After securing order within the Persian ranks Darius then looked to the various subject peoples, many of whom were also in revolt. He brilliantly, relentlessly and ruthlessly forced them back under Persian dominion: Babylonians, Medes, Assyrians, Armenians, Lydians, Egyptians, etc. Then he set himself to the task of bring a peaceful order to the empir...
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Occupational Safety And Health Building Codes
1,141 wordsA safe place for all Americans to work in! Few would argue with this concept that congress had in mind when it passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. The law applies equally to the rich and poor, the radicals, the liberals, and the conservatives; it is for people of all races, and it knows no religious boundaries. And yet, in the early years after an enactment of a law which makes it illegal to work in an unsafe place, a general feeling of fear invaded industry. What caused this ...
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Sea Level Canal Panama Canal
1,785 wordsThe Panama Canal has been called the big ditch, the bridge between two continents, and the greatest shortcut in the world. When it was finally finished in 1914, the 51 -mile waterway cut off over 7, 900 miles of the distance between New York and San Francisco, and changed the face of the industrialized world ("Panama Canal"). This Canal is not the longest, the widest, the deepest, or the oldest canal in the world, but it is the only canal to connect two oceans, and still today is the greatest ma...
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Communications Technology Global Information Infrastructure
2,384 wordsIntroduction We are in the midst of a global information revolution driven by the convergence and proliferation of information and communication technologies. The telecommunications sector is changing at warp speed, driven by technological innovation that results in new equipment and services, and also by new entrants and alliances between companies with experience in a wide range of information industries from telecommunications to broadcasting to computer hardware and software to publishing. T...
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Letter Of Credit Private Sector
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Solve This Problem Live In A Society
1,460 wordsIn nearly every science-fiction film ever produced, the pinnacle of excitement is always when a captain demands that the ship be shifted into warp drive. While the concept of warp drive may still not be developed in respect to todays vehicles, the concept is now applicable to the current worlds lightening swift advances in technology, communications and globalization as a whole. This is the pillar upon which Thomas L Friedman bases The World is Flat, in which Friedman explains his contention of ...
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Nobel Prize Creative Thought
2,227 words... that thinking process disease known as "hardening of the categories. " This becomes a special problem when the knowledge is focused in a small specialty area, because the breadth of alternative information that could be used in creative synthesis is missing. Creative Leaders Are Original Thinkers Original thinking is not the same as creativity but is obviously prerequisite for creative thought. Originality requires an active search for the different. This may involve deliberate attempts to c...
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R Amp D Creative Thought
2,235 words... s tend to flail and flounder. In the recent critique of American industry's research and development (R& D) efforts, [ 18 ] Deborah Shape and Rustum Roy levy the charge that R& D managers have largely failed to provide direction to their workers. They charge that we devote too much time, effort, and money to basic research which does not go anywhere. What we need, they argue, is more "purposive" basic research, where workers are given purpose and guidance, even for their basic resear...
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Dell Computer Corporation Strategy And Challenges
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Company Profile Of Sun Microsystems
1,192 wordsIntroduction I choose Sun Microsystems because I bought some of their stock three months ago and it has done very well. In fact it had, at one point, gone up close to sixty percent. After watching its rise over the time that I have owned it I began to wonder what Sun Microsystems is really all about. I knew that it built the backbone of the Internet, but I wasnt exactly sure what that meant. When I heard the focus of the project we were assigned for class, I decided this would be a great opportu...
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Star Traveling To The Millennium
1,884 wordsNASA's goal of faster, better, cheaper has been the motivation for them to develop new mission concepts, and to validate never-before-used technologies in space. The new technologies, if proven to work, will revolutionize space exploration in the next century. According to NASA's New Millennium Program home page, last updated on September 16, 1999, NASA's current project of Deep Space 1 demonstrates some of their most exotic technologies. One of the most impressive is the testing of an ion engin...
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Product Development 3 D
586 wordsIn what ways can 3 -D CAD contribute to more efficient product development? Three features of the new technology stand out, always in comparison to 2 -D CAD. 1. 3 -D CAD permits full visualization of product components and of the integrated product as a whole. Such a design is more readable than with 2 -D, and can be seen from any perspective. This stimulates more advanced hypothesis formation; creativity is fostered. Also, more details and exact shapes can be incorporated into the drawings than...
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Gallons Of Water Source Of Water
1,681 wordsEngineering can be defined as the putting together of things. This definition has summarized a profession that dates back to ancient times. Many things have been accomplished by early engineers. The great pyramids in Egypt for example are an engineering marvel still today. The massive structures look simple but they took great skill to construct. The complex ventilation systems and rooms took brilliant engineers to design. The people in that era had very few tools to help them build the pyramids...
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Telecommunications Act Of 1996 Von Neumann
1,368 wordsThe information age is upon us. The raw materials are ones and zeros. The technology used to transport the ones and zeros provides numerous opportunities for entrepreneurs, scientists, and engineers. Telecommunications is dynamically changing the way we work, learn, communicate, and view society. At no other time in history have so many people been given the ability to exchange ideas, sell their products, or learn through research and study. E-commerce, business-to-business information exchange,...
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Make More Money Computer Engineering
1,612 wordsCareer Research Essay My name is John Smith, I am 32 years old. In this essay I am going to write about my career plans and how I am going to develop and implement them. I plan my career as a computer software developer because IT branch of business has greater opportunities and a very high rate of innovation and development. Since this is my first year of studying the field I will base my career research plan on what I already know about the subject and on findings of several scholarly sources....
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Genetically Engineered Restriction Enzymes
2,958 wordsGenetic Engineering Discuss the applications and techniques involved in genetic engineering. Consider the advantages and disadvantages of this approach. Genetic engineering is an umbrella term that can cover a wide range of ways of changing the genetic material the DNA code in a living organism. This code contains all the information, stored in a long chain chemical molecule, which determines the nature of the organism. Apart from identical twins, genetic make-up is unique to each individual. In...
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Miles Per Gallon Four Wheel Drive
3,060 wordsConcept Cars: Automobiles for the Future No one knows where automobiles are going but concept cars provide us with a small window to look into their future. Different automakers use concept cars in various ways and they all devote a lot of time and money toward developing their cars of the future. The first thing an automaker does is decide what kind of market (what age group, what style of driving) it should target to gain the most customers. For instance, Ford builds mainly vehicles which targ...
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Letter Of Credit Private Sector
2,201 wordsA typical work day My typical work day begins at 8: 30 in the morning with a visit to either Credit Agricole Indosuez, a French bank with whom my company has a classified credit facility, or to Janata, a nationalized bank which is considering our proposal for debt financing of an Acrylic yarn project. Although I face the same challenge of raising money at both banks, my approach differs between the different banks. When dealing with Indosuez, I must be very objective with in-depth knowledge of t...
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Washington D C Army Of Northern Virginia
2,101 wordsRobert E. Lee was born in Stratford Hall, near Montrose, Virginia, on January 19, 1807. He grew up with a great love of all country life and his state. This stayed with him for the rest of his life. He was a very serious boy and spent many hours in his fathers library. He loved to play with some his friends, swim, and he loved to hunt. Lee looked up to his father and always wanted to know what he was doing. George Washington and his father, Light-Horse Harry Lee, were his heroes. He wanted to be...
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