promises a new generation of flight without burning an ounce of fuel. The plane is called Solar Impulse and is powered entirely by the sun [1]. The Solar Impulse is not the only solar airplane ever designed‚ but it certainly is the most ambitious. None of its predecessors has ever managed to fly right through the night with a pilot on board. With the wingspan of a jumbo jet and a scooter-sized engine‚ the Solar Impulse is one of a kind [2]. Thousands of solar cells on its wings
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Criminology has been Gender-blind’ rather than Gender neutral’. Discuss It has been argued that the gaze of criminology has been primarily focused on male offenders‚ Cain (1989) argues that criminology is in fact incapable of speaking in gender neutral terms (cited in Walklate 2001: 19). A reason for this includes that history has been prepared to offer universal explanations of crime achieved by the study of the male offender. Feminists such as (Naffine 1997: 18) believe that criminology has been
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(a) A leading DIY company is considering expanding its customer base by analyzing the two possible options. The management evaluates the alternatives of increasing the online sales or opening a retail store. The budget is important for implementing the decisions made by the management. The management is choosing the alternatives based on its objective to increase its sales in the upcoming years. These objectives may be stated in terms of the number of units to be produced‚ the desired quality‚ the
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billion people globally live in households with per capita incomes of under one dollar per day’‚ with ‘policymakers and practitioners who have been trying to improve the live of that billion facing an uphill battle.’(Murdoch‚1999‚p.1569); microfinance‚ and in particular micro-credit‚ has been key in the gradual alleviation of world poverty. This has been most apparent in the developing part of the world in countries such as Bangladesh (where Muhammed Yusuf founded the Grameen Bank)‚ Bolivia‚ Indonesia
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THE PERSONAL REFLECTION FOR FIVE AND TEN YEARS My Personal Reflection Adult Learning Issues Theory Quratul Ain December 15‚ 2012 Daphne Hughes Before starting at The College of New Rochelle‚ I was going to work and coming home doing the same thing everyday which was nothing. So I decided to sign up for college after seeing a billboard on a bus shelter in Co op City on my way to Municipal Credit Union. I read the
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Marvin M. Araño IT-312 IMT Custom Machine Company‚ Inc. Executive Summary: Custom Machine Company Inc. (CMCI)‚ a subsidiary of International Machine & Tools‚ operates two plants in Ft. Wayne and Chicago. These plants have played a game of patch-up and catch-up with their information technology. Hardware and software developed for one specific purpose often ends up serving several other different uses. In late 1998‚ it became apparent that the information technology – specifically the
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Fred Stern & Company‚ Inc. (Ultramares Corporation v. Touche et al.) Fred Stern & Company‚ Inc. was a rubber importer based out of New York City during the 1920s. This capital-intensive business was in high demand for numerous industries at the time. As such‚ Fred Stern & Co. relied heavily on lenders to finance its daily operations. In 1924‚ Fred Stern & Co. approached a finance company named Ultramares Corporation for a loan of $100‚000. Before accepting the terms‚ Ultramares Corp. requested
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Thirutanigaasalam Naidu | Yik Chun Leong | AIS Tutorial 2 Q1. Purchase Journal Page 1Account No. 605/300 | Date | Supplier | Supplier Invoice | Account Number | Post Ref | Amount | 7-Mar | Bud’s Soil Prep Inc | AJ34 | 300-23 | v | $ 2‚067.85 | 11-Mar | Osto Farmers Supply | 14568 | 300-24 | v | $ 67.50 | 14-Mar | Whalers Fertilizer Inc | 893V | 300-36 | v | $ 5‚000.00 | 21-Mar | Osto Farmers Supply | 14699 | 300-24 | v | $ 3‚450.37 | 21-Mar | IFM Package
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Being a multinational organization its suppliers come from all four corners of the globe. Due to this factor of being a large multi-national corporation Sony is in business with many suppliers. Due to this large number of reliance on suppliers‚ diminishes the bargaining power suppliers have over Sony. Simply put due to its vast operation the suppliers are not concentrated more or less decentralized. Another factor for Sony to have an edge over its suppliers is the sheer size of Sony‚ being a
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As the war came to an end‚ airships were replaced with the extensive use of zeppelins. The use of aeroplanes and zeppelins was a potent part in the attack and defence of the British main lands. Source A was produced as a poster in 1915 which was one year into the First World War. As a result‚ the source does not inform me about the types of warfare used in the rest of World War One and the entirety of WW2. The purpose of it was to inform the British public about the differences between the German Airforce
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