A solar car is a solar vehicle used for land transport. Solar cars combine technology typically used in the aerospace‚ bicycle‚alternative energy and automotive industries. The design of a solar vehicle is severely limited by the amount of energy input into the car. Most solar cars have been built for the purpose of solar car races. Exceptions include solar-powered cars and utility vehicles. Solar cars are often fitted with gauges as seen in conventional cars. To keep the car running smoothly‚
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RUNNING HEAD: ENLIGHTENMENT ESSAY Enlightenment Essay Felicia Troublefield Grand Canyon University HTH 469 March 28‚ 2013 Enlightenment Essay Ever since God created the world it has been filled with activity‚ and for three hundred years until about fifty years ago we have been under the influence of the age of modernity. However‚ modernity is fast giving way to postmodernism and again the force this change will undoubtedly cause people to once again change their perspective of the world
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Even with violence occurring all over the world‚ Pinker argues that violence today is at an all time low. In order to support his position‚ Pinker first takes on the preconception that the hunter-gather society of the past lived peacefully compared to modern times. Utilizing a graphic on percentage of male deaths due to war‚ Pinker shows that the percentage of contemporary hunter gatherer deaths is by far higher than that of people living in the US and Europe in the 20th century. Also along the lines
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Case Analysis: The Car of the Future Strategic Issues and Problems: The global shortage of oil and its effect on the environment has brought substantial public attention to the renewable and alternative power sources. The technology of using alternative fuel for cars besides gasoline has been advancing rapidly over the years. In light of this‚ car manufacturers have introduced hybrid cars which combine two or more sources of energy as fuel. However‚ many argue that most of
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What do you understand by the term "the social construction of childhood"? To understand the term ’the social construction of childhood’ we must look at how society sees children through the different era’s‚ and how race‚ culture and class can produce different outcomes to how children are portrayed and developed in society. Social construction refers to ’a social mechanism‚ phenomenon‚ or category created and developed by society; a perception of an individual‚ group‚ or idea that is ’constructed’
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Car Industry Porters 5 Force Porter (1980) illustrates in this analytical tool 5 variables that determine the attractiveness of an industry for organisations in terms of profitability in their immediate environment. Using the forces in this model we can analyse how attractive the global car industry is to enter‚ the 5 forces are as follows. The threat of potential new entrants High barriers to entry is one of the determinants of whether a firm can enter into the industry or not‚ the
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Since the eighteenth century‚ scholars have researched‚ “Who wrote the Pentateuch?”‚ and more specifically who was the author of Deuteronomy. The Documentary Hypothesis asserts that the Pentateuch was not written by Moses‚ but was composed from four distinct narratives and woven together into one final version centuries after Moses had died. When these documents were put in chronological order‚ it appeared as the following: The Yahwist (J) The Elohist (E) The Deuternonomist (D) The Priestly
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on MPS is make-to-order. • But it does not limit WIP and is therefore a push system. Make-to-Stock: • Pull systems do replenish inventory voids. • But jobs can be associated with customer orders. Forecast Free: • Toyota’s classic system made cars to forecasts. • Use of takt times or production smoothing often involves production without firm orders (and hence forecasts). 1 4 © Wallace J. Hopp‚ Mark L. Spearman‚ 1996‚ 2000 © Wallace J. Hopp‚ Mark L. Spearman‚ 1996‚ 2000 http://www.factory
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"Enterprise Rent-A-Car" Case Recap and key facts: Promotion is the primary motivator for employees at Enterprise. Promotion depends on individual and branch-level factors. Employees compete for bonuses. Promotions on a branch-basis depends on scores based on the ESQi (Enterprise Service Quality Index). Relates to goal commitment and task strategies. Problem Statement: Is it fair to base promotions and transfers for employees on the Enterprise Service Quality Index (ESQi)? Components of the Problem:
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He presents himself to be rather sarcastic throughout the article and also the use of irony to attack flag-wavers‚ “motorists who affixed Chinese made plastic flags on their cars”. Carney lets his readersknow that the flag-wavers andgovernment are his main target audience. He positionsus to feel that the government are just wasting time year after year on this issue by taking no action towards the flag change or to become a
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