Andrea Harris Dr. Zhang CosI 118 9/17/13 Can You Find Me Now? How is a Nintendo Wii game console able to determine the location of a Wii Remote while a player interacts with a game? The answer is triangulation‚ a process that determines the location of an object by measuring the angles from two or more fixed points. Surveyors often use triangulation to measure distance. Starting at a known location and elevation‚ surveyors measure a length to create a base line (Jains 30-48). The length
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production of large amounts of standardized products‚ including and especially on assembly lines. Mass customisation - Mass customization is the new frontier in business competition for both manufacturing and service industries. Optimal location - The best location for a firm in order to maximize profits. Multi-site location - Occupying‚ or occurring at multiple sites Offshoring - the practice of basing some of a company’s processes or services overseas‚ so as to take advantage of lower costs. Multinational
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According to Liam Hemsworth "Volleyball was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do." This statement is true because volleyball is a hard sport. Some people like basketball‚ and other people like softball. Many people prefer a physical sport other than a mental sport. A lot of people would rather play volleyball. How volleyball became a game has a very intriguing history. The history of volleyball includes the inventor‚ the ball‚ the rules‚ the positions‚ and beach volleyball. The man who invented
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fingers clasped around what he had been looking for. He pulled the shoebox out and sat back down on the bed‚ thinking just how small the shoebox looked. How could something so small‚ hold 18 years worth of memories? He pulled the lid off and looked down at his life. He stood up and emptied the contents onto the bed‚ spreading it all out. His eyes were drawn to the piece of paper that held the worst memory of all. The one that had marked the beginning of his new life. It had a headline in powerful‚ bold
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My amazing summer vacation I can leave behind because it will never slipped from my memory as it was extremely beautiful‚ enjoyable and unusual to forget. It started from the pleasure-trip to Bulgaria with my group were I can not only have a good time with my friend visiting sights but take delight in dance during two unforgettable weeks. Since I have entered university I couldn’t attend my dance class in my native town‚ unfortunately‚ so I enjoy it even for a summer. Then I took a break from
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Many regard World War II as the best war ever‚ but why? It seems the one fact that stands out in American minds is that the Allied Powers were fighting against people who were perceived as "evil”‚ such as Adolf Hitler and Emperor Hirohito. Many disregard all the casualties and hardships and only think about the big picture: victory. Michael C. C. Adams’ book‚ The Best War Ever: America and World War II‚ attempts to dissipate all of the misconceptions of the Second World War. Americans came out of
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The Best Game Ever‚ by Mark Bowden‚ was a great book that talks about the 1958 NFL Championship game that helped transform the NFL into what it is today. It has exceeded all my expectations of the book and truly shows the impact this game had on the NFL. This was the first ever football game that was a national event‚ this was the first ever professional football teams viewed by millions. It would also be the first sudden death overtime game ever played in the NFL‚ Making the game that much more
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever This film was made in 1983 by Loretta Swift and it was based off of the novel “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”. This is a short film which is only forty-eight minutes long‚ but it is a very nice short film. The film is based off of a church who has a tradition of hosting a Christmas pageant every year for the people in the neighbor to come and see and it has always been put together by the same person until an accident occurred to her that required her to be placed
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life-shaping experience I have ever had was the birth of my son. This event changed my life. I love my son dearly and his birth will always be the best thing that has ever taken place in my life. After my son was born‚ a lot of things changed for me. Most couples are excited when they receive the news that they are expecting. I was to become a single teen mom and this was something that would not only affect me but everyone around me. Although every child is a blessing‚ I was not confident I was ready for
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We’ve all had decisions we made in life. Some decisions were good and became life changing while others were not so good and become life experiences. One decision I made in my life will always stand out as the best decision I ever made. This involved my youngest son Gannon and the decision to have a major operation that not only saved his life‚ but gave him a better quality of life. To understand why this changed his life for the better you need to know what he has been through. Gannon is a nine
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