In the late 1700s‚ in addition to inventing the cotton gin‚ Eli Whitney also came up with the idea for interchangeable parts. This was the manufacturing of machinery pieces that could be quickly accumulated to generate a piece of equipment‚ such as a gun. Before Whitney‚ each gun had to be handcrafted‚ and each one was different; one of its kind. This meant that it took a long time for them to be made or repaired. When Congress voted for a war with France in 1797‚ Whitney saw an opportunity to market
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Honors October 9‚ 2012 Hume’s argument for skepticism about induction states that we can use induction‚ like causation‚ to gain knowledge. We must rely on induction to draw conclusions in everyday life because it is the only resource we have to work with. However‚ we must realize the limitations of induction. Philosopher Karl Popper successfully undermines Hume’s problem of induction by proving that induction is not needed in science and that Hume’s argument is circular. Karl Popper argued
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HKU820 BENJAMIN YEN AVIATION SPARE PARTS SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT OPTIMISATION AT CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED We have 2½ billion Hong Kong dollars worth of spare parts on our shelves. Managing these spare parts effectively is instrumental in ensuring the efficient operations of our airline. This presents a significant challenge to the engineering department. - Robert Taylor‚ manager of inventory operations‚ Cathay Pacific1 A profitable and financially sound commercial airline‚ Cathay
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still can’t explain why there is war. Although sociologist and psychologist may have reasons why wars exist‚ the result of wars is illogical. War defies logic‚ yet still inevitable. Now I wonder what humans are made of. War has the potential to create peace. Sometimes
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Parts of the Computer & Their Functions Computers are assembled from several key components that make the computer functional‚ called hardware. While most computer users are primarily familiar with the monitor‚ keyboard‚ mouse‚ and other peripherals‚ the most important physical parts of a computer exist inside the case. CPU * The central processing unit processes all of the data that is accessed by the machine. In PCs the CPU‚ or microprocessor‚ is a small silicon chip located beneath the
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weaknesses of Aquinas’ Cosmological argument The Cosmological argument attempts to explain that something has caused the universe to exist and this First cause is what we call God. The argument begins with observations that try to support the following statements: • Everything in the universe has a cause • The universe itself must have a cause • To avoid infinite regress of causes there must be an uncaused cause • This uncaused cause is God The argument uses inductive reasoning‚ which means that the
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Government Funding for the Space Program Over the past 20 years the United States space program have seen many changes. The first of them being a large interest from private sectors. Companies such as space X‚ Google‚ Virgin Galactic‚ and Xcor aerospace had come into the mix‚ due to the crash of the United States economy making every taxpaying dollars required to go further in assisting citizens the United States and the death of the space shuttle program. Privatized companies have now been able
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How to create a Histogram in Excel First‚ the Data Analysis "toolpak" must be installed. To do this‚ pull down the Tools menu‚ and choose Add-Ins. You need to have a column of numbers in the spreadsheet that you wish to create the histogram from‚ AND you need to have a column of intervals or "Bin" to be the upper boundary category labels on the X-axis of the histogram. See example of spreadsheet below: Pull Down the Tools Menu and Choose Data Analysis‚ and then choose Histogram and click
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For my Final Major Project I decided to create a marketing/PR campaign around the launch of a new fashion label consisting of posters‚ magazine adverts and give-aways. I thought that just creating a normal women’s clothing range would be too easy‚ so I decided I would create a brand which creates clothes made entirely of recycled materials. I started off by looking at fashion designers whose clothes were eco-friendly/recyclable: Katharine Hamnett; Stella McCartney; Gary Harvey etc. I found their
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Two Kinds Questions 1. Jing-Mei’s main dominant characteristic is that she wants to make it on her own independently regardless of her foundation of a Chinese-American. It is due to these circumstances and also the fact that her mother pushes her so hard that her characteristics are developed. She is very stubborn‚ rigid‚ and even harsh and cruel throughout the story. At times her stubbornness also led to her being very rebellious as well. 2. Due to the fact that her mother had a clear expectation
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