R O A T N Explain the principles of operation of a screw-jack with neat sketch. Outside diameter of a square threaded spindle of a screw jack is 40 mm. The screw pitch is 10 mm. If the coefficient of friction between the screw and the nut is 0.15‚ neglecting friction between the nut and collar‚ determine (i) Force required to be applied at the screw to raise a load of 2000 N (ii) The efficiency of screw jack (iii) Force required to be applied at pitch radius to lower the same load
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A popular adage states: ‘hard work pays.’ Well‚ I am not writing this to dispute the wisdom of this saying. All I am saying is: smart work pays better than hard work. This is why managers in a construction firm for example gets paid astronomically higher wages than the labourers. No one will dispute the fact that labourers do heavy‚ tiring physical work in the sun and the rain. Yet they get paid low wages‚ while the management get transported from their air-conditioned homes to their air-conditioned
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The setting of Jack London’s “War” is pivotal to the story’s plot and theme. “War’ follows the route of a military scout in the midst of war through rural lands. It is such writing with unspecified location and a unspecified setting- that is‚ the time and place- that subtly compel the reader to recognize how commonplace war is and has been since the beginning of mankind when they are unable to use the setting to deduce when and where the story is. In the short story “War”‚ Jack London works to
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Gender Pay Gap | Are women paid fairly in the workplace? | March 14‚ 2008 • Volume 18‚ Issue 11 | By Thomas J. Billitteri Introduction Former Goodyear manager Lilly Ledbetter won more than $3 million in a pay-discrimination suit against the tire firm‚ but the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the verdict in 2007 for filing her complaint too late. (AFP/Getty Images/Fannie Carrier) | More than four decades after Congress passed landmark anti-discrimination legislation — including the Equal Pay Act
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Matthew DelSanto 3/16/11 Analyzing a Text Amateurs or Exploited Athletes? In the article titled “College players deserve pay for play‚” Rod Gilmore makes his case clear; it’s time for a change in college football. Since college sports originated‚ the athletes have been considered amateurs that receive benefits through scholarships. Recently‚ college football has become a multi billion dollar industry‚ and controversy about whether or not players should get paid has risen from it. Through factually
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Act and aforementioned court cases that fortified it‚ the wage gap undoubtedly narrowed down. The fight to end the wage gap did not end at this act; in 2009 President Obama attempted to help address the imparity by signing the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. However‚ more than four decades later‚ the wage gap has yet to have been eliminated completely. Looking at the origins helps understand how the wage gap began and the justifications behind it in the past. Efforts to change these conventional views
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Gender Pay Gap Existence Argument Many problems exist in our modern society‚ one of which is the unequal pay rates of men and women. This "gender pay gap" has been cause for many debates over the years but the simple fact of the matter is that a difference between men and women’s salary most certainly exists even in the present day. Regardless of this empirical fact many parties still argue that a pay gap does not exist. The major argument used to debate said non existence of a gender specific
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Jack London’s short story To Build A Fire narrates the tale of one adventurer’s experience freezing to death in the Klondike‚ a result of his missteps and failure to adhere to the words of more experienced adventurers. Upon realization of his slim chances of survival‚ the main character frantically looks for means to survive. Unfortunately‚ the adventurer’s last-ditch efforts to remain alive prove to be futile‚ and before long the adventurer encounters the icy embrace of death. On the surface‚ one
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Jack Carlisle‚ CIO IZL is a growing financial services organization and there has been a sudden replacement of the CEO of the company. This lead the company in a state of turmoil and employees are uncertain about their job. Jack Carlisle was hired to organize the IT infrastructure in IZL. IT was not well managed in IZL to align it with the business strategy and a lot of restructuring was required. There was lack of infrastructure for applications as well as regulatory purposes. Physical infrastructure
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Looking Back and Looking Forward Justin Firpo PSY 202 Michelle Davis April‚ 22‚ 2012 Outline I. Where am I from? a. Born in Dallas‚ TX b. Raised in Southern California c. Nice neighborhood in Fullerton II. What was my family like? a. Well off b. Mom wore the pants c. Mom was uppity d. Dad was down to earth e. Oldest of two III. What things do I remember
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