Gilze Rijen Airport (The Netherlands). The PAL-V stands for Personal Air and Land Vehicle. It is actually referred to as a gyrocopter and it has the ability to drive like a car on the road and fly like a bird in the sky. The Dutch Company PAL-V Europe NV started developing the PAL-V back in 2001. With a team of Dutch entrepreneurs and a loan from the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs‚ the company was able to start the research phase. Four years later‚ in 2005‚ the project had a huge breakthrough with
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Explain two possible benefits to Love Wood LTD from having a patent. (7 Marks) A patent is an exclusive right granting the holder the right to be the only user or producer of a newly invented product or process for about 20 years. Having a patent means that Love Wood has a Unique Selling Point that uses a patterned effect wood‚ this means that Love Wood can charge premium price for their individually designed wooden toys which will mean that they will have an increase in revenue thus increasing
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deregulation has led to carriers such as airlines (Air France with KLM to in 2004) shipping lines (P&O Nedlloyd and Maersk in 2005) and network restructuring‚ mergers and consolidations (DHL and Exel in 2005‚ Schenker and Bax Global in 2006‚ EGL & TNT Logistics to form CEVA in 2007) in‚ greater efficiencies in the form of labor and equipment‚ and price reductions for shippers. Deregulation has also facilitated the growth of multimodal solutions (Sea-Air‚ Rail-Air etc) to improve freight mobility
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hands of the service station. Question 2- Employment Income Is Karl an Employee or an Independent Contractor? * Distinction not defined in legislation * 5 test system used to determine Relevant Cases: * Bryson v Three Foot Six Ltd * TNT Worldwide Express v Cunningham * Enterprise Cars ltd v CIR 5 Tests 1. Control Test 2. Independence Test 3. Organisation/Integration Test 4. Intention Test 5. Economic Reality/ Fundamentals Test Application of 5 Tests
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1938‚ physicists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman succeeded on the first nuclear fission. Later‚ Frisch and Lise Meitner calculated 200 million electron volts from the fission‚ which means fission could produce more than 20 million times the energy of TNT. Everyone was shocked by the result of the fission. Many people immediately thought of the possibilities of using that power as a weapon. Nazi Germany was in the need of a more powerful weapon‚ so they hired Werner Heisenberg as the director of Germany’s
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top of a tower. This plutonium bomb ’ was exploded thereby generating a very high measure of flash light and a fireball that radiated through 0.6 kilometers (0.37 miles) in 2 seconds. The detonative energy or power was equivalent to 18.6 kilotons of TNT. This fume grew up to an upward height of more than 12 kilometers (7.5 miles)‚ flaming up in the shape of a mushroom. (See page six of this article for sample picture of the mushroom-like fume copied from the movie ’s website‚ vce.com). Forty seconds
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Topic 5 – Australia in the Vietnam War AUSTRALIA’S RESPONSE TO THE THREAT OF COMMUNISM IN ASIA AFTER WWII Korean War: * 1945‚ Japan was forced out of Korea – country became divided along thaw 38th parallel. * Northern – Russian. Southern – Americans * UN arranged for Korean elections in 1947 * ^ allowed to take place in the south – establishment of the Republic of South Korea * Following them the Russians decided to create the Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea
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United Parcel Service‚ Inc. Company Profile Publication Date: 1 Sep 2008 www.datamonitor.com Datamonitor USA 245 5th Avenue 4th Floor New York‚ NY 10016 USA Datamonitor Europe Charles House 108-110 Finchley Road London NW3 5JJ United Kingdom Datamonitor Germany Kastor & Pollux Platz der Einheit 1 60327 Frankfur t Deutschland Datamonitor Hong Kong 2802-2803 Admiralty Centre Tower 1 18 Harcour t Road Hong Kong t:+1 212 686 7400 f:+1 212 686 2626 e:usinfo@datamonitor
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Introduction: In recent years it has become clear that some environmental chemicals can cause risks to the developing embryo and fetus. Evaluating the developmental toxicity of environmental chemicals is now a prominent public health concern. The suspected association between TCE and congenital cardiac malformations warrants special attention because TCE is a common drinking water contaminant that is detected in water supplies throughout the U.S. and the world. There is a lot of concern about
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Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) * ACS = life threatening conditions that are continuum ranging from unstable angina to large AMI * All have common underlying pathology: * Plaque rupture * Thrombosis * Inflammation Pathogenesis: * Majority result from disruption of atherosclerotic plaque platelet aggregation intracoronary thrombus formation * Thrombus transforms region of plaque narrowing severe or complete occlusion marked imbalance between O2 supply
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