discovers and car flipped over with the wheel off. Gatsby realized that the guy behind the wheel was drunk. “Wha’s matter?” he inquired calmly‚ “Did we run out of {book says “outa”}gas?” (page 58Fitzgerald 58). The driver was completely unaware of what he did. On top of that‚ the man doesn’t even know much about driving. “I know very little about driving-next to nothing” (page 58 Fitzgerald 58). Driving is an extremely dangerous act{activity sounds better}‚ however‚ since people do it every day‚
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Higher Education Higher education is the key to new worlds. In past decades‚ college education was seen as a privilege which few had access to. Nowadays‚ it has become a culminating stage in people’s life. Higher education has proved that it has a monetary value‚ as the salary of a person with a college education is higher than that of a person with a high school education. Some people have sold the idea that a higher education is a waste of time and money‚ and that such education should only be
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Communications of the Association for Information Systems (Volume 11‚ 2003)79-93 79 CUSTOM MADE APPAREL AND INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICE AT LANDS’ END Blake Ives Information Systems Research Center University of Houston blake.ives@uh.edu Gabriele Piccoli Cornell University ABSTRACT The case describes a hugely successful example of IT-driven strategy‚ the Lands’ End custom tailored apparel initiative. In less than a year‚ 40% of Lands’ End customers buying chinos and jeans from the firm’s web site
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in this case is the terrorist attacks in 2001. The second section is the usage of an expected utility theory in order to analyze chosen events. The third one is determining as well as discussing the foreign policies or models that played a role in the event. The fourth discusses
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a piston‚ the initial volume being 0.05 m3. Calculate the work done by the fluid when it expands reversibly: a. at constant pressure to a final volume of 0.2 m3; b. according to a linear law to a final volume of 0.2 m3 and a final pressure of 2 bar; c. according to a law Pv = constant to a final volume of 0.1 m3; d. according to a law Pv3 = constant to a final volume of 0.06 m3; e. according to a law‚ P = (A/v2) – (B/v)‚ to a final volume of 0.1 m3 and a final pressure
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Traffic Volume Studies Traffic Volume Studies • Engineers often use counts of number of vehicles or pedestrians passing a point‚ entering an intersection‚ or using a particular facility such as travel lane‚ crosswalk or sidewalk. Counts are usually samples of actual volumes‚ although continuous counting is also sometimes performed. Manual Observation Typical equipment needed for manual counts are: Tally Sheets‚ or • Mechanical Count Boards‚ or • Sampling periods may range from
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International Trade and Finance Speech What happens when there is a surplus of imports into the U S: A surplus of imports is good for consumers but bad for local business. We have to produce and manufacture in order to export. As our export trade shrinks‚ so does our workforce and economy. The surplus of imported cars for 2012 has exceeded the exportation by $152 billion. Also the shelf life of cars is 1 year. Every year at the end of the cycle the existing models are sold off at huge discounts
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Henault March 3rd‚ 2015 Quan901-CH2 Forecasting Lost Sales Case Study Section I: Summary Carlson Department store suffered heavy damage from a hurricane on August 31. As a result the store was closed for four months‚ September through December. Carlson is in dispute with its insurance company regarding the lost sales for the length of time the store was closed. Section II: Problem Identification Two issues to address are the amount of sales Carlson department store would have made if there had
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As a member of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s Undergraduate Education Advisory Committee (UEAC) I worked closely with other committee members to complete the first major revision of the Texas Core Curriculum in over 30 years. The Texas Core is the common general
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Internationalization of higher education- Challenges and opportunities Background Historical perspective In the last three decades‚ increased students mobility and collaborative research have occurred as part of an emerging trend towards ‘Internationalization of higher education’ (Barnett‚ 2009). However‚ global sharing of information and knowledge dates back from medieval times in Asia and Europe‚ when international scholars got the opportunity for higher learning at the host institutes. The
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