their minds‚ any improvement we identified was a criticism of the current system‚ rather than an opportunity for progress. My challenge was further complicated by the directive to properly adjust headcount‚ which plant personnel flatly refused to consider. They considered my presence as "another greedy corporate ploy to generate cash" and "an excuse to cut numbers". The project was in danger of failing‚ along with our corporate success. Despite my best efforts to gain plant support‚ the presiding
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Animal Testing Over 100 million animals are burned‚ crippled‚ poisoned‚ and abused in United States labs every year. These animals have no say or choice to be put through such an inhumane thing. Humans would not want to be caged up and poked with needles‚ so why treat animals that way? Animal testing is cruel and harmful to them and it should be banned in all laboratories. Humans and animals do not have the same bodies. Animals are much smaller and could react to a drug a completely different way
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What Motivates You? Everyday we pursue things. We move from one place to another; one goal from another. This is to satisfy our needs‚ wants‚ things that could pleasure and please us. So‚ what drives us? What motivates us to do such things? The answer is simple: the need to be satisfied and superior. As what was stated in the hierarchy of needs‚ one must satisfy the lower level needs before climbing one step higher in the hierarchy. This is rational because as one is contented with his
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essence?--is perennially rekindled. It flared up again in the London Observer of Feb. 11‚ 2001. REVEALED: THE SECRET OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR‚ read the banner headline. ENVIRONMENT‚ NOT GENES‚ KEY TO OUR ACTS. The source of the story was Craig Venter‚ the self-made man of genes who had built a private company to read the full sequence of the human genome in competition with an international consortium funded by taxes and charities. That sequence--a string of 3 billion letters‚ composed in a four-letter alphabet
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NYRR Short Answers 12. Do you consider yourself an athlete? Why or why not? An athlete is an individual who actively engages in sports‚ which I rarely do. Although I am aware of the benefits of exercise‚ it is not a large component of my lifestyle. The only time I am actively exercising is during my physical education class at school during Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Badminton and volleyball are the only sports I am fairly good at. However‚ I do not have the time or equipment to engage in these
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Tensile Testing Laboratory By Stephan Favilla 0723668 ME 354 AC Date of Lab Report Submission: Date of Lab Exercise: February 11th 2010 January 28th 2010 1 Executive Summary Tensile tests are fundamental for understanding properties of different materials‚ and how they will behave under load. This lab tested four different materials‚ including A-36 hot rolled steel‚ 6061-T6 Aluminum‚ polycarbonate‚ and polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA). Each material was tested three times using an Instron
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MAJOR PLATE #1 In our very first major plate‚ we were asked to design a residential building with 2 bedrooms each with a bathroom‚ a servant’s quarters‚ service area‚ a patio‚ a carport‚ front porch and all other necessary rooms in a residential building. To start‚ I first researched about the characteristics of a bungalow building‚ and browsed for examples to get a more specific idea on what a bungalow is. According to my research‚ a bungalow is a house‚ usually rectangular in shape‚ with a
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Difficult employee scenario: Let’s say an organization exists to save trees and natural beauty. One day‚ they hire a guy who will go out and do field work and then report back to the team. This guy however‚ is a logger and hates trees. He uses tricks and secrets to give misinformation to the team. He wants to effectively "sabotage" the company. What do you do in this situation? Do you try to integrate him into the team and attempt to change his attitudes on trees? Or do you fire him because his
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English I CPE/period 9 15 January 2013 Standardized testing should not be required to graduate high school Sitting in a classroom for forty-five minutes feels long and stressful. During the standardized tests students have to sit in a classroom for hours at a time‚ knowing that their future dreams of being a doctor‚ teacher‚ or lawyer could come to an end if they mess up one exam. Standardized tests should not be required for students to graduate high school. They cause students
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Tensile Testing Of Metallic Materials 概要： Tensile testing of metallic materials is specified according to European EN 10002 standard. In this article the terms‚ definitions and designation for tensile test made at ambient temperature is described. The test involves straining a test piece in tension‚ generally to fracture‚ for the purpose of determining mechanical properties. Tensile testing of metallic materials is specified according to European EN 10002 standard. This standards consists of five
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