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- 10781: Hydrogen 2
- ... was corrosive on the electrodes . The Bacon Cell was selected by NASA to be used in the Apollo missions and the space shuttles as the primary electrical fuel source. Fuel cells are manufactured throughout the world, including in South Windsor, Connecticut. International Fuel Cells, a subsidiary of United Technologies, is the world's largest manufacturer of fuel cells. This company produced the Bacon Cell, that went into space. Today's gasoline engines can be fairly easily converted to run on hydrogen. The biggest cost involvement is in ... gas, but it dissipates more rapidly of either of these two fuels in a spill. Like all gases hydrogen should be used in a ventilated area. Since 1766 hydrogen has been a part of the world. First appearing as inflammable air" and then hydrogen. Hydrogen is a flexible material in that it can be nessed many ways and be utilized in many ways. In fact if the US beings to ...
- 10782: Christopher Marlowe
- Christopher Marlowe Christopher Marlowe: what did he contribute to English literature and how is his writing reflective of the style of the times? Christopher Marlowe contributed greatly to English literature. He developed a new metre which has become one of the most popular in English literary history, and he revitalised a dying form of English drama. His short life was apparently violent and the man himself was supposedly of ... Drama was the chief form of Elizabethan art because there was an influx of writers trying to emulate speech in their writing, and because of the suddenly expanded vocabulary writers were using (most of these new words came from foreign languages). Marlowe's plays comprise The Tragedy of Dido, Queen of Carthage (possibly with some collaboration from Nashe), Tamburlaine parts one and two, The Jew of Malta, Edward II, Dr. Faustus ... dominant figure like Henry V. Even though the characterisation is clumsy, it is yet a dramatist's treatment, and one can see that Marlowe has moved towards creating a more developed character. Marlowe thus breathed new life into English tragedy, and paved the way for the greatest English dramatist, Shakespeare. It is quite possible that without Marlowe's contribution to English tragedy, Shakespeare would never have at tempted such an ...
- 10783: Hard Times: The Gradgrind System of Education
- ... their minds, doing whatever they were told. The system forces the pupils to intake pure hard facts, nothing else, therefore not exercising the imagination at all. Leading the pupils to be lost in the surrounding world when a difficult problem requiring experience or maturity arises, as the Gradgrind system of education denies access to this knowledge. The Gradgrind system of education seems to wipe out any chance of any fiction or ... thinking. However Louisa has managed to keep a little bit of imagination through all the boring factual bombardment from her education. Proof is when she is constantly asking questions to people once in the outside world about life she is constantly curious about things that she was never taught. However because of her lack of exposure to the world outside books and facts she is unable to use it. This is proved when Louisa faces Rachel and Stephen, which was the first time that Louisa encountered anybody from the Coketown dwellings i.e. ...
- 10784: A Scientific Understanding Of
- ... a deep impact on colonial society. Primarily, the conflict that arose between the religious revivalists and ultimately ended in a split in the evangelical group changed the face of religion in the British colonies. The New Light revivalists spawned such denominations as Baptist and Methodist, which differed in the old lights beliefs in doctrine and matters of faith. These new sects resulted in a stronger tolerance toward religious diversity. Also, because revivalists preached mainly to backcountry people who had no religious affiliation, the emphasis on emotion rather than wisdom gave less-educated people a feeling of self-worth. These new freethinking converts gained the strength to begin questioning social and political order. The movements of the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening mainly produced a new mode of thought for American colonists. Because these two ...
- 10785: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- ... economic collapse. President Roosevelt’s heritage traces all the way back to our great nation’s colonial times. Being of Dutch and English ancestry, his ancestor, Klaes Martensen had been a Dutch immigrant, settling in New York in 1645. Almost two hundred years later, on January 30, 1882, Franklin Delano was born. Both of his parents had come from upper-class families. His father, James Roosevelt was the vice president of the Delaware and Hudson Railway Company. Franklin lived a life almost all would envy, growing up about 100 miles north of New York City on his parents’ Hyde Estate. The estate, totaling about 100 acres in size overlooked the Hudson River and had a breathtaking view of the Catskill mountains. He led a good life, going to ... that during this time Franklin was overcome with a strong desire to become president. His road to success was far from over, though, in a period of about ten to twenty years Roosevelt became a New York senator and Governor. He was forced to fade out of the public spotlight, though when he was stricken with polio after a boating trip. During this period of a few years Franklin became ...
- 10786: Globe Theatre
- ... built playhouses, an extraordinary development took place in England in the 1500s. At that time, a burst of literary accomplishments arose that was never before seen in the history of the theater. In the all-new idea of theaters, playwrights lifted the Elizabethan Theater to new heights. Men like Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe dared to write plays about real people in a variety of real situations. (Yowell 13) Through their efforts, these men and those of similar qualities produced dramas that ... no fire extinguishers or fire departments at the time, so the normal practice was to get leather fire buckets, fill them with water, and dump them on the blaze. (Hartz 52) Many years later, a new globe was rebuilt, shortly before Shakespeare's death. This time, it was constructed with a tile roof and fire exits. (Yowell 32) It never stood up to the stature of the original Globe, but ...
- 10787: Management Policy
- ... investment in product and process development, standardization, and manual versus automated information processes. Outputs: Quality, cost, lead-time, flexibility, variation, and service. Operations Managers translate that business strategy into an operation strategy of developing two new fitness-related services, which will maintain high utilization of staff and space, as substitutes for two other services that are declining in popularity. 1. Companies A and B. Two companies, both manufactures of shoelace extender ... be obvious to customers; fast service, very clean premises, and superior quality are examples. All have dependably high quality. Disney offers customer service unparalleled in its industry. Developing distinctive competencies helps retain customers and invites new business. The strategic factors that best describe competitive success for any company quality, efficiency, continuous improvement go to the heart of operations management. It needs customer- and quality centered operations management. Principle of Operations Management ... into multiple “chains of customers,” each focused on a product, service, or customer family; create cells, flow lines, and “plants-in-a-plant.” Capacity: Maintain and improve present equipment and human work before thinking about new equipment automates incrementally when process variability cannot otherwise be reduced. Processing: Cut flow time (wait time), distance, and inventory all along the chain of customers. Cut setup, changeover, get ready, and startup times. Problem ...
- 10788: Should The Internet Be Censore
- ... want no matter what obstacles adults put up against them.” (Fairweather) Many schools still are required to use a filtering program to censor the research that students do in school. The Board of Education in New York City has installed a filter on its computer system that blocks students from gaining access to any web sites that include categories like news and sex education. Even those of major new outlets, policy groups, and scientific and medical organizations were even blocked. This blocking program makes it almost impossible for students to do sophisticated research projects on the Internet. Teachers and parents have complained to the ... clean up the Net.” Insight on the News; Washington; December 21; 1998; Stephen Goode. “Policing the Wild Net.” Time Magazine. South Pacific; June 21, 1999; Nathan Tripp. “Board Blocks Student Access To Web Sites.” The New York Times. New York; November 10, 1999; Anemona Hartocollis. “Teens Need and Deserve Time From Adults.” Detroit News. Detroit, Michigan; August 18, 1999; Rebecca Fairweather. Word Count: 755
- 10789: Exploring The Career Of A Comp
- ... programs. Programs list in a logical order the steps a computer must execute to perform their function. Programmers often are categorized as technicians. However, many technical innovations in programming such as advanced computing technologies, sophisticated new languages, and programming tools, have cahnged the role of a programmer and elevated much of the programming work done today. It is becoming more difficult to distinguish programmers from other computer specialist since job titles shift so rapidly, reflecting new areas of specialization or changes in technology. Job titles and descriptions also may vary depending on the organization. In this paper, "computer programmer" refers to individuals whose main job function is programming; this group has ... store you work for, and possible use of company car. Some of the most rewarding perks of the job are you re constantly working so the day goes by very quickly, everyday you learn something new, you re always working on the cutting edge of technology, and you can do things with computer others dream they could . ( Preston Smith, Owner and Operator of Data Eight Systems) Benefits in the computer- ...
- 10790: Nikita Khrushcev
- ... and Khrushchev surfaced publicly through Malenkov’s support for increased production of consumer goods, while Khrushchev stood for the development of heavy industry. On January 1955 Khrushchev called Malenkov’s commitment to consumer goods a new form of anti-Leninist "right deviation". (Modern Enc..) Two weeks later Malenkov was forced to resign as Chairman of the Council of Ministers and publicly acknowledge his shortcomings. Malenkov’s post was then given to ... Lenin Mausoleum. De-Stalinization encouraged many in artistic and intellectual circles to speak out against the abuses of the former regime. Although Khrushchev’s tolerance of creative works wavered during his years of leadership, the new cultural period, known as the "thaw", represented a clear break with the repression of the arts under Stalin. After the Twentieth Party Congress, Khrushchev continued to expand his influence, although he faced opposition. Khrushchev’s ... agriculture. In his virgin land campaign in the mid 1950’s, Khrushchev opened to farming vast tracts of land in the northern part of the Kazakh Republic and neighboring areas of the Russian Republic. These new farmlands turned out to be susceptible to droughts, but in some years they produced excellent harvests. However, later innovations by Khrushchev proved counterproductive. His plans for growing maize and increasing meat and dairy products ...
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