like JavaScript, form input, and various image formats. The earliest documented use of the term gadget in context of software engineering was in 1985 by the developers of Amiga OS, the operating system of the Amiga computers (intuition.library and also later gadtools.library). It denotes what other technological traditions call GUI widget—a control element in graphical user interface. This naming convention remains in continuing use (as of 2008) since then. The X11 windows system 'Intrinsics' also defines
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Eliana Correa July ____, 2015 [CLASS] [TEACHER] The Demise of the Honey Bees Honey bees and the other pollinators have been providing humans their invaluable pollinating services. These pollinators have helped produce approximately $19 billion worth of agricultural crops in the United States alone in 2010. (Arnold). The BeeBase, operated by the National Bee Unit (NBU) in England, has been operating since 1991 and was created to set out to protect and sustain the national bee stocks. A new initiative
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Innovation and project development: an impossible equation? Lessons from an innovative automobile project development Franck Aggeri and Blanche Segrestin Ecole des Mines de Paris, 60 Boulevard Saint Michel, 75272 Paris cedex 06, France. Franck.Aggeri@cgs.ensmp.fr; Blanche.Segrestin@cgs.ensmp.fr Product development performance has become a key issue for car manufacturers. But innovation seeks to outperform dominant design, whereas project development targets welldefined areas (costs, lead
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EASTMAN KODAK[1] 1. The Beginning Eastman, a genius and high school dropout, invented a dry-plate process and established (1880) a factory at Rochester, N.Y., for making dry photographic plates. The Eastman Dry Plate Company became Eastman Kodak in 1892. George Eastman came up with the name Kodak himself, after experimenting with many names starting and ending in K, which he considered to be a “strong, incisive kind of letter”. Kodak is now a world renowned company, which ranks as a premier
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CITRONELLA (Cymbopogon winterianus) AS AN AIR FRESHENER A Science Investigatory Project Presented to Stella Maris Academy of Davao In partial fulfillment of the requirements in Integrated Science 8 To Ms. Avrylle R. Corpuz Grade 8 Science Teacher By Group 6 Kristine May John Mercado Shiela Mae Fernandez Sophia Mae Abarca Francis Dave Maranan Trexie Anne Undangan
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“Body Image” Have you see a fashion show on the television or read a magazine? If you have then you have been exposed to the media revealing models as beautiful. What you don’t know is that a decent percentage of these models are suffering from eating disorders. I trust the media is to blame for our country’s epidemic of eating disorders because, not only do magazines and television portray skinny to be in, but also songs in our nation deliver the attitude. The burdens to encounter the world’s
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Waste at Wells Fargo Waste at Wells Fargo Introduction: Headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo, a diversified financial services company, is one of the few American companies that are still operating under its founding name as well as in its original business for longer than 150 years. It has always strived to help its customer achieve financial success by provides banking, insurance, and mortgage finance, just to name a few. In addition, it has always contributed to communities across
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When Cultures Collide Abstract This review of literature will examine some of the more prevalent complications that tend to arise with cultural diversity in the workforce, primarily between Japanese and Western English speaking cultures. The author will convey first hand knowledge and experiences, supported by case studies and documented research in an attempt to recognize some of the more problematic areas of concern that many Western English speakers
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United States Policy Student Name: Institution affiliated Professor’s Name Date The United States has significant nationwide interests towards the larger Middle East. These interests consist of the union and security of Iraq and also the continuous expansion of its self-governing institutions together with its reintegration in the region. Counterterrorism is one of The U.S. interests associated to Iraq among others
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Apple’s 2013 10-K reports that “The Company designs, manufacturers, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computes, and portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Despite the MP3 players having already been introduced to the world, it was not until Apple released its version of what it felt an MP3 player should look and feel like that the mass market took
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