It has been called the pill that transformed America‚ the single most important invention of the 20th century. The invention being referred to is the birth control pill. Before the actual pill‚ there had been various forms of birth control‚ but none of them seemed to be very effective or simple to perform. One of the oldest references to birth control was the “withdrawal” method referenced in the Bible. In the 1870’s‚ a wide assortment of birth control devices were available in America -- such as
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THE GREATEST INVENTIONS What is the greatest invention of all time? . There are many different possible world’s greatest inventions because they have all helped out humankind in some way‚ some more than others. I think that the greatest invention of all time is Harnessed Electricity. Some may argue that this was not an invention it was a discovery but although electricity itself was a discovery there was still the invention of had to use it and what it could be used for. I think that electricity
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Many of us have probably heard about how Abner Doubleday invented the game of baseball. How he became a Civil War hero while baseball was growing in America. But sadly‚ this is not true at all. Doubleday was still involved in the war in West Point‚ and claimed he had nothing to do with the invention of baseball. The story was told around by a former major league player Aj Spalding claiming he got the story from Abner Graves‚ a mining engineer. Later on major league officials talk and rely on the
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Pre-reading Reading: “3M Post-It Notes: A Managed or Accidental Innovation?” As you read this case story‚ think about the following two questions: 1. What were the critical factors that enabled 3M Post-it Notes to be successfully commercialized and what can we generalize about managing the innovation process from this case history? 2. What were the critical roles performed by some of the key individuals‚ including Silver‚ Oliveira‚ Nicholson‚ Fry‚ and Ramey? 1 33 3M’s Post-it Notes: A Managed
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I would like to continue with some other Chinese inventions‚ then introduce a small research and draw our conclusions. Paper Money It is so common in out everyday life that we hardly give a thought to the fackt that it had to be invented by someone. Around 650 AD (po kr.)‚ the emperor of China began to issue paper "value tokens" for general use. The first paper banknotes appeared in China about 806 AD. Its original name was ’flying money’ because it was so light it could blow out of one’s
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Annie Clark Blueberry Muffins I had made a series of different muffins before including‚ banana‚ lemon and chocolate chip. I made blueberry muffins because i wanted to see how a different recipes turned out and everybody in my family had different preferences to what they liked. I think my muffins went well however some worked more than others. For example‚ some rose more than others‚ and some of the muffins may have been considered too ‘gooey’. However some family members liked all of them
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reaching the mainstream–it seems that consumers are going to expect more than ever. The Cultural Insight team at Added Value recently conducted research to determine the 2014 global trends as defined by culture. Here are the top six trends that will shape consumer behavior in 2014: 1. Multiplicity. We are increasingly expecting things to do more that involves interacting with all our senses‚ offers us a range of touch points to play with‚ and involves us entirely in new experiences. There is a
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Internet Inventions Several inventions have changed the way people communicate with each other. From the old fashioned telegraph to today’s modern electronic forms of communicating‚ people have beencreating easier ways to correspond. Electronic communication‚ such as e-mail and other internet offerings‚ have created a cheap and incredibly fast communications system which is gaining steady popularity. E-mail is basically information‚ usually in letter form‚addressed to a destination on the internet
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Inventions of the Renaissance Clocks The first mechanical clock was invented in the early 1300’s. With this invention time began to be measured in hours (24 hours equaling a day). Galileo‚ an Italian scientist‚ discovered the pendulum in 1581. The pendulum greatly improved the constant movement of the hands or bell of a clock. The average error with the pendulum varied only by seconds each day. Before this the error was from 10 to 15 minutes a day. During the 1600’s the metallic gear‚ or toothed
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previous auditors could no longer provide the necessary support due to its increased international investments. Thus we are hereby to make a thorough analysis of the business risks of the company. As we will see‚ the company faces several risks. Some of this risks are related to its characteristics others to the external environment. We will describe those risks around categories such as: General Areas of Risk and Specific Financial Statement Risks. Within these categories we will focus on factors that
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