Mega Millions

in holiday volumes since 2007. They forecasted another record holiday in 2015. FedEx expected they would move more than 290 million packages during Black Friday and Christmas Eve, which resulted in a 9 percent increase in overall year-over-year seasonal volume. FedEx also forecasted the busiest day in company history was December 15, 2015 with a forecasted 22.6 million shipments moving around the world. Their peak projections included FedEx earnings guidance for FY15 (n.d., 2016). FedEx has…

this difference in economics is that some countries do not change the ways things have been done. To personify, Dj Khaled is a musical engineer who, just a few years ago was nonexistent. Presently, Dj Khaled has a social media following of thirteen million people and has been able to diversify his income. Within five…

In the 1960s a television series Star Trek came out, and William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy became mega stars. Star Trek never really showed on tv until the 1980’s when the “Star Trek” pilot, “The Cage” came out and Gene Roddenberry showed it to the public!! It only aired three seasons. Star Trek is about twenty- first century planets that are a couple years into the future. They change the first season name to the original series. Gene Roddenberry created star trek to tell people what he…

The bottom line is that corporate actions meant to influence a decision in favor of personal gains are unethical, regardless of whether or not lobbying remains legal. Mega-corporations rarely dump millions of dollars into federal and state campaigns for the benefit of American citizens – they are driven by profit motives. An additional ethical implication of corporate lobbying is a specter of “corporate nepotism” that restricts the profession of lobbying to those who have previous connections in…

The huge gambling spirit originates from the casinos lining the Mississippi River coastline from Louisiana to Canada. Atlantic City which is the Third on the list is the place where such pros as Johnny Chan, Erik Seidel and Phil Ivey made their millions and their marks playing cards at the Taj Mahal and the Borgata. The world's substantial gambling brands (Harrah's, Wynn, Bellagio, Sands) have a big presence in Atlantic City. Being an exceptional tourist place with such traveler destinations…

Pozzolana had been used to make mortar, when it is mixed with lime and other materials such as rocks, bricks it becomes concrete (Ellie 2016). And a clever combination of Pozzolana and concrete allowed for what could be called roman mega structures to be built. An example of the flexibility provided by concrete and Pozzolana is the construction of circular temples such as the Pantheon. Other structures facilitated by the Pozzolana were the infamous public roman baths of Caracalla,…

denser populations affect overall health and environment of the community. In “Cities of the Future: Today’s “Mega-Cities” Are Overcrowded and Environmentally stressed” Divya Abhat argues that the growth of megacities is extremely harmful to the environment and has negative…

avid Neeleman founded the Airlines in 1999, and the airline was considered as the first “mega start-up” applicant in the nation with $130 million in equity capital (JetBlue, 2012). Its maiden flight took off in February 2000, by the end of that year, more than one million passengers flew with the airline (JetBlue, 2011). Before the crisis, among low-cost airlines JetBlue is ranked high in on-board customer satisfaction and on-time flight, more so, the airline was well-known for its…

to pursue is the electromagnetic railgun development. Currently the Navy is working to create a 32 Mega-joule railgun that can fire at least 10 rounds of ammunition per minute. While the proof of concept has been achieved, the firing rate is still a work in progress. Due to sustained Joule heating from current flow, the rails are at constant risk of deformation. Solving this issue would save millions of dollars in ammunition and would make ships much…

In October, members of 5.7 million U.S. households downloaded at least one unauthorized song using P to P services, according to NPD, which tracks PC usage from 11,000 households (www.pcworld.about.com, year). As one can see this is a big crime that should be dealt with asap. For instance, file sharing not only robs songwriters and recording artists of their livelihoods, it also undermines the future of music itself by depriving the industry of the resources it needs to find and develop new…