...and to start the cutting process, are usually requested by the CAM systems as input information. These data are usually strongly influenced by the consolidated experience of the operators, by the specific previous similar machining cases and by several other factors depending on the machining practices. In a project, financed by the Swiss national organization for the industrial research, the authors have developed an expert system (ES) in order to get this information through software processes. The paper shows the structure of this expert system. The ES has been realized through the definition of ontology of components and elements of the machining. The ES includes a very large data base of cutting parameters, and is based on the establishment of rules for the competition between the machining strategies. The ES includes learning methods which are able to identify similar operations. The learning methods are based on the measure of the distance between the actual machining conditions and those already experimented. Therefore the system is able to learn from similar cases. The system has been designed especially for an application in the field of the watch industry which requests a very large spectrum of machining operations and includes also the cases of the HSC. The new expert...
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...ACTPACO INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS CASE 1T AY 2013-14 Reference: Accounting 2nd edition. Waren,C., Reeve, J.,and Duchac, J. ( with slight modifications) Case 1. Partnership agreement Jose Reyes, M.D. and Joseph Luke, M.D. are sole owners of two medical practices that operate in the same medical building. The two doctors agree to combine assets and liabilities of the two businesses to form a partnership. The partnership agreement calls for dividing income equally between the two doctors. After several months, the following conversation takes place between the two doctors: Reyes: I have noticed that your patient load has dropped over the last couple of months. When we formed our partnership, we were seeing about the same number of patients per week. However, now our patient records show that you have been seeing about half as many patients as I have. Are there any issued I should be aware of? Luke: I see. Well, I find that I am working as hard as I did when I was on my own, yet making less that I did previously. Essentially, you are sharing in half of my billings and I am sharing in half of yours. Since you are working much less than I am, I end up on the short end of the bargain. Reyes: Well, I don’t know what to say. An agreement is an agreement. The partnership is based on a 50/50 split. That’s what a partnership is all about. Luke: I that is so, then it applies equally well on the effort end of the equation as on the income end. Answer...
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...Issuance of a Library Card Author (s): _ Date: __11-5-2012__ Version: ___2______ USE CASE NAME: Issuance of a Library Card USE CASE TYPE & LEVEL USE CASE ID: 001 SCOOTS LC Business: PRIORITY: Low System: Requirements SOURCE: Analysis PRIMARY BUSINESS ACTOR: Library Administrator Design OTHER PARTICIPATING ACTORS: • Customer/Patron • System OTHER INTERESTED STAKEHOLDERS: • Out of District Customers • Children under 14 with Guardians DESCRIPTION: This Use Case is to describe the process for Customers to get a library card and become Patrons PRE-CONDITION: A customer must provide valid ID for application to become a patron TRIGGER: Desire to check out an asset of the library TYPICAL COURSE Actor Action System Response OF EVENTS: Step 1: Customer requests to apply for a Library Card Step 2: Library Administrator asks customer for valid ID – Driver’s License or State ID showing Scooterville community of proof of residency Step 3: Customer provides required proof of identification. Step 4: Library Administrator completes application process on SCOOTS terminal and asks for $5.00 cash fee. Step 5: Customer pays $5.00 cash Step 6: Library Administrator issues receipt. Step 7: Customer becomes a Patron and waits for card to be printed. Step 8: Library Administrator prints and hands Library card to the new Patron with an expiration date of 2 years and issues PIN using the last 4 digits of the customer’s phone number for card usage. Step 9:...
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...(For Course participants only) Reading Material & Work Book On Effective Noting & Drafting (Edited by Smt. Jayanthi Sriram, Asst.Director) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA INSTITUTE SECRETARIAT TRAINING & MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING ADMINISTRATIVE BLOCK, JNU CAMPUS (OLD) OLOF PALMS MARG, NEW DELHI-110067 TEL. 26105592 TELEFAX: 26104183 Revised - 2005 FORWARD In responsive administration it is obvious that the response has to be meaningful. Yet, it may not be effective unless the response time is optimised. This twin objective can be achieved through streamlining of the decision making process itself. In the Central Secretariat, as in other spheres of Government, contribution by all rungs of employees particularly by those at the cutting edge level, namely the Section Officers and Assistants, generally helps arriving at the right decision. Besides collection of information, such contributions are rendered through Noting & Drafting. Effective noting & drafting at every level, therefore, is a matter of prime concern. 2. To address this concern, we in ISTM have been according utmost importance to the inclusion of 'noting and drafting' as a subject in all our foundational and refresher Courses. Besides, focussed workshops on effective noting & drafting are also organised in large numbers. To help participants team effectively, the need for practical exercises cannot be overemphasised. Similarly,...
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...Case Analysis Synopsis (Instructions: Enter your answers in the appropriate rows. Do not exceed one page) Name: Jeysen Pious | Student Number: 0889246 | Case # & Name: Bovine Booties | Date Submitted: October, 16, 2014 | The three most important key facts in this case /are: | 1: Their target to market their product is veterinarians | 2: Most Vets purchase products from CDMV Inc. | 3: Brett can provide an initial investment of $40,000 and Ted can bring in another $10,000. | The Main Problem / Task to solve/do is: | Come up with a marketing plan to sell the product and convince Brett to invest in their idea. | The three most promising alternatives are: | 1: Go to the trade shows in all of the target market areas and advertise their products | 2:Put his advertisement in the magazine | 3: Go to CDMV inc. and try to sell them the product | The three most important Evaluation Criteria are: | 1: The price of the boots which is $3.44-$3.60 with a minimum 5000-6000 units | 2: Where most of the vets are located ( 36.5% in Ontario, 22% Quebec, Alberta and BC 12.5%, rest of the provinces were less then 5%) | 3: Shoes for moos sold their shoes for about $39.95- $79.95 per shoe, most farmers leave hoof disease untreated, so the prices of the shoes might turn the farmers away, but only 5-15% of the herd gets hoof disease in the spring time. | My recommendation and its justification is the following: | My recommendation is to go to trade shows...
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...Bill Cosby was this man, and at one time wanted Ms. Johnson to audition for The Cosby Show. Inviting her to the tapings of the show so she could get a feel for her role and even his own home so they could read for the part. (Johnson) “Cosby suggested I come back to his house a few days later to read for the part. I agreed, and one late afternoon the following week I returned. His staff served a light dinner and Bill and I talked more about my plans for the future. After the meal, we walked upstairs to a huge living area of his home that featured a massive bar. [...] -he offered me a cappuccino from the espresso machine. I told him I didn’t drink coffee that late in the afternoon because it made getting to sleep at night more difficult. He wouldn’t let it go. He insisted- [...] I knew by the second sip of the drink Cosby had given me that I’d been drugged-and...
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...Finally, Truman's world is loaded with numerous media issues as he has no private life, there is product placement in his reality, and the show is continually attempting to conceal their mistakes in the show. Truman's show is a 24 hour appear. Meaning, anybody at any given time can watch him. During the film, it indicates numerous individuals watching the show. A few people cry over the show, while others get excessively amped up for it. If one somehow managed to think about this, it is extremely dreadful and agitating. Anybody can simply watch what he is doing and see him. He has no privacy. When Truman does find out about this he can create fears that he is always being viewed. Those feelings of dread would then be able to keep him from...
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...techniques… In the film ‘The Truman Show’, director Peter Weir shows many ways of manipulation through film techniques such as camera angles, background music and camera frames. He shows in the film how a viewer can be so mindlessly absorbed by others surrounding them on television. The director also shows how easily our minds can be involved and enwrapped in a storyline or plot, and how this can affect the way we see things and how our perspective on reality can change from this film manipulation. Some of the films techniques that are used to draw in an audience or manipulate them are screen shots such as close ups, extreme close-ups, mid-shots, long shots and extreme long shots. Generally in TV shows such as ‘Big Brother’ or ‘American Idol’, close ups are used to show deep emotion. For example, in ‘The Truman Show’, Truman is given a close-up when reuniting with his Father after many years of separation. In this close-up Truman appears to be crying with happiness and loss, which in many cases would influence the way the audience feels, possibly making some cry of happiness or making them feel overwhelmed with emotion. Close-ups are just one of the few types of screen shots that draw in an audience and are a much-used technique in the film ‘The Truman Show’. Another film technique commonly used in ‘The Truman Show’ is music. Music plays an important role in films to lighten, deepen or strengthen the mood of a scene. During ‘The Truman Show’, we see Christof often conducting...
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...Ronald Tiffany GE217 WED6pm 10/7/2010 Choice Essay 1 Media Overload The media is involved in every aspect of life. Whether it is personal or just about the weather the media is there. What about these talk show filled with drama like they usually are but they always seem to catch people attention while flipping through channels on the T.V. I sit and wonder what would make these people put themselves out in the limelight and air out there dirty laundry. Then it comes to me that our society loves drama and sad to say most of the drama is other peoples suffering. Not only is it on these talk shows that we see this, it is also in our everyday local news coverage. The more and more we see this on T.V. the more we will see it in our own backyard. The media and the entertainment world have a big role in the way our society’s moral is changing for the worst. These games our children are playing have far too much violence and foul language. Take the game Grand Theft Auto, you shoot people, steal cars, and even pimp out women to earn more points so you can move up to be the biggest maddest thug on the planet. Yes they are rated for certain ages and they do warn you about the language and the violence but parents still buy them for their children because society as a whole doesn’t see a problem with it. That’s where the media and the entertainment world play a part in this whole cycle. So now when our future generation becomes parents themselves they will allow their kids...
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...In this response paper I will talk about the movie “Truman Show”. And some opinions and results which I got from it and the movies connection with popular culture First of all, I’ll start from the content of the movie. The main character is someone “who has been adopted by a company for the first time”, called Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey), who lives in a giant jar which can be seen from the space (the only building can be seen from space after the The Great Wall) unaware of the World. Truman , who thinks that his little world is “real”, eventually starts to figure out that everything happens around him just about a repetition and everything around him is just about a fiction. However , escaping from his fictional world is not easy as he estimates. Soon, Truman gets forced to face his fears, to go an “unknown” from the world that he is safe inside in order to escape from his “fake world”. In the last scene, director of the Truman Show (Ed Harris) tries to trick Truman (and “of course” the audience).Directors says “ there is nothing better at the “outside”, even inside is better and safe.”. But Truman doesn’t prefer the prison that he is in and escape from it. When I came to my conclusions about the movie is trying to send a message to the audience. For example, in the Truman afraid from sea because he lost her father at sea. Symbolic meanings in any language of the sea means freedom. Truman is afraid of the sea because it is not free. Truman does not exceed the sea following...
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...Bill Cosby; the comedian, famous movie star, and beloved icon, has fallen from grace. Beside his fan base most people now considered Mr. Cosby to be a disgrace and despise him because of recent allegations brought against this famous man. Multiple women have come forward with allegation and stories alleging that Cosby drugged and then raped them. However because of the statute of limitations Bill Cosby cannot be criminally charged, as a result these women have to either settle or find a loophole. (In most cases the accuser files a civil suit) Recently, after ruling against Bill Cosby the California Supreme Court allowed Judy Huth’s civil suit to move forward. Resulting in the first time Mr. Cosby has testified under oath since accusations were made; Judy Huth accused him of forcing her to perform a sexual act at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles. At the time Miss Huth was only fifteen the year was 1974. Mr. Cosby testified and said Ms. Huth’s claims are “absolutely false” (“Testifies”). However, according to Huth’s attorneys this suit opens up the possibility of Cosby being deposed under oath. All this time Mr. Cosby has never faced charges over any of...
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...Com 101 Final Paper Racism in the Media “Due to the growing media influence, racism has evolved from “black and white” in the past to the multi-cultural issue it is now.”(Media and Racism) In the past, racism in the media was conveyed only through the use of the newspaper. Newspaper was the fastest and most popular way of receiving media information and was often more direct and bias to the gatekeepers. However, the current day variety of media types and sensitivity to racism has evolved media to sending the message to target different demographics, using an array of tactics to deliver the message. The tactic that we chose to talk about is the satirical presentation approach. In the past there were a lot more people who were racist and spoke out about it. This led to the media sending messages that were more directly to the point instead of “sugar coating” the words or situations. The newspaper or radio would cover stories that would be broadcasted for the people who could afford the paper or to have a radio. These people at the time were also the wealthy white men. The gatekeepers of these papers and broadcasting were usually powerful white men that were heavily racist themselves. This led to people only seeing that blacks at the time were terrible people being punished, this is what they wanted the people listening and reading to feel. As time went on racism started to become more discrete and behind closed doors. People became sensitive to the terms...
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...element of SPEAR outlines the importance of selecting an intermediary who is knowledgeable of the Sales environment. In this case, the candidate identified at the MacWorld exposition is an ideal intermediary from a geographic perspective. This candidate has knowledge of the Western Europe geography as well as cultural factors that may impact software sales in the region. This knowledge may benefit Aridi through rapid market penetration and reduced start up cost. The next component of SPEAR, Product factors describes the level of knowledge that the intermediary may have with regards to the product and its sales requirements. The information provided in the channel challenge informs us that Aridi met this individual during the MacWorld exposition which indicates common industry interest. It’s important that during the interview process questions are posed to address and confirm the prospects level of product knowledge about the software solution, its competitors and advantages/disadvantages. This area may be viewed as a plus as well as a minus for the prospect as there may possibly be other candidates with a deeper understanding or connection to the product. However, if the prospect has strong industry connections, additional product training may be beneficial in overcoming this obstacle. Experience factors play an important role in SPEAR. In this case, as stated above we can reasonable...
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...Sample essay Year 10 Philosophy What is the best way to relate to reality; control it or give up one’s desire to control it? I am going to argue that it is not necessary to give up one’s desire to control reality, but one must be realistic about how much of it one can actually control. I will focus especially on the lessons we can learn about this from the movie The Truman Show. At the outset, we need to distinguish between reality and imagination. Our brains have the remarkable ability not only to hold pictures of what has happened, but also to create pictures of what we think will happen, or could happen. This is our imagination. Without imagination, we would not be able to think sensibly about the future. Our imagination allows us to project ourselves into the future. But on the other hand, even though our imagination gives us a mental construction of the reality around us, it is not that actual reality itself. Let’s face it, there are thousands of things happening in the world around us that we do not know about and cannot imagine. Truman in The Truman Show has no idea what sort of machinations Christof is engineering to shape his life. All the people around Truman are acting. His so-called wife is an actress who is being paid to act as his wife. Truman, at first, cannot imagine this is true. He cannot imagine that Marlon is not ‘really’ his best friend, or that what Marlon says to him is actually being set up through an earpiece, with the words first being spoken...
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...for profit. The main weaknesses in the marketing information system is that the company growth depends on customer preference which mean it could be unstable. 2. Yes, in my personally opinion I think that impersonal data points results in meaningful relationships. In the case study Meredith stated example that made me believe that her marketing research can tell more about a client than their friends or family could. I think this method Meredith is using is efficient and that studying and offering what people want leads to loyalty. 3. Yes. Meredith’s marketing information expertise transfer into other media and products for examples websites, television stations and cable programming BHG.com, Parents.com, DivineCaroline.com and FitnessMagazine.com. The magazine publisher transformed to the creator of content delivered to women whenever, wherever and however they want social networking. 4. Since the company is still heavily rooted in print, I believe that Meredith’s company future is going to lead to flat revenue, and having to have extensive marketing information systems. 5. My recommendations to Meredith’s executives would be to continue innovating, creating radio talk shows, and consumer blogs. I think it would be beneficial if their were contests with women creating videos discussing which Meredith Corporation brand they love and utilize most...
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