...Case Analysis Summary Situation Analysis: Rocco Rapini started Drapery Place, as a service provider to provide the consumers with customized high quality draperies. He was very successful due to his inter-personal services and high quality. He changed the name of Drapery Place to Decorative Interiors to diversify and expand his business in internal home decorative business. He opened a big store to showcase his material and increase his visual presence. To increase his sales further, he hired a salesman. Sales increased to record levels but there were some behavioral issues with her, after finding some discrepancies in her conduct, he fired her. This led to decrease in sales and the competition also increased to high limits, increasing pressure on him. Due to this increasing pressure he got a heart attack, doctors suggested him to change his lifestyle. Now he faces the question regarding the future course of action. Problem Statement Considering the increased competition and health of Mr. Rocco Rapini , what should be the future course of action taken for DI? Options There are four options that can be taken which are- either sell the business, convert it to home-based business, move to Cottage Country and lastly hire some professional to run the business. Criteria of Evaluation The options are weighted on certain parameters like- profitability of business, growth prospects of the business, family and self-well-being, business brand and legacy built over years of hard work...
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...Inner Beauty and Physical Beauty Beauty is defined as the qualities of a person that delight and please the minds of other people. The two major beauties are inner beauty and physical beauty. Inner beauty consists of the qualities that one cannot see but can still sense. Physical beauty consists of the qualities that one can see, and is often inherited from a parent or ancestor. These two beauties often have an impact on personal success and happiness. Inner beauty is based on the personality, attitude, traits, and the way people represents themselves to the world. Inner beauty is decorous and constantly makes other people happy. Physical beauty is an individual’s outer appearance such as body type, hair, eye color, face features, skin type, etc. This is the beauty in which other people see first. People often mistakenly label the physical beauty as inner beauty. Another difference between inner beauty and physical beauty is how that beauty is achieved. Inner beauty relates to how people behave. It can be changed through actions, manners and behaviors. Physical beauty is largely inherited from parents. But physical beauty can also be changed with cosmetic procedures and plastic surgery. People often choose such interventions to make a more acceptable image. The importance of the two beauties is the quality. Many people feel inner beauty is more important and pure than physical beauty. It does not lie and involves the heart, mind and soul. Inner beauty...
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...TO REPLACE THE BATTERY: REMOTE TRANSMITTER The Nova system incorporates code hopping technology to offer ultimate security in a remote control. Rotate the inner casing (Fig. 1) and remove it from the outer clip (Fig. 2). Fig. 1 It is NOT necessary to open this transmitter to code the unit as it already has a unique code. To make this unit functional, the receiver unit must memorize its unique code as described below: FOR PULSED OPERATION: 1. Open the receiver unit, and WITH POWER ON, bridge the “Learn” jumper. 2. The red LED will now illuminate 3. Press the required button on the transmitter. The red LED will flash once, indicating that the button has been learned. 4. If further buttons are to be memorized, repeat from step 3. If not, remove the bridge from the “Learn” jumper. The system is now ready for use. FOR LATCHED OPERATION: 1. Open the receiver unit, and WITH POWER OFF, bridge the “ERASE” jumper. 2. Power up the unit. The red LED will now illuminate 3. Press the required button on the transmitter. The red LED will flash twice, indicating that the button has been learned. 4. If further buttons are to be memorized, repeat from step 3. If not, remove the bridge from the “Erase” jumper. The system is now ready for use. Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Using a coin, separate the two halves of the case (Fig. 3) Replace battery with type GP23 or similar. I M P O R T A N T: Ensure that the b a t t e r y i s c o r r e c t l y i n s e r t e d , according to the diagram. 1031...
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...In the novel, The Awakening, by Katie Chopin, main character Edna Pontellier struggles to find her identity between being her outer self and her inner self. Her outer self, as Chopin describes, is the one that conforms based on society’s expectations of her. Edna’s inner self, on the other hand, is the one that questions her outer self and is authentic to who she truly is when free of society’s norms. As the novel progresses, Edna’s desire to identify more with her inner self rather than conforming to her outer self increases; Edna begins to devote more time towards her paintings and furthermore, moves out from her residency with her husband. However, in the process of accepting her inner self, Edna is no longer able to fit in as a functioning member of society. She as a result becomes frustrated and depressed. Furthermore, not even those who are closest to her (for example, Robert) are able to understand her needs and desires. As a result comes the ending: Edna’s ultimate death in a search for independence (her swim out to the sea). Such ending comes as a shock with no real solution for Edna other than death. However, such ending is conclusive because of its realistic parallels to society that Chopin is trying to highlight. Chopin’s ending of the book serves as a commentary of society’s expectations of women. Chopin’s main message, as highlighted through the ending, is the expectations society places onto women is an ultimatum forcing women to either conform to its norms or...
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...PDC Dull Grading System Inner 1 Outer 2 Dull Char 3 Location 4 Bearing Seals 5 Gauge 6 Other Dull Char 7 Reason Pulled 8 1: Inner Cutting Structure 2: Outer Cutting Structure 3: Primary Dull Characteristic 4: Location of Primary Characteristic 5: Bearing Seals (XXX for PDC. Only used for roller cone) 6: Amount Under Gauge 7: Other / Secondary Dull Characteristic 8: Reason Bit Was Pulled Inner & Outer Cutting Structure • • Rating for both inner and outer cutting structure is given in a scale of 1 to 8. A rating of 1 states that 1/8 of the cutter’s diamond table has been worn. A rating of 8 would mean that there is no effective diamond table left. An average rating for both the inner and outer cutting structure is entered for the first 2 positions of the dull grading code. • Inner & Outer Cutting Structure Outer Inner The inner cutting structure consists of the inner 2/3 of the bit diameter whereas the outer consists of the final 1/3. A general rule of thumb is the inner number represents the cutters inside the nose and the outer represents those outside. Inner & Outer Cutting Structure Rating: Wear 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 When dull grading pure wear, the 1 through 8 rating system can be followed exactly. However, in many cases, a wear flat less than 1/8 of the diamond table can be called a 1. Inner & Outer Cutting Structure Chipping Spalling Delam 2 3 8 When dull grading cutters with characteristics other than pure wear, take into...
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...time that bids for furniture are requested and the faculty recruitment process is initiated. After the building permits are obtained, construction can begin. Upon completion of the construction, landscaping can start and the interior work on the offices can be done simultaneously. After the interiors are completed, a certificate of occupancy can be obtained after the final inspection of the interiors by the Fire Marshall. A final cleanup of both the interior and exterior (landscaping must be complete and the certificate of occupancy must have been obtained) then needs to be done. Once the cleanup is complete, the office furniture can be installed and the building is then ready for occupation. a) Using the network model, find the critical path? GMU Business Building Tasks | TaskTime (months) | Predece-ssors | ES (months) | EF (months) | LS (months) | LF(months) | TotalSlack | A – Board of Trustees approval | 3 | | | | | | | B – Obtain building permits | 2 | | | | | | | C – Construct building | 21 | | | | | | | D – Request bids for furniture | 4 | | | | | | | E – Recruit faculty | 28 | | | | | | | F – Order furniture | 21 | | | | | | | G – Carry interior work | 6 | | | | | | | H – Landscape site | 4 | | | | | | | I – Obtain certificate of occupancy | 2 | | | | | | | J – Final cleanup | 2 | | | | | | | K – Install furniture/...
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...APOLLO .W. MBOGO ( MOI UNIVERSITY) Professor’s Name: Course: Date: We Should Wear Pants A pant refers to any cloth that is worn under/inside an individual’s outer clothes. Elizabeth Smith Miller was the first woman to discover an inner ware in 1851. She sought to come with a reformed system of women’s dressing code.Innerwares are of different categories and are meant to serve diverse purposes. For instance some men widely use shorts to serve as their undergarments. Other related undergarments that serve the same purpose as the pants include the t-shirts, vests and others. There are some contentions on whether the women specifically should wear pants. Christians argue that women are not supposed to wear men garment and men should not wear women garments either. The wearing of pants by women is opposed among some Christians in the society. Pants play different roles to different people depending on their perceptions. Pants are normally used for their different roles such as providing warmth to the body (Rushton & Susie, p.4). In addition, they are used in absorbing dirt emanating from the body since they are in direct contact with the body. Pants therefore serve hygienic purposes, warmth as well as comfort. Good body aeration is achieved by wearing clean pants. Among some communities; they are used for religious purposes. When it is worn to serve the purpose of hygiene, a pant normally helps to absorb dirt emanating from the body. This is helpful since the outer clothes...
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...The following factors are the factors that we need to consider in renovating an old hotel. First, the Cost of Renovation. It is very important to know the possible cost of renovation. Most probably, we are talking about big amount of money here. Because renovation covers the outer and inner part of the entire hotel up to finishing touches. Second, is the Budget for Renovation. Renovation will not push through without the availability of the budget. We need to consider the budget for manpower, materials, services etc. Third, the Government Requirements. Complying with government requirements is another major task. It is really needed before starting any renovation. We needed to spend time and also money in processing all necessary documents. Fourth, the Renovation Concept/Theme. This talks about the changes that we wanted to apply in an old hotel. Design concerns and also the theme. Conceptualization process is part of this one. Fifth, is the Time Frame. We need to have clear time frame before we renovate a hotel. The length of construction period must be given attention. The number of working days per week and how many months or years it will take to finish the renovation. And lastly, the Reliable Contractor. A very good contractor will result to a perfect hotel building . A reliable contractor will make the entire work easier, faster and if possible, less expensive than expected. Also with reliable contractor, we are assured that the building will be safe because of high...
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...complaints after sale, Ricardo has assembled data from his final inspections and the punch lists for the last 20 homes sold. These data are listed in the following chart: Defect Type | Occurrences | Defect Type | Occurrences | Damaged walls | 13 | Doors | 14 | Exterior paint | 5 | HVAC | 11 | Plumbing | 33 | Roof | 3 | Caulking | 28 | Masonry | 2 | Electrical | 25 | Interior paint | 61 | Cabinetry | 12 | Landscaping | 16 | Woodwork | 46 | Fixtures | 7 | Construct a Pareto chart to illustrate the defect types by number of defect. Which two defect types appear to be the most significant? Should Ricardo focus his attention on these two categories of defects? Ricardo decided to stratify the Pareto chart by cost before making any decision. His bookkeeper developed the average cost per repair event per category. The data are shown here: Average Cost per Repair Event | Defect type | Average Cost | Defect Type | Average Cost | Damaged walls | $126 | Doors | $11 | Exterior paint | 25 | HVAC | 110 | Plumbing | 78 | Roof | 72 | Caulking | 7 | Masonry | 290 | Electrical | 74 | Interior paint | 4 | Cabinetry | 88 | Landscaping | 34 | Woodwork | 5 |...
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...SOME PROBLEMS IN CONFORMAL MAPPING D. C. SPENCER 1. Introduction. Attention will be confined to a group of problems centering around so-called schlicht functions—that is, functions regular in a given domain and assuming no value there more than once. The type of problem we consider involves determination of precise bounds for certain quantities depending on the function/, as ƒ ranges over the schlicht functions in question. Since, for suitable normalization of the functions at some fixed point of the domain, the resulting family of functions is compact or normal, the extremal schlicht functions always exist and the problem is to characterize them. Interest was focused on this category of questions by the work of Koebe in the years 1907-1909, who established for the family of funct i o n s / o f the form ƒ(z) = z+a2Z2+aszz+ • • • , schlicht and regular in \z\ < 1 , a series of properties, among them the theorem of distortion bearing Koebe's name. This theorem asserts the existence of bounds for the absolute value of the derivative ƒ'(s), these bounds depending only on \z\. Further efforts were directed toward finding the precise values of the bounds asserted by Koebe's theorem, but success was not attained until 1916 when Bieberbach, Faber, Pick and others gave a final form to the theorem of distortion. At the same time the precise bound for | a2\ was given, namely 2, and the now famous conjecture was made that \an\ ^n for every n. Since 1916 this group of problems has attracted...
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...ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURE (FOR SHELL FOOD & GAS STATION) Executive Summary/Proposal: wheeling is a small town with a population 3,400. Located on rural Highway 255, the town is 30 miles south of the city of Chicago and 34 miles north of the city of Wisconsin. Highway 255 connects Chicago and Wisconsin that both have universities and a cumulative population of 200,000 residents. The highway is the main road through town and is used daily by thousands of commuters between the two cities. These commuters sustain a number of road side businesses on Highway 255 that sell flowers, produce and bakery products. In order to get gas in the Wauconda area, commuters currently have to leave the highway and drive three miles into the edge of town. Shell gas station's Food and Gas will offer these commuters gas, organic produce, and a deli. On the way to work, a commuter could stop for gas and pick up a sandwich. On the way home, the same commuter could stop again to pick up something for dinner. Objective: •To capture an increasing share of the commuter traffic passing through Wauconda. •To offer our customers superior products, at an affordable price. •To provide customer service that is second to none •Good quality products at competitive prices. •Excellent customer service that will promote customer loyalty. •A location that will assure that commuters will stop. Mission The mission of Shell’s Food and Gas is to offer commuters...
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...Project 6 Required Queries: * Create a query that includes at least two INNER JOINS (i.e. spans at least three tables), a search criteria, and orders the resulting data. * >select M.MID, M.MFName * >from MEMBER as M * >inner join LINEITEM as LI on LI.MID=M.MID * >inner join ITEM as I on I.IID=LI.IID * >inner join DVD as D on D.IID=I.IID; * This shows which members have checked out DVDs * Create a query that includes a calculation (e.g. average, sum, etc.). * >Select M.MID, M.MFName, count(B.IID) as “Books Checked Out” * >from MEMBER as M * >inner join LINEITEM as LI on LI.MID=M.MID * >inner join ITEM as I on I.IID=LI.IID * >inner join BOOK as B on B.IID=I.IID; * This query shows how many books a member has checked out * Create a query that includes at least one RIGHT or LEFT outer join. * >select MEMBER.MID, MEMBER.MFName, LIBRARIAN.LFName * >from MEMBER * >left outer join LINEITEM on LINEITEM.MID=MEMBER.MID * >left outer join LIBRARIAN on LINEITEM.LID=LIBRARIAN.LID * >order by MEMBER.MID; * This query uses a left join to show the relations between which librarians have checked out which members * Create a query that uses a GROUP BY to perform a calculation on information spanning at least two tables. * Create a query that includes a GROUP BY, but selects items from...
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...SWOTT examination is a crucial device utilized for evaluating the elements both external as well as internal which have an influence over the company. My business should use SWOTT to assess its market standing regarding share of the market, competitive edge as well as complete feasibility. SWOTT examination offers a company with upgraded information about its achieved and achievable weaknesses and strengths, possible opportunities, dangers as well as risks and business trends. The main elements of SWOTT examination can be split under the headings of external as well as internal elements. This document describes an in depth evaluation of elements external as well as internal which can have an effect on the business of Bakery. Because of this evaluation administration of Bakery can evaluate the main elements which can influence the feasibility, establishing competitive advantage as well as stakeholders’ satisfaction for the company. A lot of outer elements will have an influence over Bakery’s ability to accomplish my objectives as well as goals. To be successful Bakery will need to find out an appropriate strategy which can maintain the business’s anticipations in real situations. The exterior factors include: legal as well as regulating elements, technological elements, innovation elements, economic elements, and socio-cultural elements. This element has the complete capability to help with a company’s strategic goal. Rules specifically involving information technology would...
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...furniture are requested and the faculty recruitment process is initiated. After the building permits are obtained, construction can begin. Upon completion of the construction, landscaping can start and the interior work on the offices can be done simultaneously. After the interiors are completed, a certificate of occupancy can be obtained after the final inspection of the interiors by the Fire Marshall. A final cleanup of both the interior and exterior (landscaping must be complete and the certificate of occupancy must have been obtained) then needs to be done. Once the cleanup is complete, the office furniture can be installed and the building is then ready for occupation. a) Using the network model, find the critical path? GMU Business Building Tasks | TaskTime (months) | Predece-ssors | ES (months) | EF (months) | LS (months) | LF(months) | TotalSlack | Free Slack | A – Board of Trustees approval | 3 | | | | | | | | B – Obtain building permits | 2 | | | | | | | | C – Construct building | 21 | | | | | | | | D – Request bids for furniture | 4 | | | | | | | | E – Recruit faculty | 28 | | | | | | | | F – Order furniture | 21 | | | | | | | | G – Carry interior work | 6 | | | | | | | | H – Landscape site | 4 | | | | | | | | I – Obtain certificate of occupancy | 2 | | | | | | | | J – Final cleanup | 2 | | | |...
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...Q1. Find patients name who are treated by Doctor Dr Bill. Sol.select p.fname,p.lname from patients p inner join doctors d on p.docid=d.doctorid where d.fname='dr.bill'; Q2. Find Patient Details occupied in room 1100. Sol.select p.patientid,p.fname,p.lname,p.address from patients p inner join room r on p.patientid=r.patientid where r.roomno=1100; Q3. Nurse Sue checked which all patients on 09-09-2015. Sol.select p.fname,p.lname from patients p where p.patientid in(select r.patientid from room r inner join nursecheckingdetails n on n.roomno=r.roomno where n.daate='09-09-2015'); Q4. List Names of Nurses who work with Dr Bill. Sol.select n.fname,n.lname from nurses n inner join doctors d on n.doctorid=d.doctorid and d.fname='dr.bill'; Q5. List Names of Doctors and number of patients they are treating or have treated. Sol.select d.fname as Doctorfname,d.lname as DoctorLName,count(p.patientid) as NoofPatients from patients p inner join doctors d on p.docid=d.doctorid group by d.fname,d.lname; Q6. List Names of Doctors and number of nurses they have with them to help. Sol.select d.fname as Doctorfname,d.lname as DoctorLname,count(n.nurseno) from doctors d left outer join nurses n on d.doctorid=n.doctorid group by d.fname,d.lname; Q7. How many rooms to type Basic are occupied? Sol.select count(r.roomno) as NoOfRooms from room r inner join roomdetails rd on r.typeofroom=rd.roomtypeid where rd.type='basic'...
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