...Dominion Motors Impact of Recent Change: Recently, there have been estimates pointing to an average of 1,000 new wells each year for the next five years, which implies that there should be an increase in demand of oil well pumping motors. This is great news for Dominion considering they had acquired over 50% of the available market since 1973 for these motors. The rates charged by electrical companies were also affected and instead of a flat rate for all motors, there was a monthly base charge per horsepower. A 5 horsepower motor would be the cheapest at $125 per month, a 7.5 horsepower would be $161.25 per month, and most expensive would be a 10 horsepower motor at $200 per month. Companies using larger horsepower motors would find that their power rates would accumulate very quickly, and build up to very large costs. |Motor Size | |Monthly Base Charge per Horsepower | |Total Charge per Month | |5-hp |x |$25.00 |= |$125.00 | |7.5-hp |x |$21.50 |= |$161.25 | |10-hp |x |$20.00 |= |$200.00 | Oil companies would save $465/mo. switching from a 10-hp to a 7.-hp motor, $435/mo...
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...to the Faculty of Old Dominion University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of MASTER OF ENGINEERING in DESIGN & MANUFACTURING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY August 2011 [pic] ME-11-0082 CRASHWORTHINESS OF FORD F250® TRUCK “ROLL OVER –INVERTED VEHICLE DROP TEST (SAE J996)” by Pritesh K Shah B.E. Mechanical Engineering, January 2003, Pune University, India A Project Report Submitted to the Faculty of Old Dominion University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of MASTER OF ENGINEERING in DESIGN & MANUFACTURING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY August 2011 Approved By: ___________________________ (Advisor) ___________________________ ABSTRACT A finite element analysis of roof strength for Ford F250®® truck as per SAE J996 standard is performed using LS-DYNA®. A detailed finite element model was taken from NCAC (National Crash Analysis Centre) at George Washington University Virginia. NCAC is one of the prominent leaders in vehicle safety research. Efforts were taken to subject the F250 FEM (finite element model) for roll over impact study with the procedure suggested by SAE J996. After running the F250 FEM for roll over, key areas for reduced impact on the roof structure of the truck were addressed and were redesigned. Further, a detailed study is carried out to compare...
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...Introduction The role of hyper-consumerism on culture as a source of control and power relations has been discussed by a variety of scholarly voices. Among the most prominent is Michel Foucault, who described the various ways that consumer markets circumscribe public spaces, placing important distinctions between class members. In particular, Foucault discusses heterotopia – the public space which carries both physical and psychological gravity. For Foucault, public spaces are characterized by existing without truly existing. The heterotopia serves as a metaphor for a larger context while having the appearance and characteristics of other everyday spaces. Tyndall takes this notion a step further by developing social rules that are attached to consumer places, such as malls and shopping districts (Tyndall, 2009). This version of consumer-driven rules – culled from qualitative research and personal interviews – depicts a new notion of public-ness that is less egalitarian than ever before. It is a version of public space that is not entirely open to the public. Baker adds to this perspective by historicizing the commercialization of public space, dating the use widespread use of public space for advertising purposes to before the dawn of the 20th century (Baker, 2007). This argument inextricably links the notion of “culture” with “consumerism”, and sets the stage for the potential for access to public spaces to be consumed, or purchased. Finally, Klingle underscores this...
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...organize participants in teams for realistic manufacturing production problem solving are widespread as a way to use problembased learning to teach lean manufacturing. But a critical assessment of existing simulations for lean manufacturing instruction has been lacking. Accordingly, a literature survey is conducted and existing simulations are classified according to their emphasis on lean tools or the overall lean system; the degree of their focus on soft skills, if any; and their area of application, whether academic or industry. Four gaps are found in existing simulation designs: lack of stress on soft skills, a mistaken focus on “linear lean,” misunderstanding of the key role of the facilitator, and lack of realism. Future directions for study and improvement in lean simulation design are suggested. Keywords assessment, authentic problems, facilitator, games, problem-based learning, problem soft skills, realism, review, simulations, skills, soft lean manufacturing, solving skills, Toyota Production System Problem-based learning (PBL), although defined variously by researchers, is generally agreed to refer to the “many contextualized...
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...CHAPTER 5 ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING AND ACTIVITY-BASED MANAGEMENT 5-16 (20 min.) Cost hierarchy. 1. a. Indirect manufacturing labor costs of $1,200,000 support direct manufacturing labor and are output unit-level costs. Direct manufacturing labor generally increases with output units, and so will the indirect costs to support it. b. Batch-level costs are costs of activities that are related to a group of units of a product rather than each individual unit of a product. Purchase order-related costs (including costs of receiving materials and paying suppliers) of $600,000 relate to a group of units of product and are batch-level costs. c. Cost of indirect materials of $350,000 generally changes with labor hours or machine hours which are unit-level costs. Therefore, indirect material costs are output unit-level costs. d. Setup costs of $700,000 are batch-level costs because they relate to a group of units of product produced after the machines are set up. e. Costs of designing processes, drawing process charts, and making engineering changes for individual products, $900,000, are product-sustaining because they relate to the costs of activities undertaken to support individual products regardless of the number of units or batches in which the product is produced. f. Machine-related overhead costs (depreciation and maintenance) of $1,200,000 are output unit-level costs because they change with the number of units...
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...exclusion clause can be incorporated in the contract by signature, by notice, or by a course of dealing. 1. SIGNED DOCUMENTS If the plaintiff signs a document having contractual effect containing an exclusion clause, it will automatically form part of the contract, and he is bound by its terms. This is so even if he has not read the document and regardless of whether he understands it or not. See: Struggling with your Law studies? We can help! Have a look at our huge range of products and services that may be useful when planning your next law assignment or essay. Law Essay Writing Service Essay Marking Service Our Guarantees Our quality promise Freelance Writing Jobs Place an Order L'Estrange v Graucob [1934] 2 KB 394. However, even a signed document can be rendered wholly or partly ineffective if the other party has made a misrepresentation as to its effect. See: Curtis v Chemical Cleaning Co [1951] 1 KB 805. 2. UNSIGNED DOCUMENTS The exclusion clause may be contained in an unsigned document such as a ticket or a notice. In such a case, reasonable and sufficient notice of the existence of the exclusion clause should be given. For this requirement to be satisfied: (i) The clause must be contained in a contractual document, ie...
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...Racism exists when one ethnic group or recorded collectivity rules, segregates, or looks to kill another group on the premise of aspects that it believes are innate and unalterable. An ideological premise for express bigotry worked out as intended in the West during the cutting edge period. No acceptable and unequivocal confirmation of racism has been found in different societies or in Europe before the Middle Ages (Alter, 1989). The distinguishing proof of the Jews with the demon and witchcraft in the prominent personality of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries was maybe the first indication of a supremacist perspective of the world. Authority penalties for such mentality came in the sixteenth century in Spain when Jews had converted to Christianity and their descendants turned to the acts of segregation of racism and exclusion. The Nineteenth century was a period of liberation, patriotism, and racism of which helped the development and escalation of ideological bigotry in Europe and the United States . Despite the fact that the liberation of blacks from racism and Jews from the local places got the vast majority of its support from religious or devotees to a key human balance. The result of these changes was to increase instead of reducing bigotry. Race relations became less paternalistic and more focused. The insecurities of an advancing modern private enterprise made a requirement for racism. The Darwinian encouragement on "the battle for presence" and...
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...Effects of Alcohol on Society Halyna Strembitska Submitted to: Tarisa Matsumoto-Maxfield In fulfillment of course requirements for English 205 It is 11.40 p.m. on a Monday night and Darren is doing something he has not done for a very, very long time: staying sober. Darren is exactly 17years and 3 months old and a senior high school student. According the law, Darren can only take his first legal bottle of beer when he is in his senior year of college (at least at 21). But he is not the only underage American who drinks. In deed, an estimated 63 percent of underage high school and college students drink for at least one night per week. This prevalence, of course, comes with an array of harms, both to the individual and society at large. Adults are not spared either. Adolescents and teenagers grow up witnessing their parents and other adult relatives make toasts of champagne and wine at special occasions. Adults also casually enjoy several beers, say, at picnics. As it is, today, alcoholic drinks are as regular at business lunches in the same way they are at college fraternity parties. However, in spite of the fun and prestige associated with alcohol, and forceful arguments to the contrary, both underage...
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...KINGDOM PRINCIPLES PREPARING FOR KINGDOM EXPERIENCE AND EXPANSION KINGDOM PRINCIPLES PREPARING FOR KINGDOM EXPERIENCE AND EXPANSION Dr. Myles Munroe © Copyright 2006 — Myles Munroe All rights reserved. This book is protected by the copyright laws of the United States of America. This book may not be copied or reprinted for commercial gain or profit. The use of short quotations or occasional page copying for personal or group study is permitted and encouraged. Permission will be granted upon request. Unless otherwise identified, Scripture quotations are from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved. Scripture quotations marked (NKJV) are taken form the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Please note that Destiny Image’s publishing style capitalizes certain pronouns in Scripture that refer to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and may differ from some publishers’ styles. Take note that the name satan and related names are not capitalized. We choose not to acknowledge him, even to the point of violating grammatical rules. Cover photography by Andy Adderley, Creative Photography, Nassau, Bahamas Destiny Image® Publishers, Inc. P.O. Box 310 Shippensburg, PA 17257-0310 “Speaking to the Purposes of God for this Generation and for the Generations to Come. ” Bahamas Faith Ministry...
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...------------------------------------------------- CHAPTER 2 FORMATION AND GROWTH OF INSURANCE INDUSTRY IN INDIA * INTRODUCTION * NATURE AND CHARACTER OF INSURANCE * NEED FOR INSURANCE * FUNCTIONS OF INSURANCE * HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF INSURANCE * TYPES OF INSURANCE * HISTORY OF INSURANCE IN INDIA * Formation of Insurance Industry in India * Nationalization of Insurance Business in India * Privatization of Insurance Industry * LEGISLATIONS REGULATING THE INSURANCE SECTOR IN INDIA ------------------------------------------------- CHAPTER 2 FORMATION AND GROWTH OF INSURANCE INDUSTRY IN INDIA INTRODUCTION Insurance is a practice by which a company provides a guarantee of compensation for specified loss, damage, illness, or death in return for payment. Insurance is a social device, to reduce or eliminate risk of life and property. Under the plan of insurance, a large number of people associate themselves by sharing risk, attached to individual. The risks, which can be insured against include fire, the peril of sea, death, incident, & burglary. The aim of insurance is to protect the owner from a variety of risks which he anticipates. Insurance is actually a contract between two parties. A contract of insurance is a contract where one person undertakes to pay another person, a sum of money or its equivalent on the happening of a specified event. And there is an agreed consideration for such undertaking. The person who seeks this protection...
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...SOCIETIES IN NAIROBI | NDIANG’UI DOROTHY WAIRIMU | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIVIDEND GROWTH AND RISK FOR COMPANIES LISTED AT THE NSE | MURIITHI ERIC | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES AND FINANCIAL AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF INVESTMENT BANKS IN KENYA | NICHOLAS KIPYEGOMEN CHEPKOIWO | FACTORS AFFECTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGING CAPITAL MARKETS. THE CASE OF NAIROBI STOCK EXCHANGE | KIPKURUI KIMOSOP | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF INSURANCE COMPANIES IN KENYA | OMENDA CHRISTOPHER ODHIAMBO | EFFECT OF STOCK SPLITS ON STOCK LIQUIDITY OF COMPANIES QUOTED AT THE NSE | GEORGE MARTIN NZIVE KASYOKA | THE USE OF STRATEGIC POSITIONING TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AT SAFARICOM LIMITED | MUTIE PETER KIOKO | RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRIOR PERIOD DIVIDENDS AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF FIRMS LISTED AT THE NSE | EVANS ODHIAMBO OYIEYO | BALANCE SCORE CARD AS A STRATEGIC MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN KENYA | SAMBA STEPHEN MIDEGA | INVESTIGATION OF CAPACITY MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON SERVICE QUALITY: CASE OF NAIROBI SUPERMARKETS. | LUCY MUTHEU KIILU | CAUSES OF INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE IN GARMENT FACTORIES AT THE ATHI RIVER EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES, KENYA | JENIFFER N. MULI | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HOUSE PRICES AND MORTGAGE CREDIT IN KENYA | LOISE KINYUA WANJIRU | STRATEGIC RESPONSES OF EQUITY BANK TO FRAUD RELATED RISKS | DOMSIANA ANYANGO ONYANGO | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FINANCIAL...
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...Computer ethics Computer ethics is a branch of practical philosophy which deals with how computing professionals should make decisions regarding professional and social conduct. The term "computer ethics" was first coined by Walter Maner in the mid-1970s, but only since the 1990s has it started being integrated into professional development programs in academic settings. The conceptual foundations of computer ethics are investigated by information ethics, a branch of philosophical ethics established by Luciano Floridi. Computer ethics is a very important topic in computer applications. The importance of computer ethics increased through the 1990s. With the growth of the Internet, privacy issues as well as concerns regarding computing technologies such as spyware and web browser cookies have called into question ethical behavior in technology. Identifying issues Identifying ethical issues as they arise, as well as defining how to deal with them, has traditionally been problematic in computer ethics. Some have argued against the idea of computer ethics as a whole. However, Collins and Miller proposed a method of identifying issues in computer ethics in their Paramedic Ethics model. The model is a data-centered view of judging ethical issues, involving the gathering, analysis, negotiation, and judging of data about the issue. In solving problems relating to ethical issues, Davis proposed a unique problem-solving method. In Davis's model, the ethical problem is stated, facts...
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...Path: K:/CHE-JAIN-08-0701/Application/CHE-JAIN-08-0701-case6.3d Date: 20th August 2008 Time: 21:04 User ID: tamilmanir Disabled 1BlackLining CASE 6 The Nottoway Plantation, Restaurant, and Inn: The White Castle of Louisiana n early 1994, Faye Russell, marketing director, and Cindy Hidalgo, general manager, considered the future of Nottoway Plantation of White Castle, Louisiana. Nottoway, which was listed in the National Registry of Historic Places, was an enterprise in the hospitality industry, attracting visitors to tour the mansion that contained many original furnishings. In addition to tours, the plantation offered overnight accommodations, dining and banquet facilities, and a gift shop. Nottoway competed with several other plantations for tourist trade along the Mississippi River, seven of which provided similar tours and elegant bed-and-breakfast facilities. Although Cindy and Faye felt that Nottoway was operating ‘‘in the black,’’ they thought they were missing an opportunity ; tour groups visited the plantation homes, but stayed overnight in the nearby cities of Port Allen or Baton Rouge in a Holiday Inn or similar facility. Couldn’t Nottoway expand its facilities to provide enough overnight accommodations for bus tours and other groups ? I marry there. The complete home consisted of a 53,000 square foot, 64-room mansion surrounded by graceful grounds, including formal gardens, a carriage house, and a caretaker’s cottage (20 years older than the mansion...
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...Severance as income? IRC § 61 defined Gross Income as “all income from whatever source derived,” to include “compensation for services, including fees, commissions, fringe benefits, and similar items.” The court in Glenshaw defined income as “an undeniable accession to wealth.” Moreover, Treas. Reg. § 1.61-2 included “termination or severance pay” as compensation for services. IRC § 102 states that gross income does not include the value of property acquired by gift, bequest, devise, or inheritance. However, a gift cannot be from an employer to an employee. Here, Ariel Asher (“AA”) was paid $1,000 a year for the 10 years that she was with the firm. The firm characterized the $10,000 payment as a “severance.” AA will argue that the amount was a gift, thus not taxable. The IRS will argue that § 61 includes severance pay in the language itself. Additionally, § 1.61 states that a gift cannot be from AA’s employer. Therefore, the severance pay will be included in gross income. Purchasing bargained work equipment income? In Pellar, the court established that bargain purchases generally do not constitute gross income. If property is transferred as compensation for services in the amount less than its fair market value, the difference between the fair market value and the amount paid is gross income. Here, the firm was downsizing and had excess furniture and invited only departing members to make an offer. The firm accepted AA’s offer of $1,700 for the furniture (FMV $4,800). AA received...
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...having right to do fair, law based analysis of any judgment given by any courts in India without challenging the integrity of the person working as judge. According to SECTION 378 OF INDIAN PENAL CODE, Whoever, intending to take dishonestly any moveable property out of the possession of any person without that person’s consent, moves that property in order to such taking, is said to commit theft. OBJECTIVE Theft literally means taking away someone’s property without his or her consent. The main objective of this project is to analyse the legal approaches to criminalise theft. It analyses the existing criminal law provisions to evaluate how far these provisions are effective. Section 379 is all about punishment for theft. This study is to understand how section 379 has played a role...
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