...Road Speed Limits Professor: Kanyo 08/03/2011 Mid-Michigan Community College Abstract Most of nations have their own road speed limits. This is also an argumentative problem in the modern society. A number of people think that it is necessary to use speed limits to protect people because they believe that lower speed limit can decrease fatalities, injuries and property damage. Others believe that we need to change this policy because it cannot correspond with the development of car quality. According to the data from many car manufactures, the technology of vehicles has changed a lot. I think we do not need to maintain the old standard. We should make new policy to accommodate new technology and new society. Lower speed do not means safer and not fast speed means dangers. I am the one who wish government can change this policy because I think that changing the speed limit cannot only save our time but also boost our economy. Road Speed Limits Most of countries have their own speed limit; it is used to regulate the speed of road vehicles. Speed limits may define maximum, minimum or no speed limit and are normally indicated using a traffic sign. Speed limits are commonly set by the legislative bodies of nations or provincial governments and enforced by national or regional police or judicial bodies. The first speed limit legislation was created in the United Kingdom with the Locomotive Acts. Drives are required to control at a safe speed for...
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...Do you think the current highway speed limit in Canada is appropriate? How would decide whether or not it should be increased or decreased? Considering Canada has nearly 900,000 kilometers of road, I am a little surprised the topic of speed limit optimization hasn’t been more of a hot topic for government agencies. Canada has a maximum speed limit of 100km/hour on multi-lane highways. For two lane highways, the speed limit remains the same at 100km/hour. In urban areas the speed limit drops to 60km/hour on major roads, and down a further 10 km/hour for a speed limit of 50km/hour in residential areas. As is typical in any country around the world, the speed limit in school and playground areas is reduced further (AngloInfoCanada.Com). If the speed limit were raised, the marginal benefits would be: 1. Reduced travel times 2. Congestion relief 3. Higher productivity of transportation of goods The marginal costs associated with a speed limit increase would be: 1. The cost of more patrol vehicles and police presence 2. Lost revenue from assigned speeding tickets 3. The cost of increased fuel consumption When looking at the marginal benefits, there can be assumptions made on increased productivity, reduced travel times and congestion relief, however there are no real numbers or evidence to support these statements as they are natural assumptions. The current infrastructure in Canada accommodates the number of vehicles on the road, yet there is frustration with congestion...
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...55 MPH SPEED LIMIT SPEED! The only thing that people think about when they are in a rush. Have you ever wonder why there are different speed limits around the U.S.? I bet you have. Every day somewhere, someone gets in a car crash or is getting a traffic ticket. The reasons for these situations is because people don’t go by the speed limit. In 1974, President Richard M. Nixon, signs the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act, setting a new national maximum speed limit. He signed a federal law lowering all national highway speed limits to 55 MPH. This act was intended to force Americans to drive at speeds deemed more fuel-efficient, curbing the U.S. appetite for foreign oil. To conserve fuel and save lives, the 55 MPH speed limit should be restored to save fuel,...
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...have their own food. As bad as things were in my early years, my compulsion got worse as I entered high school. No matter how much food I ate at lunch, all I could think about was going home and eating more. I just had to eat all of the snacks in my house before anyone in my family got a chance to. If someone in my household ate the last Popsicle, I found my self aggressively lashing out at them. The more I saw people eating the more jealous I became. Fairly recently, I've developed helpful strategies to curve my defensive eating habits. One of the most effective techniques I use is when me and a friend are splitting a meal I immediately divide it in half so we both have the same amount to consume. Another strategy is simply setting limits for myself. I'll tell myself exactly how much food I...
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...Ellsworth Community School District, which happens to be the district I’m a part of, has been heavily impacted by state imposed revenue caps. Recently, due to these limits, the school board came to the voters for a revenue limit override. This is basically the local people giving the district the ability to exceed revenue limit. To do this the board had to go to referendum, which the district did in April 2015. The referendum passed, allowing the cap to be pushed up to 1.3 million dollars a year for three years. A year prior to the passing of this referendum, the district had a referendum fail. This resulted in over one million dollars’ worth of budget cuts to meet the state imposed revenue limit. Our district, along with many others, must go to referendum to be able to keep the programs and teaching staff. This is not the first time the district has had to make cuts. Ever since revenue limits came into play in 1993, the district has made millions of dollars’ worth of cuts to meet the revenue cap each year. Unwanted changes and cuts are made by the district to save money, because the revenue cap basically limits the growth of the budget. Not only can the revenue limits have fiscal effects, but also social effects that I have personally experienced firsthand. When I was in middle school, the school board put forth a revenue limit override. This referendum was long overdue and was direly needed, with serious budget cuts being the consequence. There was talk throughout the teachers and...
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...over a 10-day period to see how much time is used solely to pack or create the lunch; this information will be used to provide the data collection element of this discussion. This discussion will also identify control limits of the lunch packing process, any confidence intervals involved as well as the effects of any seasonal impacts to the process. In the data collection period, many areas were identified as areas of opportunity. Below is the charting of durations based on area of the flowchart, the total process of preparing lunch takes at least 30-40 minutes depending on if food is prepared. Making food Choices | Getting Pantry Items | Wrapping food/placing in storage container | Selecting the lunch bag to use | 15-20 first 5 days | 20-25 first 5 days | 10 minutes all 8 days | 10 Minutes 4 days | 5-10 second 5 days | 15-20 second 5 days | 6 minutes 2 days | 4 minutes 6 days | The focus here is to minimize time selecting food and pantry items. If there were a reduction in the time it takes to make food choices or select pantry items the process would having a better chance of being completed in a timely fashion. The lunch preparing process will be reduced to a maximum of twenty minutes each morning. This time limit of twenty minutes is the new control limit as well was the boundary of the process. Even though the time is limited to a maximum of twenty minutes its does not eliminate various events that can cause the process to go over such as spills, lack of storage containers...
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...its competences that are critical to its success • In the light of the above findings at point 1, evaluate strategic options it has as of today and which option does your group consider it should adopt. In other words the strategic options chosen should be such that over the next 3-5 years it becomes number one player and has a distinct advantage over others. General Instructions: • The whole report must be in descriptive form. The analysis or commentary on the industry note can be added separately as a summary of not more than one page. • Ensure that the top page of the report contains the industry name, each group no and member name, and roll number. Date of submission and the subject(SM). • For part I of the project there is limit of 10 sides of A4 paper. For part II it would be good if you can do it within 6 sides...
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...92 | 4.8 | 4.75 | 5.59 | 15 | 5.68 | 5.74 | 4.65 | 5.2 | 16 | 5.43 | 4.81 | 5.27 | 4.96 | 17 | 4.79 | 6.04 | 4.47 | 5.18 | 18 | 4.43 | 5.08 | 3.69 | 6.43 | 19 | 6.35 | 5.95 | 6.29 | 5.89 | 20 | 5.03 | 4.66 | 5.25 | 4.46 | 21 | 6.32 | 6.09 | 5.57 | 5.91 | 22 | 4.3 | 5.47 | 4.27 | 4.34 | 23 | 6.07 | 4.97 | 5.51 | 5.02 | 24 | 5.11 | 4.9 | 5.91 | 4.66 | 25 | 4.5 | 5.24 | 4.86 | 4.35 | 26 | 4.91 | 4.79 | 5.74 | 5.03 | 27 | 4.65 | 4.71 | 4.81 | 5.32 | 28 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 6.04 | 4.3 | 29 | 5.87 | 5.3 | 5.78 | 5.07 | 30 | 4.41 | 4.75 | 4.95 | 5.11 | X-Bar and R-Bar With Control Limits From the above table of data, it is determined that the X-Bar or Average is 5.1 with an Upper Control Limit (UCL) of 5.89 and a Lower Control Limit (LCL) of 4.31. The R-Bar or Range is determined to be 1.083 with an Upper Control Limit (UCL) of 2.472 and a Lower Control Limit (LCL) of 0....
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...| BENEFITS AND RATES FOR HERITAGE HEALTH FUND MEDICAL AID FUND Effective 1 August 2013 | All Benefits are per Beneficiary | PLATINUM | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | BRONZE Lite | ZINC | Global LimitInpatient limitOutpatient limit | 75,000.0052,500.0022,500.00 | 50,000.0035,000.0015,000.00 | 30,000.0021,000.009,000.00 | 15,000.0010,500.004,500.00 | 10,000.007,000.003,000.00 | 8,000.005 600.002 400.00 | Hospital Access | All Pvt HospitalsPres. Suite | All Pvt Hospitals Pvt. ward | All Pvt HospitalsTwo Bed. Ward | All Pvt HospitalsGeneral Ward | Group B,C,D Hospitals Only General Ward | Government & Mission Hospitals, and municipal clinics | Hospitalisation incl. Maternity, Radiology & Pathology | Covered up to limit | Covered up to limit | Covered up to limit | Covered up to limit | Covered up to limit | Covered up to limit | Chronic Drugs incl. ARVs | 1,500.00 | 1000.00 | 800.00 | 500.00 | 300.00 | 200.00 | Acute Drugs | 600.00 | 500.00 | 400.00 | 300.00 | 200.00 | 150.00 | Chronic Nursing | 3,000.00 | 2,000.00 | 1,200.00 | 1,000.00 | 800.00 | 500.00 | Dental incl. dentures | 2,000.00 | 1,500.00 | 1,000.00 | 800.00 | 450.00 | 300.00 | Orthodontic | 1,500.00 | 800.00 | 500.00 | 300.00 | 200.00 | 150.00 | Optical (once in two years) | 700.00 | 550.00 | 400.00 | 250.00 | 200.00 | 15000 | Prosthesis | 4,500.00 | 3,500.00 | 2,000.00 | 1,500.00 | 800.00 | 400.00...
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...per square inch, is not meeting customer requirements, which are very close to the control limits. Quality Textiles International’s quality assurance department checks the fabric weight on a regular basis and knows their process for fabric weight has a mean of 2.73 oz/in2 and a standard deviation of 0.31” (University of Phoenix, n.d., para. 1). 1.0 Histogram A graphical representation, which shows a visual impression and illustration of the data is known as a histogram. The plotted data and the values are arranged by the histogram in a regular manner like a graph. A histogram is quite easy to use and understand and by using a histogram representing difficult and lengthy calculations can be summarized very easily and accurately. A histogram is quite easy to read as well and requires little time to understand the histogram. 2.0 When should a person use a Histogram? When a person is uncertain what to do with a large set of measurements offered in a table, a person can use a histogram to categorize and show the data in a more user friendly layout. A histogram will make it simple to see wherever the bulk of values fall in a measurement scale and how much difference there is. 2.1 Summarize large data sets graphically: When summarizing of large data sheets is required. 2.2 Compare process results with specification limits: If a person includes the process specification limits to his or her histogram, a person can verify promptly whether the present method could create...
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...competitors will have to improve their brand value in order to effectively compete. Strong brands positively affect Hong Kong Disneyland. … * Entry barriers are high: When barriers are high, it is more difficult for new competitors to enter the market. High entry barriers positively affect profits for Hong Kong Disneyland. … * Advanced technologies are required: Advanced technologies make it difficult for new competitors to enter the market because they have to develop those technologies before effectively competing. The requirement for advanced technologies positively affects Hong Kong Disneyland. … * Patents limit new competition: Patents that cover vital technologies make it difficult for new competitors, because the best methods are patented. Patents positively affect Hong Kong Disneyland. … * Geographic factors limit competition: If existing competitors have the best geographical locations, new competitors will have a competitive disadvantage. Limiting geographic factors positively affect Hong Kong Disneyland. … * High learning curve: When the learning curve is high, new competitors must spend time and money studying the market before they can effectively compete. High learning curves positively affect profits for Hong Kong Disneyland. … * Threat of Substitute Products or Services * Substantial product differentiation: When products and services are very different, customers are less likely to find comparable product...
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...Our Understanding of the Problem: Increase the Brand equity of Engage and triple its revenue in two years. New innovative marketing activities, product and category extensions are all fair game Methodology Followed: We have tried to understand the current brand equity of Engage. We firstly tried to look at the marketing activities that can be undertaken to improve Engage’s current brand equity. We conducted primary research through a structured questionnaire and also visited different retail environments where engage was available. Next, we tried to figure out what are the possible product and category extensions. For this we used a product/category extension model. Two things which were kept in mind during the product/category extension selection were: 1) Resonance with the parent brand 2) Business sense of entering into the new product/category. Therefore, we have chosen products that either adds a lot to brand equity/brand visibility or have a huge current market share/aggressive y-o-y growth. Observations and Suggestions: Visits to various General and Modern Trade Stores revealed that there is a lot of scope for improvement in in-store merchandising A new comprehensive Marketing Plan with the following objectives was developed: Improve the brand equity of Engage in the existing large urban markets Build brand equity in smaller cities of India Communicate clearly about Engage variants which people at large are ignorant about Improve presence and visibility on...
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...DATABASE ASSIGNEMENT ONLINE STORE DATABSE TABLE NAME * STUDENT/CUSTOMER * ENROLLMENT * COURSES * CATEGORY * ORDERS * ORDER DETAILS * PAYMENT * PRODUCT * SHIPPERS * SUPPLIER/COMPANY TABLES ATTRIBUTES STUDENT/CUSTOMER STUDENT table contain attribute such as: * STUDENT ID-PRIMARY KEY * FIRST NAME * LAST NAME * ADDRESS * POSTAL CODE * CITY * STATE * COUNTRY * PHONE * EMAIL * PASSWORD * CREDIT CARD * CREDIT CARD TYPE ID * BILLING ADDRESS * SHIP ADDRESS * DATE ENTERED ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT table contain attribute such as: * STU ID-PRIMARY KEY * COURSE ID-PRIMARY KEY * SEMESTER-PRIMARY KEY * INTAKE COURSES COURSE table contain attribute such as: * COURSE ID-PRIMARY KEY * COURSE NAME * FACULTY CATEGORY CATEGORY table contain attribute such as: * CATEGORY ID-PRIMARY KEY * CATEGORY NAME * DESCRIPTION * PICTURE * ACTIVE ORDERS ORDERS table contain attribute such as: * ORDER ID * STUDENT ID * PAYMENT ID * SHIPPER ID * ORDER NUMBER * ORDER DATE * SHIPDATE * REQUIRED DATE * SALE TAX * TIME STAMP * TRANSACTION STATUS * FULFILED * DELETED * PAID * PAYMENT DATE ORDER DETAILS ORDERDATAILS table contain attribute such as: * ORDER IDs-PRIMARY KEY * PRODUCT IDs * ORDER NUMBER * PRICE * QUANTITY * DISCOUNT * TOTAL * IDSKU *...
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...upper and lower control limits based on that data. For this data, we assumed the standard deviation as 3 and we found the upper and lower limits for each day’s shifts. According to Monday Shift 1 (00:00 to 08:00), the lower limit is 69.23 hence the numbers that are below 69.23, are becoming out of control. And the upper limit is 71.91, so the numbers which are above 71.91, become out of control due to assignable causes and not natural causes. In addition, Tuesday Shift 1 (00:00 to 08:00), the lower limit is 68.54, thus the numbers which are below 68.54, are out of control. The upper limit is 71.22 and the numbers that are above 71.22, become out of control. Finally, those processes which we calculated as upper and lower limits should be under control. In R-Charts, the important part is the upper and lower control limits and the specific mean. We calculated the upper and lower control limits for each day of shifts according to n is equal to four. For instance, for Monday Shift 2 (08:00 to 16:00), the upper control limit is 4879 pounds and the lower control limit is 4865 pounds. 2. Develop a control charts for each shift. Does there appear to be a difference between the shifts? We developed control charts for each shift three days. For Monday shift 1 from 00:00 to 08:00 the upper control limit is 71.91 and the lower control limit is 69.23. Shift 2 from 08:00 to 16:00, the upper control limit is 71.30 and the lower control limit is 68.25 and shift 3 from...
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...Calculus Cheat Sheet Limits Definitions Limit at Infinity : We say lim f ( x ) = L if we Precise Definition : We say lim f ( x ) = L if x ®a for every e > 0 there is a d > 0 such that whenever 0 < x - a < d then f ( x ) - L < e . “Working” Definition : We say lim f ( x ) = L if we can make f ( x ) as close to L as we want by taking x sufficiently close to a (on either side of a) without letting x = a . Right hand limit : lim+ f ( x ) = L . This has x ®a x ®a can make f ( x ) as close to L as we want by taking x large enough and positive. There is a similar definition for lim f ( x ) = L x ®-¥ x ®¥ except we require x large and negative. Infinite Limit : We say lim f ( x ) = ¥ if we can make f ( x ) arbitrarily large (and positive) by taking x sufficiently close to a (on either side of a) without letting x = a . There is a similar definition for lim f ( x ) = -¥ except we make f ( x ) arbitrarily large and negative. x ®a x ®a the same definition as the limit except it requires x > a . Left hand limit : lim- f ( x ) = L . This has the x ®a same definition as the limit except it requires x 0 and sgn ( a ) = -1 if a < 0 . 1. lim e x = ¥ & x®¥ x ®¥ x®- ¥ lim e x = 0 x ®0 - 5. n even : lim x n = ¥ x ®± ¥ 2. lim ln ( x ) = ¥ 3. If r > 0 then lim x ®¥ & lim ln ( x ) = - ¥ 6. n odd : lim x n = ¥ & lim x n = -¥ x ®¥ x ®- ¥ b =0 xr 4. If r > 0 and x r is real for negative x b then lim r = 0 x ®-¥ x 7. n even : lim a x + L + b x + c...
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