...1. What problems does Robin Hood have? What issues need to be addressed? Ans: The Increasing size of the band had been the core problem for Robin Hood, because it was getting very hard to manage the band. The core issues were the lack of discipline in band and the cost of buying the food was draining the bands financial reserves. 2. Do Robin Hood and his band need a new mission? new objectives? For example: why not accept the offer of the barons to assist in securing King Richard¡¯s release from prison (give me pros and cons for that possible new mission, and do you suggest adopt this new mission)? Ans: Yes, Robin Hood and his band need a new mission, a new objective and a good strategy. He should adopt a new mission to free the people from Prince John and return king Richard to the throne. Robin Hood can also join with barons to collect the ransom to release King Richard. This option might seems risky but he has to do something, which is better than doing nothing and getting caught my Sheriff. His present strategy has been outdated and it could not work at the time when his enemy is too strong and well planned. 3. . What strategic options does Robin Hood have? Is continuing with the present strategy an option or is the present strategy obsolete? For example, why not try to end the campaign by killing the Sheriff; why not try to move to another...
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...Hot on the heels of "Far from Heaven," which looked exactly like a 1957 melodrama, here is "The Core," which wants to be a 1957 science fiction movie. Its special effects are a little too good for that (not a lot), but the plot is out of something by Roger Corman, and you can't improve on dialogue like this: "The Earth's core has stopped spinning!" "How could that happen?" Yes, the Earth's core has stopped spinning, and in less than a year the Earth will lose its electromagnetic shield and we'll all be toast--fried by solar microwaves. To make that concept clear to a panel of U.S. military men, Professor Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart) of the University of Chicago borrows a can of room freshener, sets the propellant alight with his Bic, and incinerates a peach. To watch Keyes and the generals contemplate that burnt peach is to witness a scene that cries out from its very vitals to be cut from the movie and made into ukulele picks. Such goofiness amuses me. I have such an unreasonable affection for this movie, indeed, that it is only by slapping myself alongside the head and drinking black coffee that I can restrain myself from recommending it. It is only a notch down from "Congo," "Anaconda," "Lara Croft, Tomb Raider" and other films which those with too little taste think they have too much taste to enjoy. To be sure, "The Core" starts out in an unsettling manner, with the crash-landing of the space shuttle. Considering that "Phone Booth," scheduled for release in October...
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...connected by variances in the Earth's electromagnetic field, scientists, led by Dr. Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart), a geology professor, and Conrad Zimsky (Stanley Tucci) and egotistical researcher, discover that the Earth's rotating molten core is slowly coming to a stop; without its movement, the electromagnetic field around the earth will disappear, exposing the surface to unfiltered solar radiation and will incinerate anything or anyone exposed to it. Keyes and Zimsky are charged to find a way to restart the core, which requires traveling deep into the Earth and setting off nuclear charges to induce rotational force. Keyes and Zimsky seek the help of Dr. Serge Leveque (Tchéky Karyo), a weapons expert, and Ed "Braz" Brazzelton (Delroy Lindo). Brazzelton reveals a means of not only drilling through the Earth at high speeds using a series of lasers, but also has devised a material, "unobtainium", which is capable of withstanding the pressures deep inside the planet as well as generating energy from them. Keyes himself works to create a means to visualize their path through rock structures via x-rays. To avoid creating a worldwide panic, an expert hacker, Theodore "Rat" Donald Finch (DJ Qualls), is found by an FBI agent (John Shaw) and is brought to monitor the Internet and erase any rumors to the potential fate of the planet. However, there is a hint that the Army is hiding the real reason of the impending catastrophe. The team constructs a snake-like ship named Virgil made...
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...GRAIN BASED DISTILLERY OPERATION : 86 KLPD WATER BALANCE ALL FIGURES IN METRIC TONNES (MT) INPUTS PROCESS WATER IN LIQN BOILER FEED WATER DM WATER for DISTILLATION SOFT WATER for COOLING TOWER DM WATER BLENDING RW for BOTTLE WASHING SOFT WATER DISTILLATION SOFT WATER PUMPS SEALING FERMENTER WASHING FLOOR WASHING DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION OUTPUTS 473 533 659 774 50 65 129 129 22 20 5 MT MT MT MT MT MT MT MT MT MT 2860 RECYLCE STREAMS STEAM CONDENSATE THIN SLOPS R/E to DISTILLATION PR LEES TO FERMETATION STEAM CONDENSATE SPENT LEES PR SPENT LEES RECTIFER SPENT WASH (GRAIN SLOPS) WATER IN PRODUCT CASES WATER IN BY PRODUCT BOTTLE WASHING CT EVAPORATION & DRIFT LOSSES PUMP SEALING PROCESS CONDENSATE MT BOILER BLOWDOWN DM & SOFT WATER REGENERATION MT 420 112 659 137 MT MT MT MT 50 155 65 774 129 322 16 22 2860 MT MT MT MT MT MT MT MT MT ` 420 137 573 22 BOTTLE WAHING PUMP SEALING Total Recycling /Re-utilisations of water per day 50 129 1331 MT MT MT MT MT MT MT MT TOTAL FRESH WATER INPUT 1163 WASTE STREAMS FOR TREATMENT PROCESS CONDENSATE 322 COOLING TOWER BLOWDOWN 93 BOILER BLOW DOWN 16 DM & SOFT WATER REGENERATION 22 FLOOR WASHING 20 BOTTLE WASHING 15 PRC LEES 69 TOTAL WASTE STREAMS FOR TREATMENT 488 REUSE WASTE STREAMS AFTER TREATMENT 366 WATER FOR GREEN BELT 122 MT MT MT MT MT MT MT MT MT NOTE : FIGURES GIVEN ABOVE ARE ONLY INDICATIVE AND SHALL VARY BASED ON GRAIN CHARACTERISTICS AND OVERALL PLANT OPERATING PARAMETERS...
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...In agriculture, the term ‘resource use efficiency’ may be broadly defined to include three allied concepts viz. technical efficiency, allocative efficiency and environmental efficiency (Haque, 2006: 64). Analytically, technical efficiency means maximising output for given input (at the level of production possibility frontier). Allocative efficiency implies that the usage of input is minimised. Environmental efficiency, which has nowadays acquired critical relevance, implies that the production process should be sustainable. It is possible that a production process is not sustainable over time. For instance, using more water than that is replenished can reduce the ground water level which can have an adverse impact on the cultivation of crops in the subsequent years. Or, inappropriate use of fertilisers can lead to salinity affecting the soil quality. With climate change, adverse implication could also be because of activities outside the production process. At any given time, for given prices, the allocative efficiency (AE) is the ratio of ‘marginal value of product per unit input’ to ‘marginal cost per unit input’ (i.e. AE = MVP/MC). AE is optimal at unity. The overall economic efficiency (EE) is a product of technical efficiency and allocative efficiency (EE = TE*AE). If the latter (i.e. AE) is unity, then economic efficiency is the same as technical efficiency, that is, one ensures maximum income at least cost (Fan,1999, Jha et al, 2000). Factor Combination and Resource...
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...and multiplexers - Verification of the circuit behavior with a CAD tool 2. Problem description Design the synchronous 4-bit counter which outputs follow the predetermined repeated sequence of states. The sequence of states represents the sequence of decimal digits of your ID number with the following exceptions: (1) digits which appear more than ones have to be deleted; (2) digit 9 has to be added at the end of the sequence if your ID has no 9. For example, for ID number 105123456 the second 1 and 5 are deleted and 9 is added at the end resulting in sequence 10523469. In the binary form the sequence is shown in Figure 1. The initial state is not critical. State 9 should be decoded to generate special signal SYNC shown in denominator in Figure 1. In the prelab: the circuit behavior has to be verified in OrCAD. The maximum clock frequency has to be calculated using timing specs of the flip-flops and multiplexers (logical gates) from datasheet. In the experiment: first, the functionality of the counter has to be tested with a pushbutton that controls the clock and a 7-segment LED display connected to the outputs. Finally, the counter sequence should be demonstrated with the logic analyzer synchronized with SYNC signal, 4inputs of the logic analyzer should be grouped into a bus. 3. Approaches Outputs of four D-flip-flops Q3Q2Q1Q0 serve as outputs of the counter. Next states Q*3Q*2Q*1Q*0 are formed from present states Q3Q2Q1Q0 with combinational excitation circuits. By design we understand...
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...1. Introduction 1.1. Purpose of the Document This document provides the business process description, a data storage summary and potential IT solutions. 1.2. General Overview Our general objective is to have a central IT system, for the five DGs involved in research, based on Web technology for the storage and management of the essential proposal data and documents. The general business process is described by the following figure: 1.3. Goal of the negotiation Collection and finalisation of all the documents and information required to produce a contract for a given proposal (for any instrument and funding system of FP6, see Annex 1). Implementation of the recommendations of the experts and requirements imposed by the Commission. 1.4. Characteristics of the negotiation The negotiation is an interactive and iterative process between the Commission on one hand and, mainly, the coordinator on the other hand. In some cases, the Commission communicates also directly with other project partners. Communication means are mail, e-mail, phone, meetings, and might include web-based electronic submission. 1.5. Starting point of the negotiation preparation There is no clearly defined starting point of the preparation of the negotiation. Activities described in section 2 which do not imply contacts with proposal participants may potentially be undertaken before the negotiation authorisation is given 1.6. Starting point of the negotiation The authorisation to negotiate...
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...PROBLEM TWO SPRING 2014 INTRODUCTORY MAINFRAME EXERCISE [BE VERY CAREFUL AS YOU WORK THRU THIS PROBLEM] Logon to your account and open ISPF. The default setting in ISPF is for the command line to be at the bottom of the screen. Most systems programmers, though, prefer to have the command line at the top of the screen. Let's quickly change this so you'll look like an old pro. On the command line, type 0 and press Enter. This takes you to the ISPF Settings menu. Go to the field beside Command line at bottom. Delete the "/" using the delete key (the backspace key will bring you back a space but will not delete characters). Press Enter. The command line jumps to the top of the screen. : To get back to the ISPF Primary Option Menu, press F3. F3 almost always takes you one screen back If you accidentally hit F3 too many times, you'll be taken all the way back to the TSO READY prompt - to get back to the ISPF Primary Option Menu from here, type ISPF and press Enter. Log off of z/OS, by pressing F3 until you arrive at the TSO READY prompt. Type LOGOFF and press Enter: IF you have done more extensive work during your session, you will see this Specify Disposition of Log Data Set screen when you attempt to F3 past the ISPF Primary Option Menu: Whenever you encounter this screen, select option 2: "Delete data set without printing," and press Enter. You will then be taken to the TSO READY prompt, and the system informs you that a log that you don't need has been deleted...
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...Process Guide Release Management Service Improvement Program (SIP) i Process Guide – Release Management Table of Contents Document Information........................................................................................................ 3 Approval ............................................................................................................................. 4 Section 1: Process Vision........................................................................................................ 6 Overview............................................................................................................................. 6 Process Mission and Goals ................................................................................................. 7 Guiding Principles .............................................................................................................. 8 Critical Success Factors .................................................................................................... 13 Key Performance Indicators ............................................................................................. 14 Process Solution Scope ..................................................................................................... 15 Section 2: Process Workflow................................................................................................ 16 Overview.............................................................
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...Online gaming is made possible with game servers. Game servers transmit some of its data about its internal state to allow players to maintain their own display of the game which they are playing. Dedicated servers will simulate game worlds without supporting direct input and output. While listen servers will run in the exact same process of a game client. Multiplayer games depending on their source engine use a client server networking architecture. A dedicated server host runs the game and takes care of world simulation, game rules, and the player input process. The players system and the server talk by sending data packets to each other at a high frequency. The server sends your system updates on current world states which will generate audio and video output. Because the network bandwidth is so limited and the server can’t send packets to every client every time there’s a world update the server takes constant rate snapshots and broadcast them to the clients. The network packets take time to travel between server and client so the client is always a bit behind the server. This can make it hard to play call of duty multiplayer when you have even a millisecond lag. The server simulates the game in time steps called ticks. Mods can specify their own tick rate. The servers process ever incoming user command during each tick. It also runs a physical simulation step, check game rules, and update the games current state. With more CPU power you can increase the stimulation precision...
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...distressed to pursue and finish a college degree in order to competitive in the future and be able to realize their goals and aspirations. It may also provide learning experiences and information to other students who are not working. In order to accomplish our objectives, we adopted several methodologies in obtaining data and information such as conducting surveys by providing questionnaires to our subjects, getting information in the internet and conducting interviews personally and honestly with our target subjects to get assurance that our data, information and values gathered were correct and accurate. Conceptual framework INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT Analysis of the input through 1. Distribution of questionnaires 2. Data gathering 3. Statistical treatment 4. Analyzing 5. interpreting | Determined Factors Affecting Academic Performance of Working Students of EARIST | Profile of the respondents: a....
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...I-FINAL PROJECT Sequential Control Structures Problem 1. Compute the weekly salary, both gross and net for an employee who works hrs hours a week with an hourly rate of rate pesos (assume no overtime). Deductions are sss percent for social security system and 5% for health insurance. Output gross, sss deduction, health insurance deduction, total deductions, and net weekly salary. 2. Find the total cost of four tires if the price list of each is price pesos, VAT is not included which is 10% per tire. Output the total amount of value added tax and the cost of four tires before and after the imposed tax. 3. Determine the yearly income and savings of a person whose weekly income and average monthly expenses are entered. 4. A baseball player is to be paid P pesos for the first year of a 3-year contract. Find the total peso value of the contract over 3 years if the contract calls for an increase of /percent during the second year an J percent of the third year. 5. Workers at a particular company have won an 8.50% pay increase. Moreover, the increase is retroactive for six months. Write a program and flowchart that takes an employee’s previous annual salary as input and then outputs the amount of retroactive pay due the employee, the new annual salary an the new monthly salary. 6. For any 3 numbers, A,B,C. Determine the sums A+B,A+C, and B+C and find the average of these sums. 7. A businesswoman will be unable to pay his loan of P pesos in two months. The lending...
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...A Handbook of Statistical Analyses using SAS SECOND EDITION Geoff Der Statistician MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit University of Glasgow Glasgow, Scotland and Brian S. Everitt Professor of Statistics in Behavioural Science Institute of Psychiatry University of London London, U.K. CHAPMAN & HALL/CRC Boca Raton London New York Washington, D.C. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Catalog record is available from the Library of Congress This book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. Reprinted material is quoted with permission, and sources are indicated. A wide variety of references are listed. Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information, but the author and the publisher cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materials or for the consequences of their use. Neither this book nor any part may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. The consent of CRC Press LLC does not extend to copying for general distribution, for promotion, for creating new works, or for resale. Specific permission must be obtained in writing from CRC Press LLC for such copying. Direct all inquiries to CRC Press LLC, 2000 N.W. Corporate Blvd., Boca Raton, Florida 33431. Trademark Notice:...
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...Managing People and Organisations Organisations When you think of the term organisation it suggests a structure and a purpose. Let’s will consider business organisations you are familiar with, focusing on their structure and purpose! The Organisation There are different types of Organisation: Self-employed Private Limited Companies Public Limited Companies Voluntary Organisations Charities Public Corporations Government-funded service providers Local Authority-funded providers Organisations Every organisation is made up of functions Examples: Finance Human Resources (Personnel) Operations (the making or doing) Sales and Marketing Management How do you build an organisation? Using the areas of its functions Example: Finance The area of business that deals with money Money can be stock, shares, employee wages, buildings and contents, buying and selling Area of considerable power and can tell how a business is performing Human Resources/ Personnel People! Area of business that deals with people such as: Pay Recruitment and Selection Training Contracts of employment Disciplinary/ Grievance Operations The “doing” Operations covers the areas of business that perform the tasks of the business such as: Building Developing new ideas Production plants Sales and Marketing This area of the business is the sales The costs of end product to make a profit (Private Sector) or deliver a service (Public Sector) Responsible...
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...budget, the budget for sales commissions expense will be one amount such as $200,000 for the year. In other words, in a static budget the budgeted amount for sales commissions expense will remain at $200,000 even if the actual sales during the year are $3 million, $4 million or $5 million. 9–2 What is a flexible budget and how does it differ from a static planning budget? A flexible budget is a budget that adjusts or flexes for changes in the volume of activity. The flexible budget is more sophisticated and useful than a static budget, which remains at one amount regardless of the volume of activity. The difference between static budget and a flexible budget is that a static budget does not change with the output while a flexible budget changes with the level of outputs. Static budget has a limited application while a flexible budget has a variety of applications. 9–3 What are some of the possible reasons that actual results may differ from what had been budgeted at the beginning of a period? The differences are usually due to a change in the level of activity, changes in prices, and changes in how effectively resources are managed. 9–4 Why is it difficult to interpret a difference between how much expense was budgeted and how much was actually spent? A difference between the budget and actual results can be due to the level of activity that impact on costs. From a manager's perspective, a variance that is due to a change in activity is very different from a variance...
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