...How To Deal With A Deteriorated Asphalt Parking Lot If you move your business into a new location that has a deteriorated parking lot, you'll want to have the lot repaired as soon as possible. Your parking lot is the first impression of your business. It doesn't reflect well on you if it is cracked, crumbling, and faded. Here are a few things you want to think about when having an asphalt lot repaired or a new one put in. Determine If There Are Existing Problems Asphalt is very durable, but it doesn't last forever, especially if it receives no maintenance. It's possible the lot deteriorated because it is old and past its lifespan. However, there could be other reasons, and if there are, you want to find out what they are so you can fix them before the new lot is paved. For instance, water is very damaging to a parking lot if it gets underneath the asphalt. Proper drainage is critical. A contractor should inspect the lot for slope and drainage. Drainage problems should be fixed before work on the new lot begins. Decide If Repairs Are Possible You have two options for your old parking lot. You can have the old asphalt ripped out and a new lot built up from the base, or you can have the old lot resurfaced. You'll save a lot of money if you can resurface the existing asphalt. As long as the base is stable and...
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...Summary With the number of population increasing in city, where it leads to the increment of vehicles. The sufficient of parking spaces for the cars has become a big challenge for all the businesses. This paper will identify the common problems faced nowadays in the shopping malls in Malaysia. An idea (smartphone application) will be proposed for customers to book parking space before going to the shopping mall, check the availability of parking spaces for certain shopping malls pay the parking and enhance the payment for the parking facilities, to overcome the parking problems. This application will integrate the parking facilities, where drivers can book the parking space, pay the parking fees, avoid from wasting time and petrol in searching optimal parking space. The application is to benefits the drivers to shopping malls and also enhance the service quality of a shopping mall. Contents Title: Integrated Smart Phone Apps for Shopping Mall Parking 3 1.0 Introduction 4 2.0 Problem Statement 5 2.1 Insufficient of parking spaces respond to the growth of population 5 2.2 Distance of parking spaces to the entrance shopping mall 5 2.3 Time consuming in searching parking space 5 2.4 Common issues on the Kiosk machine 6 3.0 Aim 7 3.1 Objective 7 4.0 Research Questions 8 4.1 Domain Questions 8 4.2 Technical questions 8 5.0 Research design 9 5.1 Observation 9 5.1.1 Sample questions for questionnaire 9 5.2 Observation 13 5.2.1 Process of...
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...2008 CHARLEY V. WOOTAN AWARD: Outstanding Paper in Policy and Organization Reassessing On-Street Parking Wesley E. Marshall, Norman W. Garrick, and Gilbert Hansen The ongoing debate about the merits and drawbacks of on-street parking offers few definitive answers because comprehensive research in this area has been lacking. The goal is to develop a better understanding of the gamut of issues related to on-street parking, ranging from parking demand and the pedestrian environment to less researched topics such as the efficiency of land use. In addition, the basic question of safety is addressed in a more precise way than previously by taking into account actual vehicle speeds and crash severity levels. The investigation points to on-street parking as crucial in benefiting activity centers on numerous levels. Users of the downtowns consistently valued these landefficient on-street parking spaces over and above off-street surface lots and garages. Low-speed streets with on-street parking also had the lowest fatal and severe crash rates of any road category in the study of 250 Connecticut roadway segments. Part of the reason is that the presence of parking had a measurable effect on vehicle speeds. On-street parking is not purely a device to be used in the right environment; rather, it is a tool to help create that right environment. On-street parking should be more commonly used but especially in situations in which the road is part of the destination and the intent is to cause...
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...Intended questions to be asked 1. How many people patronize the facility annually? 2. Is the facility used during all seasons of the year? 3. If it is, what are the busy season and a slower season? 4. Which category of people often rent the facility? 5. What does the rental agreement consist of? 6. Do the customers pay by the hour or is a flat rate? How was this decided? 7. How many people is the space designed for? 8. What is provided with the rental cost? Do customers have to use the facility caterer or can they bring in their own food? 9. How many staff members are employed? Does the staffing vary by season? 10. What kind of services do you offer? 11. Do you have parking spaces for this facility? 12. How many vehicles can fit that parking lot? 13. What is the size of the parking lot? 14. Do you have a cooling and heating system in the rental facility? 15. How much revenue and net income does the facility been rented generate for a year? 16. How did you obtain, and how long does it take to receive the rental permit? 17. What is the payment schedule and cancellation policy on rentals? 18. Did you encounter problems because of any laws, zoning issues, etc.? 19. What is your goal profit margin and how was this determined? Is this consistent in the industry? Different? How so? 20. What financial pitfalls should our client consider? 21. How do you obtain information about this industry? How do you keep current with trends, cycles, etc.? Your reply...
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...is “a particular group of people, identified as the intended recipient of an advertisement or message.” The four P’s make up what is commonly referred to as the marketing mix, “a set of controllable tactical marketing tools - product, place, price and promotion - that the firm blends to produce the response it wants in the target market” (Armstrong & Kotler, pg. 51). Focusing on a specific audience can help a company develop a marketing mix that will satisfy the needs of this audience better than the competition. It is quite useful to reduce all of the elements in the marketing mix down to just these four basic marketing tools. These four tools are essential to the development of organizations' marketing strategies and tactics. This paper will describe the elements individually, as well as looking at an organization such as Wal-Mart, a national retailer, who individualizes the marketing mix to fit the company’s specific strategies and tactics. Breakdown of Elements So now let’s discuss the four Ps in further detail. The product tool is based upon the development of the right product. This product has to be appealing to the target audience to make them want it. The product can be a variety of things; a physical good, a service or a combination of the two. As long it is satisfying the desires and needs of the customer, it is a product. The product also includes features, benefits, quality, accessories, installation, instruction, warranty, etc, anything that will catch the...
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...In your paper, you will analyze the visual relationship between modernism, class and gender, considering both the formal characteristics and subject matter of the paintings you will examine. While attending to the formal characteristics of each work, analyze the ways in which gender and class may play a role in relation to subject matter, composition, and the intended audience. How are the spaces of modernity depicted in these scenes? If the flânuer is the quintessential modern artist, but cannot be embodied by a woman, what is the role of gender in these works? How does the representation of gender factor into the aims of these artists? Construct your argument based on a visual analysis of these two paintings, paying particular attention to how the artist constructs the spaces of modernity, who is depicted and in what way, and how the viewer is, or is not, accounted for. In your a conclusion, consider the impact of the museum space in framing your experience, discussing and analyzing the placement of these works in the museum – what dialogue might be facilitated by these works’ proximity to each other? What relationship might the curators have been considering when they hung these works? Note that this is not a research paper. You will be graded on your analysis of the visual material, and the conclusions you can draw from your analysis. Some background information will be necessary to relay, but the majority of the paper should be based on your own observation and analysis...
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...Ana Gordina Application Paper - BUAD 307 April 20, 2015 Self-Driving Taxis (Uber): Secondary Market Research Proposal Description: Self-driving taxis will be provided by Uber and would create an additional type of transportation offered to consumers. These taxis will not require a human driver to be present at the wheel. The car will include the latest technology, including GPS systems and smart traffic control, which will get the customer from point A to point B upon request and with minimal delays. The concept of self-driving cars has become very popular in the recent years. About 10 years ago, people were suspect about the safety and overall feasibility of the self-driving machines, let alone self-driving taxis. Today, as more tech companies, like Google, are coming up with these cars and testing their performance, people become more willing to give up their seat at the wheel (Emarketer). Whenever new technology comes out in the market, marketers manipulate on how a specific customer segment will react to the product. Take for example, personal computers or internet and how nobody could have predicted that these products would become a commodity. Yet, today, people can’t picture living without them. Knowing what are the benefits and costs of the product make it easier to create a marketing plan for the product. Thus, this report will cover the following subtopics: 1. Benefits and costs of self-driving taxis 2. Potential pricing strategies and costs to the...
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...Wireless Sensor Networks and Their Usage Ali Raza,Shahid Rasheed & Shazib Javeed University Of Central Punjab Abstract Innovations in industrial, home and automation in transportation represent smart environments. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) provide a new paradigm for sensing and disseminating information from various environments, with the potential to serve many and diverse applications Networks (WSN), where thousands of sensors are deployed at different locations operating in different modes .WSN consists of a number of sensors spread across a geographical area; each sensor has wireless communication capability and sufficient intelligence for signal processing and networking of the data. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are used in variety of fields which includes military, healthcare, environmental, biological, home and other commercial applications. With the huge advancement in the field of embedded computer and sensor technology, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), which is composed of several thousands of sensor nodes which are capable of sensing, actuating, and relaying the collected information, have made remarkable impact everywhere? Key Words Wireless Sensor Network (WSNs) Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Introduction Sensor network is capable of sensing, processing and communicating which helps the base station or command node to observe and react according to the condition in a particular environment (physical...
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...Paper Assignment II Art and Society: Renaissance to Modern Art University of Houston Dr. Sandra Zalman Due: November 13 by midnight via turnitin on Blackboard - http://www.uh.edu/blackboard/ This paper asks you to compare two works of art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, to consider how nineteenth-century artists departed from past academic works to take interest in the new urban spaces of modernity. Go the MFAH and find the following two paintings: Berthe Morisot, The Basket Chair, 1885 (Room 222) Gustave Caillebotte, The Orange Trees, 1878 (Room 222) In your paper, you will analyze the visual relationship between modernism, class and gender, considering both the formal characteristics and subject matter of the paintings you will examine. While attending to the formal characteristics of each work, analyze the ways in which gender and class may play a role in relation to subject matter, composition, and the intended audience. How are the spaces of modernity depicted in these scenes? If the flânuer is the quintessential modern artist, but cannot be embodied by a woman, what is the role of gender in these works? How does the representation of gender factor into the aims of these artists? Construct your argument based on a visual analysis of these two paintings, paying particular attention to how the artist constructs the spaces of modernity, who is depicted and in what way, and how the viewer is, or is not, accounted for. In your a conclusion, consider...
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...Secondary partnerships and donations were provided by Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS), Healthy Baton Rouge, and Voodoo Gear Apparel. BCBS provided Louisiana 2 Step drawstring bags, jump-ropes, bouncy balls, shoe laces, recipe cards, nutrition handouts, and activity idea handouts. Healthy BR provided 5-2-1-0-10 magnets and goal sheet donations. Voodoo Gear Apparel provided donated team T-shirt and frisbee design and printing of theme, “Watch Me Eat, Now Watch Me Play Play.” Donations of black and white paper prints for pre- and posttests were provided by SELU printing and Heather. Beyond these community donations, the overall budget provided by SELU of $100.00 was spent on presentation implementation materials (i.e. poster boards and pencils), Frisbees, and printing of pre-post test material and recorded for tracking on a budget sheet (TABLE 1). Ms. Keisha Payne with SELU allowed for the facilitation of borrowing the SELU School of Nursing table banner. Ms. Candice Bretz also loaned the group her plastic food for the MyPlate station display and...
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...Paper Assignment I Art and Society: Renaissance to Modern Art University of Houston Dr. Sandra Zalman Due: September 18 by midnight via turnitin on Blackboard (http://www.uh.edu/blackboard/) This assignment asks you to visit the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. You will be describing and analyzing a painting in the collection of the museum, paying particular attention to the relationship between the form, composition, and culture of the society from which this painting originated. Then you will contrast that with what you’ve learned about the Northern style of painting, especially considering different Northern priorities in depicting religious themes. First, locate the painting: Giuliano Bugiardini, Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist, 1510 in room 216 of the Audrey Jones Beck building of the Museum of Fine Arts. Discuss how the painting is representative of the Southern Italian style. How does the artist’s use of color, light and shadow, and composition (relationship of figures and space) affect your interpretation of the narrative? How is the human body rendered, and in what sort of environment? What priorities does this artist have in visualizing the narrative for the audience? After describing the painting, consider the cultural differences represented by Southern and Northern painting. How might this theme look differently had it been painted by a Northern artist? How might a Northern artist have interpreted the same scene differently? How might you recognize...
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...Group Toyota Research Institute Ann Arbor, MI 48105 ddolgov@ai.stanford.edu Michael Montemerlo James Diebel Computer Science Department Computer Science Department Computer Science Department Stanford University Stanford University Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305 Stanford, CA 94305 Stanford, CA 94305 diebel@stanford.edu mmde@ai.stanford.edu thrun@ai.stanford.edu Abstract We describe a practical path-planning algorithm that generates smooth paths for an autonomous vehicle operating in an unknown environment, where obstacles are detected online by the robot’s sensors. This work was motivated by and experimentally validated in the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge, where robotic vehicles had to autonomously navigate parking lots. Our approach has two main steps. The first step uses a variant of the well-known A* search algorithm, applied to the 3D kinematic state space of the vehicle, but with a modified state-update rule that captures the continuous state of the vehicle in the discrete nodes of A* (thus guaranteeing kinematic feasibility of the path). The second step then improves the quality of the solution via numeric non-linear optimization, leading to a local (and frequently global) optimum. The path-planning algorithm described in this paper was used by the Stanford Racing Teams robot, Junior, in the Urban Challenge. Junior demonstrated flawless performance in complex general path-planning tasks such as navigating parking lots and executing...
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...Term Paper on Traffic Jam in Bangladesh TERM PAPER ON Traffic Jam in Dhaka City Prepared For Mohd. H.R. Joarder United International University Prepared By MD. Aminul Islam Ariful islam MD. Mesbahuddin Shahanaz Parvin Mou Jeenniifeerr Islam Date of submission Name of Group Members Letter of Transmittal May 5, 2012 Mohd. H.R. Joarder Faculty School of Business Administration United International University Dear Sir, It is a great pleasure for us to submit our Term papers on “Traffic Jam in Dhaka city”. It is a great opportunity for us to implement the knowledge that we have learned in our academic career to work a Term papers on “Traffic Jam in Dhaka city”. We try our level best to make this Term papers to the required standard. We hope that this report will fulfill your expectation. We therefore, hope that you would be kind enough to go through this report for evaluation Sincerely yours ------------------------- --------------------- -------------------- MD. Aminul Islam Ariful Islam Shahanaz Parvin Mou ----------------- ------------------- Jennifer Islam MD. Mesbah...
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...Developing Negotiation Skills in the Classroom: A Case Simulation Maureen Hannay Troy University ABSTRACT Effective negotiation skills are required in all positions and at all levels of modern organizations. Employees in the human resources department utilize these skills on a daily basis when they deal with such items as new hire packages, salary increases, performance issues, labor contracts, and terminations. Research indicates that by using practical, real-life simulated negotiation scenarios, learners can develop more effective negotiating skills. This paper introduces a case where students can be assigned to a management team or a union team to negotiate a mock collective bargaining agreement. Guidance is provided on how to apply the case in the classroom and facilitate the discussion at the conclusion of the exercise. INTRODUCTION Employees in every organization utilize negotiating skills on a daily basis. From negotiating deadlines and workloads to prices of supplies and contracts with unions, negotiations range from the small and mundane to the large and exceptional. A company with effective negotiating capabilities can gain a competitive advantage, reduce costs, increase profits and improve relationships (Masters, Albright & Irr, 2003). When identifying the ten managerial roles that leaders perform to accomplish organizational objectives, Mintzberg (1973) classified the role of “Negotiator” as one of the essential decisional roles that must be executed by managers...
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...MEMORANDUM The purpose of this memo is to show how my work and research have come so far in terms of the final paper. The site I have elected to research is the Young Women’s Christian Association Corps Center. I attempted using Sanborn Insurance Co. to find maps of the YWCA site as early as 1888. I also researched using the USC libraries website to search about the site/neighborhood before it was built, after it was built, and the present day. Lastly, I took a drive to the relatively close location walked around the block to get a general feel for the area. Pre- Research Before I started doing anything I thought it was important to find out exactly what my site was and where it was located. I figured it would be important to know where the site was exactly and its actual purpose so I would be able to tell the effects that YWCA Jobs Corps Center would have on the surrounding area. Sanborn Insurance Co. – An Epic Search (Still in Progress) Maybe I am just bad at looking at map keys but I almost found this part of the research impossible. I have not given up because I know there is a way but in 1888 I could not even locate Broadway St. (the street its on) on the map. There was also not an option for a map after for after the year of 1955, which also poses a problem because the site was not even built until 1965. I will definitely find a map for 1955 on Sanborn but it leads me to believe that I will need to use another source to find a map where the actual site...
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