...the adapters by the metal brackets while removing them. Now it is time to begin removing the data cables. While using both hands to disconnect the data cables, hold it as close to the connector as possible while removing it to reduce likelihood of damage to the ribbon cable. Some cables have a pull loop or tab to ease in cable removal. If so, use them to help remove the data cable with ease. The last set of connectors that have to be removed are the front panel leads, which attach to the motherboard. This includes LED’s, case speaker, and the power switch. These connectors are fairly easy to remove for the most part. Once all of the connectors have been disconnected and all the screws are removed, grasp the PCI slot and the CPU heat sink and lift the motherboard out of the computer case. The last thing to check when replacing the motherboard is to check the I/O (input/output) plate to make sure it matches the back of the tower, since most of the time you will not be replacing the motherboard with the same brand or model. If the I/O plate does not match the back of the...
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...Carbon Sequestration and Carbon Sink More than 40 percent of CO2emissions in the US are due to electric power generation. Carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and sequestration (CCS) technology could reduce these emissions from power plants by 80 to 90 percent. For example, if CCS technology was applied to a 500 MW coal-fired power plant, emitting 3 million tons of C02 per year, the amount of greenhouse gas emissions avoided is equal to: • Planting more than 62 million trees, and waiting at least 10 years for them to grow • Avoiding annual electricity-related emissions from more than 300,000 homes CCS technology would also significantly reduce emissions from other industrial processes such as gas operations and cement facilities (EPA, 20xx). The world has lost 50 to 70 percent of its original carbon stock. This translates into a huge amount of soil carbon released into the atmosphere. Not long ago, in the 19th century, the US was home to vast tracts of prairie grass with rich, fertile soils. Today only three percent of those prairies are in existence. Current studies on carbon sinks center on soil carbon, how it escaped from the earth and how this process can be reversed. To take the research further, investigators are interested in how this knowledge can be used to slow rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which is a known cause global warming. There is hope that carbon can be placed back into the soil in places like the North China Plain, the interior of Australia and the...
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...General Motors “Sink or Swim” Despite taking on water, General Motors will survive this white squall for several reasons. After being a 100 year old company they have a very strong distribution network that is one of the most extensive still in the market. As the media has shown in recent years there have been several problems with GM and its corporate governance. Their Functional Strategy has been less than par for several decades now. Even after all the issues so vividly shown on paper and in the media, GM still has a lot going for them that will allow them to survive not only this economic down turn, but emerge still one of the industry’s leaders. The first thing to do on any sinking ship is to try and plug the hole. This task usually takes a lot of creativity, innovation and great leadership. To fix a leak in any situation you must first locate where the leak is and how extensive that leak has gotten. The best way to find a corporate leak is by doing some internal and external analysis on the company from all angles to find what went wrong and to change it quickly. SWOT analysis is the best way to give an extensive analysis. Strengths: Despite a drop in brand loyalty in recent years according to JD Power and Associates, GM still holds the second spot in customer retention rates. They are only second to Toyota that has a 68.9% percent rating. Also JD Power and Associates rates some of the brands of GM like Buick, Chevrolet and GMC among the highest in sales...
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...I'm sure we could use some hypotheses about e-waste. Perhaps something like: Without laws that prevent export of e-waste, it will be exported to countries that lack effective environmental laws/regulation. Processing of e-waste without effective environmental regulations leads to serious toxic pollution by substances like mercury, lead, and dioxins. Burning of e-waste to retrieve metals causes lung disease in the people who do the burning. Smelting e-waste in family cooking pots causes hazardous levels of lead in the family food Many other possible hypotheses about pollution and health impacts in poor and poorly governed populations, since most of the impacts are not in the developed countries that use the electronics. But there is also this Export of electronics that are to be processed into metals leads to eventual import of products made with metals that are contaminated by toxins - i.e. the children's jewelers from China that was contaminated with lead was made from metals smelted from US electronics that were exported to China. Concerning the experimental design Experimental design is used to establish which variables influence in the positive or negative sense the efficiency of the decoloration process. A model waste water, polluted with a reactive . examine how people deal with e-waste, and which electronic devices, if any, are most likely to be recycled. If you made a pile of all the electronic devices (cell phones, computers, stereos, televisions...
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...Why did so many Asian companies and banks borrow dollars, yen, and Deutsche marks instead of their local currencies to finance their operations? What risks were they exposing themselves to? Several factors affected the cause of Asian companies and banks borrowing foreign currencies. First, most Asian countries depended on exports as their engines of growth and development. The majority of these exports were destined to the shores of Japan and the United States. These exports include clothing, footwear, office machinery and telecommunications equipment to name a few. Because of this, most of the countries tied their currency to the dollar. This strategy worked out well until 1995, were low inflation and stability was in place. This strategy also boosted exports at the expense of Japan, as the dollar fell against the yen. This caused Japanese firms to shift their own production to East Asia in order to cope with the strengthening yen. A country’s export competitiveness depends on its exchange rate. This not only includes it being against the dollar, but also against its major competitor’s currencies. Because other currencies such as the dollar, yen and Deutsche mark carried lower interest rates, it was financially found advice for East Asian companies to finance themselves with those currencies. In total, they borrowed around $275 billion worth, much of it in short term loans. The key to understanding why East Asians borrowed from other currencies is in the interest rate...
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...December 12, 2014 Reflection Paper Com 111 “A widely bright red apple had accidently tumbled in, and was bobbing amongst a dozen green tomatoes.” At age twenty-two, Mark Hunter’s life changed for the better. This accident let him see life from a different perspective. As he sees it which one would you choose to be? Would you want to be the apple or the tomatoes? When he asks that question, he means would you rather be like everyone else or would you be that one individual who’s not like everyone else. I find his answer very interesting and also meaningful. I feel as if Mark Hunter is saying to be water is to the greatest thing because without water nothing or no one can survive. Water is the source of everything. If I had to choose to be the tomatoes, apple or water, I would go the other route and choose to be the apple. I would choose to be the apple simply because it is not a tomato. To be an apple surrounded by tomatoes goes to show that not everyone has to be the exact same way. Everyday there is someone who feels like the apple of the group. That could be a good or a bad thing. In my personal life it is both. I say both because as a child it was you were like everyone else or you were weird. I have never been the smallest or the cutest girl. In elementary and middle school I was bigger than most of my female classmates. And when I say bigger I mean my shoulders were broader and my hips were fuller. Basically I was already an athlete in training. A lot of the guys...
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...MBA 600 Human Capital Management in Organization CASE STUDY 2 SINK OR SWIM 1. What are the key differences regarding the first day of work for these two employees? The most important key differences regarding the first day of work for Jill and Ben is the Induction and orientation. This basically happened with Jill in very professional manner with manager meeting her and making her more comfortable with the work environment (office, colleagues …). She was then provided with her proper schedule for next course of actions followed by series of online orientation courses and making her known about company’s culture mission and consulting methodologies. But In case of Ben his manager didn’t came to meet him even on his very first day, he was not introduced to his colleagues and not even shown new office , the office was lacking supplies and computer . He was given large paperwork on his first day. His manager also gave him four large binders for project works. Ben’s manager also gave a list of 20 online orientation courses and asks to complete them within deadline. 2. Are these differences really important elements for recruitment and retention of employees? Explain. Definitely, these differences are important factors recruitment and retention of the employees, because all employees should have inducted and oriented at the beginning which will make theme comfortable with the work environment, colleagues and the culture and mission of the company. All...
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...Sink or Swim – A Case for Employee Orientation Scenario Jill and Ben have accepted positions as business consultants with two different Fortune 500 organizations. Both have MBAs and at least five years of experience as business consultants. On Jill’s first day, her manager greets her in the company lobby with a warm smile and firm handshake. He escorts her to her new office. Jill is pleased to see that the office is clean, has a working computer, and is stocked with supplies. After putting her things away, her manager gives her a tour of the building and takes her to get her employee badge. When they return, he briefly introduces her to her colleagues, most of whom are already familiar with her because of an introductory e-mail sent out the week before. Next, they go to his office, where he provides her with her schedule for the next three weeks. It includes a number of “getting to know you” meetings with her new colleagues and clients, and outlines a series of online orientation courses and in-person workshops where she’ll learn about the company’s values, mission and consulting methodologies. The team then takes Jill to lunch, where she is introduced to her mentor. She spends the remainder of the day settling into her office and beginning the schedule prepared by her manager. On Ben’s first day, he is greeted by the department’s administrative assistant, who profusely apologizes that Ben’s manager will be unable to meet with him until 11:00 a.m. She is in a meeting...
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...BUS 231 (Section 7) Business Communication Name: Ziniya Tabassum Anwar, ID No: 2010-2-10-031 Journal 1, Date of Submission: 26.11.2012 IS WATERSIDE GROUP SINK OR SWIM IN SEA Waterside group, the consultancy firm which is founded in September 1997 by Ahmed Karim. He is a managing director of Waterside. Mr.Karim was from Noakhali and an Australian citizen. He doing his post graduate, worked over there and then ventured on Kuwait where he set up a branch of an Australian university. After many years he wanted to make a connection with Kuwait to set up a heading hunting business; send people over there to work. But few days later, he understand there was more demand for consulting service who wanted to go abroad for further studies. So, in February 1998 he changed the business to a new area- student counseling and grooming. He started this company in Australia as a sole proprietorship. Dhaka branch was main operating branch and was named ‘Waterside Consulting Group’. The main vision of waterside group was to help students to fill up their form, applying at their desire College or universities to get final visa. Special service offered by them was if they don’t get visa they will returned the money. They also started to expand their business in Noakhali and Barisal through their agents. Mr. Karim offered his co-worker...
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...Peter Hertzberg Public Relations Case Study #1 BP’s Loose Lips Sink Ships Assignment: Case Study Paper/Presentation: You will be assigned a case study from the book. You are to read the case, answer the questions at the end as your “paper”. Prepare a summary of what the case was about and how you answered all the questions and turn that summary into a speech. The presentation should be no more than 10 minutes. Please use visuals and a power point for your presentation. The Issue The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was an oil spill that began in April 20, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect, considered the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. It claimed 11 lives when the oil rig exploded and spilled 4.9 million barrels or 210 million US gal of oil for 87 days. It was finally capped on September 19, 2010. Numerous investigations explored the causes of the explosion and record-setting spill. Notably, the U.S. government's September 2011 report pointed to defective cement on the well, faulting mostly BP, but also rig operator Transocean and contractor Halliburton. Earlier in 2011, a White House commission likewise blamed BP and its partners for a series of cost-cutting decisions and an insufficient safety system, but also concluded that the spill resulted from "systemic" root causes and "absent significant reform in both industry practices and government policies, might well recur". In November 2012, BP and...
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...LEADERSHIP Six Ways to Sink a Growth Initiative by Donald L. Laurie and J. Bruce Harreld FROM THE JULY–AUGUST 2013 ISSUE T he CEO is confronted with a dilemma: The revenue and profits of his company’s existing businesses are rising slowly, and the businesses have already slashed their costs as much as they dare. Because their markets are mature, he knows that the company must grow if the share price is to increase, but acquisitions are expensive and risky. So he launches a slew of initiatives in areas with high growth potential and appoints some promising young managers to lead them. To ensure that the new ventures aren’t stifled, he has their managers report to a special growth committee headed by a trusted staff executive and locates them a safe distance from the established businesses. Sound familiar? It should, because that story has played out at hundreds if not thousands of large and midsize companies over the past 20 to 30 years. But after working for, advising, and studying scores of companies, we have learned that this conventional wisdom about how best to pursue growth is a recipe for failure—which explains why most new businesses launched by established companies die, and why only a tiny fraction of companies around today, including major corporations, will be here in 25 years. All too often CEOs and their senior teams see managing today’s earnings as their main job and don’t spend enough time on the pursuit of growth and building the...
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...Limitations of photosynthate sources and sinks at time of grain filling in an Australian hard wheat cultivar. Introduction An estimated two-thirds of the worlds population depend on wheat in their diet (Alam et al. 2008). In Australia, wheat (Tritium sp.) alone had an export value of $5.5 billion in 2010-2011 and is therewith the most valuable grain crop for Australia (ABARES 2011). To remain competitive as a wheat exporter in future, improving wheat yields seems imperative, hence improving the understanding of physiological processes during different plant-growth phases, may help to find and select specific factors that limit grain yield and ultimately help to breed better performing cultivars (Richards 1996). One area of research is dedicated to the better understanding of the limits of sources (plant organs such as leaves that produce and export photosynthates) and sinks (all plant parts such as roots or seeds that mostly store those photosynthates) after anthesis or during grain filling (Bingham et al. 2009; Fischer et al. 1977). Grain filling is a complex process involving formation, translocation, partitioning and accumulation of photosynthates in interaction with the sink-source capacities and preferences under different environments and growth stages (Felekari et al. 2014). Past research indicated that the wheat grain as a sink is limited by the capacity of its sources during grain filling (Ma et al. 1990; Alam et al. 2008), however data had a high variance reflecting the different...
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...this project is 7.5 Watt, which has a maximum operating temperature of around 80°C, exceeding which the LED will fail. The LED is best operated at room temperature conditions and may be just above. The project implements a specific method of cooling or rather maintaining the LED junction temperature as low as possible by using a Thermo Electric Cooling device, more specifically known as the Peltier device. The project looks into the various methods by which a Peltier cooler can be implemented such as, with or without a fan or simply a fan would provide sufficient cooling for the LED module. A Heat sink is a necessary component which is always associated with cooling electronic components. Before getting into the depth of the project detailing we will look into the basic components that have been used in the project setup which include: a. LED Module b. Peltier Cooler c. Heat Sink d. Cooling Fan 1.1 Light Emitting Diode: Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are small but powerful devices in terms of their diverse applications. LED lights assume greater significance in the context of need for electrical energy conservation and pollution control world over. LED is basically a semi-conductor. When energy passes through two electron-charged materials, electrons jump from one material to the other. As an electron jumps, it emits energy in the form of a photon. The colour of light created by a given LED depends on the amount of energy in that photon. This, in turn, depends on...
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...ASSIGNMENT WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION DONE BY: NEENU ALI B110770AR PLUMBING FIXTURES WATER CLOSET FIXTURES A water closet is a room which contains a flush toilet, usually accompanied by a washbowl or sink. The term may also be used to refer specifically to a flush toilet. The development of the flush toilet revolutionized human sanitation, and contributed a number of interesting developments to plumbing and architecture as structures began to be built to accommodate such toilets. Water closets come in various shapes, designs, and colors. The device is designed to receive human waste and dispose of the waste properly in a sanitary sewer system. Most water closets mount on the floor, but there are models that are wall hung. Modem water closets have various design features which create different flushing actions. TYPES: THE WATER CLOSETS ARE OF TWO TYPES: 1: Eastern Water Closet (Indian Water Closet) 2: Western Water Closet 1: Eastern Water Closet: This is most commonly used in eastern part from world from Pakistan, to Bangladesh including, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. It is shaped in a way that one has to sit by foot on it. Its basin has inverted slop towards the back side of the closet where a trap excludes the sewer pipe (drain) from it. 2: Western Water Closet: It is very popular and commonly used in western part of the world. It is shaped like...
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...I drip on your sink like water, I splash on your sink with water, I feel like I’m 21 Savage. Water, Water, Water, Water, Water, Water, Water, Water. I drip on your sink like water, I splash on your sink with the water, water, water, water, water. Water on my sink I keep wet like my cellphone. Water on my white skin and the redbone. Andi wrap your pipe up like some headphones. You say I ain’t got nothing I’m Andi and I’m well known I ain’t got time for no wife, Yeah, you kiss a pipe, Yeah feel like Yachty just give me one night, Yeah and if she like coke I tell her I’m going to Yeah. Yeah sink I’m a Strapped up like a Man made like a Boosie faded like a Andi join the wave Player take a hike...
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