...Michael Bagen SPE 101 Speech 12/14/10 Outline I. Attention getter: Going to Wedding, old man hits car i. Credibility: Real life situations with older drivers, Dad is an EMT and talks to me about calls all the time ii. Topics: The facts of old drivers, real-life stories, solutions iii. Thesis: I want a federal law to be passed that forces any driver the age of 65 and older to be retested every 3 years to not only save their lives, but others around them. II. Statistics: i. In next 20 years, the number of elderly drivers triple in amount according to Smart Motorist a. Older drivers more conservative when driving rarely changing there habits because of factors such as busy highways or nighttime where as other drivers may go another route b. More accidents than kids, mostly at intersections c. At the age of 65 there is a much greater risk for a driver to be engaged in a vehicle accident 1. At the age of 75 that risk increases from just a crash to an accident involving a fatality because of there higher risk of bad eyes or slower reaction time ii. Troubles with Age a. Bad at making turns b. Slower response rates and reaction times to a drastic change c. Studies show that most accidents involving the elderly are caused at intersections there also multi-vehicle accidents ...
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...COMPARATIVE TEST Health Drinks Making Milk Richer The concepts of health and energy have perhaps never been as popular—or pursued/coveted— as they are now. (After all, even a leading burger chain is desperately seeking ‘nutritional’ status for its fare.) With market rivalries becoming an intense affair, brand strategists and marketers are eager to refresh their brand’s positioning and image. More often than not, it is the ‘health’ tag that becomes their ‘open sesame’ to the consumer universe. Certainly there is ambiguity to the whole thing and while companies may be tempted to use it to their advantage, as consumers we will be better off if we are aware of what we are consuming. So, over to the health drinks corner. t an estimated Rs 2,000 crore for the year 2009, it is a big, fat corner, though (and is poised to get bigger as the market for malt beverages in India is expected to reach US$ 1.4 billion [roughly Rs 7,840 crore] by 2016). India is claimed to be the world’s largest malt-based drinks market and accounts for about 22 per cent of the world’s retail volume sales as per reports. 8 A Malted beverages are popularly known as health drinks in India. While marketers have positioned such beverages as nutritious drinks, these are widely consumed as taste enhancers to encourage drinking of milk among growing children. Interestingly, several malt-based hot drinks – such as Boost, Complan and Bournvita – have repositioned themselves as health drinks. This is completely...
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...COMPARATIVE TEST Health Drinks Making Milk Richer The concepts of health and energy have perhaps never been as popular—or pursued/coveted— as they are now. (After all, even a leading burger chain is desperately seeking ‘nutritional’ status for its fare.) With market rivalries becoming an intense affair, brand strategists and marketers are eager to refresh their brand’s positioning and image. More often than not, it is the ‘health’ tag that becomes their ‘open sesame’ to the consumer universe. Certainly there is ambiguity to the whole thing and while companies may be tempted to use it to their advantage, as consumers we will be better off if we are aware of what we are consuming. So, over to the health drinks corner. A t an estimated Rs 2,000 crore for the year 2009, it is a big, fat corner, though (and is poised to get bigger as the market for malt beverages in India is expected to reach US$ 1.4 billion [roughly Rs 7,840 crore] by 2016). India is claimed to be the world’s largest malt-based drinks market and accounts for about 22 per cent of the world’s retail volume sales as per reports. 8 Malted beverages are popularly known as health drinks in India. While marketers have positioned such beverages as nutritious drinks, these are widely consumed as taste enhancers to encourage drinking of milk among growing children. Interestingly, several malt-based hot drinks – such as Boost, Complan and Bournvita – have repositioned themselves as health ...
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...COMP 129 (On-Line) Notes Chapter 1 Introduction to Computer Repair Chapter Summary * • Computer technicians should actively listen, have a positive attitude, refrain from using technical acronyms and terminology when speaking with nontechnical people, and be culturally sensitive. * • Easily identify important computer parts installed in a computer and as standalone parts: case, keyboard, mouse, motherboard, monitor, power supply, hard drive, optical drive, adapter, riser board, and memory. * • Easily identify various ports to determine what device attaches to them: VGA, DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort, USB, IEEE 1394, 3.5mm sound jack, PS/2, RJ-45, eSATA, parallel, serial, and RJ-11. * • The most popular method for adding functionality to desktops, laptops, and tablets is to use a USB port. * • USB 3.0 ports will accept 3.0 and older devices and provide more power. You can add additional ports by connecting a USB module to motherboard pins. This module takes an expansion space (but not a slot). A PCI/PCIe adapter can also be installed to provide additional ports. Cabling from the power supply to the adapter might be required to provide power to the new USB ports. * • Up to five USB hubs can be daisy-chained to one port. Upstream ports connect to the computer or another USB port. Devices connect to downstream ports. * • USB hubs can be self-powered or bus powered. * • IEEE 1394 devices do not have to have a computer port and can be cabled to each...
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...| UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOOFaculty of Engineering | | Steering Wheel Vibration Warranty Reduction The Development of a Shimmy Quality Gate Honda of Canada, Manufacturing Alliston, Ontario Prepared by Timothy Chak ID# 20132585 3B Mechanical Engineering September 17, 2007 4700 Tottenham Rd Alliston, ON L9R 1A2 September 17, 2007 Prof. Roydon A. Fraser Associate Chair Undergraduate Studies Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 Dear Prof. Fraser: This report entitled, “Steering Wheel Vibration Warranty Reduction,” was prepared as my 3B Work Report for Honda of Canada, Mfg. This is my fourth work term report and the first one that I have prepared for Honda. The purpose of this report is to determine the required equipment and parameters to increase detection for steering wheel vibration, with a focus on the Acura MDX. Honda Motor Co. is the fourth largest automaker in the world, with cars in its line-up such as Canada’s best-selling Honda Civic and the Honda Accord. Including the vehicles in its luxury brand, Acura, Honda sells 15 different cars and trucks in Canada. The Honda Civic, Honda Ridgeline, and Acura MDX are all made on the same assembly line in HCM plant 2 in Alliston. Ali Woodley manages the vehicle quality department, in which I was employed. For my project, however, I worked under Mike Kueneman, who is the group leader of the vehicle quality analysis group...
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...IEEE Std 829-1998 (Revision of IEEE Std 829-1983) IEEE Standard for Software Test Documentation Sponsor Software Engineering Technical Committee of the IEEE Computer Society Approved 16 September 1998 IEEE-SA Standards Board Abstract: A set of basic software test documents is described. This standard speciÞes the form and content of individual test documents. It does not specify the required set of test documents. Keywords: test case specification, test design specification, test incident report, test item transmittal report, test log, test plan, test procedure specification, test summary report The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 345 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017-2394, USA Copyright © 1998 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. All rights reserved. Published 16 December 1998. Printed in the United States of America. Print: PDF: ISBN 0-7381-1443-X ISBN 0-7381-1444-8 SH94687 SS94687 No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, in an electronic retrieval system or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Authorized licensed use limited to: KING SAUD UNIVERSITY. Downloaded on October 05,2010 at 20:58:24 UTC from IEEE Xplore. Restrictions apply. IEEE Standards documents are developed within the IEEE Societies and the Standards Coordinating Committees of the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Standards Board. Members of the committees serve voluntarily and without compensation...
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...19 Freudian & Humanistic Theories MODULE 455 448 449 432 Photo Credit: © Colin Anderson/ Getty Images A. Freud’s Psychodynamic Theory B. Divisions of the Mind C. Developmental Stages D. Freud’s Followers & Critics E. Humanistic Theories Concept Review F. Cultural Diversity: Unexpected High Achievement G. Research Focus: Shyness 434 436 438 440 442 447 H. Application: Assessment—Projective Tests Summary Test Critical Thinking Can Personality Explain Obesity? Links to Learning 450 452 454 Introduction Personality Ted Haggard founded New Life Church in the basement of his house 25 years ago and became a prominent author and national evangelical Christian leader with a congregation of 14,000 worshippers in the largest church in Colorado. He is married with five children and has boyish dimples and a warm smile. In 2006, at the peak of his career, a male prostitute accused Haggard of having a three-year sexual affair with him and of using drugs. is accusation was alarming not only because Haggard was a married pastor, but also because he publicly supported a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. When the accusations were first broadcast on the news, Haggard confessed to church officials, saying, “Ninety-eight percent of what you know of me was the real me. Two percent of me would rise up, and I couldn’t overcome At the height of his career, it” (Haggard, 2006a). Then, in Ted Haggard, well-known pastor, a television news interview the confessed...
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...Shanghai • Tokyo • Toronto • Washington, D.C. Special discounts on bulk quantities of AMACOM books are available to corporations, professional associations, and other organizations. For details, contact Special Sales Department, AMACOM, a division of American Management Association, 1601 Broadway, New York, NY 10019. Tel.: 212-903-8316. Fax: 212-903-8083. Web site: www. amacombooks.org This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other professional service. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Coke, Al. Seven steps to a successful business plan / Al Coke. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8144-0648-3 1. Business planning. 2. Strategic planning. 3. Success in business. I. Title. HD30.28 .C6422 2001 658.4'012—dc21 2001033579 ©2002 Alfred M. Coke All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in whole or in part, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of AMACOM, a division of American Management Association, 1601 Broadway, New York, NY 10019. Printing...
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...Long Range Planning 43 (2010) 172e194 http://www.elsevier.com/locate/lrp Business Models, Business Strategy and Innovation David J. Teece Whenever a business enterprise is established, it either explicitly or implicitly employs a particular business model that describes the design or architecture of the value creation, delivery, and capture mechanisms it employs. The essence of a business model is in defining the manner by which the enterprise delivers value to customers, entices customers to pay for value, and converts those payments to profit. It thus reflects management’s hypothesis about what customers want, how they want it, and how the enterprise can organize to best meet those needs, get paid for doing so, and make a profit. The purpose of this article is to understand the significance of business models and explore their connections with business strategy, innovation management, and economic theory. Ó 2009 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Introduction Developments in the global economy have changed the traditional balance between customer and supplier. New communications and computing technology, and the establishment of reasonably open global trading regimes, mean that customers have more choices, variegated customer needs can find expression, and supply alternatives are more transparent. Businesses therefore need to be more customer-centric, especially since technology has evolved to allow the lower cost provision of information and customer solutions. These...
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...Long Range Planning 43 (2010) 172e194 http://www.elsevier.com/locate/lrp Business Models, Business Strategy and Innovation David J. Teece Whenever a business enterprise is established, it either explicitly or implicitly employs a particular business model that describes the design or architecture of the value creation, delivery, and capture mechanisms it employs. The essence of a business model is in defining the manner by which the enterprise delivers value to customers, entices customers to pay for value, and converts those payments to profit. It thus reflects management’s hypothesis about what customers want, how they want it, and how the enterprise can organize to best meet those needs, get paid for doing so, and make a profit. The purpose of this article is to understand the significance of business models and explore their connections with business strategy, innovation management, and economic theory. Ó 2009 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Introduction Developments in the global economy have changed the traditional balance between customer and supplier. New communications and computing technology, and the establishment of reasonably open global trading regimes, mean that customers have more choices, variegated customer needs can find expression, and supply alternatives are more transparent. Businesses therefore need to be more customer-centric, especially since technology has evolved to allow the lower cost provision of information and customer solutions. These...
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...Singapore Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nison, Steve. Japanese candlestick charting techniques : a contemporary guide to the ancient investment technique of the Far East I Steve Nison. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-13-931650-7 1. Stocks-Charts, diagrams, etc. 2. Investment analysis. I. Title. HG4638.N57 1991 90-22736 332.63'22-dc20 CIP This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other professional service. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought. From a Declaration of Principles Jointly Adopted by a Committee of the American Bar Association and a Committee of Publishers and Associations 01991 by Steve Nison All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. New York Institute of Finance Simon & Schuster Printed in the United States of America 1 0 9 8 7 Acknowledgements Like having ice cream after a tonsillectomy, this section is my treat after the book's completion. Some of those who deserve recognition for their help are addressed in Chapter 1 in my discussion of my candlestick education. There are many others whom I would like to thank for their help along my candlestick path...
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...Long Range Planning 43 (2010) 172e194 http://www.elsevier.com/locate/lrp Business Models, Business Strategy and Innovation David J. Teece Whenever a business enterprise is established, it either explicitly or implicitly employs a particular business model that describes the design or architecture of the value creation, delivery, and capture mechanisms it employs. The essence of a business model is in defining the manner by which the enterprise delivers value to customers, entices customers to pay for value, and converts those payments to profit. It thus reflects management’s hypothesis about what customers want, how they want it, and how the enterprise can organize to best meet those needs, get paid for doing so, and make a profit. The purpose of this article is to understand the significance of business models and explore their connections with business strategy, innovation management, and economic theory. Ó 2009 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Introduction Developments in the global economy have changed the traditional balance between customer and supplier. New communications and computing technology, and the establishment of reasonably open global trading regimes, mean that customers have more choices, variegated customer needs can find expression, and supply alternatives are more transparent. Businesses therefore need to be more customer-centric, especially since technology has evolved to allow the lower cost provision of information and customer solutions. These developments...
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...Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Administrator Guide, Release 3.1 Document Revised: Document Published: November 25, 2013 August 9, 2012 Cisco Systems, Inc. www.cisco.com Cisco has more than 200 offices worldwide. Addresses, phone numbers, and fax numbers are listed on the Cisco website at www.cisco.com/go/offices. Text Part Number: THE SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE PRODUCTS IN THIS MANUAL ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. ALL STATEMENTS, INFORMATION, AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS MANUAL ARE BELIEVED TO BE ACCURATE BUT ARE PRESENTED WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. USERS MUST TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR APPLICATION OF ANY PRODUCTS. THE SOFTWARE LICENSE AND LIMITED WARRANTY FOR THE ACCOMPANYING PRODUCT ARE SET FORTH IN THE INFORMATION PACKET THAT SHIPPED WITH THE PRODUCT AND ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY THIS REFERENCE. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE SOFTWARE LICENSE OR LIMITED WARRANTY, CONTACT YOUR CISCO REPRESENTATIVE FOR A COPY. The Cisco implementation of TCP header compression is an adaptation of a program developed by the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) as part of UCB’s public domain version of the UNIX operating system. All rights reserved. Copyright © 1981, Regents of the University of California. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER WARRANTY HEREIN, ALL DOCUMENT FILES AND SOFTWARE OF THESE SUPPLIERS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITH ALL FAULTS. CISCO AND THE ABOVE-NAMED SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED...
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...FREAKONOMICS A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything Revised and Expanded Edition Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner CONTENTS AN EXPLANATORY NOTE In which the origins of this book are clarified. vii PREFACE TO THE REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION xi 1 INTRODUCTION: The Hidden Side of Everything In which the book’s central idea is set forth: namely, if morality represents how people would like the world to work, then economics shows how it actually does work. Why the conventional wisdom is so often wrong . . . How “experts”— from criminologists to real-estate agents to political scientists—bend the facts . . . Why knowing what to measure, and how to measure it, is the key to understanding modern life . . . What is “freakonomics,” anyway? 1. What Do Schoolteachers and Sumo Wrestlers Have in Common? 15 In which we explore the beauty of incentives, as well as their dark side—cheating. Contents Who cheats? Just about everyone . . . How cheaters cheat, and how to catch them . . . Stories from an Israeli day-care center . . . The sudden disappearance of seven million American children . . . Cheating schoolteachers in Chicago . . . Why cheating to lose is worse than cheating to win . . . Could sumo wrestling, the national sport of Japan, be corrupt? . . . What the Bagel Man saw: mankind may be more honest than we think. 2. How Is the Ku Klux Klan Like a Group of Real-Estate Agents? 49 In which it is argued that nothing is more powerful than information,...
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...Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach Copyright © 1996, 2001 R.S. Pressman & Associates, Inc. For University Use Only May be reproduced ONLY for student use at the university level When used in conjunction with Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach. Any other reproduction or use is expressly prohibited. Chapter 1 The Product CHAPTER OVERVIEW AND COMMENTS The goal of this chapter is to introduce the notion of software as a product designed and built by software engineers. Software is important because it is used by a great many people in society. Software engineers have a moral and ethical responsibility to ensure that the software they design does no serious harm to any people. Software engineers tend to be concerned with the technical elegance of their software products. Customers tend to be concerned only with whether or not a software product meets their needs and is easy to use. 1.1 The Evolving Role of Software The main point of this section is that the primary purpose of software is that of information transformer. Software is used to produce, manage, acquire, modify, display, and transmit information anywhere in the world. The days of the lone programmer are gone. Modern software is developed by teams of software specialists. Yet, the software developer's concerns have remained the same. Why does software take so long to complete? Why does it cost so much to produce? Why can't all errors be found and removed...
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