...For CGN, after signing the agreement, the biggest challenge is the high possibility of delays and cost overruns during the construction stage caused by technology challenges and risks from its partner EDF. As we mentioned before, The Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C plants will be based on EPR reactor technology, while the new plant at Bradwell will use CGN’s Hualong One Creator design. The EPR and Hualong one design are Third Generation reactors and they are designed to be safer, more powerful and more efficient than earlier versions. It's also meant to be easier to build. But so far the reality has been the opposite. Both of them are Third Generation reactors which are new technologies and do not have a successful example across the world. Wherever the new EPR is being installed - in Finland, France and China - the projects are beset by delays and massive increases in price. The first two EPR plants in Finland and France are both facing costly construction delays (to at least 2018). Other two units in China were to start operation in 2014 and 2015, but are now expected to come online in 2017. And delay means losing money and additional investment. For CGN, this is the first time to build nuclear power plant in a developed country. Whether this project can be finished successfully has a significant impact on its subsequent plants. Delays and cost overruns will have a negative effect for CGN to expand businesses to other countries. The resignation of such an important figure...
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...CIRE2131 POWER AMPLIFIERS A power amplifier is a large signal amplifier that produces a replica of the input signal at its output. In some cases this output signal maybe inverted. CLASSES OF AMPLIFIERS Amplifiers are categorized into different classes based on their performance. One of the major classification factors is Conduction time also called conduction angle or duty cycle. All relate the time ON to the time OFF. We will use θc to denote conduction angle. Power handling ability is related to conduction angle. This produces the basic categories of: Class A → θc = 360 ° (handles the lowest power level) θc = 180 ° (handles the medium power level) θc < 180 ° (handles the highest power level) Class B, AB → Class C → CLASS “A” AMPLIFIER (7-1, Page 323) • • • Are biased so that the entire input waveform is amplified without clipping. The DC bias and input signal level are set so the output signal is undistorted, unclipped. Mid-point bias is used to permit maximum output voltage swing. Maximum power occurs at Vout MAX . Operates at 100% duty cycle. i.e. the transistor is “ON” all the time and is dissipating energy in the form of heat. Is the least efficient of all the classes of amplifiers; typically < 10% efficiency with 25% the theoretical best. Also called LINEAR amplifier 1 • • • Durham College CIRE2131 Power Efficiency of a Class “A” Amplifier Power efficiency = Powerout Pout PLOAD P = = = L =η Powerin Pin PDC PDC Where PDC = power supplied by...
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...Status Related Skills that affect character and weapon stats |Skill Tree |Skill Name |Description | |Health |Health +50 |Max Health +50. | | |Health +20 |Max Health +20. | | |Health -10 |Max Health -10. | | |Health -30 |Max Health -30. | |Rec Speed |Recovery Spd +2 |Red part of health bar recovers fastest. | | | | | | |Recovery Spd +1 |Red part of health bar recovers faster. | | | | | | |Recovery Spd -1 |Red part of health bar recovers slower. | | |...
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...Old School Plays by the School Rules The school genre is a time honored classic that many notable books fall under. Just as in an actual school establishment there are a set of rules and nuances that a book must follow to be considered of the genre. Old School at first glance would not be considered typical of the school story but under further inspection its clear that it follows the same rules as any other in the genre. The three points that are considered the make or break of a school genre are as follows. There is an outsider character that does not play by the rules set by the school. There is an established authority structure and an unwritten code among students. The last point is there must be a conflict between said outsider and power structure, ending in either the school being changed by the outsider permanently or the school re-asserting its control, either way a balance of power is again found. Old School's outsider is the main character and unnamed narrator. The schools authority is strict and it has unannounced animosity towards Jewish people. The conflict between Outsider and the schools authority structure comes when the narrator believes he can cheat his way into winning a contest and plagiarizes, breaking one the the schools rules and defying the code of honor that the students follow when in contest with each other. The narrator in Old School is not the traditional outsider character, it is not his pears or the staff that labels him as such. It is himself...
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... These voltage signals, which are functions of time, are referred to as sound pressure signals. It is necessary to have knowledge of the frequency composition of these signals. Fourier Series and the Fourier Transform can be used to mathematically relate functions in the time and frequency domains. The use of these relationships in the practical frequency analysis of signals will not be discussed in detail in this course. A less mathematical and more physical description of elementary frequency analysis is given in this section. The purpose of an elementary frequency analysis is to determine how the “strengths” of the components of the sound pressure are distributed as a function of frequency. Consider first a pure tone. At a particular point in space, the time history of the sound pressure of the pure tone is given by: p(t ) = P cos 2πft (4.1) The elementary frequency analysis of this pure tone shows that at a frequency of f, it has a strength or amplitude (peak value) of P. It is often more convenient to measure the strength of a component by its root mean square value, prms, which here is...
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...substance or compound can be established by using data from its melting point or boiling point and from thin layer chromatography. Impure compounds have a range of melting and boiling points, as different substances contain different things they will have different boiling and melting temperatures. Sometimes the different substances may interfere with each other’s melting and boiling points. However the pure compounds have definite boiling and melting points. The presence of an impurity usually lowers the melting point and raises the boiling point. The greater the amount of an impurity, the bigger the differences from the true melting point and boiling point. Thin layer chromatography is similar to paper chromatography, but instead of paper, a thin layer of power is coated onto the plastic plate or glass. Different types of powders and solvents are used; this depends on the type of substance being separated. The results of a pure substance should show that the substance produces just one spot on the plate and the distance travelled by the substance is identical to known sample of that substance on the same plate. Weighing, mixing, heating, cooling, filtration, washing and drying are processes that can affect the yield and the purity of aspirin. In the chemical reaction, most of the time the aspirin produced might be impure. Therefore, aspirin must go through another process known as re-crystallization. Re-crystallization should be done many times till aspirin is free from impurities...
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...CASES For the civil cases, we went to RTC - branch 9, under Judge Alexander Acosta. I. SPS. Alba vs Bank of Commerce & Rex Carampatana For: Enforcement of Easement of Right of Way, Etc Counsel: Atty. Dante T.Ramos..............................for plaintiff Atty. Ricarte D. Maderazo........for defendant(Rex Carampatana) Atty. Marites G. Hoisapple......for defendant(Bank of Commerce) Hearing: (Application for Preliminary Injunction)Continuation of Cross Examination of defendant Carampatana 1. When I entered the court room, the hearing for the day has already commenced. At that point in time, Atty. Ramos the counsel for the plaintiff was already conducting his cross examination against the witness-defendant. It was noticeable that Atty. Ramos was only asking leading questions to the witness but the witness would want to explain further and would even come to a point that he would argue with the lawyer already. Good thing that the judge, as the moderator of the court, would always remind the witness that he is not allowed to argue with the lawyer. On the other hand, Atty. Ramos would also remind the witness that he needs only a “Yes” or a “No” answer and that the...
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...response, author and the date and time the response is posted. | | Sort by Response | Sort by Author | Sort by Date/Time* | (an instructor response) | | Question 1 ..Stakeholder Identification ?? | Professor Hiegel | 1/10/2015 3:46:03 PM | | | How does a project manager identify stakeholders for a project?orHow does a project manager know which stakeholders are more important to a project? | | | | RE: Question 1 ..Stakeholder Identification ?? | Phillip Murray | 1/11/2015 7:26:56 AM | | | If a stakeholder register has been executed as part of the initial plan then this will simplify this step greatly. I would revisit the register and "scrub" it for a comprehensive list of internal and external stakeholders. PMBOK chapter 13 on pgs 395-396, para 13.1.2.1 Stakeholder Analysis, describes several classification models that can be used to identify stakeholders. I also found a small article that says some of the same things in a simpler manner. http://www.projectmanager.com/identify-project-stakeholders.php | | | | RE: Question 1 ..Stakeholder Identification ?? | David Brazauskas | 1/11/2015 8:02:45 AM | | | To expand upon Phillip’s post, it is critical for a project to identify the stakeholders at the beginning of a project. Stakeholders are the people that are identified that could impact or be impacted by a decision, activity, or outcome of a project. A...
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...Enron Development Corporation: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India if you are Rebecca Mark in 1995, what will you do? After nine years of an obvious debacle, it seems that Enron and the Indian government have reached a state of impasse, where a sustainable long term relationship cannot be achieved. Enron has chosen to terminate the agreement by offering to the Indian Prime Minister Enron's 65% equity in DPC for US$1.2 billion and offshore debt for US$1.1 billion. Various political parties have consistently used Enron as an issue to gain the masses' approval and thus political power. Given the size and the "foreign" nature of the investment, Enron will constantly stir political unrest unless it gives in to the terms of the party in power. Difficulty in predicting and understanding local political conditions and coping with the constant threat of forced re-negotiation The agreement (PPA) was flawed from the beginning and unless the company sees the error of its ways, reviews from the World Bank and other committees would always reflect that there was a one-sided deal and would lead to a protracted debate of legitimacy. MSEB's capacity to pay DPC in the next few months is seriously doubtful. Though the Indian government has a guarantee, paying DPC will likely bankrupt MSEB and will lead to a threatening major dispute between MSEB and DPC. If Enron had wanted to cut its losses, it should have let the project end in Phase 1. It need not have negotiated for Phase 2 financing...
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...influence of Governments’ power, and other relevant powers, such as exist RE business or social enterprises. Here are some options that can be considered for this: * The first option is the company may consider establishing strong relationship with government or finding the partners, who have strong relationship with government. Because Batly and Larbi mentions that the roles of government create balance economic and control market. Therefore, when our business can cooperate with these companies , we can clearly understand how the ways government run to the economic in RE industry. this help our company have a long-term purchase agreement with the government 3 * connection with social enterprise to get their support for the RE industry. Why? according to article od Osti (2008), he mentions that "social enterprises offer excellent opportunities for recovery and integration through work, removing people in serious difficulties from welfare dependency" . Therefore, social enterprise will be protected from government who have the most power in a nation. Corporation with social enterprise will help us create the good reputation in with government and society. 4 However, There is no things the most perfect, two options also have the disadvantages as well. * our company will have less power over the strong partners who have strong relationship with government or they will belong to government. It clears that we will be dominated power by stronger sectors look...
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...Flower Power On October 21, 1967, a large demonstration took place at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. As many as 100,000 demonstrators attended the event, and at least 30,000 later marched to the Pentagon for another rally and an all night vigil. The civil disobedience on the steps of the Pentagon was interrupted by clashes with soldiers and police. In all, 647 arrests were made. A plot to airdrop 10,000 flowers on the Pentagon was foiled by undercover agents. After the airdrop was halted the flowers intended for the airdrop were placed in the barrels of officer’s rifles resulting in the iconic images from the “flower power” movement. The slogan “flower power”, coined by poet Allen Ginsberg in 1965, was used by the American counter-culture resistance as a symbolic action of protest against the Vietnam War. A surge of peaceful demonstration protesters were handed masses of flowers to offer policemen, press, and politicians as retaliation and defiance against the war. The flowers served two purposes: one as symbols of passive resistance of non-violence and secondly as emblems to reduce negative energy and connotations associated with feelings of fear, anger, threats, prosecution - all which were frequent results of these anti-war demonstrations. Photographs of flower-wielding protesters at the Pentagon March became seminal images of the 1960s anti-war protests. The image I chose to analyze is a photo by French photojournalist Marc Riboud of a seventeen-year-old high...
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...The renewable energy sector in Bulgaria One of the conditions for Bulgaria to join the European Union was that by 2010, the country should be able to produce at least 10 per cent of its energy through renewable sources, wind, biomass, hydro, geothermic or solar energy, while by 2020 it has to reach 16 per cent. In this paper we will look at some of the conditions and companies which contribute to reach this percentage. 1. First of all we will point out some of the prerequisites for successful development. It seems out that Bulgaria is really suitable country for the development of renewable energy. First of all, we have lower cost of labor compared to other countries. What is more, Bulgaria has very appropriate geographical location in combination with comparatively low cost of land to buy up or in concession. One of the biggest advantages of our country, which is attractive for investors, is the tax of only 10%. On the other hand, there were some disadvantages which had hindered the development of renewable energy in Bulgaria. One of it was the cost of electricity which has been far lower than many other parts of Europe and this has been a high barrier to entry for many consumers as there was no reason for them to make an investment in the solar installation.This has now changed because the utility prices in this country are now on a par with the rest of Europe and the Government has introduced incentives to encourage solar use. According to reports on biodiesel consumption...
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...in all regions. Production team believes universal power supply can enable HP to better respond to regional demand (US & Europe) and reduce its inventory costs. Question 2 1. Disadvantages / costs of the universal power supply include: i. Increase material cost (USD 30/unit) ii. Possible power play among warehouses / Distribution centers (DCs) when transshipment is facilitated by the use of the universal power supply. 2. Advantages of the universal power supply include: i. Improved forecast accuracy ii. Less frequent (and cost of) stock-outs due to improved forecasting (especially at the beginning – product ramp-up stage - of the PLC) and risk pooling (for both US & Europe). iii. Lower safety stocks and inventory holding costs for a given service level due to improved forecasting. iv. Lower transshipment costs (approx. conservative estimate $250 (re-configuration) per printer - because expensive rework can be avoided, and safety and conformance regulations (Underwriter’ Laboratory certification process costs) can be eliminated. v. Easier transshipment (less hassle free, as eliminates tedious & complex reconfiguration of the power supply, fuser electronic circuit & fuser bulb at Europe). The only customization is the addition of language manuals and plug adapter at the DC. vi. Easier product planning (less likelihood of just in case management for inventory) vii. Eliminate quality costs associated with re-configuration. Maintaining a controlled process could...
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...which is the common objective of both the leader and the group itself. The will power which is mutual within the group. But are these characteristics common is all leaders? Or is there another scope in the back of his mind? Unfortunately no. We may take a very good example and not go back so far in history, Hitler, the terror of all man kind. He was one of the greatest master mind of all ages. A very ideal but maybe far fetched example of which we may paragon to a leader who uses his power in leading for his own purposes. He may have invented a cheap car, Volkswagen, that maybe everyone today may afford to buy; but he boosted Germany’s economy making it today’s most leading company. Thus boosting and making Germany’s economy one of the most well off countries of all times. In other words, his powerful willingness to succeed still ripples in Germany’s economy. But the adverse effects of his greed to stay in power are far more worse. He abused of his power and decided play God by choosing what seemed for him the perfect race. This may be reflected in leaders of countries were they abuse of their political strength to use money for their own needs and forget the needs of their people. Another negative aspect of governmental leadership may also be corruption. To continue, maybe the only good quality Hitler had in which to some extent every leader should have is determination. The will power in succeeding in the main goal the group/organisation may have. The leader should...
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...Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 REPOSITIONING VIVA POWER BOOSTER – 2006 2 Introduction 2 Malted Milk Market 3 Macro & Micro Environment. 3 Acquisition by GSK – 2002 4 Objectives 4 Positioning Strategy – “Viva Power Booster” 5 Product – “Viva Power Booster” 5 Price – 5 Place - 5 Promotions – 5 Post Launch Evaluation. 5 Recommendation and Action Plan for Repositioning 7 Reference 9 MARKETING TURNAROUND REPOSITIONING VIVA POWER BOOSTER – 2006 Introduction Beginning of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) could be traced back to early 17th century when, in UK a Company manufacturing and marketing pharmaceuticals and health care products were born. Through several mergers and takeovers the company is now a leading international business entity with a major concentration in India. Venturing into malted milk market in India in a big way the company also acquires an energy booster drink marketed by Shaw Wallace & Hedges Company, branded “Viva” in 2002 in Sri Lanka. In its portfolio the product is marketed along with flagship “Horlicks” brand, a malted milk with a strong brand heritage tracing it’s origins to UK. GSK re-launches “Viva” with several marketing objectives in mind soon after the acquisition. Performance reviews conducted periodically and adverse findings such as stagnant malted milk market size and company’s own share compels GSK to carry out a situational marketing audit involving a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats...
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