...Crane operating is one of the high up, overlooked, passed by, and amazing jobs in America. Just look where technology is now, it's pretty far, but can it replace a crane operator's human skills. Operating a crane requires good hand eye coordination, experience, safety precautions, and a knowledge of the crane limitations. The average age for this job is about 43, but most operators are older and are ready to retire. America is big, but its buildings are as well. They need maintenance that just could not be done without cranes. This is the ideal job for me because it's wage is high enough to provide for me, and the job comes with good financial benefits. Crane operators usually only operate one crane. There are mechanical, lattice boom cranes...
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...Statement of Intent: Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata entails a story of two characters who struggle to escape the influence of their deceased parents. As Kikuji and Fumiko attempt to dictate their own lives, they quickly “sink into the meshes of the curse” (145) left by their parents. With a reputation that becomes stained by her mother’s disgraceful actions, Fumiko falls as a victim of the Japanese shame culture. My World Literature 2 assignment consists of a series of diary entries written by Kikuji during a span of two years. In these diary entries, I will assess the strength of Kikuji and Fumiko as they face a future that is predetermined by their parents’ actions. Through Kikuji’s diary, I will attempt to demonstrate the influence of the shame culture on Fumiko’s death. The Japanese shame culture is defined as a device used to maintain control over its citizens by creating and reinforcing the feeling of guilt for certain condemned behaviors. Whether or not a person is guilty of a crime, in a shame society, she is dishonored if others believe that she has committed the crime. Japan’s social structure contributes to Fumiko’s eventual death, as she is unable to accept the shame that her mother, Mrs. Ota, has placed on her by making love with Kikuji. My knowledge of the shame culture greatly enhanced my grasp of the conflicts in Thousand Cranes. Because of the culture differences, I had difficulty understanding Mrs. Ota’s impact on Fumiko. In my writing...
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...Who is Ichabod Crane? He is a strict schoolmaster from Connecticut and a singer. He lives with his students moving weekly. Katrina Van Tassel is one of his students. Why does he like Katrina? It is mainly because of her wealth, but also her beauty. He compares himself to a knight in love. One problem is that Van Brunt or Brom is also in love with her. Brom is considered the town hero because he escaped the horseman. Brom ridicules and make fun of Mr. Crane in front of Katrina. One night the Van Tassels have a colossal party. The horse Mr. Crane is broken down and as a joke as Ichabod. The horse Brom is majestic but full of cruel tricks like his owner. One story was told of a Hessian soldier who lost his head. Every night he goes to the site...
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...what's different? Van winkle and ichabod crane are similar in many ways. They both live in a village and spend a lot of time with the villager children. Van winkle spends time with the children and plays games with them. and ichabod crane teaches the children and gives them edication. They both learn a lot from spending time with the children of the village. Ichabod crane does NOT believe in ghosts, he mocks the children and adults who do believe in ghosts. They try to convince him that the headless horseman does exist. eventually after a few scares he starts to freak out. Van winkle on the other hand had no problem with ghosts but he did have a few with the devil. The devil makes...
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...A Thousand Paper Cranes I have always loved taking pictures. When I was little, I used my cheap digital camera to take pictures of anything and everything. I took pictures of my family, my pets my belongings… Anything I had access to, I photographed. The summer before I turned eight was when I actually became interested in professional photography. Every night I dreamt of the fancy props, cameras, lenses and lighting that someday I would use to photograph everyone who was anyone. I’d be famous. I would photograph celebrities, super-models, big figures in politics; I’d be the photographer who everyone would envy… If only I could get that camera. “Mimi, make sure your room is clean!” my mom yelled from the living room. I was sitting on the ground, running my fingers through the pink, plush carpet that covered my bedroom floor. I was daydreaming, which was very typical me. Everywhere around me reporters rush around, trying to get a story. “Mimi! Mimi! How did the photo shoot go with the presidential family yesterday?”“Mimi! Mimi! Do you ever plan on helping other photographers follow in your steps?” “Mimi! Is your room clean? We need to run errands!” my mom yelled again, quickly jolting me back to reality. I rushed to throw the papers and pencils back in my laptop bag, and then I turned my computer off and grabbed my wallet. I ran into the living room and careened around the corner, just stopping short of the dividing wall. “I called your name four times. Why didn’t you answer...
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...In "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving, the author takes a rather humorous attitude toward the character of Ichabod Crane, a likable yet universal stereotype. Although the story has gained a reputation as a ghost story over the years, Irving shaped it as a comic tale of self-delusion. Much of the humor derives from the contrasts within Crane's own personality. Ichabod Crane was the main character in “ The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”. Ichabod Crane was described as a tall, skinny, gangly, awkward young man whose whole fame was most loosely hung together. He saw himself as a very accomplished, suave man. Women in the rural neighborhood easily sophisticated Crane. Other people seen Crane as an educated and scholarly man by their standards. He was a standard teacher who teaches in a roughly-made, log building that only had one large room in it. The author states “From here the low murmur of...
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...Although the four characters on the boat worked as a team to survive, the character most responsible for the ending is the oiler because he is hardworking, realistic, and loyal. To begin with, the oiler, sometimes referred to as Billie, demonstrates the ability and willingness to work hard. Even before the steamer sunk, the narrator reveals that the oiler "had worked double-watch in the engine-room"(363), proving the oiler a dedicated worker. The oiler helps the correspondent row the boat, not complaining when it is his turn to take up this tiring labor. He rows on even after "overpowering sleep blinded him"(369). Without his work ethic, the survivors may not have been able to keep their boat afloat. Second, the oiler is realistic about the men's chances of survival. He never loses sight of the difficulties the crew will have to face. While the correspondent and the cook are arguing about the difference between a life-saving station and a house of refuge, the oiler points out that they are "not there yet, anyhow"(360). His realistic interpretation of the situation does not provide false hope, but rather paints his companions a more accurate picture of the workload ahead of them. At one point, the captain tries to reassure the men that they will "get ashore all right"(361), but the men are not convinced due to the tone in his voice. The oiler is the first one to add to the captain's comment with a realistic sense of optimism that they will make it "if this wind holds!"(361). Lastly...
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...“The Cranes” by Peter Meinke appears to be a simple love story about an old couple reminiscing about their life, but with a closer look the story reveals a darker component of love. The story follows an old couple’s stop at the Gulf to watch some birds. While they are watching the birds they spot two whooping cranes. Throughout their conversation and observation of the birds Meinke reveals details that the couples and the cranes share in common. Thus, the pair of whooping cranes viewed by the couple in story symbolizes both their rarity, eternal love, and their last moments together. The couple in the story is a couple that has been together a long time and persevered through life together. When they first see the whooping cranes the husband says “they are rare, not many left” (196). This is the point in the story where the first connection between the couple and the cranes are made. The rarity of the cranes symbolizes the rarity of the couple’s relationship. Although they have started developing anomalies in their health, with the husband he “can’t smoke, can’t drink martinis, no coffee, no candy” (197) ¬—they are still able to laugh with each other and appreciate nature’s beauty. Their relationship is a true oddity; filled with lasting love. However this lasting love for whooping cranes has caused some problems for the species. The whooping cranes are “almost extinct”; this reveals a problem of the couple. The rare love that they have is almost extinct as well. The wife worries...
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...the town. She tries to make the town a better place by writing anonymous letters that she thinks are helping, but they are very hurtful and cruel. In the story The Possibility of Evil, Shirley Jackson uses the interactions between Miss Adela Strangeworth and Mr. Lewis, Martha Harper, and the Crane Family to show readers that attempting to prevent evil in the world can actually lead to more evil. In this...
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...INTRODUCTION: Bradley Wyck is a dogman/rigger who has worked for the past 10 years with a firm called RAR Cranes. He developed back pain manhandling heavy concrete blocks but has returned to the workforce on reduced hours and reduced duties. BACKGROUND: Mr Wyck is 39. He came to Canberra with his partner in 2005 after spending six years as a corporal in the Australian Army. He went into the construction business through friends and has been working on a permanent full time basis as a dogman/rigger with a firm called RAR Cranes. He has had two prior worker's compensation injuries both to the fingers of his right hand in 2007 and 2004. He and his partner live in a mortgage home in Macgregor and Dr Anu at the Kippax Medical Centre is...
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...Another early mention of muskellunge on Crane Lake is given here portaging via Otter and Salmon Lakes, again in the Saturday Globe for August 9, 1890: A nother route from here is up the Boyne River to Otter Lake, around its head to a short portage, across this to Salmon Lake, across a stiff but not very long portage to Boundary Lake, across that lake to a short portage and into Crane Lake, where there is excellent maskinonge fishing, down Pine River to the Georgian Bay, and returning here or continuing on to Penetanguishene. Bass Fishing in Muskoka L AKE JOSEPH, Muskoka, Canada. — The region in the vicinity of Port Cockburn is studded with lakes teeming with bass. A party of Americans, Drs. Hollister and Bennett of Newark and Leo S. Herzig...
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...A Thousand Cranes I have heard many legends, but among my favorites is that of the origami crane. Fold a single crane from paper; it is a sign of peace. Fold a thousand and it is said that a wish will be granted to the creator. As legend has it, these wishes often occur in the form of true love, a long life, prosperity, recovery from illness, or one thousand years of happiness. The effort put forth can be tedious, but well worth it. Today, I would like to share the art of origami with others, so that these cherished gifts, full of meaning can be passed along to others. I would like to explain step-by-step what has to be done, as well as, avoided in order to create this piece of art. First of all, the ultimate success of creating origami lies in the attention to detail; especially in the beginning stages. Before making any creases in the SQUARE piece of paper, make sure that the colored side is facing up; in this case, it is LAVENDER. Next, fold the square in half to form a triangle; opening up the paper, take the opposite two corners and fold another triangle. At this point, when the paper is flat there should be two creases that divide the paper into four, small triangles. Now, turn the paper over so that the white side is facing up. Fold the paper in half so that it becomes RECTANGULAR in shape; then unfold it, and again fold it in the opposite direction; make sure that the creases are well made. These creases should now define eight small triangles when the paper is...
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...Problem 1 (a) Why is the receiving staff in a typical warehouse much smaller than the staff of order-pickers? The receiving staff in a typical warehouse is much smaller than the staff of order pickers because restockers move larger quantities of SKUs, so a few receivers can keep many pickers supplied. A rule of thumb is that there should be one receiver for every five order pickers. Receivers usually handle products in larger units and order pickers handle products in smaller units. Order picking is significantly more labor intensive and resistant to automation. (b) Explain the difference between popularity and demand. Demand is considered the forecasted frequency of SKUs and popularity are the A items that have a high frequency and are picked and packaged often. For example, a Christmas related SKU will have a high demand during the holiday season but is certainly not popular other seasons. (c) What is “batch picking” ? Give a pro and a con of batch picking. Batch picking is when each worker retrieves many orders in one trip. An advantage of batch picking is that it is a way to increase the pick density. However, a disadvantage is that it requires that the items be sorted into orders while picking or somewhere else downstream. If they are sorted into orders during picking, pickers are slowed down because they must carry a container for each order and they must sort the items as they pick, which leads to time being wasted and can result in errors. If the...
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...Warehouse Capacity Explained By Dave Piasecki © Copyright. Content on InventoryOps.com is copyright-protected and is not available for republication. Just about anyone who has responsible for the daily operations of a warehouse has either already experienced this situation (probably many times over) or likely will at some time in the future. You're struggling with a lack of warehouse space and your cries for help are pretty much ignored by those with the power to do something about it. And here's why. They (upper management, the owner(s), alien life forms, the usual "they" suspects) simply don't believe you. They've heard these complaints before and yet somehow you (or someone else in your shoes) managed to still get the job done. In addition, they may have occasionally walked down into the warehouse and observed empty space, maybe some partially empty shelves or completely empty pallet locations. "Plenty of space here, I don't know what the hell [INSERT YOUR NAME] is whining about". So either you are way too needy, or they don't understand warehouse capacity. While I won't completely dismiss the former, I think the latter is the more likely problem here. The problem is they are looking at "theoretical capacity" and you are dealing with "working capacity" (also called "effective capacity", "practical capacity", "rated capacity"). Theoretical Storage Capacity, Utilization, and Working Capacity. Theoretical capacity is easy to explain. It's the actual physical capacity...
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...1. Introduction 2.1. Shipyard Shipyard is a facility for building, maintaining, and repairing ships and boats which can vary in size from personal sailing boats to large container ships designed to travel around the globe. Usually, a shipyard is located in an advantageous location along a large inland river, harbor, or shoreline, and some historic shipyards have operated in the same location for hundreds of years. Numerous people work in a shipyard, including naval architects, engineers, electricians, and an assortment of other skilled trades people who contribute to the construction of a ship. A shipyard also has a large amount of specialized equipment. At the most basic, a shipyard simply builds ships. However, most shipyards also maintain and repair ships that they have built, or ships caught in emergency situations which cannot return to their home shipyard 2.2. Competitiveness Competitiveness is defined by the productivity with which a nation utilizes its human, capital and natural resources. To understand competitiveness, the starting point must be a nation’s underlying sources of prosperity. A country’s standard of living is determined by the productivity of its economy, which is measured by the value of goods and services produced per unit of its resources. Productivity depends both on the value of a nation’s products and services – measured by the prices they can command in open markets – and by the efficiency with which they can be produced. Productivity...
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