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for extinguishing the fire. Both the nozzles can be adjusted according to the type of spray and flow required, which could be played over the fire to cool it without spreading. The pumps are connected with the main sea water connection, having appropriate head to prevent any type of suction |
problem. The valves supplying water to these pumps are always kept open to provide a constant supply of sea water to fight fire at any point of time. Though sea water is the best mode of fighting fire, the main emergency fire fighting system can only be used on fires |
of Type A. However, in case of class B fires, if all modes for extinguishing fire fails, sea water from main emergency system can be used. - slide 3 of 4 International Shore Coupling The standard sized flanges provided at every strategically positioned hydrant are known as international shore connection. |
The international shore connections are always carried on all the ships and has standard dimensions decided by an international governing authority. The flange is also slotted in order to fit any shore side fire main and bring water onto the ship whenever required. The practice of international shore coupling has |
Exponential growth refers to an amount of substance increasing exponentially. Exponential growth is a type of exponential function where instead of having a variable in the base of the function, it is in the exponent. Exponential decay and exponential growth are used in carbon dating and other real-life applications. I... |
mice in the Duchy of Grand Fenwick grows at a rate of 6% per year. How long will it take for the population to double or quadruple? I have a table of values here I wanted to show you why this is exponential growth. Increasing at 6% per year means very year we're multiplying by 1.06 and so we get p sub 0 when |
t=0, p sub 0 times 1.06 when t=1 and p sub 0 times 1.06 squared when t=2 and so on. This would suggest the formula p sub t equals p sub 0 times 1.06 to the t and that's an exponential growth formula. Now to find the doubling time I need to plug in twice the initial population here. I don't know what the |
initial population is but twice the initial population is 2 times p sub and after you plug in you can see that the actual initial population doesn't matter it's going to cancel out. So now I have the equation 2=1.06 to the t, this is an exponential equation and the way we solve exponential equations is to take the log ... |
going to take that natural log of both sides, it doesn't matter what log you use as long as it's on your calculator so you can use either the common log or the natural log. Okay before I calculate I actually need to use the property of the logs, natural log of 1.06 to the t this is the log of a power so |
the exponent can come out in front t times ln of 1.06 and then we have a simple linear equation to solve this all we need to do is divide both sides b y natural log of 1.06. So ln 2 over ln of 1.06 now I'd like a numerical answer so I'm going to calculate this value ln2 divided by ln 1.06 enter, |
I get t, t is approximately 11.89566 and that would be in years. Because the population growth rate was given as 6% per year, I want to round this off let's say your teacher likes you to round off to the nearest hundredth then when I calculate quadrupling time a reason like this in order for a population to quadruple, ... |
and then double again. So we're going to have 2 doubling times in a row. So it stands to reason that the quadrupling time is twice the doubling time. Twice this, but if I write 23.80 years my answer is not quite right let me multiply in my calculator answer times 2. it's actually 23.79 years. You have to be really care... |
using rounded values to do calculations. These values rounded to the nearest hundredth and when I double it I double whatever round off error there was. So the best way to get my final answer for quadrupling time is to double this value which is still stored in the calculator so multiply this times 2 and you get the co... |
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review. advocacy by Jefferson ...to receive foreign ministers in run-down slippers and frayed jackets. He shunned display, protocol, and pomp; he gave no public balls or celebrations on his birthday. |
By completing the transition to republicanism, he humanized the presidency and made it a symbol not of the nation but of the people. He talked persuasively about the virtue of |
limiting government—his first inaugural address... series of 85 essays on the proposed new Constitution of the United States and on the nature of republican government, published between 1787 and 1788 |
by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in an effort to persuade New York state voters to support ratification. Seventy-seven of the essays first appeared serially in New York |
newspapers, were reprinted in most other states, and were... history of Portugal During the period from 1890 to 1910, the relatively stable politics of rotating governments under the constitutional monarchy |
disintegrated. Feuding monarchist parties and politicians agreed that Portugal faced severe economic, financial, and social problems, but they quarreled over solutions. The republicans increased their support in Lisbon and the |
sarangiArticle Free Pass sarangi, also called saran or saranga , short-necked fiddle used throughout South Asia, particularly for folk and classical Hindustani music. Measuring about 76 cm (30 inches) long, the instrument has a roughly rectangular slightly waisted body and broad fretless neck generally carved from a si... |
tuned a fifth and a fourth apart, and 11 to 37 sympathetically vibrating metal strings. At least two convex bone bridges are required to accommodate the three melodic strings on top and the many vibrating strings below. The musician, who is seated, normally holds the instrument against his left shoulder in a vertical p... |
held in an underhand grip in his right hand. The cuticles (or sometimes the space on the fingernail just above the cuticles) of the left hand are pressed against the strings to sound specific pitches. What made you want to look up "sarangi"? Please share what surprised you most... |
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review. Family Megalopygidae ( flannel moths)240 species in Central and South America; larvae similar to those of Limacodidae, but with normal prolegs and traces of additional ones; setae very toxic |
died July 31, 1981, near Penonomé dictator-like leader of Panama (196878), who negotiated the Panama Canal treaties with the United States, leading to Panama's eventual assumption of control of the canal. Educated at a military school in El Salvador, Torrijos also studied military-related subjects in the United States ... |
In 1952 he was commissioned second lieutenant in the National Guard of Panama (Guardia Nacional; the country's only military force), becoming lieutenant colonel (1966), colonel (1968), and brigadier general (1969). In October 1968 he participated in a coup by the National Guard that overthrew President Arnulfo Arias, a... |
emerged as leader of the new military junta with the title Chief of Government and Supreme Leader of the Panamanian Revolution. He became one of the few Latin American leaders who visited Fidel Castro in Cuba, but he also suppressed leftist labour agitators and students in Panama. Under his rule, |
social services expanded, and Panamanians of African descent had more prominent roles in government; however, corruption and drug trafficking increased. Transfer of the Panama Canal and Canal Zone to Panamanian sovereignty became Torrijos's main objective, and he pursued it to a successful conclusion when on September ... |
President Jimmy Carter of the United States signed two treaties by which the transfer would take place gradually; Panama assumed full control of the canal on December 31, 1999. In the election of October 1978, Torrijos declined to run for the presidency, though he retained command of the National Guard. |
History's greatest empires covered a fifth of the world, ruled hundreds of millions of people, and lasted anywhere from 100 years to over a millennium. Empire, which comes from the |
Latin "imperare" meaning "to command," is a collection of states or ethnic groups united under one ruler or oligarchy. It is a term that has been used to describe recent |
US foreign policy. Wrote filmmaker Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick in a recent USA Today op-ed: "Obama is about to enter his second term as heir of George W. |
Lateral Thinking, Logical Thinking, Applied Creativity Certain processes enhance creative output and others enhance innovative output. Defining creativity as problem identification and idea generation and innovation as idea selection, development and commercialisation, this article will tackle stages two and three |
using the three-stage process of lateral thinking, logical thinking and applied creativity. The start of the process involves building a sizeable idea pool of quality ideas. In this article, we can define quality as being a large number of ideas |
and a large number of diverse and novel ideas. Simply creating the above three categories enhances the size of the idea pool. Whereas we might initially have come up with 20 ideas, we are now consciously able to come up |
with 20 ideas and then 20 others that are purposefully diverse and yet still 20 more that are purposefully novel. This framework that we are beginning to construct begins to show the value of frameworks and models. They break up |
problems into smaller, more manageable parts and allow the mind to focus on each. We can also use lateral thinking techniques to enhance the size of our idea pool. This involves processes such as generating ideas without conscious direction, for |
the sake of generating ideas, purposefully ridiculous ideas, ideas generated from links to diverse and novel objects that have no relation to the apparent problem. Next, we can use logical thinking to generate ideas and increase the quality of the |
idea pool still further. This involves using established models and associations that are recognised as being linked to the problem to generate ideas. For example, a million business models exist to address particular problems. SWOT, PEST, Five Forces, Competitive Advantages |
etc can be used if the issue is indeed a business one. All of the above requires that creative thinking in general be used. That is daring, uninhibited, free-spirited, imaginative, unpredictable and revolutionary. With a sizeable and good quality idea |
pool, we now begin to use critical thinking to reduce the ideas to feasible ones ? applied creativity. Critical thinking involves being reductive, logical, focused, conservative, practical and feasible. Once we have a list of feasible ideas, we then further |
reduce the selection further through risk-reward mechanisms such as the S-curve and idea source probabilities. That is because most organizations do not have the resources to innovate all their good ideas and so only the most likely are given the |
resources and opportunity to succeed. This topic is covered in depth in the MBA dissertation on Managing Creativity & Innovation, which can be purchased (along with a Creativity and Innovation DIY Audit, Good Idea Generator Software and Power Point Presentation) |
site URL are retained. Kal Bishop is a management consultant based in London, UK. He has consulted in the visual media and software industries and for clients such as Toshiba and Transport for London. He has led Improv, creativity and |
should tasks be delegated? Selecting the right subordinate to do the work is an evaluative process, and managers must be able to identify individuals both capable and willing to handle responsibility. 5 Surefire Ways to Bring Your Business Objectives Full |
Circle with Technology All small to mid-sized company owners want to know where their dollar is being spent when it comes to computer technology in their organization. The challenge is for them to get the information they need to make |
the right purchasing decisions. 'Tell me in English why you think we need this technology in our company?' That question goes through every company owner's mind and mouth. Getting the answer that makes sense to them is another story. How |
can the people in charge of your company understand what the value is of specific technology if their computer support people cannot articulate why it is so important? Delegate or Die! You Can't Do It All - Learning To Delegate |
Can What Someone Does Off-hours Affect Your Business? Q: How much do I have to worry about what people who are part of my far-flung "virtual" corporation do when they're not working directly for me? I can't share too many |
details because the situation is touchy, as you might expect, but basically I have someone working for me as a writer, contributing material for my blog, and I have been hearing that he's writing some pretty far out, offensive material |
on other sites. Do I need to worry about it? Rethinking Workplace Security: How the Rules Have Changed The workplace has traditionally been a dangerous place. Very early in mankind's history perils emanated from the place and type of work |
they performed. Long before industrialization, men mined precious metals, gems and fuel in the form of peat and coal hidden beneath the earth's surface. Extracting these materials brought with it the risk of cave-ins and being buried alive. Moreover, the |
quest for the most basic of all life giving substances, water, could also end in sudden death or severe injury as well shafts were dug in the soft earth. Sexual Harassment Policy Guidelines Part II SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION PROCEDURE |
Three Foundation Stones for Building Organizational Integrity When the stock market crashed in 1929, there were a lot of people who lost everything they had. You would think that the result of that event would be complete and utter despair. |
And, in fact, there were those who reacted that way. There were numerous cases of people who committed suicide because they lost their life savings on that fateful day. They simply went into a depression and just couldn't bring themselves |
to go on with life. Focus on Outcomes to Keep Your Business On-Course Did you know that an airplane in flight is off course nearly 98% of the time? No flight is completed in a straight line from Point A |
to Point B. Gravity, side winds, updrafts, and downdrafts are continually moving the plane off course. And yet, the majority of flights arrive at their planned destinations safely and on time. How do airline pilots make this happen? They continually |
keep the outcome or result in mind, say departing from Los Angeles and arriving in Honolulu. Pilots constantly make corrections to compensate for outside forces affecting the plane and use a proven set of process steps to keep everything on |
course. The Comfort Zone The Comfort Zone I have a friend named Gene, a serial entrepreneur who currently runs a software business. Like many people, last year was a tough one for his company. They survived largely by providing add-on |
services to existing customers - a decent response to difficult circumstances. They even grew revenues a bit. But here's something else that happened: They got comfortable. They decided they could exist on their base of customers, and then they "realized" |
there would be no new ones. Million Dollar Support System For You and For Your Business Whether you are a consultant, coach, business owner, doctor, professional, corporate elite or student, whatever your profession is, moving towards your dream requires taking |
courageous steps. Making long-lasting changes requires us to create a network of support. Surrounding yourself with a community of nice-giving-good people, committed to their own growth, will give you tremendous emotional strength to move forward. The Top 5 Signals That |
Your Business Is Running You Starting your own business is a great undertaking but running the day-to-day aspects of your business is the true challenge you will face as an entrepreneur. Do you find that the business you started to |
suit your lifestyle somehow taken over your life and home? If this sounds familiar, then your business is running you. Learn how to run your business again with these top five warning signs and helpful tips. 50 Great Ways to |
Motivate and Not Break the Bank Quick, Easy, and Even Fun! How to Get Your Procedures Project Done Wouldn't it be nice for business owners and executives to be finished with their policies and procedures project already? They know they |
need to get it done, but maybe it's taking too long. Or perhaps their people are staring at a blank piece of paper, and they don't know where to begin. Or maybe they're not sure what to write. Or they're |
just too busy. Involving People Gave Us the Improvements We Needed We had a problem with handling materials in a production department. Our process required raw materials to enter the department, be processed, and leave the department. The raw material |
was placed on pods, delivered for production, removed from the pods, placed on a staging fixture, removed from the fixture and process materials were then placed on another pod and delivered to an internal customer. Internal customer had to place |
on still another pod. Creativity and Innovation Management :- Thought Leadership Leadership is only sustainable when leaders consistently come up with good ideas ? when they are dependable thought leaders. It follows then that leaders would be more effective if |
they knew how to manage creativity and innovation. Outsourced Learning: Are You Ready for Learning BPO? As the business world enters a period of hyper-competitiveness, every business process will be subjected to examination and possible restructuring. We have already seen |
outsourcing and offshoring used to an extent what nobody would have dreamed of a few years ago. McDonald's is testing the offshoring of its drive-thru process to India. How about, "Do you want fries with that?" with a New Delhi |
accent? The Top 10 Requirements for Your Business to Become and Remain Profitable We live in a relentlessly competitive world. The daily pressure to work "better, cheaper and faster" can make even talented business owners and entrepreneurs lose site of |
first principles. As you cope with the decisions and details of running your business, focus on the fundamentals! Regardless of the type of business or the products or services you sell, here are my suggestions for the Top 10 Basics |
that will make your fortune: The Seven Cs: Partnership Danger Signs - The 6th C: Changing Vision A series of articles exploring the seven critical areas that can indicate a partnership is in trouble. Goodwill is an Intangible Asset 'Goodwill' |
is regarded as an intangible asset in a business. Goodwill carries a value over and above the tangible assets of a business, and representing all benefits derived from the distinctive location, trade and brand names, credit rating, reputation, cusotmers and |
patronage of the business. When a business is sold, a charge is usually applied for the goodwill as one of the assets. Are You Ready to Sell Your Business Make Sure You Understand Your Motivation for Selling |
THE LAW. The Equal Pay Act (EPA) of 1963 prohibits employers from dishing out different wages or bene-fits on the basis of gender for "equal work on jobs (requiring) equal skill, effort and responsibility and which are performed under similar |
working conditions." The EPA applies to all employees covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act, which means virtually all employees, and has no exclusion for small businesses. The law is administered by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which can |
conduct equal-pay audits even if it hasn't received a complaint and can initiate lawsuits on behalf of workers. WHAT'S NEW? There's evidence the wage gap is widening, and that could spark more complaints and more inspections. Also, the EEOC is |
already seeing the fruits of an Equal Pay Task Force it set up two years ago. Last year, employees filed 1,251 equal-pay charges and the EEOC brought in a record amount of monetary awards for workers, more than $5 million, |
compared with less than $2 million just five years ago. HOW TO COMPLY. The law seems very straightforward: It requires that men and women be given equal pay for equal work. The jobs don't have to be identical, but they |
must be "substantially equal." Focus on the job content, not titles, to decide whether jobs are substantially equal. When doing a self-audit of your workplace (or determining if a worker has a valid equal-pay case), always look at the factors |
a court would examine: Skill. Look at the experience, ability, education and training required to perform a job, not what skills the individual employees have. Example: Two accounting jobs could be considered equal under the EPA even if one of |
the employees has a master's degree in physics, since that degree isn't required for the job. Effort. Look at the physical or mental exertion needed to do the job. Suppose men and women work on an assembly line, but the |
employee at the end must perform his task and also lift the product into a box. That job requires more effort than the other jobs if the extra lifting is a substantial and regular part of the job. Net effect: |
You could pay that person more. Responsibility. Look at the level of accountability needed to do the work. If you're assigning a minor difference in responsibility, it wouldn't be a factor. Working conditions. This encompasses two things: physical environment, like |
temperature or ventilation, and workplace hazards. A more dangerous or demanding environment allows for a higher pay grade. Key point: You can also set "pay differentials" when they're based on seniority, merit, quantity or quality of work or another business |
reason other than gender. Just be prepared to show a sound business reason why those differentials exist, and have good documentation of your reasons for employee pay levels. Three other tips: - Have accurate job descriptions to help justify pay-for-performance |
disputes. - Offer equal amounts of overtime. It's illegal to favor a man because of a woman's "family constraints" or pregnancy. - If you discover equal-pay problems, it's illegal to lower the wages of either sex to equalize the pay. |
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Enumerators in C# In this article I will explain you about Enumerators in C#. This article has been excerpted from book "The Complete Visual C# Programmer's Guide" from the Authors of C# Corner. As explained earlier, C# has a new |
iteration syntax called foreach. The foreach statement can only be applied to objects of classes that implement the IEnumerable interface. The IEnumerable interface exposes the enumerator, which supports a simple iteration over a collection. Enumerators are intended to be used |
only to read data in the collection and cannot be used to modify the underlying collection. The enumerator does not have exclusive access to the collection. To understand what happens in the background, consider the code snippet in Listing 5.57. |
details and recent updates to the C# language. Before entering the statement block, the compiler generates the code to call the method GetEnumerator of the object passed as the second parameter in the foreach statement. The GetEnumerator method must return |
an object, having a property named Current, of type similar to the first argument of the foreach statement. Also this object must have a MoveNext method of return type bool. This method informs the runtime when to terminate the loop. |
When an enumerator is instantiated, it takes a snapshot of the current state of the collection. If changes are made to the collection, such as the addition, modification, or deletion of elements, the snapshot gets out of sync and the |
enumerator throws an InvalidOperationException. Two enumerators instantiated from the same collection simultaneously can have different snapshots of the collection. If the enumerator is positioned before the first element in the collection or after the last element in the collection, the |
enumerator is in an invalid state. In that case, calling Current throws an exception. The enumerator is positioned before the first element in the collection initially. The Reset function brings the enumerator back to this position. The MoveNext method must |
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