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    others. Managers will work on those measures that are easiest to influence and de-emphasize others. • 8. Not clear that tying compensation to all 32 BSC metrics maximizes firm value. Pilots need to know the plane’s altitude‚ but why base part of their pay on altitude or oil pressure? In other words‚ are all measures equally important? Should they be weighted equally in determining compensation? • 9. Basing compensation on Global’s performance and on M&R’s performance creates free-rider

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    receiver should be locked on to the signal of not less than three satellites to work out a 2D location (latitude and longitude) and path movement. With at least four or additional satellites in view‚ the receiver can resolve the user ’s 3D location (altitude‚ longitude and latitude). Once

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    performance model‚ and finally‚ an estimation of the future atmospheric/environmental conditions (Swierstra and Green 2004). An aircraft trajectory is a future path of an aircraft that can be represented visually in three forms: 2D‚ 3D and 4D (x‚ y‚ altitude and time) with 4D the more frequently used nowadays by air traffic control (ATC) and air traffic management (ATM) due to its far more realistic representation and ease of

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    Blue Sky‚ Red Sunset‚ White Clouds Table of Contents I – Blue Sky‚ Red Sunset‚ White Clouds 1.1 Why do we have Blue Sky? 1.2 Why is the Sunset Red? 1.3 Why is Clouds White? II – Conclusion III - References SUMMARY Not all colors are the result of subtraction and addition of light. Some colors like the blue sky result from the selective scattering of the colors of light by particles in the atmosphere. The color scattered by the particles depends on

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    Antarctica Research Paper

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    d’Urville station in July 1972: 327km/h (199 mph). Slide; 4 Antarctica endures an average temperature of -57.1 degrees Fahrenheit. The south pole is at an altitude of 9‚300 feet‚ and because of the altitude and the location‚ the temperature normally remains very low. The snow mirrors the sun’s solar radiation‚ and this is joined with the altitude of an average 14‚000 feet above sea level makes the center of Antarctica the coldest place on Earth. Slide; 3 Wind is the motion of air. Wind forms when

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    VERBAL - a word formed from a verb but functioning as a different part of speech. Types of Verbals Participles A participle is a verb form used as an adjective to modify nouns and pronouns. The following sentence contains both a present and a past participle: The children‚ crying and exhausted‚ were guided out of the collapsed mine. Crying is a present participle‚ formed by adding -ing to the present form of the verb (cry). Exhausted is a past participle‚ formed by adding -ed to the present

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    S A F E T Y A D V I S O R Operations & Proficiency No. 5 Fuel Awareness Almost home You’re almost home. Through your headset the engine beats louder as you wait for the sound of silence‚ and the knot in your stomach grows larger as time seems to slow down. Your last refueling opportunity is well behind now. It will surely take longer to turn around than to press on‚ and you wonder if backing off on the power will make a difference. But the airplane’s going

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    Quality Healthcare Paper

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    Running head: ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTHCARE PAPER ASSIGNMENT Access to Quality Healthcare Paper Ruddy Jean L. Lewellen MBAJOGZL57 April 27‚ 2010 Quality Healthcare Introduction It will be evident to realize that financial‚ educational‚ and socio – demographic implications can bring serious impact on access to quality healthcare in the organization. Labor shortage will stay an important component that can affect as well the access to quality care. Socio – demographic changes

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    USE OF SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY FOR WEATHER FORECASTING Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location and over the years many techniques have been used to forecast the weather‚ Satellite technology is one of it. The history of weather forecasting and early satellite programmes was told using archive film‚ highlighting the difficulties associated with a lack of weather data. Two hundred dedicated weather satellites

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    What Is Sound?

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    Sound A. What is the definition of Sound? Sound is everything that a person‚ animal or computer can hear. It can be created in a countless number of ways and occurs from anything as simple as tapping on a table. All sounds are a series of vibrations that travel through a medium in all possible directions. The cause of sound is the vibration of an object; once the item vibrates the sound waves then radiate outwards until they are either stopped or they die out. A sound wave has three characteristics:

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