of ten items. There is the choice of waiting in a conventional line‚ which typically means waiting while a number of consumers before you complete each of their transactions. Then there is a modern option‚ the option of self checkout. This option allows consumers the ability to skip past the long lines‚ and the freedom of not having an item purchase limit (S. Dudley‚ personal interview‚ August 15‚ 2008). These self checkout lines are becoming increasingly popular for many reasons among both consumers
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“Online Distance Mode of Learning” Edited / Authored By: Dr. K. RAVICHANDRAN1M.B.A.‚Ph.D. Professor & HEAD Department of Entrepreneurship Studies Madurai Kamaraj University MADURAI – 625 021 Mobile:+ 91 – 93 60 50 54 43 Email:ravimba_mku@yahoo.co.in (or) ravimba.mku@gmail.com Co-Authored By: VENKATA SUBRAHMANYAM C.V.M.B.A.‚ M.Phil.‚ (Ph.D.) Research Scholar Department of Entrepreneurship Studies Madurai Kamaraj University MADURAI – 625 021 Mobile: + 91 – 96 553 – 83 745 Email:
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In early May 1877‚ the Lakota Sioux medicine man and war chief Sitting Bull led his following of 135 lodges across the "medicine line" which was the name used for the border between the United States and Canada. Sitting Bull ’s decision to move his people north into the Province of Saskatchewan was the outcome of the gradual erosion of the Sioux way of life in the American plains because of the decimation of the buffalo herds. In addition‚ he was unable to protect his people against the U.S. military
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Lines composed Upon Westminster Bridge 1. The poem is in the form of a Petrarchan sonnet. A Sonnet is a lyric poem consisting of a single stanza of 14 iambic pentameter lines linked by an intricate rhyme scheme. It is of two kinds: a) Italian or Petrarchan - falls in two parts - Octave rhyming abba abba followed by a sestet rhyming cdecde or cdccdc. It was first imitated by England both in stanza form and subject – by Milton‚ Wordsworth‚ Christina and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. b) English or Shakespearean
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Report ------------------------------------------------- Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. Bryson DeVan‚ Rachel Lassoff Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.‚ or ODFL‚ is a truckload motor carrier that operates in both the United States and North America. It provides regional‚ inter-regional‚ and national services across North America and has established itself as leader in the freight industry (Old dominion freight line Inc. Profile‚ n.d‚ n.p). ODFL’s success can be seen in its steadily rising stock
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“Crossing the Line Ceremony” In the Navy there is a time honor tradition‚ a tradition observed and recognized by naval services worldwide. The ceremony is called “Crossing the Line Ceremony” where sailors shed their pollywog slime for crusty shellbacks as they cross the equator on board a naval warship. The ceremony is designed to ensure that each “wog” has seen his true status in the eyes of the Ruler of the Seas King Neptune. On the morning of June 26th 1994 my father‚ Paul Fuquay Jr. participated
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In the documentary Behind Taliban Lines‚ a brave Afghan journalist named Najibullah Quraishi‚ risks his life by accepting the invitation as guest to visit the Taliban regime in northern Afghanistan. An exceptional outcome of the visit is a documentary of what the insurgents’ day-to-day lives consisted of. The events that are shown take place in the areas of Afghanistan where the Taliban forces started to increasingly run their operations against opposing forces (Doran). Beginning with the background
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Waiting Line Analysis McDonalds - Dago Benediktus Duan Putra Jeremy Joseph Kristianto Wicaksana McDonalds Waiting Line Objective To study the reliability of the McDonalds delivery system to provide a meal & beverages to a customer prior to reaching their critical wait time. McDonalds provides several queues in parallel‚ the first for ordering and paying‚ and the second‚ an (invisible) station where customers wait while their food is gathered and served. The time it takes to cook the food is
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Waiting Lines & Queuing Models American Military University Business 312 For my project on other operations research techniques I have decided to research waiting lines and queuing models. My interest in this application stems from my personal dislike for standing in lines and waiting on hold while on the phone. This is virtually my only pet peeve; nothing aggravates me faster than standing in a line or waiting on hold. Like most people I go out of my way to avoid lines‚ using strategies
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Power lines “Power lines”‚ the surge of power‚ is a very good story to read; on the other hand‚ it’s very confusing. For illustration‚ the first parts of the story were jumbled up‚ first it talks about basketball then it jumps to him staring at a grasshopper. However‚ even though it was confusing there was some meaning; to begin with‚ when the power lines surged it caused some buzzing noise that gave John‚ the main character‚ a headache because he was trying to concentrate on playing basketball
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