discusses two scenarios where he believes torture should be permitted: “the ticking time bomb and the slower-fuse high level- terrorist”. (313) The ticking time bomb is a situation where hundreds‚ if not thousands‚ of innocent lives are at stake‚ with little to no time‚ all dependent on a crucial piece of information that can help mitigate the situation. The slower-fuse high level terrorist is when a person who is second-in-command of a terrorist cell is captured and has vital information that
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An Improved Control Strategy for DFIG System and Dynamic Voltage Restorer under Grid Voltage Dip Peng Cheng‚ Heng Nian‚ Member‚ IEEE College of Electrical Engineering‚ Zhejiang University‚ Hangzhou‚ China cheng_peng@zju.edu.cn Abstract：With the increasing percentage of wind power in the utility grid‚ grid codes require that wind turbines must have low voltage ride through (LVRT) capability. Considering that doubly fed induction generation (DFIG) systems have the tolerance capability ‚ to
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POWER SYSTEM OPERATION AND CONTROL USING THE SCADA SYSTEM INTRODUCTION Power System Operation and Control can simply be defined as the real time manipulation of certain status quantities based on the Power system design. These quantities are classified as follows 1. Integer- variables * Tap – settings on a Power transformer This is used to vary the secondary voltage to enhance quality of voltage being transmitted to consumers. * Status of circuit breakers‚ RMU fuses‚ feeder-pillar
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Management Control System Assignment “Budgeting Preparation” * Budget Preparation Budget preparation is a summary of company’s plans that sets specific targets for sales‚ production‚ distribution and financing activities. It generally culminates in a cash budget‚ a budgeted income statement‚ and a budgeted balance sheet. In short‚ this budget represents a comprehensive expression of management’s plans for future and how these plans are to be accomplished. It usually consists of a number
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is amazing that this important part of HR is mostly ignored in HR in most organizations because those at the top do not know the value of HR planning. Organizations that do not plan for the future have less opportunities to survive the competition ahead. This article will discuss the importance of HR planning; the six steps of HR planning that is : Forecasting; inventory‚ audit‚ HR Resource Plan; Actioning of Plan; Monitoring and Control. Definition of HR Planning Quoting Mondy et (1996) they
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Assignment 2 1) Suppose you were assigned to write job descriptions for a shirt factory in British Columbia employing mostly Chinese immigrants who spoke little or no English. What methods would you use to collect job analysis data? Answer: When choosing a method‚ HR managers should consider time‚ cost and human efforts included in conducting the process. Taking these criteria into consideration‚ I would use the Observation Method. As a job analyst I would observe the employees and record
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JOB DESCRIPTION Job title: Office Assistant Department: HR Date: 12.12.2012 General Summary: Updates files and registers‚ documents files‚ enters data and loads other necessary information into the software. Answers and receives calls‚ distributes incoming mails to respective staff and types letters. Assists the concerned authorities and maintains the supply of office requisites. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The Office Assistant is required to:
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HR Manager Questionnaire Introduction In line with a study on Human Resource Practices and Organizational Performance in the Textile and Fashion Industry‚ conducted by Ms Suruchi Mittar‚ a research was done using questionnaires as a media. The questionnaires try to relate the companies’ organizational performance to their attitude and implementation of HR Practices. The 17 interviewed companies were exclusively export houses in the fashion and textile industry with an annual turnover of 20
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multilevel security. The highest security level can be achieved when you work with Domino server‚ using Lotus Notes (‘thick’ client). IBM says about seven security levels the following: • Network – this level works with network side (physical possibility); • Authentication – the process for “trust” connection establishing between the server and the applier; • Domino Server Security - this level deals with server documents access rights; • Database Access (ACL) - this level provides
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The HR Scorecard: Linking People‚ Strategy‚ and Performance by Dave Ulrich This Book Is Rapidly Becoming An Industry Best Practice Framework Providing the tools and systems required for leading a measurement managed HR architecture‚ this important book heralds the emergence of human resources as a strategic powerhouse in todays organizations. Three experts in the field outline a powerful measurement system that highlights the indisputable role HR can play as both a prime source of sustainable
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