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Distributed Power Generation in Rural India

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:16:12 +0000

This paper presents an analysis of a rural distribution network to examine what the benefits of decentralized generation would be for meeting rural loads. We use load flow analysis to simulate the line conditions for actual rural feeders in India, and quantify the loss reduction and system improvement by having decentralized generation available. We also present a framework for valuing ancillary services from the generator, viz., reactive power. This provides a starting point for utilities in developing countries to better plan their systems to meet dispersed loads, while optimizing for renewables and other decentralized generation sources.
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Ten Things You Should Know about Windows 7

maddy — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 10:29:15 +0000

There’s a lot to Windows 7 – as one might expect, in a 17GB operating system! This Microsoft white paper offers ten tidbits will either get you off to a good start in your evaluation process, or perhaps suggest one or two areas for examination that you might not have thought about before. Warts and all, it looks like Windows 7 has a much better chance than Vista did of convincing organizations to upgrade from Windows XP.
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Why We Study Intellectual Property Rights ?

admin — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 08:09:39 +0000

International policies toward protecting intellectual property rights (IPRs) have seen profound changes over the past two decades. Rules on how to protect patents, copyrights, trademarks, and other forms of IPRs have become a standard component of international trade agreements. Most significantly, during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (1986–94), members of what is today the World Trade Organization (WTO) concluded the Agreement on Trade- Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), which sets out minimum standards of protection that most of the world’s economies must respect. Additional international IPR rules have been created in various bilateral and regional trade agreements and in a number of intergovernmental treaties negotiated under the umbrella of the World Intellectual Property Organization.
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Seven Ways to Flunk a Job Interview

maddy — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 07:58:16 +0000

In this age of shrinking workforces and shuttering businesses, you’ve also got plenty of equally qualified company. And when was the last time you interviewed? Chances are, those skills could use a little polish. Fear not. But make sure you don’t throw yourself out of the race by committing one of these common — and fatal — faux pas.
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Legal and Negotiating Strategies Every Manager Should Know

admin — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:52:29 +0000

Today, in what I like to call the civilized world, disputes are resolved in courtrooms. Sure, that’s a step in the right direction. But surprisingly, the strategies and tactics of today’s business disputes are remarkably similar to those used by past leaders on the battlefield.

What’s changed the most, on the other hand, is that today’s leaders are surprisingly unprepared to lead their “troops” into battle. It’s shocking, frankly, how naive and ill-equipped most executives and business leaders are, both before and after they enter the modern-day legal battlefield.
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Costs Are Cool: The Strategic Value of Economic Clarity

admin — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:31:17 +0000

For most nonprofit organizations, the art of making tradeoffs is a condition of survival as well as a key element of success. With limited means to address substantial social challenges, nonprofit leaders constantly make choices about the most effective way to allocate available resources among competing priorities.
information about revenues (in the form of donations, grants, and earned income) is usually fairly solid, organizational knowledge about costs tends to be weak. This is particularly the case when it comes to the true, all-in costs of providing services, running programs and otherwise operating the organization. Lacking this information, nonprofit executives often end up having to make important resource-related decisions on the basis of intangibles such as intuition, the skills and knowledge of the program staff, or the preferences and inclinations of the organization’s funders.
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Delivering on the promise of non profit

admin — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:25:59 +0000

Tough times force hard choices. And these are rapidly becoming the toughest times most of us have ever seen. Even for nonprofit leaders who are accustomed to ‘making much of little,’ the repercussions of the unfolding economic downturn are likely to pose unprecedented challenges.
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How to manage your boss?

newuser — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:22:25 +0000

Arranging seminars and discussion forums to explore how to manage a troublesome boss is common. Diane Stafford of The Kansas City Star gives some common takeaways from those seminars.

The first one is that you can’t change your boss, you can only change your own reactions. It’s up to you to figure out the communication style that works best with your boss. The author says it’s not about you, it’s about the organization, and your interests must be in sync. You need to know what your boss is being measured on and help him or her look good … click here to read ahead

Essential qualities in a Criminal Lawyer

vicky113 — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 02:58:00 +0000

Do you need a criminal lawyer? Are you looking for one to help you with your case? Is anyone you know in trouble and you need clarification on what to look for in a lawyer that will be able to help turn the case in your favour? Would you like guidelines on what you need to spot in any lawyer before hiring his services? How would you like to know within five minutes of talking to a lawyer that you have the right guy? Here are some tips and guidelines to help you along that line.
1. His History and Record
Most of the time, finding a criminal lawyer isn’t the problem. It is his track record that is the problem. Questions like “How many cases has he won? How many has he lost? What do his colleagues think of him? Does he deliver solid results? Most importantly, can he help me win this case?” come to mind when you want to hire a criminal lawyer.
Therefore his track record will speak volumes for him. Criminal lawyers have their victories and their losses. But you don’t want one that has more losses than victories. Some attorneys have the good fortune of winning over 98% of all their cases.
If you find one like this, he is likely to be costly, will be sought out by most people and more importantly, may not have the time for you even if you have the means to pay him for his services.
But if on the other hand, you can find one who has at least 65% of his cases won, then you have a very good chance of hiring the right person – and he is also likely to be less busy and cheaper.
2. Professionalism
A lawyer’s time is crucial and he therefore doesn’t really have the time to chitchat and talk about your woes. What he often wants to talk about is how he can help you. This should come across in your interactions. If he is professional in his interactions with you, then you can be sure you have a good one.
He will often ask questions with the aim of getting to the root of the matter. His demeanour will most times be open and while he may be gruff in appearance, he can often make you feel safe. This is the kind of lawyer you want to deal with.

3. Flexibility in Payment options
While it is important that you pay him his fees, he should be flexible and understand that times can be rough. In certain instances, if he feels that you may not be able to pay and the case involves compensation for you if you win, you can make him an offer by splitting the profits if you win the case. Good criminal lawyers tend to go for this option and will put in their very best to ensure that you win the case. After all, they cannot make any money unless they win.
Other qualities to look for when selecting a criminal lawyer:
* Listen carefully to your needs and explanations
* Ask lots of questions to dig deep for
* Provides procedures and questions that may arise in court very clear to you and other parties involved
* Find all possible means the law to help you receive outcome
* Understands the importance of early preparation
* Works with you in your financial situation to reduce the burden
If you’re not sure where to start your search, go online and type in keywords specific to your needs. For example, type “Salt lake Kolkata criminal lawyer”, “Fort Lauderdale criminal lawyer,” misuse of funds or a lawyer in Mumbai “to find a lawyer according to your specifications and / or location. This will reduce research, and help you find the websites of the various lawyers so that you can compare their services online. Make a few calls and notice the professionalism and manners of the receptionist. This is your first impression of any business and a starting point. Now you are ready to meet with a criminal lawyer or perhaps even a bit to make your final decision.
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Recession and Stimulus

vicky113 — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:49:53 +0000

Recently the markets are doing extremely well where the indices grew by 3-4% and that was great; my portfolio got a much needed kick. However, I cannot help to wonder about those millions of people that are unemployed and cannot even fathom the use of the markets to grow wealth for themselves and their families. In fact they are much more concerned about losing their unemployment benefits than anything else. I had a conversation with a very good friend of mine in the US who is unemployed and she went on and on about more stimulus and why she and other unemployed should not be used as a political football in an election year and that their elected officials should put politics aside and do what is right. Of course out of compassion I agreed with her but her questions got me to thinking so I did some research into more economic stimulus and what this would mean for American families.
Of course a lot of scholars are saying that this is the worse economic downturn since the depression in the 1930’s so that is where I started to get a sense of where we are right now. Herbert Hoover who was President during the early part of the crash decided that the best course of action was to implement an austerity plan to reduce government debt and this will in turn stimulate the economy and get Americans back to work. For obvious reasons this did not work all you have to be is a student of history to know that this was true. I also do not have to tell you that Hoover was voted out of office and was replaced with Roosevelt.
Roosevelt took a different approach and used great governmental stimulus to get people back to work and for the most part his plans worked. Growth was slow at first and it was argued that Roosevelt should have launched a larger stimulus plan and it was as fate would have it the outset of WWII that was the real driver of economic recovery. Now I am not suggesting that we start another world war but what I am suggesting based on historical context is that the government plays a significant role in providing jobs.
Let’s come back to where we are today, economies are more connected than ever before and right now what is happening in Europe and beyond is triggering fits of doubt and uncertainty of businesses and consumers alike. We are not spending we have shrank from participation in the economic flow for good it almost seems, not knowing that this pull back is contributing to our economic pain. Europe is now engaged in wholesale austerity plans where they are spending less in the hope that this action would turn things around long-term. However, economists have feared a double dip recession as a result of this action. Others are concerned that we are on our way to a third depression and perhaps the worse in history. I am not a fortune teller and although I am an MBA student and have a keen interest in economics I cannot tell the future. However, what I do know is history and history dictates that we should engage ourselves in more economic stimulus.
Let us look at today’s economic stimulus packages, some will argue that they did not go far enough and others will argue that they did not work at all. What I want to do here is focus on the family that still has a job or income still coming in. If the economic stimulus package was not put into place do you think you will still have your income? If the stimulus package was much smaller do you think you would still have your income? Those of you who have been unemployed long-term do you think you would have had that safety net renewed again and again? I can substantiate all these questions for you, my unemployed friend’s benefits would have run out a long time ago without the stimulus package and a lot of my other friends who are in respectable positions in businesses, would have laid -off more people and possibly gone out of their job themselves without the stimulus.
The point to this argument is that wholesale austerity is not the answer and arguing austerity for the sake of political gain is suicide for all of those who live in US if not the world. Now I do not live in a bubble and I do know that government debt will have to come under control but as it stands right now the government is the only real entity that can stave off a depression. Are you ready to go into a depression? I am aware that there are about 15 million people out of work; well triple that amount if US go into full fledged depression. That is 45 million people out of work and possibly more than that! I do not know about you but I don’t know a politician that has the political courage to explain why they did not do all they could have done to prevent a depression. Well if that is the case then why are so many governments feeling that reducing deficits is more important than getting people back to work?
Let’s put it this way, when someone is out of work they are not spending money. If we continue to hear about how bad things are from the press and analysts that are paid to track economic stories what do you think the rest of the people who do have income coming in are going to do; they are going to spend less! Don’t get me wrong I do believe that saving has a place in the American fabric and I do like the idea that everybody is becoming more prudent with their money but they are not spending at all in a lot of cases and this is killing economic growth and is not getting people back to work. So what can be done; economic stimulus is the answer for the short-term. In fact I would go as far as to say that they can do both stimulus and some austerity but they have to have the political will to do this and they are all going to have to give up something.
The problem is that I don’t know one American that is willing to give up something to benefit the whole nation, not one! Please forgive me for being cynical but the political climate for the past three years has been ridiculous and self serving for the good of one. Perhaps that is the problem all along and the reason for their predicament now. Selfishness has too much power right now and approving another stimulus to benefit all of the population is too benevolent on the part of the American people and perhaps for all.
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