Winter Solutions in Pure Michigan

Our northern neighbors from Farmington Hills, Michigan, will share their winter management success stories. Farmington Hills Department of Public Works has developed an award-winning winter operations program by transitioning away from traditional methods. Choosing to travel down a more sustainable and assetfriendly path by using innovative products, training, and reducing the damage caused by deicing. Farmington Hills DPW has been a leader in expanding the use of organic products in its Snow and Ice Control Program

Calibration

It doesn’t matter if our salt spreaders are new or old, electronic or manual, liquid or granular— they all need to be calibrated. Annual calibration of salt spreaders is an important part of your fleet maintenance, winter maintenance, and MS4 compliance program. Representatives from the Department of Public Works of Farmington Hills, Michigan, will present on calibration of manual and computerized controls for winter maintenance best practices. Topics include granular and liquid calibration as well as using this practice as a tool in conjunction with AVL

Billy, Billy, Bounce Your Baby Doll

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Wee, Wee, Marie (Will You Do Zis for Me)

VERSE Poor Johnny’s heart went pitty, pitty patSomewhere in sunny FranceHe met a girl by chance with ze naughty naughty glance,She looked just like a kitty kitty cat,She loved to dance and play,Tho’ he learned no French when he left the trench,He knew well enough to say: CHORUSWee Wee Marie, will you do zis for meWee Wee Marie, then I’ll do zat for you,I love your eyes they make me feel so spoony,You’ll drive me loony, you’re teasing me,Why can’t we parley vous like other sweethearts do,I want a kiss or two from Ma Cherie,Wee Wee Marie, if you’ll do zis for meThen I’ll do zat for you,Wee Wee Marie,Wee Wee Marie. VERSE 2They walked a long the boule boulevard,He whispered “You for me,Some day in gay PareeI will make you marry me,”Just then a bunch of bully bully boys,Threw kisses on the sly,Marie got wise when they rolled their eyes,They sang as they passed her by. CHORU

Oui Oui, Marie : Wee Wee Marie

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Wee Wee Marie : Will You Do Zis For Me

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Does an athlete's anger differ by sport type and gender?

Anger is an emotion that is frequently associated with a bad reputation. Anger has proven to play an effective role in certain athletic achievements; however, it is unknown which sport and gender have the athletes whose performance is most influenced by anger. In this study, we administered the STAXI-2 to determine relationships between gender and levels of athlete anger in 156 British athletes across a range of contact and non-contact sports and competitive levels (from professional/Olympians to recreational). We investigated differences in levels of anger in relation to the sport they played. Although not statistically significant, the results indicated that male athletes scored higher in trait, expression-out, anger control-out, and overall anger index, but females scored higher in state anger. The findings revealed that athletes in contact sports have higher levels of trait anger, but non contact athletes have higher levels of state anger. This study’s findings imply that anger does not influence all athletes similarly because anger is subjective to persons and sports

Integration of Process Planning and Scheduling in the Manufacturing Sector to Enhance Productivity – a Case study of Developing Countries

A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Wolverhampton for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.This thesis describes research carried out to investigate and address the problems associated with integration of process planning and scheduling through collaboration between diverse functions within manufacturing companies in Nigeria. Collaboration is an emerging necessity for functions of manufacturing companies in developing countries and has been influenced by the evolving need for gathering segmented groups with diverse knowledge and experience in developing new solutions to support addressing complex problems in a domain. Use of new technologies, to some extent, assists interaction and collaboration between segregated functions. This approach has been a feasible solution for real-time communication in virtual environment, however, functional boundaries influence the recognition of the problem-related factors affecting different functions in a domain and results in conflicts of perspectives and ineffective interaction between functions. The study carried out here investigated the limitations of existing approaches to manufacturing with a view to engaging segregated functions by integration of process planning and scheduling functions and thereby develop a new approach to address a key manufacturing company’s complex problem. Consequently, this thesis addresses the research question “How do we minimise the limitations to existing manufacturing approaches which integrate process planning and scheduling in developing countries?”. In doing so, this research brings together current literature on manufacturing systems and empirical evidence to investigate the factors that influence the effectiveness of integration of process planning and scheduling through collaborations with different functions. Review of the existing approaches to integration of process planning and scheduling and the limitations of each approach shows that the effectiveness of this integration has not been fully achieved. This resulted in developing, refining and validating a new approach to integration of process planning and scheduling which was applied in different manufacturing companies. The study resulted in significant contributions to knowledge and benefits for the manufacturing companies involved. A key contribution is development of a new approach to integration of process planning and scheduling called EC-FIKT which emphasises Effective Communication through Facilitated Information and Knowledge Transfer. The applications of EC-FIKT in the field suggest that it eliminates some of the main deficiencies of well-known approaches to integration of process planning and scheduling, and which brings additional benefits to manufacturing companies. The research has also identified areas where there is significant scope for further research and investigation

These Aren't The Drones You're Looking For

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has grown exponentially since 2001. This thesis seeks to explore how unmanned aerial vehicles have changed the way in which the United States prosecutes its targets. This is important because misusing unmanned aerial vehicles, despite their contributions, risks limiting their use in dangerous situations, leaving the mission up to manned aircraft or ground forces. Case studies of UAV use in Pakistan, Yemen, Mali, and Afghanistan were used to analyze three hypotheses on the impact of the proliferation and seeming reliance of the United States on UAVs. The first chapter challenges the negative stigmas of UAVs and argues for a policy to guide their use. The chapter addresses the question, is it UAVs that are a problem, or is it the implementation of UAVs that are a problem? Furthermore, this chapter establishes UAVs as a natural progression in a technologically superior military. The second chapter explores if unmanned aerial vehicles can be used in places like North Africa in lieu of ground forces. The evidence suggests that although UAVs will have their utility in Africa, they are still no substitute for human engagement in certain circumstances. The third chapter addresses if unmanned aerial vehicles can support both counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations. The evidence reviewed in this chapter proposes drones can support either mission, but the mission needs to be clear and unambiguous enough to ensure the use of force is consistent with the strategic objectives of the war. In either type of mission, the role of the UAV has to be consistent with the principles the overall mission is trying to achieve. As a natural progression of a technologically superior military, UAVs have proven to be a reliable and dependable intelligence collection platform with a strike capability, but they are no substitute for human engagement on the ground and require a clear and unambiguous mission to guide the use of force by the unmanned system