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6 Flourishing Tiny House Communities
Looking to live differently? Opting to forego a traditional house or apartment for a home the size of a typical American living room would certainly be a change. If that sounds like heaven, consider a tiny house. People are attracted to tiny living for different reasons. Find out what makes these communities flourish. Here are six flourishing tiny house communities throughout the U.S.
1. Little River Escape – Cloudland, Georgia.
In the northwestern corner of Georgia, this gated community on Lookout Mountain is made up entirely of tiny houses. The property was founded by Ed Watters, who first learned about tiny houses in 2011 after having recently developed a retirement community in nearby Rome, Georgia, and was exploring more downsizing options for people as they retire.
2. Airstream Park – Las Vegas, Nevada.
Downtown Las Vegas has possibly the most famous tiny house community in the U.S. Created by Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, the community is the permanent home to Airstream trailers, tiny houses and a few alpacas. Hsieh transformed a parking lot he owned into the existing community as part of his efforts to revitalize the city's downtown.
3. WeeCasa – Lyons, Colorado.
WeeCasa is a tiny home resort for people looking to experience the lifestyle for a short period and also enjoy the local area at the edge of the Rocky Mountains. While WeeCasa owns many of the tiny houses on the property, others are contracted to WeeCasa to be rented out to guests. The resort is particularly busy with wedding parties during the summer months, but it also serves to provide a glimpse into tiny living.
4. Tiny Homes Detroit – Detroit.
Created and operated by local charity organization Cass Community Social Services, Tiny Homes Detroit is a permanent tiny house community aimed at using the small size and cost of tiny homes to help resolve low-income housing needs. Those who occupy these tiny houses, funded through charitable donations, are formerly homeless, senior citizens or even low-income college students.
5. Canoe Bay Escape Village – Near Chetek, Wisconsin.
Canoe Bay started out as a community of brick-and-mortar buildings on more than 300 acres on a lake in northwestern Wisconsin and has since expanded to include a community of tiny houses used as second homes, vacation rentals and short-term stays. Most people who own a tiny house at Canoe Bay come on weekends or stick to seasonal visits, especially snowbirds who live in southern U.S. during the winter.
6. Tiny Tranquility – Waldport, Oregon.
Tiny Tranquility launched in 2018 to offer nightly stays in the property's tiny houses, along with spaces for rent to park existing tiny houses and hook them up to available utilities. Like many tiny house communities, much of the focus at Tiny Tranquility is on easy access to outdoor attractions, including a dog park, picnic and fire pit area, greenhouse and hiking trails.


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Yang Hui
Born in 237BC China, Liu Hui was handed the twin swords, Qing Long and Huo Feng, to fight against evil. She married Yang Xun, and died in 212BC while protecting a village. She was revived in 1990AD by the Academy.
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Height/Weight: 170cm/60kg 5'7/132lb
Age/Gender:25/F (dead for 2202 years)
Eyes/Hair: Dark brown and black
Kind-hearted and motherly, she's very protective of people she considers family and friends.
Twin swords, Qing Long and Huo Feng, passed down through the females in her family
**Born in 237BC China, Liu Hui was the eldest female in the Liu family. The Lius were reknowned for subduing evil spirits and entities. She inherited the twin swords, Qing Long and Huo Feng. They were named for the spirits that possessed them, a green dragon and a fire phoenix.
**In 222BC, at the age of 15, her parents arranged her marriage to Yang Xun, the eldest son from a long line of teachers. Yang Xun was an upright and respectable Confucian scholar. She fell deeply in love with her husband and they subsequently had four children, two boys and two girls.
**In 221BC, Qin Shi Huang became the emperor of China. In 213BC, he ordered the burning of books. In the following year, scholars were burned alived for owning books and disloyalty to the emperor. Most of the Yangs had been wiped out due to their Confucian background. Yang Xun was one of them. Yang Hui managed to escape by hiding in a cave with her children, along with two nieces and two nephews . With eight children in tow, she returned to the Lius for help. The Lius turned her away, fearing their whole family would be wiped out by the emperor. However, they gave her a large sum of money before sending her away.
**In 212BC, Yang Hui, with eight children in tow, retreated to a small village near the sea. Although food was scarce, the family managed to get by eating wild plants and fish, along with the kindness of their neighbours. One night during winter, Yang Hui sensed a malicious storm approaching from the sea. She quickly placed protective talismans over the entire village and went out to do battle with her two swords. Weakened from malnutrition and stress, she fought a hard battle with the evil spirits hidden in the storm. Determined to protect the townspeople and her children, she used up the last of her energy, perishing with the spirits in the process. Her body and her two swords sank to the bottom of the ocean. Despite the villager's efforts to retrieve her body and swords, she could not be found.
**In 1990sAD, the two swords began vibrating at the bottom of the ocean floor, perhaps a signal of the things to come. Theodore and Lorraine were alerted to the sudden spiritual presence of the two reawakened swords and went to retrieve Yang Hui, giving her a new body. Although internally weak from the long battle and thousands of years under the ocean, the Academy quickly helped her regain her internal energy. However, she is still saddened about missing out on her children's lives, and is eager to find any remaining descendents. Because of her loss, she has a deep urge to mother anyone and everyone.
Yang Hui's Story
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A St. Albert, Alberta, stunt pilot will fly before a hometown audience for the first time in years this summer as part of a new airshow at the Villeneuve Airport. Dean Heuman and Richard Skermer of RWE Events officially announced the new Edmonton Airshow at a press conference at the Alberta Aviation Museum in Edmonton. RWE Events is the non-profit group that previously ran the Edmonton Indy at the Edmonton municipal airport.
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STARS responding to more calls
Manitoba's air ambulance is flying to emergency scenes far more often over the past few months, thanks to new response rules. The Winnipeg base of the Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society saw its number of takeoffs soar after criteria triggering its automatic dispatch broadened to cover more vehicle collisions and medical calls. Previously, the chopper would only be sent out immediately if a patient was trapped in a vehicle or already unconscious, not just at risk of critical injury, according to STARS.
Frugal pilots KISS: Keep it safe and simple
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Pilot takes off from belly of plane without landing gear
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WW2 National Capital Flyover
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Character Spotlight: Deadpool
September 19, 2012 Eric Chacon Billy D, Comics, Marvel 0
This Week's Character Spotlight has been taken over…….By Yours Truly, "The Merc with the Mouth" DEADPOOL
Deadpool is one of the more unusual characters in the Marvel Universe. He is insane, a killer, a mercenary, a hero, an anti-hero, and downright funny! He is Wade Wilson, a human who was mutated and given incredible regenerative powers which, while allowing him to survive virtually any wound, also drove him stark-raving mad!
Real name: Wade Wilson
Occupation: Professional Mercenary
Birth place: Unrevealed location in Canada
Weight: 125lbs.
Known Relatives: General Wilson –Father; deceased
Mrs. Wilson –Mother; deceased
First Appearance: New Mutants #98 (1990)
Origin/Background:
Deadpool's true background is somewhat confused, as his backstory contains contradictory information, but it is clear that as a young man he grew up in a violent and unstable home, and he enrolled in the U.S. military's Special Forces, where he became a trained and experienced killer. After leaving the army, Wade Wilson travelled the world as a highly-effective mercenary and assassin.
After contracting cancer (apparently a strain that is part of his genetic destiny), Wilson volunteered as a subject for the second Weapon X program (the first Weapon X program produced Wolverine and Sabretooth), where Wilson's physical body and his mind were altered at the genetic level. This genetic manipulation was intended to provide Wilson superhuman regenerative healing factor (based on the DNA of Wolverine), stop the growth of his cancer and enhance his physical abilities. Wilson's cancer interfered with the genetic changes in unanticipated ways; disfiguring him horribly (he has a really ugly, scarred face and body) and making him mentally unstable. His mental insanity takes the form of hallucinations, dual conversations with himself, and the belief that he is a character in a comic book and he can talk to the reader. This last psychological pathology is referred to by mental health professionals as "Comic Awareness."
Deadpool's codename comes from his time as a test subject at Doctor Killebrew's "Workshop" at The Hospice, where failed Weapon X experimental subjects went for further testing. Inmates would place bets on who would survive the horrible experiments the longest, and due to his enhanced healing factor, Wade Wilson carried the longest odds against dying; hence the name Deadpool.
Since escaping from The Hospice, Deadpool has worked as a mercenary and assassin (usually killing only those who deserve killing), and occassionally working with various heroes in the Marvel Universe. He also often fights with various heroes in the Marvel Universe. His latest adventures have him employed by Nick Fury, fugitive former director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Fury had Deadpool infiltrate a ship belonging to the invading Skrulls in order to steal bio-data on the Skrull race.
POWERS/ABILITIES:
Deadpool's primary power is an accelerated healing factor, depicted by various writers with differing levels of efficiency. Artificially endowed by the Weapon X program, this enables him to regenerate any destroyed tissue at a super-human rate as well as making him immune to all known diseases. An unanticipated side effect was an acceleration of the cancerous tumors he was suffering from at the time, causing them to quickly spread across his entire body. Because of this, his healing factor super charged his cancer, resulting in massive scar tissue causing his appearance to be severely disfigured.
Deadpool's brain cells are similarly affected, with dying brain cells being rejuvenated at a super accelerated rate. This allows Deadpool to recover from any and all head wounds, and it renders him nearly invulnerable to psychic and telepathic powers, as the altered or damaged brain cells quickly regenerate to their original state. It is also the cause of his psychosis and mental instability. Deadpool's healing factor is strong enough that he has previously survived complete incineration and decapitation more than once, though his head had to be reunited with his body to heal the wound. Unlike Wolverine's natural healing factor, Deadpool's is mentally driven. Similar to Wolverine, his healing factor also affects his physical attributes by increasing them to superhuman levels. Though in earlier years he also had super-human strength, that detail has apparently been forgotten. Deadpool's body is highly resistant to most drugs and toxins. For example, it is extremely difficult for him to become intoxicated. He can, however, be affected by certain drugs such as tranquilizers, if he is exposed to a massive enough dosage. Deadpool's healing factor also slows the aging process. He is still alive 800 years in the future when the new X-Force encountered him.
Aside from his physical advantages, Deadpool is a superb assassin and mercenary, versed in multiple forms of martial arts, and an expert swordsman and marksman. It is thought that while his psychosis and dissociative identity disorder is a handicap, it is also one of his attributes as it makes him an extremely unpredictable opponent.Taskmaster (who has photo-reflexive memory which allows him to copy anyone's fighting skills by observation) was unable to defeat Deadpool due to his chaotic and improvised fighting style. Taskmaster has also stated that Deadpool is an expert at distracting his opponents. Over the years, Deadpool has owned a number of personal teleportation devices. Also, during Deadpool's first ongoing comic, he possessed a device which projected holographic disguises, allowing him to go undercover or conceal his appearance. In addition, Deadpool is multilingual and can speak German, Spanish, and Japanese. Occasionally, Deadpool has also been shown as having a magic satchel, often pulling weapons out of nowhere.
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All guest rooms in the hotel are equipped with a flat-screen TV with satellite channels. Some rooms also offer a kitchen with a microwave and a fridge. At Grand Suites Hotel rooms have a private bathroom with a bath.
Gemayzeh Street (Rue Gouraud) is 2.7 miles from the accommodation, while Place de l'Etoile - Nejmeh Square is 2.3 miles from the property. The nearest airport is Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, 7 miles from the property.
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FCT State Minister Harps On Peace, Unity
by Enuwa Ochai December 21, 2021 December 21, 2021 0
By Remi Johnson
FCT Minister of State Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has advocated for unity among Nigerians irrespective of culture, clime, colour or religion.
Dr Aliyu who made the call during the launch of peace and unity campaign held in Abuja, was of the opinion that unity has the tendencies of fostering peaceful coexistence among people of different ethnicity and development.
She stressed that people must learn to tolerate one another for peace to reign and for the preservation of the unity of Nigeria.
According to Dr Aliyu, the Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA, would continue to partner with any responsible group championing the course of building responsible leaders that have the interest of the youths in the country at heart.
The Minister therefore called for doggedness, value reorientation and patriotism on the part of youths and Nigerians at large.
In his remarks, the President of Ambassadors of Voice of Change in Nigeria, Mr. Bala Ahmed, said with the official launch in the nation's capital, the campaign train would be moved to the 36 states of the federation to preach the gospel of peace.
He also commended FCTA for the partnership and called on governments at all levels, religious and traditional institutions to domesticate peace initiative.
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Swing and Steady both operate in a widget industry. Their cost structures are different because swing is a machine intensive entity that relies on machines for most of its operations and therefore incurs less direct cost. Steady is a labor intensive entity that basis its operations on man power and incurs more direct cost, but less fixed cost (Gregson, 2008, 33-45). Both of them want to enter a market segment that is not currently served by them and can potentially increase their sales volume.
Swing and study both wan to enhance their profitability level. They want to enter in new market segment to enhance their sale level and profitability. Both companies have their own limitations with their pricing strategies (Gregson, 2008, 33-45). For better understanding, each requirement with their suggested solution is mentioned below separately.
As can be seen from the calculations above, both the companies provide a positive contribution from the additional sales which will contribute to cover the fixed costs per month and therefore increase profitability because fixed costs accrue evenly irrespective of the increase or decrease of the number of units produced (Gregson, 2008, 33-45). Therefore it is recommended that both the companies should take this opportunity to enter into this market if they are successful to create a separate segment of the market and charge lower prices to additional customers.
If the companies are not able to create a separate market and have to charge same prices to all the customers then for swing it is feasible to enter into the market as profit and loss analysis of swing shows profit for both levels of increases. But for steady it is not recommended as the analysis shows a loss. Only in case, steady enters into the market alone and gets a 40% increase in sales only then it can come out with a profit (Gregson, 2008, 33-45).
The answer to part (b) differs from part (a) because; in part (b) we assume that the both companies are not able to segment the market and have to charge same prices to all the customers and we have made all the calculations on this assumption. While in part (a) recommendations were based on the assumption that companies have created a market segment and charge lower prices to additional customers.
Based on the calculations and analysis made above and the condition that no company is successful in creating a market segment, it is recommended that swing must continue towards entering the new market by decreasing the prices. For steady a loss of 2000 is calculated, based on the data provided even if the sales increase by 20%. So it is not recommended for steady to enter the market by decreasing the prices.
Steady's decision to cut the price was right to survive in the market because if it did not cut the prices it could have lost its 60% share which means 3000units (5000*60%) and this steady could not afford (Gregson, 2008, 33-45). Even if it is currently making a loss after reduction of price, this price reduction has maintained it in the market and it has a chance to make it back in the race. If steady tries to reduce the variable cost, then it can turn the loss into profit and this cost reduction can also help to enter in the new market.


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David Ardagh Presuppositions of Collective Moral Agency: Analogy, Architectonics, Justice, and Casuistry
This is the second of three papers with the overall title: "A Quasi-Personal Alternative to Some Anglo-American Pluralist Models of Organisations: Towards an Analysis of Corporate Self-Governance for Virtuous Organisations".1 In the first paper, entitled: "Organisations as quasi-personal entities: from 'governing' of the self to organisational 'self '-governance: a Neo-Aristotelian quasi-personal model of organisations", the artificial corporate analogue of a natural person sketched there, was said to have quasi-directive, quasi-operational and quasi-enabling/resource-provision capacities. Its use of these capacities following joint deliberation in ethically permissible and just joint acts, their effect on end-users and other parties, and conformity with or challenge to State law, arguably settles its moral status as an ethical or unethical organisational agent. This paper identifies and defends the presuppositions of this conception, and applies the results to business.
Hugh Bowden The Ethics of Management: a Stoic Perspective
The purpose of this article is to explore the notion that certain aspects of Stoic thinking can give useful insights into some salient issues in current management theories. The Stoics, as represented in this paper chiefly by Epictetus, concerned themselves with: management of self, management processes and information. The main focus is on ethics – how the individual and the organisation ought to behave. Pierre Hadot, in 'Philosophy as a Way of Life' notes 'a degree of resonance between Stoic prescriptions and recent theories of leadership and governance'. This article attempts to explain the resonance by identifying a convergence between some management theories and certain aspects of Stoic thought. Certain key terms of Stoicism can find direct correlates in modern managerial terminology. It is suggested that the convergence can occur in terms of the topic – the reference point or issue, the reference group of thinkers concerned with the issues and the cultural and social context.
Regina Queiroz The Importance of Phronesis as Communal Business Ethics Reasoning Principle
In this article I maintain the importance of the Aristotelian concept of prudence or phronesis applied to business ethics, distinguishing its meaning from Solomon and Hartman's approaches to Aristotelian business ethics. Whereas Solomon stresses the value of perception of particulars and Hartman criticizes the incapacity of Aristotelian phronesis to dwell with the interests of others, I advocate that Aristotelian virtue ethics is important because the concept of phronesisdoes three things: (a) stresses the rational calculation and general principles or rules in virtue ethics, in general, and business ethics, in particular; (b) provides a communal-based ethics principle; and c) offers us a clear comprehension about what calculation or reasoning is in ethics.
Christine Noel-Lemaitre, Séverine Le Loarne-Lemaire Human Resource Management and Distress at Work: What Managers Could Learn from the Spirituality of Work in Simone Weil's Philosophy
Workplace spirituality deals with paradoxes. This concept has been taken on board since the late 1980s, but very few human resource managers have realised that workplace spirituality could make an essential contribution to a better understanding of workplace and corporate reality. Increasing numbers of academic papers are being published on this subject but mere remain many grey areas for researchers. The aim of this paper is to use Simone Weil's philosophy as a reading grid to get an insight into workplace spirituality as a new paradigm of management. Initial studies attempting to apply Weil's philosophy to management highlight the necessity for all the actors within the organisation to define their job tasks and contents according to their own way of thinking. Our interpretation of Weil's philosophy also sheds light on the impossibility of dissociating thinking and acting and reminds us that work is done to nourish both the body and the soul. By concentrating on the spirituality of work, we can establish new links between ethics and human resource management.
Miriam Green Can Deconstructing Paradigms Be Used as a Method For Deconstructing Texts?
Problems surrounding representations of texts have previously been raised and discussed, as has the difficulty, in the light of hermeneutic, critical and post-structuralist writers, of arriving at definitive meanings of texts. This paper is part of ongoing research into the problem of evaluating the representation of original texts in the organisation/management area. The texts in question are Burns and Stalker's The Management of Innovation 1961, 1966, and to alesser degree Lawrence and Lorsch's Organization and Environment 1967. The representations are those in three widely used textbooks typical of many, and applications in management accounting research. A way round this apparent impasse may be to see whether there are any 'objective' or commonly accepted standards and criteria within a particular system of thought, assuming that the texts in question are all located within the same system. These texts will beexplored in terms of the paradigmatic boundaries they encompass to see whether the same kinds of problems and solutions are presented, and whether they ultimately lie within the same boundaries. Finally, having argued that they are largely located in different paradigms, the underlying question is raised as to whether one paradigm can be an adequate vehicle for the transmission of a text substantially in another.


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Rob is Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer for Centuri Group, Inc. He has oversight for all Centuri's market segments – U.S. gas operations, Canada operations, and electric operations.
In this position, Rob is responsible for furthering the One Team concept among operational leadership, driving consistency, and optimizing efficiencies, all of which are critical components in ensuring a scalable structure is built to support Centuri's growth, diversification, and sustainability initiatives.
Rob joined Centuri in 2018 as Executive Vice President, Electric Transmission and Distribution. He was promoted later that same year to President of Centuri Power Group. Rob assumed his current COO role in May 2022. Prior to Centuri, Rob built nearly 40 years of energy experience by way of his wide range of positions at Michigan Trenching Services, InfraSource Services, and Mears Group. Starting in the field as a laborer in 1978 with Michigan Trenching, his family's business in Michigan, he worked his way into management over the next ten years, eventually taking over the reigns as president and owner in 1993. He facilitated the successful sale of the company in 2000 to Exelon and remained with the new organization as Division President for 13 years. Over the past several years, Rob has provided consulting services to many organizations in the energy and telecom industries, focusing on integration, growth, succession, strategy, and transformational planning.
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It probably won't make current investors very happy.
After keeping its collective head down for months, General Electric's (NYSE:GE) management team has started to put itself out there, offering numerous conference calls, presentations, and Q&A sessions to promote its plans for the company.
On March 5, CEO Larry Culp presented at the JPMorgan Aviation, Transportation and Industrials Conference. The company issued guidance on March 14. And on March 19, it was CFO Jamie Miller's turn to make a presentation at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Industrials and EU Autos Conference.
In this, her first presentation during Culp's tenure, Miller largely repeated the same talking points Culp had used. But there was one important point that many investors might have missed that doesn't bode well for the company.
Declaring a "reset year" is a way to indicate underperformance for both sports teams and companies. Image source: Getty Images.
Culp used the term "reset" in his presentation, and many news outlets picked up on it, dubbing 2019 a "'reset' year" for the company. In her presentation, Miller used the term "reset year" multiple times. That might give investors the impression that in just nine months or so, the company's problems will be essentially memories. Here's the thing, though: "Reset years" often take more than a year.
In sports, a team will sometimes dub a year a "reset year," which is its way of telling fans not to expect too much from what's often a depleted or youth-heavy roster. The implication is that after a lousy season, the noobies will have gotten enough pro experience under their belts to start playing better.
Here in Cincinnati, our "lovable losers" baseball team, the Reds, declared that 2017 was a "reset year," featuring a much younger roster and, in particular, several new members of the pitching staff. Sure enough, the team finished at the bottom of its division. But then 2018 rolled around, and those now-seasoned players managed to...again finish at the bottom of the division, with a worse record than the prior season. Oh well, there's always next year.
But that may not be the case for GE.
In her presentation, Miller seemed to imply on several occasions that 2020 wasn't shaping up to be all that great for the company either. Based on her comments, investors probably shouldn't expect much from GE until 2021. That's longer than many investors may want to wait.
For example, while Miller stated that Q1 2019 is expected to be the company's weakest quarter of the year -- implying subsequent improvement -- the company is still almost certain to be cash flow negative for 2019 and is only projecting "positive cash flow" (which could be $1) in 2020.
When discussing the company's deleveraging efforts, Miller pointed out that the company has "$25 billion of debt maturing in 2019 and 2020," after which (i.e., in 2021) the company will be in a much better situation. She then brought up that preferred stock from GE Capital will move to the parent company in 2021, further improving the company's financial situation.
As for the perennial thorn in GE's side, its Power division, Miller said that the first step "beyond 2019" is earnings improvement. Then she spoke about the legacy costs that the company inherited from its acquisition of Alstom's Power unit as an "inheritance tax" that will "run off over the next two years."
Put together, this all seems to indicate that a serious recovery won't begin at GE until 2021.
This pretty much aligns with the messages that have come from the company in recent presentations. The company's guidance suggested that while free cash flow would see "significant improvement" in 2020, that's as compared to 2019's projection of negative free cash flow. The company didn't guide toward "acceleration" until 2021.
What's worrisome is that if the real turnaround doesn't show up until 2021, it may be too late to rescue GE's credit rating. The three major credit ratings agencies -- Standard & Poor's, Fitch Ratings, and Moody's -- have already taken away GE's "A" rating, with the company's debt now rated BBB+/Baa1. Fitch has been making noise that it may have to downgrade GE's debt again if it doesn't look like GE Power will break even and improve its margins by 2020 -- which at this point isn't looking too likely.
Of course, nobody knows how the market might react to such a downgrade...or how it might react to any other developments (good or bad) that arise in the next two years. But with a dividend yield of (currently) 0.4%, is it worth the wait?
As in any turnaround story, there's a lot of risk involved here. I'm not convinced the risks -- a potential credit downgrade, substantial improvement in the power market, any number of other unknowns -- are worth it. You have to consider that even if all goes according to plan, it will take nearly two years to see meaningful improvement, for which you'll be earning a paltry dividend yield.
Being a GE investor is a lot like being a Reds fan (I'm both): It takes a lot of patience and doesn't guarantee any reward. For those who can stomach those conditions, it may (eventually) be worth it. But right now, I think there are better places for your money in the industrial space.


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Fox currently airs soccer matches in the United States. These matches are from the FIFA World Cup, the FIFA Women's World Cup, the UEFA European Championship, the Gold Cup, Copa América, MLS, and Liga MX. Fox formerly aired the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, the Premier League, the Bundesliga, the Serie A, and the FA Cup.

Current contracts

FIFA
On October 22, 2011, FIFA awarded English-language rights to its tournaments to Fox from 2015 through 2022, including the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup, and the 2015 (which would mark Fox's first professional FIFA tournament broadcast) and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, replacing ESPN and ABC. In February 2015, the contract was extended to 2026, in what was reported to be compensation for the re-scheduling of the 2022 World Cup to late-November/mid-December (which conflicts with the regular seasons of most major U.S. leagues, including the NFL) due to the climate of the host country. Fox's coverage could end after the 2026 FIFA World Cup as ESPN is interested in the 2030 FIFA World Cup

UEFA
Fox replaces ESPN as the new home of the UEFA national tournaments. This six-year agreement will including the next two editions of European Championship as well as the UEFA Nations League, UEFA qualifying competitions, and all friendly matches controlled by UEFA. FuboTV will stream matches via sublicensing from Fox.

CONCACAF
Fox exclusively airing most of CONCACAF Clubs and Nations Championship until 2022-2025, including Gold Cup, Champions League, and both Men's and Women's Olympic Qualifying tournament.

CONMEBOL
Fox reached a long-term agreement with CONMEBOL for airing their South American men's and women's soccer tournament, highlighted with Copa América and Copa América Femenina also including World Cup and Olympic qualifiers. This six-year agreement will kick-off this June with 2021 Copa América.

Liga MX

In May 2018, Fox Sports acquired the rights to Tijuana, Monterrey, and Santos home matches. These matches started airing across Fox Sports in late July 2018, with the exception of Santos matches which will begin in 2019. In July 2022, their coverage was expanded with addition of Juárez home matches. Matches are broadcast on FS1, FS2, Fox Deportes, and the Fox Sports regional networks in the Western U.S.

MLS
Fox aired weekly Major League Soccer (MLS) matches on Sunday afternoons and evenings. Rob Stone hosted in the studio alongside studio analysts Alexi Lalas and Maurice Edu. John Strong and Stuart Holden called the weekly matches from site. (See Major League Soccer on television.) Most of the coverage moved to Apple TV+ after 2022. Fox will still continue to air games as sole linear partner through the 2026 season.

Coupe de France
Fox acquired the rights to the Coupe de France in 2023 from beIN Sports.

Canadian Premier League
In August 2020, Fox Sports became the first American broadcast partner of the Canadian Premier League.

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Bundesliga
Fox aired the Bundesliga since 2015 and aired all 306 league games and relegation playoffs via FS1, FS2, and Fox Soccer Plus. The pre-game and halftime show is hosted by Ian Joy or Kate Abdo, and two pundits (rotation). The lead commentator was Keith Costigan. The 2019–20 season was the networks' last broadcasting the Bundesliga as ESPN picked up the rights.

DFL-Supercup
Fox has aired the German DFL-Supercup since 2015 and only airs select tournament matches.

Premier League

Fox Soccer aired the English Premier League from 2000 to 2013. In the later years of their coverage, Fox had a studio pregame show first hosted by Christian Miles until 2011, then by Rob Stone. Studio analysts were Warren Barton, Eric Wynalda, and Keith Costigan. Commentary was provided by former corporate sibling Sky Sports.

FA Cup

Fox previously aired the English FA Cup since 2014, until their rights expired in 2018. ESPN has since acquired these rights. FA Cup coverage was hosted by Rob Stone or Kate Abdo alongside a rotation of analysts including Warren Barton, Alexi Lalas, and Mario Melchiot. Lead world feed broadcast team for FA Cup was Martin Tyler and Stewart Robson.

UEFA Champions League and Europa League

Fox formerly aired the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League from 2009–18. Rob Stone hosted UEFA Champions League coverage alongside a rotation of analysts including Warren Barton, Brad Friedel, Eric Wynalda, Stuart Holden, and Alexi Lalas. Lead broadcast team for non World-Feed broadcasts of UEFA Champions League from 2013–14 was Gus Johnson and Eric Wynalda, then the World-Feed broadcasts, and finally John Strong and Stuart Holden or Brad Friedel replaced them as lead commentator from 2016–18. Ian Joy or Kate Abdo hosted UEFA Europa League coverage alongside analysts Stuart Holden, Warren Barton, and Mario Melchiot. Lead broadcast team for Europa League coverage was Keith Costigan and Alexi Lalas. For World-Feed broadcasts, Tony Jones and David Pleat call both UEFA Champions League Final and UEFA Europa League Final.

USMNT/USWNT
Through their MLS deal, Fox shared the right to USMNT and USWNT matches with ESPN/ABC. John Strong and Stuart Holden were the main USMNT commentators with studio coverage hosted by Rob Stone alongside analysts Alexi Lalas and Maurice Edu. USWNT commentators were JP Dellacamera with analyst Aly Wagner and studio coverage was hosted by Rob Stone, Sara Walsh, or Jenny Taft with analysts Leslie Osborne, Heather O'Reilly, Christie Pearce Rampone, and Alexi Lalas. This coverage has ended after 2022 when these rights moved to Turner Sports.

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Erazim V. Kohak
In response to:
Live Attraction from the May 21, 1970 issue
To the Editors:
D. A. N. Jones, in his thorough and perceptive review of Milan Kundera's The Joke (NYR, May 21), has done the readers a service which I, as a Czech, very much appreciate. However, he seems to have been somewhat misled by having to rely on a doubtful translation and on very sketchy familiarity with the book's Czech background.
First of all, The Joke most emphatically does not reflect the Dubcek liberalization which D. A. N. Jones somewhat oddly places in quotes. Kundera finished the manuscript in 1965, well before Dubcek. The period he writes about is that of the decaying authoritarianism of the Novotný years. The liberalization process was a response to the conditions Kundera describes, not a part of them.
Kundera's book simply cannot be read, as Jones occasionally seems to do, in terms of the common American conception of socialist development. The model of revolutionary enthusiasm undermined by liberal decadence (or, for that matter, its mirror image on the right, Communist tyranny modified by drive for freedom) simply does not fit the realities of the Czech situation. A rather more complex model, applicable with minor variations to all countries where the Communist Party achieved unrestricted monopoly on power, is needed.
That model has three stages, with a historical footnote. The initial stage, following seizure of power, was genuinely one of revolutionary enthusiasm. The new regime did enjoy the support of a significant segment of the population, perhaps as much as 30 percent, and tacit consent of many more. The men responsible for what later came to be termed "deformations" were genuinely dedicated. Though they may not have believed that terror was good, they were convinced that it was necessary, and justified by socialist ideals. This was the stage of official enthusiasm—including, incidentally, the officially directed and sponsored enthusiasm for "folk" art. Behind the facade of triumphant revolution, it was also the stage of mass arrests, purges, and staged trials, but for all that the enthusiasm was still genuine.
D. A. N. Jones shows a feeling for this stage, and so does Kundera. But unlike Kundera, Jones has little feel for the second stage in which Kundera's novel is set. This stage, lasting roughly from 1958 to the mid-Sixties, was not an age of liberalization, but rather of decadent authoritarianism, an age of disillusion and apathy. Revolutionary enthusiasm had dried up, not because of liberal decadence, but because of its own internal logic. To assure effective control, required by its rigidly defined goals, the revolution had to channel and control enthusiasm. It could not permit spontaneity. It had to make enthusiasm, real enough in the first stage, official and manageable. The revolution died under its own weight, because it sought to use the enthusiasm of its supporters for the imposition of a very specific, very rigid social blueprint. Revolutionary ideals became discredited precisely because they became official, dictated by the regime. The result was the age of apathy which Kundera portrays.
Liberalization, associated with Dubcek and the Czechoslovak spring of 1968, was not a reaction to the revolutionary enthusiasm of the first stage, but precisely to the decay and apathy of the second stage. It did not modify the ideals of socialism, but it did modify radically the repressive apparatus which may have been necessary in the first stage but became deadly in the second. With the relaxing of the allinclusive control apparatus, spontaneity became possible for the first time in twenty years. Anyone who lived through the Czechoslovak spring can testify that it was an era of incredible idealism and enthusiasm. In the development of a socialist country, the stage of liberalization is not a stage of decadence: decadence is characteristic of the dictatorship of the Party which has outlived its revolutionary usefulness.
The footnote to this three-stage development of socialist society is invariably written by tanks. Freedom breathed new life into socialist ideals, but it also threatened the Party's monopoly on power. Freedom cannot be managed. Faced with a choice, the Czech Party under Dubcek chose freedom and socialism, Moscow chose power. The result is the rule of the colonels which Moscow imposes on country after country as each reaches the third stage of socialist development. It is the stage of authoritarianism as rigid as in the first stage, but this time totally devoid of even token popular support.
The work of Czech authors like Kundera, Skvorecký, Vaculík—as well as the work of Czech film makers—reflects the second stage. The novels which will reflect the era of liberalization simply have not been written, and, once tanks write their footnote, cannot be published. It is the perspective of the second stage which is the key to The Joke. For instance, it is most emphatically not the case that, as Jones writes, "in the 'liberalization' process associated with Dubcek's premiership, the old customs have fallen on evil times." Quite incidentally, Dubcek was never the Premier, he was the First Secretary of the Party. But most of all, both in fact and in Kundera's novel, the "old customs" fell on evil times in the age of Novotný, the era of decadent authoritarianism. They had their moment of glory in the age of officially sponsored enthusiasm. But Kundera's analysis shows precisely that because the revolution made them official, it sapped their vitality and undercut the very ideals—including Moravian folk music—which it tried to establish by fiat. No one can be spontaneous by the numbers, not even about Moravian folk songs. Only with the liberalization process did the ideals of the revolution, whether socialism or folk music, begin to show signs of vitality, but that process did not begin until after the book was written.
Similarly it is grossly inaccurate to say, as Jones does, that the protagonist of the novel is destructive "as his jokes indicate." The revenge which Jones considers the second "joke" is in fact viciously destructive, but the joke is on the perpetrator. The first "joke," which made the protagonist an outcast and ruined his life beyond repair, was completely innocuous—writing "Long live Trotsky" on a post card. But the joke of the title may well be nothing the protagonist does, but something that happens. The joke may well be the irony of the revolution which sought to establish socialist ideals by fiat of state might, albeit with the best of intentions, and in the process drained the life from those very ideals until only apathy and force were left—together with the unburied dead.
D. A. N. Jones reports faithfully, but he misinterprets the book when he seeks in it evidence for the decadence of liberalization. It simply is not there, as it was not there in the reality Kundera describes. The decadence is the decadence of the revolution which turns to coercion to establish its ideals—and soon has only coercion left. The literature which reflects it, written for the drawer and published belatedly in the liberalization era, speaks directly of this. It will not please Middle America, because it recognizes the reality of socialist ideals. But it will not please Left America any better, because it sees clearly through the vicious illusions of revolutionism.
Perhaps that is precisely why Czech literature from the Sixties ought to be translated and read. The appearance of Kundera in English—and Jones's review, for all my disagreement with it—is a significant event. So is the publication of Josef Skvorecký's Cowards and pending publication of his masterpiece, The Lion Cub. Skvorecký is an author of Solzhenitsyn's stature, and his work cries out for translation. Some works may defy translation, as Vaculík's The Hatchet. Still, more and more works are appearing in English, and it may be soon possible to write a definitive review of Czech literature in the Sixties. I hope that the New York Review will bring us such an assessment in the near future.
Erazim V. Kohák
Associate Professor of Philosophy
More by Erazim V. Kohak
Peace: The View from Prague
Idealism & Power
November 4, 1971 issue
Kundera: Looking for the Joke
Robert Pinsky
Prologue: for a Stage Presentation of the Inferno
Elaine Blair
The Big Joke on You
In Kundera's Laboratory
Robert Brustein
On Stage Near Shanghai
New Light on the Globe Theater
Quentin Skinner
The World as a Stage
Larry Wolff


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I came to MSC curious to learn about the world. I wanted a career that incorporated travel and figured this would be the right degree for me. Little did I know, my MSC experience would transform me as a person.
At MSC, more than ever before in my life, I discovered who I am and what type of footprint I want to leave behind in the world.
The amazing IDS faculty push boundaries in the field, and help students understand why the world is the way it is, while exploring solutions. They guided my learning, teaching me the fundamentals of "doing development" and challenged me to think outside the box.
MSC inspires transformational community. Students learn together, study together, and encourage each other, pushing us to challenge ourselves as we learn. Whether an MSC Student Association event like Common Unity, or a lunchtime guest speaker, MSC always has a way for students to get involved.
This place has pushed me to speak up, to advocate for what I believe is right, and to chase my dreams. And starting in May 2018, I will take my passion for development and put it to work in Tanzania for three-months. It is time to show the world what a Menno Simons College IDS degree can do.
Jordan Ewart graduates this month with a degree in International Development Studies. He was Communications Coordinator for the MSC Student Association in the 2017-18 school year, and is headed to Tanzania for a 3 month internship.


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Just A Reminder, Because We Forget Things Too Easily
By Youth Ki Awaaz in Society
By Joanna Shruti Sundharam:
The tragic gang rape, ending with death of the 23-year-old paramedical student, moved the entire nation to tears. There is anger everywhere and public pressure on the police and judiciary are at an all-time high. But, this isn't the first time a girl has been raped. Shockingly in India, a girl is raped every 20 minutes. New Delhi is not just the national capital, but also the rape capital of India. Last year, a total of 23582 rape cases were reported in India, out which 453 were reported in Delhi alone. As the nation mourns its 'brave-heart', it is also a time for some introspection. How many more 'brave-hearts' have we forgotten in the past?
1. Nayana Pujari: The 28-year-old software engineer was gang raped and murdered by 4 people in Pune in 2009. The main accused, Yogesh Raut, is a cab driver and has been absconding for the last 15 months. The case is a classic example of police inaction as the main accused escaped from police custody when he was being taken to a hospital for medical examination.
2. Thangjam Manoroma: In 2004, 32-year-old, Manoroma was brutally tortured and executed by personnel of the paramilitary force of 17 Assam Rifles stationed in Manipur. According to the victim's family, the accused broke into their house around midnight, and dragged her out. The army personnel told the family that Manorama would be handed over to the Irilbung police in the morning. However, the bullet ridden body of Manorama was found the next day; the body wore no proper clothes and many fatal bullet wounds were seen on her back, the upper buttock and the genitalia. Assam Rifles personnel claim that she was part of the banned Peoples Liberation Army (PLA), and was gunned downed as she made a bid to escape by jumping from the army vehicle. The matter is still pending in court.
3. Bhanwari Devi: Gangraped in 1992, Bhanwari Devi's battle against her perpetrators attracted a lot of attention. She belongs to a low-caste potter family from Bhateri, a small village in Rajasthan. Bhanwari worked as a saathin (friend) as part of the Women's Development Project (WDP) run by the Government of Rajasthan. As part of her job, she took up issues related to land, water, literacy, health, payment of minimum wages and child marriage. Bhanwari's attempts to persuade an upper caste Gurjar family against child marriage was what brought the tragedy on her. On 22nd September 1992 she was raped by 5 men from the Gurjar community. She ran from pillar to post to get justice for herself. Her fight culminated in 1997, when the Supreme Court of India, in a PIL for the first time, defined sexual harassment at workplace, preventive measures and redress mechanism. The judgment is popularly known as "Vishaka Judgement". She was also invited to be a part of the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing.
4. Aruna Shanbaug: In 1973, Aruna Shanbaug worked as junior nurse at King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai. Life was beautiful, a marriage was on the cards, but it all ended when she was raped by a ward boy, Sohanlal Bhartha Walmiki. Due to her injuries she has been in a vegetative state ever since. The case came back to light in 2011, when Aruna's friend journalist Pinki Virani pleaded on her behalf for euthanasia (Mercy killing). However, the court turned down the petition, and Aruna has remained in the same condition for the past 39 years.
5. Scarlett Keeling: 4 years after her brutal rape and murder in Goa, in 2008, Scarlett's body was finally released by the Devon coroner in April 2012. The rape and murder of English teenager Scarlett Keeling is an example of how even foreigners are not spared in India. Scarlett was on a holiday, with her family when tragedy struck. Her body was found covered in cuts and bruises on a popular Goan beach. The first post mortem concluded that she had drowned, but a second post mortem carried out after pressure from Miss Mackeown (the victim's mother) confirmed she had been drugged, raped and murdered.
The above instances only throw light upon the fact that Indians have very bad memories. We forget things too easily, maybe that is another reason why our country is in a perpetually sad state. Every drop in the ocean counts and we should therefore make an effort to remember the injustice done to our fellow beings. This small step will turn out to be the biggest form of redress.
By India Development Review (IDR)
Don't Turn Away The Young
By Jyotsna Richhariya
"I Never Questioned Caste-Discrimination In My Home Because Of How Normalised It Felt"
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How Terps are standing this season: The Latest News
Stephanie Fahie | November 27, 2020, 10:00 AM
Amid recent global events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, things have definitely taken unexpected turns, including the world of football. Things are no different for the Maryland Terrapins, who are now playing a Big Ten game – the narrative that few believed in, but that's finally becoming reality. There are changes that will definitely impact how the team will stack up against Big Ten competition this season, so following the latest news on this college program will definitely shine some light on future performance.
New Reality Sets In, the Terps Are Determined to Stay
🎶 One thing just don't count me out… 🎵
Stay local. Win local.@_godof5 #TBIA pic.twitter.com/4vJxYRAPyK
— Maryland Football (@TerpsFootball) November 16, 2020
Last year, the season ended 3-9 for the Terps, and this year, coach Mike Locksley is determined to guide the team towards contention and positive results, regardless of current events. In the span of one week only, all team activities were halted due to eight COVID-19 reported cases. The Terps vs Michigan State game was also canceled without rescheduling.
But the winning mindset is what Terps need right now and coach Mike Locksley definitely knows this. "I am gutted for our team and for our fans. This team is eager to play and compete and continue the growth we've seen this season. This virus is testing our players and coaches right now, but I have no doubt that we will emerge as a stronger unit for having gone through this together. As for me personally, I am feeling strong, with only minor symptoms. I will continue to lead this program virtually and our game preparations for Indiana will begin immediately," Locksley said.
What's Happening With the Maryland Terps This Season?
Before the new season begins, there are a few changes coming in the way the Terps are approaching their game long-term – there are opt-outs and additions that definitely need to be taken into consideration.
Some key Maryland Terrapins players are returning, a fact which will be very appreciated by their team. On one hand, there's Marcus Minor, Johnny Jordan, Austin Fontaine and Jeshaun Jones, who will consolidate the offensive line again this season. On the other, players like Dontay Demus Jr. and Nick Cross, whose skills are also extremely beneficial for the team. The fact that so many players are returning for this season will give the team the stability and cohesion it needs to build and maintain a successful strategy during games.
The additions that the Maryland Terps are very hopeful for this season are Taulia Tagovailoa, who is expected to bring some much-needed consistency at the quarterback position, and Rakim Jarrett, who has the potential to continue the line of great wideouts the Terps have had so far.
There are also some opt-outs that will impact the Terps' trajectory during this season. The most notable departure is that of Josh Jackson, who was the program's most experienced quarterback. Other opt-outs include Vincent Flythe, Jalen Alexander and TJ Kautai.
What's Expected to Come for the Terps This Season?
There are many moving pieces in this overall picture for the Terps this season, however it's safe to venture some guesses regarding their direction and overall performance to come.
This season will definitely not be an easy one for them, although the program seems to be developing in a good direction. There are some competitors this season that may pose serious challenges for the Terps, such as Ohio State, Minnesota, and Penn State, while other teams can still pose a risk within the conference.
Although the Terps may not stack up so brightly against Big Ten competition just yet, getting a few additional victories over last year would still be an important benchmark for the team's progress.
The Terps Continue to Have an Impact In Fantasy Football
Online sports bettors have also been affected by the changes brought on by the pandemic. However, as we can read on blogs such as LegalBetting, football is still the king of online fantasy sports betting, drawing in many fans that keep themselves updated with all the changes throughout the tournament's timeline. For decades, fantasy football involved getting together with friends, drafting teams of players, and waiting to see how things would play out throughout the season. The problem arises only if their best players get injured or their teams just don't do well. Something that could easily happen this time. To preclude it, recent years gave rise to daily betting, which means you can draw other players the next day if your team got out of shape.
Fantasy football can become so captivating that Every week of the season comes forth with many millions of dollars that are ultimately up for grabs. Many fans even end up developing a stronger interest in certain players simply because they are on their favorite fantasy football teams. It's no wonder then that Maryland Terps players are so popular in fantasy football leagues since this college program has provided the football world with many key players and has achieved results that go beyond its reputation. Some of the Maryland players whose stats are skyrocketing in fantasy football are Yannick Ngakoue, who's currently playing for the Baltimore Ravens, and Stefon Diggs and Quinton Jefferson, both of whom are playing for the Buffalo Bills.
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For illustration purpose, I kept he today's date as per IST.

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Departments/functional areas Richer sounds Marketing department: The marketing director (Claudia Vernon) and her colleagues do a number of tasks, I shall now go through these tasks. The marketing department analyses for feedback from customers and gets information about competitors to identify the future of the business. The marketing department also decides how to advertise and promote products and/or the business. Also, the marketing department produces in store catalogues and advertisements to go in the national press and specialist magazines. Designers create point-of-sale materials such as sings, price tickets, and leaflets. Point of sale make sure the store looks as interesting and as lively as possible so that it appeals to the customer. The marketing department is also responsible for the design, updating and analysing of the website. The marketing department researches the needs of key customers so that they can produce what the customers want such as: * Excellent value, reliable products * Accurate + truthful information * Friendly customer service * Stores being bright and lively The marketing departments researchers find out the needs of customers by: * Analysing till questionnaires * Obtaining key information about ...read more.
but it would take a lot more time and effort to do so, this is why the role of ICT is really important to help keep things running smoothly. Store operations department: Jez Arens heads the store operations department at Richer sounds and is assisted by colleagues who work in operations, distribution, service and repairs, and stock control. The colleagues work in the stores at different levels, from sales assistant to store manager. The stores are overseen by associate directors who are also managers themselves. The store operations department has a number of responsibilities that need to be acknowledged. These responsibilities are: * Setting the stores budget * Checking that all stores achieve their targets * Taking action if targets are not being met * Checking stock orders * Communicating with all stores * Deciding the minimum staffing level for each store * Organising store visits * Customising individual stores * Managing colleague problems * Ensuring store managers undertake health and safety risk assessments * Supporting and advising store managers and colleagues * Investigating any problems or discrepancies The store operations department sets sales targets to meet. ...read more.
How the departments work together: I think that the departments are setup very efficiently and are very organised in the way they communicate together. They all have access to email which is exceedingly useful as it allows not only the sending of text but also the sending of images and graphs etc in the form of attachments. Although the departments work together as quickly efficiently and easily as needed I still think that there is room for improvement, for example there could be a computer based message board system which would allow messages to be posted for workers to read, this would help by providing another easy to use form of communication that would work even if there is nobody to receive the message at the exact time that it was sent. It could also send graphs and images and would therefore make it invaluable and would be useful for certain circumstances where a phone would not be as useful, it would also work better than email and fax for certain situations as it could be read by all departments in all stores without having to send the message out to more than one place. ...read more.
This student written piece of work is one of many that can be found in our GCSE ICT Systems and Application section.
A computer also takes a lot of electricity to run. This ups the electricity bill and also again goes against Sarah's ideology of being green. It is also extremely addictive and time consuming and can be quite the distraction for Sarah.
The output is the single report sheet. * Numerous problems occurred with this system, data entry is slow and inefficient, the system is prone to human error and there are no measures in place to minimise, incorrect data is an increasing trouble due to employees making mistakes and data being misinterpreted.
� < 44 999 0 70 Total = 70 After drawing up my super-imposed graph, my initial findings are that I can see that the most diesel cars are in the price interval �0 - �4 999 and the most petrol cars are in price interval �5 000 - �9 999.
Evaluation Criteria I will judge my model to be successful if it meets the following criteria: 1. It automatically works out the price of the drum equipment that is chosen because it would make finding the prices easier and quicker.
Analysis of stock ordering for Henley Ice cream Parlour.
* It uses a lot of paper. Data Flow in Current System Record Order Remaining ice cream Invoice and Phone delivery call File invoice Order details Valid order Restatement of Problem The problem is: * The current paper based system is time consuming.


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Coldwater Creek, the popular clothing and accessories retailer, will be returning to Town Center Plaza. Slated to open this summer at 4804 W. 119th Street, the retailer is receiving an outpouring of support on social media channels regarding its re-opening. Coldwater Creek first posted the re-opening news on its Facebook page on April 25. The company, which is now under new ownership, is slowly returning to brick-and-mortar locations after filing for bankruptcy in 2014. The new Coldwater Creek will return with many of the same vendors for the re-launch. Stay tuned to the company's Facebook page and website for up-to-date information.
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Verbal consists of 10ANTONYMS, 10SYNONYMS and 2 comprehensive passages some what difficult.
Aptitude test consists of 40 questions, you can answer 38 to 40 questions if you prepare previous paper questions: you can get the most repeated questions gathered in chetanas world. Hence iam not mentioning any questions here.
Coming to the Technical round they asked my subject(ece) and a small program in c that is to reverse the given number. And the same question in microprocessor assembly language. I thoroughly explained the program in c as well as in assembly language code and next he examined my resume and asked about paper presentations and hobby project done at that time.After that he asked about my family members, then my tr round has completed.
In MR round there is only one person and he again asked me to explain paper presentation and hobby project and then he asked me how would I complete the task given to me. I answered it by routine explanation with that my TR round also completed.
In HR round also there is only one person he asked me to show my marklists and then asked me to talk about confidence for a minute. The hr will try to tense you, be cool and just answer his questions.
The next day the results were announced total 65 students are selected and I am one among them.


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Why Elon Musk's transhumanist dreams are flawed
Neuralink and human nature
Jason Thacker
Elon Musk has become a household name in the last few years. From the rise and popularity of Tesla to the commercialization of space travel through SpaceX, Musk is a man on a mission to revolutionize our society. According to Forbes, Musk is worth over $86.1 billion dollars, making him one of the wealthiest and most recognizable names in the world. A few years ago, I read a fascinating biography of Musk by Ashlee Vance with a fitting subtitle of "Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future." Vance describes Musk's pursuit well, but the question of whether his vision of the future is fantastic is heavily debated today.
A couple weeks back, Musk held a press conference with his lesser known startup company called Neuralink, which is an American neurotechnology company founded in July 2016. Neuralink specializes in the development of brain computer interfaces (BCI) that it hopes will be able to help cure neurological diseases such as memory loss, hearing loss, depression, and insomnia—which are noble desires—as well as potentially enhance healthy human beings with abilities ranging from typing with your thoughts, hailing a self-driving car, or even extending your memory.
It's like "a Fitbit in your skull with tiny wires," Musk said during the product demo which showcased the technology implanted over two months ago in the head of a pig named Gertrude. The Neuralink BCI is a device about the size of a quarter and is connected by thousands of electrodes tied into the brain. This device measures "the electrical signals emitted by neurons" because "the speed and patterns of those signals are ultimately a basis for movement, thoughts, and recall of memories." Musk and the talented team at Neuralink hope this demo propels the technology to future trials on human beings. The company also announced that the device had received "breakthrough device status" from the FDA, which it hopes will speed up trials on humans.
Regardless of the future of Neuralink's BCI, technologists have long sought to push the envelope on innovation mainly focusing on the question of "Can this be done?" rather than "Should it be done?" This lack of deep ethical reflection on technology can be seen throughout our world today with issues ranging from bias to debates over digital privacy. This drive has helped produce some of the most beneficial technologies that we use each day but has also given rise to dangerous abuses and misuses of technology that has led to the dehumanization of our neighbors and, in this particular case, of ourselves.
Transhumanist dreams and human nature
Transhumanism is a concept that has been around for a number of years. Known as the father of transhumanism, Julian Huxley, brother of the famed writer Aldous Huxley, describes this concept in a 1957 essay saying "the human species can, if it wishes, transcend itself—not just sporadically, an individual here in one way, an individual there in another way, but in its entirely, as humanity."
Musk has long sought to upgrade humanity claiming that "to avoid becoming like monkeys, humans must merge with machines." This argument is based on a materialistic and in some cases an evolutionary worldview that concludes we must improve upon evolution's current iteration of humanity or be left behind by the rise of sophisticated machines. Musk, along with many other transhumanists, seek to transcend our frail humanity through the use of technological upgrades or even ultimately by the uploading of minds and discarding of the body.
This is often portrayed in the framework of a mind/body dualism, where the mind is seen as software and the body is seen as hardware. The real you is your mind, thoughts, and emotions, and your body is simply a container that can be altered at will or even discarded as desired. This is a form of Cartesian dualism. In this line of thinking, the mind and body are severed from one another as the mind is elevated above the body in terms of value and worth. Certain streams of transhumanism can aptly be described as a revival of the old Gnostic heresy that denigrates the body due to the belief that it is part of the evil material world and has no lasting value.
According to this logic, our bodies can and should be upgraded in order to keep from going out of date or commission. In the face of this rising threat to human exceptionalism, Musk said during the press conference that the applications of this BCI technology could one day extend to "some kind of AI symbiosis where you have an AI extension of yourself."
A call for Christian ethical reflection
Transhumanist dreams of upgrading or going beyond our humanity reveal a massive assumption in the nature and essence of what it means to be human. Nick Bostrom, a leading transhumanist and author of the influential book Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies, argues that our human nature is "a work in progress, a half-baked beginning that we can learn to remold in desirable ways." But as author Nancy Pearcey points out, who gets to decide what is desirable, and does that actually align with the truth of who we are as image-bearers of God?
One of the great opportunities for the faith community in this age of innovation is to proclaim a richer and more cohesive worldview and ethical framework that holds high the dignity and respect of every human being, not based on their perceived worth or usefulness in our society but based on the transcendent reality of being created by God in his own likeness.
Outside of the more obvious ethical concerns surrounding this reductionist view of humanity as a disjointed mind and body—where the body is usually dimished—there is a growing concern about what these upgrades may do to our social order when some humans have implants or upgrades and others do not. The potential for inequality and designer humans are enormous.
This technology would fundamentally change the nature of our relationships with one another because one group would be enhanced beyond typical humanity. We risk devaluing our fellow neighbors as they fail to live up to the ubiquitous ethical frameworks of utilitarianism. In an age fixated on human rights, this should lead to deep reflection in terms of the worth of all people, especially the least of these.
One of the great opportunities for the faith community in this age of innovation is to proclaim a richer and more cohesive worldview and ethical framework that holds high the dignity and respect of every human being, not based on their perceived worth or usefulness in our society but based on the transcendent reality of being created by God in his own likeness. Our status as human beings, as well as our human limitations, mean that our bodies are not something to be disparaged as if they don't have the abilities that we need to flourish the way we would like in this life. If that were the case, then our embodied Savior was either not fully human (Phil. 2:7), or his resurrection body was incomplete (1 Cor. 15:12-19). And the Bible makes clear that neither are the case.
The Christian view of human nature is fixed. We are embodied souls who, when belonging to Christ, will get the ultimate upgrade—redemption in the fullness of time by God's power (1 Cor. 15:20-24). We have no need to keep up with the machines as Musk proclaims, because they will never catch us. We are fundamentally different and nothing, not even our own ingenuity or creations, will be able to change that.
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Jason Thacker serves as director of research and chair of research in technology ethics at ERLC. He is the author or editor of several books, including his latest "Following Jesus in a Digital Age" and "The Digital Public Square: Christian Ethics in a Technological Society." He is a graduate of The … Read More
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In popular culture, pirates are usually characterized to have a cutlass, a hook, bicorne hat, sometimes a parrot in his shoulder, and the popular eye patch. Pirates are usually described to engage in robbery, raiding and looting goods from other ships, hijacking and committing other crimes at sea. Piracy is a term to be describe these acts. In modern times, piracy is not only limited to acts aggression or crimes at sea but can also be used in other forms of stealing, raids, air piracy or hijacking, software piracy. Though they are mostly popular in medieval or ancient settings, futuristic science fiction of space pirates are also gaining popularity. With these many popular stories about pirates, we take a look at some concept artworks on visual digital arts with subjects about pirates.
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A small matched pair of the newly discovered diamond sails were set in a hoop and held in a light breeze. It was observed that the sails collectively billowed into the canonical delta kite form in either shunt direction, by a single control-line input. The breeze was too light to excite the wings into a predicted aeroelastic self-oscillation feature.
Shunting is a natural basis for crosswind power between crosswind anchors. String-net "tilings" of shunting wings with co-heddled centerlines are foreseen. The Shunting Diamond single-skin soft-kite concept seems suited to megascale.
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Tony DiNozzo Senior returns to NCIS. "Bears and Cubs" is the 16th episode of the show's 16th season.
Jimmy and his dad, Ed, join Tony DiNozzo Senior when he returns to NCIS. "Bears and Cubs" is the 16th episode of the show's 16th season.


This book discusses important issues related to managing supply chain disruption risks from various perspectives. It explores the essence and principles relating to managing these risks and provides the framework and multi-goal model groups for managing such risks.
The book also discusses research development of managing supply chain disruptive risks, supply chain risk conduction and loss assessment methods of supply chain disruptive events. It also includes the consideration of supply chain coordinating models in the cases of demand and supply disruption risks. It also deals on the subject of managing models of supply chain disruption risks by looking at manufacturers and responding decision methods oriented towards demand in disruption and coordination. It also summarizes the relevant findings and provides future research questions and orientations.
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The San Diego Team Series held the 1st EL Cajon Ford Night Series tournament at Lake El Capitan on Saturday April 26, 2014. We had a field of 72 teams that came to fish with some of San Diego finest competitors. This was the largest group of anglers we have had at one of our event in the 10 years since the hay days of San Vincente. We had a great group of anglers at this first event with signups starting at 4:30PM with a catered BBQ for all the anglers to enjoy from the BBQ Pit courtesy of EL Cajon Ford. The weather was overcast in the evening with the wind blowing around 10MPH for most of the night.
This tournament proved to be very exciting with 207 bass weighed for a total weight of 678.17lbs with an average weight per team of 9.29lbs. The weigh-in went smoothly and we were able to get all the anglers off the water, paid and head home within 1-hour after the last team weighing in.
The winners of the 1st tournament went to Kevin Norling & Wade Strelic with a three bass limit that weighted 21.96lbs with a kicker bass of 9.05lbs. Norling & Strelic took home $4,700.00 for their 1st place finish. Good job boys with the 1st place win and we will see you at the next event.
Second Place went to Kevin & Mike Martin with a three bass limit that weighted 18.42Lbs with the big bass of the tournament of 10.60lb. The Martins took home $1,900.00 for their 2nd place finish plus $500.00 for their big bass for a total winnings of $2,400.00 for their nice bag of fish.
Third place went to Ryan Esclutia & Kara Frost with a three bass limit that weighted 17.20lbs with a kicker bass of 7.22lbs. Esclutia & Frost took home $950.00 for the their 3rd place finish. Gob job Ryan & Kara on your solid finish with a large field and we hope to see you at the next event.
We would like to thank Lakeside Bait and Tackle for their donation $100.00 for each of six event that will go toward the tournament of champions fund for the anglers to win. Thank you Diane for your support of the El Cajon Ford Team Events you have always been a great supporter of the fishing community. Please tell Diane thank you when you visit their store.
We would like to thank Aire Force Heating & Air for the Trophy Donation for the entire season. Thank you Aire Force Heating & Air and Rob Hughes for supporting the El Cajon Ford Team Events this means the world to San Diego Team Series as well as the anglers that received plaques this season. If you are looking to replace or repair your heater or air conditioner please give Rob Hughes a call at (619)-448-2470 and they will be happy to help service your HVAC needs.
We want to thank Paul Leader and John Blake from El Cajon Ford for their support of the San Diego Team Series. El Cajon Ford donated the BBQ at the end of the event. El Cajon Ford also purchased the Long Sleeve T-Shirts that we sold last night where the proceeds from the t-shirt sells will be donated to the tournament of champions fund at the end of the season. We still have plenty of shirts available so if you would like to purchase one please give us a call or email. Without their support of El Cajon Ford Day Series would not be possible and we can't thank these two individuals enough for all that they do for the bass fishing community.
In closing, we would like to give a special thanks to our staff members for another great season and their continued support. Without our dedicated staff, we could not run the best circuits in San Diego.
For the full results and images of this tournament please visit our website at www.sdteamseries.com and click on the night series and on the right side you will see the links for the results/standings and the photo gallery. Once again thanks to the teams that came out, we had great time, fast weigh-in, and a spectacular event.
The next tournament will be held on May 17, 2014 at Lake El Capitan. If you have any questions regarding the night series please email or give us a call and we will be happy to answer any questions.
Thanks again to all the anglers that fished, we look forward to another great season.


The system supports elastography Imaging. By delivering an external compression on the tissues; the system is able to visualize the stiffness of tissues in real time. With this smart Elastography technology, the doctors can be more convinced in early detection of latent disease.
CD25 pro is equipped with the advance cardiac functions colour tissue doppler & pulse wave doppler. TDI helps in the assessment of cardiac muscle movements. Addition to this, the system provides AMM mode with three M line cursors; with 360 rotation. This powerful AMM assits to provide exact analysis of cardiac structure movement even in difficult heart positioning.
One button optimization function adjusts TGC and B gain in B mode as well as base line, PRF and PW gain in PW mode to realize the best B/W image and PW image.
By setting 3 points of the left-ventricle (systole-diastole), system can automatically track the edge of myocardium, calculate the LV volume and output function.
Clinical Application Abdominal, Vascular, Thyroid, Obs/Gyn, MSK, Adult/Peadiatric Cardiac, Urology, Pediatrics, Neonatal Head, Small parts, Transcranial etc.