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Drone Shows, Beyond the Technology
[Eidetic Marketing Insight] Drone Shows, Beyond the Technology
Marketers are pondering how to apply drones appropriately. Whether it be achieved via Drone Show or Drone-vertising, the answer may not always be clear. Whatever the answer may be, it is important to take note of the underlying essence beyond the technology.
Software to Design the Sky
Drones were originally created exclusively for military use. Of course, they are still used for said purposes, which can be noted through a variety of military advancements using unmanned aerial vehicles. However, drones encompass much more innate utility to be limited to military use. As such is the case, drones are currently being used with many different objectives ranging from filming, leisure, exploration and much more. This usage has reach a stage in which many of the world's leading corporations make use of drones in one way or another.
The value of this aerial device is not limited to simple videography. The fact that this machine can fly adds endless possibilities and immeasurable value to the product. An example in which the value of drones was realized occured during the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. 1,218 drones lit up Korea's night sky to create illuminating constellations for onlookers. Transforming into anything from the Olympic logo to a snowboarder, these drones created a scene which rivaled that of one created from CG technology. During the finale of the Olympics, the drones turned into the Olympic mascot and then into a starry constellation, creating a memorable scene. The press applauded this showing for its originality and deemed it as the pinnacle of Information and Telecommunication technology.
Why a live show over a recording?
Most drone show content that we view are recordings. Whether through documentaries, movies or even a youtube video, the drone shows points of views that would usually be impossible to recreate. As mentioned before, however, the value of a drone does not end there, as corporations have started to make use of drone events and marketing.
During the 2018 CES, one of the main headlines was not a new product release or a technological breakthrough. It was the live Intel drone show that was held along the Bellagio's iconic fountain. Intel has been well known for utilizing drone marketing in many more cases such as the Las Vegas drone show commemorating the opening of the movie 'Wonder Woman.' In this case, 300 drones were utilized in recreating Wonder Woman's image, showcasing an event that was as memorable as scenes in the movie itself.
Drones have even spread into the unlikely category of fashion. During the 2018 Milano Fashion Week, Dolce & Gabbana made use of a drone to showcase the brand's new product. Breaking off from the use of a human model, this divergence created more interest in the drone than the products. Some distained this action stating that this was a simple rouse to garner attention. However, in the future, people will note Dolce & Gabbana as the brand that first utilized drones in an international fashion event.
What we, as marketers, must consider is why these organizations chose to use drones. Not limited to the technology, drones created an amalgamation of both technology and emotion.
The marketer's role: tech and emotional synergy
Drones are products that are fundamentally based on technology. The drones utilized during the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, though light, were manufactured to withstand winds of up to 10 meters/sec and imbedded with the ability to detect and avoid obstacles. However so, despite being based on technology so heavily, the product stirred within us an emotional reaction,
The main charm of drone shows stems from the unlikely melding of technology and emotion. The drone encompasses various technological innovations such as BLE, wifi, VR, AR and many more. This seemingly cold and definite product created sentimental, human connections through a marketer's outlook. A marketer's view, derived from understanding the consumer, created an efficient method by which such apathetic technology was able to create a truly sympathetic bond with humanity.
It is also the marketer's duty to truly understand and apply the embedded technology within the drone itself. However, the marketer's first priority is to discern consumer priorities and through this knowledge, to engrave a brand in a positive light. Simply put, drone marketing's main strength lies in the mix of innate technology and human emotion.
Many consumers already know about drones. Not only have they surfaced on the media, individuals have been purchasing these products to use as hobbies. Despite this, the application of drones in the Milano Fashion Week and the 2018 CES made headlines. This was because those individuals were able to experience unexpected beauty in a familiar environment. Drones stimulated are emotions through the imaginative design of marketers. Marketer's must strive to create a story the resonates with consumers and through these stories, what seemed like unfeeling technology gained humanity.
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Embracing eSports
[EIDETIC INSIGHT] Embracing eSports
eSports in the Asian Games?
During the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta Palembang, eSports made its debut on to a globally renown sports event. Out of 6 distinct games, Korea competed in 2 of the categories; League of Legends (LoL) and StarCraft 2. How is it that eSports evolved from simple hobbies for individuals to becoming recognized as an official sport category?
The Current State of eSports
Sports Media Watch, a prominent medium in the sports industry released an interesting statistic regarding the current state of eSports. In 2017, the MLB World Series received roughly 31 million views through TV viewership. During the same year, Riot Games stated that the LoL World Championships Finals received a total viewership of 57.6 million views across a variety of mediums. Of course, there may be some difficulty in comparing the two statistics due to the different standards by which the numbers were measured. However, it can be noted that eSports viewership has risen significantly during the past few years, and is rapidly catching up to views for traditional sports. The world renown financial institute Goldman Sachs predicted that by 2022, the global market for eSports would amount to $2.96B. Considering the current eSports viewership and estimated projection for the market, investing in eSports teams, players or the likes seems like a well-founded decision.
Why Corporations are Captivated by eSports
There is a simple reason why people are so enamored by sports. It is because they are fun and people enjoy watching games. However, to corporations, to justify investments through such simple reasons are impalpable. In this article, Eidetic Marketing will elaborate on the current state of eSports and offer insight into 3 marketing values that eSports offers.
1. Popularity of Game IPs
Being serviced as Penta Storm in Korea, Arena of Valor has achieved popularity throughout the world. Since its conception in 2015, the game has received more than 200 million downloads globally. Within a year since its launch, Arena of Valor was inaugurated into the KPL, Korea's professional eSports league. In terms of last year's autumn league, the accumulated viewership for the live broadcast amounted to 3.6 billion viewers, confirming the popularity of eSports and game IPs. As such, eSports have become a vital component to marketing within the game industry. Eidetic Marketing has previously activated a global eSports event, 'Summoners War World Arena Championships 2017'.
Since its release in 2014, Com2uS has achieved global sales of over 1.0 trillion through this single game. During 2017, the game was experiencing some stagnation in terms of growth. However, with the advent of the global eSports tournament, 'Summoners War World Arena Championships,' Com2uS was able to achieve 90 million accumulated downloads and approximated sales of \500 billion. This was a case in which eSports effectively furthered the popularity of a game IP.
eSports also have the ability to increase the value of a brand or corporation. In 2000, Samsung Electronics launched the first ever global eSports tournament, 'World Cyber Games (WCG).' In 2016, Smilegate purchased the rights to the WCG brand and are planning to hold the competition next year, in 2019. Through the activation of this global event, Smilegate will be able to increase its projected value as well as branding itself as a company that puts importance on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
2.Viewership Base Business
The 2014 World Cup in Brazil had an accumulated viewership of 3.2 billion views. As a major global event, the World Cup created significant amounts of revenue from ticket sales, sponsorships, commercials and more. As such, the viewership holds much influence and power over the popularity of events. Comparatively, LoL's '2017 Mid-Season Invitational' had an accumulated viewership of 364 million viewers, around 1/10th that of the World Cup. To put this number into perspective, the viewership could be roughly estimated to be 5% of the global population. Because the viewership of such competitions is guaranteed to an extent, many corporations use copious amounts of money to create brand exposure through commercials, sponsorships or other methods.
There are many methods by which a corporation can conduct businesses using the viewership. First, in terms of eSports that are usually held offline in a physical location, ticket sales generate revenue. Expanding further, profit can be made through the renting of lots in which corporations can create brand exposure in a variety of ways such as the fabrication of a brand booth or outdoor advertisements from sponsorships. Broadcasting is another major source of revenue. From allocating broadcasting rights, to the use of music, videos and other media allows for another profit point. Moreover, IP based products offer both on and offline revenue streams, such as limited edition character skins or toy models.
3.Team Management
As the eSports market grows, so does the number of professional players. Just as major football or baseball clubs exist, there has been the advent and growth of professional and sponsored eSports teams. The US and Europe's 'Cloud9,' China's 'WE,' and Korea's 'SKT T1' are but a few examples. eSports teams differ with other traditional sports in that the teams are not limited to one particular category but often has teams for a variety of games. In terms of Korea's 'SKT T1,' the club has teams for LoL, Overwatch, Battleground and many more. Club merchandise with numerous sponsors and star players' name values create another pivot point for revenue growth.
Differentiation within eSports Marketing
No matter what the product category, as the market develops, the division and specification occurs. As such, there is a need for differentiation in marketing tactics. Eidetic Marketing specified 3 differentiated current marketing points for eSports. However, the eSports market is still currently growing and will offer many more opportunities as it grows. For game companies, it is important to contemplate how to boost IP popularity through eSports. For Sponsors, it is important to understand the breadth of influence the event holds and how their brand can be involved. As marketers, it is important to understand the trend of the market and how to effectively apply given knowledge.
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President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a decree on establishing the Islamic Academy of Uzbekistan on 15 December 2017.
The Academy will have a magistracy (two years), a basic doctorate (three years) and a doctorate (three years) programmes.
For education and research, the Academy will accept citizens of Uzbekistan and foreign countries on a contract-grant basis.
For independent researchers, it is planned to introduce opportunities for distance education and independent research.
The decree emphasized that the Academy will accept 16 students for a master's degree programmes in the 2018-2019 school year.
After this, the quota will be determined by the Muslim Board of Uzbekistan, depending on the needs for scientific and pedagogical personnel.
Economic revival in Uzbekistan is forecast by experts in a new report of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
It says that the economies of Central Asia will grow faster than in other CIS countries, due to increased inflow of remittances, the implementation of the One Belt - One Road initiative, and in some cases, development financing from the budget. But in general, in most CIS countries, a relatively moderate growth is forecast, which will continue to be well below pre-crisis levels.
Economists report the activation of economic activity in the CIS space: there is a resumption of growth in the Russian Federation and the revival of the economy in Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Improving the terms of trade, more favorable external conditions and less instability in macroeconomics contributed to improving the economic climate in the region. The growth in regional GDP, slowed to almost stagnate in 2016, in 2017, is projected to be 2.2%. It is expected that in 2018 and 2019, the growth rate will accelerate to about 2.3% and 2.4%, respectively, the report says.
The world economic growth creates opportunities for addressing long-term problems such as climate change, elimination of social inequality, and removal of institutional obstacles to development.
In 2017, the global economy has grown by 3%. This is a record figure for the period after 2011. In the next two years, the world economy will grow at the same pace, experts concluded. In the report, they pointed to the main factors that influenced the strengthening of global GDP. This is a steady growth in several developed countries, as well as a way out of the recession in Argentina, Brazil, Nigeria and Russia. The rise is also supported by the revival of world trade and the improvement of investment conditions.
This decision will affect a significant number of Uzbeks who have not yet replaced the obsolete "plastic" for working in the online mode. In the third quarter of 2017, users of DUET cards made a total of 14.2 thousand transactions per 16.3 billion soums. At the same time in the same period last year, the figures were much higher - 1.9 million transactions more than 1 trillion soums (currency rates of CB RU from 01.12.2017, 1$=8101.62 soums).
The Uzbek banks were assured that they were ready to exchange the remaining DUET cards without problems, they have a sufficient supply of new "plastic".
The main difference between obsolete plastic cards and new ones is that they are not able to conduct online transactions via the Internet. In addition, the DUET card is designed for a certain number of operations, at the expiration of which limit it becomes useless for the user before the collection.
In general, in the third quarter of 2017, the number of electronic transactions showed a slight decline. The total number of transfers exceeded 220 million, which is 182.4% more than in the same period last year. The aggregate amount of transactions amounted to 13.4 trillion soums, an increase of 228.4%. In total, 1.4 million plastic cards were issued in the country this year, which is 17.6% less than in the same period last year.
A delegation of Uzbekistan led by Deputy Prime Minister Nodir Otadjanov will visit Belarus from 19 to 21 December 2017.
The Uzbek delegation will attend the Fifth Meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) on bilateral cooperation between Uzbekistan and Belarus. The meeting will be held in Minsk.
It is planned that within the framework of the meeting, measures will be discussed and agreed upon to expand trade and economic relations, industrial cooperation, collaboration in the fields of agriculture, transport, health, tourism and other spheres.
On 18 December 2017, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov received a delegation of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) headed by President Serdar Cam.
The sides noted positive dynamics in the Uzbek-Turkish dialogue.
The parties noted that the productive meetings of the presidents of the two countries in Beijing, Astana, New York in 2017, which made it possible to intensify mutually beneficial cooperation, primarily in the trade, economic and investment spheres.
It was underlined that the state visit of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to Turkey on 25-26 October 2017 opened a new page in bilateral relations.
The sides discussed the practical issues of implementing the agreements reached at the highest level, including activation of cooperation between Uzbekistan and the Turkish agency.
It is expected that the delegation headed by Serdar Cam will be received by the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
The program of the visit of the Turkish delegation also includes meetings and negotiations in the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Ministries and departments of Uzbekistan.
Journalists of Uzbekistan have presented a new motion picture "Nazira" directed by Jahongir Kasymov.
The picture is about the fate of a woman who had to fight to the end of her life with injustice and dishonor. After watching such a sharp psychological, so excited the whole story, the host of the press conference Shoira Raufbaeva said that although the film goes a little over two and a half hours, he captures, he wants to look and think about what is happening on the screen.
This is especially important for the young generation, especially for beginning filmmakers. It was very interesting to listen to the opinion of this work of one of the authors of the script, the writer Fakhriddin Nizamov. Speaking about the idea of the film, he said that it was necessary not only to tell about the interesting female destiny, but also to send the audience a certain "message". And it consisted in the fact that work in business, as a rule, does not happen without problems and difficulties, and the main character demonstrates this by her example - the thorny path of her life. She had to go through serious tests related to the actions of dishonest officials.
"Working on the script," F.Nizamov said, "we studied the archives of the family of our heroine, and therefore it was written on the basis of genuine events in the life of Nazira Shadmanova when she was trying to take as many as possible. On the one hand, she raised ten children, on the other hand, she first took the store for rent, then privatized it, then created another production facility, then the first one in Kashkadarya opened its large business company. And then her "walking through torments" began, literally until her death. With this work we wanted to show that in our country this should not happen in any case. Good times are changing, and today such cases are already yesterday.
The main role is played by two actresses, Honored Artists of Uzbekistan Shodiya Abdukadyrova and Muyassar Berdikulova. Shodiya is at the first important stage of life, and her colleague is at an older age. Actresses shared their impressions of how they worked on the role, than it attracted them so much. They spoke with a feeling of overwhelmed excitement and joy for a happy occasion to play this role. And, as critics have noted, this creative tandem looks very convincing, they are good at themselves and, most importantly, complement each other.
The premiere of the "Nazira" motion picture in Tashkent will take place in the near future.


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League Of Legends: 10 Years In The Making
Posted on July 27, 2016 - Last Updated on June 5, 2020
by Rachel Perry
1 A brief history
2 Venturing into competitive play
3 The competitive draw for players
4 League of Legend's impact on the gaming industry
It's human nature to reflect on the past. It's also human nature to remember the positive qualities of those memories, whereas the negative components slip into a foggy distance, vaguely peeking through.
When diehard League of Legends players reflect on the inception of their game, memories flood back from the second and third seasons.
Solo kills were much more common. Individual players could carry the weight of the team on their shoulders, practically going 1-on-5 if they were properly fed (definition of fed — destroying the enemy team so badly that their lane opponent just wants to go cower in the jungle bushes).
Needless to say, the game was not balanced as it is in its current state.
The early inception of League of Legends did focus heavily on the individual play — it could often trump the coordination and synergy required in today's generation.
That early ideology, destroy your lane opponent as hard as you can and gg, wasn't particularly healthy for the game. It left players feeling helpless. How can you win a game when a singular opponent is so far ahead?
And perhaps that was a harbinger of what League of Legends would become, a team-based game that requires five working parts to be successful.
Riot first launched League of Legends in October 2009 and included the original 40 champions, the five vs. five Summoner's Rift map, and the three vs. three Twisted Treeline map.
But before we get too far into the history of League of Legends, let's go back three more years, when a small indie game company became known as Riot Games.
Riot Games was founded in 2006 by Brandon "Ryze" Beck and Marc "Tryndamere" Merrill in a small Los Angeles studio. The company dedicated itself to a single game, League of Legends: Clash of Fates.
At the time of its inception, World of Warcraft had emerged as the premier online game. It came with one major drawback though, a $15 per month charge for its player base to participate in online activities.
It was a reaction to that money-mongering tactic that Riot would promote its game as free-to-play, charging not for gameplay or in-game advantages, but for mere cosmetic upgrades. The theory was that if the players loved the game enough, they would invest money in it.
They were absolutely correct in making that gamble.
It's somewhat ironic that the root of MOBAs can be traced back to Activision itself. Popular mods for StarCraft and Warcraft are what spawned Dota, with League of Legends following right behind. There's not enough quantitative data to state that League of Legends killed off World of Warcraft (part of WoW's decline is their own doing — a watered-down game that was disconnected from its original player base), but it did significantly impact the brand.
In particular, a growing portion of the WoW player base grew frustrated with a dull, unbalanced player-vs-player scene. Perhaps one of WoW's greatest flaws was the arrogance to attempt balancing PVE and PVP elements without altering the other. That game design strategy has proven to be inadequate at best.
Venturing into competitive play
As the player base grew, Riot saw an opportunity early to capitalize and create its first competitive scene. In July 2010, Riot released the single biggest content update that League of Legends has received to date and initiated its first competitive season.
Draft mode, ranked games, and the ranked ladders system were all introduced at this time.
The first notable competitive event for League of Legends was the WCG Finals in October 2010. More than 3,000 gamers were invited to participate for a prize pot of $10,000 and a WCG gold medal. The first official tournament sponsored by Riot and hosted by Alienware followed the next month, with first-place receiving $5,000 as a cash prize.
The first season of competitive play concluded in June 2011, with finals taking place at DreamHack in Sweden. The best League of Legends teams from around the world were invited to battle it out for a grand prize of $50,000, with Fnatic (a European team) ultimately winning.
The first Season One Championship (as it was called then) had an overall viewership of 1,690,000 people. The Season Two Championship took place in Los Angeles, and the grand prize increased twentyfold to $1,000,000 (won by the Taiwan team Taipei Assassins). Total viewership also quadrupled to more than 8,000,000.
The Season Three World Championship was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles as well. With the same grand prize of $1,000,000 as Season Two, SK Telectom T1 (based in South Korea) were the eventual champions. Astonishingly, viewership again quadrupled from the previous year to an astounding 32 million views.
The World Championship 2014 (also known as Season Four World Championship) was played in Singapore and Taipei before finishing in Busan, South Korea. Samsung Galaxy White (from the Korean League of Legends region) were the eventual champions. Viewership maintained at 32 million views.
Our most recent Worlds, the Season Five World Championship saw 36 million views, with over 360 million hours of live esports viewed — nearly doubling Season Four World Championship of 194 million.
Peak viewership (in millions) during the world championship of each season (click to enlarge).
The competitive draw for players
For the competitive League of Legends player, playing in the LCS is the dream scenario. The LCS, or League Championship Series, is a season-long event unique to each region. The season is divided into two splits, Spring Split and Summer Split, with the top teams in each region battling it out on a weekly basis for supremacy.
At the end of each season, a tournament takes place to find out which teams will represent their designated region on the world championship stage. Seeding is based on that season's win-loss record, with the top six teams participating.
With a final grand prize of $1,000,000, the World Championship is nothing to sneeze at. While the pot is not quite as large as the ridiculous $6,000,000+ grand prize in Dota 2, the prestige of being known as a world champion (and the lucrative contracts offered from competitive teams) makes it just as important.
Viewership of this event has also increased each year, with last year's LCS World Championship Series airing on ESPN 3.
The Challenger Series is also regionally dependent and is the path for new, upcoming teams to make their way to the LCS.
The Challenger Series is composed of six teams — three teams that failed to advance to the previous promotion tournament, one team from the previous Challenger Series split, and the top two teams from the public ranked ladder.
League of Legend's impact on the gaming industry
Riot has made an everlasting impact on the gaming industry in more than just the obvious ways. The model of providing a free-to-play game but providing in-game purchases has been replicated by numerous companies, especially in mobile apps.
Although Chinese conglomerate Tencent paid $400 million for a majority stake in Riot Games, the company has maintained its independence. It now has more than 1,000 employees (700 in North America and 300 globally).
Owners Merrill and Beck haven't taken the success lightly either, as they're constantly looking to improve the game in as many ways as possible. One thing still stands true though: Riot was founded on the importance of delivering an excellent gaming experience to their players and that vision will never change.
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Rachel Perry
Rachel is an avid gamer whose insatiable desire for all things gaming related has been augmented by the inconceivable growth of eSports and how competitive gaming is viewed. When she's not busy writing about her favorite games, Rachel can be found playing League of Legends, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, or watching too much Twitch.tv.
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Fog all the way. our journey was delayed 9 hours all together. we reach Kolkata 3 AM. Howrah was as busy as 3 PM at Chennai Central. we quickly took a yellow taxi and reach our hotel in KAY Road near Park Street. As its a 1 day plan, we booked a room in OYO. It was a compact and clean room. we quickly slept for some time as we were already exhausted. we wake up at 7 and had a long walk through Maidan and walked around VM.
Monday was close to the museum. the garden was open for morning walks. we went around the garden and took a few photos. then we walked past the maiden and reached our hotel.
as my office is right opposite to my hotel, I went there to meet our Kolkata team. I was welcomed warmly. after spending some time there, my staff to me to the ganguram sweet shop on the end of the street. we ate almost all the varieties of sweets available there Sandesh, Roshgulla, Misti Dohi, Kheer Kadam and much more. It was already 1 PM by then, as we have to check out room at 2 PM we packed bags for one finally time and made our way to RK Mutt, Belur. the mutt opens at 4 Pm in the evening. as we are waiting for the mutt to open I received a phone call from Indigo Airlines saying that my flight to Chennai is canceled as Chennai airport is temporarily closed due to vardha as winds up to 100-110 KMPH shattered the city. we were asked to select any city in India, Indigo was ready to provide tickets free of cost. we opted to Bangalore as I can leave Ramya at my sister and I must be in Salem by 15 dec. we were told that next available flight to Bangalore is available after 24 hours and with no option remaining we accepted to book that flight. Vardha gave us one extra day in Kolkata. Skipping to go to Mutt, we again came back and rebooked the hotel. In the evening we walked up to Birla Mandir at Ballygunge. on the way back we took a tram up to Esplanade. though we got one more day at Kolkata, we were not in holiday mood anymore. we were a bit upset with the weather at home.
the Succeeding days, I was on leave for a day showing all the photos to my nephew Jai and sister Sara and taking rest. Again, started working again from 16 December.


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There is no such thing as permanently achieving diversity.
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Dinesh Paliwal
President and CEO of HARMAN
December 18, 2018 7 min read
With California becoming the first state to require women on corporate boards earlier this year, "gender parity" has been one of the most popular issues of 2018. This critical conversation is long overdue, but it will all be for nothing unless we're able to use this momentum to incite measurable change. Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments, perhaps said it best during an inspiring discussion about the merits of diversity at a recent Fortune conference. "We don't want to just admire problems; we want to try to find solutions to them."
Related: 3 Priceless Money Lessons for Women Entrepreneurs
Just like in business and in innovation, we need to try new approaches and test new ideas. Improving the diversity of corporate America is driven through accountability. To inspire others to take action, leaders at the top must demonstrate their commitment to gender parity, beyond their voice, but also implementing incentives and setting goals that guide a systematic approach to progress.
There are a number of inspirational -- and aspirational -- examples of how this progress can be achieved.
According to Fortune's annual "Most Powerful Women" ranking, four of the top five U.S. defense companies are now led by female CEOs, and Pew Research Center found that 19 percent of the CEOs in the aerospace and defense industries are female. Similarly, earlier this year, General Motors became the first major auto company in history to be led by a female CEO and CFO.
While this impressive progress should be commended, the numbers still paint a bleak picture overall. It's ironic that we celebrate a stat like 19 percent female representation as progress, as it's far below equality. Despite the heightened awareness around the issue, very little is changing, and a glaring lack of diversity still plagues the C-suites nationwide. There is, unfortunately, no shortage of data that demonstrates this discouraging trend. For instance, only 24 female leaders (a meager 4.8 percent) occupy CEO positions at S&P 500 companies -- and that figure is down from 32 women last year. Moreover, female founders received just 2.2 percent of the $85 billion total invested by venture capitalists in 2017. Take a moment to think about that. Only one in 20 top executives are women, and 98 out of every 100 dollars of VC funding goes to men. If corporate America really is trying to achieve gender equality in the workplace, it certainly doesn't show.
I am a strong believer that change starts at the top. It's up to current leaders to drive a transformation and create opportunities to learn and grow, equally. This isn't only a culture and societal imperative, McKinsey found that having a healthy balance of men and women in positions of power improves a company's performance by 15 percent, compared to competitors. Leaders are actively choosing to limit the potential of their business.
In order to achieve gender parity, corporate leaders should consider the following actions.
1. Create internal pathways.
Invest in talent. Leaders must ensure that varied experiences and opportunities for career growth are available to all employees and are diversely distributed to across gender, ethnic, regional and industry groups. Diversity enhances individual and business perspective. Offering these options and spreading the word is the employer's responsibility, but it's up to the individual to earn advanced placements, to show initiative and to take advantage of the opportunities that exist.
Related: Out of $85 Billion in VC Funding Last Year, Only 2.2 Percent Went to Female Founders. And Every Year, Women of Color Get Less Than 1 Percent of Total Funding.
2. Promote role models.
Powerful women serve as an example to the next generation, regardless of gender. Role models who have innovative ideas and the passion to execute their vision can make a huge impact on the overall engagement and effectiveness of a workforce. Leaders should recognize talent and spirit and reward it accordingly, which will, in turn, motivate others.
3. Develop organizational incentives.
We must stop simply trying to instigate change and actually make it happen. This can be done by setting ambitious performance metrics for gender parity that reward or penalize staff based on the results. The most effective incentive to implement will depend on each company's unique culture, but no matter what, employees must be held accountable. It's important to remember that this is a continuous process. There is no such thing as permanently achieving diversity. Companies who don't actively push for progress move backwards.
4. Encourage ongoing education.
Professional development opportunities are crucial for all employees. Continuing education, particularly in industries that are changing rapidly, such as those in the STEM fields, can significantly increase employee satisfaction in the workplace and drive innovation. If that isn't incentive enough, SHRM found that the cost of losing an employee can be up to two times the person's annual salary. Mentorship and coaching is an important part of this process, as female executives can encourage young woman to take similar paths, particularly when it comes to mustering the confidence to grow into a position. Leanne Caret, CEO, Defense, Space, and Security, The Boeing Company, famously said, "Not any one of us is ever fully prepared for the job that we take on. If we were, then it was too easy and we shouldn't have taken it."
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5. Provide funding.
As I mentioned previously, there's a huge gender disparity when it comes to securing the funding to get an idea off the ground. Pew Research Center found that 41 percent believe men are more willing to take risks than women, compared to just 8 percent who hold the opposite opinion. Is it possible that females are hesitant to invest their own money, due to a perception that they may not get that investment back if they don't succeed?
Women entrepreneurs who see a gender disparity in access to capital believe the one factor that would have the greatest impact is gender-blind financing, according to Bank of America. To me, these findings prove that today's business leaders need to alleviate women's fear of failing by offering them monetary confidence in their ability to succeed. One organization I admire that furthers this mission is 1,000 Dreams Fund (1DF), a national non-profit that provides micro-grants to young women in the U.S. Harman has been lucky enough to develop an ongoing relationship with 1DF to continue to inspire and financially support women interested in pursuing careers in STEM.
The first step towards improvement is admitting you have a problem, and corporate America has certainly checked that box when it comes to gender parity in the workplace. Now, it's the responsibility of executive leaders to support the rhetoric with action by investing in talent, championing female role models, developing goals that instill a sense of accountability, offering continuous education in the workplace and -- perhaps most importantly -- backing this action with investment. The phrase "put your money where your mouth is" has never rang more true.
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Some people suggest our headlines don't always match the content, but I don't agree. In this case, the headline results from the fact that I made three attempts to buy an iPhone 3G before I succeeded. I hope you appreciate my dedication to the task, or my stupidity for wasting so much time before I was actually able to buy one.
It all started early Friday morning. I had assumed that the nearby AT&T factory store wouldn't be inundated with shoppers waiting to buy one. That would seem to be the province of an Apple Store.
But I was totally wrong. When I arrived at the nearest AT&T outlet, nearly 150 people were waiting in line. I walked casually to the rear, asking someone offhandedly if this was the "Star Wars" line? My foolish remark earned a few chuckles and perhaps a number of episodes of rolling eyes.
An AT&T salesperson came by shortly thereafter. He said that they had 80 phones in stock, but nobody budged.
Except me, after I asked the location of the next nearest store.
There, the situation seemed more promising. The crowd was closer to 100, and had begun to shrink rapidly. But nobody from AT&T showed up to reassure anyone that they could actually take an iPhone home. So I had someone reserve my place, walked to the entrance and had a brief conversation with the sole AT&T employee in evidence outside.
At this point, I was tempted to simply give up the quest, at least for that day.
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Little About The Work Of Nietzsche
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Major Works: The Gay Science (1882), Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883-85), Beyond Good and Evil (1886), On the Genealogy of Morals (1887) .
Major Ideas:
1. Self-deception is a particularly destructive characteristic of Western culture.
2. Life is the will to power; our natural desire is to dominate and to reshape the world to fit our own preferences and to assert our personal strength to the fullest degree possible.
4. Struggle, through which individuals achieve a degree of power commensurate with their abilities, is the basic fact of human existence.
5. Ideals of human equality perpetuate mediocrity–a truth that has been distorted and concealed by modern value systems.
6. Christian morality, which identifies goodness with meekness and servility, is the prime culprit in creating a cultural climate that thwarts the drive for excellence and self-realization.
7. God is dead; a new era of human creativity and achievement is at hand.
Friedrich Nietzsche's rebellious spirit found expression in the style of his writing. He had little patience for attempts at the rigorous definition of terms, sustained logical analysis, and proofs about the ultimate nature of things, all of which in his view typified previous philosophy. Flashes of insight, aphoristic expressions, and proclamations are characteristic of his work. His ideas often appear to be nonsystematic and disconnected, characterized by conflict and even contradiction. Nietzsche did not try to explain away these tensions to make things easy for his readers.
Connections do exist between Nietzsche's disparate assertions, but he challenges us to figure out the appropriate links for ourselves, if we can. And even then Nietzsche did not want his readers to be overly confident that they had arrived at a final truth beyond criticism. "Every philosophy," he once wrote, "is a foreground philosophy…. Every philosophy also conceals a philosophy." Nietzsche, we might say, undermines or deconstructs even his own thought-not to detract from its value but to insist that we always need to dig deeper and should be suspicious about stopping inquiry too soon.
Nietzsche's philosophical style is a miniature of the world he experienced. This world has some pattern and structure, but it does not form a completed rational system. "There are no moral phenomena at all," Nietzsche observed, "but only a moral interpretation of phenomena." Life moves, and Nietzsche tried to describe the features of human existence as he saw them. His bold interpretations and inquisitive probes evaluated broad trends in the development of morality and religion. They did so partly by exploring the "death" of God.
Nietzsche was born in 1844 in the little Prussian town of Rocken. His father, a Lutheran pastor, died when Nietzsche was only five, but the family saw that he received good schooling. Greek and German literature were his early interests, and he also worked to develop skill as a poet and musician. By 1865, Nietzsche was studying at the University of Leipzig. Not only had he given up an earlier idea to enter the Lutheran ministry, but also he was essentially alienated from the Christian faith. In 1869, he accepted an offer to teach classical philology at the University of Basel, Switzerland. His teaching career was interrupted by service in the ambulance corps of the German army during the Franco-Prussian War. Illnesses contracted during his military duty left him in a weakened condition, and in 1879 poor health forced him to end his teaching career.
The next decade of Nietzsche's life was marked by a search for medical help to restore his health and by the development of philosophical themes that had already started to emerge in his years at Basel. While there, Nietzsche had analyzed Greek civilization and contrasted it with his contemporary German society. He believed that the height of Greek culture had been realized in instances where two main tendencies had been carefully blended. One of these seemed to Nietzsche to be symbolized by Dionysius, the god of wine and revelry. It incorporated an emphasis on instinct, passion, and the primordial forces of nature. Where this tendency dominated, people were characterized by unrestrained desires for conquest, passionate love, and mystical ecstasy The other tendency was symbolized by Apollo, the god of art and science. Self-control, measured behavior, and serenity were traits that came to the fore when the Apollonian spirit was in command.
In Nietzsche's analysis, ancient Greek life had been characterized primarily by Dionysian traits, but, after a period of successful blending, the Apollonian qualities became dominant. The fruitful merger between the two tendencies, which had been the greatness of Greece, did not last, and the result–the suppression of Dionysian qualities and dominance of the doctrine "nothing in excess"–was a prelude to the tame mediocrity that would later become the central motif of Western civilization through the rise and spread of Christianity. Thus, Nietzsche's analysis entailed that, in contrast to the highest culture of Greece, nineteenthcentury Europe and Germany in particular were sick and in need of an infusion of passion and a desire to excel. Such changes might outstrip the conventional dictates of prudence and Christian morality that had taken over Western civilization.
Nietzsche viewed existence as a struggle. His understanding of life, moreover, was influenced by the Darwinian conception that nature encourages the survival of the strong and fit and the elimination of the weak. The sickness of his own society was evidenced, Nietzsche thought, by the fact that the powers in control were those that advocated leveling everything down to mediocrity so that the strong were held in check and the weak could survive. Nevertheless, there was a chance for at least a few individuals to become something more than the stifling structures of society tended to permit. If society's sickness could be exposed, and if a sketch of genuine excellence in life could be set forth, there was hope that some unique individuals ("supermen" or "overmen") might transcend the low state into which life had lapsed and help to transform life's quality.
Nietzsche's most significant attempts to perform these tasks are found in the writings he published in the 1880s. These works include The Gay Science, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, and On the Genealogy of Morals. By the end of the decade, however, Nietzsche's literary output had ceased. In January 1889, while in Turin, Italy, he suffered a serious mental breakdown and never recovered. Nietzsche died on August 25, 1900.
Self-deception and the Will to Power
"We are unknown to ourselves, we men of knowledge–and with good reason." Thus begins On the Genealogy of Morals. Nietzsche's theme was that even though people may regard themselves as well informed, sophisticated, and knowledgeable, their lack of courage keeps them from uncovering what lies at the foundation of human existence and morality. Previous attempts to speak to such issues reveal more about the decadence of Western civilization than they do about how things really are. Nietzsche sought to check this plague of self-delusion. He worked to lay bare facts that people had suppressed and hidden, envisioning himself as a therapist who could free his readers from the cultural restrictions that stifle excellence. But the freedom that emerges might be overwhelming. "Independence is for the very few," said Nietzsche. "It is a privilege of the strong." For the few who resist retreating into the security illusions provide, this twilight of the idols of conventional morality and religion is the dawn of a new hope .
Nietzsche felt that it is self-deception not to admit honestly that "life simply is will to power." He was no advocate of the democratic ideal of human equality. Such a doctrine, he thought, only levels the quality of life toward mediocrity. Individuals vary greatly in their talents and abilities, and there are basic qualitative differences that leave them unequal as persons. Nevertheless, according to Nietzsche, will do what they can to assert power. Each will strive to achieve and hold a position of dominance. This tendency means that struggle is a basic fact of life. There is fierce competition for the top positions of power. If anyone falters at the top, someone else takes over.
Beyond Good and Evil
As Nietzsche interpreted the course of human history, Western culture has been dominated by an unfortunate distinction between "good" and "evil," a distinction that the Christian religion in particular has done much to encourage. Spurred by a deep hatred of aristocratic ways they could not emulate, the masses of humanity, often supported by religious leaders have indulged in a revenge-motivated negation of the qualities of an aristocratic life. As Nietzsche saw things, the "good" of the good-evil distinction has emphasized equality, selflessness, meekness humility, sympathy, pity, and other qualities of weakness. It has castigated the noble, aristocratic qualities–self-assertion, daring creativity, passion, and desire for conquest–by calling them evil. The prevalence of this concept of evil, Nietzsche contended, is responsible for weak ness and mediocrity among those in dominant positions. It has annihilated the qualities that are essential for excellence in life. For Nietzsche, the low state of contemporary society indicated that not much had been done to fulfill these needs for excellence.
Human existence, however, need not end on this dismal note. If Nietzsche sometimes regarded himself as a voice crying in the wilderness, he also thought human life could redeem itself by going beyond good and evil Must not the ancient fire someday flare up much more terribly, after much longer preparation?" he wrote; "More: must one not desire it with all ones might? even will it? even promote it?" The spirit of nobility–affirmation of life, struggle, and conquest, and a passionate desire to excel-these characteristics need to be uplifted. Nietzsche's aim, however, was not to duplicate the past but to put these essential qualities back into contemporary life.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
The most dramatic and emotional expression of Nietzsche's call to all humankind to throw off the restraints of conventional morality, which he called a "slave morality," and to liberate themselves through the exercise of creative power, thereby creating a new morality of individual power, is his masterpiece Thus Spoke Zarathustra. This long impassioned work is in the form of an account of the travels of Zarathustra, a figure based on the 6th century B.C. Iranian prophet Zoroaster (Zarathustra is the Latin form of the name) but adapted to Nietzsche's poetic and philosophical ends. Zarathustra is a vital and sometimes explosive advocate of Nietzsche's radical view of life.
Zarathustra travels from town to town, preaching the word of a new "religion," earthcentered, humanistic, and rebellious: "I teach you the overman. Man is something that shall be overcome. What have you done to overcome him?… The overman is the meaning of the earth. Let your will say: the overman shall be the meaning of the earth, and do not believe those who speak to you of otherworldly hopes!… Behold the good and the just! Whom do they hate most? The man who breaks their tables of values, the breaker, the lawbreaker; yet he is the creator."
When Zarathustra meets a hermit saint in a forest, the saint speaks of praising God. Zarathustra reflects on what he has heard: "Could it be possible? The old saint in the forest has not yet heard anything of this, that God is dead!"
The proclamation of the death of God was a fundamental ingredient in the revaluation of values Nietzsche advocated. This proclamation emerges from his conviction that the morality of mediocrity and affirmations of God's existence, especially as the latter are understood in Christianity, stand inextricably tied together. Nothing, argued Nietzsche, has done more than Christianity to entrench the morality of mediocrity in human consciousness. In Nietzsche's view, the Christian emphasis on love extols qualities of weakness. Christianity urges that it is our responsibility to cultivate those attributes, not because of an abstract concept of duty, but because it is God's will that we do so. As this conception develops, Nietzsche argued, it binds people in debilitating guilt. It also leads them to an escapist tendency to seek fulfillment beyond this world.
Arguably one-sided, Nietzsche's critique was loud and clear: Christianity, with its conception of a transcendent, omnipotent, omniscient, just, and loving God, denies and negates too much that is valuable in this world. Institutionalized by church and state, Christian theology and morality have made prisoners of Western humanity. Christianity claims that true freedom exists in serving God, but it denies a genuinely creative freedom by asserting that the world and its value structure are fixed by the will of God. It claims to offer people release from sin and guilt, but it does so at the expense of reducing them to mediocrity Christianity advances a doctrine of love and charity, but this teaching actually rests on a feeling of hatred and revenge directed toward the qualities of nobility.
Nietzsche did not deny that the long dominance of the Christian faith is a real manifestation of the will to power and that certain individuals have revealed unusual qualities of strength in establishing Christianity's authority. But he was convinced that the result has been to place an inferior breed in control of life. By proclaiming that God is dead, Nietzsche believed the underpinning of Christian morality might be eliminated, thus making it less difficult to move beyond our conventional understanding of good and evil.
The issue of God's existence, believed Nietzsche, is more psychological than metaphysical. Belief in God is a tool used to distort the facts of life and to attack and to bring to submission individuals of noble character. Nietzsche's aim was not so much to prove or disprove the existence of God but to show that belief in God can create a sickness. He wanted to convince people that the highest achievements in human life depend on the elimination of this belief. Nietzsche, then, assumed that God does not exist and concentrated on what he took to be the psychotherapeutic task of freeing people from the idea that they are dependent on God.
The Madman
If one argues that Nietzsche's philosophy begs the question of God's existence, Nietzsche is not without a powerful rebuttal. His is not a logical disproof of God's reality but an appraisal of human experience, which notes that, from a functional point of view, the credibility of God's existence is crumbling. Nietzsche advanced this argument in his 1882 book, The Gay Science. There he spoke of "a madman" who runs into a marketplace crying incessantly, "I seek God! I seek God!" This action provokes laughter from the men in the marketplace, who, Nietzsche reports, do not believe in God. In jest, they ask the madman whether God is lost, hiding, or traveling on a voyage. But with piercing vision, the madman confronts his tormentors with this announcement: "God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him."
Significantly, Nietzsche's story involves both people who do not believe in God and the claim that people have killed God. Although nineteenth-century Europe was still dominated by Christian concepts, Nietzsche believed that the strength of Christianity was far less than it had been. People professed to be Christians and to have faith in God, but their confessions were habitual responses that lacked depth and authenticity. Nietzsche argued that developments in science and technology had eroded the idea of human dependence on God. Although those developments had not succeeded in eliminating the mediocrity that Nietzsche so much deplored, they were creating signs of a new trust in human power, and the possibility of progress through human efforts could be discerned. Philosophical critiques of theological arguments and the ever-present conflict between the presence of unmerited suffering and the assertion of God's omnipotence and goodness were also taking their toll on religious belief. Thus, a combination of f actors were turning attention away from God and toward humanity and its world. Functionally speaking, this change of outlook constituted what Nietzsche so dramatically called the "death of God" in Western civilization.
If people in the nineteenth century already lived in a world largely devoid of God, Nietzsche doubted that they realized it completely. Those who hear the madman's announcement stare at him in astonishment. These men, who are really Nietzsche's contemporaries, do not give God a place of importance. They have put God to death, but they lack a full awareness of the meaning of this fact and its significance. The madman, who sees the awesome possibilities of God's death far better than do the men in the marketplace–and thus grasps with an uncommon intensity what it might mean to seek God in a godless world—puts his point this way: "Lightning and thunder require tune, the light of the stars requires time, deeds require time even after they are done, before they can be seen and heard. This deed is still more distant from them than the most distant stars–and yet they have done it themselves." The madman believes that he has come before his time. People have killed God but they are not yet ready to confront this fact and its importance.
The death of God is an awesome matter, as Nietzsche's madman understands and underscores when he asks What did we do when we unchained this earth from its sun?" In a series of rhetorical questions, he suggests that the death of God leaves us disoriented and in darkness. "Is there any up or down left? Are we not straying as through an infinite nothing? Do we not feel the breath of empty space? Has it not become colder? Is not night and more night coming on all the while? Must not lanterns be lit in the morning?"
Nietzsche's appraisal, though, was not that this dizzying instability should be the occasion for despair and sorrow. On the contrary, the death of God, however disorienting it may be, is an occasion to affirm life. It signifies a release, a new awareness of freedom and responsibility, and an opportunity for creative action. This situation, Nietzsche acknowledged, is full of uncertainties. It is not clear how people will react when made to understand that God is dead. There is no guarantee that they will take excellent advantage of the new freedom and opportunity for creativity available in a world where God's control is absent. Nevertheless, Nietzsche retained a guarded optimism: "At long last the horizon appears free again to us, even granted that it is not bright; at last our ships may venture out again, venture out to face any danger; all the daring of the lover of knowledge is permitted again; the sea, our sea, lies open again; perhaps there has never yet been such an 'open sea.'"
Nietzsche's philosophy places strong demands on those who would live by it. He urged such people to consider that life is an eternal recurrence. Therefore, one ought to choose so there would be no need for regret. The goal would be to act so that, if we were confronted by an identical situation an infinite number of times, we could honestly say that we would do nothing differently. Nietzsche found that life is not without rhyme or reason. But, he contended, "we invented the concept 'purpose.' In reality purpose is lacking." Human consciousness seems to exist for no purpose that transcends itself, and there is no rationality that adequately answers every question "Why?" Yet, affirms Nietzsche, if we live as far as possible with an honesty that moves beyond self-deception, life can have the meaning we give it.
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Chilhowie Milling Company Correspondence,
This collection includes correspondence between Chilhowie Milling Company and business partners over a two year period from 1916 and 1917, though there are limited papers in the year of 1916. Additionally, the collection includes business transaction papers that contain form orders, bills, receipts, and marketing aids.
At the beginning of 1917, between February-March 1917, Chilhowie Milling Company communicated with banks, Nordyke and Marmon (Flour Mill Engineers), Norfolk and Western Railway Company, and Millers National Insurance Company to try and move their company to a new building. In addition, the company communicates with Virginia Portland Cement Company about quotes per barrel of cement. At the beginning of March, cement costs 2.22 per barrel, but by March 17th the price raises 10 cents. By March 20th, cement is 2.42 per barrel in cloth sacks vs. 2.17 in paper sacks.
The primary negotiation between Chilhowie Milling Company, Nordyke and Marmon Engineering Company is concluded by the end of July. From April 1917 to June 1917, Chilhowie worked with Nordyke and Marmon Company to create a blueprint of the new mill building. At that Point Chilhowie Milling Company planned to transition from coal powered machinery to steam powered machinery. There were miscommunications between the companies with regards to machinery, build, and shipments primarily in the months of May and June. Though the companies still struggle with communication over shipment orders in July.
In late August and early September 1917, local businesses and livestock farmers contacted Chilhowie Milling Company about business transactions. Over the month of September, final machinery and siding were shipped to the company. Chilhowie Milling Company did not reopen until October first when all of the steam machinery was in place.
October, November, and December correspondence include price estimates and business proposals between Chilhowie, business clients, and colleagues.
Companies in the collection with whom Chilhowie Milling Company corresponded includes:
Bank of Glade Springs
B. D. Smith and Brothers Printers
Bristol Door and Lumber Company
C. A. King and Company
C. A. Shultz Manufacturing Company Incorporated
Crystal Springs Bleachery Company
Douglas Land Company
First National Bank of Roanoke
Ferger Grain Company
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills
Grayson Supply Company
G. E. Little
Gruendler Crusher and Pulverizing Company
Gulf Bag Company
H. F. Lewis and Company
Hassinger Lumber Company
Invincible Grain Cleaners Company
Louisville Milling Company
Millers National Insurance Company
Mitchell Powers Hardware Company
Morgan and Hamilton Company
Mountain City Mill Company
Nordyke and Marmon Flour Mill Engineers
North Western Railroad
Owen and Barker
Phillips and Dillard
Portfield and Company
Rector, Braham and Taylor Incorporated
Rockwood Manufacturing Company
Rosenbaum Brothers
State of Virginia Dairy and Food Division
Troutdale Supply Company
Valley View Farm Corporation
Virginia Iron, Coal, and Coke Company
Virginia Leather Company
Virginia Portland Cement Company
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
W. J. Savage Company
Chilhowie Milling Company (Smyth County, Va.) (Organization)
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Historical Note
The Chilhowie Milling Company was founded by Major Michael Tate in 1882 in Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia. Upon his death, James D. Tate inherited the company from his father. According to Chilhowie Town records the mill underwent renovations in 1897. According to materials in the collection, the Mill underwent renovation again in 1917. During the 1917 renovation, the company transitioned from coal powered machinery to steam powered machinery. In 1993, Chilhowie Mill burned in a fire and did not reopen.
"Smyth County." Byrd, Kimberly Barr; Williams, Debra J. Arcadia Publishing. 2005.
"Town of Chilhowie." Website http://www.chilhowie.org/sitecontent/index/page/Town%20History.2015.
The collection contains correspondence and business papers from 1916-1917, including orders, sample contracts, bills, receipts, and marketing papers between Chilhowie Milling Company and Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company, Nordyke and Marmon Company, Millers National Insurance Co., and the Norfolk and Western Railway Company.
This collection is arranged in two series. Series I: Correspondence includes letters to and from various business partners of the Chilhowie Milling Company, written between 1916 and 1917. Letters in this series are arranged in chronological order, with the undated materials at the end.
Series II: Business Papers consists of administrative and official records from the company, including notes, bills, receipts, vouchers, sample contracts, and other items. This series is arranged by material type.
The Chilhowie Milling Company Correspondence was purchased by Special Collections in 1989.
The guide to the Chilhowie Milling Company Correspondence by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
Initial processing and description of the Chilhowie Milling Company Correspondence was completed prior to 2009. Additional processing, arrangement, and description of the collection was completed in September 2015.
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The Aries rings in on the expensive side for a PC at just under $1000 retail, but I honestly think in this case the expense is justified. Celestix's engineers have installed a front panel control pad and screen so it's not even necessary to bother with any file tweaking or annoying linuxconf GUIs. As advertised, you really can have the server up and running properly in under 15 minutes, even if you need web serving, NFS, or SMB file services! The functions on the front panel are all menu driven including setting up IP addresses, file serving, and anything else you would come to expect from a small business server. Celestix has also added a web interface of their own to simplify remote monitoring and configuration. What you can't do on the front panel display is easily done with the web interface GUI that can be run from any computer with a graphical web browser. This expands the usability of the device well beyond the PC world, which has been the traditional bastion of Linux. MAC addicts and PC people can use this little server. The little server can serve up both Microsoft shares and UNIX NFS shares to the entire gambit of modern and not so modern computers today.
The other big thumbs up for the Aries, as I mentioned, is its size. It is tiny! This little computer can happily sit on a bookcase completely unnoticed once it's configured and only needs occasional dusting. Or daily dusting if, like myself, you live in Florida. This computer is barely the size of three medium sized paperbacks and as such the footprint is small enough it can be placed anywhere in the office. The Aries also lacks a fan since one: the power supply is not inside the case and two: the Cyrix MediaGX chip is purposely designed for low power, low heat applications such as laptops and handheld devices.
Indeed, perhaps the only drawback to the Aries is the CPU. The Cyrix MediaGX is underpowered if you wish to actually run any applications on the server itself other than a low demand database server perhaps. MySQL and PostGRES come to mind. As long as the load is light on the CPU, most small businesses aren't generally CPU intensive organizations, and then this really isn't a problem.
For those business owners that are more computer savvy than average, the Aries is loaded with an updated version of RedHat 6.2 and kernel version 2.2.16. As such, it takes RedHat RPMs. If there is something you want on the server, but it does not initially have it, upgrades and package management are a simple issue. Should you also need to directly tweak the config files yourself, that is also easily possible via remote login giving you full access to the directories and files allowing you to tweak and prod and pull until your heart is content.
This last option is in my opinion going to be seldom used, however, unless you have specific needs such as CVS repositories or specialized databases, but it is VERY nice to know the option exists should you ever need it. The fact that Celestix assumes it's average user doesn't want to spend the time and energy to configure and/or wrestle with scattered config files leaves very little that would actually need to be manually configured. Most small business people don't have the time to wrestle with a server otherwise since the business and customers are more important, and rightly so!
You are probably thinking this is all well and nice. But why not just run to the nearest trade show and buy an ancient 486 or Pentium class desktop to do the same job for peanuts? Well, number one is convenience. Not everyone that needs a router knows how to tweak 15 (or more) different config files for the various networking services that most Linux distributions have scattered all over the place, nor do they have the time to learn. Remember time is money, and the amount of man hours needed to learn all that and set everything up could be better spent with clients or doing the omnipresent paperwork. Fifteen minutes versus hours or days doing it all "manually" even with nice GUIs. Secondly there are important size and space limitations to consider in many small businesses. Not every one has the room for a second computer on their desk or shelves. Bookshelves fill up rather quickly as do desks and storage closets. Monitors and keyboards add to extra headaches for the space and additional cables they add to the equation. It's so much simpler to have a tiny laptop type computer sitting unobtrusively on a shelf, or even in a drawer, than a bulky second (or third or fourth) tower taking up additional space.
Which brings up another point on the cost factor. The Aries uses laptop miniaturization technologies in the form of integrated circuitry, PCMCIA ports and similar. Such miniaturization always comes with a trade off in the price of the items. A laptop of the same functionality and power of an equal desktop is always two to three times the price of the much larger and less portable desktop. Leaves the broom closet open for what it's really needed for! This is a point that is seldom considered it seems: space is also money!
My hat is off to Celestix for realizing what small businesses want and need: easy to use, time and space saving (and therefore money saving!), stable and commercially supported servers that can keep up with the business for years to come!


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Digital Editing of Medieval Manuscripts (DEMM) is a joint training programme between Charles University in Prague, Queen Mary University of London, the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, the University of Siena, and the library of the Klosterneuburg Monastery. It equips advanced MA and PhD students in medieval studies with the necessary skills to e dit medieval texts and work in a digital environment. This is done through a year-long programme on editing medieval manuscripts and their online publication: a rigorous introduction to medieval manuscripts and their analysis is accompanied by formal training in ICT and project management. The end of each one-year programme will see the students initiated into practical work-experience alongside developers, as they will work on their own digital editions, leading to its online publication.
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Where is located Baxter on the map, United States. Geographic coordinates in decimal format, as well as degrees, minutes and seconds. Information about the population. Exact time and time zone. How long is the day and night, sunrise and sunset information.
Where is located Baxter
Exact location — Baxter, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States, marked on the map with a red marker.
Baxter, United States coordinates in decimal format: latitude — 46.3483626, longitude — -94.2686378. When converted to degrees, minutes, seconds Baxter has the following coordinates: 46°20′54.11 north latitude and -94°16′7.1 east longitude.
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Q: LINQ - Union current and previous data to one row I have the task: show in one row data for current and previous period
For example:
Seller: XXX
Currency: EUR
Period: 01.2018
Total count: 4
Total amount: 40.00
Previous total count: 3
Previous total amount: 30.00
I created according class with all necessary fields and I have wrote two requests with different dates.
In the first request I fill fields Total count & Total amount. In other - Previous total count & Previous total amount
How I can union the relevant rows (for example - 01.2018 & 01.2017) in one row?
I wrote the following comparer:
class MyDataComparer : IEqualityComparer<MyData>
{
    public bool Equals(MyData x, MyData y)
    {
        return x.Seller == y.Seller && x.Currency == y.Currency && x.Month == y.Month && x.Year -1 == y.Year;
    }

    public int GetHashCode(MyData myModel)
    {
        return myModel.Seller.GetHashCode();
    }
}

And use it as

var result = currentPeriod.Union(previousPeriod, new myDataComparer());

But it not accumulate the relevant data in one row.
It just added rows from previous period to the current period' rows.
Thanks in advance.

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Never has the need been so great, and it looked like it might be exacerbated Monday when health care workers in Liberia signaled they would strike to protest conditions and pay — although many workers ended up defying the call to strike).
Calling the Ebola outbreak in West Africa a "tragedy not seen in modern times," at the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank on Oct. 9, Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma said, via video link, that his country would need 750 doctors and 3,000 nurses to treat the anticipated caseload.
As the numbers climb in West Africa, so too does the chance that more cases will be exported abroad, raising the likelihood that doctors and nurses around the world will find themselves faced with Ebola. "There is no doubt that we will see more cases of health workers getting sick" in West Africa, and those volunteers will have to go home for treatment, says Heather Etienne, a registered nurse from Texas who is on her way to Sierra Leone to work in an Emergency Ebola treatment center. So far, 416 health workers have been infected with Ebola in West Africa, and 233 have died, a sobering outcome. "You have to be comfortable with some amount of risk before doing something like this. You don't have to be at peace with the idea of your death, but you shouldn't be too uncomfortable with the concept either," Etienne says.
Having the wrong people could be just as bad as — if not worse than — not having enough, Talbert says. Ideally, volunteers would be willing to commit to a length of time that would make their training and airfare expenses worthwhile. They should have experience in the region, says Talbert, "so they know what they are getting into," and experience working with highly infectious diseases, "because making mistakes can be lethal." And because the risk of burnout is so high, there needs to be enough workers to fill a continuously rotating roster. Health care workers in Ebola treatment centers work under extreme duress, sweltering under layers of protective plastic to take care of patients who have a high chance of dying. "It takes a physical and emotional toll. Nobody can do that for too long," Talbert says.
For Etienne, the nurse from Texas, getting time off wasn't an issue. Even though many of her colleagues told her she was "insane" for going to Sierra Leone, her superiors were supportive. Her main concern is about what happens when she comes back. As a nurse, she well understands the fear and stigma brought on by Ebola. Upon her return she intends to observe an informal self-quarantine, staying away from her hospital for 21 days, the incubation period for Ebola. "Given how jittery everyone is these days, they don't really need me at the patient desk, only to have someone say, 'Oh, you just got back from Sierra Leone. Get me out of here!'" she says.
Clare Parsons, a 28-year-old doctor who is leaving for a one-month stint with the King's Sierra Leone Partnership, an initiative of King's Centre for Global Health in London, shares those concerns. Even if she displays none of the symptoms of Ebola, she is planning to lay low at home for a few weeks, just in case. "Obviously I don't want to go gallivanting around London and be known as the person that spread [Ebola] all over the London Underground," she says.
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Children's Health has been named the beneficiary of the Reunion Tower Over the Top New Year's Eve Celebration – the first-ever featured nonprofit. The panoramic fireworks spectacular is one of the largest displays in the country and will light up the Dallas skyline to ring in the new year.
"This event is our gift to the city of Dallas, and this year we want to celebrate our first responders," said Chris Kleinert, CEO and president of Hunt Consolidated Investments. "We're turning the page on 2020, and Children's Health is an organization that speaks to excellence and is something the community can rally around after this challenging year."
The event is one of the largest fireworks displays in the country and is a celebration everyone can safely watch from home on NBC5 or via livestream on Facebook and YouTube.
The 10-minute show, combined with a custom LED light show, is the only 360-degree, panoramic fireworks spectacular in the Central time zone, and is centered around Reunion Tower, the roughly 560- foot observation tower in downtown Dallas.
Hunt Consolidated aspires to grow the event—and its partnership with Children's Health—as media outlets continue to pick up the fireworks show. Last year, it was televised on 37 media markets across 14 states, including Hawaii.
"When it's 11 o'clock here, everybody watches Times Square," Kleinert said. "But when the clock strikes midnight, we want everyone watching us."
Interested in sponsorship opportunities? Contact our corporate team today at corporate@childrens.com.
You can also make a gift to Children's Health to put us "over the top" into a new year of providing the best possible care to Texas children. The Reunion Tower NYE Foundation is challenging all Children's supporters to help raise an additional $50,000 before the first rocket goes up on Dec. 31!


Cleanup rules are being waived for the removal of dead fish from areas of red tide in Collier, Lee, Charlotte, Sarasota, Manatee, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Executive Director Eric Sutton on Tuesday announced the change to try to speed the removal of dead fish – regardless of bag, size, or possession limits or of season or area closures – from shoreline, inshore or nearshore areas.
Gov. Rick Scott on Friday ordered the commission and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to take more action to address red tide in coastal communities.
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We won't regain security by going backward, especially as robots and technology render more and more jobs obsolete, but we can go forward, to a basic income for everyone.