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Dezi Hayes Bio Desmond 'Dezi Hayes' Rubio began singing at the tender age of 5 while growing up in a home full of gospel singers. He began playing the drums at the age of 8, and then picked up the guitar at the age of 16. Forming his first band 'Britain Drive', He switch back to the drums while filling the back up vocal position. He went on to form two more bands called 'Anxious' and 'DZ Stanz' all the while writing music on his guitar. His final band was called 'Body & Soul' in which he would switch to lead vocals (frontman) and guitar permanently while touring and recording. His vocal capabilities would then take him on a solo career under the name 'Dezi Hayes' where he would go on to play at coffee houses to perfect his craft. He would go on to perform on an 'MTV' show called 'Motel California' with Bill Bellamy, and a live acoustic set on 'METRO MEDIA' cable performing in front of a live audience.. His accomplishment would lead him to record with bassist Don Boyette of 'Micheal Jackson' and perform with members of George Benson, Lou Rawls and the Tower of Power horn section. His unique soulful bluesy vocals would then land him a development deal with Josh Levine of Rebel Music. Feeling despair from all that was going on in his life (family,career, and love), he retreated to silence. From here is where he would find his voice. He began writing music from all that he had endured through his life, where he began a quest to tap into his talents. The music style of 'Alternative Soul' was born. L.
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Kevin Magnussen believes 2017 Haas F1 car has potential
Kevin Magnussen scored his first points with his new team Haas after a solid performance from 12th on the grid in China, noting that he was able to push throughout the race.
Magnussen credited the way his Haas chassis looked after its front tires for his run to eighth place.
"I had quite hard contact on the second lap or so," he said. "I kept it together and was still able to push through the whole race. I think the key was to look after the front tire, the front left, and the car was good in terms of looking after that and still having enough grip to still push.
"I think the team did a good call to send me out on supersofts after the inter tires, just to get the heat into the tires quickly and push in the first few laps. So a great job from the team, and I had fun out there as well. I can't wait for the next one."
Magnussen believes that the car has strong potential: "The car is a very good baseline. Our challenge is to get the most out of it every time, because we are a small team. We have a huge amount of talent in the team, but we need to react quickly, and in certain situations it can be difficult when you are a small team. But as I said the baseline is there, we just need to get up to speed and come home every time."
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Famous cook's controversial comments spark furious responses within the cuisine community.21 May 2008
MADRID - Spanish chefs are up in arms over recent statements by one of their own who has criticised "showbiz cuisine" and warned about the use of chemical substances that could be harmful to diners' health.
Santi Santamaría, one of Spain's top chefs and owner of El Racó de Can Fabes, a Catalan restaurant with three Michelin stars, lashed out against what he sees as the excesses of Spanish haute cuisine on 13 May, when he picked up first prize for his book La cocina al desnudo at the Premio de Hoy awards ceremony in Madrid.
Santamaría focused his criticism on his rival Ferran Adriá, owner of the exclusive El Bulli, which also holds three Michelin stars and was in April declared the best restaurant in the world for the third year in a row by the Britain's Restaurant Magazine.
Adriá, who is credited with putting Spanish gastronomy on the international map thanks to his experimental cuisine and tireless media presence, is famous for pushing back the boundaries of cooking and producing dishes such as carrot air, liquid olives and parmesan snow.
"Some chefs are offering a media spectacle and are seemingly unconcerned about healthy eating," said Santamaría, admitting that while Adriá and himself were once close, they are currently "conceptually and ethically divorced."
A proponent of traditional Mediterranean cooking versus molecular cuisine, or "techno-emotional cuisine" as he termed it, Santamaría was especially critical of Adriá and his followers' use of emulsifiers, gelling agents and other chemical substances "that even they wouldn't eat".
He even went as far as to say that their use of methylcellulose, a vegetable extract that gels when heated and thickens when cold, can be harmful and asked for public health authorities to exercise control over what goes onto people's plates.
"Consuming more than six grams of methylcellulose can be bad for your health. This substance is not recommended for children under six. Restaurant patrons should know the exact composition of the dishes they are served," said Santamaría.
"If this is about having artificial experiences, we already have drugs for that."
Methylcellulose is one of many chemical substances that are increasingly used in the food industry as an additive, although methylcellulose is also employed as a bulk-forming laxative by the pharmaceutical industry to treat constipation and diarrhoea.
On Tuesday, the cooking association Euro-Toques, which has 3,500 members worldwide, including 800 in Spain, released a communiqué condemning Santamaría for his "false" statements.
The group, whose members include Adriá and other top chefs such as Juan Mari Arzak and Pedro Subijana, said that Santamaría is "creating social alarm of incalculable consequences."
According to Euro-Toques, "the new gelling agents, thickeners and other ingredients have all the necessary legal and health guarantees, because they are ingredients that have been used in our daily dishes for many years."
The statement concludes that Santamaría is seeking "personal notoriety" for his book and that his position is "the epitome of selfishness".
Despite the intensity of the backlash against the Catalan chef, the Euro-Toques association - whose members jointly have 140 Michelin stars - was quick to deny the existence of any kind of "haute cuisine war." However, this is the first public show of internal squabbling in a community that until now had made a point of congratulating itself for contributing to Spanish cuisine's current trendiness.
Some of Spain's top chefs also spoke out individually against Santamaría, including the Basque Juan Mari Arzak, considered the father of Spanish nouvelle cuisine.
"I would recommend to Santi that he try to be humble in order to learn and reflect on the ideas of others, from the humblest tavern to the culinary genius of Adrià. Envy is a type of competition in which you always lose out. You have to observe what others do, not scorn them."
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It is countdown time to the big T-Day, and if you are hosting this years Thanksgiving feast, we would like to offer you some wonderful ideas on how to season your main dish the turkey.
For starters the traditional way of seasoning turkey is always a hit with aromatic herbs and spices of thyme, oregano, marjoram, rosemary, paprika and garlic. Just combine these ingredients in a small bowl mix them with a little olive oil, add a dash of lemon zest and rub the marinade over the turkey and its ready for roasting.
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Cool autumn days and long winter nights call for comfort cooking — savory, satisfying dishes that fill the kitchen with glorious aromas. Roast chicken is one of our family favorites, especially with stuffing to soak up the juices.
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Ive become fascinated with juniper berries but only the kind that are used for culinary purposes. Yes, there are differences: Juniperus communis is the variety mostly used as a spice and as a flavoring ingredient for making gin; and the other is Juniperus Sabina, which is not suitable for consumption as it is very bitter and quite toxic.
However, the juniper berries that are used as a spice are actually a form of cone from a shrubby conifer tree, which is native to Europe, and is used as a spice in many European cuisines. The round, small berries turn an attractive, deep blue-purple when they ripen, which can take up to three years to do. Continue reading
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For those of you who have not ever tried brining meat or poultry, then you might want to consider doing so this Thanksgiving.
First of all, brining is an age-old process using a mixture of salty water to preserve or add flavor to food. Salt is a natural preservative so back in the days of yore, the salt was used on long sea-voyages to prevent food from decaying.
Today, brining has taken on another purpose; it is a great method of tenderizing meat, poultry or fish, while infusing flavor and locking in the natural juice. Brining is widely used for other foods such as cheese, olives, and certain vegetables.
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I will miss the summer months with all the crazy fun activities that my family and I have enjoyed; but, on the other hand, I am looking forward to some chilly days with a cup of mulled wine.
Mulling is another way of saying to heat, sweeten, and flavor with spices as in mulled wine or cider. As far as I know, the concept of mulling began in Europe. They would combine certain spices in their drink recipes to spice things up a bit. What is a typical mulling spice blend today would be a combination of cinnamon, cloves, allspice, cardamom, perhaps a bit of orange citrus peel, or on occasion, a dash of peppercorn, or star anise. I have heard that back in the good old days some recipes even added raisins to the mixture.
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The $30,000 Doggie "Dream House"
We've heard of people taking their love for their dogs to the extreme, usually involving purchasing high end brands of pet clothing or cooking homemade meals for their dog out of gourmet ingredients, but we had never heard of anyone spending this much money on a dog house until now.
Welcome to the $30,000.00 dog house, a high end and high tech dwelling designed to give your dog every possible (and unnecessary) comfort!
The Samsung Dream Doghouse was displayed last week at the Crufts dog show in Birmingham and features an automatic food dispenser, a grass turf covered treadmill, a hydrotherapy pool, vinyl walls that the owner can cover with photos, and a Samsung Galaxy Tablet.
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The legend: Two thousand years ago, Christ's crucifixion blood was spilled on the ground - from it sprang waters with miraculous powers.
In the fourth exciting novel of this treasure-hunting series, Thalia Phoenix (aka Phoe), who is an amateur archeologist, gets a call from the Vatican about a friar who disappeared while searching for the Fountain of Youth in Tibet. Then billionaire Simon Kessler again hires Phoe, this time to find the Fountain of Youth and bring back its water. In addition someone abandons a mysterious baby on Phoe's doorstep.
Phoe again teams up with her treasure-seeking friends and her brother for this two-pronged mission. A formidable team of guns, brains, and brawn, Phoe's adventurers jet off to international intrigue and danger in order to find the Fountain of Youth...and the missing Catholic historian.
However, they aren't alone on their quest. A gang of ruthless international thugs pursues Phoe and her team into a deep jungle - it becomes a race to find and possess the miraculous water from the Fountain of Youth.
When they stumble on a conundrum, Phoe faces the greatest challenge of her adventure-quest career. What she does will affect not only the lives of her team but possibly the future of humankind.
A legend. A quest. A battle between good and evil. Will Phoe prevail?
The Fountain of Youth is book four of the best-selling treasure-hunting series Phoenix Quest Adventures and is K. T. Tomb's 25th novel.
K. T. Tomb, author and archeologist, enjoys traveling the world when not writing adventure thrillers. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
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By any measure, President Trump hit a grand slam with his Supreme Court nomination.
The process he undertook was the most transparent in history. He pledged to choose a nominee from a list he released publicly, and he did. He consulted widely respected experts such as Leonard Leo of the Federalist Society and listened to Vice President Mike Pence and Capitol Hill leaders.
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Among conservative Trump critics, I can find zero concern or opposition to Judge Neil M. Gorsuch, and even some Democrats are praising the pick.
Neal Katyal, who was acting solicitor general under President Obama, endorsed the Colorado judge Tuesday in a New York Times opinion piece.
Replacing the late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia with another conservative does not fundamentally alter the balance of the court. It will remain a narrow 5-4 conservative-leaning majority on most issues, with Justice Anthony M. Kennedy serving as a swing vote.
Democrats have been collectively beating their chests for months, promising to block any Trump Supreme Court nominee, no matter who it is.
I understand that the left is angry that Republicans successfully held out until voters cast their national ballots in November before acting on Justice Scalia's replacement. And, candidly, there has been hypocrisy on both sides in this debate.
Democrats argued all last year that a 4-4 high court was undemocratic and a threat to our nation. Now they want to keep the seat vacant in perpetuity.
Republicans argued that Mr. Obama's Supreme Court pick, the respected Judge Merrick Garland, should not receive a hearing or a floor vote in the final months of a presidency and in the midst of a contentious presidential election. They are now demanding a floor vote on Judge Gorsuch.
Despite threats of primary challenges from liberals like filmmaker Michael Moore, Democrats are seeing the writing on the wall. In 2007, Judge Gorsuch was confirmed for his federal judgeship by the narrow margin of 95-0 in the Senate. If he was as extreme as hard-core leftists claim, then why did dozens of Democrats vote for him?
Indeed, the 60-vote threshold for Supreme Court nominees remains in the U.S. Senate, and this is a good thing. It forces presidents to select highly qualified, smart, articulate and vetted nominees for lifetime appointments to the highest court in the land.
In the hours immediately following the nomination, seven Democratic senators — Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Christopher A. Coons of Delaware, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Jon Tester of Montana and Richard J. Durbin of Illinois — announced they would not join a filibuster of Judge Gorsuch. At least four of those seven are vulnerable incumbents up for re-election next year, running in states that Mr. Trump won just two months ago.
With the Senate's 52 Republicans all lining up behind the judge, remedial mathematics tells us that President Trump already is just one vote away from the 60 votes he needs to confirm Judge Gorsuch.
In making this nomination, we are seeing a playbook for the Trump administration that offers a path to success: Undertake a serious, transparent process, engage stakeholders and the minority party, vet your decision, meticulously prepare your rollout plan and execute. Repeat. In unveiling his choice Tuesday night, Mr. Trump appeared presidential — calm, deliberative, confident and prepared.
The real battle will likely be the next Supreme Court vacancy, which most expect within the next two years.
This is precisely why preserving the filibuster is so important for the Senate's Republican leadership. Ending the filibuster is a bullet you can fire only once.
Now is not the time to pull the trigger, when you already have 59 votes, a qualified nominee and time on your side. Better to wait until a liberal justice dies or steps down, when the balance of the court is at stake.
This situation could present itself perhaps within this calendar year, and the battle on Capitol Hill will be as fierce as any we have ever seen. In already surrendering to political reality, (some) Senate Democrats are showing they understand that fighting a losing battle is no way to help their 25 colleagues facing voters next year.
Re-election is 22 months away, and the clock is ticking.
Tick-tock. Tick-tock.
• Matt Mackowiak is the president of Potomac Strategy Group, a Republican consultant, a Bush administration and Bush-Cheney re-election campaign veteran, and former press secretary to two U.S. senators. He is the host of a national politics podcast, "Mack on Politics," produced in partnership with The Washington Times. His podcast may be found at washingtontimes.com/mackonpolitics.
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Beauty Tips For Teens
The best beauty tips for teens skin care, health and exercise are describing below.
In Teenage years most of the teens have strong and far reaching effects on skin. Oily skin, pimples, red rashes, White and blackhead which are mostly happen in this age of life.
These problems not only cause difficulty to one's personal comfort but also these problems affect's the self respect or esteem of teens.
To get healthy and fit it is necessary for teen's that they must choose healthy food for their body throughout the day and follow a routine which encourage their healthy eating habits.
Proper diet with proper exercise will help to make body fit and good looking.
Teens Skin Care Tips
It is important to take advice from Dermatologist, which will help you to find out which cosmetic is good and safe for your skin type. Only then you should buy cosmetics like blush.
Gentle Cleansing:
Using of scrubs or pads to get relieve from oily skin may help you to get rid of essential oil. Its better to use mild cleanser and try to wash face two times in a day. Most probably before sleeping and in morning.
Don't Squeeze The Face:
Squeezing or pinching of pimples of the face will result in permanent scars. Its recommended by Dermatologist that avoid picking at pimples because even by touching or rubbing them result in further aggravation.
Shave Carefully:
Their are variety of blades and razors in the market. Its is recommended for boys to choose blades and razor very carefully and use razors only for face. And for girls try to stay away from razors until it is an emergency.
No one from teens wants sunburn very early in his/hr life so it is important to use sunscreen cream or lotion whenever go outside in the sun for long period of time. Its good to use sunscreen of at least SPF 30.
Hydrated Skin:
For proper skin care there is no alternative for water. So teens with oily skin recommended to drink 8 glass of water whereas teens with dry skin recommended to drink 10 glass of water throughout the day to make skin free from toxins, make the skin glowing and pimple free.
Use Moisturizer:
Its is important to moisturize skin everyday. So make a habit of using water based moisturizer instead of oil based, when the atmosphere outside is hot and humid.
Healthy Diet
Heavy breakfast is very important in respect to get energy for body to survive the whole day. Its good to eat fruits in breakfast, fruit juices, protein in form of nuts.
Fast Food:
It is a famous belief that fast food will make us unhealthy and fat and this is quite true but it is recommended to eat fast food at least two times in month for teen to change the taste and this will keep their interest in healthy food too.
For teen it is perfect to eat light food at night. Especially Lean protein, whole grains , fruit based dessert and two vegetables.
Processed Food:
For teens it is necessary to avoid the food which is stored in jars, boxes and in other packages because processed food have preservatives and sugar in very high percentage which is harmful for health.
Keep Hydrated:
It is important to drink at least 8 glass of water through out the day either sitting idle in a home or working, playing or studying because it ensures proper metabolism.
School Games:
Always encourage teens to take part in school sports like football,basketball,volleyball and other. There are two advantages of playing games in school, first one is this keeps body active and in shape and second is this helps in avoiding of snacking while sitting free at home.
Physical Training:
To get healthy and fit body it is important for teen to do physical exercise at least for 40 minutes three to four times in a week. This includes weighting machines, free weights,running,resistance bands etc. Whenever necessary take professional help.
Sometimes exercise are not termed for physical exercise. To avoid burden from teens its good to play outside,fishing,skating,bike riding,gardening,swimming all other fun activities are require.
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Handbook of Plant Forms for Botanical Artists Hardback
by Margaret, PSBA Stevens, Ernest Ellis Clark
A classic text from the turn of the 20th century, by Ernest E.
Clark, has been heavily revised and expanded by the former president of the Society of Botanical Artists to produce a stunning handbook of a range of plants.
Each plant is illustrated with detailed botanical drawings and a painting, which may come from historic sources, from a contemporary work or feature an interesting medium.
Together, it provides a fantastic reference for anyone looking for help in accurate botanical drawing and also in bringing a freshness to their botanical painting. The plants covered include the Anemone, the Ash tree, through the homely Buttercup, Daisy and Dandelion, the showy Dahlia and Gladiolus, the celebratory Holly, Ivy and Mistletoe and the grand Oak, Rose and Lily. Over 60 of our favourite flowers and plants are covered, plus a special section on leaf forms. The text includes clear botanical descriptions to accompany each botanical drawing and also detailed information on the painting techniques and composition for each of the paintings.
An absolutely beautiful book that is also a wonderful handbook for all botanical painters who need extra reference with their plant portraits.
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Skip to comments.Biden turns 'Nixonian' on gun control
Posted on 02/13/2013 10:40:15 AM PST by Perseverando
'If I understand this correctly, if you're on the White House side you are legitimate'
A Grammy-winning singer-songwriter who has been frustrated in his effort to buy time on Washington-area radio stations to air his pro-Second Amendment message says Vice President Joe Biden is getting free help from media to promote the presidents gun-restriction campaign.
Barack Obama has been using the Newtown, Conn., massacre to campaign for a ban on certain types of guns and weapons accessories. He also wants to establish a national registry for guns and gun owners.
Steve Vaus, creator of the Buck Howdy character, was watching the presidents efforts to build momentum for gun restrictions when a song came to him.
The tune about the attempted confiscation of a gun during the Texas Revolution is called Come and Take It.
But Vaus has been repeatedly turned down in his attempt to purchase airtime for the song, which was condensed from a longer version.
Vaus today told WND he sees irony in Bidens statements at a press conference on gun safety in Philadelphia.
To be very blunt with you, were counting on all of you, the legitimate news media, to cover these discussions because the truth is that times have changed, Biden said, according to the Washington Examiner.
He said there are those who would misrepresent the White Houses plans for gun control.
The social media that exists out there, the tragedies that have occurred, the Supreme Court decision affirming that its an individual right to bear arms all give a lie to the argument that what were trying to do is somehow unconstitutional, or somehow goes after the legitimate right to own and bear arms and to hunt and protect yourselves, Biden said.
However, the Obama administration, and specifically Obama, recently were
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And Plugs is probably still wondering why 3 chairs were empty in the spaces saved for SCOTUS last night.
Biden isn't smart enough to be Nixonian. He's not even Agnewian.
Biden CAN walk and chew gum...provided he takes one step, stops, chews, takes another step, stops, chews,takes another step and so on. Of course if anything distracts him so that he loses the sequence he will bite his lip. There can never be a movie that features Biden unless he plays himself. No modern actor is good enough to play that stupid, not even Robert Duvall. Some believe that Biden is even dumber than Pelosi, though not quite as crazy.
We need the 2nd amendment!
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Examining Benchmarking Applications in the government and public sector organization: An empirical study in Egypt and proposed model. Prof. Dr. Tarek Taha Ahmed Dean of Faculty of Business Administration, Professor of Business Administration Pharos University at Alexandria, Egypt
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An empirical study in Egypt and proposed model
Prof. Dr. TarekTaha Ahmed
Dean of Faculty of Business Administration,
Professor of Business Administration
Pharos University at Alexandria, Egypt
Website: www.pua.edu.eg, e-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Tarek Taha
Prof. Dr. Tarek Taha
Despite the growing body of literature dealing with benchmarking, previous research has focused on western countries regarding private corporations rather than upon public organizations operating in the developing countries such as Egypt. Moreover, contrast to the manufacturing sector, service industry, particularly governmental services, has been long criticized for a rather limited use of benchmarking.
In addition, the in-depth interviews of our preliminary study, show that benchmarking concepts are still likely unclear. Consequently the effective implementation processes of such benchmarking remain doubtful.
Thus, the research carried out by this study attempted to achieve the following objectives: (a)provide a better understanding about benchmarking applications in the local context(b)determine the construct factors influencing the managerial intention of Egyptian government public organizations to apply benchmarking, (c) develop a mathematical model that can quantitatively predict the probability of applying this methodology (d) offer hypotheses that can be used to guide research on related areas, (e) provide findings that further support, confirm or contradict previous studies regarding other industries or countries. The basic assumption is that organizations could not effectively improve their performance unless they understand what level of gap exists between current performance and best practices. And the use of any specific application is determined by intention to use it.
Prof. Dr. Tarek Taha
Literature and past researches were reviewed and integrated sequentially, including a wide range of recently published works, in order to develop more effectively the study's hypotheses and the research model.
Based on literature review and to meet the study purposes we defined benchmarking as a continuous improvement process comparing organization's practices against the best in the industry (business leaders) which help to take action to improve performance. Also, the current paper used the term public organizations to refer to all organizations that provide the basic services or goods consumed by the public (such as electricity, natural gas, water, Telephone services) and are either not, or cannot be, provided by the private sector (see Farneti and Guthrie, 2009)
Model Development and Research Hypotheses
The proposed model in the following figure contains 12structural paths. The paths from P1 to P7 represent the hypothesized relationships between the driving factors and the application of benchmarking. The paths from P9 to P12 reflect the precondition determinants of implementing such benchmarking effectively. The remaining path P8refers to the degree of continuity of applying benchmarking for improving performance in the Egyptian government institutions.
Prof. Dr. Tarek Taha
Precondition Factors
(to implement benchmarking effectively)
Driving Forces
(to apply Benchmarking)
Yeff: Effective implementation
Yapp= Benchmarking Application
P= Presence of quality program
O= Openness toward changes
C= Client complains
Z= Client Orientation
S= Cost pressures
M= Competitive Pressures
B= Budget constraint
Yeff= Effective implementation
T=Top management support
E= Employee participation
A= Awareness about benchmarking
D=Availability of comparative data
Accordingly, the following multiple regression equations (EQ1 and EQ2) can be used:
EG1 : Y app = a+bP P + bO O + bC C + bZ Z + bS S + bM M -bB B +e
EG2 Yeff= a+bT T + bE E + bA A + bD D + e
Prof. Dr. Tarek Taha
The research process involved the following stages:
Preliminary qualitative study: A series of in-depth interviews were carried out with some key practitioners. The issues arising from this stage, combined with the literature findings, were used as a basis for the next quantitative study.
Quantitative study: The quantitative stage in the form of questionnaires followed sequentially . All elements that make up the study population have been investigated.
The reliability of all instruments used in the study was assessed by Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient. The coefficients ranged from 0.77 to 0.90, which exhibited an acceptable level of reliability.
Data analysis and model testing
The data were processed using statistical software packages (SPSS). Multiple regression analysis(Total Model) was conducted and the associated statistical inference tests with regression techniques were performed for testing the overall regression equations (F test) as well as specific partial regression coefficients (t test on b).
The analysis was repeated using stepwise multiple regression analysis (using the forward inclusion approach) to select a small subset of predictor variables that explained the highest amount of variation in the criterion variable.
The total correlation matrix of the research model was reviewed in-depth. No significant multicollinearity was detected. The results of testing each of the three hypotheses are given below.
Prof. Dr. Tarek Taha
Prof. Dr. Tarek Taha
The results in the following table do not support the acceptance of hypothesis H3(X~ = 1.566037, S~= 0.106089, and Skewness = 0.941928).Despite all Egyptian public organizations reported that they implement benchmarking (all of them are bench-markers), the findings show that they are most likely practice benchmarking rarely to improve their performance (60.38%), while the remaining percent either irregularly (22.64%), or continuously (16.98%). The values of the spider diagram strong tend toward right side, reflecting the low rate of benchmarking practices among Egyptian public organizations.
Prof. Dr. Tarek Taha
The growing importance of applying benchmarking in government and public-sector organizations has been highlighted throughout this study, after reviewing up-to-date relevant literature and examining many previous works. This study presents an empirical assessment of the factors affecting applying benchmarking and the precondition factor for effective implementation process.
Given the dearth of works dealing with this area of study, the results of the present paper might be seen as useful potential theoreticalcontributions to the specialized literature concerning this issue. Our research attempted to integrate and encompass the most frequently cited factors in the literature, and applied them in the local context in order to best examine the phenomenon under investigation. Thus, the proposed model contained variables that have not been tested simultaneously in previous works.
Prof. Dr. Tarek Taha
Limitations and future research
The current research has some limitations. The study was conducted in Egypt and therefore the findings may be specific to the culture in this developing country. Also, it should be noted that the research scope was limited to the government and public services industry.
Finally, since the study is cross-sectional in design, future research could undertake a more in-depth longitudinal study. However, the majority of the proposal relationships were validated, and significant, the level of R2 obtained shows that there are other variables that may influence our finding. Consequently, it is necessary to develop more complex models which may introduce alternative variables.
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Every year, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources sends a truck around to replenish the stocks at state parks and county forest preserves. The truck with the generic name has already been to Kickapoo State Park.
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"They taste really good," said Charles Arbuckle of Mahomet, who fishes nearly every day at the forest preserve.
A catch-and-release man, he doesn't actually eat the fish that come out of the truck and into the lake.
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The trout come from Crystal Lake Fisheries in Ava, Mo.
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At 10 inches, they're legal, but fishing is closed at Lake of the Woods until April 5, so it's a pretty sweet time to be a trout.
Smith fishes a netful of trout from the top of his truck for inspection.
"That's the way to catch a fish," Arbuckle said.
There's one in there that's about 1.5 pounds, Smith estimated.
Pagac helps a couple that have fallen from the net onto the boat ramp make their way into the lake.
They looked pretty limp lying there on the asphalt, but once they were in the water, they were jumping.
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I have been out to this location a few times trying to do it justice. This time around I feel the shot makes traveling to the location worth it. The sun was setting behind me. With the snow in the mountains and sunset colors it makes for a really nice image. I also like how the tangled trees seem to mirror the tangled barbed wire fence.
The main reason I started taking pictures of this homestead was because I have this thing for seeing objects as they were left. This one is not overrun with new development. It doesn't have anything modern around it to distract you from the condition of the homestead itself. Just rugged old wood, twisted trees and dead grass.
Could you imagine living in this modest dwelling looking over that wondrous view? It would really be a simple life rewarded by the peace and quiet the country would offer.
From what I have read, in the early 1900s you could build a place like this on some vacant land thus making you the owner of the property. It would be kind of cool to go back to that way of living if there is any land left to grab. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_(buildings)
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Hi beautiful people! I have been missing in action for more than a week . Life has been pretty much busier lately. First there was Easter.My inlaws were here for Easter , then we have to finish up building the jungle gym and on top of that i have been spring cleaning like a crazy mad woman.
Yesterday one of my friends invited me to a lunch party at her house ,I told my self to take a break from all this spring cleaning marathon and its about time to go out, after a week of hybernation accompanied with sweat pants all day,all week. I love to dress up,it brings out the best and happier me, obviously this what i wore.Im inspired of a tuxedo look lately . I love the tailor and polish look of it and since its spring i opted to wear my bright pink blazer. Its kinda a gloomy rainy weather yesterdery, i figured wearing brights makes me feel livelier. I hope you like it too :)
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Toyota Motor Corp. (TM) opened its first U.S. plant in 1988 in Georgetown, Kentucky. Now Toyota is threatening to move Camry production unless the plant quickly cuts costs. The video made the point that Toyota could build a Camry in Japan, ship it to Kentucky, and sell it for a bigger profit than it could by selling a car built in the state.
Kevin Kaiser was on an airplane this summer, staring into his laptop, when he came up with the idea for taking on billionaire pipeline magnate Kelcy Warren. He was scrutinizing a nearly year-old prospectus for Sunoco Logistics Partners LP's acquisition of Energy Transfer Partners LP, an agreement that merged two parts of Warren's energy empire. For months, the 30-year-old Hedgeye Risk Management LLC analyst had heard clients complain that the deal -- along with a host of other Energy Transfer moves -- enriched Warren but did little to benefit Energy Transfer Partners unitholders, Kaiser said in an interview. Reading the prospectus, Kaiser realized Energy Transfer Partners investors could band
The Justice Department is citing some surprising authorities in its lawsuit to stop AT&T Inc. from buying Time Warner Inc.—namely the companies themselves. Time and again, the complaint quotes from statements and filings by AT&T and Time Warner to make the government's case that the $85 billion merger would be bad for customers. The Justice Department strategy puts AT&T and Time Warner in the tricky position of having to explain that while, yes, they did write or say those words, they don't imply what the government says they imply.
An options behemoth that's been betting on a modest rise of the Cboe's VIX index -- and traded 3.15 million contracts so far this year -- may roll over a huge position today or later this week based on trading patterns going back to July, Pravit Chintawongvanich, head of derivatives strategy at Macro Risk Advisors, wrote in a note. Rolling the trade over -- closing the old legs and refreshing the new ones -- would likely include more than 2 million contracts, around three times the average daily volume of VIX options, according to Cboe data of the past 20 sessions. The trader, who Chintawongvanich has dubbed the "VIX Elephant," has bought 262,500 December VIX puts with a strike price of 12 and is long a VIX call spread that profits if December futures contracts expire between 15 and 25 -- selling 525,000 VIX calls with a strike price of 25 and purchasing 262,500 VIX calls with a strike price of 15.
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Societe Generale says a 10-year Treasury yield above 2.5% could result in a US equity sell-off. If the yield for the 10-year benchmark note climbs above the crucial threshold of 2.5% that could start working against US stocks that are already close to the most expensive since the dot-com bubble, according to strategists at Societe Generale. Treasurys reaching that level would imply 7% downside for US equities, while an increase to 2.75% could translate to a 15% drop, Societe Generale data shows.
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Kingdom Holding's plan to borrow money to fund new investments has stalled because owner Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has been detained in Saudi Arabia's anti-corruption crackdown, according to four banking sources familiar with the matter. Kingdom had approached banks to obtain the loan, but the financing plan has been held up because the lenders are worried about potential repercussions if they lend to the prince's company, the sources said. One of the sources, who was approached for the loan, said it would have been worth roughly 5 billion riyals ($1.3 billion).
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Five Wal-Mart Stores Inc. executives took advantage of the stock's biggest rally in nine years to a record high last week to sell a total of $11 million worth of shares, as soon as they were allowed to trade. The stock WMT, +0.01% had shot up 10.9% on Thursday to a record close of $99.62, after the discount retail behemoth reported fiscal third-quarter earnings, revenue and same-store sales that beat expectations. That was the biggest one-day percentage gain since Oct. 28, 2008. The next day, the stock pulled back by 2.2%, trading in an intraday range of $96.58 to $100.13 before closing at $97.47. Some time Friday morning, President and Chief Executive of Walmart International David Cheesewright
Bill and Hillary Clinton's known charitable donations have cost them at least $29 million in lost personal wealth. That's based on how much the couple has given to charity since 2001, the value of the tax deductions on charitable giving, and how much they could have made if they'd kept their money, paid the tax and invested it in a stock-market index fund instead. I calculated this number using published and publicly available data. And it poses a challenge to those who, once again, are claiming the Clintons have run their charitable work as a massive criminal enterprise to enrich themselves. Yes, the Clinton Foundation should be old news, but conservative critics of the couple have revived the
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD recently announced that Hewlett Packard Enterprise's HPE new ProLiant DL385 Gen10 server, which is powered by AMD's EPYC processor has set new records across SPECrate2017_fp_base and SPECfp_rate2006.Notably, HPE Cloudline
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It has been more than a month since the last earnings report for The Blackstone Group L.P. BX. Before we dive into how investors and analysts have reacted as of late, let's take a quick look at its most recent earnings report in order to get a better handle on the important catalysts. Blackstone's third-quarter 2017 economic net income (ENI) of 69 cents per share topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 57 cents.
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21st Century Fox Inc. agreed to create a workplace council at its embattled Fox News channel and will receive a $90 million insurance payment as part of a deal settling shareholder litigation over sex-harassment scandals at the network. The conduct of Fox News has become a threat to 21st Century Fox's efforts to acquire full ownership of Sky Plc, one of Europe's biggest pay-TV providers. The deal is the latest step in the company's attempt to address reporting and oversight failures that allowed alleged sexual misconduct by its chief of its news operations, the now-deceased Roger Ailes, and others to continue without the board being aware. Former Fox employees involved in harassment and discrimination lawsuits against the company have been testifying to U.K regulators who are scrutinizing the $15.4 billion offer for British pay-TV company.
Two billionaire brothers, two bonds, two very different fates. This isn't the plot of yet another sequel to Jeffrey Archer's Kane and Abel, though it could very well be. Mukesh Ambani, India's richest man, sold 10-year dollar notes at just 130 basis points over U.S. Treasuries on Monday. None of the existing debt of Indian nonfinancial issuers, including state-owned firms, was raised this cheaply, according to Bloomberg News reporters Carrie Hong and Neha D'silva. Moreover, Reliance Industries Ltd.'s $800 million offer came days after a default by Reliance Communications Ltd., run by Mukesh's younger sibling, Anil Ambani. My apprehension that global investors would paint all Reliance bonds with
Electricity generator Luminant is cutting about 600 jobs as it closes three coal-fired power plants and a mine in Texas. The Texas Workforce Commission said Monday that Luminant plans to make the layoffs in January. Luminant previously announced that it would shutter the Monticello, Big Brown and Sandow power plants.
An electronic payment app that allows people to pay for goods and services in gold has been launched by fintech firm Glint. Released Monday, the app — also called Glint — allows users to link a Mastercard credit card to their phone, which then lets them buy physical gold bullion that is stored in a Swiss vault. Jason Cozens, the company's chief executive and co–founder, said Monday that quantitative easing policy and the collapse of some banks have made many realize that traditional accounts are not a risk-free option. "Since the financial crisis people are starting to understand that purchasing power of their money isn't safe," he said. On its website, Glint says that once either a currency
European stocks slipped and safe haven government bonds were in demand early on Monday as the collapse of coalition talks in Germany served as a reminder of political risk that still runs as an undercurrent in Europe. Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday her efforts to form a three-way coalition government had failed, thrusting Germany into a political crisis and pushing Europe's largest economy closer to a possible new election.
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HSBC Holdings Plc is shuttering accounts associated with the powerful Gupta family as it assesses its exposure to the scandal gripping South Africa. The bank is conducting a wide-ranging review of any possible involvement in suspicious transactions, with the assistance of external investigators, people with knowledge of the matter said. HSBC first closed accounts held by companies linked to the Gupta family in 2014 after internal compliance procedures picked up transactions that couldn't be explained as legitimate business, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing a matter that isn't public. Banks are required to report any transactions they suspect may be related to illicit activities.
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Happy bloody New Year from BDO Stoy Hayward, which is predicting that an astonishing 15 per cent of UK law firms could be on the brink of going out of business. See story.
While all and sundry are easing their hangovers with analysts' predictions that the M&A boom will continue, it's been left to the accountants to cast a word of caution. Funny that.
This is no post-Carter scare for small criminal firms either. BDO is concerned that changes to banks' lending strategies will have a massive effect on law firms large and small.
BDO reckons that these policy changes will result in at least (yes, you read that right) 1,500 law firms needing to merge or be wound up in the next few years.
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Even if your (badly run) law firm gets lucky and is saved by merger it could still go horribly wrong.
Cheery BDO partner David Miles comments: "We would urge any distressed law firm not to be too rash and hump at the first opportunity of a merger. Quick defensive mergers could lead to lasting regrets long after the ink on the contract has dried."
Merger mayhem looks set to continue. We've already welcomed Reed Smith Richards Butler and DWF-Ricksons in 2007 – but you've been warned. Watch this space for the cracks to appear.
Steve Hoare, news editor