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Title: The Virtue of Humility | Cleverism Headings: The Virtue of Humility The Virtue of Humility “Humility is nothing but truth, and pride is nothing but lying.” – St. Vincent de Paul WHAT IS HUMILITY? “I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.” THE FALSE DEFINITIONS OF HUMILITY “The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it.” – Mignon McLaughlin HUMILITY IN A HISTORICAL CONTEXT “I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.” – Lao Tzu HUMILITY AND LEADERSHIP “To possess self-confidence and humility at the same time is called maturity.” – Jack Welch HOW TO PRACTICE HUMILITY Learn the value the deed itself “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” Do the expected without boasting about it “Sometimes doing your best is not good enough. Sometimes you must do what is required.” Stop competing over achievements “Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with other people.” IN CONCLUSION “Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.” – C.S. Lewis Share your thoughts and experience Content: Cancel Confirm Switch camera Share Include playlist An error occurred while retrieving sharing information. Please try again later. Watch on 0:00 0:00 0:00 / 58:09 Live • But is humility a bad quality on leaders? If we examine it through science, the evidence is starting to be evident: humility makes you a better leader. In a study by the University of Maine, researchers found that “ humility was the most strongly linked (personality trait) with helpfulness ”. Furthermore, the study found humility didn’t just make people more helpfulness, but also ensured they enjoyed better work ethic, generosity and reliable relationships. According to evolutionary scientists, the trait, which requires a person to put others’ needs first, has survived because humans have always required co-operation to survive. While the need for co-operation has changed from surviving the savannahs to staying alive in the corporate world, the benefits of humility, empathy and helpfulness remain a key for success. This ability to put your ego on hold and to empathize with other people has been further linked with good leaders.
https://www.cleverism.com/virtue-of-humility-leadership/
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Title: Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness | Cleverism Headings: Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness INTRODUCTION TO BEING SELF-AWARE THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-AWARENESS APPLICATION OF THE JOHARI WINDOW IN SELF-AWARENESS HOW TO IMPROVE SELF-AWARENESS Recognize your Strengths and Weaknesses Listen to your Inner Voice Obtain Feedback Content: So it should be okay to be a bit unaware, shouldn’t it? Well, there is a bit of truth in that, but the journey has already started, and if you are on already walking that path, you might as well get started on working on your self-awareness. So let us identify the reasons why self-awareness is very important. For self-improvement: Self-improvement is considered to the main purpose of introspection. One cannot know that there is something within them that needs to be changed unless they recognize what is wrong or lacking with them and, for that, there is a need for introspection. When you are self-aware, you know and understand your own failings, weaknesses, and flaws. Once you know what they are, you can get to work in correcting and improving them. For establishment of your identity and individuality: Many people go through life not really entirely sure about their goals, much less their desires and short-term objectives.
https://www.cleverism.com/ways-improve-self-awareness/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_582027354#8_1164522635
Title: Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness | Cleverism Headings: Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness INTRODUCTION TO BEING SELF-AWARE THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-AWARENESS APPLICATION OF THE JOHARI WINDOW IN SELF-AWARENESS HOW TO IMPROVE SELF-AWARENESS Recognize your Strengths and Weaknesses Listen to your Inner Voice Obtain Feedback Content: One cannot know that there is something within them that needs to be changed unless they recognize what is wrong or lacking with them and, for that, there is a need for introspection. When you are self-aware, you know and understand your own failings, weaknesses, and flaws. Once you know what they are, you can get to work in correcting and improving them. For establishment of your identity and individuality: Many people go through life not really entirely sure about their goals, much less their desires and short-term objectives. So they often find themselves caught in moments of indecision, and they end up not moving forward at all. They do not know who they are, so how can they expect to go anywhere? If you know who you are and you are clear on your identity, you will have more confidence – in making important choices and decisions, in your actions and in the conduct of your relationships with other people. You are able to identify what your areas of strengths are, so you know how to build on them. You will feel more empowered to make changes because you clearly know what aspects of yourself you would like to improve on.
https://www.cleverism.com/ways-improve-self-awareness/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_582027354#9_1164524340
Title: Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness | Cleverism Headings: Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness INTRODUCTION TO BEING SELF-AWARE THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-AWARENESS APPLICATION OF THE JOHARI WINDOW IN SELF-AWARENESS HOW TO IMPROVE SELF-AWARENESS Recognize your Strengths and Weaknesses Listen to your Inner Voice Obtain Feedback Content: So they often find themselves caught in moments of indecision, and they end up not moving forward at all. They do not know who they are, so how can they expect to go anywhere? If you know who you are and you are clear on your identity, you will have more confidence – in making important choices and decisions, in your actions and in the conduct of your relationships with other people. You are able to identify what your areas of strengths are, so you know how to build on them. You will feel more empowered to make changes because you clearly know what aspects of yourself you would like to improve on. Ultimately, this will enable you to enjoy your uniqueness as an individual. For goal setting: Becoming self-aware is your first step towards mastering your life. You will be able to create what you want precisely because you KNOW what you want. Your self-awareness will give you the guidance that you need and point you to the right direction.
https://www.cleverism.com/ways-improve-self-awareness/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_582027354#10_1164525854
Title: Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness | Cleverism Headings: Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness INTRODUCTION TO BEING SELF-AWARE THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-AWARENESS APPLICATION OF THE JOHARI WINDOW IN SELF-AWARENESS HOW TO IMPROVE SELF-AWARENESS Recognize your Strengths and Weaknesses Listen to your Inner Voice Obtain Feedback Content: Ultimately, this will enable you to enjoy your uniqueness as an individual. For goal setting: Becoming self-aware is your first step towards mastering your life. You will be able to create what you want precisely because you KNOW what you want. Your self-awareness will give you the guidance that you need and point you to the right direction. Since you are in control of your emotions, you will know where to focus your thoughts, emotions, and efforts. You can set your goals, and go about achieving them, one by one. For harmonious relationships: Whether personal or professional, relationships take a lot of work, and they are vulnerable to emotional turmoil and upheaval. If you are in control of your emotions, you can also have control on how your relationships go.
https://www.cleverism.com/ways-improve-self-awareness/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_582027354#11_1164527187
Title: Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness | Cleverism Headings: Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness INTRODUCTION TO BEING SELF-AWARE THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-AWARENESS APPLICATION OF THE JOHARI WINDOW IN SELF-AWARENESS HOW TO IMPROVE SELF-AWARENESS Recognize your Strengths and Weaknesses Listen to your Inner Voice Obtain Feedback Content: Since you are in control of your emotions, you will know where to focus your thoughts, emotions, and efforts. You can set your goals, and go about achieving them, one by one. For harmonious relationships: Whether personal or professional, relationships take a lot of work, and they are vulnerable to emotional turmoil and upheaval. If you are in control of your emotions, you can also have control on how your relationships go. Getting a handle on relationships is a trait of a self-aware individual, because it means that they can easily adapt to an environment where they have to interact with other people. Leaders, in particular, are expected to have high levels of self-awareness, because one simply cannot lead without it. Being self-aware lends a sense of purpose and authenticity to a leader, and gives them the ability to be more open and the willingness to trust. This way, they are in the best position to maintain balance within the organization that they lead. Learn more about the impact of self-awareness on leadership styles.
https://www.cleverism.com/ways-improve-self-awareness/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_582027354#16_1164535971
Title: Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness | Cleverism Headings: Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness Ways to Improve Your Self-Awareness INTRODUCTION TO BEING SELF-AWARE THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-AWARENESS APPLICATION OF THE JOHARI WINDOW IN SELF-AWARENESS HOW TO IMPROVE SELF-AWARENESS Recognize your Strengths and Weaknesses Listen to your Inner Voice Obtain Feedback Content: This is the part of yourself that no one knows about, least of all you. When they are tapped into or unleashed, you will be surprising both yourself and the people around you. Groups of individuals, employees and managers are often made to accomplish the Johari Window so they can get an idea of their levels of self-awareness. This has also become widely used in corporate settings, with the purpose of improving employees’ personal development, improvement of their communication skills, interpersonal relationships and teamwork or group dynamics. HOW TO IMPROVE SELF-AWARENESS Despite the large number of self-help books that supposedly teach you how to develop self-awareness, it is a reality that becoming self-aware is not something that one can learn in a formal setting, or simply from reading one or two books on the topic from cover to cover. Development of self-awareness takes time and a lot of effort on the part of the person trying to develop it. It requires a lot of practice, and the person has to pay a lot of attention on his own personality and behavior, and how it relates to external forces and factors. This is how you improve your self-awareness. YouTube Brendon.com 891K subscribers Subscribe The Death of Self-Awareness Watch later Copy link Info Shopping Tap to unmute If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device. More videos More videos You're signed out Videos you watch may be added to the TV's watch history and influence TV recommendations.
https://www.cleverism.com/ways-improve-self-awareness/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_582549718#12_1165494078
Title: Why Creativity is so Crucial for Entrepreneurs? | Cleverism Headings: Why Creativity is so Crucial for Entrepreneurs? Why Creativity is so Crucial for Entrepreneurs? CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROCESS Innovation Economic Importance More Profit Risk-Taking Job Opportunities The Entrepreneurial Process WHY CREATIVITY IS SO CRUCIAL FOR ENTREPRENEURS? ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CREATIVITY – HOW ARE THEY LINKED? Entrepreneurs link the creative mind and the business mind. There are indicators that signify the creative thinking of a successful entrepreneur. Creativity needs to be structured. Creative thinking is not the only skill needed for entrepreneurship. Business thinking vs. creative thinking: what comes first? Creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship: Glenn Gaudette at TEDxWPI BASIC ELEMENTS OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS Step 1: Preparation Step 2: Thinking outside the box – going beyond the comfort zone Step 3: Creativity isn’t magic Step 4: Incubation Step 5: Illumination Step 6: Verification Step 7: Critical thinking HOW TO BE CREATIVE AND THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX How Entrepreneurs Can Unlock Creativity Think freely, but focus on the major question you want answered, the product you want developed, or the area you want improved. Brainstorm. Encourage and reward creative ideas of your team. Share ideas and solicit feedback. Evaluate your ideas. Share your thoughts and experience Content: How can someone think of manufacturing and supplying a product in markets where consumers already have their trusted preferences and so many choices to choose from? How can we make a product stand out from the rest? A creative mind answers all those questions. Creativity helps us think of how to improve existing business practices. A brand might be very established and popular among the consumers, but there is always something that can be done differently from them and in a better way. A creative mind is like an artist who creates new and exciting patterns on canvas. Creativity can come up with the most unthinkable ideas and bring innovation into existing practices. Creativity is simply the ability of imagination. Imagination leads someone to reach never before explored areas. In business terms, imagination alone is what is known as “thinking outside the box”.
https://www.cleverism.com/why-creativity-is-so-crucial-for-entrepreneurs/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_582549718#13_1165496624
Title: Why Creativity is so Crucial for Entrepreneurs? | Cleverism Headings: Why Creativity is so Crucial for Entrepreneurs? Why Creativity is so Crucial for Entrepreneurs? CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROCESS Innovation Economic Importance More Profit Risk-Taking Job Opportunities The Entrepreneurial Process WHY CREATIVITY IS SO CRUCIAL FOR ENTREPRENEURS? ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CREATIVITY – HOW ARE THEY LINKED? Entrepreneurs link the creative mind and the business mind. There are indicators that signify the creative thinking of a successful entrepreneur. Creativity needs to be structured. Creative thinking is not the only skill needed for entrepreneurship. Business thinking vs. creative thinking: what comes first? Creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship: Glenn Gaudette at TEDxWPI BASIC ELEMENTS OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS Step 1: Preparation Step 2: Thinking outside the box – going beyond the comfort zone Step 3: Creativity isn’t magic Step 4: Incubation Step 5: Illumination Step 6: Verification Step 7: Critical thinking HOW TO BE CREATIVE AND THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX How Entrepreneurs Can Unlock Creativity Think freely, but focus on the major question you want answered, the product you want developed, or the area you want improved. Brainstorm. Encourage and reward creative ideas of your team. Share ideas and solicit feedback. Evaluate your ideas. Share your thoughts and experience Content: A creative mind is like an artist who creates new and exciting patterns on canvas. Creativity can come up with the most unthinkable ideas and bring innovation into existing practices. Creativity is simply the ability of imagination. Imagination leads someone to reach never before explored areas. In business terms, imagination alone is what is known as “thinking outside the box”. Using imagination, an entrepreneur can put aside the practical norms and think of something creative and innovative. However, a creative mind has to have entrepreneurial skills to bring those creative ideas to life in a business setting. An entrepreneur assesses the requirements of how to execute an idea by analyzing available vs. required resources, how to establish a new enterprise and how to manage it. An entrepreneur designs business models that can support and execute innovative ideas in the first place. An entrepreneur provides the ‘science’ aspect about how to bring the artistic creativity to life.
https://www.cleverism.com/why-creativity-is-so-crucial-for-entrepreneurs/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_582549718#18_1165509897
Title: Why Creativity is so Crucial for Entrepreneurs? | Cleverism Headings: Why Creativity is so Crucial for Entrepreneurs? Why Creativity is so Crucial for Entrepreneurs? CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROCESS Innovation Economic Importance More Profit Risk-Taking Job Opportunities The Entrepreneurial Process WHY CREATIVITY IS SO CRUCIAL FOR ENTREPRENEURS? ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND CREATIVITY – HOW ARE THEY LINKED? Entrepreneurs link the creative mind and the business mind. There are indicators that signify the creative thinking of a successful entrepreneur. Creativity needs to be structured. Creative thinking is not the only skill needed for entrepreneurship. Business thinking vs. creative thinking: what comes first? Creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship: Glenn Gaudette at TEDxWPI BASIC ELEMENTS OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS Step 1: Preparation Step 2: Thinking outside the box – going beyond the comfort zone Step 3: Creativity isn’t magic Step 4: Incubation Step 5: Illumination Step 6: Verification Step 7: Critical thinking HOW TO BE CREATIVE AND THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX How Entrepreneurs Can Unlock Creativity Think freely, but focus on the major question you want answered, the product you want developed, or the area you want improved. Brainstorm. Encourage and reward creative ideas of your team. Share ideas and solicit feedback. Evaluate your ideas. Share your thoughts and experience Content: An entrepreneur creates new products for existing services and new services for existing products. Creative ideas come more quickly when someone is not afraid to appreciate new ideas irrespective of who comes up with them. An entrepreneur shares an idea and is open to feedback that improves and refines the idea. Creativity comes from learning different things, whether they are related to the industry or not. These indicators show that entrepreneurship and creativity go hand in hand with each other. Entrepreneurs are more flexible and seek improvement more than they seek perfection. Creativity needs to be structured. Despite all the flexibility to undertake new ventures, creativity does require a bit of structure for successful execution. However, too much structure robs the whole essence of the process. The key lies in having a rigorous approach toward work without being too stiff.
https://www.cleverism.com/why-creativity-is-so-crucial-for-entrepreneurs/
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Title: Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know | Cleverism Headings: Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know INTRODUCTION TO WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 1) Definition of Working Capital 2) Types of working capital 3) Objectives of working capital management THE WORKING CAPITAL CYCLE Cash Creditors and Debtors Inventory Properties of a healthy working capital cycle APPROACHES TO WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SIGNIFICANCE OF ADEQUATE WORKING CAPITAL FACTORS FOR DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF WORKING CAPITAL NEEDED Content: It is this management of such assets as well as liabilities which is described as working capital management. Working capital management is a quintessential part of financial management as a subject. It can also be compared with long-term decision-making the process as both of the domains deal with the analysis of risk and profitability. Pause 0:00 / 0:00 Speed: Normal Speed 0.25 0.5 0.75 Normal 1.25 1.5 1.75 2 Settings Voltax Full-screen 1) Definition of Working Capital Working capital is formally arrived at by subtracting the current liabilities from current assets of a firm on the day the balance sheet is drawn up. Working capital is also represented by a firm’s net investment in current assets necessary to support its everyday business. Working capital frequently changes its form and is sometimes also referred to as circulating capital. According to Gretsenberg: “circulating capital means current assets of a company that are changed in the ordinary course of business from one form to another.” 2) Types of working capital Working capital, as mentioned above, can take different forms.
https://www.cleverism.com/working-capital-management-everything-need-know/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_582726382#4_1165794611
Title: Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know | Cleverism Headings: Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know INTRODUCTION TO WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 1) Definition of Working Capital 2) Types of working capital 3) Objectives of working capital management THE WORKING CAPITAL CYCLE Cash Creditors and Debtors Inventory Properties of a healthy working capital cycle APPROACHES TO WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SIGNIFICANCE OF ADEQUATE WORKING CAPITAL FACTORS FOR DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF WORKING CAPITAL NEEDED Content: In all cases, some amount of cash, stock and/or account receivables are always locked in. These assets are necessary for the firm to carry out its day to day business. Such funds are drawn from long term sources and are necessary for running and existence of the business. Variable Working Capital: Working capital requirements of a business firm might increase or decrease from time to time due to various factors. Such variable funds are drawn from short-term sources and are referred to as variable working capital. 3) Objectives of working capital management The main objectives of working capital management are: Maintaining the working capital operating cycle and to ensure its smooth operation. Maintaining the smooth operation of the operating cycle is essential for the business to function. The operating cycle here refers to the entire life cycle of a business.
https://www.cleverism.com/working-capital-management-everything-need-know/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_582726382#5_1165796300
Title: Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know | Cleverism Headings: Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know INTRODUCTION TO WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 1) Definition of Working Capital 2) Types of working capital 3) Objectives of working capital management THE WORKING CAPITAL CYCLE Cash Creditors and Debtors Inventory Properties of a healthy working capital cycle APPROACHES TO WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SIGNIFICANCE OF ADEQUATE WORKING CAPITAL FACTORS FOR DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF WORKING CAPITAL NEEDED Content: Such variable funds are drawn from short-term sources and are referred to as variable working capital. 3) Objectives of working capital management The main objectives of working capital management are: Maintaining the working capital operating cycle and to ensure its smooth operation. Maintaining the smooth operation of the operating cycle is essential for the business to function. The operating cycle here refers to the entire life cycle of a business. From the acquisition of the raw material to the smooth production and delivery of the end products – working capital management strives to ensure smoothness, and it is one of the main objectives of the concept. Mitigating the cost of capital. Minimizing the cost of capital is another very important objective that working capital management strives to achieve. The cost of capital is the capital that is spent on maintaining the working capital. It needs to be ensured that the costs involved for maintenance of healthy working capital are carefully monitored, negotiated and managed.
https://www.cleverism.com/working-capital-management-everything-need-know/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_582726382#8_1165802085
Title: Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know | Cleverism Headings: Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know INTRODUCTION TO WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 1) Definition of Working Capital 2) Types of working capital 3) Objectives of working capital management THE WORKING CAPITAL CYCLE Cash Creditors and Debtors Inventory Properties of a healthy working capital cycle APPROACHES TO WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SIGNIFICANCE OF ADEQUATE WORKING CAPITAL FACTORS FOR DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF WORKING CAPITAL NEEDED Content: There are mainly the following elements of which the working capital cycle is comprised of: Cash The cash refers to the funds available for the purchase of goods. Maintaining a healthy level of liquidity with some buffer is always a best practice. It is extremely important to maintain a reserve fund which can be utilized when: There is a shortage of cash inflow for some reason. In the absence of reserve cash, the day to day business will get hampered. Some new opportunity springs up. In such a case, the absence of reserve cash will pose a hindrance. In case of any contingency, absence of a reserve fund can cripple the company and poses a threat to the solvency of the firm. Creditors and Debtors The creditors refer to the accounts payable.
https://www.cleverism.com/working-capital-management-everything-need-know/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_582726382#9_1165803651
Title: Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know | Cleverism Headings: Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know INTRODUCTION TO WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 1) Definition of Working Capital 2) Types of working capital 3) Objectives of working capital management THE WORKING CAPITAL CYCLE Cash Creditors and Debtors Inventory Properties of a healthy working capital cycle APPROACHES TO WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SIGNIFICANCE OF ADEQUATE WORKING CAPITAL FACTORS FOR DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF WORKING CAPITAL NEEDED Content: In the absence of reserve cash, the day to day business will get hampered. Some new opportunity springs up. In such a case, the absence of reserve cash will pose a hindrance. In case of any contingency, absence of a reserve fund can cripple the company and poses a threat to the solvency of the firm. Creditors and Debtors The creditors refer to the accounts payable. It refers to the amount that has to be paid to suppliers for the purchase of goods and /or services. Debtors refer to the accounts receivables. It refers to the amount that is collected for providing goods and/or services. Inventory Inventory refers to the stock in hand. Inventories are an integral component of working capital and careful planning, and proper investment is necessary to maintain the inventory in a healthy state of affairs.
https://www.cleverism.com/working-capital-management-everything-need-know/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_582726382#10_1165805279
Title: Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know | Cleverism Headings: Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know INTRODUCTION TO WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 1) Definition of Working Capital 2) Types of working capital 3) Objectives of working capital management THE WORKING CAPITAL CYCLE Cash Creditors and Debtors Inventory Properties of a healthy working capital cycle APPROACHES TO WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SIGNIFICANCE OF ADEQUATE WORKING CAPITAL FACTORS FOR DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF WORKING CAPITAL NEEDED Content: It refers to the amount that has to be paid to suppliers for the purchase of goods and /or services. Debtors refer to the accounts receivables. It refers to the amount that is collected for providing goods and/or services. Inventory Inventory refers to the stock in hand. Inventories are an integral component of working capital and careful planning, and proper investment is necessary to maintain the inventory in a healthy state of affairs. Management of inventory has two aspects and involves a trade-off between cost and risk factors. Maintaining a sizable inventory has its accompanying costs that include locking of funds, increased maintenance and documentation cost and increased cost of storage. Apart from these things, there is also a chance of damage to the stored goods. On the other hand, maintaining a small inventory can disrupt the business lifecycle and can have serious impacts on the delivery schedule. As a result, it is extremely important to maintain the inventory at optimum levels which can be arrived at after careful analysis and a bit of experimentation.
https://www.cleverism.com/working-capital-management-everything-need-know/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_582726382#11_1165807179
Title: Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know | Cleverism Headings: Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know INTRODUCTION TO WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 1) Definition of Working Capital 2) Types of working capital 3) Objectives of working capital management THE WORKING CAPITAL CYCLE Cash Creditors and Debtors Inventory Properties of a healthy working capital cycle APPROACHES TO WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SIGNIFICANCE OF ADEQUATE WORKING CAPITAL FACTORS FOR DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF WORKING CAPITAL NEEDED Content: Management of inventory has two aspects and involves a trade-off between cost and risk factors. Maintaining a sizable inventory has its accompanying costs that include locking of funds, increased maintenance and documentation cost and increased cost of storage. Apart from these things, there is also a chance of damage to the stored goods. On the other hand, maintaining a small inventory can disrupt the business lifecycle and can have serious impacts on the delivery schedule. As a result, it is extremely important to maintain the inventory at optimum levels which can be arrived at after careful analysis and a bit of experimentation. Properties of a healthy working capital cycle It is essential for the business to maintain a healthy working capital cycle. The following points are necessary for the smooth functioning of the working capital cycle: Sourcing of raw material: Sourcing of raw material is the beginning point for most businesses. It should be ensured that the raw materials that are necessary for producing the desired goods are available at all times.
https://www.cleverism.com/working-capital-management-everything-need-know/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_582726382#12_1165809070
Title: Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know | Cleverism Headings: Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know INTRODUCTION TO WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 1) Definition of Working Capital 2) Types of working capital 3) Objectives of working capital management THE WORKING CAPITAL CYCLE Cash Creditors and Debtors Inventory Properties of a healthy working capital cycle APPROACHES TO WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SIGNIFICANCE OF ADEQUATE WORKING CAPITAL FACTORS FOR DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF WORKING CAPITAL NEEDED Content: Properties of a healthy working capital cycle It is essential for the business to maintain a healthy working capital cycle. The following points are necessary for the smooth functioning of the working capital cycle: Sourcing of raw material: Sourcing of raw material is the beginning point for most businesses. It should be ensured that the raw materials that are necessary for producing the desired goods are available at all times. In a healthy working capital cycle, production ideally should never stop because of the shortage of raw materials. Production planning: Production planning is another important aspect that needs to be addressed. It should be ensured that all the conditions that are necessary for the production to start are met. A carefully constructed plan needs to be present in order to mitigate the risks and avert unforeseen issues.
https://www.cleverism.com/working-capital-management-everything-need-know/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_582726382#13_1165810743
Title: Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know | Cleverism Headings: Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know INTRODUCTION TO WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 1) Definition of Working Capital 2) Types of working capital 3) Objectives of working capital management THE WORKING CAPITAL CYCLE Cash Creditors and Debtors Inventory Properties of a healthy working capital cycle APPROACHES TO WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SIGNIFICANCE OF ADEQUATE WORKING CAPITAL FACTORS FOR DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF WORKING CAPITAL NEEDED Content: In a healthy working capital cycle, production ideally should never stop because of the shortage of raw materials. Production planning: Production planning is another important aspect that needs to be addressed. It should be ensured that all the conditions that are necessary for the production to start are met. A carefully constructed plan needs to be present in order to mitigate the risks and avert unforeseen issues. Proper planning of production is essential for the production of goods or services and is one of the basic principles that must be followed to achieve smooth functioning of the entire production lifecycle. Selling: Selling the produced goods as soon as possible is another objective that should be pursued with utmost urgency. Once the goods are produced and are moved into the inventory, the focus should be on selling the goods as soon as possible. Payouts and collections:
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Title: Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know | Cleverism Headings: Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know INTRODUCTION TO WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 1) Definition of Working Capital 2) Types of working capital 3) Objectives of working capital management THE WORKING CAPITAL CYCLE Cash Creditors and Debtors Inventory Properties of a healthy working capital cycle APPROACHES TO WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SIGNIFICANCE OF ADEQUATE WORKING CAPITAL FACTORS FOR DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF WORKING CAPITAL NEEDED Content: Proper planning of production is essential for the production of goods or services and is one of the basic principles that must be followed to achieve smooth functioning of the entire production lifecycle. Selling: Selling the produced goods as soon as possible is another objective that should be pursued with utmost urgency. Once the goods are produced and are moved into the inventory, the focus should be on selling the goods as soon as possible. Payouts and collections: The accounts receivables need to be collected on time in order to maintain the flow of cash. It is also extremely important to ensure timely payouts to the creditors to ensure smooth functioning of the business. Liquidity: Maintaining the liquidity along with some room for adjustments is another important aspect that needs to be kept in mind for the smooth functioning of the working capital cycle. APPROACHES TO WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT The short-term interest rates are, in most cases, cheaper compared to their long-term counterparts.
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Title: Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know | Cleverism Headings: Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know Working Capital Management: Everything You Need to Know INTRODUCTION TO WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 1) Definition of Working Capital 2) Types of working capital 3) Objectives of working capital management THE WORKING CAPITAL CYCLE Cash Creditors and Debtors Inventory Properties of a healthy working capital cycle APPROACHES TO WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SIGNIFICANCE OF ADEQUATE WORKING CAPITAL FACTORS FOR DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF WORKING CAPITAL NEEDED Content: The accounts receivables need to be collected on time in order to maintain the flow of cash. It is also extremely important to ensure timely payouts to the creditors to ensure smooth functioning of the business. Liquidity: Maintaining the liquidity along with some room for adjustments is another important aspect that needs to be kept in mind for the smooth functioning of the working capital cycle. APPROACHES TO WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT The short-term interest rates are, in most cases, cheaper compared to their long-term counterparts. This is due to the amount of premium which is higher for short term loans. As a result, financing the working capital from long-term sources means more cost. However, the risk factor is higher in case of short term finances. In case of short-term sources, fluctuations in refinancing rates are a major cause for concern, and they pose a major threat to business. There are mainly three strategies that can be employed in order to manage the working capital.
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Title: Municipal Solid Waste: What is It and Why is It a Problem? | Conservation Law Foundation Headings: Municipal Solid Waste: What is It and Why is It a Problem? Municipal Solid Waste: What is It and Why is It a Problem? Hint: There’s too much of it, it’s toxic, and it hurts our health and environment Our Trash Is a Problem and Here’s Why Content: Burning produces toxic air pollution. Incinerators produce both ash that is deposited in landfills and ultra-fine particulate matter that enters the air after escaping pollution control technology. Incinerators emit toxins such as VOCs, heavy metals, dioxins, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, mercury, carbon dioxide, and furans into the air. Any contaminants captured by the air pollution control measures end up in the incinerator ash. That ash is then buried in landfills, which brings us back to the leaky liner problem above. All those contaminants are linked to cancer and more. Dioxins, for example, are a class of carcinogen for which there is no safe exposure level. Heavy metals are dangerous at very low levels and create myriad health problems such as heart and lung disease, developmental delays, respiratory problems, as well as brain, kidney, liver, and nervous system damage. Recycling programs would help, but access is limited. About 40% of Massachusetts residents do not have access to municipal recycling programs, and the recycling regulations that we do have are not enforced.
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Title: 1984 at a Glance Headings: 1984 at a Glance 1984 George Orwell 1984 at a Glance Type of Work: novel Content: Newspeak; prole woman; birds; telescreens; glass paperweight The three most important aspects of 1984: The setting of 1984 is a dystopia: an imagined world that is far worse than our own, as opposed to a utopia, which is an ideal place or state. Other dystopian novels include Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, and Orwell's own Animal Farm. When George Orwell wrote 1984, the year that gives the book its title was still almost 40 years in the future. Some of the things Orwell imagined that would come to pass were the telescreen, a TV that observes those who are watching it, and a world consisting of three megastates rather than hundreds of countries.
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Title: 1984 at a Glance Headings: 1984 at a Glance 1984 George Orwell 1984 at a Glance Type of Work: novel Content: The setting of 1984 is a dystopia: an imagined world that is far worse than our own, as opposed to a utopia, which is an ideal place or state. Other dystopian novels include Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, and Orwell's own Animal Farm. When George Orwell wrote 1984, the year that gives the book its title was still almost 40 years in the future. Some of the things Orwell imagined that would come to pass were the telescreen, a TV that observes those who are watching it, and a world consisting of three megastates rather than hundreds of countries. In the novel, the country of Eastasia apparently consists of China and its satellite nations; Eurasia is the Soviet Union; and Oceania comprises the United States, the United Kingdom, and their allies. Another of Orwell's creations for 1984 is Newspeak, a form of English that the book's totalitarian government utilizes to discourage free thinking. Orwell believed that, without a word or words to express an idea, the idea itself was impossible to conceive and retain.
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Title: 1984 at a Glance Headings: 1984 at a Glance 1984 George Orwell 1984 at a Glance Type of Work: novel Content: In the novel, the country of Eastasia apparently consists of China and its satellite nations; Eurasia is the Soviet Union; and Oceania comprises the United States, the United Kingdom, and their allies. Another of Orwell's creations for 1984 is Newspeak, a form of English that the book's totalitarian government utilizes to discourage free thinking. Orwell believed that, without a word or words to express an idea, the idea itself was impossible to conceive and retain. Thus Newspeak has eliminated the word "bad," replacing it with the less-harsh "ungood." The author's point was that government can control us through the words. Previous Next Book Summary 1984 at a Glance Book Summary About 1984 Character List Summary and Analysis Part 1: Chapter 1 Part 1: Chapter 2 Part 1:
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Title: About 1984 Headings: About 1984 1984 George Orwell About 1984 Content: Orwell lived during a time in which tyranny was a reality in Spain, Germany, the Soviet Union, and other countries, where government kept an iron fist (or curtain) around its citizens, where there was little, if any freedom, and where hunger, forced labor, and mass execution were common. Orwell espoused democratic socialism. In his essay, "Why I Write," published in 1947, two years before the publication of 1984, Orwell stated that he writes, among other reasons, from the " [d]esire to push the world in a certain direction, to alter other peoples' idea of the kind of society that they should strive after." Orwell used his writing to express his powerful political feelings, and that fact is readily apparent in the society he creates in 1984. The society in 1984, although fictional, mirrors the political weather of the societies that existed all around him. Orwell's Oceania is a terrifying society reminiscent of Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Soviet Union — complete repression of the human spirit, absolute governmental control of daily life, constant hunger, and the systematic "vaporization" of individuals who do not, or will not, comply with the government's values. Orwell despised the politics of the leaders he saw rise to power in the countries around him, and he despised what the politicians did to the people of those countries. Big Brother is certainly a fusing of both Stalin and Hitler, both real and terrifying leaders, though both on opposite sides of the philosophical spectrum. By combining traits from both the Soviet Union's and Germany's totalitarian states, Orwell makes clear that he is staunchly against any form of governmental totalitarianism, either from the left or the right of the political spectrum. By making Big Brother so easily recognizable (he is physically similar to both Hitler and Stalin, all three having heavy black mustaches and charismatic speaking styles), Orwell makes sure that the reader of 1984 does not mistake his intention — to show clearly how totalitarianism negatively affects the human spirit and how it is impossible to remain freethinking under such circumstances.
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Title: About 1984 Headings: About 1984 1984 George Orwell About 1984 Content: Orwell's Oceania is a terrifying society reminiscent of Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Soviet Union — complete repression of the human spirit, absolute governmental control of daily life, constant hunger, and the systematic "vaporization" of individuals who do not, or will not, comply with the government's values. Orwell despised the politics of the leaders he saw rise to power in the countries around him, and he despised what the politicians did to the people of those countries. Big Brother is certainly a fusing of both Stalin and Hitler, both real and terrifying leaders, though both on opposite sides of the philosophical spectrum. By combining traits from both the Soviet Union's and Germany's totalitarian states, Orwell makes clear that he is staunchly against any form of governmental totalitarianism, either from the left or the right of the political spectrum. By making Big Brother so easily recognizable (he is physically similar to both Hitler and Stalin, all three having heavy black mustaches and charismatic speaking styles), Orwell makes sure that the reader of 1984 does not mistake his intention — to show clearly how totalitarianism negatively affects the human spirit and how it is impossible to remain freethinking under such circumstances. Continued on next page... Previous Book Summary Next About 1984 1984 at a Glance Book Summary About 1984 Character List Summary and Analysis Part 1: Chapter 1 Part 1: Chapter 2 Part 1: Chapter 3 Part 1: Chapter 4 Part 1:
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Title: About 1984 Headings: About 1984 1984 George Orwell About 1984 Content: the Atlantic Islands, including the British Isles; Australia; and the southern portion of Africa. Oceania's mainland is called Air Strip One, formerly England. The story itself takes place in London in the year 1984, a terrifying place and time where the human spirit and freedom are all but crushed. In the novel, war is constant. The main character, Winston Smith, born before the World War II, grew up knowing only hunger and political instability, and many of the things that he experiences are hyperboles of real activities in wartime Germany and the Soviet Union. It is important to remember that Orwell based 1984 on the facts as he knew them; hunger, shortages, and repression actually happened as a result of the extreme governmental policies of these countries. The war hysteria, the destruction of the family unit, the persecution of "free thinkers" or those who were "different" or not easily assimilated into the party doctrine, the changing of history to suit the party's agenda, were all too real.
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Title: About 1984 Headings: About 1984 1984 George Orwell About 1984 Content: In the novel, war is constant. The main character, Winston Smith, born before the World War II, grew up knowing only hunger and political instability, and many of the things that he experiences are hyperboles of real activities in wartime Germany and the Soviet Union. It is important to remember that Orwell based 1984 on the facts as he knew them; hunger, shortages, and repression actually happened as a result of the extreme governmental policies of these countries. The war hysteria, the destruction of the family unit, the persecution of "free thinkers" or those who were "different" or not easily assimilated into the party doctrine, the changing of history to suit the party's agenda, were all too real. Orwell's speculation of the future is actually a creative extension of how the masses were treated under Franco, Hitler, and Stalin. By setting 1984 in London, Orwell is able to invoke the atmosphere of a real war-torn community, where people live in "wooden dwellings like chicken houses" in bombed-out clearings. His intent clearly was to capitalize on a memory that every reader, especially a British reader, was likely to have. London in 1984, then, becomes not just a make-believe place where bad things happen to unknown people, but a very real geographical spot that still holds some connection for the modern reader. In 1984, the world is sliced into three political realms — the super states of Oceania, Eastasia, and Eurasia.
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Title: About 1984 Headings: About 1984 1984 George Orwell About 1984 Content: Orwell's speculation of the future is actually a creative extension of how the masses were treated under Franco, Hitler, and Stalin. By setting 1984 in London, Orwell is able to invoke the atmosphere of a real war-torn community, where people live in "wooden dwellings like chicken houses" in bombed-out clearings. His intent clearly was to capitalize on a memory that every reader, especially a British reader, was likely to have. London in 1984, then, becomes not just a make-believe place where bad things happen to unknown people, but a very real geographical spot that still holds some connection for the modern reader. In 1984, the world is sliced into three political realms — the super states of Oceania, Eastasia, and Eurasia. Orwell drew these lines fairly consistent with the political distribution of the Cold War era beginning after World War II. Each of these three states is run by a totalitarian government that is constantly warring on multiple fronts. By creating an entire world at war, Orwell not only creates a terrifying place, but he also eliminates the possibility of escape for Winston, who is forced to live within his present circumstances, horrible and unremitting as they are. Oceania's political structure is divided into three segments: the Inner Party, the ultimate ruling class, consisting of less than 2 percent of the population;
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Title: About 1984 Headings: About 1984 1984 George Orwell About 1984 Content: Orwell drew these lines fairly consistent with the political distribution of the Cold War era beginning after World War II. Each of these three states is run by a totalitarian government that is constantly warring on multiple fronts. By creating an entire world at war, Orwell not only creates a terrifying place, but he also eliminates the possibility of escape for Winston, who is forced to live within his present circumstances, horrible and unremitting as they are. Oceania's political structure is divided into three segments: the Inner Party, the ultimate ruling class, consisting of less than 2 percent of the population; the Outer Party, the educated workers, numbering around 18 to 19 percent of the population; and the Proles, or the proletariat, the working class. Although the Party (Inner and Outer) does not see these divisions as true "classes," it is clear that Orwell wants the reader to see the class distinctions. For a socialist such as Orwell, class distinctions mean the existence of conflict and class struggle. In Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Soviet Union, for example, the few people who comprised the ruling class had a much higher standard of living than the masses, but in these nations, as in 1984, revolt was all but impossible.
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Title: Romeo and Juliet: Character Analysis of Juliet | Romeo and Juliet Play Summary & Study Guide | CliffsNotes Shakespeare Central Headings: Character Analysis Juliet Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Character Analysis Juliet Content: Juliet is presented as quiet and obedient; however, she possesses an inner strength that enables her to have maturity beyond her years. When her mother suggests that she marry Paris because Paris is rich and good looking, Juliet responds: " I'll look to like, if looking liking move" (I.3.97). When she meets and falls in love with Romeo, she is prepared to defy her parents and marry Romeo in secret. In Act III, Scene 5, Capulet demands his right as her father to marry her to Paris, threatening her with disinheritance and public shame. Juliet, however, is resolute in her decision to die rather than enter into a false marriage: " If all else fail, myself have power to die" (III.5.244). At this point, when Juliet is most isolated from her family, even the Nurse betrays Juliet's trust by advising her to forget Romeo and comply with her father's wishes. In her relationship with Romeo, Juliet is loving, witty, loyal, and strong.
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Title: Romeo and Juliet: Character Analysis of Juliet | Romeo and Juliet Play Summary & Study Guide | CliffsNotes Shakespeare Central Headings: Character Analysis Juliet Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Character Analysis Juliet Content: When Romeo and Juliet kiss at the feast, Juliet teases Romeo for using the popular imagery of love poetry to express his feelings and for kissing according to convention rather than from the heart: " You kiss by th' book" (I.5.110). This establishes a pattern for their relationship in which Juliet displays greater maturity, particularly in moments of great emotional intensity. In the balcony scene of Act II, Scene 2, Juliet is aware of the foolhardiness of their love: " It is too rash, too unadvis'd, too sudden." This sense of rushing headlong accurately characterizes their love, yet despite her premonition, Juliet is the one who suggests later in the scene that they marry. Act III, Scene 2, marks Juliet's move toward sexual and emotional maturity when she anticipates the consummation of her marriage to Romeo. The lyrical language Juliet employs as she waits impatiently for the night to come underscores the intensity of her feelings: Spread thy close curtain, love-performing night, That runaway eyes may wink, and Romeo Leap to these arms untalk'd of and unseen. (III.2.5-7) The news of Tybalt's death initially produces conflicting feelings for Juliet because she's torn between her love for her husband and the loyalty she feels for Tybalt, her slain cousin: "
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Title: Romeo and Juliet: Character Analysis of Juliet | Romeo and Juliet Play Summary & Study Guide | CliffsNotes Shakespeare Central Headings: Character Analysis Juliet Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Character Analysis Juliet Content: This sense of rushing headlong accurately characterizes their love, yet despite her premonition, Juliet is the one who suggests later in the scene that they marry. Act III, Scene 2, marks Juliet's move toward sexual and emotional maturity when she anticipates the consummation of her marriage to Romeo. The lyrical language Juliet employs as she waits impatiently for the night to come underscores the intensity of her feelings: Spread thy close curtain, love-performing night, That runaway eyes may wink, and Romeo Leap to these arms untalk'd of and unseen. (III.2.5-7) The news of Tybalt's death initially produces conflicting feelings for Juliet because she's torn between her love for her husband and the loyalty she feels for Tybalt, her slain cousin: " Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband?" ( III.2.98). Juliet's love for Romeo soon resolves the conflict: My husband lives, that Tybalt would have slain, And Tybalt's dead, that would have slain my husband. All this is comfort.
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Title: Romeo and Juliet: Character Analysis of Romeo | Romeo and Juliet Play Summary & Study Guide | CliffsNotes Shakespeare Central Headings: Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Character Analysis Romeo Content: The fated destinies of Romeo and Juliet are foreshadowed throughout the play. Romeo's sense of foreboding as he makes his way to the Capulet feast anticipates his first meeting with Juliet: my mind misgives Some consequence yet hanging in the stars Shall bitterly begin his fearful date (I.4.106-107) Romeo's role first as a melancholy lover in the opening scenes of the play and then as a Juliet's secret love is significant. Romeo belongs in a world defined by love rather than a world fractured by feud. Tybalt's death in Act III, Scene 1, brings about the clash between the private world of the lovers and the public world of the feud. Romeo is reluctant to fight Tybalt because they are now related through Romeo's marriage to Juliet. When Tybalt kills Mercutio, however, Romeo (out of loyalty to his friend and anger at Tybalt's arrogance) kills Tybalt, thus avenging his friend's death. In one ill-fated moment, he placed his love of Juliet over his concern for Mercutio, and Mercutio was killed. Romeo then compounds the problem by placing his own feelings of anger over any concerns for Juliet by killing Tybalt. Romeo's immaturity is again manifest later when he learns of his banishment.
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Title: Romeo and Juliet: Act I Scene 3 Summary & Analysis | Shakespeare | CliffsNotes Headings: Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet Summary and Analysis Act I: Scene 3 Content: Lady Capulet considers Juliet to be old enough for marriage: Besides, a marriage to Paris would bring increased social status and wealth for the Capulets, as Lady Capulet observes: " So shall you share all that he doth possess." While Lady Capulet sees Paris as the chance to make a socially advantageous match for the family, rather than considering Juliet's feelings, the Nurse regards marriage as a purely physical relationship, almost a burden women simply must bear. She reinterprets Lady Capulet's line that marriage increases a woman's wealth and status as referring instead to the way in which marriage increases a woman through pregnancy. Thus, neither her mother nor her Nurse addresses the romantic concept of love that Juliet harbors. In fact, each identifies a distinct aspect of female oppression — social and physical. Juliet's response to her mother's wish for her to agree to the marriage is clever and evasive: " I'll look to like, if looking liking move / But no more deep will I endart my eye." This answer indicates Juliet's emotional maturity because she has made up her own mind that she cannot marry someone whom she does not love, rejecting both her mother's and the Nurse's materialistic and sexual views of love.
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Title: Use of Dialect in Their Eyes Were Watching God Headings: Their Eyes Were Watching God Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston Critical Essays Use of Dialect in Their Eyes Were Watching God Content: Use of Dialect in Their Eyes Were Watching God Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston BUY BUY ! Home Literature Notes Their Eyes Were Watching God Use of Dialect in Their Eyes Were Watching God Table of Contents All Subjects Critical Essays Use of Dialect in Their Eyes Were Watching God Hurston uses dialect to bring the story as well as the characters to life. The use of dialect makes the characters seem real; they are believable. After making some initial adjustments as a reader to become familiar with the language, readers feel as if they were actually a part of the action. It is worth noting that the dialect used in the novel is closer to a Southern dialect, rather than an African-American dialect. Not only do Janie, Tea Cake, and their friends have similar speech patterns, but also the guards who command Tea Cake after the hurricane speak in a comparable dialect. Hurston's familiarity with the language of the South enables her to accurately depict the dialect of the region. Their Eyes Were Watching God is rich in dialect, known as the spoken version of a language. Dialect is regional, and it has distinctive features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation.
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Title: Repairs and Improvements Headings: Repairs and Improvements Accounting Principles I Repairs and Improvements Content: Repairs and Improvements Accounting Principles I ! Home Study Guides Accounting Principles I Repairs and Improvements Repairs and Improvements All Subjects Repairs and Improvements Expenses relating to depreciable assets fall into two broad categories: ordinary expenditures and capital expenditures. Ordinary expenditures include normal repairs, maintenance, and upkeep. The costs associated with these items are considered normal operating expenses, and they are recorded by debiting expense accounts and crediting cash or another appropriate account. Capital expenditures increase an asset's usefulness or service life, and they are recognized by increasing the asset's net book value. There are two ways to increase an asset's net book value: the asset account can be debited, thus increasing the recognized cost of the asset, or the asset's corresponding accumulated depreciation account can be debited, thus decreasing the amount of depreciation previously allocated to the asset. If the capital expenditure serves primarily to increase the asset's usefulness or value, the asset account should be debited. On the other hand, if the capital expenditure serves primarily to increase the asset's useful life or salvage value, the accumulated depreciation account should be debited.
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Title: Implied Rights Headings: Implied Rights American Government Implied Rights The right to privacy The abortion issue The right to die Content: Lawsuits were filed over invasion of privacy when employers asked questions about their employee's sexual orientation. The abortion issue Until 1973, abortion was illegal in most states. In the landmark case Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court stated that a woman has a right to obtain an abortion because her decision is a matter of privacy. This was not a blanket approval of abortion. In the first trimester, the decision to abort is left to the woman and her doctor. States can restrict but not ban abortions in the second trimester, and they are allowed to regulate or ban abortions altogether in the third trimester (late-term abortions) unless the procedure is necessary to save the woman's life. The case opened up numerous questions. What rights, if any, does an unborn fetus have? At what point in the pregnancy can fetal rights be assumed? Which is more important, the health of the mother or the fetus's right to life?
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Title: The Functions of Political Parties Headings: The Functions of Political Parties American Government The Functions of Political Parties Representing groups of interests Simplifying choices Making policy Content: Republicans are known for their support of business, conservative positions on social issues, and concern about the size of government; Democrats traditionally have supported labor and minorities and believe that government can solve many of the nation's problems. The alternative to using the general philosophies of the political parties to sort out candidates is to vote for individuals based on just their own one-or two-issue programs. Making policy Political parties are not policymaking organizations in themselves. They certainly take positions on important policy questions, especially to provide alternatives to the position of whichever party is in power. When in power, a party attempts to put its philosophy into practice through legislation. If a candidate wins office by a large majority, it may mean that the voters have given him or her a mandate to carry out the program outlined in the campaign. Because President Bill Clinton failed to win a majority of the popular vote in both 1992 and 1996, few considered his victories a mandate for any specific policy or ideology. President George W. Bush also entered office without a clear mandate, because his opponent, Al Gore, won more votes (and might have won the Electoral College if not for irregularities, such as confusing ballots, in Florida). Previous The Strengths and Weaknesses of Political Parties Next Voting and Elections The Articles of Confederation The Constitutional Convention Key Concepts in the Constitution Summary of the Constitution The Debate over Ratification Creation of the Constitution The Amendment Process and Bill of Rights The Continental Congress Concepts of Federalism Federal-State Relations Recent Trends in Federalism The Powers of Congress The Organization of Congress How a Bill Becomes a Law The Two Houses of Congress The Functions of the President Organization of the Executive Branch The Vice President and Presidential Succession The Executive Branch The Powers of the President The Federal Court System The Supreme Court in Operation The State Court System Controlling the Size of Bureaucracy The Functions of the Federal Bureaucracy The Structure of the Federal Bureaucracy Characteristics of a Bureaucracy The Growth of the Federal Bureaucracy Political Socialization Social Background and Political Values Political Ideology How Public Opinion Is Formed Public Opinion and How It's Measured The Functions of the Mass Media The Mass Media and Political Coverage The Evolution of the Mass Media The Structure of the Mass Media and Government Regulation The Development of Political Parties Third Parties in American Politics The Structure of Political Parties The Strengths and Weaknesses of Political Parties The Functions of Political Parties Obstacles to Voting Voter Turnout Voting Choices Getting Nominated and Campaigning for Office Electing Candidates to Office The Right to Vote Functions of Interest Groups Tactics of Interest Groups Regulation of Interest Groups Types of Interest Groups The First Amendment:
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Title: The Functions of Political Parties Headings: The Functions of Political Parties American Government The Functions of Political Parties Representing groups of interests Simplifying choices Making policy Content: When in power, a party attempts to put its philosophy into practice through legislation. If a candidate wins office by a large majority, it may mean that the voters have given him or her a mandate to carry out the program outlined in the campaign. Because President Bill Clinton failed to win a majority of the popular vote in both 1992 and 1996, few considered his victories a mandate for any specific policy or ideology. President George W. Bush also entered office without a clear mandate, because his opponent, Al Gore, won more votes (and might have won the Electoral College if not for irregularities, such as confusing ballots, in Florida). Previous The Strengths and Weaknesses of Political Parties Next Voting and Elections The Articles of Confederation The Constitutional Convention Key Concepts in the Constitution Summary of the Constitution The Debate over Ratification Creation of the Constitution The Amendment Process and Bill of Rights The Continental Congress Concepts of Federalism Federal-State Relations Recent Trends in Federalism The Powers of Congress The Organization of Congress How a Bill Becomes a Law The Two Houses of Congress The Functions of the President Organization of the Executive Branch The Vice President and Presidential Succession The Executive Branch The Powers of the President The Federal Court System The Supreme Court in Operation The State Court System Controlling the Size of Bureaucracy The Functions of the Federal Bureaucracy The Structure of the Federal Bureaucracy Characteristics of a Bureaucracy The Growth of the Federal Bureaucracy Political Socialization Social Background and Political Values Political Ideology How Public Opinion Is Formed Public Opinion and How It's Measured The Functions of the Mass Media The Mass Media and Political Coverage The Evolution of the Mass Media The Structure of the Mass Media and Government Regulation The Development of Political Parties Third Parties in American Politics The Structure of Political Parties The Strengths and Weaknesses of Political Parties The Functions of Political Parties Obstacles to Voting Voter Turnout Voting Choices Getting Nominated and Campaigning for Office Electing Candidates to Office The Right to Vote Functions of Interest Groups Tactics of Interest Groups Regulation of Interest Groups Types of Interest Groups The First Amendment: Freedom of the Press The Rights of Defendants Civil Liberties and the War on Terror Implied Rights Perspective on Civil Liberties The First Amendment: Freedom of Religion The First Amendment: Freedom of Speech Segregation in the United States Breaking Down Segregation The Civil Rights Movement Civil Rights for Minorities and Women Affirmative Action Slavery and Civil Rights Politics and Policymaking Policymaking in Action The Policymaking Process The Federal Budget Taxation and Spending International Economic Policy The Goals of Economic Policy Theories of Economic Policy Issues in Foreign Policy Background of American Foreign Policy Making Foreign Policy The Institutions of Foreign Policy ×
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Title: The Growth of the Federal Bureaucracy Headings: The Growth of the Federal Bureaucracy American Government The Growth of the Federal Bureaucracy The nature of the civil service The rise of the welfare state National security bureaucracy Content: To encourage a nonpartisan bureaucracy, the Hatch Act (1939) prohibited federal workers from running for office or actively campaigning for other candidates. Such limitations on civil liberties are considered by many the price that has to be paid for a professional, nonpolitical bureaucracy. The rise of the welfare state During the 1930s, the size of the federal bureaucracy mushroomed due to President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal agencies. Although many were short-lived, others continue to play a role in the lives of Americans: the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Out of these agencies' programs grew the concept of the welfare state, under which the federal government (rather than individuals, municipalities, or the states) assumes the major responsibility for the well-being of the people. President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society during the 1960s expanded the welfare state with such programs as Medicare, Head Start, the Job Corps, and the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO). As with the New Deal, many Great Society programs became a permanent part of the federal bureaucracy. The idea of the government seeing to the needs of its citizens carried on into the 1970s: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created by the Nixon administration, the new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in the Labor Department transformed the workplace for most Americans, and new cabinet departments were established.
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_605447493#3_1215556549
Title: The Growth of the Federal Bureaucracy Headings: The Growth of the Federal Bureaucracy American Government The Growth of the Federal Bureaucracy The nature of the civil service The rise of the welfare state National security bureaucracy Content: Out of these agencies' programs grew the concept of the welfare state, under which the federal government (rather than individuals, municipalities, or the states) assumes the major responsibility for the well-being of the people. President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society during the 1960s expanded the welfare state with such programs as Medicare, Head Start, the Job Corps, and the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO). As with the New Deal, many Great Society programs became a permanent part of the federal bureaucracy. The idea of the government seeing to the needs of its citizens carried on into the 1970s: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created by the Nixon administration, the new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in the Labor Department transformed the workplace for most Americans, and new cabinet departments were established. National security bureaucracy The federal bureaucracy deals with more than social and economic policies. A large number of agencies are responsible for protecting the American people from both foreign and domestic dangers. The national security bureaucracy includes the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Responding to late 20th-century public concern about violent crime, drugs, and illegal immigration into the United States, agencies such as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) have increased in size. In the wake of events of September 11, the national security bureaucracy was reorganized and expanded.
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_605534667#1_1215722218
Title: Organization of the Executive Branch Headings: Organization of the Executive Branch American Government Organization of the Executive Branch The Executive Office of the President The cabinet Content: Watergate under President Nixon is a good example. The Constitution gives practically no direction on the organization of the executive branch. It does mention "executive departments," which became the basis for the cabinet. While relying primarily on the White House staff for advice, a president turns to members of the cabinet for advice in their areas of expertise. In the main, however, cabinet secretaries are responsible for running the departments they head. The Executive Office of the President The Executive Office of the President (EOP) comprises four agencies that advise the president in key policy areas: the White House Office, the National Security Council, the Council of Economic Advisors, and the Office of Management and Budget. The president's main advisers, often long-time personal friends or people who played a key role in the election, make up the White House Office. It includes the president's personal lawyer, press secretary, appointments secretary, and other support personnel. The most important position in this group is the chief of staff, who is responsible for seeing that the president's legislative goals are carried out by working with Congress on the legislative agenda.
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_605543101#1_1215741227
Title: The Functions of the President Headings: The Functions of the President American Government The Functions of the President Commander in chief Chief of state Diplomat Chief executive Legislator Moral leader Party leader Content: Modern presidents usually take a leadership approach to their job. They consider themselves representatives of all the people, put in place to pursue a political agenda by using their inherent powers. Scholars usually praise presidents who follow this model, because it results in ambitious policy programs that (for good or ill) leave a strong mark on American government. Of course, when presidents view themselves as policymakers, they sometimes are impatient with constitutional limitations on executive activity. For example, Abraham Lincoln suspended the right of habeas corpus during the Civil War. Both Andrew Jackson and Franklin Roosevelt tried to intimidate the Supreme Court, some say successfully, after a majority of justices ruled against them. "Chief clerk" presidents, on the other hand, take a more passive approach to the job. They are much more careful about exceeding their constitutional authority and often believe in a limited government. However, many scholars feel that clerkship presidents such as James Buchanan and Herbert Hoover did not move aggressively enough to deal with crises during their administrations. Presidents also differ on their conception of the role of the federal government.
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_606012091#0_1216752884
Title: The Small Intestine Headings: Anatomy and Physiology Anatomy and Physiology The Small Intestine Content: The Small Intestine Anatomy and Physiology ! Home Study Guides Anatomy & Physiology The Small Intestine The Small Intestine All Subjects The Small Intestine The small intestine (small in diameter compared to the large intestine) is divided into three sections, as shown in Figure : The duodenum, about 25 cm (10 inches) long, receives chyme from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter. Ducts that empty into the duodenum deliver pancreatic juice and bile from the pancreas and liver, respectively. The jejunum, about 2.5 m (8 feet) long, is the middle section of the small intestine. The ileum, about 3.6 m (12 feet) long, is the last section of the small intestine. It ends with the ileocecal valve (sphincter), which regulates the movement of chyme into the large intestine and prevents backward movement of material from the large intestine. The functions of the small intestine include the following: Mechanical digestion. Segmentation mixes the chyme with enzymes from the small intestine and pancreas.
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Title: The Counterculture of the 1960s Headings: The Counterculture of the 1960s US History II The Counterculture of the 1960s Content: Before opposition to the Vietnam War mushroomed, issues that touched on student freedom, such as dress codes, course requirements, discrimination by sororities and fraternities, and minority admissions, were hot topics on campus. When the administration tried to control political activity at the University of California at Berkeley in the fall of 1964, the Free Speech Movement was formed. The tactics the Berkeley students used at the time — sit‐ins and taking over college buildings — became common forms of antiwar protest. In the spring of 1965, SDS supported a nationwide campaign against the draft. On campuses, demonstrations included draft card burnings, confrontations with military recruiters, and sit‐ins to protest ROTC programs. Additionally, companies that were closely involved with the war effort, such as Dow Chemical (which manufactured napalm), were targeted when they came to a university to recruit. Off campus, antiwar protestors demonstrated at Army induction centers with picket lines and sit‐ins. In the first six months of 1968, more than 200 major demonstrations took place at 100 colleges and universities across the country, involving more than 40,000 students. The most celebrated of these early demonstrations was the confrontation at Columbia University in April 1968. The issue being protested was not the war, but the school's decision to displace black housing to build a gymnasium.
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Title: The Counterculture of the 1960s Headings: The Counterculture of the 1960s US History II The Counterculture of the 1960s Content: Additionally, companies that were closely involved with the war effort, such as Dow Chemical (which manufactured napalm), were targeted when they came to a university to recruit. Off campus, antiwar protestors demonstrated at Army induction centers with picket lines and sit‐ins. In the first six months of 1968, more than 200 major demonstrations took place at 100 colleges and universities across the country, involving more than 40,000 students. The most celebrated of these early demonstrations was the confrontation at Columbia University in April 1968. The issue being protested was not the war, but the school's decision to displace black housing to build a gymnasium. The local SDS chapter, along with black students, commandeered several buildings on campus for almost a week. When the police were called in, 700 students were arrested and 150 injured as the buildings were cleared out. The occupation received national and international news coverage, Columbia's president resigned, and the plans for the gymnasium were dropped. It was an apparent victory for the SDS, but it was short‐lived. The organization soon splintered, with its more radical elements, such as the Weathermen, openly espousing confrontational politics.
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Title: The Decision‐Making Process Headings: The Decision‐Making Process Principles of Management The Decision‐Making Process Define the problem Content: Opportunities for discussion help to answer questions and reduce uncertainties for the decision makers. These points are among the disadvantages: This method can be more time‐consuming than one individual making the decision on his own. The decision reached could be a compromise rather than the optimal solution. Individuals become guilty of groupthink — the tendency of members of a group to conform to the prevailing opinions of the group. Groups may have difficulty performing tasks because the group, rather than a single individual, makes the decision, resulting in confusion when it comes time to implement and evaluate the decision. The results of dozens of individual‐versus‐group performance studies indicate that groups not only tend to make better decisions than a person acting alone, but also that groups tend to inspire star performers to even higher levels of productivity. So, are two (or more) heads better than one? The answer depends on several factors, such as the nature of the task, the abilities of the group members, and the form of interaction. Because a manager often has a choice between making a decision independently or including others in the decision making, she needs to understand the advantages and disadvantages of group decision making.
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Title: Motivation Theories: Behavior Headings: Motivation Theories: Behavior Principles of Management Motivation Theories: Behavior Equity theory Expectancy theory Reinforcement theory Goal-setting theory Content: Expectancy theory Victor Vroom introduced one of the most widely accepted explanations of motivation. Very simply, the expectancy theory says that an employee will be motivated to exert a high level of effort when he or she believes that: Effort will lead to a good performance appraisal. A good appraisal will lead to organizational rewards. The organizational rewards will satisfy his or her personal goals. The key to the expectancy theory is an understanding of an individual's goals and the relationships between effort and performance, between performance and rewards, and finally, between the rewards and individual goal satisfaction. When an employee has a high level of expectancy and the reward is attractive, motivation is usually high. Therefore, to motivate workers, managers must strengthen workers' perceptions of their efforts as both possible and worthwhile, clarify expectations of performances, tie rewards to performances, and make sure that rewards are desirable. Reinforcement theory The reinforcement theory, based on E. L. Thorndike's law of effect, simply looks at the relationship between behavior and its consequences. This theory focuses on modifying an employee's on‐the‐job behavior through the appropriate use of one of the following four techniques:
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Title: Motivation Theories: Individual Needs Headings: Motivation Theories: Individual Needs Principles of Management Motivation Theories: Individual Needs Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory Herzberg's two-factor theory Alderfer's ERG theory McClelland's acquired needs theory Content: Motivation Theories: Individual Needs Principles of Management ! Home Study Guides Principles of Management Motivation Theories: Individual Needs Motivation Theories: Individual Needs All Subjects Motivation Theories: Individual Needs Motivation is a complex phenomenon. Several theories attempt to explain how motivation works. In management circles, probably the most popular explanations of motivation are based on the needs of the individual. The basic needs model, referred to as content theory of motivation, highlights the specific factors that motivate an individual. Although these factors are found within an individual, things outside the individual can affect him or her as well.
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Title: Motivation Theories: Individual Needs Headings: Motivation Theories: Individual Needs Principles of Management Motivation Theories: Individual Needs Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory Herzberg's two-factor theory Alderfer's ERG theory McClelland's acquired needs theory Content: These needs vary significantly by culture and by individual. Secondary needs consist of internal states, such as the desire for power, achievement, and love. Identifying and interpreting these needs is more difficult because they are demonstrated in a variety of ways. Secondary needs are responsible for most of the behavior that a supervisor is concerned with and for the rewards a person seeks in an organization. Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory Several theorists, including Abraham Maslow, Frederick Herzberg, David McClelland, and Clayton Alderfer, have provided theories to help explain needs as a source of motivation. Abraham Maslow defined need as a physiological or psychological deficiency that a person feels the compulsion to satisfy. This need can create tensions that can influence a person's work attitudes and behaviors. Maslow formed a theory based on his definition of need that proposes that humans are motivated by multiple needs and that these needs exist in a hierarchical order. His premise is that only an unsatisfied need can influence behavior; a satisfied need is not a motivator.
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_611226665#6_1227247471
Title: Motivation Theories: Individual Needs Headings: Motivation Theories: Individual Needs Principles of Management Motivation Theories: Individual Needs Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory Herzberg's two-factor theory Alderfer's ERG theory McClelland's acquired needs theory Content: In his theory, Maslow identified five levels of human needs. Table illustrates these five levels and provides suggestions for satisfying each need. Although research has not verified the strict deficit and progression principles of Maslow's theory, his ideas can help managers understand and satisfy the needs of employees. Herzberg's two-factor theory Frederick Herzberg offers another framework for understanding the motivational implications of work environments. In his two‐factor theory, Herzberg identifies two sets of factors that impact motivation in the workplace: Hygiene factors include salary, job security, working conditions, organizational policies, and technical quality of supervision. Although these factors do not motivate employees, they can cause dissatisfaction if they are missing. Something as simple as adding music to the office place or implementing a no‐smoking policy can make people less dissatisfied with these aspects of their work. However, these improvements in hygiene factors do not necessarily increase satisfaction. Satisfiers or motivators include such things as responsibility, achievement, growth opportunities, and feelings of recognition, and are the key to job satisfaction and motivation.
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Title: Gender Roles Headings: Sociology Gender Roles Content: Gender Roles Sociology ! Home Study Guides Sociology Gender Roles Gender Roles All Subjects Gender Roles Gender roles are cultural and personal. They determine how males and females should think, speak, dress, and interact within the context of society. Learning plays a role in this process of shaping gender roles. These gender schemas are deeply embedded cognitive frameworks regarding what defines masculine and feminine. While various socializing agents —parents, teachers, peers, movies, television, music, books, and religion—teach and reinforce gender roles throughout the lifespan, parents probably exert the greatest influence, especially on their very young offspring. As mentioned previously, sociologists know that adults perceive and treat female and male infants differently. Parents probably do this in response to their having been recipients of gender expectations as young children. Traditionally, fathers teach boys how to fix and build things; mothers teach girls how to cook, sew, and keep house.
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Title: Causes and Effects of Poverty Headings: Causes and Effects of Poverty Sociology Causes and Effects of Poverty Causes of poverty The effects of poverty Feminist perspective on poverty Content: Besides financial uncertainty, these families are more likely to be exposed to series of negative events and “bad luck,” including illness, depression, eviction, job loss, criminal victimization, and family death. Parents who experience hard economic times may become excessively punitive and erratic, issuing demands backed by insults, threats, and corporal punishment. Homelessness, or extreme poverty, carries with it a particularly strong set of risks for families, especially children. Compared to children living in poverty but having homes, homeless children are less likely to receive proper nutrition and immunization. Hence, they experience more health problems. Homeless women experience higher rates of low‐birth‐weight babies, miscarriages, and infant mortality, probably due to not having access to adequate prenatal care for their babies. Homeless families experience even greater life stress than other families, including increased disruption in work, school, family relationships, and friendships. Sociologists have been particularly concerned about the effects of poverty on the “black underclass,” the increasing numbers of jobless, welfare‐dependent African Americans trapped in inner‐city ghettos. Many of the industries (textiles, auto, steel) that previously offered employment to the black working class have shut down, while newer industries have relocated to the suburbs. Because most urban jobs either require advanced education or pay minimum wage, unemployment rates for inner‐city blacks are high.
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Title: Climate and human evolution | NOAA Climate.gov Headings: Climate and human evolution Climate and human evolution Climate.gov: What is variability selection? Climate.gov: How does variability selection explain human evolution better than other hypotheses? Climate.gov: When and how did you conceive of variability selection? Climate.gov: What evidence shows increasing climate variability over the past several million years? Climate.gov: Can you give some examples of other species beside humans that have undergone variability selection? Climate.gov: How can an organism with a lifetime of 40 years “sense” or adapt to a change that is occurring over the span of thousands of years? Climate.gov: How has variability selection been received by other anthropologists? Climate.gov: How is future climate change likely to affect human evolution? Further reading Rating: Give Climate and human evolution 4/5 Share This: Topics: Tags: Category: Department: Content: As I worked there, walking up and down the hillsides, studying the sediments, I saw in the rock record the presence of a large lake stretching across the basin. Then the lake was gone, then a volcanic eruption disrupted the environment that had been there, then the lake was back, followed by a severe drought, then the lake was back again. This excavated pit shows different sediment layers at Sediment layers from Olorgesailie. Image courtesy Smithsonian Institution. So it was clear the environment changed substantially and repeatedly over this million-year period. It wasn’t a stable environment, and it wasn’t a trend in one direction. I also saw, over the first couple years of research there, that the dominant mammals preserved as fossils—zebras, elephants, pigs—were specialized grazing animals of the savanna, well adapted to a grassland environment. But they went extinct about a half a million years ago. They were survived by relatives that were smaller and capable of changing their diet. The more adaptable animal lineages were able to survive while their specialized relatives became extinct.
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Title: In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action | NOAA Climate.gov Headings: In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action Image Credit: The way sea ice used to be Changes in sea ice lead to local climate change Climate consequences for people, livelihoods, and property References Share This: Tags: Category: Department: Content: In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action | NOAA Climate.gov In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action Author: National Weather Service Alaska Region September 6, 2013 Barrow, Alaska, on the edge of the Arctic Ocean, during the spring ice break-up. More open water near the coast in fall is warming the town's climate and increasing its vulnerability to storm surge flooding. Image Credit: Steven Kazlowsk Climate change seems a remote thing to many people, something they think about occasionally, if at all. Their day-to-day weather mostly varies as it has in the past, and they have a good idea of what the seasons will bring. However, for the people who live around the shores of the Arctic Ocean, climate change is plain to see. The dramatic decline of summer and autumn sea ice during the past decade is having profound and sustained impacts on Northern weather and climate. In Alaska, nowhere is this more evident than at Barrow. Barrow, Alaska, is located a few miles southwest of Point Barrow, the northernmost point of land in the United States.
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Title: In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action | NOAA Climate.gov Headings: In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action Image Credit: The way sea ice used to be Changes in sea ice lead to local climate change Climate consequences for people, livelihoods, and property References Share This: Tags: Category: Department: Content: Their day-to-day weather mostly varies as it has in the past, and they have a good idea of what the seasons will bring. However, for the people who live around the shores of the Arctic Ocean, climate change is plain to see. The dramatic decline of summer and autumn sea ice during the past decade is having profound and sustained impacts on Northern weather and climate. In Alaska, nowhere is this more evident than at Barrow. Barrow, Alaska, is located a few miles southwest of Point Barrow, the northernmost point of land in the United States. Located 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle and 700 miles northwest of Anchorage, Barrow, Alaska, is a few miles southwest of Point Barrow, the farthest north point of land in the United States. Communities have resided there for many hundreds of years; the Iñuipat name for the town is Utqiaġvik, “the place we hunt snowy owls.” Despite its remoteness, Barrow is a modern town: it has a variety of ethnic restaurants, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, hi-speed Internet access, even municipal bus service.
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Title: In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action | NOAA Climate.gov Headings: In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action Image Credit: The way sea ice used to be Changes in sea ice lead to local climate change Climate consequences for people, livelihoods, and property References Share This: Tags: Category: Department: Content: Today, about 4,500 people call Barrow home. Instrumented weather and climate observations were first made at Barrow during the first International Polar Year in 1881-82. The modern era of weather observations commenced in 1920. Climate observations have continued uninterrupted to the present. These observations support what every resident in America’s northernmost town can see: climate change is happening—right now—in obvious and dramatic fashion. The way sea ice used to be Even before the climate changes of the past decade, sea ice near Barrow has rarely been a solid, unbroken sheet stretching to the limitless horizon. Even during the winter, some ice would be grounded in shallow waters near the shore, but farther out, long breaks would develop in the floating ice as winds and ocean currents push and pull at it. These areas of open water, called leads, are favorite places for sea mammals to congregate, as they provide areas to surface and breathe and to haul out and feed. For Iñuipat hunters, it is this access to sea mammals that has made the northwest coast of Alaska a favored living area for a very long time.
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614267390#4_1233658779
Title: In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action | NOAA Climate.gov Headings: In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action Image Credit: The way sea ice used to be Changes in sea ice lead to local climate change Climate consequences for people, livelihoods, and property References Share This: Tags: Category: Department: Content: climate change is happening—right now—in obvious and dramatic fashion. The way sea ice used to be Even before the climate changes of the past decade, sea ice near Barrow has rarely been a solid, unbroken sheet stretching to the limitless horizon. Even during the winter, some ice would be grounded in shallow waters near the shore, but farther out, long breaks would develop in the floating ice as winds and ocean currents push and pull at it. These areas of open water, called leads, are favorite places for sea mammals to congregate, as they provide areas to surface and breathe and to haul out and feed. For Iñuipat hunters, it is this access to sea mammals that has made the northwest coast of Alaska a favored living area for a very long time. Prior to about 2000, the typical summer at Barrow would find sea ice lingering into late June or early July. From then on, the ice would melt at an increasing rate and be pushed to and fro by the wind. Usually there was a period from early August until sometime in September when the sea near Barrow would be largely ice-free. However, the main ice pack was rarely more than 150 miles offshore at the end of summer, and by sometime in October, cooling temperatures and autumn storms would typically return the sea ice to Barrow. Probabilities that the ice edge in mid-September would be no farther from shore than the lines shown, based on data from 1953-1981.
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Title: In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action | NOAA Climate.gov Headings: In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action Image Credit: The way sea ice used to be Changes in sea ice lead to local climate change Climate consequences for people, livelihoods, and property References Share This: Tags: Category: Department: Content: In any year, there was a 25 percent chance the ice pack would be right off shore (red line) and a 75 percent chance it would be no more than 100 miles or so (orange line). The 100 percent probability line means the ice was always south of there; the 0 percent line means the ice was always north of there. Source: NOAA Technical Memorandum AR-34 (1982). Not all years were "typical," of course. Sometimes the sea ice never completely moved out of the Barrow area all summer. In other years, October would come and the sea ice would be as far offshore as 250 miles. Changes in sea ice lead to local climate change The long-term record of Barrow's climate traces this autumn mix of icy and mild Octobers. Over the past nine decades, some Octobers were warm and some cold, depending on whether sea ice was far from shore or near the coast.
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Title: In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action | NOAA Climate.gov Headings: In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action Image Credit: The way sea ice used to be Changes in sea ice lead to local climate change Climate consequences for people, livelihoods, and property References Share This: Tags: Category: Department: Content: Not all years were "typical," of course. Sometimes the sea ice never completely moved out of the Barrow area all summer. In other years, October would come and the sea ice would be as far offshore as 250 miles. Changes in sea ice lead to local climate change The long-term record of Barrow's climate traces this autumn mix of icy and mild Octobers. Over the past nine decades, some Octobers were warm and some cold, depending on whether sea ice was far from shore or near the coast. But as more and more ice has been lost in the summer in the seas beyond Barrow and not returned until late in the autumn, early autumn temperatures have risen dramatically. Average October temperatures in Barrow, Alaska, since 1920. Over the past nine decades, Barrow has experienced both warm and cold Octobers, with a string of warm Octobers in the last decade. Graph based on data provided by Rick Thoman. This rise in temperatures is directly related to the lack of sea ice near the shore.
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614267390#10_1233669041
Title: In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action | NOAA Climate.gov Headings: In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action Image Credit: The way sea ice used to be Changes in sea ice lead to local climate change Climate consequences for people, livelihoods, and property References Share This: Tags: Category: Department: Content: Relatively mild Octobers were the rule from the late 1930s through the early 1950s, while cold Octobers prevailed from the mid-1960s through the late 1980s. October temperatures in Barrow, Alaska, since 1920 (blue line) and the five-year running average (red line). Since 2002, the ice pack has stayed far offshore into October. The year-to-year variability in early autumn temperatures (the sharp ups and downs) has dropped dramatically, and every October has been exceptionally warm. Given that Barrow has experienced extended warm or cold periods in the past, what's so unusual about the recent string of warm Octobers? When we say warm Octobers were “the rule” or cold Octobers “prevailed,” we're generalizing. The stretch of warm Octobers in the 1940s were still interrupted a few times by a cool one, for example. Since 2002, however, the ice pack has retreated, and now, not only are Octobers regularly near the warmest of record, but every October is exceptionally warm. Prior to 2002, huge year-to-year swings in October temperature were typical. However, as can be plainly seen in the graph above, temperatures since 2002 have been confined to a narrow range, unlike any previous period in the past nine decades, reflecting the moderating influence of the open ocean.
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614267390#14_1233675663
Title: In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action | NOAA Climate.gov Headings: In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action Image Credit: The way sea ice used to be Changes in sea ice lead to local climate change Climate consequences for people, livelihoods, and property References Share This: Tags: Category: Department: Content: Weather Bureau observers reported in 1933 that there was no open water visible by October 17, and in 1936 very little open water was visible on October 30. From a climate point of view, the lack of ice sea in autumn does not guarantee record warm temperatures every October, but it increases the odds. Without the cooling influence of the ice, there are many more ways the weather can be unusually warm. In early October 2012, the sea ice edge was some 500 miles north of Barrow, and the first ten days of October were the warmest on record. The distant ice edge was not the sole cause of the record warmth, but was a contributing factor. Climate consequences for people, livelihoods, and property Societal expectations of the risks and opportunities inherent to place—the lifestyles, jobs, or recreation that are possible—form over a collective lifetime of experience. In Barrow, those expectations are being upended. Sea ice returning a month or more later than in past decades has a disproportionate effect on subsistence hunters as usable daylight drops to almost none by late November. ( The last sunrise of the year in Barrow is on November 18.) Dramatically warmer autumn air temperatures are allowing the permafrost that underlies Barrow to thaw to a greater depth than in the past, destabilizing roads and buildings as well traditional subterranean freezers.
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614267390#15_1233677646
Title: In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action | NOAA Climate.gov Headings: In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action In Barrow, Alaska, climate change in action Image Credit: The way sea ice used to be Changes in sea ice lead to local climate change Climate consequences for people, livelihoods, and property References Share This: Tags: Category: Department: Content: Climate consequences for people, livelihoods, and property Societal expectations of the risks and opportunities inherent to place—the lifestyles, jobs, or recreation that are possible—form over a collective lifetime of experience. In Barrow, those expectations are being upended. Sea ice returning a month or more later than in past decades has a disproportionate effect on subsistence hunters as usable daylight drops to almost none by late November. ( The last sunrise of the year in Barrow is on November 18.) Dramatically warmer autumn air temperatures are allowing the permafrost that underlies Barrow to thaw to a greater depth than in the past, destabilizing roads and buildings as well traditional subterranean freezers. The dramatic decline in sea ice coverage in the autumn means that there is much more open water to the west and northwest of Barrow. On October 13-14, 2012, a strong storm, 500 miles northwest of Barrow, produced coastal flooding in low-lying parts of Barrow. This flooding was not the result of unusually powerful winds at Barrow itself; the average wind speed on October 13 was just 16.3 mph, and the peak gust just 30 mph. An old runway at the Naval Arctic Research Lab in Barrow was closed following storm surge flooding in October 2010.
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614328363#7_1233782596
Title: Climate Change: Global Sea Level | NOAA Climate.gov Headings: Climate Change: Global Sea Level Climate news, stories, images, & video (ClimateWatch Magazine) Climate Change: Global Sea Level Sea level since 1880 In some ocean basins, sea level has risen as much as 6-8 inches (15-20 centimeters) since the start of the satellite record in 1993. Why sea level matters What’s causing sea level to rise? The pace of global sea level rise more than doubled from 1.4 mm per year throughout most of the twentieth century to 3.6 mm per year from 2006–2015. Measuring sea level Future sea level rise About the data used in the interactive graph References More sea level data and information from NOAA and partners Content: Higher background water levels mean that deadly and destructive storm surges, such as those associated with Hurricane Katrina, “Superstorm” Sandy, and Hurricane Michael—push farther inland than they once did. Higher sea level also means more frequent high-tide flooding, sometimes called “ nuisance flooding ” because it isn't generally deadly or dangerous, but it can be disruptive and expensive. ( Explore past and future frequency of high-tide flooding at U.S. locations with the Climate Explorer, part of the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit.) Nuisance flooding in Annapolis in 2012. Around the U.S., nuisance flooding has increased dramatically in the past 50 years. Photo by Amy McGovern. In the natural world, rising sea level creates stress on coastal ecosystems that provide recreation, protection from storms, and habitat for fish and wildlife, including commercially valuable fisheries. As seas rise, saltwater is also contaminating freshwater aquifers, many of which sustain municipal and agricultural water supplies and natural ecosystems. What’s causing sea level to rise? Global warming is causing global mean sea level to rise in two ways.
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614328363#8_1233784739
Title: Climate Change: Global Sea Level | NOAA Climate.gov Headings: Climate Change: Global Sea Level Climate news, stories, images, & video (ClimateWatch Magazine) Climate Change: Global Sea Level Sea level since 1880 In some ocean basins, sea level has risen as much as 6-8 inches (15-20 centimeters) since the start of the satellite record in 1993. Why sea level matters What’s causing sea level to rise? The pace of global sea level rise more than doubled from 1.4 mm per year throughout most of the twentieth century to 3.6 mm per year from 2006–2015. Measuring sea level Future sea level rise About the data used in the interactive graph References More sea level data and information from NOAA and partners Content: Photo by Amy McGovern. In the natural world, rising sea level creates stress on coastal ecosystems that provide recreation, protection from storms, and habitat for fish and wildlife, including commercially valuable fisheries. As seas rise, saltwater is also contaminating freshwater aquifers, many of which sustain municipal and agricultural water supplies and natural ecosystems. What’s causing sea level to rise? Global warming is causing global mean sea level to rise in two ways. First, glaciers and ice sheets worldwide are melting and adding water to the ocean. Second, the volume of the ocean is expanding as the water warms. A third, much smaller contributor to sea level rise is a decline in the amount of liquid water on land—aquifers, lakes and reservoirs, rivers, soil moisture. This shift of liquid water from land to ocean is largely due to groundwater pumping. Pedersen Glacier, at Aialik Bay in Alaska’s Kenai Mountains, in 1917 (left) and 2005 (right).
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-global-sea-level
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614846786#0_1234682146
Title: For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem | Climate Central Headings: For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem ‘First Best Guess’ What’s in the Emissions Just a Starting Point Content: For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem | Climate Central For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem By Andrea Thompson Follow @AndreaTWeather Published: September 2nd, 2014 When atmospheric scientist Christine Wiedinmyer first went to Ghana in 2011 to investigate air pollution produced by burning different materials — from crop stubble to coal used in stoves — she noticed an unexpected potential source: burning piles of trash. Trash burning on the outskirts of Mexico City during an effort to measure emissions from the burning. Click image to enlarge. Credit: Ted Christian Like most residents of developed nations who hadn’t traveled broadly in the developing world, the sight of smoldering rubbish piles, which contain anything from food waste to plastics to electronics, came as a surprise to Wiedinmyer, who works at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. “It’s just not something that I’ve been exposed to,” she told Climate Central. In the U.S., “we have waste management. We have people who pick up trash and take it away.” Ghana, Nepal, Mexico and other developing countries often lack the tax bases and infrastructure needed to put such systems into place.
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Title: For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem | Climate Central Headings: For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem ‘First Best Guess’ What’s in the Emissions Just a Starting Point Content: Credit: Ted Christian Like most residents of developed nations who hadn’t traveled broadly in the developing world, the sight of smoldering rubbish piles, which contain anything from food waste to plastics to electronics, came as a surprise to Wiedinmyer, who works at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. “It’s just not something that I’ve been exposed to,” she told Climate Central. In the U.S., “we have waste management. We have people who pick up trash and take it away.” Ghana, Nepal, Mexico and other developing countries often lack the tax bases and infrastructure needed to put such systems into place. So residents and governments often burn piles of their trash in the open; removing the garbage from the land but transferring it to the skies. Some 40 percent of the world’s waste may be dealt with in this way. RELATED Carbon Dioxide Passes Global 400 ppm Milestone Report: Wildfires & Air Pollution, A Hidden Hazard Graphic:
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614846786#2_1234685332
Title: For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem | Climate Central Headings: For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem ‘First Best Guess’ What’s in the Emissions Just a Starting Point Content: So residents and governments often burn piles of their trash in the open; removing the garbage from the land but transferring it to the skies. Some 40 percent of the world’s waste may be dealt with in this way. RELATED Carbon Dioxide Passes Global 400 ppm Milestone Report: Wildfires & Air Pollution, A Hidden Hazard Graphic: Rising Global Temperatures & CO2 Wiedinmyer wondered if this burning waste could be an underappreciated source of air pollutants, from greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide to tiny particles and toxic chemicals that can harm human lungs. “I was curious to see how big that source was,” she said. Wiedinmyer set out to produce the first global estimates of burn-related pollution. The result, detailed in July in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, suggests that burning trash isn’t just bad for human health—it could pump more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than had been realized. ‘First Best Guess’ Wiedinmyer pored through existing data and inventories and consulted one of the few people already investigating the phenomenon, Bob Yokelson, an atmospheric chemist at the University of Montana in Missoula, who had traveled widely to developing areas and was familiar with the trash burning around homes and villages.
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614846786#3_1234687097
Title: For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem | Climate Central Headings: For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem ‘First Best Guess’ What’s in the Emissions Just a Starting Point Content: Rising Global Temperatures & CO2 Wiedinmyer wondered if this burning waste could be an underappreciated source of air pollutants, from greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide to tiny particles and toxic chemicals that can harm human lungs. “I was curious to see how big that source was,” she said. Wiedinmyer set out to produce the first global estimates of burn-related pollution. The result, detailed in July in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, suggests that burning trash isn’t just bad for human health—it could pump more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than had been realized. ‘First Best Guess’ Wiedinmyer pored through existing data and inventories and consulted one of the few people already investigating the phenomenon, Bob Yokelson, an atmospheric chemist at the University of Montana in Missoula, who had traveled widely to developing areas and was familiar with the trash burning around homes and villages. “If you do research or travel in developing worlds, you do see garbage burning in a lot of places,” he told Climate Central. Working in Indonesia in the 1990s, he said, there was an old man who would come around and gather everyone’s trash, then burn it at the end of the street. Yokelson, who is another author of the recent paper, had made some measurements in Mexico of what sort of pollutants were being emitted by trash burning. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has catalogued emissions from trash burning in the rural areas of the U.S. But Wiedinmyer found that, on a global scale, “there wasn’t kind of a consistent story.” To find that story took a lot of digging around and some educated guesswork.
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614846786#4_1234689274
Title: For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem | Climate Central Headings: For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem ‘First Best Guess’ What’s in the Emissions Just a Starting Point Content: “If you do research or travel in developing worlds, you do see garbage burning in a lot of places,” he told Climate Central. Working in Indonesia in the 1990s, he said, there was an old man who would come around and gather everyone’s trash, then burn it at the end of the street. Yokelson, who is another author of the recent paper, had made some measurements in Mexico of what sort of pollutants were being emitted by trash burning. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has catalogued emissions from trash burning in the rural areas of the U.S. But Wiedinmyer found that, on a global scale, “there wasn’t kind of a consistent story.” To find that story took a lot of digging around and some educated guesswork. Along with data from the few studies like Yokelson’s, Wiedinmyer used guidelines for calculating trash burning emissions produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to determine how much waste was being generated and burned, what exactly was in that waste, and what types of chemicals were likely generated. What she came up with was, as the study describes it, “the first comprehensive and consistent estimates of the
 global emissions of greenhouse gases, particulate matter, reactive trace gases, and toxic 
compounds from open waste burning.” A field worker and the equipment used to measure emissions from burning trash near Mexico City as seen through a shroud of smoke. Click image to enlarge. Credit:
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614846786#5_1234691230
Title: For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem | Climate Central Headings: For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem ‘First Best Guess’ What’s in the Emissions Just a Starting Point Content: Along with data from the few studies like Yokelson’s, Wiedinmyer used guidelines for calculating trash burning emissions produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to determine how much waste was being generated and burned, what exactly was in that waste, and what types of chemicals were likely generated. What she came up with was, as the study describes it, “the first comprehensive and consistent estimates of the
 global emissions of greenhouse gases, particulate matter, reactive trace gases, and toxic 
compounds from open waste burning.” A field worker and the equipment used to measure emissions from burning trash near Mexico City as seen through a shroud of smoke. Click image to enlarge. Credit: Ted Christian Or, as Wiedinmyer puts it, “it was my first best guess.” What’s in the Emissions What she found was that some 1.1 billion tons of waste, more than 40 percent of the world’s garbage, is burned in open piles, contributing more emissions than is shown in regional and global inventories. An estimated 40 to 50 percent of the garbage is made up of carbon by mass, which means that carbon dioxide is the major gas emitted by trash burning. Those emissions are dwarfed by others sources on the global scale, such as cars and power plants, amounting to just 5 percent of total global carbon dioxide emissions. But the carbon dioxide that comes from trash burning can be a significant source in some countries and regions, and it is one not reflected in the official greenhouse gas inventories for those places.
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614846786#6_1234693280
Title: For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem | Climate Central Headings: For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem ‘First Best Guess’ What’s in the Emissions Just a Starting Point Content: Ted Christian Or, as Wiedinmyer puts it, “it was my first best guess.” What’s in the Emissions What she found was that some 1.1 billion tons of waste, more than 40 percent of the world’s garbage, is burned in open piles, contributing more emissions than is shown in regional and global inventories. An estimated 40 to 50 percent of the garbage is made up of carbon by mass, which means that carbon dioxide is the major gas emitted by trash burning. Those emissions are dwarfed by others sources on the global scale, such as cars and power plants, amounting to just 5 percent of total global carbon dioxide emissions. But the carbon dioxide that comes from trash burning can be a significant source in some countries and regions, and it is one not reflected in the official greenhouse gas inventories for those places. The more interesting and concerning story to Wiedinmyer are the other pollutants, which accounted for far bigger percentages of global emissions. For example, as much as 29 percent of global anthropogenic emissions of small particulate matter (tiny solid particles and liquid droplets from dust to metals that can penetrate deep into the lungs) come from trash fires, she estimates. About 10 percent of mercury emissions come from open burning, as well as 40 percent of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Such pollution can cause lung and neurological diseases, and have been linked to heart attacks and some cancers. “I was really surprised at the magnitude” of some of these pollutants coming from trash burning, Wiedinmyer said.
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614846786#7_1234695330
Title: For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem | Climate Central Headings: For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem ‘First Best Guess’ What’s in the Emissions Just a Starting Point Content: The more interesting and concerning story to Wiedinmyer are the other pollutants, which accounted for far bigger percentages of global emissions. For example, as much as 29 percent of global anthropogenic emissions of small particulate matter (tiny solid particles and liquid droplets from dust to metals that can penetrate deep into the lungs) come from trash fires, she estimates. About 10 percent of mercury emissions come from open burning, as well as 40 percent of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Such pollution can cause lung and neurological diseases, and have been linked to heart attacks and some cancers. “I was really surprised at the magnitude” of some of these pollutants coming from trash burning, Wiedinmyer said. Just a Starting Point Of course, the work is just a starting point, Wiedinmyer and Yokelson said. It shows that the problem of pollution from trash burning is big enough that it warrants further study to try and narrow down the large uncertainties inherent in the study’s estimates. “Can we do better? Can we do more to constrain it?” Wiedinmyer said.
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614846786#10_1234699716
Title: For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem | Climate Central Headings: For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem ‘First Best Guess’ What’s in the Emissions Just a Starting Point Content: Click image to enlarge. Credit: Christine Wiedinmyer Wiedinmyer also wants to put her estimates into models of climate and air movement and see if they match up with current air observations. She wants to figure out which populations the pollution might be affecting, and where it is interacting with other pollution sources. Overall, it’s an issue “that I think should get more attention,” Wiedinmyer said. Eri Saikawa, who studies air pollution and its health impacts at Emory University, and wasn’t involved in the new study, plans to use Wiedinmyer’s data in a model to see how it matches observations in China and Southeast Asia, and to see how trash burning might be contributing to the substantial amounts of air pollution there. “What they’re interested in is where they can reduce emissions,” Saikawa said of policymakers she has met with in China. Currently the focus has been on power plants and cars — trash burning hasn’t been part of the conversation. Reducing emissions from trash burning isn’t an easy prospect in many areas, though. In Nepal, where Yokelson plans to do further work this year and next, the government is well aware of the problem, but it can’t afford the kind of highly efficient incinerators that would get rid of much of the emissions from trash.
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614846786#11_1234701523
Title: For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem | Climate Central Headings: For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem For Air Pollution, Trash Is a Burning Problem ‘First Best Guess’ What’s in the Emissions Just a Starting Point Content: Eri Saikawa, who studies air pollution and its health impacts at Emory University, and wasn’t involved in the new study, plans to use Wiedinmyer’s data in a model to see how it matches observations in China and Southeast Asia, and to see how trash burning might be contributing to the substantial amounts of air pollution there. “What they’re interested in is where they can reduce emissions,” Saikawa said of policymakers she has met with in China. Currently the focus has been on power plants and cars — trash burning hasn’t been part of the conversation. Reducing emissions from trash burning isn’t an easy prospect in many areas, though. In Nepal, where Yokelson plans to do further work this year and next, the government is well aware of the problem, but it can’t afford the kind of highly efficient incinerators that would get rid of much of the emissions from trash. “It’s expensive to get rid of garbage cleanly,” Yokelson said. And it’s not clear how much of an effect reducing this source of pollution would have in different areas. But, “you need to make a small step to make a big step,” Saikawa said. “ This kind of study is very important to figure out what needs” to be done. You May Also Like:
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Title: Climate change - Russia - Climatechangepost.com Headings: Russia Climate change Russia Russia's climate Air temperature changes until now Precipitation changes until now Changes in snow depth until now Changes in sea ice cover until now Changes in ice cover of rivers until now Glacier changes until now Air temperature changes in the 21st century Future intensity of heat waves similar to the one of 2010 Precipitation changes in the 21st century Changes in snow depth in the 21st century Changes in sea ice cover in the 21st century References Content: However, the magnitude of the heat wave was within the range of natural climate variability. Even though climate change had an influence, its contribution to this heat wave magnitude was small compared to that of natural variability (see also 16). Precipitation changes until now Due to both a complicated physical nature of phenomenon and heterogeneity of observations, precipitation changes are evaluated with less confidence than surface air temperature changes. It was found that annual precipitation over Russia increased (7.2 mm/10 years) for the period 1976–2006 (1). However, considerable differences were observed in patterns of region precipitation changes. The most essential changes are the increase in spring precipitation (16.8mm/10 years) in the western and northeastern regions of Siberia and in the European part of Russia (EPR) (1). Between 1960 and 2003, over western Russia there has been a widespread increase in annual total precipitation (10). There has been a decrease in precipitation over the eastern regions of the country, though (11). The data for the Northern Hemisphere in the second half of the 20th century show that in the European territory of Russia (excluding the northern regions) a trend of increasing of the number of days with heavy rainfall (snowfall) prevails. For the northern and southern European regions of Russia (the Caucasus and Cuban) and in central Siberia the maximal number of successive days without precipitation is decreasing (3).
https://www.climatechangepost.com/russia/climate-change/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614931417#12_1234882396
Title: Climate change - Russia - Climatechangepost.com Headings: Russia Climate change Russia Russia's climate Air temperature changes until now Precipitation changes until now Changes in snow depth until now Changes in sea ice cover until now Changes in ice cover of rivers until now Glacier changes until now Air temperature changes in the 21st century Future intensity of heat waves similar to the one of 2010 Precipitation changes in the 21st century Changes in snow depth in the 21st century Changes in sea ice cover in the 21st century References Content: Mean winter snow cover depth declined during the 20th century at most stations in European Russia (by 10-15 cm in some parts) and other eastern European countries (5). Changes in mean winter snow depth are related to changes in winter temperature and precipitation. An increase in winter air temperature has been observed in the mid-latitudes of European Russia, resulting in a decrease in the number of days with snow cover in those regions where temperature is the main factor determining snow cover. The increase in precipitation in the 20th century observed at mid- and high latitudes in Europe increases winter snow accumulation in regions where winter temperature remains constantly well below 0°C (5). Changes in sea ice cover until now Long-term variation of sea ice extent is a good indicator of climate change in the Arctic. Satellite observations have shown a steady downward trend in sea ice for the last two decades. Since the beginning of satellite observations in 1979 the minimum seasonal sea ice area observed in September every year has been decreasing by 9% per decade, and in September 2007 ice cover had a minimum value ever recorded, 4.3 million km 2 (1). Changes in ice cover of rivers until now An analysis of ice events in rivers of the Russian territory of the Baltic Sea drainage basin has shown that, over the course of the second half of the 20 th century, the start of ice events came
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614953189#0_1234884575
Title: Tourism - Switzerland - Climatechangepost.com Headings: Switzerland Tourism Switzerland Tourism in numbers - Europe Tourism in numbers - Switzerland Tourism in numbers - The Alps Vulnerabilities – In general Vulnerabilities - Trends in the past Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - the Alps Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - Switzerland Adaptation strategies – In general Adaptation strategies - Switzerland Examples of shut down of ski resorts Adaptation costs - Switzerland Barriers to adaptation - Switzerland References Content: Tourism - Switzerland - Climatechangepost.com Switzerland Storms Transport, Infrastructure and Building Tourism Switzerland Tourism in numbers - Europe Europe is the most important tourist region in the world. According to UNWTO, in 2006 nearly 55% of all international tourist arrivals (461 million) were on the “old continent”. Southern Europe and the Mediterranean region are the favourite holiday destinations in Europe. According to UNWTO, in 2006 about 165 million tourists visited these regions (25). At present, the predominant summer tourist flows in Europe are from north to south, to the coastal zone. However, coastal and mountain tourism are the segments that are most vulnerable to climate change, and the Mediterranean region is the world's most popular holiday region: it attracts some 120 million visitors from northern Europe each year, the largest international flow of tourists on the globe, and their spending is in excess of EUR 100 billion (23). Tourism in numbers - Switzerland Tourism accounted for 2.8-2.9% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the period 2005-2009 in Switzerland (27). Foreign tourists accounted for approximately 5.3% of the income generated by exports in Switzerland (27). This places tourism in the 3rd position of Swiss exports.
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msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614953189#1_1234886641
Title: Tourism - Switzerland - Climatechangepost.com Headings: Switzerland Tourism Switzerland Tourism in numbers - Europe Tourism in numbers - Switzerland Tourism in numbers - The Alps Vulnerabilities – In general Vulnerabilities - Trends in the past Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - the Alps Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - Switzerland Adaptation strategies – In general Adaptation strategies - Switzerland Examples of shut down of ski resorts Adaptation costs - Switzerland Barriers to adaptation - Switzerland References Content: However, coastal and mountain tourism are the segments that are most vulnerable to climate change, and the Mediterranean region is the world's most popular holiday region: it attracts some 120 million visitors from northern Europe each year, the largest international flow of tourists on the globe, and their spending is in excess of EUR 100 billion (23). Tourism in numbers - Switzerland Tourism accounted for 2.8-2.9% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the period 2005-2009 in Switzerland (27). Foreign tourists accounted for approximately 5.3% of the income generated by exports in Switzerland (27). This places tourism in the 3rd position of Swiss exports. Tourism in Switzerland is also an important employer: in 2009, 4.1 % of jobs were directly generated by this industry (27). In some tourist destinations in the Alps, the value added of tourism amounts to more than 80% of the regional GDP (26). Tourism in numbers - The Alps The Alps are also among the most visited regions. About 60-80 million people visit the Alps each year as tourists.
https://www.climatechangepost.com/switzerland/tourism/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614953189#2_1234888471
Title: Tourism - Switzerland - Climatechangepost.com Headings: Switzerland Tourism Switzerland Tourism in numbers - Europe Tourism in numbers - Switzerland Tourism in numbers - The Alps Vulnerabilities – In general Vulnerabilities - Trends in the past Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - the Alps Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - Switzerland Adaptation strategies – In general Adaptation strategies - Switzerland Examples of shut down of ski resorts Adaptation costs - Switzerland Barriers to adaptation - Switzerland References Content: Tourism in Switzerland is also an important employer: in 2009, 4.1 % of jobs were directly generated by this industry (27). In some tourist destinations in the Alps, the value added of tourism amounts to more than 80% of the regional GDP (26). Tourism in numbers - The Alps The Alps are also among the most visited regions. About 60-80 million people visit the Alps each year as tourists. Tourism activities in the Alps generate close to EUR 50 billion in annual turnover and provide 10-12% of the jobs (5,9). There are over 600 ski resorts and 10,000 ski installations in the Alps. France, Switzerland, Austria and Italy provide over 85% of Europe’s skiing area. France has the highest winter season turnover of all these four countries (5,10). 19 % of the area faces increasing economic problems.
https://www.climatechangepost.com/switzerland/tourism/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614953189#3_1234890051
Title: Tourism - Switzerland - Climatechangepost.com Headings: Switzerland Tourism Switzerland Tourism in numbers - Europe Tourism in numbers - Switzerland Tourism in numbers - The Alps Vulnerabilities – In general Vulnerabilities - Trends in the past Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - the Alps Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - Switzerland Adaptation strategies – In general Adaptation strategies - Switzerland Examples of shut down of ski resorts Adaptation costs - Switzerland Barriers to adaptation - Switzerland References Content: Tourism activities in the Alps generate close to EUR 50 billion in annual turnover and provide 10-12% of the jobs (5,9). There are over 600 ski resorts and 10,000 ski installations in the Alps. France, Switzerland, Austria and Italy provide over 85% of Europe’s skiing area. France has the highest winter season turnover of all these four countries (5,10). 19 % of the area faces increasing economic problems. For 18 % of the area, the economy, settlements and cultural heritage are breaking down as people leave (12). This is particularly the case in southern France, some parts of Italy (e.g. Piemont) and Slovenia. Only tourism can reverse this trend but the number of tourists visiting the Alps has either been constant or decreasing since the 1980s. In these areas forests move into grassland and the area becomes less attractive for tourism (13). Vulnerabilities – In general There are four broad categories of climate change impacts that will affect tourism destinations, their competitiveness and sustainability (24):
https://www.climatechangepost.com/switzerland/tourism/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614953189#4_1234891863
Title: Tourism - Switzerland - Climatechangepost.com Headings: Switzerland Tourism Switzerland Tourism in numbers - Europe Tourism in numbers - Switzerland Tourism in numbers - The Alps Vulnerabilities – In general Vulnerabilities - Trends in the past Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - the Alps Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - Switzerland Adaptation strategies – In general Adaptation strategies - Switzerland Examples of shut down of ski resorts Adaptation costs - Switzerland Barriers to adaptation - Switzerland References Content: For 18 % of the area, the economy, settlements and cultural heritage are breaking down as people leave (12). This is particularly the case in southern France, some parts of Italy (e.g. Piemont) and Slovenia. Only tourism can reverse this trend but the number of tourists visiting the Alps has either been constant or decreasing since the 1980s. In these areas forests move into grassland and the area becomes less attractive for tourism (13). Vulnerabilities – In general There are four broad categories of climate change impacts that will affect tourism destinations, their competitiveness and sustainability (24): Direct climatic impacts Indirect environmental change impacts. Changes in water availability, biodiversity loss, reduced landscape aesthetic, altered agricultural production (e.g., wine tourism), increased natural hazards, coastal erosion and inundation, damage to infrastructure and the increasing incidence of vector-borne diseases will all impact tourism to varying degrees. Impacts of mitigation policies on tourist mobility. Policies that seek to reduce GHG emissions will lead to an increase in transport costs and may foster environmental attitudes that lead tourists to change their travel patterns. Indirect societal change impacts.
https://www.climatechangepost.com/switzerland/tourism/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614953189#5_1234893903
Title: Tourism - Switzerland - Climatechangepost.com Headings: Switzerland Tourism Switzerland Tourism in numbers - Europe Tourism in numbers - Switzerland Tourism in numbers - The Alps Vulnerabilities – In general Vulnerabilities - Trends in the past Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - the Alps Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - Switzerland Adaptation strategies – In general Adaptation strategies - Switzerland Examples of shut down of ski resorts Adaptation costs - Switzerland Barriers to adaptation - Switzerland References Content: Direct climatic impacts Indirect environmental change impacts. Changes in water availability, biodiversity loss, reduced landscape aesthetic, altered agricultural production (e.g., wine tourism), increased natural hazards, coastal erosion and inundation, damage to infrastructure and the increasing incidence of vector-borne diseases will all impact tourism to varying degrees. Impacts of mitigation policies on tourist mobility. Policies that seek to reduce GHG emissions will lead to an increase in transport costs and may foster environmental attitudes that lead tourists to change their travel patterns. Indirect societal change impacts. Climate change is thought to pose a risk to future economic growth and to the political stability of some nations. Climate change is considered a national and international security risk that will steadily intensify, particularly under greater warming scenarios. Tourists, particularly international tourists, are averse to political instability and social unrest. Vulnerabilities - Trends in the past It was the winters with little snow at the end of the 1980s (1987/88–1989/90) that caused a stir (1,8). The big difference to earlier periods with little snow was that the capital intensity of ski tourism had considerably increased.
https://www.climatechangepost.com/switzerland/tourism/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614953189#6_1234895962
Title: Tourism - Switzerland - Climatechangepost.com Headings: Switzerland Tourism Switzerland Tourism in numbers - Europe Tourism in numbers - Switzerland Tourism in numbers - The Alps Vulnerabilities – In general Vulnerabilities - Trends in the past Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - the Alps Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - Switzerland Adaptation strategies – In general Adaptation strategies - Switzerland Examples of shut down of ski resorts Adaptation costs - Switzerland Barriers to adaptation - Switzerland References Content: Climate change is thought to pose a risk to future economic growth and to the political stability of some nations. Climate change is considered a national and international security risk that will steadily intensify, particularly under greater warming scenarios. Tourists, particularly international tourists, are averse to political instability and social unrest. Vulnerabilities - Trends in the past It was the winters with little snow at the end of the 1980s (1987/88–1989/90) that caused a stir (1,8). The big difference to earlier periods with little snow was that the capital intensity of ski tourism had considerably increased. The snow shortage at the end of the 1980s left a clear mark on the tourist trade. The earnings of cable-way companies decreased by 20% compared to the ‘normal’ winter of 1986/1987. Particularly affected were smaller companies at lower and medium altitudes (1). Read more... Due to changing climate conditions, the overall number of lifts in the Alps is slightly decreasing and in areas at low altitudes ski-resorts are already closed or will be closed in the near future (11). A number of companies in regions above 1700 m achieved good and even first-rate results due to the lack of snow at lower and medium altitudes.
https://www.climatechangepost.com/switzerland/tourism/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614953189#7_1234898009
Title: Tourism - Switzerland - Climatechangepost.com Headings: Switzerland Tourism Switzerland Tourism in numbers - Europe Tourism in numbers - Switzerland Tourism in numbers - The Alps Vulnerabilities – In general Vulnerabilities - Trends in the past Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - the Alps Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - Switzerland Adaptation strategies – In general Adaptation strategies - Switzerland Examples of shut down of ski resorts Adaptation costs - Switzerland Barriers to adaptation - Switzerland References Content: The snow shortage at the end of the 1980s left a clear mark on the tourist trade. The earnings of cable-way companies decreased by 20% compared to the ‘normal’ winter of 1986/1987. Particularly affected were smaller companies at lower and medium altitudes (1). Read more... Due to changing climate conditions, the overall number of lifts in the Alps is slightly decreasing and in areas at low altitudes ski-resorts are already closed or will be closed in the near future (11). A number of companies in regions above 1700 m achieved good and even first-rate results due to the lack of snow at lower and medium altitudes. The slump in the hotel and holiday-apartment trade was less pronounced, as they also accommodate non-skiers. Hotel rooms and holiday apartments also tend to be booked quite a long time in advance. The question does arise, however, as to how long tourists will remain loyal to a location and keep returning to it if they are repeatedly confronted with inadequate snow conditions (1). The experience acquired by Swiss ski resorts shows that a ski resort can be considered snow-reliable if, in 7 out of 10 winters, skiing is possible on at least 100 days between December 1 and April 15 (2). It is estimated that the snowline, as well as the line of natural snow-reliability, will rise by 150 m with 1°C warming (6).
https://www.climatechangepost.com/switzerland/tourism/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614953189#8_1234900134
Title: Tourism - Switzerland - Climatechangepost.com Headings: Switzerland Tourism Switzerland Tourism in numbers - Europe Tourism in numbers - Switzerland Tourism in numbers - The Alps Vulnerabilities – In general Vulnerabilities - Trends in the past Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - the Alps Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - Switzerland Adaptation strategies – In general Adaptation strategies - Switzerland Examples of shut down of ski resorts Adaptation costs - Switzerland Barriers to adaptation - Switzerland References Content: The slump in the hotel and holiday-apartment trade was less pronounced, as they also accommodate non-skiers. Hotel rooms and holiday apartments also tend to be booked quite a long time in advance. The question does arise, however, as to how long tourists will remain loyal to a location and keep returning to it if they are repeatedly confronted with inadequate snow conditions (1). The experience acquired by Swiss ski resorts shows that a ski resort can be considered snow-reliable if, in 7 out of 10 winters, skiing is possible on at least 100 days between December 1 and April 15 (2). It is estimated that the snowline, as well as the line of natural snow-reliability, will rise by 150 m with 1°C warming (6). On this basis, climate change could result in a 150 m, 300 m and 600 m increase in the altitude of the natural snow-reliability for 1, 2 and 4°C of warming (5). The duration of snow cover is expected to decrease by several weeks for each °C of temperature increase in the Alps region at middle elevations (14). At the most sensitive elevation in the Austrian Alps (600 m in winter and 1400 m in spring) and with no snowmaking adaptation considered, a 1°C rise leads to four fewer weeks of skiing days in winter and six fewer weeks in spring (15). A 2°C warming with no precipitation change would reduce the seasonal snow cover at a Swiss Alpine site by 50 days/yr, and with a 50% increase in precipitation by 30 days (16). Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - the Alps A recent Europe-wide assessment has identified increasing losses in winter tourism due to reduced snow cover and the increased exposure of settlements and infrastructure to natural hazards as the primary vulnerabilities to climate change in the Alps (5).
https://www.climatechangepost.com/switzerland/tourism/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614953189#9_1234902688
Title: Tourism - Switzerland - Climatechangepost.com Headings: Switzerland Tourism Switzerland Tourism in numbers - Europe Tourism in numbers - Switzerland Tourism in numbers - The Alps Vulnerabilities – In general Vulnerabilities - Trends in the past Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - the Alps Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - Switzerland Adaptation strategies – In general Adaptation strategies - Switzerland Examples of shut down of ski resorts Adaptation costs - Switzerland Barriers to adaptation - Switzerland References Content: On this basis, climate change could result in a 150 m, 300 m and 600 m increase in the altitude of the natural snow-reliability for 1, 2 and 4°C of warming (5). The duration of snow cover is expected to decrease by several weeks for each °C of temperature increase in the Alps region at middle elevations (14). At the most sensitive elevation in the Austrian Alps (600 m in winter and 1400 m in spring) and with no snowmaking adaptation considered, a 1°C rise leads to four fewer weeks of skiing days in winter and six fewer weeks in spring (15). A 2°C warming with no precipitation change would reduce the seasonal snow cover at a Swiss Alpine site by 50 days/yr, and with a 50% increase in precipitation by 30 days (16). Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - the Alps A recent Europe-wide assessment has identified increasing losses in winter tourism due to reduced snow cover and the increased exposure of settlements and infrastructure to natural hazards as the primary vulnerabilities to climate change in the Alps (5). According to research among stakeholders (30), the most important impacts of climate change on tourism in Switzerland are snowpack reduction, melting glaciers, and water scarcity. Read more... Under present climate conditions, 609 out of the 666 (or 91%) Alpine ski areas in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland can be considered as naturally snow-reliable. The remaining 9% are already operating under marginal conditions. The number of naturally snow-reliable areas would drop to 500 under 1°C, to 404 under 2°C, and to 202 under a 4°C warming of climate. This is the first systematic cross-country analysis of snow-reliability under climate change for the Alps and covers more than 80% of the skiing domain (5).
https://www.climatechangepost.com/switzerland/tourism/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614953189#10_1234905266
Title: Tourism - Switzerland - Climatechangepost.com Headings: Switzerland Tourism Switzerland Tourism in numbers - Europe Tourism in numbers - Switzerland Tourism in numbers - The Alps Vulnerabilities – In general Vulnerabilities - Trends in the past Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - the Alps Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - Switzerland Adaptation strategies – In general Adaptation strategies - Switzerland Examples of shut down of ski resorts Adaptation costs - Switzerland Barriers to adaptation - Switzerland References Content: According to research among stakeholders (30), the most important impacts of climate change on tourism in Switzerland are snowpack reduction, melting glaciers, and water scarcity. Read more... Under present climate conditions, 609 out of the 666 (or 91%) Alpine ski areas in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland can be considered as naturally snow-reliable. The remaining 9% are already operating under marginal conditions. The number of naturally snow-reliable areas would drop to 500 under 1°C, to 404 under 2°C, and to 202 under a 4°C warming of climate. This is the first systematic cross-country analysis of snow-reliability under climate change for the Alps and covers more than 80% of the skiing domain (5). Sensitivity to climate change varies markedly among the Alpine countries. Germany is most sensitive, with only a 1°C warming leading to a 60% decrease (relative to present) in the number of naturally snow-reliable ski areas. Practically none of the ski areas in Germany will be left naturally snow-reliable under a 4°C warming. Switzerland, meanwhile, is the least sensitive of the five countries, with a 1°C warming leading to only a 10% decrease, while a 4°C warming would lead to a 50% decrease (relative to present) in the number of naturally snow-reliable areas. There will also be “winners” and “losers”, both in terms of regions and in terms of the ski areas themselves, with low-lying ski areas being considerably more vulnerable than areas with high altitudinal range (5).
https://www.climatechangepost.com/switzerland/tourism/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614953189#11_1234907607
Title: Tourism - Switzerland - Climatechangepost.com Headings: Switzerland Tourism Switzerland Tourism in numbers - Europe Tourism in numbers - Switzerland Tourism in numbers - The Alps Vulnerabilities – In general Vulnerabilities - Trends in the past Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - the Alps Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - Switzerland Adaptation strategies – In general Adaptation strategies - Switzerland Examples of shut down of ski resorts Adaptation costs - Switzerland Barriers to adaptation - Switzerland References Content: Sensitivity to climate change varies markedly among the Alpine countries. Germany is most sensitive, with only a 1°C warming leading to a 60% decrease (relative to present) in the number of naturally snow-reliable ski areas. Practically none of the ski areas in Germany will be left naturally snow-reliable under a 4°C warming. Switzerland, meanwhile, is the least sensitive of the five countries, with a 1°C warming leading to only a 10% decrease, while a 4°C warming would lead to a 50% decrease (relative to present) in the number of naturally snow-reliable areas. There will also be “winners” and “losers”, both in terms of regions and in terms of the ski areas themselves, with low-lying ski areas being considerably more vulnerable than areas with high altitudinal range (5). Many of the Austrian ski areas have low base points. With climate change the natural snow-reliability of Austrian ski areas will reduce substantially. The lack of higher altitudes in many of the Austrian mountain ranges makes it impossible to operate on high-elevation sites. The Swiss ski areas will be least affected in the Alps. For Germany, the low-lying ski areas of Bavaria will be highly affected.
https://www.climatechangepost.com/switzerland/tourism/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614953189#12_1234909610
Title: Tourism - Switzerland - Climatechangepost.com Headings: Switzerland Tourism Switzerland Tourism in numbers - Europe Tourism in numbers - Switzerland Tourism in numbers - The Alps Vulnerabilities – In general Vulnerabilities - Trends in the past Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - the Alps Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - Switzerland Adaptation strategies – In general Adaptation strategies - Switzerland Examples of shut down of ski resorts Adaptation costs - Switzerland Barriers to adaptation - Switzerland References Content: Many of the Austrian ski areas have low base points. With climate change the natural snow-reliability of Austrian ski areas will reduce substantially. The lack of higher altitudes in many of the Austrian mountain ranges makes it impossible to operate on high-elevation sites. The Swiss ski areas will be least affected in the Alps. For Germany, the low-lying ski areas of Bavaria will be highly affected. In France and Italy many ski areas operate at fairly high altitudes (5). Changes in mean winter snow water equivalent (SWE), the seasonal evolution of snow cover, and the duration of the continuous snow cover season in the European Alps have been assessed from an ensemble of regional climate model (RCM) experiments under the IPCC SRES A1B emission scenario (35). The assessment was carried out for the periods 2020–2049 and 2070–2099, compared with the control period 1971–2000. The strongest relative reduction in winter mean SWE was found below 1,500 m, amounting to 40–80 % by mid century relative to 1971–2000 and depending upon the model considered. At higher elevations the decrease of mean winter SWE is less pronounced but still a robust feature.
https://www.climatechangepost.com/switzerland/tourism/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614953189#13_1234911573
Title: Tourism - Switzerland - Climatechangepost.com Headings: Switzerland Tourism Switzerland Tourism in numbers - Europe Tourism in numbers - Switzerland Tourism in numbers - The Alps Vulnerabilities – In general Vulnerabilities - Trends in the past Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - the Alps Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - Switzerland Adaptation strategies – In general Adaptation strategies - Switzerland Examples of shut down of ski resorts Adaptation costs - Switzerland Barriers to adaptation - Switzerland References Content: In France and Italy many ski areas operate at fairly high altitudes (5). Changes in mean winter snow water equivalent (SWE), the seasonal evolution of snow cover, and the duration of the continuous snow cover season in the European Alps have been assessed from an ensemble of regional climate model (RCM) experiments under the IPCC SRES A1B emission scenario (35). The assessment was carried out for the periods 2020–2049 and 2070–2099, compared with the control period 1971–2000. The strongest relative reduction in winter mean SWE was found below 1,500 m, amounting to 40–80 % by mid century relative to 1971–2000 and depending upon the model considered. At higher elevations the decrease of mean winter SWE is less pronounced but still a robust feature. Major impacts for winter tourism in the Alps are expected. Many ski-regions have mean elevations below 2,000 m and are therefore especially vulnerable to climate change (35). This could result into millions of overnight stays lost during the winter seasons (36). The danger of rockfall and landslides will also be increased by the melting permafrost. Alpinism (walking, hiking and rock climbing routes) is especially affected by the danger of rockfall.
https://www.climatechangepost.com/switzerland/tourism/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_614953189#14_1234913584
Title: Tourism - Switzerland - Climatechangepost.com Headings: Switzerland Tourism Switzerland Tourism in numbers - Europe Tourism in numbers - Switzerland Tourism in numbers - The Alps Vulnerabilities – In general Vulnerabilities - Trends in the past Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - the Alps Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - Switzerland Adaptation strategies – In general Adaptation strategies - Switzerland Examples of shut down of ski resorts Adaptation costs - Switzerland Barriers to adaptation - Switzerland References Content: Major impacts for winter tourism in the Alps are expected. Many ski-regions have mean elevations below 2,000 m and are therefore especially vulnerable to climate change (35). This could result into millions of overnight stays lost during the winter seasons (36). The danger of rockfall and landslides will also be increased by the melting permafrost. Alpinism (walking, hiking and rock climbing routes) is especially affected by the danger of rockfall. Settlements are hardly at risk from these processes (26). Vulnerabilities – Projections for the future - Switzerland Swiss winter sports tourism could even benefit from climate change up to 2030. Winter sports tourism in Switzerland should be less negatively affected by climate change than Austria. The ski resorts in the Swiss part of the Alps are generally higher. The regions with reliable snow could be successful in attracting tourists both from other parts of Switzerland and from the more seriously disadvantaged areas, such as Ger
https://www.climatechangepost.com/switzerland/tourism/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_646060762#2_1299780513
Title: What is the USA FREEDOM Act? What's So Free About It? Headings: What is the USA FREEDOM Act? What’s So Free About It? What is the USA FREEDOM Act? What’s So Free About It? Congressional Support for the Freedom Act What Does the Freedom Act Do? Final Thoughts Content: Until whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed in 2013 that the government was abusing the law, the public was largely unaware that the government had taken such an interest in their private data. The Patriot Act authorized programs such as PRISM, Tempora and Dishfire, which collected information about phone calls, text messages and online activities like they were shopping at Costco. They collected data in bulk and typically without proof that the people involved were doing anything illegal. While America’s programs didn’t amount to outright censorship, as in China, they did present substantial concerns about individual freedoms and security. While President Barack Obama took the stance that Americans were better off not knowing that the government was spying on them, the public outcry stemming from Snowden’s revelations forced him to act. Congressional Support for the Freedom Act Obama pushed the Freedom Act as an improvement to the Patriot Act and as a way to reassure the public that the government wasn’t after their data, even if the latter claim wasn’t true. The act had broad bipartisan support in the Senate: 23 Republicans, 43 Democrats and one independent voted for it. Only one Democrat, Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin opposed it. Thirty Republicans opposed it, including Orrin Hatch of Utah, John McCain of Arizona and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
https://www.cloudwards.net/freedom-act/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_646060762#3_1299782364
Title: What is the USA FREEDOM Act? What's So Free About It? Headings: What is the USA FREEDOM Act? What’s So Free About It? What is the USA FREEDOM Act? What’s So Free About It? Congressional Support for the Freedom Act What Does the Freedom Act Do? Final Thoughts Content: Congressional Support for the Freedom Act Obama pushed the Freedom Act as an improvement to the Patriot Act and as a way to reassure the public that the government wasn’t after their data, even if the latter claim wasn’t true. The act had broad bipartisan support in the Senate: 23 Republicans, 43 Democrats and one independent voted for it. Only one Democrat, Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin opposed it. Thirty Republicans opposed it, including Orrin Hatch of Utah, John McCain of Arizona and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. One independent, Bernie Sanders, voted against it. Obama signed the Freedom Act into law on June 2, 2015. Given how many Democrats came out in favor of net neutrality when Ajit Pai’s FCC tried to ax it, it’s hard to understand why so many supported this bill, which falls short on similar grounds. Since 2015, many things have changed in the American political landscape. Maybe those Democratic senators thought the bill would do more to protect individual security and privacy.
https://www.cloudwards.net/freedom-act/
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Title: 10 SaaS Metrics and KPIs You Should Measure [Infographic] Headings: SaaS Metrics & KPIs to Predict Your Business Growth SaaS Metrics & KPIs to Predict Your Business Growth Key SaaS Metrics to Measure Business Growth What is SaaS Business? How is SaaS different from other business models? Pre-Startup Startup How to Create a Product Launch Marketing Plan Growth Maturity SaaS KPIs & Business Goals. How to Measure Them? Profitability Retention and Efficiency Free Retention Rate Calculator For Your Ecommerce & Dropshipping Store Growth 10 Key SaaS Metrics You Should Measure [Infographic] 1. Conversion Rate Conversion Rate Formula Tips for Improvement 2. Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) CAC Formula Tips to Improve CAC 3. Churn Rate Churn Rate Formula (Customers leaving your business/total number of customers acquired)*1004 Tips to improve SaaS Churn Rate 4. Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) CLV Formula Tips for Increase CLV 5. MRR MRR Formula Tips to Improve MRR Formula Net MRR 6. ARR ARR Formula Tips to Improve ARR 7. ARPA ARPA Formula Tips to Improve ARPA 8. Revenue Churn Revenue Churn Formula Tips to Reduce Churn Rate 9. Traffic Traffic Formula Tips for Getting Traffic 10. NPS NPS Formula (Not actually a Formula) Tips for Improving NPS Bonus Metric – Website Load Time Important SaaS Metrics Experts Measure Jonathan Bass Healy Jones Kristen Haines Matthew Parks Ben M Roberts Tomer Aharon Dane Amyot Kurt Uhlir Zobia Zuberi The formula: Wrapping it up! Start Creating Web Apps on Managed Cloud Servers Now Sharjeel Ashraf Get Our Newsletter Be the first to get the latest updates and tutorials. Subscribe Thankyou for Subscribing Us! Content: Sorting incubators and accelerators to join. Startup Next stage of a SaaS business model is about launching the business in the market. This stage is also called as the ‘startup’ stage because founders tend to work on entering the market. The Startup Genome Project says, “ Startups need 2-3 more months to validate their market than most founders expect. This underestimation creates the pressure to scale prematurely.” The goal of a startup is to build a loyal customer base that can bring in more customers to a business. Startups in this stage usually have a sellable product, a business model, a pricing plan, and a market to tap into. However, to achieve all this, they have to: Launch and refine the product. Find channels that will help the market to more people.
https://www.cloudways.com/blog/saas-metrics/
msmarco_v2.1_doc_36_650962389#9_1311030415
Title: 10 SaaS Metrics and KPIs You Should Measure [Infographic] Headings: SaaS Metrics & KPIs to Predict Your Business Growth SaaS Metrics & KPIs to Predict Your Business Growth Key SaaS Metrics to Measure Business Growth What is SaaS Business? How is SaaS different from other business models? Pre-Startup Startup How to Create a Product Launch Marketing Plan Growth Maturity SaaS KPIs & Business Goals. How to Measure Them? Profitability Retention and Efficiency Free Retention Rate Calculator For Your Ecommerce & Dropshipping Store Growth 10 Key SaaS Metrics You Should Measure [Infographic] 1. Conversion Rate Conversion Rate Formula Tips for Improvement 2. Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) CAC Formula Tips to Improve CAC 3. Churn Rate Churn Rate Formula (Customers leaving your business/total number of customers acquired)*1004 Tips to improve SaaS Churn Rate 4. Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) CLV Formula Tips for Increase CLV 5. MRR MRR Formula Tips to Improve MRR Formula Net MRR 6. ARR ARR Formula Tips to Improve ARR 7. ARPA ARPA Formula Tips to Improve ARPA 8. Revenue Churn Revenue Churn Formula Tips to Reduce Churn Rate 9. Traffic Traffic Formula Tips for Getting Traffic 10. NPS NPS Formula (Not actually a Formula) Tips for Improving NPS Bonus Metric – Website Load Time Important SaaS Metrics Experts Measure Jonathan Bass Healy Jones Kristen Haines Matthew Parks Ben M Roberts Tomer Aharon Dane Amyot Kurt Uhlir Zobia Zuberi The formula: Wrapping it up! Start Creating Web Apps on Managed Cloud Servers Now Sharjeel Ashraf Get Our Newsletter Be the first to get the latest updates and tutorials. Subscribe Thankyou for Subscribing Us! Content: The goal of a startup is to build a loyal customer base that can bring in more customers to a business. Startups in this stage usually have a sellable product, a business model, a pricing plan, and a market to tap into. However, to achieve all this, they have to: Launch and refine the product. Find channels that will help the market to more people. Establish a business. Hire people who are willing to work in a startup environment. Find first 1,000 paying customers. Get initial investment for the business. How to Create a Product Launch Marketing Plan Growth Now that you have an established market, a decent customer base, and a profitable business, you are officially in the growth stage.
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Title: 10 SaaS Metrics and KPIs You Should Measure [Infographic] Headings: SaaS Metrics & KPIs to Predict Your Business Growth SaaS Metrics & KPIs to Predict Your Business Growth Key SaaS Metrics to Measure Business Growth What is SaaS Business? How is SaaS different from other business models? Pre-Startup Startup How to Create a Product Launch Marketing Plan Growth Maturity SaaS KPIs & Business Goals. How to Measure Them? Profitability Retention and Efficiency Free Retention Rate Calculator For Your Ecommerce & Dropshipping Store Growth 10 Key SaaS Metrics You Should Measure [Infographic] 1. Conversion Rate Conversion Rate Formula Tips for Improvement 2. Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) CAC Formula Tips to Improve CAC 3. Churn Rate Churn Rate Formula (Customers leaving your business/total number of customers acquired)*1004 Tips to improve SaaS Churn Rate 4. Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) CLV Formula Tips for Increase CLV 5. MRR MRR Formula Tips to Improve MRR Formula Net MRR 6. ARR ARR Formula Tips to Improve ARR 7. ARPA ARPA Formula Tips to Improve ARPA 8. Revenue Churn Revenue Churn Formula Tips to Reduce Churn Rate 9. Traffic Traffic Formula Tips for Getting Traffic 10. NPS NPS Formula (Not actually a Formula) Tips for Improving NPS Bonus Metric – Website Load Time Important SaaS Metrics Experts Measure Jonathan Bass Healy Jones Kristen Haines Matthew Parks Ben M Roberts Tomer Aharon Dane Amyot Kurt Uhlir Zobia Zuberi The formula: Wrapping it up! Start Creating Web Apps on Managed Cloud Servers Now Sharjeel Ashraf Get Our Newsletter Be the first to get the latest updates and tutorials. Subscribe Thankyou for Subscribing Us! Content: From here onwards, it is about repeating the same strategy that has helped you bringing in the initial 1000 customers, but with a few new techniques. You may have to dabble between profit and growth in the growth stage, but it all depends on the priority of the founders. Nonetheless, here are a few things you must do in this stage: Raising more capital i.e. Series A, B, and C funding for your business. Acquiring more customers at the same cost. Hiring more people to run the show. Refining product even further with A/B testing, process improvements, and additional features. Unifying your development, marketing, and sales team to solve customer problems faster. Maturity During the maturity stage of the business, the progress of the business will slow down. At the same time, operational costs will continue to climb up sharply.
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Title: 10 SaaS Metrics and KPIs You Should Measure [Infographic] Headings: SaaS Metrics & KPIs to Predict Your Business Growth SaaS Metrics & KPIs to Predict Your Business Growth Key SaaS Metrics to Measure Business Growth What is SaaS Business? How is SaaS different from other business models? Pre-Startup Startup How to Create a Product Launch Marketing Plan Growth Maturity SaaS KPIs & Business Goals. How to Measure Them? Profitability Retention and Efficiency Free Retention Rate Calculator For Your Ecommerce & Dropshipping Store Growth 10 Key SaaS Metrics You Should Measure [Infographic] 1. Conversion Rate Conversion Rate Formula Tips for Improvement 2. Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) CAC Formula Tips to Improve CAC 3. Churn Rate Churn Rate Formula (Customers leaving your business/total number of customers acquired)*1004 Tips to improve SaaS Churn Rate 4. Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) CLV Formula Tips for Increase CLV 5. MRR MRR Formula Tips to Improve MRR Formula Net MRR 6. ARR ARR Formula Tips to Improve ARR 7. ARPA ARPA Formula Tips to Improve ARPA 8. Revenue Churn Revenue Churn Formula Tips to Reduce Churn Rate 9. Traffic Traffic Formula Tips for Getting Traffic 10. NPS NPS Formula (Not actually a Formula) Tips for Improving NPS Bonus Metric – Website Load Time Important SaaS Metrics Experts Measure Jonathan Bass Healy Jones Kristen Haines Matthew Parks Ben M Roberts Tomer Aharon Dane Amyot Kurt Uhlir Zobia Zuberi The formula: Wrapping it up! Start Creating Web Apps on Managed Cloud Servers Now Sharjeel Ashraf Get Our Newsletter Be the first to get the latest updates and tutorials. Subscribe Thankyou for Subscribing Us! Content: Hiring more people to run the show. Refining product even further with A/B testing, process improvements, and additional features. Unifying your development, marketing, and sales team to solve customer problems faster. Maturity During the maturity stage of the business, the progress of the business will slow down. At the same time, operational costs will continue to climb up sharply. This is the time to sustain continuous SaaS growth. And how will that be possible? By venturing into other markets. By networking with other founders and forming relationships. And, by scaling business to new regions.
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