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    Sunspots

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    ADAPTION IMPACTS OF ENTRY PYRAMID MARKETING TECHNOLOGY ON COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

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    This study aims at show the impact of Entry pyramid marketing echnology oncompetitive advantage social structure by analyzing the impact depending on views of the study population of ZAIN LTD.The problem of this study formulated as it’s main question “ What is the impact of entry pyramid marketing technology on ZAIN LTD competitive advantage”. From this main question we’re branching sub questions circulated on this study to give a methodology answers .Considering this methodology of collecting and analyzing (12) of Senior and executive management depending on positions : General Director, Deputy Director, Branch Manager and Section Head. Collecting data by building a questionnaire as a tool for measuring model study and using statistical methods to test the study hypothesis

    Space Station Operations Capabilities in a Shoebox: Marshall Space Flight Center’s Telescience Resource Kit

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    The International Space Station (ISS) has provided the world an unprecedented capability, establishing a continuous human foothold in outer space for more than 22 years now. But maintaining that capability and supporting the ambitious portfolio of scientific research it hosts has required another unprecedented capability – providing ground-based operations support for the crew and a diverse manifest of research payloads, all simultaneously. To help meet this challenge, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed TReK, the Telescience Resource Kit, providing a robust solution for data, command, metadata, and file transfer capabilities. In response to an increasingly wide and diverse need for operations support resources, the TReK team has worked to find ways to make the software more flexible in order to support a wide range of missions. Today it has supported not only hundreds of ISS payloads, but also free-flying spacecraft and even aircraft-based research. This presentation will discuss how the team has modified capabilities needed to enable 24/7/365 research aboard ISS to provide the flexibility needed to support Small Sat missions, going back to one of MSFC’s first “minisatellite” missions in 2010 and beyond

    Adapting Existing Structures to Deep-bedded Systems

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    Dan Meyer: The problem with renovating old tall barns or machinery sheds into swine structures is that there is too much air volume. It costs too much to heat that much air. These situations usually result in a high mortality rate because pigs suffocate from piling to keep themselves warm. Jeff Hill discussed how turkey barns and shallow-pit, pull-plug liquid manure confinement systems can be renovated for use with deep-bedded swine production

    The NASA Solar Cruiser Mission - Solar Sail Propulsion Enabling Heliophysics Missions

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    Solar Cruiser is a Small Satellite Technology Demonstration Mission (TDM) to mature solar sail propulsion technology to enable near-term, high-priority breakthrough science missions as defined in the Solar and Space Physics Decadal Survey. Solar sails have the potential to provide high ΔV for many types of missions. Solar sails are large, mirror-like structures made of a lightweight material that reflects sunlight to propel the spacecraft. The continuous solar photon pressure provides thrust with no need for the heavy, expendable propellants used by conventional chemical and electric propulsion systems. Solar Cruiser will demonstrate a “sailcraft” platform with pointing control and attitude stability comparable to traditional platforms, upon which a new class of Heliophysics missions may fly. It will show sailcraft operation (acceleration, navigation, station keeping, heliocentric plane change) scalability of sail technologies such as the boom, membrane, and deployer to enable more demanding missions, such as high inclination solar imaging. Solar Cruiser will launch as a secondary payload with NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) in early 2025. The sailcraft will separate from the launch vehicle on a near-L1 trajectory (Sun-Earth Lagrangian Point 1; sunward of L1 along the Sun-Earth Line) and complete its primary mission in 11 months or less

    Process Analysis for Disposal of Surplus Property

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    The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) frequently acquires property to secure the right of way for transportation projects. Some property may eventually be declared excess and deemed surplus, enabling the Cabinet to dispose of it. Excess property can be declared surplus by an official order of the Secretary or Commissioner of the Department of Highways. Current law and policy require that KYTC undertake a 21-step process to dispose of surplus property, including reviews by the Governor, Finance and Administration Cabinet, and several KYTC personnel. The Cabinet lacks the personnel required to undertake the lengthy disposal process. This report provides background on KYTC’s surplus property disposal process, including definitions and processes with information drawn from the Right of Way Guidance Manual, and explores methods of surplus property disposal used in other states. It highlights which aspects of the disposal process other transportation agencies have outsourced to private consultants. Of the 14 states examined, several aggressively pursue the disposal of surplus property and employ consultants to assist with various facets of the process, including surveying, preparing land or legal descriptions, mapping and inventorying excess parcels, and selling property. The Appendix includes a sample Request for Proposals (RFP) template KYTC may considering using if it plans to re- train a consultant to assist in any or all aspects of the surplus property disposal

    Prospectus, June 23, 1982

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    BOARD APPROVES INSURANCE, ANNEX PLANS AT MEETING; News Digest; 594 earn Parkland honors during spring semester; Forecast? Wet!; Sullivan schedules summer musicals; Bugs coming; New drug proves effective; Kids enjoy \u27playtime\u27; Land lab serves students, public; Cycle your way to good health; Authentic Sioux warsuit purchase for Illiniwek; Celebrate!; Community Calendar; Edmunds\u27 \u27DE7\u27 features pre-Beatles rock and roll; Fanzines: preview of the future?; Stones live on in \u27Still Life\u27; \u27E.T.\u27 looks like another big hit for Spielberg; Slow but steady racers earn money for charityhttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1982/1016/thumbnail.jp

    Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Right of Way Process Review (Phase I)

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    From the Executive Summary: The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) is responsible for planning, developing, constructing, and maintaining a prodigious inventory of roadway and bridge assets throughout the state. Project development is a complex process involving the coordination of numerous divisions and preconstruction disciplines across the Cabinet. On many projects, right-of-way (ROW) acquisition presents many challenges. Frequently, the ROW process is found on the critical path, meaning that it effectively governs a project’s overall duration. In some cases — especially on more complex projects — acquiring the ROW may take several years. Recognizing the need to shorten the duration and improve the efficiency of the ROW process, Cabinet leadership commissioned researchers at the Kentucky Transportation Center (KTC) to organize and facilitate the activities of a ROW Process Review Team. All members of the team were selected by KYTC leadership, and it consisted entirely of current and retired Cabinet personnel. Cabinet leadership envisioned a two-phase project. During Phase I (the subject of this report) the ROW Process Review Team mapped out the current ROW processand generated process improvement ideas. Phase II, if authorized, will focus on the implementation of selected process improvements. This report begins with a discussion of the methodological approach used for this project. At the project’s outset, ROW Process Review Team members documented KYTC’s current ROW process by estimating activity durations and preparing timelines for a concept project. Team members focused on the most critical, or limiting, activities, finding that tasks associated with Appraisals, Acquisitions, and Relocations have the longest durations. Seventeen Gantt charts mapping the ROW process were prepared; each chart delineates major tasks and their constitutive steps (Appendix C). Team members subsequently turned their attention to identifying measures that could shorten the process’s overall duration. Invited speakers from the Federal Highway Administration and Indiana Department of Transportation shared their experiences,thoughts on best practices,and strategies that had been used effectively at other state transportation agencies to expedite and streamline ROW acquisition. Using its review of the Cabinet’s current ROW process and information on other state policies and practices as a springboard, team members embarked on a series of intensive brainstorming sessions, eventually generating over 100 prospective ideas to bolster the efficiency of the ROW process. Concurrently, the research team administered surveys to and conducted interviews with consultants and KYTC district-level attorneys to solicit their ideas on amending the ROW process

    Prospectus, March 14, 1979

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    BREAK AWAY: NEXT WEEK IS SPRING BREAK!!!!; Head to Head: drinking law analyzed; Illinois representatives discuss drinking age; Local stores biggest losers if drinking age is raised to 21; Parkland College News in brief: Real estate course, Think metric offered at PC, Paintings recovered, Club offering tutoring classes, Stained glass course added, Defensive driving program coming to PC; Kreskin must find paycheck to get paid; Kenny Rogers coming to Assembly Hall; \u27Yes\u27 coming to CU; Students have varied reactions to drinking age; Parkland Players give \u27hilarious\u27 performance; Two benefit concerts; Women to hold March events; PC Players perform... \u27The Real Inspector Hound\u27; Phobias and fears not the same thing; Do you have a phobia?; Phobia Answers; Senior Art Mart to come May 5; After the thaw; Classifieds; Campus Paperback Bestsellers; \u27The Warriors\u27 worth going to see; Looking Glass; Kreskin comes to Parkland; Trackmen run away with Region IV title; PC student in national college racquetball; Cobra baseball is herehttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1979/1023/thumbnail.jp
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