The elites in any system not only have more political and economic power, they also have more access to information and control the distribution of information in any given system.
"In international debates about climate change, for example, we will know how much forest we have and what state it is in (...), we'll discover species, and gain knowledge about species becoming extinct, as well as information about the distribution of the forest and its potential economic use", Ms Teixeira said.
Volunteers greet the families, help them select the proper size and provide information about the next distribution and other opportunities for supportive services.
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The prosecution said the fire service had many systemic failings, including the distribution of information about buildings and water supplies and also the training of firefighters.
The Vatileaks episode offered a glimpse into some of the disfunctionality, normally due to petty squabbles among internal factions within middle management, but also drew attention to the traditional feudal structure of governance within and among the offices, and how the current structures and attitudes impede the distribution of information to facilitate efficient governance, thereby hampering the Church's mission to evangelise.
More information on SanDisk's distribution channel may be found at businesspartners.sandisk.com.
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No information is provided on the geographic distribution of respondents or employment size (in their last minimum wage study, it appears that over 20% had no employees).
They provide an alternative, virtual supply chain, one where the costs of creation, marketing, distribution and use of information goods have plummeted to something close to zero.
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And he or she must understand the channels required for distribution, so that critical information is accessible to all investors simultaneously.
For example, workforce analytics enabled a large distribution company to analyze historical information and use it to optimize its labor force by scheduling the right mix of full-time, part-time and temporary labor on a variety of schedules.
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Visit the site to learn about other ways information technology is being leveraged to improve food distribution.
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The fantastically named 1aaa American Green Coffee Beans site is run by a coffee distribution company and has loads of information for anyone interested in coffee.
Quantum key distribution does this by encoding the information in the polarisation states of individual photons, the particles of light, which are sent from Alice to Bob over an optical fibre.
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When reviewing these various income producing strategies, I would recommend not only focussing on current yield information but also taking into consideration longer term distribution histories, credit quality, tax treatments and distribution policies.
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That regulation exists to ensure that all shareholders get the same information at the same time via non-exclusionary distribution.
We will also be revealing a lot of other information regarding our products and the DRM-free distribution platform GOG.com.
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Lodish, who served on the board of Quidsi before its acquisition by Amazon, says the firm developed highly efficient distribution networks revolving around state-of-the art information technology.
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The chief of Kynikos Associates warned that the video game retailer is in a business being destroyed by digital distribution as the cost of transmitting and storing bits of information heads toward zero.
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To stay ahead of the competition, Westwood One has been busy broadening its product and service offerings by seeking new opportunities in programming and distribution, including investing in expanding its digital business and information technology infrastructure.
Finally, both of these changes are being enabled through the integration of smart grid technology in the power transmission and distribution grid, which moves not only electrons but also information effectively through our energy networks.
Properly implemented, a distribution strategy can help investors avoid making decisions based upon incomplete information or, frankly, emotions.
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But the Internet--which guarantees the free flow of information, speech, money, talent and ideas, and speeds up the distribution of these good things ... and therefore makes markets more perfect ... and therefore wrings out inflation and waste--offers the possibility, once slim but now becoming more probable by the day, that the good times can run a long while.
In addition, consumers concerned about online privacy may not like the new standard, called New Distribution Capability, since it gives airlines another venue for collecting their personal information.
In January, the retiree contacted the mutual fund company involved for information about any capital gains paid in December and was told there had been a distribution, furthering confusing the investor.
Now every night the integrator scours databases for product information from Japan, updates from a Nebraska manufacturer, warehouse inventory at its four distribution centers, wholesale transactions with the dealers, and local inventory and retail sales.
Far more common--but still damaging--are the high-volume crime spikes, spam e-mail distribution and "phishing, " a pernicious technique for stealing credit-card information. (For more on online scams, check out "Where The Scammers Are".) The carnage is hard to pin down in dollar terms, but Marcus Ranum, chief security officer of Tenable Security, says it's "billions upon billions"--far more than all "major" hacking incidents combined.
The Internet, for example, offers a new information system, a new marketplace, a new form of communication and a new means of distribution.
Behind the publishers' e-reader efforts are hopes for a digital-distribution mechanism that offers new venues to expand readership and collect revenue for news and information, publishers say.
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