Jones was sentenced to six months in prison for lying about her use of banned performance enhancing drugs and her knowledge of an illegal check-cashing scheme.
With a project-level perspective, an experienced developer possesses a thorough knowledge of field-tested plant performance down to the level of the solar module and even the solar cell itself.
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These "marathon mice" can run twice as long as their unmodified brothers and sisters-- and, in a paper coming out right at the time of the Olympics, that's leading to hand-wringing about the possibilities of applying this knowledge to create performance-enhancing drugs.
We know from research, on industries as varied as semi-conductors and mutual funds, that they often take valuable knowledge with them and therefore enhance the performance of your rivals.
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Because the biggest obstacle to better performance isn't lack of knowledge.
However, if the lack of performance is not due to lack of knowledge or skill, then training is definitely not the solution.
In addition to knowledge, there are three other elements at the very heart of high performance: faith, fire and focus.
While experts may differ about how to define adequate levels of performance, widespread agreement has emerged over the need to think about pupil performance in terms of a "range" of knowledge and skills.
The FINRA Foundation notes that if the majority of investors lack even elementary investing concepts, yet rate their knowledge and competency as high, it makes it difficult to change the pattern of under-performance.
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The Court of Master Sommeliers, established in 1977, weighs appearance and performance nearly as high as knowledge.
Trust-based relationships are fundamental to effectively participating in the knowledge flows that accelerate learning and performance improvement, something that is becoming more and more essential in a world of mounting performance pressure.
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