They are even capable of helping to shape the flow itself to some extent.
The circles of influence in a flock of birds resemble (perhaps not flatteringly) how our online social networks shape traffic flow to content.
When we choose to shape our destiny, we access a flow of providence that is generally not available to people who wait for the world to rescue them.
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You then put all the information about the article in its digital file (aka metadata), and let the pieces flow, allowing the containers to shape them according to their programming.
Beyond the at-risk names reviewed above, managers say the broad population of leveraged loan issuers is in good shape after 10 successive quarters of muscular cash-flow growth since the recession ended in June 2009.
Shmuel Rosner's review in the Jewish Journal of the ebb and flow of Jewish political leanings and their potential to shape the 2012 race is worth reading.
From a cash-flow perspective, I think most landlords are in pretty good shape, especially landlords that owned buildings for a long time and were able to refinance them.
Financially, Apollo Group is in stellar shape with a massive net cash position on its balance sheet, and significant free cash flow generation capabilities.
Market competition can shape fishing practices to make them more ethical and fair only if information is permitted to flow freely to those with the power to use it.
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That General Mills managed such robust dividend payouts without putting upward pressure on the dividend payout ratio (the percentage of profits the dividend represents) and the cash dividend payout ratio (the proportion of free cash flow that goes to dividend payouts) is good evidence that its dividend gravy train is in great shape.
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