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4746813 | Ethical banking | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ethical%20banking | Ethical banking
the prominent societal morals against such drugs.
Ethical banks cannot solely rely upon the legal system to determine whether or not a potential client has acted unethically or whether or not their future plans are unethical. This is because of the wide range of laws throughout the world. While a busin... | 6,142,600 |
4746813 | Ethical banking | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ethical%20banking | Ethical banking
what is ethical. Popular ethical theories that could be used include those of Mill, Kant and Aristotle.
## John Stuart Mill.
John Stuart Mill expanded on Jeremy Bentham's utilitarian theory. Bentham's fundamental axiom holds "it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of r... | 6,142,601 |
4746813 | Ethical banking | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ethical%20banking | Ethical banking
greatest number. On this account Mill elaborated on the ethical dimension of Utilitarianism, measuring the right- and wrongness of an action both in terms of aggregate happiness, or "utility", following Bentham's fundamental axiom, but not without disregard of moral or ethical quality of the action itse... | 6,142,602 |
4746813 | Ethical banking | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ethical%20banking | Ethical banking
of everyone affected by the conduct of banks in general or by certain banks in particular. However, it is sometimes possible to discern which of different possible courses of action would produce the most happiness. For example, the act of generous philanthropy in forms such as giving back to communitie... | 6,142,603 |
4746813 | Ethical banking | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ethical%20banking | Ethical banking
warming, air pollution, water contamination, and soil pollution negatively affect large groups of the population, if not all of the population (in the case of global warming), banks that chose to partake in the above examples could be viewed as contributing to the overall happiness of all people and wou... | 6,142,604 |
4746813 | Ethical banking | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ethical%20banking | Ethical banking
as moral or immoral based on the outcomes of their lending. However the second formulation of Kant's categorical imperative states: "act in such a way that you always treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never simply as a means, but always at the same time as an end"... | 6,142,605 |
4746813 | Ethical banking | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ethical%20banking | Ethical banking
important measurement of morality for Aristotle. Many banks do business in accordance with the law in all practices. They may also specifically seek to do business with law-abiding clients. Nevertheless, this can be problematic, as laws vary internationally. This means that a bank could be viewed as eth... | 6,142,606 |
4746813 | Ethical banking | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ethical%20banking | Ethical banking
to a law-abiding corporation that does not pay its employees a sufficient living wage would be immoral.
## Thoughts from Indian scriptures.
1. The "Puruṣārtha" ("Dharma", "Artha", "Kama", "Moksha") Concept:
This ethical guideline speaks about the necessity to keep "Dharma" (Righteousness) as the foun... | 6,142,607 |
4746813 | Ethical banking | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ethical%20banking | Ethical banking
to be "Purushaartha".
2. "Paropakaaraartham Idam Shareeram":
The body is meant for the service of the noblest ideas and to contribute to the well-being of all.
3. "Atmano Mokshartham Jagat Hitayacha":
The actions one perform in achieving one's liberation/ fulfillment has to be done in the context of... | 6,142,608 |
4746813 | Ethical banking | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ethical%20banking | Ethical banking
standards and regulations in place that rest on the basic morals of society should not conflict with the free market, but are actually an important part of the proper functioning of the free market.
Rudolf Steiner suggested that capitalism has the task of funding economic initiatives; capital should be... | 6,142,609 |
4746813 | Ethical banking | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ethical%20banking | Ethical banking
would not interfere with purely economic decisions but would be responsible for protecting human rights (this could include a minimum wage and safety in the workplace) and equality of its citizens' rights. (See Steiner's Threefold Social Order.)
# Differences from credit unions.
Credit unions are not ... | 6,142,610 |
4746813 | Ethical banking | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ethical%20banking | Ethical banking
to the members in the form of "patronage rebates" (i.e. cheques). Credit unions focus on the members because they are also the owners, and on the communities in which they are situated. Credit unions put a higher focus on local community development than banks do. Most credit unions lend strictly to peo... | 6,142,611 |
4746813 | Ethical banking | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ethical%20banking | Ethical banking
by focusing on funding local businesses, which are easier to monitor and arguably less capable of generating wide-reaching social and environmental benefit.
# Alliances and networks.
## Global Alliance for Banking on Values.
The Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV) is a membership organizatio... | 6,142,612 |
4746813 | Ethical banking | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ethical%20banking | Ethical banking
banks
- Socially responsible investing
# Further reading.
- Ben Cohen and Mal Warwick, "Values-Driven Business",
- Christopher J. Cowton & Paul Thompson, "Do Codes Make a Difference? The Case of Bank Lending and the Environment", "Journal of Business Ethics", v.24, n.2 (March 2000)
- Clark Schultz,... | 6,142,613 |
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nking/
- Paul Thompson & Christopher J. Cowton, "Bringing the Environment into Bank Lending: Implications for Environmental Reporting", "British Accounting Review", v.36, n.2, pp. 197–218 (June 2004).
San-José, L. de al. (2011). Are ethical banks different? A comparative analysis using the radical aff... | 6,142,614 |
4746859 | Buddhism and Eastern religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buddhism%20and%20Eastern%20religions | Buddhism and Eastern religions
Buddhism and Eastern religions
Buddhism has interacted with several East Asian religions such as Confucianism and Shintoism since it spread from India during the 2nd century AD.
# Confucianism.
Confucianism in particular raised fierce opposition to Buddhism in early history, principall... | 6,142,615 |
4746859 | Buddhism and Eastern religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buddhism%20and%20Eastern%20religions | Buddhism and Eastern religions
Buddhism. Gods in Shintoism were given a position similar to that of Hindu gods in Buddhism. Moreover, because the Buddha Vairochana's symbol was the sun, many equated Amaterasu, the sun goddess, as his previous bodhisattva reincarnation. The later Tokugawa Shogunate era saw a revival of ... | 6,142,616 |
4746859 | Buddhism and Eastern religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buddhism%20and%20Eastern%20religions | Buddhism and Eastern religions
of "official separation".
# Taoism.
The relationships between Taoism and Buddhism are complex, as they influenced each other in many ways while often competing for influence. Taoism in its early form was a mixture of early mythology, folk religion, and Taoist philosophy. The arrival of ... | 6,142,617 |
4746859 | Buddhism and Eastern religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buddhism%20and%20Eastern%20religions | Buddhism and Eastern religions
and Christianity
- Buddhism and Hinduism
- Buddhism and Jainism
- Buddhism and psychology
- Buddhism and science
- Buddhist ethics
- Buddhist philosophy
- God in Buddhism (Buddhism, mysticism, and monotheism)
# Further reading.
- Arthur F. Wright, (1971) "Buddhism in Chinese Hist... | 6,142,618 |
4746859 | Buddhism and Eastern religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buddhism%20and%20Eastern%20religions | Buddhism and Eastern religions
Rise of Neo-Confucianism and Its Borrowings From Buddhism and Taoism", Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
# External links.
- Selfhood and Identity in Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Hinduism: Contrasts With the West
- The Influence of Confucianism and Buddhism on Chinese Business
... | 6,142,619 |
4746859 | Buddhism and Eastern religions | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buddhism%20and%20Eastern%20religions | Buddhism and Eastern religions
ts With the West
- The Influence of Confucianism and Buddhism on Chinese Business
- Religions -- An Introduction to the Study of Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Confucianism, and Tao
- BUDDHISM AND CONFUCIANISM IN CH'I-SUNG'S ESSAY ON TEACHING (YUAN-TAO)
- The Conception of Language And Th... | 6,142,620 |
4746861 | The Machine That Won the War (short story) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Machine%20That%20Won%20the%20War%20(short%20story) | The Machine That Won the War (short story)
The Machine That Won the War (short story)
"The Machine That Won the War" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the October 1961 issue of "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction", and was reprinted in the collections ... | 6,142,621 |
4746861 | The Machine That Won the War (short story) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Machine%20That%20Won%20the%20War%20(short%20story) | The Machine That Won the War (short story)
was a decisive factor in the war, each of the men admits that in fact, he falsified his part of the decision process because he felt that the situation was too complex to follow normal procedures.
John Henderson, Multivac's Chief Programmer, admits that he altered the data be... | 6,142,622 |
4746861 | The Machine That Won the War (short story) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Machine%20That%20Won%20the%20War%20(short%20story) | The Machine That Won the War (short story)
s because he felt that the situation was too complex to follow normal procedures.
John Henderson, Multivac's Chief Programmer, admits that he altered the data being fed to Multivac, since the populace could not be trusted to report accurate information in the current situatio... | 6,142,623 |
4746875 | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1999 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chicago%20Film%20Critics%20Association%20Awards%201999 | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1999
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1999
The 12th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given on 13 March 2000, honored the finest achievements in 1999 filmmaking.
# Winners.
- Best Actor:
- Kevin Spacey - "American Beauty"
- Best Actress:
- Hilary Swank - "Boys... | 6,142,624 |
4746875 | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1999 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chicago%20Film%20Critics%20Association%20Awards%201999 | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1999
endes - "American Beauty"
- Best Film:
- American Beauty
- Best Foreign Language Film:
- "Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother)", Spain
- Best Score:
- ""- Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman
- Best Screenplay:
- "Being John Malkovich" - Charlie Kaufman"
- Best Support... | 6,142,625 |
4746871 | Jeff D'Amico | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeff%20D'Amico | Jeff D'Amico
Jeff D'Amico
Jeffrey Charles D'Amico (born December 27, 1975) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher from to . D'Amico, sometimes nicknamed "Big Daddy" due to his six-foot seven stature, was a starting pitcher who played for the Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Cleveland Indian... | 6,142,626 |
4746871 | Jeff D'Amico | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeff%20D'Amico | Jeff D'Amico
D'Amico had a career year in 2000. That season, his ERA hovered around 2.00 for much of the season and he contended for the NL ERA title. Needing just a few innings to qualify for the title on his last start of the season, he surpassed the 162 inning minimum threshold, but in the process gave up enough run... | 6,142,627 |
4746871 | Jeff D'Amico | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeff%20D'Amico | Jeff D'Amico
000. That season, his ERA hovered around 2.00 for much of the season and he contended for the NL ERA title. Needing just a few innings to qualify for the title on his last start of the season, he surpassed the 162 inning minimum threshold, but in the process gave up enough runs to lose the title. D'Amico f... | 6,142,628 |
4746876 | The Life and Times of Multivac | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Life%20and%20Times%20of%20Multivac | The Life and Times of Multivac
The Life and Times of Multivac
"The Life and Times of Multivac" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the 5 January 1975 issue of "The New York Times Magazine", and was reprinted in the collections "The Bicentennial Man and Other St... | 6,142,629 |
4746876 | The Life and Times of Multivac | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Life%20and%20Times%20of%20Multivac | The Life and Times of Multivac
it. In his commentary on the story in "The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories" collection, Asimov stated, "More people came up to me over the next few weeks to tell me they had read that story than had ever been the case for any other story I had ever written."
# Plot summary.
When huma... | 6,142,630 |
4746876 | The Life and Times of Multivac | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Life%20and%20Times%20of%20Multivac | The Life and Times of Multivac
ies" collection, Asimov stated, "More people came up to me over the next few weeks to tell me they had read that story than had ever been the case for any other story I had ever written."
# Plot summary.
When humanity begins to chafe under Multivac’s benevolent tyranny, one man takes ma... | 6,142,631 |
4746880 | Process (engineering) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Process%20(engineering) | Process (engineering)
Process (engineering)
In engineering, a process is a series of interrelated tasks that, together, transform inputs into Automation system. These tasks may be carried out by people, nature or machines using various resources; an engineering process must be considered in the context of the agents c... | 6,142,632 |
4746880 | Process (engineering) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Process%20(engineering) | Process (engineering)
to implement them are essential for executing the tasks mentioned.
# Semiconductor industry.
Semiconductor process engineers face the unique challenge of transforming raw materials into high-tech devices. Common semiconductor devices include Integrated Circuits (ICs), Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs... | 6,142,633 |
4746880 | Process (engineering) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Process%20(engineering) | Process (engineering)
and etched onto the underlying semiconductor chip. Other examples include the ion implantation of dopant species to tailor the electrical properties of a semiconductor chip and the electrochemical deposition of metallic interconnects (electroplating). Process Engineers are generally involved in th... | 6,142,634 |
4746880 | Process (engineering) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Process%20(engineering) | Process (engineering)
diagram (P&ID)
- Simplified process description
- Detailed process description
- Project management
- Process simulation
# CPRET.
The "Association Française d'Ingénierie Système" has developed a process definition dedicated to Systems engineering (SE), but open to all domains.
The CPRET rep... | 6,142,635 |
4746880 | Process (engineering) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Process%20(engineering) | Process (engineering)
constraints,
- requiring resources,
- meeting a defined mission, corresponding to a specific purpose adapted to a given environment.
- Environment
- Natural conditions and external factors impacting a process.
- Mission
- Purpose of the process tailored to a given environment.
This definiti... | 6,142,636 |
4746880 | Process (engineering) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Process%20(engineering) | Process (engineering)
and bugs, the defined products and waste).
- Resources
- Human resources, energy, time and other means required to carry out the transformations.
- Elements as inputs
- Elements submitted to transformations for producing the products.
- Transformations
- Operations organized according to a l... | 6,142,637 |
4746880 | Process (engineering) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Process%20(engineering) | Process (engineering)
is not limited to the System Engineering context.
Examples of processes
- An engineering (EIA-632, ISO/IEC 15288, etc.)
- A concert
- A polling campaign
- A certification
Examples of environment
- Various levels of maturity, technicality, equipment
- An audience
- A political system
- Pr... | 6,142,638 |
4746880 | Process (engineering) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Process%20(engineering) | Process (engineering)
Development teams
- An orchestra and its instruments
- An organization
- An assessment team
Examples of elements as inputs
- Specifications
- Scores
- Candidates
- A company and its practices
Examples of transformations
- Define an architecture
- Play the scores
- Make people vote for ... | 6,142,639 |
4746880 | Process (engineering) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Process%20(engineering) | Process (engineering)
an architecture
- Play the scores
- Make people vote for a candidate
- Audit the organization
# Conclusions.
The CPRET formalized definition systematically addresses the input Elements, Transformations, and Products but also the other essential components of a Process, namely the Constraints ... | 6,142,640 |
4746874 | Frognal House | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frognal%20House | Frognal House
Frognal House
Frognal House is a Jacobean mansion in London, England, standing on the border of Sidcup in the London Borough of Bexley, and Chislehurst, in the London Borough of Bromley. It was built in the early 16th century.
# History.
## A Jacobean mansion.
Frognal House is believed to have been bu... | 6,142,641 |
4746874 | Frognal House | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frognal%20House | Frognal House
John Dynley, sold the estate to William Watkins, who substantially altered the building in the Jacobean style, reducing the size of the rooms and replacing stone with brick. At this point the house was on two floors and sloping ground, a square building with a central quadrangle, and an entrance on the no... | 6,142,642 |
4746874 | Frognal House | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frognal%20House | Frognal House
the Charles I during the civil war, but was subsequently appointed Clerk of the Signet, remaining with Charles until his imprisonment in Carisbrook Castle. After the Restoration he was elected again to parliament, and was knighted by Charles II, and made Secretary to the Treasury. Warwick was married twic... | 6,142,643 |
4746874 | Frognal House | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frognal%20House | Frognal House
the Tryon family were from working class origins, Rowland Tryon had become wealthy trading in the West Indies. A print from the time shows a large brick mansion built around a central courtyard, and surrounded by formal gardens, orchards, and tree-lined walkways, with a number of outbuildings that had bee... | 6,142,644 |
4746874 | Frognal House | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frognal%20House | Frognal House
the Society became exposed to his losses. Bankrupt, Tryon committed suicide in 1747, and Frognal House was taken over by the High Court of Chancery to be sold for the benefit of his creditors.
## The Townshends.
Frognal House was purchased by Thomas Townshend in 1752 and became the residence of his son,... | 6,142,645 |
4746874 | Frognal House | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frognal%20House | Frognal House
second-in-command to the Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo, who often stayed at the house and gave his name to a room decorated with his family's paintings. John Robert Townshend was a member of the royal household, serving as Lord Chamberlain (1859-1866 and 1868-1874) and Lord Steward (1880-18... | 6,142,646 |
4746874 | Frognal House | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frognal%20House | Frognal House
same time the contents of the house were sold in an auction, including 284 paintings, 1048 books and a huge collection of furniture and antiques.
## Hospital and modern use.
The house was then subsequently used as the original building of the Queen's Hospital (later Queen Mary's Hospital), Sidcup, devel... | 6,142,647 |
4746874 | Frognal House | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frognal%20House | Frognal House
ervicemen. The original hospital closed in 1929, re-opening the following year under the management of London County Council.
In 1974, a new Queen Mary's Hospital was built to replace the original Great War hospital, and since November 1999 Frognal House has been a residential and nursing home run by Sun... | 6,142,648 |
4746858 | Louis Mahoney | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis%20Mahoney | Louis Mahoney
Louis Mahoney
Louis Felix Danner Mahoney (born 8 September 1938) is a Gambian-born British actor, based in Hampstead in London. He is an anti-racist activist and long-time campaigner for racial equality within the acting profession.
# Career.
Mahoney was born in The Gambia in 1938. He went to England o... | 6,142,649 |
4746858 | Louis Mahoney | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis%20Mahoney | Louis Mahoney
Towers" (as Dr Finn in "The Germans", 1975), "The Professionals" (as Dr Henry in the episode "Klansmen", never transmitted on terrestrial TV in the UK), "Miss Marple", "Yes, Prime Minister", "Bergerac", "The Bill", "Casualty", "Holby City" and "Sea of Souls".
His films include "The Plague of the Zombies"... | 6,142,650 |
4746858 | Louis Mahoney | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis%20Mahoney | Louis Mahoney
87), "Shooting Fish" (1997), "Wondrous Oblivion" (2003) and "Shooting Dogs" (2005).
He has featured in the Channel 4 documentary "Random" (2011) and in the BBC Three drama "Being Human" (2012) as Leo, an aged and dying werewolf.
Mahoney's most recent TV appearance was in the Tracy Beaker CBBC spin-off, ... | 6,142,651 |
4746899 | Point of View (short story) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Point%20of%20View%20(short%20story) | Point of View (short story)
Point of View (short story)
"Point of View" is a short story by American writer Isaac Asimov that first appeared in "Boys' Life" magazine in July 1975. Due to the poor reception it received, it was only reprinted in the collection "The Complete Robot" in 1982. It is one of a loosely connect... | 6,142,652 |
4746899 | Point of View (short story) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Point%20of%20View%20(short%20story) | Point of View (short story)
nected series of such stories concerning a fictional computer called Multivac.
# Plot summary.
Roger's father works with a supercomputer called a Multivac, which has been malfunctioning lately as it comes up with different solutions each time to problems it is asked to solve. After coworke... | 6,142,653 |
4746903 | Kangerluk | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kangerluk | Kangerluk
Kangerluk
Kangerluk (old spelling: "Kangerdluk"), also called Diskofjord, is a settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality, in western Greenland, located on the southwestern shore of Disko Island. It had 33 inhabitants in 2010.
# Population.
Kangerluk is rapidly depopulating, having lost more than half of it... | 6,142,654 |
4746890 | Our Friends from Frolix 8 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Our%20Friends%20from%20Frolix%208 | Our Friends from Frolix 8
Our Friends from Frolix 8
Our Friends From Frolix 8 is a 1970 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick.
# Plot summary.
In the 22nd century, the Earth is ruled by the "New Men", who have superhuman mental abilities, and the "Unusuals", who possess psionic abilities such as te... | 6,142,655 |
4746890 | Our Friends from Frolix 8 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Our%20Friends%20from%20Frolix%208 | Our Friends from Frolix 8
rulers' powers. Nick Appleton is a tire regroover - a lowly, if skilled, job; his son Bobby fails a Civil Service examination that is deliberately geared toward failing "Old Man" applicants. At the same time, Terran authorities are holding the "Under Man" activist Cordon in prison and preparin... | 6,142,656 |
4746890 | Our Friends from Frolix 8 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Our%20Friends%20from%20Frolix%208 | Our Friends from Frolix 8
eanwhile, Thors Provoni's craft has eluded Terran fleet defences and is rapidly nearing Earth, leading to paranoid fears among the ruling elite about the possibility of violent alien invasion. In the event, Provoni does land, but Morgo Rahn Wilc protects him from an assassination attempt. Prov... | 6,142,657 |
4746913 | Ormeau Golf Club | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ormeau%20Golf%20Club | Ormeau Golf Club
Ormeau Golf Club
The Ormeau Golf Club is located on Park Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is a nine-hole course with an eighteen-hole par of 68.
The golf club describes itself as "the Course in the heart of the city" as it is just a mile from Belfast city centre. It was formed in 1893 and is one o... | 6,142,658 |
4746889 | Oqaatsut | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oqaatsut | Oqaatsut
Oqaatsut
Oqaatsut (old spelling: "Oqaitsut"), formerly Rodebay or Rodebaai, is a settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality, in western Greenland. It had 46 inhabitants in 2010. The modern name of the settlement is Kalaallisut for "Cormorants". The village is served by the communal all-purpose Pisiffik store.
... | 6,142,659 |
4746889 | Oqaatsut | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oqaatsut | Oqaatsut
the mainland separates the area from Sikuiuitsoq Fjord. Sermeq Avannarleq, a glacier flowing from the Greenland ice sheet empties into the fjord approximately 22 km east of Oqaatsut. Paakitsup Nunaa gives way to a marshy lowland in the south, with several lakes, the largest of which are Qoortusuup Tasia, Kuutt... | 6,142,660 |
4746889 | Oqaatsut | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oqaatsut | Oqaatsut
Dutch whalers. The original blubber house, cooperage, and storehouse are still in use. When the fish processing plant of Royal Greenland providing employment to the majority of families was closed, Oqaatsut found itself on the verge of depopulation. In 2000 a new fishing company (Rodebay Fish ApS) was founded ... | 6,142,661 |
4746889 | Oqaatsut | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oqaatsut | Oqaatsut
ocal fishermen, ensuring survival of the settlement.
# Transport.
Due to the proximity of Ilulissat Airport, there is no air connection between Oqaatsut and Ilulissat. Air Greenland operates government contract flights to villages farther north: Qeqertaq and Saqqaq. Settlement flights in the Disko Bay are un... | 6,142,662 |
4746914 | Saattut | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saattut | Saattut
Saattut
Saattut (old spelling: "Sâtut") is a settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality, in northwestern Greenland. Located on a small Saattut Island, southeast of Appat Island and northeast of Uummannaq in the Uummannaq Fjord system, the settlement had 212 inhabitants in 2010.
# Transport.
Air Greenland serv... | 6,142,663 |
4746914 | Saattut | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saattut | Saattut
naq in the Uummannaq Fjord system, the settlement had 212 inhabitants in 2010.
# Transport.
Air Greenland serves the village as part of a government contract, with mostly cargo helicopter flights from Saattut Heliport to Ikerasak and Uummannaq.
Residents themselves often use dog sleds or snowmobiles for hunt... | 6,142,664 |
4746882 | Tim Hamilton (illustrator) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tim%20Hamilton%20(illustrator) | Tim Hamilton (illustrator)
Tim Hamilton (illustrator)
Tim Hamilton (born April 21, 1966) is an American cartoonist, writer and illustrator living in Brooklyn, New York. According to his website, his clients have included "MAD" magazine and "The New York Times".
# Career.
Hamilton has drawn numerous comics, including... | 6,142,665 |
4746882 | Tim Hamilton (illustrator) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tim%20Hamilton%20(illustrator) | Tim Hamilton (illustrator)
"Pet Sitter" and "Adventures of the Floating Elephant".
Hamilton's illustrations have been published by "The New York Times", "Nickelodeon Magazine", Byron Preiss Visual Publications, "Cicada" magazine, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, King Features, KPR Inc., Oatmeal Studios, Wishbone-ITP, and... | 6,142,666 |
4746882 | Tim Hamilton (illustrator) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tim%20Hamilton%20(illustrator) | Tim Hamilton (illustrator)
ns, "Cicada" magazine, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, King Features, KPR Inc., Oatmeal Studios, Wishbone-ITP, and ToyBiz.
# Bibliography.
- "The Trouble with Girls" with writers Will Jacobs and Gerard Jones, published by (among other) Malibu Comics
- "Welcome Back, Mr. Moto", published by M... | 6,142,667 |
4746934 | Qaarsut | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Qaarsut | Qaarsut
Qaarsut
Qaarsut (old spelling: "Kaersut") is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality, in northwestern Greenland. It is situated on the northeastern shore of the Nuussuaq Peninsula. It had 196 inhabitants in 2010.
# History.
The first coal mine in Greenland operated between 1778 and 1924 in Qaarsuarsuit.
... | 6,142,668 |
4746959 | Illorsuit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Illorsuit | Illorsuit
Illorsuit
Illorsuit (old spelling: "Igdlorssuit") is a former settlement in the Avannaata municipality, in western Greenland. Located on the northeastern shore of Illorsuit Island − northwest of Uummannaq at the mouth of the Uummannaq Fjord − the settlement had 91 inhabitants in 2010. Illorsuit achieved wide... | 6,142,669 |
4746959 | Illorsuit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Illorsuit | Illorsuit
hieved widespread attention when it experienced a severe tsunami on June 17, 2017, due to a magnitude 4.1 earthquake located north of the city. It was abandoned in 2018.
# Transport.
Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with mostly cargo helicopter flights from Illorsuit Heliport... | 6,142,670 |
4746986 | The Gazette of Pakistan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Gazette%20of%20Pakistan | The Gazette of Pakistan
The Gazette of Pakistan
The Gazette of Pakistan is the official newspaper of the Government of Pakistan. This Gazette provides information about government acts, ordinances, regulations, orders, S.R.Os, notifications, appointments, promotions, leaves, and awards.
# External links.
- The Gazet... | 6,142,671 |
4746950 | Ukkusissat | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ukkusissat | Ukkusissat
Ukkusissat
Ukkusissat (, old spelling: "Uvkusigssat") is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality, in northwestern Greenland. The population of the settlement was 170 in 2010. The name means soapstone.
# Geography.
The settlement abuts the northwestern tip of the peninsula of the same name, jutting from... | 6,142,672 |
4746950 | Ukkusissat | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ukkusissat | Ukkusissat
Economy.
Fishing is the main occupation in Ukkusissat, with the fish processing plant located at the harbour; many inhabitants employed at Royal Greenland. Reinvigoration of mining activities in the nearby Maamorilik site−located northeast of the settlement on the northern side of Perlerfiup Kangerlua−will ... | 6,142,673 |
4746950 | Ukkusissat | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ukkusissat | Ukkusissat
as part of government contract, with flights between Ukkusissat Heliport and Uummannaq Heliport. Check-in for the helicopter flights is administered at Pilersuisoq.
## Ground.
In mid-winter, the only means of communication with Uummannaq and other settlements of the area is by dogsled, as district helicopt... | 6,142,674 |
4746950 | Ukkusissat | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ukkusissat | Ukkusissat
t, with flights between Ukkusissat Heliport and Uummannaq Heliport. Check-in for the helicopter flights is administered at Pilersuisoq.
## Ground.
In mid-winter, the only means of communication with Uummannaq and other settlements of the area is by dogsled, as district helicopters do not service the settle... | 6,142,675 |
4746936 | Joe Mears | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe%20Mears | Joe Mears
Joe Mears
John "Joe" Mears (20 January 1905 – 30 June 1966) was chairman of Chelsea Football Club and the Football Association.
Mears was the son and nephew of Chelsea F.C. founders, Joseph and Gus Mears respectively. He was a goalkeeper for the Old Malvernians before joining the Chelsea board in 1931, in d... | 6,142,676 |
4746936 | Joe Mears | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe%20Mears | Joe Mears
and it was he who subsequently gave in to pressure from the Football League for the club not to take its place in the inaugural European Champions Cup the following season. He later managed the representative London XI side during its 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup campaign; the team reached the final, losing... | 6,142,677 |
4746936 | Joe Mears | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe%20Mears | Joe Mears
lace in the inaugural European Champions Cup the following season. He later managed the representative London XI side during its 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup campaign; the team reached the final, losing on aggregate to FC Barcelona. His son Brian was also a chairman of the club.
Mears became chairman of th... | 6,142,678 |
4746970 | Nuugaatsiaq | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nuugaatsiaq | Nuugaatsiaq
Nuugaatsiaq
Nuugaatsiaq (old spelling: "Nûgâtsiaq") is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality, in northwestern Greenland, located on an island off the southern coast of Sigguup Nunaa peninsula, in the Uummannaq Fjord basin. It had 84 inhabitants in 2010.
# History.
On 17 June 2017, a landslide measur... | 6,142,679 |
4746970 | Nuugaatsiaq | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nuugaatsiaq | Nuugaatsiaq
dslide was caused by a small earthquake (magnitude 4), but later it was confirmed that the landslide had caused the tremors.
# Transport.
Air Greenland serves the village as part of government contract, with mostly cargo helicopter flights from Nuugaatsiaq Heliport to Illorsuit and Uummannaq.
Royal Arcti... | 6,142,680 |
4746995 | Para (Bengali) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Para%20(Bengali) | Para (Bengali)
Para (Bengali)
# Definition.
Para is a Bengali word () which means a neighbourhood or locality, usually characterised by a strong sense of community. The names of several localities in cities and villages of West Bengal, Bangladesh and Tripura end with the suffix "para". Historically, "para"s often con... | 6,142,681 |
4746995 | Para (Bengali) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Para%20(Bengali) | Para (Bengali)
inition.
Para is a Bengali word () which means a neighbourhood or locality, usually characterised by a strong sense of community. The names of several localities in cities and villages of West Bengal, Bangladesh and Tripura end with the suffix "para". Historically, "para"s often consisted of people of s... | 6,142,682 |
4746838 | Colorado Fuel and Iron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colorado%20Fuel%20and%20Iron | Colorado Fuel and Iron
Colorado Fuel and Iron
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I) was a large steel concentration. By 1903, it was mainly owned and controlled by John D. Rockefeller and Jay Gould's financial heirs. While it came to control many plants throughout the country, its main plant was a steel mill on th... | 6,142,683 |
4746838 | Colorado Fuel and Iron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colorado%20Fuel%20and%20Iron | Colorado Fuel and Iron
along with the rest of Oregon Steel's holdings, was acquired by EVRAZ Group, a Russian steel corporation, for $2.3 billion.
Through the process of vertical integration, the company came to own more than just the main steel plant. Over the course of a century, CF&I operated coal mines throughout ... | 6,142,684 |
4746838 | Colorado Fuel and Iron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colorado%20Fuel%20and%20Iron | Colorado Fuel and Iron
Fuel and Iron Company.
The Colorado Supply company store was also owned and operated by CF&I. They also came to control many furnaces throughout the country, including E .G. Brooke in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania.
# Founding and early history.
The first, and only until World War II, integrated iron... | 6,142,685 |
4746838 | Colorado Fuel and Iron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colorado%20Fuel%20and%20Iron | Colorado Fuel and Iron
Arkansas River, coal from Trinidad, limestone from a few miles south of Pueblo, and iron ore from the San Luis Valley with rail transportation provided by the D&RG. Manufacturing using blast furnaces and the Bessemer process began April 12, 1881. Products included rails, pig iron, iron and steel ... | 6,142,686 |
4746838 | Colorado Fuel and Iron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colorado%20Fuel%20and%20Iron | Colorado Fuel and Iron
fuel fell, and the company faced stiff competition from the Colorado Fuel Company, which was closely associated with and provided coal to the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q). John C. Osgood, who with other investors from Iowa and Colorado, the Iowa Group, had founded Colorado Fuel ... | 6,142,687 |
4746838 | Colorado Fuel and Iron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colorado%20Fuel%20and%20Iron | Colorado Fuel and Iron
to stiff competition and the effects of the panic of 1893, the steel mill at Pueblo was small and obsolete. Due to economic conditions it was not possible to modernize it until 1899 when substantial improvements were made. including a rolling mill, additional blast furnaces, a modern Bessemer con... | 6,142,688 |
4746838 | Colorado Fuel and Iron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colorado%20Fuel%20and%20Iron | Colorado Fuel and Iron
Iron ore was obtained from New Mexico and Wyoming and reserves purchased in Utah. Company towns were built at isolated facilities such as Orient and Calumet. Deeper ores from Calumet contained greater quantities of silicon, which interfered with the iron making process. Calumet was closed in 1899... | 6,142,689 |
4746838 | Colorado Fuel and Iron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colorado%20Fuel%20and%20Iron | Colorado Fuel and Iron
of the Great Depression due to falling demand.
Production, which began in 1899 at the Sunrise Mine in Wyoming, was initially by open-pit mining at a cost of 15 cents a ton. By 1900, daily production was 2,000 tons. Purchase of the property was completed in 1904. Shortages of ore continued to pla... | 6,142,690 |
4746838 | Colorado Fuel and Iron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colorado%20Fuel%20and%20Iron | Colorado Fuel and Iron
from a high-grade low-phosphorus deposit of limestone and dolomite near Howard.
## Coal and Coke.
In 1903 CF&I was the largest producer of coal in the Rocky Mountain west with 23 mines in Las Animas, Huerfano, Fremont, Gunnison, Garfield, and Pitkin County, Colorado producing 53% of the coal mi... | 6,142,691 |
4746838 | Colorado Fuel and Iron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colorado%20Fuel%20and%20Iron | Colorado Fuel and Iron
decade of the 20th Century and used refining techniques which did not require large quantities of coke. The large copper smelting companies operating in the area, Phelps Dodge and The American Smelting and Refining Company, invested in their own coal mines and coking plants in Colfax County, New ... | 6,142,692 |
4746838 | Colorado Fuel and Iron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colorado%20Fuel%20and%20Iron | Colorado Fuel and Iron
to teach them English. The Sociological Department began to set standards for education by regulating the curriculum and getting miners children involved.
Richard Corwin came up with the idea that Kindergarten would be the best way to help the immigrant children become better citizens. Through t... | 6,142,693 |
4746838 | Colorado Fuel and Iron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colorado%20Fuel%20and%20Iron | Colorado Fuel and Iron
this purchase mines and coking plants and railway connections were constructed by the Colorado and Wyoming Railway Company in 1901 and 1902 west of Trinidad, and facilities built for workers under the direction of Dr. Richard W. Corwin chief surgeon of CF&I.
# 20th century.
The facility operate... | 6,142,694 |
4746838 | Colorado Fuel and Iron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colorado%20Fuel%20and%20Iron | Colorado Fuel and Iron
turned to George Jay Gould a principal stockholder of the Denver and Rio Grande for a loan. Gould, via Frederick Taylor Gates, Rockefeller's financial adviser, brought John D. Rockefeller, creator of the Standard Oil monopoly, in to help finance the loan. Analysis of the company's operations by J... | 6,142,695 |
4746838 | Colorado Fuel and Iron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colorado%20Fuel%20and%20Iron | Colorado Fuel and Iron
Gates representing a minority interests. Osgood left the company in 1904 and devoted his efforts to operating competing coal and coke operations.
An experienced manager, Frank J. Hearne, retired president of National Tube Company, one of the predecessors of U.S. Steel was brought in September, 1... | 6,142,696 |
4746838 | Colorado Fuel and Iron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colorado%20Fuel%20and%20Iron | Colorado Fuel and Iron
in 1907 was $1.07 million on sales of $23.8 million in 1907.
In November, 1903 the United Mine Workers struck the coal mines near Walsenburg and Trinidad. The strike, which lasted 11 months, produced no gains and demoralized the miners, was fought vigorously with strikebreakers and reduced steel... | 6,142,697 |
4746838 | Colorado Fuel and Iron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colorado%20Fuel%20and%20Iron | Colorado Fuel and Iron
flow of the St. Charles River, storing water in Lake Minnequa.
Gates, Rockefeller's financial advisior had little confidence in Jesse Floyd Welborn who had been elected by Gould and his allies to succeed Hearne as manager in 1907. Welborn had risen within the company from a clerk, knew the opera... | 6,142,698 |
4746838 | Colorado Fuel and Iron | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colorado%20Fuel%20and%20Iron | Colorado Fuel and Iron
but to defer to Bowers which resulted in Welborn, the president of the company, being only a figurehead and sometimes resulted in him having to make decisions he would not have made on his own motion.
Effectively in charge from 1908 to early 1915, Bowers applied his managerial skills to making t... | 6,142,699 |
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