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NAMEDSA_get0_pqg, DSA_set0_pqg, DSA_get0_key, DSA_set0_key, DSA_clear_flags, DSA_test_flags, DSA_set_flags, DSA_get0_engine - Routines for getting and setting data in a DSA object
#include <openssl/dsa.h> void DSA_get0_pqg(const DSA *d, const BIGNUM **p, const BIGNUM **q, const BIGNUM **g); int DSA_set0_pqg(DSA *d, BIGNUM *p, BIGNUM *q, BIGNUM *g); void DSA_get0_key(const DSA *d, const BIGNUM **pub_key, const BIGNUM **priv_key); int DSA_set0_key(DSA *d, BIGNUM *pub_key, BIGNUM *priv_key); void DSA_clear_flags(DSA *d, int flags); int DSA_test_flags(const DSA *d, int flags); void DSA_set_flags(DSA *d, int flags); ENGINE *DSA_get0_engine(DSA *d);
DESCRIPTIONA DSA object contains the parameters p, q and g. It also contains a public key ( pub_key) and (optionally) a private key (priv_key). The p, q and g parameters can be obtained by calling DSA_get0_pqg(). If the parameters have not yet been set then *p, *q and *g will be set to NULL. Otherwise they are set to pointers to their respective values. These point directly to the internal representations of the values and therefore should not be freed directly. The p, q and g values can be set by calling DSA_set0_pqg() and passing the new values for p, q and g as parameters to the function. Calling this function transfers the memory management of the values to the DSA object, and therefore the values that have been passed in should not be freed directly after this function has been called. To get the public and private key values use the DSA_get0_key() function. A pointer to the public key will be stored in *pub_key, and a pointer to the private key will be stored in *priv_key. Either may be NULL if they have not been set yet, although if the private key has been set then the public key must be. The values point to the internal representation of the public key and private key values. This memory should not be freed directly. The public and private key values can be set using DSA_set0_key(). The public key must be non-NULL the first time this function is called on a given DSA object. The private key may be NULL. On subsequent calls, either may be NULL, which means the corresponding DSA field is left untouched. As for DSA_set0_pqg() this function transfers the memory management of the key values to the DSA object, and therefore they should not be freed directly after this function has been called. DSA_set_flags() sets the flags in the flags parameter on the DSA object. Multiple flags can be passed in one go (bitwise ORed together). Any flags that are already set are left set. DSA_test_flags() tests to see whether the flags passed in the flags parameter are currently set in the DSA object. Multiple flags can be tested in one go. All flags that are currently set are returned, or zero if none of the flags are set. DSA_clear_flags() clears the specified flags within the DSA object. DSA_get0_engine() returns a handle to the ENGINE that has been set for this DSA object, or NULL if no such ENGINE has been set.
NOTESValues retrieved with DSA_get0_key() are owned by the DSA object used in the call and may therefore not be passed to DSA_set0_key(). If needed, duplicate the received value using BN_dup() and pass the duplicate. The same applies to DSA_get0_pqg() and DSA_set0_pqg().
RETURN VALUESDSA_set0_pqg() and DSA_set0_key() return 1 on success or 0 on failure. DSA_test_flags() returns the current state of the flags in the DSA object. DSA_get0_engine() returns the ENGINE set for the DSA object or NULL if no ENGINE has been set.
SEE ALSOdsa(3), DSA_new(3), DSA_generate_parameters(3), DSA_generate_key(3), DSA_dup_DH(3), DSA_do_sign(3), DSA_set_method(3), DSA_SIG_new(3), DSA_sign(3), DSA_size(3), DSA_meth_new(3)
HISTORYThe functions described here were added in OpenSSL 1.1.0.
COPYRIGHTCopyright 2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.


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New Impact Rate Count Lays Nemesis Theory to Rest
From a Max Planck Institute for Astronomy press release:
Is the Earth more likely or less likely to be hit by an asteroid or comet now as compared to, say, 20 million years ago? Several studies have claimed to have found periodic variations, with the probability of giant impacts increasing and decreasing in a regular pattern. Now a new analysis by Coryn Bailer-Jones from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), published in the Monthly Notes of the Royal Astronomical Society, shows those simple periodic patterns to be statistical artifacts. His results indicate either that the Earth is as likely to suffer a major impact now as it was in the past, or that there has been a slight increase impact rate events over the past 250 million years.
The results also lay to rest the idea of the existence of an as-yet undetected companion star to the Sun, dubbed "Nemesis."
Giant impacts by comets or asteroids have been linked to several mass extinction events on Earth, most famously to the demise of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Nearly 200 identifiable craters on the Earth's surface, some of them hundreds of kilometers in diameter, bear witness to these catastrophic collisions.
Understanding the way impact rates might have varied over time is not just an academic question. It is an important ingredient when scientists estimate the risk Earth currently faces from catastrophic cosmic impacts.
Since the mid-1980s, a number of authors have claimed to have identified periodic variations in the impact rate. Using crater data, notably the age estimates for the different craters, they derive a regular pattern where, every so-and-so-many million years (values vary between 13 and 50 million years), an era with fewer impacts is followed by an era with increased impact activity, and so on.
One proposed mechanism for these variations is the periodic motion of our Solar System relative to the main plane of the Milky Way Galaxy. This could lead to differences in the way that the minute gravitational influence of nearby stars tugs on the objects in the Oort cloud, a giant repository of comets that forms a shell around the outer Solar System, nearly a light-year away from the Sun, leading to episodes in which more comets than usual leave the Oort cloud to make their way into the inner Solar System – and, potentially, towards a collision with the Earth. A more spectacular proposal posits the existence of an as-yet undetected companion star to the Sun, dubbed "Nemesis". Its highly elongated orbit, the reasoning goes, would periodically bring Nemesis closer to the Oort cloud, again triggering an increase in the number of comets setting course for Earth.
For MPIA's Coryn-Bailer-Jones, these results are evidence not of undiscovered cosmic phenomena, but of subtle pitfalls of traditional ("frequentist") statistical reasoning. Bailer-Jones: "There is a tendency for people to find patterns in nature that do not exist. Unfortunately, in certain situations traditional statistics plays to that particular weakness."
That is why, for his analysis, Bailer-Jones chose an alternative way of evaluating probabilities ("Bayesian statistics"), which avoids many of the pitfalls that hamper the traditional analysis of impact crater data. He found that simple periodic variations can be confidently ruled out. Instead, there is a general trend: From about 250 million years ago to the present, the impact rate, as judged by the number of craters of different ages, increases steadily.
There are two possible explanations for this trend. Smaller craters erode more easily, and older craters have had more time to erode away. The trend could simply reflect the fact that larger, younger craters are easier for us to find than smaller, older ones. "If we look only at craters larger than 35 km and younger than 400 million years, which are less affected by erosion and infilling, we find no such trend," Bailer-Jones explains.
On the other hand, at least part of the increasing impact rate could be real. In fact, there are analyses of impact craters on the Moon, where there are no natural geological processes leading to infilling and erosion of craters, that point towards just such a trend.
Whatever the reason for the trend, simple periodic variations such as those caused by Nemesis are laid to rest by Bailer-Jones' results. "From the crater record there is no evidence for Nemesis. What remains is the intriguing question of whether or not impacts have become ever more frequent over the past 250 million years," he concludes.
Read the paper: "Bayesian time series analysis of terrestrial impact cratering."
For more information, see Max Planck Institute for Astronomy website.
Asteroids, Comets, Impact Rate, Nemesis
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I have heard about and read about the infamous "Nemesis" for years. I have enjoyed it immensely. At the same time, however, I have read at least as many (in reality tremendously more) science, physics, astrophysics, and astronomy books. Reading science fiction novels is quite enjoyable, but reading science fact is much more to my liking. To many believers in Nemesis, no amount of real science will ever convince them that it doesn't exist. I have been fascinated by all the dooms day talk about what will happen on Dec. 21, 2012. Some say that Nemesis will make its presence known. Others pair Nemesis with a mysterious "Planet X." Oh what joy! Thanks for your article. I look forward to reading more on Dec. 22nd.
This wasn't totally unexpected. The same problem happened with the fossil record, where seeming patterns of periodic increases in extinction rates were found. With better data and better statistical methods, these patterns went away. ["Dynamics of origination and extinction in the marine fossil record", John Alroy, PNAS 2008.]
I am fairly sure similar problem adheres to crater counting, where erosion and spotty discovery happens on one side, and naive statistics can happen on the other. The most pressing issue could be that the early bombardment tail is inconclusive.
And even if there were a Last Heavy Bombardment impact peak that fits Nice planet formation and migration models, there are papers on impacts that forms a longer tail than in the consensus model. IIRC a tail to 3.2 Ga, when the consensus says to ~ 3.8 – 3.5 Ga.
For MPIA's Coryn-Bailer-Jones, these results are evidence not of undiscovered cosmic phenomena, but of subtle pitfalls of traditional ("frequentist") statistical reasoning. Bailer-Jones: "There is a tendency for people to find patterns in nature that do not exist. Unfortunately, in certain situations traditional statistics plays to that particular weakness."
He would say that if he is a bayesian battling frequentists. He also notes that his approach uses models so avoids ad hoc statistics.
However, model approaches can be used in statistics, and bayesian methods can be ad hoc. Specifically, Alroy do not use models to test for lack of patterns. (He uses autocorrelation methods.)
Potato, potatoe.
Btw, a nitpick or proposed clarification:
Giant impacts by comets or asteroids have been linked to several mass extinction events on Earth, most famously to the demise of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
Not linked on an individual basis in general. What has been firmly proposed has been the above mentioned extinction pattern. It has been rejected by some later work.
Also, there is an active discussion of the Cretaceous-Paleogene impact event, as it is now called. The new consensus seems to favor a causal link to the K-Ph extinction event, as UT has reported before. The reason is unique: the impact happened in modern calciferous and sulfurous sediments, which couldn't have happened on early Earth.
Other suspected extinction event impacts have turned out to be products (even in cases suspected fabrications, I think) of too eager minds.
The proposed India K-Ph impact that was suggested as the causal factor has never been validated, and it has been criticized.
The proposed North America Younger Dryas cold period impact has been firmly excluded by various means as this example shows: "Whereas proponents of the theory have offered "carbonaceous spherules" and nanodiamonds, both of which they claimed were formed by intense heat as evidence of the impact, a new study concludes that those supposed clues are nothing more than fossilized balls of fungus, charcoal, and fecal pellets." Climate science has also been critical, as well as a noted absence of widespread fires and other expected evidence.
And so on.
Nemesis is too far a way from the Sun and would be ejected by a passing star. Vulcan (almost discovered by Forbes in 1800) is not vulnerable and forms comet swarms in a 3:2 resonate orbit.
Table 2 – Vulcan's Orbital Parameters
Parameter Value Max. Error Min. 2 Sigma Error Forbes'(1880)
Period (years) 4969.0 +30.4/- 24.3 +/- 11.5 5000
Orbital Eccentricity 0.537 +0.088/-0.035 +/- 0.0085 not cal.
Orbital Inclination 48.44o +3.12o/-9.05o +/- 0.23o 45o
Longitude of the Ascending Node 189.0o +/- 1.3o +/- 1.3o 185o
Argument Of Perihelion 257.8o +6.11o/-13.47o +/- 0.90o not cal.
Time of Aphelion (years) 1970 AD +/- 1.0 +/- 1.0 not cal.
The comet swarms only last a few million years, and then a new Kuiper Belt object must be drawn into a near Sun orbit where it will be fragmented to form new comet swarms.
I am not sure where you got this from. The original planet Vulcan was a putative planet inside the orbit of Mercury. This was conjectured to account for the perihelion advance of Mercury which could not be accounted for by the perturbations of the known planets. The solution to the problem was the general theory of relativity which did not conserve the argument of periapsis. This was the anomalous perihelion advance.
As a side note, the solution to this problem came about not by introducing more degrees of freedom, such as 6 orbital parameters of some new planet. It came about with a new theoretical framework which removed the invariance of the periapsis. We face a similar issue IMO with the foundations of physics.
The planet was deemed Vulcan because it was close to the sun. The Greek god Vulcan was the god of volcanoes and the smelter of metals. IOW Vulcan was the god of hot stuff. A putative planet out far enough that its orbital period is nearly 5000 years would be a cold place indeed.
There is no planet between Mercury and the Sun. I believe it was due to the early recognition of sunspots. The name Vulcan comes from Madam Blavatsky's theosophical work. Too bad astronomers did not read her work or they could have figured out its orbit elements.
For example, from Blavatsky's work and other data.
Vulcan's Theoretical Period = 4969.0 years +/- 5.7 (one sigma) years.
But the period can also be figured out in four other ways. When one statistically combines these values, one gets.
Vulcan's Combined Measured Period = 4967.7 years +/- 8.14 (one sigma) years.
This body never comes near the inner solar system, with perigee around 130 Au and aphelion around 448 AU.
But the comet swarms it generates do threaten Earth, so some of this data relies on ice core and tree ring data. Other is related to giant comet CR105 which is not influenced by planets of the known solar system (other than Vulcan of course). And even that influence is slight.
I am not sure where you got this from.
He (or she) got that crap from here.
Velikovsky is alive and well. This link has everything from Sumerian cuneiform to crop circles. You have to figure that is BS.
Correction to your citation of Alroy 2008. See for example (2011)
A ubiquitous ~62-Myr periodic fluctuation superimposed on general trends in fossil biodiversity. I. Documentation
1 Adrian L. Melott. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045. [email protected]
2 Richard K. Bambach. Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Post Office Box 37012, MRC 121, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012. [email protected]
We use Fourier analysis and related techniques to investigate the question of periodicities in fossil biodiversity. These techniques are able to identify cycles superimposed on the long-term trends of the Phanerozoic. We review prior results and analyze data previously reduced and published. Joint time-series analysis of various reductions of the Sepkoski Data, Paleobiology Database, and Fossil Record 2 indicate the same periodicity in biodiversity of marine animals at 62 Myr. We have not found this periodicity in the terrestrial fossil record. We have found that the signal strength decreases with time because of the accumulation of apparently "resistant" long-lived genera. The existence of a 62-Myr periodicity despite very different treatment of systematic error, particularly sampling-strength biases, in all three major databases strongly argues for its reality in the fossil record.
Note that peak exists at the nearly the same frequency and phase in three different data sets on fossil biodiversity.
We do not advocate any particular cause for this, but other papers discuss evidence for some of the possibilities.


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The "Applause" singer headed out in London to grab some grub at a fish and chips joint called Sea Shell of Lisson Grove while wearing, well, a sea shell in her hair.
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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Sam Blum, son of Deborah Blum of Westfield, received a B.A. in psychology from Williams College at the College's 221st Commencement exercises on Sunday, June 6. The Commencement address was delivered by author Jay McInerney '76.
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The designer of the 1949 Buick Roadmaster wanted to bring a new style and fill the front with chrome as much as possible. Buick probably had a lot of extra supply of chrome that they wanted to get rid of. The ventiports, the distinct portholes the Buick Roadmaster had on their sides, were also made in chrome. This featured 1949 Buick Roadster that still has its original black finish and still shiny chrome is currently being sold on eBay with an asking price of $25,000 or to the best offer the seller gets.
After 67 years, the black finish of this car still looks really great which makes you ask how this is possible. This Roadmaster has been passed down through 3 owners, and it comes with a very detailed and well-written maintenance records. It sports a brand new wide whitewalls tires and the brakes on all fours have also been recently replaced. The seller says that it has 79,493 miles on its odometer.
This Roadmaster's interior still retains it's classy and smooth that they are known for. It still even has its original chrome work in the interior as well, which also looks really glossy as the exterior chromes.
The straight eight engine still looks like it is original except for the valve cover paint on it. The 320 cubic inch engine is able to go up to 150 horsepower.
The Dynaflow marker on the side of the rear fender means that this car features the Dynaflow transmission, it is one of the first to be considered as an automatic transmission. Basically, it is a 2-speed manual that is connected to a torque converter and also features a planetary gear set, two stators, and two turbines. The car starts with top gear and shifting down accelerates the car which was a very smooth setup for its time.
The 1949 Buick Roadster was the answer to the people's call of having new designs after the war. It has heavily redesigned having a shorter length than the previous Buicks but its overall weight actually increased, probably because of loads of chrome added to it. The greatest change it had was the much bigger windshield made of two pieces of curved glass.
This is a very well preserved 1949 Buick Roadmaster and will be a great classic cruiser, let's just hope that this one won't be used as a custom build and waste all the efforts in preserving this elegant beauty.
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It's been one of those, where I am trying to type a blog, review some legal documents and also make some phone calls. That's a recipe for sheer blogging laziness. When that happens, I usually turn to some pending lawsuit stories. They are fascinating to me, and I can summarize without any real creativity. So, here goes some typing laziness.
Our first story comes from the confused taste buds aisle. Lean Cuisine has announced a recall of the Dinner Selects Chicken Fettuccine. Instead of chicken, they shipped Lemon Garlic Shrimp. Bad for the taste buds and worse for someone who is allergic to shrimp. Also bad for the husband who is afraid to say, "Honey, this doesn't taste right."
The next story is quite a relief to us all because we now know who owns the word "tweet". News from the unknown. Apparently, Twitter and Twittad were in a legal fight over who owned the trademark for "Twitter". I had to look up Twittad to learn that it involves a company that helps advertising on Twitter. After much legal wrangling, they've resolved their differences and Twitter is the owner. Next thing you know, someone will be stealing the word Twinkies. Someone needs to step up and stop that word stealing.
Finally, this last one caught me by surprise. Harrisburg, the capitol of Pennsylvania, has filed a rare chapter 9 bankruptcy. They are listing liabilities of 500 million and assets of 100 million. They say that they are having financial difficulties like many other businesses. Now, I'm not sure where this is headed but I don't think the goodwill of being the capitol is for sale. If it is, wouldn't it be kinda fun to attempt to bid on it and then assign that to Short Pump, Virgina. Make Short Pump, the capitol of Pa. Seems more exciting than bidding on the metal chairs.
Now, Pic O' Day. Maybe Harrisburg can use Chapter 9 to change their name to Fantasy Island.


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Discussion in 'NDS - Console and Game Discussions' started by the_massakre, Mar 6, 2007.
when i am downloading a rom,what do the letters stand for?
E.U,i think there r some others
E - Europe (Multi-5)
U - North America (English)
J - Japan (Japanese)
This is for mostly all games. There are rare cases where games don't come out as a 5-in-1 language (Thats what Multi-5 stands for right?) game in Europe and games come out separately from other languages. I don't know what they are exactly but they may be this.
I - Italian
P - Portuguese
G - German
S - Spanish
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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS
List entry Number: 1137817
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
District: Central Bedfordshire
District Type: Unitary Authority
Parish: Eyeworth
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Grade: I
Date first listed: 31-Oct-1966
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5/20 Church of All Saints
Parish church. C14 and C15, reworked C20. Chancel partly ashlared clunch
partly red brick. Elsewhere cobblestones with ashlar dressings. Chancel,
nave, S aisle, W tower. Chancel: C15 rebuilding, C19 3-light E window. N
and S elevations each have C15 square-headed 2-light window. S elevation also
has 3-light segmental-headed window blocked by Anderson monument. C15 N
doorway under square label with shield to spandrels. C14 chancel arch. Nave:
C14. Pointed-arched 3-bay arcade to S. N elevation has C14 3-light window
with C15 tracery. C14 pointed N doorway. Clerestory added C15. 3 2-light
square-headed windows per side. S aisle: C14. C15 rood staircase to NE
angle. E wall has 3-light pointed window. S elevation has 2 2-light windows.
E one with square head, W one with pointed head. C14 pointed S doorway. W
tower: C15. Spire and upper stages removed C20 after lightening damage. Now
a single stage with gabled pantile roof. Set-back buttresses. Pointed-arched
2-light W window. Interior: Chancel roof retains some C15 work. C15 altar
rails with turned balusters. Fragments of medieval glass to various windows.
C15 octagonal font to S aisle. Chancel has monuments to Anderson family:
- SE to Sir Edmund Anderson, Lord Chief Justice of Court of Common Pleas. 1605. 2 recumbant alabaster effigies on altar tomb, kneeling figures of children below, canopy supported by Corinthian columns and surmounted by heraldic cresting.
- NE to Sir Francis Anderson, 1616. Alabaster, only partially intact. Kneeling figure of Sir Francis flanked by those of 2 wives. Kneeling figures of children below.
- SW wall monument to Edmund Anderson (son of Sir Edmund), wife and daughter. 1638. Half figures of Edmund and wife hold a heart and are surmounted by semi-circular arches. Above this is open segmental pediment with allegorical figures. Below is another open segmental pediment containing half figure of child holding a book and flanked by allegorical figures.
Chancel floor has brass with figures to Sir Richard Gadbury, 1624, and wife Margaret. Also floor slabs to Dame Mary Anderson, 1667; Alice Viscountess Verulam and Baroness of St Albans, 1656; Catherine Anderson, 1705; and others of Anderson family,
Listing NGR: TL2497745596
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National Grid Reference: TL 24977 45596
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Dear Name*, This is in response to your request for an opinion concerning whether a "Regional Advocate" can be considered an exempt administrative employee under section 13(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Department last year revised the regulations at 29 CFR Part 541 that define exempt executive, administrative or professional employees and published its final rule on April 23, 2004 in the Federal Register (69 FR 22122). For discussion purposes, we assume that a Regional Advocate meets the salary tests under the final Part 541 FLSA regulations, which became effective August 23, 2004. The Regional Advocate is responsible for advocating for services for people with disabilities. The Regional Advocate represents the wishes and desires of a client and must do so in accordance with national protection and advocacy standards. The Regional Advocate's duties include keeping informed of changes in federal/state laws, regulations, policies, and court orders affecting persons with disabilities. The Regional Advocate maintains full and accurate documentation of all clients assigned, and prepares and provides regular monthly reports of assigned cases to the Data Report Specialist and other management personnel. The Regional Advocate is also responsible for investigating and acting upon complaints of abuse or neglect, directly advises the Lead Advocate on matters relating to the client's concerns, and participates in client case reviews. Furthermore, the Regional Advocate is responsible for representing the employer in outside forums, committees, and work groups as assigned by the Program Director. The Regional Advocate does not supervise other employees. Below is a discussion of the administrative exemption under the revised final rule, which is then followed by an analysis of whether the Regional Advocate qualifies for the exemption. As discussed in 29 C.F.R. 541.200(a), the term "employee employed in a bona fide administrative capacity" means "any employee: (1) Compensated on a salary or fee basis at a rate of not less than $455 per week…; (2) Whose primary duty is the performance of office or non-manual work directly related to the management or general business operations of the employer or the employer's customers; and (3) Whose primary duty includes the exercise of discretion and independent judgment with respect to matters of significance." "The phrase 'directly related to management or general business operations' refers to the type of work performed by the employee. To meet this requirement, an employee must perform work directly related to assisting with the running or servicing of the business, as distinguished, for example, from working on a manufacturing production line or selling a product in a retail or service establishment." 29 C.F.R. 541.201(a). "Work directly related to management or general business operations includes, but is not limited to, work in functional areas such as tax; finance; accounting; budgeting; auditing; insurance; quality control; purchasing; procurement; advertising; marketing; research; safety and health; personnel management; human resources; employee benefits; labor relations; public relations; government relations; computer network, internet and database administration; legal and regulatory compliance; and similar activities." 29 C.F.R. 541.201(b). "An employee may qualify for the administrative exemption if the employee's primary duty is the performance of work directly related to the management or general business operations of the employer's customers. Thus, for example, employees acting as advisers or consultants to their employer's clients or customers (as tax experts or financial consultants, for example) may be exempt." 29 C.F.R. 541.201(c). "To qualify for the administrative exemption, an employee's primary duty must include the exercise of discretion and independent judgment with respect to matters of significance. In general, the exercise of discretion and independent judgment involves the comparison and the evaluation of possible courses of conduct, and acting or making a decision after the various possibilities have been considered. The term
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'matters of significance' refers to the level of importance or consequence of the work performed." 29 C.F.R. 541.202(a). "The phrase 'discretion and independent judgment' must be applied in the light of all the facts involved in the particular employment situation in which the question arises. Factors to consider when determining whether an employee exercises discretion and independent judgment with respect to matters of significance include, but are not limited to: whether the employee has authority to formulate, affect, interpret, or implement management policies or operating practices; whether the employee carries out major assignments in conducting the operations of the business; whether the employee performs work that affects business operations to a substantial degree, even if the employee's assignments are related to operation of a particular segment of the business; whether the employee has authority to commit the employer in matters that have significant financial impact; whether the employee has authority to waive or deviate from established policies and procedures without prior approval; whether the employee has authority to negotiate and bind the company on significant matters; whether the employee provides consultation or expert advice to management; whether the employee is involved in planning long- or short-term business objectives; whether the employee investigates and resolves matters of significance on behalf of management; and whether the employee represents the company in handling complaints, arbitrating disputes or resolving grievances." 29 C.F.R. 541.202(b). As explained in the preamble to the final rule, "[f]ederal courts generally find that employees who meet at least two or three of these factors are exercising discretion and independent judgment, although a caseby-case analysis is required." 69 FR 22122, 22143 (April 23, 2004). The administrative exemption thus has requirements pertaining to both the "type of work performed" and "the level of importance or consequence of the work performed." See 69 FR at 22139. With regard to the type of work performed, the preamble explains that the "exemption is intended to be limited…to employees whose work involves servicing the business itself" and thus inapplicable to employees whose work relates to the "production" operations of the business. 69 FR at 22141. Although the production versus staff dichotomy is illustrative, rather than dispositive, it is a useful tool in appropriate cases to identify employees who are excluded from the administrative exemption. After reviewing the information you provided, we believe that the activities performed by the Regional Advocate are more related to providing the ongoing, day-to-day case management services, which involve duties required in servicing case loads, such as maintaining full and accurate documentation of all clients assigned; preparing and providing monthly reports of assigned cases to the Data Report Specialist and other management personnel; investigating and acting upon complaints of abuse or neglect; advising the Lead Advocate on matters relating to the client's concerns; and participating in client case reviews, rather than performing administrative functions directly related to managing the employer's business or managing the employer's customer's business. Thus, the Regional Advocate is not primarily tasked with performing any of the management or general business operational areas described in 29 C.F.R. 541.201(b); nor is the Regional Advocate primarily tasked with providing administrative services to the employer's customers as contemplated in 29 C.F.R. 541.201(c). Based on this analysis, we conclude that a Regional Advocate's job function does not satisfy the requirement that the primary duty must be the performance of office or non-manual work directly related to the management or general business operations of the employer or the employer's customers. See Opinion Letter dated March 5, 1999 (finding that employees in the positions of intake coordinator, program coordinator and assisted living coordinator for individuals with disabilities are engaged in production work and, therefore, do not qualify for the administrative exemption); Opinion Letter dated March 30, 1999 (finding social workers/counselors of a social service agency do not qualify for the administrative exemption). Therefore, it is our opinion that a Regional Advocate does not meet the criteria to qualify as an exempt administrative employee under the FLSA regulations, implementing the section 13(a)(1) minimum wage and overtime pay exemptions, which took effect on August 23, 2004. Hence, the Regional Advocate is covered by the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the FLSA.
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This opinion is based exclusively on the facts and circumstances described in your request and is given on the basis of your representation, express or implied, that you have provided a full and fair description of all the facts and circumstances that would be pertinent to our consideration of the question presented. Existence of any other factual or historical background not contained in your request might require a different conclusion than the one expressed herein. You have represented that this opinion is not sought by a party to a pending private litigation concerning the issue addressed herein. You have also represented that this opinion is not sought in connection with an investigation or litigation between a client or firm and the Wage and Hour Division or the Department of Labor. This opinion letter is issued as an official ruling of the Wage and Hour Division for purposes of the Portal-to-Portal Act, 29 U.S.C. 259. See 29 C.F.R. 790.17(d), 790.19; Hultgren v. County of Lancaster, Nebraska, 913 F.2d 498, 507 (8th Cir. 1990). We trust that the above is responsive to your inquiry. Sincerely,
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Kartika Tjandra
Xiaohan Sun Downey Soup Case Background Learning Objectives Did Downey Foods' export opportunity occur as a result of proactive action by Downey or was its strategy reactive? Why did Downey experience frustrations when trying to export to Japan?
What actions might Downey take to improve its prospects of succeeding in the Japanese market? You have been hired by Downey foods to develop an exporting strategy for the firm.
What steps do you think Downey should take to increase the volume of its exports? Activity time! 1. Selecting the foreign market 2. Timing of entry 3. scale of entry and strategic commitments economic & political
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the benefit-cost-risk trade-off
the value created Early vs. Late mover
First mover advantages vs. First mover disadvantages large scale entry vs. small scale entry an irish tavern in Philadelphia
Japanese External Trade Organization (JETRO) asked Downey to serve his lobster bisque at a minitrade show (1991)
Michael Fisher was sponsored for a marketing trip to Japan
Downey's Soup heavily relies on JETRO's advices Proactive action: act in advance to seek for export opportunity.
Strategy reactive: slow response to change in a firm's environment. Managers are forces to take rearguard actions.
Downey Food's react slow to export opportunity. It did not seek for opportunity to expand its production, but Jetro has introduced it to the opportunity. Japanese market was unknown to Downey and all they have done is gone on a 10-day tripe that organized by Jetro. Therefore, Downey export opportunity occurs as a result of strategy reactive. When Downey's soup first enter the market, it heavily relied on JETRO and failed to do its own research on Japanese market.
Its product contains a food processor called polysorbate that is banned in Japan. It did not realize that Japanese government is hostile to food imports.
Japanese government does not want to admit their mistakes. They think they will 'lose face' if they do that.
Downey's should do more research on Japanese market before they export their product to Japan instead of totally relying on JETRO.
It should work with local partners as they have better understanding of Japanese market.
It might also consider taking Global Geographic Division Structure, produce soups in Japan and hire Japanese managers to meet Japanese customer needs. Conclusion •Downey's soup was refused to enter Japanese market due to lack understanding of Japanese market. •Foreign market selection, timing of entry, and scale of entry and strategic commitments should always be considered carefully before entering a new market. •Downey's Soup did not actively seek for export opportunity to expand its production but heavily rely on JETRO. •It fails because it had too little understanding about Japanese market.
It should do more research on Japanese regulations and government policies and cultural. Hire local manager or work with local food importers . •As the people in charge in the organisation,
the volume of Downey's exports can be increased by the 3 strategies above. 1. Did Downey's Soup actively seek for export opportunities? explain! 2. Why did Downey's soup failed in Japan? 1. Introduction to the case
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Australia's Heart – The Outback, Australia
Australia's Heart
The Outback, Australia
I visited the red earth of Australia's heart. This added something almost mystical to my visit to this continent and massive country. I felt the spinifex and waved the flies from my face and saw the heat rising in a haze from the asphalt. I listened to the deafening silence interrupted only by the call of a wedge-tipped eagle soaring overhead, and I tasted the red earth that parched my thirst. To sense these things was secondary, as the primary feeling was one that realised, in such a small sense, how ancient this land is. Man survived and had conquered the conditions. Man didn't just survive, the ancestral indigenous population thrived understanding the fierceness of the natural world in which they lived and found home. For this they have my utmost respect. I often thought on my journey through the centre of Australia that if for some reason I had to leave the road and safety of the car that I would be dead within a day. I was reminded of ancient man's connection to the earth, but realised that I was now separated from it.
My husband and I completed a drive from Adelaide, in South Australia, to Townsville high up on the eastern coast of this massive country. We visited many places on the way, including Devil's Marbles in the Northern Territory. In total, it was a journey of over 3,200km through scorching conditions on searing hot roads in a 1980 Toyota Hiace camper van. Looking back on our Australian trip, the drive and destinations in the outback hold memories full of adventure and feelings of awe and trepidation. To drive through the massive emptiness and to see the landscape remain unchanged for hours in our windscreen and rear view mirror brought home the mammoth task that was our journey. To finally hit civilisation again brought a sense of the explorer returning home after scouting in new territory. But the territory is well-travelled by roadtrains and travellers alike.
We were well-prepared and followed shrewd advice from fellow travellers and Australian friends; we never drove at night, we stopped and filled up at every petrol station, we did not venture off the main road and we carried with us spare petrol and water – water for us and our van. The route is well-travelled and the camaraderie of fellow drivers who wave and offer knowing smiles brings a small sense of company in what is an epic journey. But we were still very much on our own surrounded by an awe-inspiring, gigantically empty place.
The Devil's Marbles spring out of nowhere, as do most places in the red centre. 393km north of Alice Springs the Devil's Marbles are not somewhere to which you just 'pop.' But the journey was rewarded with the grandeur and enigma of the place.
The Devil's Marbles are gigantic stones and boulders scattered around 1,828 hectares in the Devil's Marbles Conservation Reserve, ten kilometres from the rural service centre of Wauchope. The Marbles formed from a solid mass of granite in the earth's crust over 1.64 billion years ago. As molten magma cooled and hardened to form the granite, the solid mass shrank, cracked and split the granite body into a series of blocks. Erosion and weathering uncovered this mass and shaped the Marbles into the wondrous shapes that we see today. Scientists believe that as erosion continues its unceasing work, in time the Marbles will become nothing more than pebbles.
Boulders, as red as the earth, split in two like ancient eggs from which some mythical creature must have hatched. According to the aborigines these are sacred stones, said to be eggs of the Rainbow Serpent. Some balance on top of each other, perfectly spherical and huge, others are on their own, resting like exhausted, fossilised dinosaurs.
We arrived at the Marbles at midday. The heat was suffocating, especially in our vehicle in which the air conditioning was the open windows. And often the air that blew in was hotter than the air inside.
Paul wanted to examine the site in preparation for his photo shoot at dusk. So we wandered around slowly, fanning the flies and heat from our faces. The peculiarity of shape and position can be mused upon for hours in total seclusion. We were alone, save for a handful of tourists that came and went while Paul and I were still captivated by the magic of the place.
The heat was intense and we were glad to cool off in the pool at our resort in Wauchope. We could have camped for free at the Marbles, but we wanted the bliss of a cool pool and a shower before revisiting the Marbles after the heat of the day had eased. So, at dusk, we returned. Paul had planned to take shots at key locations that he had spotted. But he loved the opportunity so much to photograph such a dramatic and ever-changing place that he ran around like a crazed lunatic, setting up one photo and then charging to the next, with a swarm of flies following him after his sweat! This caused much amusement for me plus a few other tourists. As dusk changed the skies the rocks transformed from a brilliant orange glow to a pale and sleepy hue, ready to be ignited only by the following dawn.
That night we saw what seemed like every star shine on the Northern Territory. The Magellan clouds and Milky Way were like magical dust ready to sprinkle themselves over this magical land. We arrived again in perfect isolation and seclusion to see the Marbles reignite at dawn and the million stars that shone on that magical land fade from sight.
The age and form of the Devil's Marbles planted in such an ancient and mystical land signified to me the minute fraction of time that my life and this existence will consume, and that nature and the spirit of Australia's red heart will live forever.