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The purpose of a system is what it does (POSIWID) is a systems thinking heuristic coined by Stafford Beer, [1] who observed that there is "no point in claiming that the purpose of a system is to do what it constantly fails to do."
The shadow banking system is a term for the collection of non-bank financial intermediaries (NBFIs) that legally provide services similar to traditional commercial banks but outside normal banking regulations.
[1] [2] The enteric nervous system is sometimes considered part of the autonomic nervous system, and sometimes considered an independent system. [3] The autonomic nervous system functions to regulate the body's unconscious actions. The sympathetic nervous system's primary process is to stimulate the body's fight or flight response.
PennDOT owns 39,861 miles (64,150 km) of the 121,770 miles (195,970 km) of roadway in the state, making it the fifth-largest state highway system in the United States. [213] The Pennsylvania Turnpike system is 535 miles (861 km) long, with the mainline portion stretching from Ohio to Philadelphia and New Jersey. [213]
By 2017, delays and cost overruns had pushed the F-35 program's expected acquisition costs to $406.5 billion, with total lifetime cost (i.e., to 2070) to $1.5 trillion in then-year dollars which also includes operations and maintenance. [61] [62] [63] The F-35A's unit cost for LRIP Lot 13 was $79.2 million. [64]
A cost of poverty, also known as a ghetto tax, [1] a poverty premium, [2] a cost of being poor, or the poor pay more, [3] is the phenomenon of people with lower incomes, particularly those living in low-income areas, incurring higher expenses, paying more not only in terms of money, but also in time, health, and opportunity costs.
The agreement delayed the system's demise for a further two years. [23]: 6–7 The system's erosion was expedited not only by the dollar devaluations that occurred, but also by the oil crises of the 1970s which emphasized the importance of international financial markets in petrodollar recycling and balance of payments financing. Once the world ...
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. LastPass: Web Browser Extensions: Operating Systems - Windows 7 or later, Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) or later, Linux, Chrome OS Web Browsers - Internet Explorer 11 or later (Note ...