![]() What we’re learning now through the science of kindness is that that’s equally as important,” said Beekman cofounder Brent Ridge. “My background as a physician was in functional medicine and the genetics of aging, but 90 percent of what I had to do in my practice is counsel people on preventative medicine. The Eurazeo-owned brand is driving employment performance and happiness with a proprietary kindness index that it co-created with the nonprofit organization. It’s also taking the same approach with its company culture and employees. They’re going to see the enormous support that we’re getting for this initiative and join.”īeekman 1802 Kindness Initiative Courtesy photoīeekman 1802 has built its business off of an ultra-gentle approach to skin. Said Amy Fisher, the chief executive officer of Lola, “Consumers vote with their wallet and they vote for brands that show a sense of community. “We need everyone on board,” she said earlier this year. For Okamoto, the coalition is a long-term commitment and she’s reached out to other period care brands like Tampax and Kotex to join. ![]() To be reimbursed, customers enter their phone number on the Tampon Tax Back website, starting a text chain where they can submit a receipt and receive a reimbursement within 24 hours via PayPal or Venmo. Together, they formed The Tampon Tax Back Coalition, and collectively they have pledged to reimburse people within 24 hours for any taxes they’re charged when buying feminine care products. Nadya Okamoto, founder of the period care brand August, has been fighting the tax since her brand’s inception, and this year, she gathered seven like-minded brands to join her, including The Honey Pot, Rael, Lola, Cora, Diva, Here We Flow and Saalt. In 21 states across the U.S., menstrual care products are taxed as though they are luxury items. Purposeful Initiative of the Year: The Tampon Tax Back Coalition
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![]() Despite losing the manual, he is still able to tell Buzz (the toys take a Utility Belt Buzz instead) some secrets he has learned from the manual. However, he loses grip on manual when Tour Guide Barbie turns the car the toys are riding into a spin (due to Rex showing everyone the information on the manual, accidentally blocking their sight), prompting Rex to jump out of the car to chase after the manual, but it disappears below the shelf, out of Rex's reach. Later, when the toys enter Al's Toy Barn to search for Woody inside, Rex excitedly finds a manual to the video game that reveals secrets on how to defeat Zurg. Despite this, Rex feels he is as prepared as possible, given his experiences on the video game, so he volunteers to join Buzz and a few other toys to rescue Woody after he is stolen from a yard sale by Al McWhiggin (who turns out to be the owner of Al's Toy Barn). Buzz assures him that he will, but then Rex complains that due to the size of his small arms, he can't make the video game Buzz jump and press the "fire" button at the same time. ![]() Rex, being such a fan of the video game, is frustrated to losing to Zurg again, and falls into despair, claiming that he has no chance of ever defeating Zurg. ![]() Rex finds the strategy guide for Buzz Lightyear: Attack on Zurg in Al's Toy Barn. Zurg then laughs maniacally on his triumph over Buzz as the words GAME OVER appear on the TV screen with stereotypical 8-bit music, revealing that it's a video game Rex has been playing. Buzz jumps at the other side of Zurg, but before he could fire his laser, Zurg shoots first, and vaporizes the upper half of Buzz's body, killing him and ending the game. Buzz reflects the shots back at Zurg, but misses. Zurg starts firing his ion blaster at Buzz, but the latter blocks it with one of the discs from the now-gone bridge. He reaches for the battery, which turns out to be merely a hologram, which disappears as Emperor Zurg himself suddenly rises up on some kind of elevator behind him. Activating his anti-gravity servos on his attached utility belt, Buzz flies up towards a platform next to the now-gone bridge. Approaching cautiously, he jumps on the bridge of floating discs, but the bridge collapses, sending him falling into the bottomless pit below. Finding himself inside a catacomb, Buzz sees a AA battery that indicates it being a source of Zurg's power. In a style similar to Indiana Jones, Buzz runs away from the pursuing spiked wall and jumps through the closing doors in front of him. A wall with deadly spikes appears behind him and quickly charges toward him. Zurg then activates the levers, and Buzz is caught by surprise when the tunnel suddenly lights up. Buzz jumps inside, and activating his glow-in-the-dark function, runs through the dark tunnel, completely oblivious that Emperor Zurg was tracking Buzz's location inside his control room. Suddenly, the ground he is standing on reveals itself to be a very large hole that leads to a dark pit inside Zurg's fortress. Next, Buzz encounters, and destroys, a small camera-like robot peering out of a trap door. ![]() He then has to get up and run out of the way as a few destroyed robot heads land all around him. Instinctively, Buzz fires his laser at a crystal, reflecting his laser in many directions, piercing through all the robots at once and destroying them in a massive explosion in large green fireballs, making the resulting explosions throw Buzz into the air and back down to the ground on his stomach. Upon landing on Zurg's planet almost immediately, he finds himself surrounded by thousands of Zurg's robots, who are readying their weapons. The game begins with a ball of blue light soaring across outer space, but it's actually just Buzz flying very quickly towards Zurg's planet in Gamma Quadrant, Sector 4. Buzz Lightyear: Attack on Zurg strategy guide cover.īuzz Lightyear in the video game, after landing on Zurg's planet.īuzz Lightyear: Attack on Zurg is a video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System shown at the very beginning of Toy Story 2. ![]() ![]() If she's a character that can get by on little or no constellation support (acquired by getting multiple copies of a character) then I'll definitely try to acquire one. Her constellations are probably going to be the make or break decision for me. It's a little early to say how good Hu Tao will work in most groups, but I like ghosts and fire so I'll probably dump a bunch of primogems trying to pick up a copy. While we don't have a timeframe for Hu Tao's release at the moment, it stands to reason that she'll likely be featured in the next major character banner. ![]() And of course, it will likely depend on whether or not your primogem stash is filled enough to get yourself a Hu Tao whenever her banner drops. Hu Tao somehow appears even cooler than Xiao, but it all depends on what your core party composition looks like and if you have room for a new pyro character. One of the other latest character releases was Xiao, also a polearm weapon user, but in the Anemo (wind) school. In combat, it looks like Hu Tao will take on some risk by leveraging her HP pool to get a ton of power, go in for hefty fire damage, and then unleash hell with Spirit Soother in order to regain the wagered hit points and annihilate everything on the screen simultaneously. Spirit Soother commands her ghost spirit to do incredible fire damage in a giant area-of-effect, and it also heals Hu Tao. If you haven't already figured it out, enemies that have pyro vulnerabilities are going to absolutely crumble under Hu Tao's powers. While Hu Tao is in this state, charged attacks activate Blood Blossom, which is a fire damage-over-time effect on opponents that get hit. The more HP you stack on Hu Tao, the bigger the attack bonus when you hit your "Paramita Papilo State" talent. Hu Tao can trade HP for massive attack bonus that converts to fire damage, suitable for triggering elemental effects on your enemies and priming them for a combination attack from another character. To dig a little deeper, Hu Tao contains a suite of abilities designed to push out big burst damage. INSTALACIÓN: Instalamos el plugin e ignoramos el error al final, colocamos cualquier archivo png en la ruta /ProgramData/Arturia/Shared/images/vc8_images/packs/ y cambiamos el nombre de este archivo a playlist.png (por ejemplo, copiar y pegar el archivo Mono.png que se encuentra allí y cambiarle el nombre). INSTALL: Install the plugin, ignore final error, P lace any png file along the path /ProgramData/Arturia/Shared/images/vc8_images/packs/ and rename this file to playlist.png (for example, copy & paste the Mono.png file located there and rename it). WEB: Arturia Augmented Strings & VoicesĪugmented VOICES uniquely fuses detailed vocal samples with modern synthesis engines for an intuitive software instrument that equips producers with a comprehensive palette of pristine, intimate, and commanding voice sounds for modern production.Īugmented STRINGS combines rich sampled strings with state-of-the-art synthesis in an approachable, inspiring software instrument, giving modern producers immediate access to a comprehensive range of authentic, abstract, and evocative string sounds.This would be compatible with both 32 bit and 64 bit windows.Augmented Strings and Voices WiN…Augmented VOICES fusiona de manera única muestras vocales detalladas con motores de síntesis modernos para un instrumento de software intuitivo que equipa a los productores con una paleta completa de sonidos de voz prístinos, íntimos y dominantes para la producción moderna.Īugmented STRINGS combina ricas cuerdas muestreadas con síntesis de vanguardia en un instrumento de software accesible e inspirador, que brinda a los productores modernos acceso inmediato a una amplia gama de sonidos de cuerdas auténticos, abstractos y evocadores. This is complete offline installer and standalone setup for Arturia – Solina V2. The bundle includes a range of classic analog synthesizers, acoustic and electric pianos, drum machines, and effects. It will let you access the software you own as well as demos of the other titles in the Arturia catalog. The Arturia Software Center (aka ASC) lets you activate, install and update your Arturia virtual instruments on your computers. Hard Disk Space: 150 MB of free space required.Ĭlick on below button to start Arturia – Solina V2 Free Download. Arturia’s Augmented Bundle is a collection of software instruments and effects plugins that offer a comprehensive and versatile set of tools for music producers, sound designers, and audio engineers. Download & install the Arturia Software Center.System Requirements For Arturia – Solina V2īefore you start Arturia – Solina V2 free download, make sure your PC meets minimum system requirements. Latest Version Release Added On: 25th Sep 2019.Compatibility Architecture: 32 Bit (x86) / 64 Bit (圆4). ![]()
Moreover, they are called out one by one while the others are waiting in the backstage lobby. The call-out order does play a major role in determining who this week's best contestant was – quite in contrast to Germany's Next Top Model where the call-out order does not say anything about the quality of the contestants' performance, except in the final. The bottom two of each episode are called to stand before Banks and are judged individually. In the elimination process on America's Next Top Model, host Tyra Banks hands out a photograph to each of the contestants who are safe, in order of merit. The panel challenge in front of the judges on America's Next Top Model is almost always replaced by a runway walk in front of the judges on the German show. While America's Next Top Model typically starts with 30 semi-finalists who are cut down to a batch of between ten and 16 contestants, Germany's Next Top Model cycle premieres begin with highlights from the auditions of 100 candidates (Cycles 1 and 2) and 120 candidates (Cycle 3), respectively. ![]() Makeovers are administered to contestants early in the competition, usually after the first or second elimination in the finals.ĭifferences between ANTM and GNTM During each episode, one contestant is eliminated, though a double/triple elimination or no elimination has been given through consensus of the judging panel. Each cycle has ten to 18 episodes and starts with 12–35 contestants. Germany's Next Topmodel currently has 18 cycles. Former judges have distanced themselves from the show. The show is also in the focus of the Commission for Youth Media Protection and the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. The show is also accused of being responsible for the cyberbullying and death threats against the contestants due to the show's misrepresentation of them. The allegations include gaslighting, abuse of power, misrepresentation of contestants and manipulations by the crew as well as body shaming. The show has been heavily criticized in Germany because of the treatment of its contestants. It is currently the longest-airing Top Model adaptation at 18 years and the second Top Model series to have the most cycles. ![]() The competition is hosted by Heidi Klum, who also serves as the lead judge and executive producer of the show. Germany's Next Topmodel (often abbreviated as GNTM) is a German reality television series, based on the concept introduced by Tyra Banks with America's Next Top Model. Tresor TV (former), RedSevenEntertainment ![]() Xello is also a signatory of the Student Privacy Pledge, requiring them to uphold strict standards for safeguarding student privacy regarding the collection, maintenance, and use of student personal information. That means advertising is not displayed within Xello, nor is data used for commercial purposes. Preston Middle School Webber Middle School Wellington Middle School Elementary Schools. ![]() The program complies with legal requirements for safety and security outlined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). 8th grade students' classes meet every other day. The rest of their classes are alternating every other day. 6th and 7th grade Language Arts and Math students are 'double blocked.' This means they attend these two core areas every single day. We take data protection and privacy very seriously. Math, Language Arts, Social Studies and Science make up our core academics at Webber. Students can log in to his or her account via desktop or mobile device to share what they’ve learned about themselves, the world of work, and their future options. Parents/Guardians are encouraged to explore Xello with their child by logging in together. Interactive lessons help your child develop age appropriate skills and knowledge for success in school and beyond. Your child can create dynamic actionable plans that outline the steps needed to achieve school, career, and life goals. Learn about career possibilities and educational pathways by exploring rich, engaging content and lessons. Students better understand themselves, their future career options, and the 21st century skills they’ll need to succeed.ĭefine their interests, skills, preferences, and aspirations so they can explore the opportunities right for them. The program uses an investigative, discovery-based learning process. The program that helped make that possible (related to the pandemic) is ending.Xello is an engaging online program that helps students build the skills, knowledge and plans to be future ready. This is a change from last year (the 2021-22 school year) with free meals being offered to all PSD students. For the upcoming 2022-23 school year, students will no longer receive free meals unless they have been approved for the Free and Reduced Meals program. Those who qualify for benefits are eligible for school fee/charge waivers. The Poudre School District paraprofessional previously charged with assaulting an at-risk kindergartner on a school bus is now accused of assaulting a total of six students, all with. ➢ Bus Information can be found at: ➢ Families are encouraged to apply for Free and Reduced meals for the coming school year starting on August 1st, 2022. O Follow a shortened version of your students’ schedule to meet teachers, learn about classes, and receive instructions on how to check grades online ![]() Webber Middle School Concert Bands, Jazz Bands and Small Ensembles Instructor. ➢ Back to School Night for parents is on Thursday, September 1st at 6:00 p.m. Retired from Poudre School District Fort Collins, Colorado, United States. ➢ School Picture day is Friday, August 19th Please remember to scroll to page 4 to see the supplies needed for elective classes. ➢ First Day of School for 7th and 8th Graders is Tuesday, August 16th,7:50 a.m. ➢ First Day of School for 6th Graders is Monday, August 15th,7:50 a.m. This is important so that you receive Webber e-mail communications & to e-sign the Code of Conduct ➢ All parents please log into ParentVue to ensure that you have a correct e-mail address, phone numbers, and emergency contacts on file with us. O Pick up schedule, receive locker assignment, and drop off supplies O In person check in for returning 7th & 8th is Friday, August 12th, 1:00 p.m. O In person check for 6th Graders is Friday, August 12th, 9:00-noon If you check-in online, you are welcome to come to school during your grade level check-in time to walk the building and put school supplies in your locker. You will be able to see schedules, lockers info, update emergency contacts and parent email/phone. ➢ Check-in times: Students and Parents can check-in online starting August 9th by logging onto Parent Vue. O You can skip the payment window line by paying fees at O Pick up schedule, receive locker assignment, drop off supplies, and principal’s welcome ➢ Orientation and Check-In for NEW to Webber 7th & 8th Graders & Parents is ![]() Originally, the math behind it was based on how many of Wordle's 2,309 solutions are left, on average, after you play it, plus the average number of steps needed to solve it and a couple of other metrics. The NYT's excellent WordleBot tool has its own list of the best Wordle start words - and it should know, given it's made by the people who now run Wordle. The best Wordle start word according to WordleBot That also gives you five of the top 10 letters, but we're not as keen on it as STARE - as R is the third-most-used letter, and L is the sixth-most-used. Though, a pair of MIT researchers have their own pick: SALET (a light medieval helmet). ![]() So there you have it - for the Tom's Guide team at least, the best Wordle start word is STARE. T and R, meanwhile, are the two most common consonants overall in the game. That decision was instead based on common sense after all, S is the most common first letter among Wordle answers, A is the most common third letter and E the most common fifth letter. Given that the top three don't feature in Wordle's possible answers list, that would make STARE the statistically best Wordle start word, based on Fan's analysis at least.Ĭoincidentally, Stare is the word independently picked by some of the Tom's Guide team months ago, without having seen that research, so that's the one we'd go for. Programmer Bertrand Fan took a similar approach and unsurprisingly came up with a very similar list: For that reason, Glaiel recommends starting with RAISE. However, because ROATE doesn't actually feature in Wordle's possible answers list itself, you'll never get a 1/6 with it. ![]() One of them was programmer and game designer Tyler Glaiel, who assigned each letter in Wordle's 12,972 possible guesses a score of 0, 1 or 2, based on whether it is included in one of the 2,309 answers or not, and whether it is in the right place.Īfter checking all 12,972 words, the algorithm determined that the best starting options are:įor reasons that are too complex to go into here, Glaiel concludes that ROATE is the best Wordle start word if you want to rule out possible answers as quickly as possible. Several people have attempted to use math to determine the best Wordle start words. That's interesting, then, but it's just the appetizer for the best Wordle start word main course to follow… Best Wordle start words What are the best Wordle start words? Note that the list above is based on correct Wordle answers, rather than Wordle words the game accepts some 15,000-plus words as guesses, but only 2,309 are valid solutions. This is the list of most most frequently used letters that you get when you do that: Because Wordle's answers are all freely available in the website's HTML code, it's pretty simple to download them, then do a bit of number crunching. However, that list is based on words in general, rather than Wordle answers - so to really find out which letters feature most frequently in the game, you'd need to analyze them all.įortunately, that's easy to do. His findings concluded that “E”, “T” and “A” were the top three, while “J”, “Q” and “Z” were the least common. In a research paper on English Letter Frequency Counts, Peter Norvig, director of research at Google, analyzed the data from Google Books to put together a list of most commonly used letters in the English language. ![]() For example, you're more likely to find an “A” in the word than a “Z.” Gray letters aren't in the answer, yellow letters appear in the word but in the wrong spot, and green letters are in the word and in the right place.You don’t have to be a genius to realize that it's a good idea to use letters that occur more frequently in English. If you play Wordle, you know that after you attempt a guess, the letters change colors to signal how close you are to the answer. Grant Sanderson, who runs the channel, created an algorithm capable of playing Wordle and determined there are nearly 13,000 possible answers you could pick in Wordle, deducing that roughly 2,300 common words would most likely fit. The game requires players to correctly guess a five-letter word in six tries.Ī math expert who runs the YouTube channel 3Blue1Brown used information theory to determine the best word to start with when approaching any puzzle. When fans aren't playing Wordle, they're likely scouring the internet for tips and tricks on how to solve those daily puzzles quickly. Updated: This story has been updated to reflect new information from a video that was uploaded after this was originally published. ![]() Judge would like to say that, soon, about the Yankees. They’re going to be fun to watch and a fun opponent for years to come.” Judge turned down the Yankees’ extension offer of seven years and 213.5 million on Opening Day and has a chance to hit free agency for the first time in his career. “The Rangers have a wonderful offense, and they have some veteran pitchers,” he said. Who stays: DJ LeMahieu, Anthony Rizzo, Gleyber Torres, Anthony Volpe, Oswald Peraza, Oswaldo Cabrera. The Rangers and D-backs are exactly where Judge and the Yankees want to be. We’re looking forward, hoping to get us back to the promised land.” We haven’t made it to the big dance in quite a few years, so we’ve got some work to do especially on the players side. “Philosophies, players, coaches, everything. General manager Brian Cashman’s big move last offseason to acquire Josh Donaldson did not work out as planned. “Changes could mean a lot of things,” Judge said. Yankees find trade partners for Josh Donaldson and Aaron Hicks. Ron Guidry (1984), Don Baylor (1985) and Derek Jeter (2009) are the others. We still have a lot of time, but I know they’re busy working and have been since the end of the season.”Īnything is still possible, echoed Judge, who’s the fourth Yankee to win the Clemente award for humanitarian and charitable contributions to the community. Once we get through this and into the offseason, we’re going to see some bigger moves. “It’s a tough time, especially with the World Series still going on. “I think they’re working on that,” Judge said. 7-9 after the conclusion of the World Series between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Texas Rangers. 7: Yankees interested in RHP Jordan Hicks (source) Yankees relievers averaged 94. Thus far, there has been no movement, with the annual General Managers Meetings slated in the Phoenix area from Nov. December 7th, 2023 MLB.com is keeping track of all the latest Yankees-related free agent and trade rumors right here. “Anything’s possible,” Steinbrenner added. ![]() Those changes could include the firing of general manager Brian Cashman and manager Aaron Boone. But I think we’ve uncovered certainly things we can do better.” “We’re going to be making some changes,” he said. Steinbrenner promised a new approach when he spoke at Sportico’s Invest in Sports conference earlier this month. The Yankees had no problem drawing walks in 2023, ranking sixth in MLB with a 9.3 percent walk rate, but Sotos 18. It didn’t sit well with Judge, principal owner Hal Steinbrenner, or any other key member of the organization. If this isn’t set up properly, the VPN client and server might not be able to communicate. In some network setups, specific ports need to be forwarded to allow VPN traffic to pass through effectively. If these ports are blocked by your ISP, firewall, or router - or they’re not properly configured - it can prevent the VPN from establishing a successful connection. These ports need to be open and available for the VPN service to operate effectively. Common ports used by VPN protocols include TCP 1723 for PPTP, UDP 500 for IPSec/IKEv2, and UDP 1194 for OpenVPN. VPNs use specific ports to establish a connection. If the VPN server takes too long to respond to your device’s request, the VPN tunnel will simply fail to form. Much like server congestion, this is most commonly an issue with free VPNs that have poor network infrastructure or bandwidth restrictions. Slow or poor quality VPNs can also suffer from connection issues. Most VPN services will notify you when the software needs updating. In that case, you’ll need a VPN with obfuscation technology, which disguises your VPN traffic as “normal” traffic. In highly-censored countries like China, it’s also possible that your Internet Service Provider (ISP) will attempt to identify and block VPN traffic altogether. If you’re at work and need to access your company’s internal network using a VPN, contact your IT department for assistance configuring your device and VPN connection. If you are unable to connect to your VPN while using a school, public, or otherwise restricted network, try switching to a different WiFi network or use mobile data if you can. These networks may have policies in place to restrict VPN usage and prevent any unwanted network activity. Public, school, or corporate WiFi networks can sometimes block VPN connections using security software. Your ISP or the WiFi Network is Blocking VPN Traffic We’ll explain how to do it later on in this guide. ![]() If it does, you may need to add an exception for your VPN in the firewall settings. If you have a firewall enabled on your computer or router, try temporarily disabling it to see if this resolves the issue. This can happen if the VPN uses unusual ports or protocols that the firewall is not configured to allow. If a VPN service’s traffic is not recognized or is deemed potentially harmful, the firewall may block this traffic. Network firewalls can be set to blacklist specific IP ranges, to prevent connections to a single IP address, to block specific ports, or even to block all encrypted traffic. This can prevent your VPN from connecting. Your Firewall or Antivirus Is Blocking Your VPNįirewalls work by monitoring incoming and outgoing network traffic, and they can sometimes mistake VPN connections for malicious activity. In both cases, the VPN application will simply fail to connect altogether. If none of this works, the follow our advice below in order.You might experience similar issues if the server you’ve chosen is undergoing maintenance, or if you’ve reached your VPN’s simultaneous connection limit. Pick a different one to whatever is currently selected and try connecting again. The connection options will vary depending upon the device you’re using, but if you head into Settings and click on ‘Show advanced settings’ you should find the heading ‘Protocol’. ![]() Finally, you can select a different connection method within the app to see if that makes any different.If even that doesn’t work, temporarily disable and antivirus and / or firewall on your PC or laptop and see if that’s blocking the connection. No joy? Uninstall the app, reinstall it and log back in.Another quick solution if you can’t access another device is to log out of your account (within the app) and then log back in.If you still can’t connect, the issue could be your network or a problem with your NordVPN account.If the connection works fine on that, the problem is with your first device or computer. If you can’t connect to any, try the NordVPN app on a different device, such as your phone. Try connecting to a few different servers. ![]() While this resolution is not obligatory for Member States or European countries, it however represents a significant recognition of DLT in institutional level. Even the European Parliament Resolution (2016/2007 INI) has highlighted the potential of emerging technologies such as DLT to positively contribute to societal and economic development ( 2016). Depending on the context of usage, the governance of DLT have been established as being significant to support data driven services in enterprise (Atzori 2017). ![]() DLT deployment in VE has resulted in re-engineering the way business processes, data, and digitalized assets are shared, verified, accessed, and secured. Generally, DLT such as blockchain are adopted in different areas such as banking and fintech, e-government, healthcare, chain supply management, notarial services, education to be integrated with other emerging technologies such as AI, IoT and machine-to-machine (M2M) applications, cloud computing, digital twin, big data, etc. These transactions are validated within the distributed network by employing a consensus mechanism that allows node users to validate transactions which updates the registry within the entire network (Allessie et al. Typically, DLT allows actors (called nodes) within a decentralized system to transact digital assets based on a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network and storing these data or transactions in a distributed approach across the network. Presently, VE now employs DLT since it provides a decentralized, immutable record of data transactions that uses pre-programmed protocols, algorithms, and state-of-the-art cryptography to automatically execute, monitor, and authenticate transactions without depending on a central third party (Schmeiss et al. VEs have emerged among companies to leverage the capability of their individual competences and resources to attain real business value (Jagdev and Thoben 2001 Anthony Jnr and Abbas Petersen 2021). VE comprises a coalition of organizations aimed at attaining a shared goal in an approach that aligns to a common consensus (Browne and Zhang 1999). Besides AI and big data, so-called DLT such as blockchain can help provide potential solutions to virtual enterprise (VE). There is now much interest among researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and enterprises in the use of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data, industry 4.0, Internet of Things (IoT), distributed ledger technologies (DLT), digital twins, and so on, to address societal issues and achieve sustainability goals (Schulz et al. The findings also identify limitations associated with governance of DLT solutions and proposes policy recommendations to be used as guidelines for practitioners to improve the adoption of DLT to accelerate VE digitalization. The findings confirm the developed architectural governance-by-design framework and offer a shared discussion and insight surrounding the topic of governance of DLT. Design science is employed, and IOTA tangle an open-source DLT which employs a decentralized asynchronous network is deployed to evaluate the applicability of the developed architectural governance-by-design framework through qualitative interviews and literature inquiry. This article develops an architectural governance-by-design framework that defines the governance of DLT as a combination of architectural layers and governance of DLT dimensions. Accordingly, this study aims to fill this gap and provide implications related to decentralized governance of DLT. Although academic interest in this domain is growing, a practical analysis of DLT from a governance perspective is still lacking to date. In virtual enterprise (VE) context researchers and practitioners have started to investigate the deployment of DLT to automate the processing of data and implementation of decisions to support the provision of digital services. Distributed Ledger technology (DLT) has recently emerged as a disruptive system with a wide range of applicability, with prospect to improve societal interactions at large. |
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