A study on effect of big five personality traits on emotional intelligence Article PDF Available in International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations 46 June 2014 with 372 Reads DOI 105267jmsl20144016 Export this citation Hamed Dehghanan Allameh Tabatabai University Hadi Abdollahi Allameh Tabatabai University Mohammad Rezaei Abstract This paper presents a study to investigate the effects of big five personal traits on emotional intelligence on some Iranian firms located in city of Tehran Iran The proposed study uses two questionnaires one which is originally developed by McCare and Costa 1992 McCrae R R Costa P T Jr 1992 Discriminant validity of NEOPIR facet scales Educational and Psychological Measurement 52 229237 for measuring personality traits and the other which is used for measuring emotional intelligence The first questionnaire consists of five personal categories including extraversion agreeableness conscientiousness emotional stability versus neuroticism and openness Using structural equation modeling and Discover the worlds research 15 million members 118 million publications 700k research projects Figures available via license CC BY 40 The summary of Cronbach alpha and AVE The summary of Pearson correlation test between emotional intelligence and personality traits The results of stepwise regression analysis Dependent variable Emotional intelligence Available via license CC BY 40 Download fulltext PDF Corresponding author Email addresses Hadiabdollahi34yahoocom H Abdollahi 2014 Growing Science Ltd All rights reserved doi 105267jmsl20144016 Management Science Letters 4 2014 12791284 Contents lists available at GrowingScience Management Science Letters homepage wwwGrowingScienceco mmsl A study on effect of big five personalit y traits on emotiona l intelligence Hamed Dehghanan a Hadi abdollahi b and Mohammad Rezaei c a Assistance professor of Business Management Allameh Tabatabei University TehranIran b MA of Business Management Allame h Tabatabei University TehranIran c MA of Business Management Shahid Beheshti University TehranIran C H R O N I C L E A B S T R A C T Article history Received December 28 2013 Received in revised format April 15 2014 Accepted April 18 2014 Available online April 23 2014 This paper presents a study to investigate the effects of big five personal traits on emotional intelligence on some Iranian firms located in city of Tehran Iran The proposed study uses two questionnaires one which is originally develo ped by McCare and Costa 1992 McCrae R R Costa P T Jr 1992 Discrimina nt validity of NEOPIR facet scales Educational and Psychological Measurement 52 229237 for measuring personali ty traits and the other which is used for measuring emotional intelligence Th e first questionnaire cons ists of five personal categories including extraversion agreeableness conscientiousn ess emotional stability versus neuroticism and openness Using structural equation modeling a nd stepwise regression model the study has detected a positive and meaningful relationship between four components namely extraversion agreeableness conscientiousness as well as openn ess and emotional intelligence In addition the study detects a negative and me aningful relationship between neuroticism and emotional intelligence 2014 Growin g Science Ltd All ri g hts reserved Keywords Personality Big Five personality trait Emotional intelligence 1 Introduction and literature review Personality is an abstract concept and different experts have provided various definitions for it Most scholars emphasize that personality is a combin ation of thoughts emoti ons and motivation of individuals In a comprehensive definition personal ity is an interpersonal dynamic structure which includes physical and psychological systems and th e component provides individuals thoughts and behaviors characteristic Allport 1961 Personality normally deals with individual differences among people in behavior patter ns cognition and emotion Different personality theorists present their own definitions and description of the word based on their theoretical positions Personality is usually divided into various components called the Big Five namely openness to experience conscientiousness extroversion agreeableness and neuroticism or emotionality These components are stable over time and seem to be attributable to a persons genetics rather than the impacts of ones 1280 environment There are some investigations on whether the relationshi p between happiness and extraversion seen in adults could also be observed among child ren These achieveme nts help identify children that are more likely to experience epis odes of depression and develop various kinds of treatment that such children w ould likely to respond to In both ch ildren and adults many studies indicate that genetics as opposed to environmental factors exert a bigger impact on happiness levels According to McLarnon and Cars well 2013 stability in the meas urement of personality plays essential role on its construct and predictive valid ity The personality differentiation implies that intelligence could be a threat to the measurem ent of personality McLarnon and Carswell 2013 constructed on existing lite rature by applying multig roup confirmatory factor analytic measurement invariance methods to the itemlevel responses of a commonly applied personality inventory In contrast to recently published findings their resu lts recommend that the measurement of personality is not the same across intelligence levels Thes e results have important implications for the implementation of personality in research and pract ice They maintained that personality measures are still important predic tors of key criteria Laverdière et al 2013 evaluated the factor structure a nd the measurement inva riance of the Mini International Personality Item Pool MiniIPIP which was a brief instrument evaluating personality traits based on the Big Five models Two samples were gathered comprising nearly 800 participants and using confirmatory factor repo rted that a fivefactor solution we re consistent with the Big Five model Schell and Oswald 2013 presente d a study investigating the effect of item order in personality measurement on reliability measurement equivalence and scalelevel correlati ons In their survey a big sample of university students filled one of three forms of the International Personality Item Pool version of the Big Five personali ty inventory items sorted at random items sorted by factor and items cycled through factors Th eir findings indicated that the unde rlying measurement model and the internal consistency of the IPIPBig Five scale was not impacted by differences in item order In addition most of the scalelevel correlations among factors were not substa ntially different across forms Recent studies have found that some personality disorders PDs increase the persistence of several Axis I disorders Vergés et al 2013 aimed to extend published analyses to the case of anxiety disorders and to detect the robustness of the associ ations in order to inve stigate examining timeof measurement effects They report ed a robust pattern of higher odds ratios for postdiction among PDs assessed at baseline and lower odds ratios fo r postdiction among PDs evaluated at followup recommending a time of measurement artifact Dobewall et al 2014 performed an investigation in order to find out whether we can judge other peoples values precisely or values are too subj ective for evaluation They compared selfother agreement in personal values with agreement in the Big Five personality traits The results recommended that people could evaluate values of others whom they know well with remarkable accuracy Therefore otherratings of personal values can be applied to validate and complement self report value measures 2 The proposed study This paper presents a study to investigate the e ffects of key personal characteristics on emotional intelligence on some Iranian firm s located in city of Tehran Iran The proposed study uses th e questionnaire developed by McCare and Costa 1992 The questionnaire consis ts of five personal categories including extraversion agreeableness conscientiousness emotional stability versu s neuroticism and openness on emotional intelligence Fig 1 demonstrates the structure of the proposed study B T G M I h N w f s 3 1 B ased on t h 1 Neu r 2 Ext r 3 Ope n 4 Agr e 5 Con T o measure G reaves 2 0 M cCare an d I ran and w o h ave 2 2 e p Z N w here N is t f inally is s ample size 3 84 properl y 1 shows ot h 18 24 h e Fig 1 th e r oticism in f r aversion in f n ness influ e e eableness i scientiousn the effects 0 06 In a d d Costa 19 9 o rk for dif fe 2 e q t he sample s the error t is calculat y filled on e h er personal Age 76 11 2 144 54 25 34 35 N A Co n e following f luences ne g f luences p o e nces posit i i nfluences p ess influen c of emotio n d dition to m 9 2 The p o fe rent types s ize p 1 t erm For o ed as N 3 8 e s In our s u characteri s Fig 1 P 2 44 45 54 N euroticis m Extraversion Openness A greeableness n scientiousne H Dehghanan et a l Fig 1 T five hypot h g atively on o sitively on i vely on em p ositively o n c es positive n al intellige n m easure pe o pulation o f of organiz q represen t o ur study w 8 4 We hav e u rvey 289 p s tics of the p Y e P ersonal ch a ss l Management Sci e T he propos e h eses are c o emotional i emotional i m otional int e n emotiona e ly on emot i n ce we us e e rsonality t r f the surve y z ations suc h n ts the prob a w e assume p e distribute p articipants p articipants e ars of edu c a racteristic s 65 21 0 72 39 12 16 e nce Letters 4 2014 e d study o nsidered i ntelligenc e i ntelligence e lligence l intelligen c i onal intelli g e a questio n r aits we us e y covers all h as hospit a a bility 2 z 5 0 2 z p d 415 ques were male c atio n s of the par t 0 1 8 22 E m c e g ence n naire devel e the ques t p eople wh o a ls post of f is CDF of n 96 1 and e t ionnaires a and 97 of t t icipants otional intelli g l oped by B r t ionnaire d e o live in cit y f ice etc T h n ormal dist r e 005 th e a nd manag e t hem were Marital sta t 8 4 302 Single M g ence 12 8 r adberry an d e veloped b y y of Tehra n h erefore w e 1 r ibution an d e number o e d to colle c female Fi g t us 4 arried 8 1 d y n e d f c t g 1282 As we can observe from the results of Fig 1 most participants were married and highly educated Table 1 shows some basic statsitics associat ed with the proposed study of this paper Table 1 The summary of Cronbach alpha and AVE Item Variable Cronbach alph a AVE Mean factor loading 1 Neuroticism 085 056 062 2 Extraversion 074 063 065 3 Openness 071 055 063 4 Agreeableness 075 072 058 5 Conscientiousness 073 051 062 6 Emotional intelligence 088 054 066 Total 077 Table 2 demonstrates the results of some basic sta tistics associated with structural equation modeling SEM Table 2 The summary of some basic statistics a ssociated with the SEM implementation Statistics χ df GFI RMSEA CFI AGFI NFI NNFI Value 2116 093 0093 095 084 096 098 Limit 3 09 01 0 9 08 09 09 Based on the results of Table 2 all statistics are with in desirable levels and we may use the results of structural equation modeling to examine the hypot heses of the survey The implementation of KolmogorovSmirnov test indicates that all data ar e normally distributed and we may use Pearson correlation test to verify the relati onships between various components 3 The results In this section we present details of our findings on testing various hypotheses of the survey We first present details of our Pearson test to verify the relationships be tween various components and they are shown in Table 3 as follows Table 3 The summary of Pearson correlation test between em otional intelligence and personality traits Variable Extraversion Agreeableness C onscientiousness Neuroticism Openness Pearson correlation 0629 0582 0531 0534 0559 Sig 0000 0016 0000 0018 0044 Sig 001 The results of Pearson correlation test indicate that there were some positive and meaningful relationships between Extraversion Agreeablene ss Conscientiousness as well as Openness with emotional intelligence In addition there is a negative and meaningful relationship between Neuroticism and emotional intelligence when the level of significance is f ive percent We have also performed stepwise regression method to study the effects of various factors on emotional intelligence and Table 4 demonstrates the results of our survey Table 4 The results of stepwise regres sion analysis Dependent vari able Emotional intelligence Variable Coefficient β tvalue Sig Result Extraversion 0448 10034 0000 Confirmed Agreeableness 0286 4638 0000 Confirmed Conscientiousness 0235 529 0000 Confirmed Neuroticism 0165 2453 0014 Confirmed Openness 0137 2285 0016 Confirmed RSquare 0738 H Dehghanan et al Management Science Letters 4 2014 1283 As we can observe from the results of Table 4 four independent variables influence on emotional intelligence positively and one influences on emotional intelligence negatively Therefore we can confirm all hypotheses of the survey 4 Discussion and conclusion In this paper we have performed an empirical inve stigation to study the effects of different factors namely Extraversion Agreeableness Conscientiousness Emotional Stability versus Neuroticism and Openness on emotional intelligence The study has accomplished am ong people who were employed with various industries in city of Tehran Iran The results have in dicated that being extraversion is the most important factor on development of emo tional intelligence followed by being agreeableness The results of the survey are consistent with findings of Petrides and Furnham 2001 Dawda and Hart 2000 Diener and Lucas 1999 Rusting and Larsen 1997 Saklof ske et al 2003 Schutte et al 1998 and Watson D 2000 Correlation between extraversion as well as neurotic ism and emotional intelligence respectively in terms of specificity and regu lation is justified by setti ng a positive mood negative mood Extraversion and Neuroticism repr esent the tendency to experience positive and negative emotions These two tendencies which can re sult to two positive and negative attitude s is correlated with emotional intelligence In addition the correlation between experience and flexibility compatibility and conscientiousness and emotional intelligence can be adjusted dependi ng on the overlap between the components of emotional in telligence involves feelings a nd emotions im plementation and evaluation of the efficiency of the emotions and pa ssions and traits related subtaking experienced The results showed that the dimensions of extrav ersion and neuroticism coul d change the order of emotional intelligence both positively and nega tively Extroversion increas es the willingness to experience pleasurable events Extr aversion also predisposes indi viduals to experience positive emotions This preparation can help a person appear to be more efficient especially in the area of personal and social relationships In terms of the main components of emotional inte lligence these competencies can operate in three dimensions In terms of emotion and excitement of extroversion it can underlie the increased experience events and emotions towards enjoyable and positive actions which could contribute to emotional intelligence In the application and effi ciency of the emotions extroversion and emotional intelligence by strengthening mechanisms allowing the person to be to improve and develop social relationships and emotions Obviously this doubles the efficiency by making a positive im pact on both sides of the equation governing the relationships benefit After evaluating emotions extroversion through increased positive feelings and enjoyable experiences the conditions are more relaxed and more optimistic to assess their emo tions On the other hand 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Osteochondral Injuries of the Talus What is a Talus Osteochondral Lesion Talus Osteochondral Lesion Definition When blood supply to the area at the end of your bone is cut off a condition known as osteochondritis dissecans may develop also called talus osteochondral lesions The affected bone and its covering of cartilage may stay in place and cause no symptoms Or a fragment may gradually loosen separate and cause pain Osteochondral lesions of the Talus are relatively common causes of ankle pain and disability Trauma is the most common cause but genetic factors are traits of OLT Talus Injury Symptoms Early diagnosis and treatment of osteochondritis dissecans are important to minimize your risk of long term disability If youre treated promptly your chances of recovery and return to your usual activities including participation in sports are good Signs and symptoms of Talus Osteochondritis Lesions include Pain A locking of your joint the joint sticks and wont move through its full range of motion A feeling that your joint is giving way or weakening Decreased joint movement an inability to straighten your leg or arm fully or limited range of motion Limping Swelling and tenderness of the skin over your joint Stiffness after resting Talus Osteochondral Lesion Treatment Treatment of osteochondritis dissecans is intended to restore the normal functioning of the affected joint and to relieve pain as well as reduce the risk of osteoarthritis No single treatment however is effective for everybody Initially your doctor will likely recommend conservative measures which may include resting your joint immobilizing your joint using antiinflammatory medications avoiding competitive sports and intense physical activity physical therapy An arthroscopy is minimally invasive and may be necessary in some cases It begins when your surgeon inserts a thin scope into the joint space to visualize the area on a television monitor The surgeon then determines the location of the damage and decides upon the best type of surgical procedure Talus Osteochondral Lesion Complications If you dont receive effective treatment for osteochondritis dissecans its possible that degenerative osteoarthritis will develop in the affected joint Learn more about the Foot Ankle Center at Resurgens Orthopaedics News Media CrossFit Training for January 02 Have you ever been unable to put on your socks in the morning because it hurts to bend over Have you ever had to curl your spine before you sneeze so that your back doesnt spasm and drop you to the floor Does your low GeoCaching and Other December 11 The United Nations established December 11th as International Mountain Day in 2003 to highlight the need to support sustainable development and use of our mountain ecosystems Here in Georgia we have three gorgeous mountain ranges cutting

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Cyclical Consumer Goods February 9 2018 917 AM a year ago Chinas Shandong Ruyi expands fashion empire with Bally 3 Min Read Shandong Ruyi to buy a controlling stake in Bally from JAB Already controls Sandro Maje and Claudie Pierlot owner SMCP JAB has already sold off Belstaff and Jimmy Choo PARIS Feb 9 Reuters Shandong Ruyi has agreed to buy a controlling stake in Swiss luxury shoe and accessories firm Bally from Luxembourgbased JAB Holding the companies said on Friday as the Chinese textile maker builds up a portfolio of fashion labels Shandong Ruyi which did not disclose financial details for its latest purchase had swooped on Frances SMCP in 2016 buying a majority stake in the company behind affordable luxury labels Sandro Maje and Claudie Pierlot SMCP went public in 2017 Shandong Ruyi has been growing its network of luxury clothing and accessories labels in an industry still dominated at the very high end by large French conglomerates like Louis Vuitton owner LVMH and Gucci parent Kering This is an important milestone for Shandong Ruyi Group in our enterprise to become a global leader in the fashion apparel sector Yafu Qiu Chairman of Shandong Ruyi Group said in a statement We look forward to supporting Bally in achieving its continued growth and enhancing its brand globally Bally founded in 1851 in Switzerland as a quality footwear company and now headquartered in Milan has been looking to boost annual sales to 1 billion under Chief Executive Frederic de Narp They were less half of that in 2015 Privatelyheld JAB Holdings which owns doughnut makers Krispy Kreme as well as coffee brands and has a stake in consumer products group Reckitt Benckiser has meanwhile been spinning off its luxury and fashion investments It will retain an undisclosed minority stake in Bally JAB had already sold off British fashion brand Belstaff as well as shoemaker Jimmy Choo The brand famed for its towering stiletto heels coveted by celebrities was snapped up last year for 12 billion by US retailer Michael Kors which has since said it wants to grow its business with more acquisitions in the sector Shandong Ruyi spent HK222 billion 28388 million on a controlling stake in Hong Kong menswear group Trinity Ltd at the end of last year The retailer and wholesalers brands include classic British menswear makers Kent Curwen and Gieves Hawkes and Cerruti 1881 a Parisbased fashion house which also makes fragrances and watches Shandong Ruyi also bought Londonbased suit maker Aquascutum from Hong Kongs YGM Trading Ltd last year for 117 million 1 78203 Hong Kong dollars Reporting by Sarah White Editing by Catherine Evans Our Standards The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles

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Business News December 26 2017 551 PM a year ago Apple faces lawsuits after saying it slows down aging iPhones Paresh Dave 4 Min Read SAN FRANCISCO Reuters Apple Inc AAPLO defrauded iPhone users by slowing devices without warning to compensate for poor battery performance according to eight lawsuits filed in various federal courts in the week since the company opened up about the yearold software change The tweak may have led iPhone owners to misguided attempts to resolve issues over the last year the lawsuits contend All the lawsuits filed in US District Courts in California New York and Illinois seek classaction to represent potentially millions of iPhone owners nationwide A similar case was lodged in an Israeli court on Monday the newspaper Haaretz reported Apple did not respond to an email seeking comment on the filings The company acknowledged last week for the first time in detail that operating system updates released since last year for the iPhone 6 iPhone 6s iPhone SE and iPhone 7 included a feature to smooth out power supply from batteries that are cold old or low on charge Phones without the adjustment would shut down abruptly because of a precaution designed to prevent components from getting fried Apple said The disclosure followed a Dec 18 analysis by Primate Labs which develops an iPhone performance measuring app that identified blips in processing speed and concluded that a software change had to be behind them One of the lawsuits filed Thursday in San Francisco said that the batteries inability to handle the demand created by processor speeds without the software patch was a defect Rather than curing the battery defect by providing a free battery replacement for all affected iPhones Apple sought to mask the battery defect according to the complaint FILE PHOTO A salesman checks a customers iPhone at a mobile phone store in New Delhi India July 27 2016 REUTERSAdnan AbidiFile photo The plaintiff in that case is represented by attorney Jeffrey Fazio who represented plaintiffs in a 53million settlement with Apple in 2013 over its handling of iPhone warranty claims The problem now seen is that users over the last year could have blamed an aging computer processor for app crashes and sluggish performance and chose to buy a new phone when the true cause may have been a weak battery that could have been replaced for a fraction of the cost some of the lawsuits state If it turns out that consumers would have replaced their battery instead of buying new iPhones had they known the true nature of Apples upgrades you might start to have a better case for some sort of misrepresentation or fraud said Rory Van Loo a Boston University professor specializing in consumer technology law But Chris Hoofnagle faculty director for the Berkeley Center for Law Technology said in an email that Apple may not have done wrong White House considers banning Huawei and ZTE We still havent come to consumer protection norms around aging products Hoofnagle said Pointing to a device with a security flaw as an example he said the ethical approach could include degrading or even disabling functionality The lawsuits seek unspecified damages in addition to in some cases reimbursement A couple of the complaints seek court orders barring Apple from throttling iPhone computer speeds or requiring notification in future instances Reporting by Paresh Dave Editing by Leslie Adler Our Standards The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles

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World News October 19 2018 321 AM 3 months ago Germanys Merkel to attend Istanbul Syria summit government 1 Min Read German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at the ASEM leaders summit in Brussels Belgium October 19 2018 REUTERSToby Melville BERLIN Reuters Chancellor Angela Merkel will attend the Istanbul summit on Syria that was earlier announced by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan a German government spokeswoman said on Friday The spokeswoman said the focus of the discussions between her and the presidents of France Russia and Turkey would be the situation in the enclave of Idlib and supporting the implementation of the Sochi agreement between Russia and Turkey The Federal Government sees Russia as an ally of the Assad regime as a partner with a very particular responsibility the spokeswoman said At the same time Turkey with its Sochi agreement with Russia has also taken on a very particular responsibility Reporting by Riham Alkousaa writing by Thomas Escritt Editing by Maria Sheahan Our Standards The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles

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Commodities October 3 2018 300 AM 3 months ago Noble Energy cashes out of Tamar Petroleum after Egypt gas deal report 2 Min Read JERUSALEM Reuters Texasbased Noble Energy sold its 435 percent stake in Israels Tamar Petroleum after announcing last week that it would help finance a gas export deal with Egypt the Israeli business daily The Marker reported on Wednesday Nobles sale of 40 million Tamar shares at 1550 shekels 426 each took place on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange The Marker said in the unsourced report A Noble representative in Israel declined to comment Tamar shares were up 21 percent at 1639 shekels in midday trade On Sept 27 Noble Israels Delek Drilling and the Egyptian East Gas Co said they would buy a 39 percent stake in the EMG pipeline to enable a landmark 15 billion deal to export natural gas from Israel to Egypt to begin next year The 518 million purchase will enable the supply of 64 billion cubic metres of gas over 10 years from Israels offshore Tamar and Leviathan fields Delek and Noble which are partners in the fields will each pay 185 million while the Egyptian East Gas Co will pay 148 million Writing by Dan Williams Editing by Tova Cohen Our Standards The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles

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Cost to insure Tesla debt spikes to record high Kate Duguid 3 Min Read NEW YORK Reuters The cost to insure debt holdings in electric carmaker Tesla Inc TSLAO rose to its highestever level on Friday as the bond market reflected growing worries about a default following the news that Chief Executive Elon Musk had been accused of fraud by federal regulators A newly installed car charger at a Tesla Super Charging station is shown in Carlsbad California US September 14 2018 REUTERSMike Blake Teslas 5year credit default swap TSLA5YUSAXMG hit its highest price ever on Friday the day after the US Securities and Exchange Commission said it was suing Musk and pushing for his ouster The agency said he made a series of false and misleading tweets about potentially taking Tesla private last month Musk said on Thursday he had done nothing wrong The companys shares were down 123 percent at 26972 on Friday afternoon It costs about 71300 to insure 1 million of the electric carmakers debt plus an upfront cost of around 2245 percent which was also at an alltime high representing a total of 2958 percent of the face value of the companys 2025 junk bond 88160RAE1RRPS or around 295000 Doubts were evident elsewhere in the market Trading volume of the 2025 junk bond 88160RAE1RRP ballooned to 34 million on Thursday versus 6 million on Wednesday 1 million on Tuesday and 7 million on Monday according to Reuters trading sources Traders were quoting the junk bond at 87 cents early on Thursday morning As of Friday it was at 84 cents on the dollar The volume surge and price drop suggest that sellers who may have initially bought the bond because they believed in the companys fundamentals capitulated on the price A lot of times a burst in volume means the seller gave in said Tom Graff portfolio manager at Brown Advisory Added Henry Peabody portfolio manager at Eaton Vance The market financed a personality cult and the promise of growth Those expectations now need to come out of the market Tesla did not respond to a request for comment Default risks are rising because Tesla faces the looming possibility of a cash shortage If Tesla fails to meet production targets in the second half of 2018 it will need a different source of cash to pay for the 13 billion in debt it has coming due by March 2019 Credit investors think that without Musk Tesla would have a harder time tapping debt or equity markets Elon Musk is Tesla said John McClain portfolio manager at Diamond Hill This will limit their access to capital markets when they desperately need it Reporting by Kate Duguid in New York Editing by Matthew Lewis Our Standards The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles

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Criminal Justice Indiana serial killers victims still unknown long after his death By GW Schulz September 29 2015 Listen to this story in our podcast This story is part of an ongoing series Left for Dead Inside Americas Coldest Cases At first Scott McCord thought the boxes contained trash and nearly tossed them out It was 2008 and McCord a paramedic for more than 25 years had just been elected coroner of northwestern Indianas Newton County current population 14156 The outgoing coroner had carried the two old bankers boxes to McCords new office When McCord lifted the tops to look inside he found human bones and a slip of paper with an Indiana State Police case number Left for Dead series Left for dead How America fails the missing and unidentified Searchable database The Lost The Found She never left Harlan alive How a dead Houston father remained unidentified for 12 years A Minnesota womans tireless campaign to crack decadesold cold case McCord called the state police District 13 station one county north in Lowell to find out more about the case As McCord tells it a higherup called back to say the case was closed and the bones had all been returned to the families But the higherup was wrong The bones in the boxes belonged to two young murder victims of serial killer Larry Eyler They had never been identified McCord later learned more Two other Eyler victims also remained unnamed in the Indiana counties of Jasper and Hendricks Im like How can this be How can it be that nobody knows these kids nobody claimed these kids McCord said While Eyler is largely forgotten today his trial was highly publicized at the time Convicted in 1986 for the murder of a 15yearold boy he eventually died on death row in 1994 of AIDSrelated complications Based on Eylers own confessions authorities today believe he killed at least 22 people As many as six victims two of whom are believed to be from Illinois remain unidentified today Larry didnt know the names He knew the cases but he didnt know the names said Dan Colin who served as an investigator on an Eyler task force for the sheriffs office in Lake County Ill They were street kids or hitchhikers that he picked up Investigators work at an abandoned barn in Lake Village Indiana where two of Larry Eylers unidentified victims were found in 1983 Credit Courtesy of the Newton County Coroners Office The unknown boys and young men Eyler killed are part of a bleak national list of people found deceased without an identity More than 10000 bodies remain unidentified in the United States and the FBI estimates some 80000 people populate the ranks of the reported missing Details about them are contained in a growing but voluntary database called the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System or NamUs housed at the Center for Human Identification in Fort Worth Texas The Eyler cases eventually drifted from public attention until McCord became Newton Countys coroner seven years ago Identifying Eylers victims since has become McCords life mission and he has enlisted everyone imaginable for help His personal dentist performed Xrays and charting on the remains at no charge An artist in San Antonio sketched renderings of what their faces might have looked like A University of Indianapolis professor conducted a complete anthropological study of the bones The cases also were uploaded to NamUs Every time I go to our state coroners conference Im pushing the other coroners to get their cases into NamUs McCord said The major complaint that I get is We just dont have time I have even offered some of the smaller counties that Ill come do it for you Of the 43 cases entered into NamUs from Indiana 18 were labeled homicides as of June Officials have not determined the manner of death or it is not listed for another 21 cases according to an analysis of NamUs data obtained through the Freedom of Information Act Help make a match Help match the missing and unidentified through our Web tool The Lost The Found which allows you to search NamUs data including photos and other details side by side More information is available about how to use this tool and what to do if you have a missing loved one The Indiana State Police assigned an investigator to work with McCord in 2008 after he contacted them about the bones in the boxes said spokesman Capt Dave Bursten That detective still is working with McCord today Bone samples taken for DNA testing also were sent to a laboratory that works with NamUs at the University of North Texas Bursten said and to the FBIs Combined DNA Index System or CODIS In 2013 state police issued a news release asking the public for help Cold cases are more than just pop culture novelty They could mean a perpetrator is free to strike again said Michael Murphy the coroner in Las Vegas for 13 years until recently joining the National Center for Missing Exploited Children to run its unknown victims unit Theres always a balancing act that youre going to do between handling the cases that are immediate today and the cases from the past he said Every one of those cases is important and every one of those cases deserves our attention Among the unidentified homicide victims in Indiana not believed to be connected to Eyler are a woman in her late teens or early 20s found by deer hunters in the remote woods of Wayne County in 1982 and another woman believed to be around the same age discovered in 2007 burned and charred in the north section of Gary Indiana law doesnt explicitly require that certain steps be taken to ensure identification but McCord said coroners are urged during stateled training to exhaust all possible avenues Police first came in contact with Eyler on Aug 3 1978 when one of his victims terrified and naked turned up on the doorstep of a Terre Haute home begging for help clutching a knife wound in his chest Authorities later would learn that the man had hitchhiked across town but the driver had pulled off the road bound his hands and ankles and sexually assaulted him before stabbing him Eyler without explanation turned himself in to police at the scene Inside his truck were objects including knives handcuffs and tear gas Before the man could testify against Eyler however he was offered a 2500 check by Eyler and his attorney to forget about the whole thing The man accepted and walked away Astonishingly Eyler walked away too His urges got to him He wasnt realizing what he was doing He was fantasizing said GeraLind Kolarik a former Chicagoarea TV reporter who published a detailed account of the Eyler murders in a 1990 book Freed to Kill He learned on that case not to let them be alive anymore because then they cant come back He learned to kill them Five years passed before police under pressure from local media and the families of victims determined that a growing number of bodies found in the area were connected to one another by the types of wounds they bore and how they were dumped Investigators from several communities formed a task force in spring 1983 The carefully laid out bodies of four males were found that fall in Lake Village Indiana near an abandoned barn just west of US Highway 41 which stretches south from Chicago through Indiana and into western Kentucky Authorities succeeded in identifying two of the victims at the time The two others never were identified and wound up in the boxes McCord got in 2008 An artists sketch shows an unidentified victim of serial killer Larry Eyler nicknamed Brad by Newton County Coroner Scott McCord He was found with three others in Lake Village Indiana in 1983 Credit Betsy Cooper for the Newton County Coroners Office McCord calls them my kids He named each of them Adam is black and believed to be between the ages of 15 and 20 He was found in Levis blue jeans boots and a redandwhite belt with a gold buckle Brad who is white is estimated to be about the same age and was found in buttonpocket brown slacks He had a homemade cross tattoo on his right forearm with two dots above the horizontal line Both bodies were heavily decomposed when they were discovered Eyler emerged as a suspect soon after the task force got underway But procedural bungling by the Indiana State Police enabled him to walk away from charges a second time after critical evidence obtained through a warrantless search had to be thrown out in court The evidence included bloodstained boots that connected Eyler to the body of a young man found stabbed repeatedly in Illinois Back on the streets Eyler killed again before he was stopped for the last time On the morning of Aug 21 1984 a janitor in Chicago found the dismembered remains of 15yearold Danny Bridges divided between two trash bags and stuffed into a dumpster behind an apartment building where Eyler was staying Evidence found in Eylers apartment led to his arrest A receipt for hacksaw blades blood underneath the threshold of a doorway material plunged from the kitchen sink like pieces of chicken fat as a lover of Eylers John Dobrovolskis later testified and other evidence turned up in the apartment even though Eyler had mopped the floors and repainted the walls An artists sketch shows an unidentified victim of serial killer Larry Eyler nicknamed Adam by Newton County Coroner Scott McCord He was found with three others in Lake Village Indiana in 1983 Credit Betsy Cooper for the Newton County Coroners Office In later confession letters Eyler described handcuffing blindfolding and stabbing the two McCord calls Adam and Brad He also insisted that an accomplice had helped him kill one of the two unidentified victims found near the barn But authorities failed in an attempt to prosecute the alleged accomplice Indiana State University professor Robert David Little with whom Eyler frequently stayed After Kolariks Freed to Kill renewed interest in the Eyler murders prosecutors decided to charge Little with joining Eyler in the 1982 stabbing death of Steven Agan a 23yearold car wash employee A jury unanimously acquitted Little in 1991 following a trial hobbled from the beginning because the star witness for the prosecution against Little was Eyler himself Until theres a new break in the case four of Eylers Indiana victims including Adam and Brad await being reunited with their families Although he hasnt yet solved the bankers box mystery McCord maintains that getting all Jane and John Doe cases out of dusty filing cabinets and into electronic databases is a critical step for all of the unidentified There has to be a mother a father a brother a sister somebody out there looking for these kids he said These kids have families I know if it was my kid I would go to the end of the earth trying to find them This story was edited by Fernando Diaz It was copy edited by Nikki Frick GW Schulz can be reached at gwschulzrevealnewsorg Follow him on Twitter GWSchulzCIR Republish this content

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Smartphones Top 10 The Best Waterproof Tough Rugged Smartphones 2018 Edition Never worry about dropping your phone ever again By James Gil 04112018 8 Looking for a Tough Rugged Waterproof smartphone thatll Survive the Apocalypse Look no further Rugged smartphones appeal to three types of people the adventurous outdoor person manual workers and people like me who are always dropping their phones Even the keyboard warrior can have need for an indestructible smartphone If you work out in the elements or love the outdoors you need a smartphone thatll survive the apocalypse in extreme conditions a delicate smartphone isnt going to cut it Whether its extreme heat constantly being dropped surviving underwater or just being 100 sealed from dust and dirt Weve got just the rugged phone for you This list only features the toughest most rugged fully waterproof smartphones of 2018 All the phones below are available right now Check out page 2 for upcoming tough rugged smartphones Dont know your IP rating from your MIL STD Dont worry Ive explained everything you need to know here The Best Waterproof Tough Rugged Smartphones 2018 Ulefone ARMOR 5 No Compromises Tough Phone The Ulefone Armor 5 is the prettiest tough phone you can lay hands on It also happens to be the very first rugged phone to feature a display notch and an impressive screentobody ratio of over 91 Its fully waterproof to an IP68 rating which allows the Armor 5 to be submerged in water 15 metres deep for up to 60 minutes It also features 10w wireless charging meaning you dont have to mess around with USB port when charging The battery itself is a healthy 5000mAh more than enough for a full days power usage or two days normal use The shiny back of the phone is made from a scratchproof shatterproof acrylic with a reinforced TPU bumper for protection against drops This is all held together by the central metal chassis This one tough phone to beat while still fitting into your pocket Ulefone Armor 5 View on Amazon Tough Credentials IP68 Rating Waterproof to 15 metres for 60 minutes Dustproof Gorilla Glass 4 Display 585 HD 1512720 PPI 286 CPU Helio P23 8Cores RAM 4GB Storage 64GB expandable 256GB OS Android 81 Rear Camera 16MP 5MP Selfie Camera 13MP Full UK Network Support Yes WiFi Dualband n NFC Yes Battery 5000mAh Wireless Weight 228 grams Caterpillar CAT S61 The Predator The CAT S61 likely wont be your rugged smartphones choice but Ive added it to this list anyway as its awesome Why because its the first camera to feature as fullblown thermal imaging camera sensor The successor to the CAT 60 the CAT 61s thermal imaging sensor is now twice as powerful measuring up to 400 degree temps with HD image data It also includes an air quality sensor that measures VOCs Its not just a fancy thermal camera either its 18 meter dropproof thanks to a strengthened diecast frame and it can be left underwater for up to an hour at depths of 3 metres The screen uses Gorilla Glass 5 and is also certified to work in wet conditions Unless you need the thermal imaging though there are much better value rugged phones The downside is that you wont get to reenact any scenes from Predator Caterpillar S61 View on Amazon Tough Credentials IP68 Rating Dust Proof Dropproof to 18m 3 metres for 60 minutes water submersion MILSPEC 810G Operating Temp 25C to 55C Category 4 vibration Thermal imaging camera Laser Measure Gorilla Glass 5 Display 52 FHD 19201080 PPI 312 CPU Snapdragon 630 8Cores RAM 4GB Storage 64GB expandable 256GB OS Android 80 Rear Camera 13MP Selfie Camera 13MP Full UK Network Support Yes WiFi bgn NFC Yes Battery 4500mAh Weight 228 grams BlackView BV9500 Pro The Beast Blackview is the king of rugged with a pedigree that goes back to 2014 Theyve been making tough phones for years and are experienced in making some of the most badass smartphones ever The BV9500 Pro is one of these and comes with the highest protection of IP69K To get this rating the BV9500 was blasted with high pressure water jets at 80C It also passed the MILSTD810G drop shock testing We also get a sidefacing fingerprint readers NFC and wireless charging for that humongous 10000mAh battery With great power comes one seriously heavy smartphones that weighs in at 365g And saving the best until last theres also a screw on antenna so you can use the phone as a walkie talkie Awesome The Blackview BV9500 Pro is a beast View on Amazon Tough Credentials IP69K Waterproof 120 minutes water submersion at 18m Dust Proof 18m Dropproof Gorilla Glass Display 57 FHD 21601080 PPI 425 CPU Helio P23 8Cores RAM 6GB Storage 128GB expandable 128GB OS Android 81 Rear Camera 16MP 2MP Selfie Camera 13MP Full UK Network Support Yes WiFi 24GHz abgn NFC YES Battery 10000mAh Wireless Weight 365 grams Ulefone Armor X The Budget Defender The Ulefone Armor X doesnt meet our minimum hardware requirements but Ive included it anyway Why because the Ulefone Armor X has a lot to offer Not only is it IP68 waterproof but it has NFC Wireless charging and comes with the latest Android 81 OS For light Android users who need the extra protection of a rugged smartphone the Ulefone Armor X is an excellent choice but it does have its cons The MediaTek MT6739 isnt the fastest and the 16GBs of included storage is low On the bright side there is an expandable SD card port available For a smartphone with a massive 5000mAh battery the 139mm thickness and 256 grams weight can be forgiven Overall its a great budget option is money is tight and youre a light Android user Ulefone Armor X View on Amazon Rugged Credentials IP68 Waterproof Rating 15m for 60 minutes 12m drop protection 40C to 80C degrees operating temps Gorilla Glass Display 55 HD 1440720 PPI 293 CPU MediaTek 6739 4Cores RAM 2GB Storage 16GB expandable 256GB OS Android 81 Rear Camera 13MP 5MP Selfie Camera 8MP Full UK Network Support Yes WiFi Dualband abgn NFC Yes Battery 5500mAh Wireless Weight 256 grams Vernee V2 Pro The Vernee V2 Pro offers not only a waterproof IP68 rating and solid drop protection armour but actually resembles a smartphone A lot of tough rugged smartphones look more like 80s Walkie Talkies than modern smartphones The IP68 rating is good for 30 minutes submersion at depths of 15 meters and it comes with an antislip design making it easier to use in wet conditions Inside we find the capable Helio P23 8core chip combined with a very healthy 6GBs of RAM and 64GBs of storage To top it all off the Vernee V2 Pro comes with a large 599 full HD display No rugged phone is complete without an epic battery life to match The V2 Pro doesnt disappoint with a 6200mAh battery thatll easily last you two full days The 18w fast charger will top you up 30 in only 30 minutes Vernee V2 Pro View on Amazon Rugged Credentials IP68 Rating 15m waterproof for 30 minutes Dust Dirt Proof Corning Gorilla Glass Magnalium Frame TPU Armoured Corners Antislip Design 30C to 60C degrees operating temps Compass GPSGLONASS Display 599 FHD 10802160 PPI 293 CPU Helio P23 8Cores RAM 6GB Storage 64GB expandable 256GB OS Android 81 Rear Camera 13MP 5MP Selfie Camera 8MP Full UK Network Support Yes WiFi Dualband abgn NFC Yes Battery 6200mAh Wireless Weight 259 grams Doogee S55 The Doogee S55 is made from an aluminium chassis surrounded by reinforced TPU drop bumpers It uses a textured leather patter to improve grip and is IP68 rated for submersion of 15m for 24 hours Protecting the display is Gorilla Glass and its also certified to work in extreme temps of 60 C to minus 30C The S55 is one of Doogees budget rugged handsets with the S60 S70 being also available with enhanced rugged protection and faster performance The S80 is soon Doogees soon to be released rugged flagship phone which can be found later on in the coming soon section Doogee S55 View on Amazon Rugged Credentials IP68 Waterproof Rating 15m for 24 hours 30C to 60C degrees operating temps Gorilla Glass 3 Display 55 HD 7201440 PPI 292 CPU MediaTek 6750T 8Cores RAM 4GB Storage 64GB expandable 128GB OS Android 80 Rear Camera 13MP 8MP Selfie Camera 5MP Full UK Network Support Yes WiFi Dualband abgn NFC Yes Battery 5500mAh Weight 265 grams Oukitel WP1 Stylish Rugged Oukitel are no strangers to creating tough smartphones with their latest the Oukitel WP1 being a beauty I love it when smartphone makers get the design on a rugged phone just right The perfect mix between toughness and elegance But none of that matters if the WP1 cant take a beating It comes with an IP68 rating making it waterproof dustproof and dirtproof and has also been ruggedized to withstand shocks and vibrations All four corners are made from shock absorbing TPU held together with metal supports either side If you spend a lot of time outdoors youll also appreciate that the WP1 has an inbuilt barometer sensor ecompass In terms of performance its powered by the MediaTek Helio P23 with 4GB of RAM and 64GBs of storage The dual rear camera setup also uses a Sony IMX lens with a resolution of 13MP Finally not rugged phone is complete without a big battery The WP1 has 5000mAh which is fastcharge and wireless charge ready What you dont get is a full HD display or NFC But considering the price the WP1 is a good option Oukitel WP1 View on Amazon Rugged Credentials IP68 Waterproof Rating Dustproof Shock Protection Barometer Sensor Display 55 HD 7201440 PPI 292 CPU Helio P23 8Cores RAM 4GB Storage 64GB expandable 128GB OS Android 81 Rear Camera 13MP 2MP Selfie Camera 5MP Full UK Network Support Yes WiFi 24GHz bgn NFC No Battery 5000mAh wireless Weight 257 grams Cubot King Kong 3 Value Defender Cubot is better known for its range of reliable budget smartphones than its rugged phone lineup More information Cubot King Kong 3 Review The Cubot King Kong 1 was a bit of a flop It was underpowered and didnt stand out against the competition The Cubot King Kong 3 brings some much needed performance upgrades Most notably NFC a large battery and Gorilla Glass protection It may not be armoured up to the core but it has price on its side as one of cheapest phones in this list Cubot King Kong 3 View on Amazon Tough Credentials IP68 Rating 15 Metres for 30 minutes water submersion Dustproof waterproof fingerprint reader Gorilla Glass 30C to 60C degrees operating temps 15m Droptested Display 55 HD 7201440 PPI 292 CPU Helio P23 8Cores RAM 4GB Storage 64GB expandable 128GB OS Android 81 Rear Camera 16MP 2MP Selfie Camera 13MP Full UK Network Support Yes WiFi Dualband abgn NFC YES Battery 6000mAh Weight 280 grams Galaxy S8 Active If you hadnt heard Samsungs 2017 Flagship the S8 has also been released in a tough rugged version called the Samsung Galaxy Active You might find it hard to get your hands on the Galaxy S8 Active though as Samsung has partnered with American network ATT to release it exclusively If youre lucky enough you can find unlocked Galaxy S8 Active on sites like eBay The Active version of the Galaxy S8 does away with the curved infinity display in place of a flat screen It has rubberised corners to protect it from drops has a shatter resistant screen and has an improved IP68 rating of 50 minutes at 1 metre depth In terms of hardware we also see a jump in battery size up to 4000mAh Overall its not a huge jump from the original and you might be better off getting a case like this from Amazon for the standard Galaxy S8 instead Were still waiting for news on the release of a Samsung Galaxy S9 Active Samsung Galaxy S8 Active Armoured Case on Amazon Tough Credentials IP68 Rating Dust Proof 30 minutes water submersion at 15m shatter resistant 5 feet flat surface Gorilla Glass 5 Display 58 UHD 25601440 PPI 577 CPU Snapdragon 835 8Cores RAM 4GB Storage 64GB expandable 256GB OS Android 8 Update to 9 Rear Camera 12MP Selfie Camera 8MP Full UK Network Support Yes WiFi Dualband ac NFC YES Battery 4000mAh wireless Weight 208 grams Not Yet Released Tough Waterproof Phones Rugged Mobile Tech Explained 1 2 3 REVIEW OVERVIEW Rugged 100 Tough 100 Waterproof 100 Drop Proof 100 Dust Proof 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Home Inside Tech Amazon Echo cant make video calls unless you have a phone By Harrison Keely Las Vegas ReviewJournal May 1 2018 1200 pm This still frame from a commercial for Amazons Echo Spot shows a grandmother using her new device Amazon My grandparents recently received an Amazon Echo Show My family hoped the device would let them easily video chat with their children and grandchildren We quickly learned however that Echos cant make calls video audio or messages without a cell phone And my grandparents dont own a cell phone They have a tablet which allowed us to install the Alexa app but not make calls It was surprising given that video calls over FaceTime and Skype work as long as both parties have the right hardware Many seniors dont have cell phones or the ability to video chat and thats something Amazon picked up on when marketing the Echo A commercial released Jan 25 depicts a grandma missing her family until she gets a box in the mail containing an Echo and she can call her kin The only problem is that without a cell phone to begin with such calls cant be made Amazon has removed the video from its YouTube channel An Amazon spokesperson told me no mobile number is needed for users to make drop in calls between devices on their own account for instance within a home However Amazon has not specified why Echos rely on a phone for video chatting with devices on other accounts Amazons customer service page says Alexa Calling and Messaging are separate from mobile phone service but it also says users must have a mobile number to sign up If Amazon allowed users to make calls based on an email address or an Amazon account it could make things far easier What areas of media and technology do you have questions about Let me know at hkeelyreviewjournalcom andor on Twitter HarrisonKeely TOP NEWS Inside Tech Apps for everything There must be a better way By Harrison Keely RJ Inside Tech 7 ways autocomplete can get smarter By Harrison Keely RJ Inside Tech How often does your smart speaker get smarter By Harrison Keely RJ Inside Tech 6 things you didnt know about CNNs drone program By Harrison Keely RJ Sponsored A Positive Outlook Vision and Commitment Jeremy Aguero News Headlines Nevada Harry Reid in interview calls Trump worst US president ever By Gary Martin RJ Crime Man faces DUI charges in crash that injured Las Vegas officer By Katelyn Newberg RJ Henderson Las Vegas Valleys first baby of 2019 is familys miracle By Briana Erickson RJ RaidersNFL Raiders Mike Mayock now made man NFL Network coworker says By Michael Gehlken RJ TV Netflix says 45M watched Bird Box in first week By Michael Liedtke The Associated Press Golden KnightsNHL Should Las Vegas host an NHL Winter Classic game POLL By Adam Hill RJ Nevada About 34K Nevadans not getting paid during government shutdown By Bill Dentzer RJ Shootings Man dies after being shot by security guards at Henderson casino By Briana Erickson RJ Local Nevada Donation reopens Death Valley visitors center during shutdown By Selwyn Harris Pahrump Valley Times Golden KnightsNHL Golden Knights MarcAndre Fleury named to NHL AllStar team By Adam Hill RJ The Strip Coroner IDs pedestrian killed on Las Vegas Strip By Katelyn Newberg RJ Local Las Vegas Volunteers needed for Clark County homeless count By Shea Johnson RJ Politics and Government No deal to end shutdown Trump says it will last as long as it takes By Gary Martin RJ Henderson Transgender Henderson police officers work to close LGBT divide By Blake Apgar RJ Traffic Southbound I15 traffic backed up for 12 miles By Max Michor RJ Shootings Coroner IDs man fatally shot by jewelry store worker in Las Vegas By Katelyn Newberg RJ Golden KnightsNHL Golden Knights blank Kings 20 to open new year By David Schoen RJ UNLV Basketball UNLV hopes for fresh start against weak Mountain West By Mark Anderson RJ Inside Tech 5 ways Amazon can improve the Echo Spots hardware By Harrison Keely RJ Inside Tech How Google could make Quick Answers even quicker By Harrison Keely RJ Nation and World Man arrested in Florida after fight over McDonalds straw The Associated Press Casinos Gaming Layoffs part of MGM Resorts plan to boost cash flow By Todd Prince RJ Business BristolMyers Squibb paying 74B for fellow drugmaker Celgene The Associated Press Local Spotlight

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