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They have the normal five-fingered hand that Men have. Their words for the fingers attest to that:Quenya, Telerin leper (pl. leperi), Sindarin leber, pl. lebir “finger” is derived from the root LEP- “pick (up, out)”. From this root is also derived the Quenya word lempe (< *lepnē < lepenē < Common Eldarin lepem(e)), S. leben “five”.The Elvish words for the thumb: Q. nāpo, T. nāpa, S. nawb (NAP- “grasp, seize quickly (with the fingers)”);The forefinger: Q. tassa or lepetas, T. tassa, S. tas or lebdas (TAS- “point, indicate”);The middle finger: Q. lepenel, T. nellepe, S. lebeneð (ENED, ENEL “middle”.) Because the middle finger is also the third finger, the word for “three” is also derived from ENEL- (Q. nelde, T. nelet, neled, S. neleð);The ring finger: Q. lepente or lepekan, T. nente, S. lebent (KAN-AT- “four”. According to Tolkien: “The suffix -ente here is probably cognate with Q. ente ‘moreover, further(more)’ and nete *’one more, another: the latter word used in enumerating a series, such as “1, 2, (3) nete, nete, nete...”’” —Vnyar Tengwar 48:14–15, note 4);The little finger: Q. nīke or lepinke, T. nīke, S. niged or lebig (NIK- “small, little”).But besides the normal decimal system, the Elves also developed a duodecimal system of reckoning. This may be the reason why there is the mistaken notion that the Elves have twelve fingers. Tolkien wrote:In spite of their later predominant [?and theoretical] interest in and use of six-twelve (as group units) they did not develop a complete duodecimal nomenclature, though they invented (after the Common Eldarin period for numbers above 12) special names for the multiples of six x six. Of these, 18 and 24 were also in daily use, as well as the ‘gross’ 144 (12 x 12), and 72 half-gross. (Vinyar Tengwar 47: 17)

Jack Welch was an absolute fraud. I worked as a GE Gas Turbine Controls Field Engineer from 1998 to 2007. During Jack’s reign of lunacy, came the LEP program (Least Effective Performer) which meant that 1 in every 10 GE employees was, by definition, an under performer. And as an under performer that person did not receive a raise that year. Quite a scam that saved GE from giving 10% of their workers a raise each year all the while blaming the worker for the rating. Proof of this is in Jack’s book “Straight from the Gut” on page 455 where he created a graph showing this. Interestingly, there are no data points given to show how the graph was created. BTW GE no longer uses Jack’s LEP program.Jack also implemented 6-Sigma. I was required to attend a 5 day 6-Sigma training class and another 4 day 6-Sigma training class, even sectaries, accountants, maintenance types, draftsmen, salesmen and line workers were required to attend at the cost of hundreds of millions of dollars to GE.. Furthermore, everyone had to be 6-Sigma certified, then produce 6-Sigma projects. I was a Green Belt. These 6-Sigma projects were to increase GE productivity and were to be presented in a form much like a college thesis, complete with preface, table of contents, graphs, data points, various tests, economic costs, profit projection, etc. When I asked my boss for a charge number to charge my time, I was told to do it on my own time. If you did not complete the required 6-sigma projects that year, you became a LEP. It was all up to the management how many 6-sigma projects anyone was to complete in a year. My section, Energy Services, had 2, some departments had 3. 6-Sigma was such a disaster for GE, it was relabeled 6-Sigma Lean and only a few were required to know how to use it. Those who volunteered for upper levels of 6-Sigma increased their chances for promotion. Years later, when 6-Sigma was downgraded, those who were 6-sigma types were despised by most of the other workers for the opportunists they were. 6-Sigma taught employees not to work or help one another, for if you helped a co-worker, he might out perform you, and you would be the LEP. It also taught people to be underhanded. I had a co-worker steal my work to use for his 6-Sigma project.Years later, when I was not a GE employee, I met a mid-level former GE manager, who commented on how Jack always met his financial goals. GE would sell of various assets, then through accounting games, provide money to selected divisions so they all met their targets. I can’t verify this, for I was a lowly engineer.Jack implemented “Going Paperless”. Printers were to be removed from offices. Printers were even being removed from the drafting department. I can attest to this at the Jacintoport facility in 2000. Field Engineers were to go to the field and use the PC’s screen to mark-up drawings, no paper drawings were allowed. This was stopped by avoiding telling truth to upper management. Printers were reported removed when actually they were not. In my department, a 6-Sigma project was presented. The project was justified under “Increased Productivity”. What was it? My department purchased an 11 x 17 printer to replace the 8 1/2 x 11 printer that was removed under the “Going Paperless” program.Jack implemented “E-Business” where at a certain year 50% or more of GE’s business would be done on-line. This was laughable, when you realize that a new power plant cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Who would buy a power plant with a click of a mouse?There were the Jack Welch CEO perks that somehow were not accurately reported in the SEC filings. This was during the time of the Enron scandal. Perks like using GE corporate jets to fly across the USA and watch his favorite team the Boston Red Socks. (How is that for value to the shareholder?) No one in GE’s corporate governance thought that any of those perks were excessive. The only reason these perks were made public was due to his soon to be second ex-wife released them to the public as divorce pressure. I saved a Houston Chronicle newspaper article, titled “GE, regulators end Welch benefits case” dated September 24, 2004. The second paragraph of the article states,”The millions of dollars in benefits included unlimited personal use of GE’s planes, exclusive use of an $11,000,000 apartment in New York City, a chauffeured limousine, a leased Mercedes, office space, bodyguards and security systems for his homes.”