...He was one of the first German proponents of Renaissance humanism, and he made spiritual and political contributions in European history. When Nicholas of Cusa was at a young age, “he entered the Faculty of Arts of the Heidelberg University in 1416 as ‘a cleric of the Diocese of Trier,’ studying the liberal arts”(Hudson). He seemed to have left Heidelberg soon afterwards, “as he received his doctorate in canon law from the University of Padua in 1423” (Joost-Gaugier). After he attended the University of Padua in 1423, “he entered the University of Cologne in 1425 as ‘a doctor of canon law,’ which he appears to have both taught and practiced there”(Joost-Gaugier). In the field of philosophy, “Nicholas of Cusa was noted for his deeply mystical writings about Christianity” (Hudson), particularly on the possibility of knowing God with the divine human mind. Nicholas of Cusa wrote of the unfolding of creation in God. “He was suspected by some of holding pantheistic beliefs, but his writings were never accused of being heretical” (Joost-Gaugier). In the field of mathematics, Nicholas of Cusa can be read about in the different essays that he wrote. “Most of Nicholas of Cusa's mathematical ideas can be found in his essays, De Docta Ignorantia (Of Learned Ignorance), De Visione Dei (On the Vision of God) and On Conjectures. He also wrote on squaring the circle in his mathematical treatises” (Hudson). Nicholas of Cusa also had an impact in the field of science that he studied. In medicine...
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...RELS 117 February 27, 2014 The Way What is faith? The question alone seems so simple but yet is packed with so much uncertainty and lacks a definite answer. To some, faith may be the act of attending mass every Sunday. To others, it may be worshiping an object that they think will provide answers later in life. In Emilio Estevez’s award winning film The Way, characters demonstrate acts of faith that both appeal and contradict with some theologians and film critics’ definitions of faith. Although the film does have some religious themes and content, I agree with theologian Paul Tillich and film critic Steven Greydanus that this film lacks true faith. Paul Tillich is a theologian that would find the faith in The Way controversial. In order to understand why Tillich would disagree with the faith displayed in the movie, his definition of faith must first be laid out. Paul Tillich’s definition of faith is “the state of being ultimately concerned.” To be true faith, the ultimate concern must meet three criteria. The first criteria is that it must demand total surrender. Tillich bases this criteria on Deuteronomy 6:5 which states, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” In other words, the person must completely commit and give themselves up for their ultimate concern. His second criteria is that it promises total fulfillment. This means that ultimate concern promises, not guarantees, happiness, satisfaction, and purpose...
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...EL JARRON AZUL LA ANECDOTA DEL LUCHADOR QUE NO SE DA POR VENCIDO CAPITULO I Hace casi veinte años, apareció un libro (en inglés) con un título que significaba aproximadamente el que se ve arriba, y el cual enseña una gran lección. Cientos de miles y quizá millones de hombres han admirado la anécdota y procurado seguir el ejemplo del héroe de ella, cuyo lema era "Lo haré". Desgraciadamente esta historieta nunca fue traducida a otros idiomas, aunque beneficiaría a cuantos la leyeran. Por creerlo así . . . por ser un elocuente ejemplo de lo que constituye la firmeza de voluntad que conduce al éxito; daremos aquí, con permiso del autor, un resumen de ella. Muy lejos de hacerlo en el expresivo y vigoroso lenguaje del notable y admirado escritor -Pedro B. Kyne- de fama mundial, y dudamos que un simple compendio, cuando menos una traducción, pueda transmitir la elevada filosofía que contiene, el humorismo y el profundo sentido común que han hecho de la pequeña historieta una verdadera obra clásica. Sin embargo, deseamos dar una síntesis de la moraleja que esta admirable anécdota encierra y que ha sido una inspiración para tantos que aspirando al éxito, habían creído insuperables los obstáculos con que tropezaran. Mr. Alden P. Ricks, mejor conocido como "Cappy Ricks", fue el fundador y el espíritu dirigente de una importante empresa maderera y de vapores. En teoría, ya se había retirado de la dirección activa del negocio, pero en realidad continuaba siendo...
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...Victoria Allred Prof. Olson ENG 2309.007 September 18, 2013 Morality Play In A Clockwork Orange written by Anthony Burgess, we read about a fifteen year old boy, named Alex, from Britain in the nineteen-seventy’s. He goes through many obstacles and many questions arrive in the readers mind about the treatment of citizens and the control of government. We watch this boy go through some many harsh times and the biggest question is if humans should have their free will to choose good or evil, or if the government should be able to choose that there will be nothing but good in the world. And as the prison Charles and F. Alexander said, “A man who cannot choose ceases to be a man” (pg. 100). I believe that moral depravity is much better than forced morality. The main point that Burgess makes in this book is that a humans right to choose good or evil is essential to society. During the book, Alex goes through a treatment that is supposed to cure his desire to be evil. This treatment was a liquid substance that was injected into his bloodstream that made Alex became sick at the sight or thought of evil. When Alex tells F. Alexander, a writer, about the things he went through, he says, “They have turned you into something other than a human being” (pg. 100). Alex cannot do as he pleases without getting that horrid sick feeling. And sometimes he even feels as if he wants to end his own life. The treatment does keep Alex from doing evil but it also keeps him from defending himself...
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...History of Logarithms Logarithms were invented independently by John Napier, a Scotsman, and by Joost Burgi, a Swiss. Napier's logarithms were published in 1614; Burgi's logarithms were published in 1620. The objective of both men was to simplify mathematical calculations. This approach originally arose out of a desire to simplify multiplication and division to the level of addition and subtraction. Of course, in this era of the cheap hand calculator, this is not necessary anymore but it still serves as a useful way to introduce logarithms. Napier's approach was algebraic and Burgi's approach was geometric. The invention of the common system of logarithms is due to the combined effort of Napier and Henry Biggs in 1624. Natural logarithms first arose as more or less accidental variations of Napier's original logarithms. Their real significance was not recognized until later. The earliest natural logarithms occur in 1618. It can’t be said too often: a logarithm is nothing more than an exponent. The basic concept of logarithms can be expressed as a shortcut…….. Multiplication is a shortcut for Addition: 3 x 5 means 5 + 5 + 5 Exponents are a shortcut for Multiplication: 4^3 means 4 x 4 x 4 Logarithms are a shortcut for Exponents: 10^2 = 100. The present definition of the logarithm is the exponent or power to which a stated number, called the base, is raised to yield a specific number. The logarithm of 100 to the base 10 is 2. This is written: log10 (100) = 2. Before pocket calculators...
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...In Emilio Estevez's The Way, two notable characters, Tom and Sarah, experience their purpose for the pilgrimage as a route to restore their mental well-being. To begin with, Tom and Sarah are continuously fighting their internal battle of dealing with the grief of their deceased children. In fact, Sarah shows that she overcomes her grief when she says that her pilgrimage “was never about quitting these things [cigarettes],” (The Way 2010). Sarah is trying to reveal that her purpose was to become healthy mentally rather than physically. Similarly, Tom overcomes his grief when he washes away the remains of his son’s ashes in the water. In Tom’s perspective this represents the end of his grief as he lets of his son. Secondly, Tom and Sarah are...
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...The BioSolar Cells project Sustainable energy from photosynthesis Photosynthesis is a complex process that occurs in many variations. The BioSolar Cells Project initiative aims to specifically use this diversity to improve this process and enhance its potential as a source of energy, biomass, feed and food. NADHP ATP PLANTS El ec tro n tra Glucose ns po rt ch ai n Photosystem I Photosystem II Energy Energy Energy The world faces a rapidly increasing demand for sustainable energy. Man-caused changes that threaten the climate, together with oilsupplies that eventually will run short, forces us to rely on alternative biomass sources for products that now originate from oil. First and second generation biofuels cannot fulfill this need in a sustainable and societal acceptable manner. In addition, the world faces the challenge to increase agricultural production to adequately feed an increasing world population. Since the possibilities to increase the agricultural acreage are limited, this largely must be accomplished by improving the landproductivity. The largest option available is the sun and it is our challenge to make the most of this incredible resource. While solar power currently revolves primarily around the application of photovoltaic cells, new options are available with photobiological cells or BioSolar Cells. These have various benefits: • Production of these cells is in principle inexpensive; • The biological materials used...
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...Marvel Case Names: Markus Hesse, Hugo Feis, Joost Welzen & Eric Weijman Bad luck * Drop in sales due to strikes in professional baseball and hockey Bad strategy * There is no strategic response to the trend of new forms of entertainment (e.g. video games). Instead, investments are made in obsolete business like trading cards * Unsustainable focus on increasing the number of monthly titles and raising prices, which only temporarily yields returns from buyers who buy them for speculative reasons * Due to this strategy (focusing on speculative buyers), which means fancy covers and high prices, (also due to the changed distribution model), the Marvel comics do not longer appeal to the core readers. The very foundation of the business is therefore neglected * Rationale for the diversification strategy was a mitigate to cyclicality, but this clearly did not pay off. No clear evidence of alternative synergies between the businesses. Moreover, restructuring charges are substantial * Additional investment in declining trading cards business through the acquisition of SkyBox, while Marvel was already showing signs of distress * Drafting an unconvincing reorganization plan, which among others includes an additional acquisition (which raises new risk and debt in the short term). Selling off unsynergetic business units may have made more senses Bad execution * High leverage using overpriced shares as collateral. Given the this leverage in combination...
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...Een essay is een beschouwende prozatekst of een artikel voor krant of tijdschrift, waarin de schrijver zijn persoonlijke visie geeft op hedendaagse verschijnselen, problemen of ontwikkelingen. In het Engels verwijst de term meer in het algemeen naar een opstel of betoog. De Nederlandse betekenis komt echter van het Franse 'essai', wat zoiets betekent als probeersel of proeve. Tegenwoordig wordt het woord ook in Nederland nogal eens in de Engelse betekenis gebruikt, maar het gaat hier dus in principe om twee verschillende categorieën. De schepper van dit literaire genre was Michel de Montaigne die in 1580 het eerste deel van zijn 'Essais' publiceerde. Opbouw Het essay (in de originele, uit het Frans afgeleide betekenis) is veelal een literaire tekst, die in dienst staat van het leveren van een overtuigend betoog, zij het zonder dat er sprake is van een expliciet gegeven wetenschappelijke verantwoording. De essayist legt graag dwarsverbanden die binnen een gespecialiseerd wetenschapsvak in de regel uit den boze zijn. Het essay onderscheidt zich van de column door zijn grotere lengte en door de diepgang die in de regel in een column niet gerealiseerd kan worden. Hoewel essays soms gepubliceerd worden in dag- en weekbladen, onderscheidt het genre zich duidelijk van de journalistiek doordat het niet gericht is op de actualiteit van de dag; juist de reflecterende geest die er zich in weerspiegelt maakt er de waarde van uit, ook op langere termijn. Een essay kan een korte tekst zijn...
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...Memorandum Hulu was founded in March 2007, it is an online video service that offers hit TV shows, movies, and clips at Hulu.com and other online destination sites. Hulu has a large selection of videos from over 200 leading content companies, including Fox, ABC, NBC Universal, etc. Users can choose from more than 1,700 current primetime TV hits such as LOST, Simpsons, 30 Rock, etc. Users like Hulu because it is free and legal, focused on quality and convenience, easy to use and share. However, the free Hulu typically offers just the latest five episodes of each program. On the side of Hulu, Hulu has to pay its bills and been under pressure from some television programmers, particularly the ones that don’t want to undermine the combination of advertising and subscription revenues they get from cable TV, to generate more dollars from viewers. Now, Hulu rolled out a subscription service, Hulu Plus with price of $9.99 a month. Features of Hulu Plus Hulu offers a handful of trailing episodes. Today, Hulu Plus offers episode from the current and past season. Hulu Plus users are able to watch every episode from the current season of shows from ABC, NBC and FOX. Users are also able to catch up the episode of the past season. There are over 120 seasons and 2000 episodes of rich library content. Users can watch TV shows whenever they want to on Hulu Plus. Hulu Plus subscribers can watch their TV shows through than just the bower on PC. Users who own select Samsung Internet-connected...
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...Kudler Fine Foods After searching for opportunities for a different lifestyle, Kathy Kudler had a vision of opening her own gourmet food department. On June 18, 1998, Kathy Kudler’s first store front of Kudler fine foods opened their doors, in La Jolla, California (Kudler Fine Foods.) Within two years later she open an additional establishment in Del Mar, California, which is within 30 minute distance from the La Jolla Store. Five years later she open a third store located in Encinitas, California. Kudler fine foods’ businesses have been doing great with the exception of one of the stores making enough money to break even. Kathy wanted her store to sell the finer items of the international cultures. Kudler Fine Foods consist of freshly bake breads, the finer meats, freshly organic produce, gourmet cheese, and superior selection of wine. Importance of Marketing Research Kudler Fine Foods is an upscale food supplier that will attract customers who are of a median to upper income. Marketing research is of importance when dealing with this any organization, especially when the products exceed the average price the same items. Kathy would need to know the target market of her customers. The target market consists of the characteristics and dimensions of their present and potential clients. Kathy needs to be aware of the average income of individuals in the area of the store, their lifestyle, population, sex, marital status, and the commute from Kudler fine foods to their home...
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...Peering E d i t o r : C h a r l e s Pe t r i e • p e t r i e @ s t a n fo rd . e d u Embracing “Web 3.0” Ora Lassila • Nokia Research Center James Hendler • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute I n an article published in The New York Times this past November, reporter John Markoff stated that “commercial interest in Web 3.0 — or the ‘Semantic Web,’ for the idea of adding meaning — is only now emerging.”1 This characterization caused great confusion with respect to the relationships between the Semantic Web and the Web itself, as well as between the Semantic Web and some aspects of the so-called Web 2.0. Some wanted to reject the term “Web 3.0” as too business-oriented; others felt that the vision in the article was only part of the larger Semantic Web vision, and still others felt that, whatever it was called, the Semantic Web’s arrival in the Business section of The New York Times reflected an important coming of age. With the Resource Description Framework (RDF) and Web Ontology Language (OWL) — the languages that power the Semantic Web — becoming standards and new technologies reaching maturity for embedding semantics in existing Web pages and querying RDF knowledge stores, something exciting is clearly happening in this area. Semantic Web Background With more than 10 years’ work on the Semantic Web’s foundations and more than five years since the phrase became popular, it’s an opportune moment to look at the field’s current state and future opportunities. From...
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...1. INTRODUCTION Skype is an eBay company founded in 2003 that created voice communications software that allows users to communicate with people around the world via the internet. (Skype Limited, 2007) “Their particular spin has been to create a business model in which the basic service is free.” (Gosling, 2006) 1.1 Problem The problem is that this is not new software or service as other phone service providers offer the same or similar service. They must show how their service will outdo the rest. 1.2 Purpose The purpose of this case study is to explore what makes Skype different from its competition by analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the company and by determining the opportunities and threats they may face. 2. SWOT ANALYSIS 2.1 Strengths Skype has several advantages that place it above its competition. First is the cost advantage to users. It’s free. That is if the person you’re calling is a Skype user as well. But if they are not, then calls placed to normal phones or mobile phones are charged a very low price. Typically this cost is about $0.02 per minute for calls made in the USA. (HL7 Systems & Services, 2007) Second, Skype has no expenses associated with marketing and advertising. With more than 25 million registered users, Skype’s reputation was built mainly by word of mouth. (Gaskin, 2005) Therefore, unlike their competitors, they don’t have to spend money trying to find customers. Third would be the “user-friendly” set up and configuration...
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...The Evolution Of Web 3.0 Marta Strickland Nov 1, 2007 © 2007, Organic, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 1 THE GREAT DEBATE 2 buzz What is Web 3.0? People can not agree upon… the name the definition the existence buzz bu zz buzz buzz buzz buzz “Once the ‘point ohs’ come out, there’s no stopping them. What the heck. I say we should start Web 4.0” Sonja Hyde-Moyer, SHM Project “Just as 'dot com' is the term for the first era of the Web, and 'web 2.0' the second, there will be a new term that bubbles up at the right time to describe the next era” Richard MacManus, ReadWriteWeb “The Semantic Web (or Web 3.0) promises to ‘organize the world’s information’ in a dramatically more logical way than Google can ever achieve with their current engine design.” Marc Fawzi, Evolving Trends “Web 2.0 is a marketing term, and I think you've just invented Web 3.0” Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google “If Web 2.0 was so hot, how about Web 3.0? This has been a recurrent theme of would-be meme-engineers who want to position their startup as the next big thing. ” Tim O’Reilly, O’Reilly Radar 3 HOW THE WEB EVOLVES 4 The Theory of Biological Evolution In the beginning… • • • the world was full of genetic code this code formed into vessels of information the basic unit of biological information was known as: the gene • • • • the gene could store, duplicate, and transmit data with duplication came interpretation and mutation with mutation came specialization genes...
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...Catfish is a documentary that was directed by Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman, and Nev Schulman. They were also characters in the film along with Angela Peirce as everyone playing themselves. This film was premiered in December 2010. This movie is based about a photographer, Nev, who meets people and starts relationships through Facebook. He doesn’t question the reliability of these new found friendships until things start to become suspicious. This film begins with Nev being a normal person pursuing his love of photography. He was so lucky to get one of his photos published, but he seemed even happier when he received a package in the mail. This package was from Abby and it contained a painting replica of his published photo. Nev was shocked at the talent of the eight year old and continued the connection with her and her mother Angela. He started becoming Facebook friends with her and her family and friends. Soon enough Nev started talking to Angela’s daughter Megan. They continued to talk and get closer until Nev and his friends started to have suspicions about the validity of this family’s existence. Megan’s songs were easily found on YouTube, Angela and Megan’s voice sounded remarkably familiar, and Abby’s art gallery was still up for sale. It all didn’t make sense, so they boys decided to barge in on the family’s Sunday breakfast to figure out what’s true and what is lies. What Nev finds out indeed surprises him with one lie after another. A turning point in the movie was...
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