...1. Describe the production and judgment phases that you discern in Carlson’s invention. 2. What obstacles and hindrances did Carlson encounter as he creatively and critically worked on his new idea? 3. Citing a recent problem you have solved (or issue you tackled), briefly describe these two phases of thinking in your problem-solving. The production phase of Carlson’s invention would be the determination he had for finding a simpler way of making copies. He knew there had to be an easier way to make copies other than the length of time it took to retype and double check for typos or mistakes. Carlson did encounter different obstacles during the production of the Xerox machine. One obstacle was finding the chemicals to do it the best and simplest way. Two was funding and time. He was funding the invention his self and on his spare time. Third was finding a company that believed in his invention and help make this idea, a reality. To be perfectly honest, the latest issue that I tackled was figuring out how to save money on daycare. We were paying $175 every two weeks for my son to go to before and after care at his daycare. The before care is necessary because I have to be at work at 7 am, his dad has to be at work at 5 am, and his school doesn’t start until 8 am, but I would have to wait on him to get there in the evenings. I would get there about 3:30 and he wouldn’t get there until 4. I changed him to mornings only, wish is only $70 every two weeks, and he rides the...
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...James A Life of Simplicity We are always taught while growing up that we must always aim for the stars, that life can always get better, if and only if you aim big. We are taught that a great life can only be achieved through material and monetary means. That your self worth is only equal to what you own. The aim of society is no longer to be free and live a life of comfort but to be a part of the bigger picture and feed the machine. Henry David Thoreau expresses his concern on these issues in detail in his works Walden and “Civil Disobedience”. Life should be led with simplicity. This is Thoreau’s mantra as he began his two-year experience of minimalist living. Thoreau is explicit that life should not be so difficult and so overwhelming. That life should be just what you need it to be, no more no less. It’s an odd train of thought into today’s culture. We are always aiming and asking for more. Whether it is the newest cellphone or the newest video game system (which are both overpriced and offer little to no modifications). Thoreau speaks on this, “Most luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.” This statement is still true to this day. What good does it do us to have the biggest, most gas guzzling vehicle on the street? How do we benefit from excessive means of social media? The short answer: nothing. While most people will agree that, in general, a majority of the most...
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...Laura Torres ENG 105 Professor Trigonis February 25, 2010 The Simplicity of War “The condition of man…is a condition of war everyone against everyone.” This quote from the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes portrays war as a simple concept-everyone against everyone. However, when looked at more closely, and when reaching a deeper understanding of the actual individuals involved, war is a very complex word that can have very different meanings to different people. This idea is clearly visible through the characters introduced in the two war movies, No Man’s Land and Inglorious Basterds. Both movies take a deeper look into the complex emotions that war can inflict on the individuals involved. Both pieces explore how the extremely trying times of war affect the characters’ actions and rationalize what initially may seem like irrational ideas. No Man’s Land presents a situation where two enemies are face to face, both given opportunities to kill the other, but both choosing not too. The audience watches as the two men slowly learn that they may not be so different, and experiences the reasoning behind why each man found it difficult to kill the other. These two soldiers were given a rare opportunity to be one on one with the enemy and by human nature develop a sense of compassion towards each other. In Inglorious Basterds, Shosanna is also given a rare opportunity; to achieve revenge on the Nazis’ responsible for the violent death of her family. This character...
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...Critically assess the Via Negativa as a means of knowing God In the Christian tradition, the via negativa (apophatic theology) refers to a way of speaking about God and his attributes through the way of the negative. Because God is beyond our capacity as human beings to comprehend, anything we can say of him is necessarily limited by our finite human understanding and his reality far surpasses our power of expression through our anthropocentric languages. It suggests that the closest way we can get to describing him is by saying what he is not, rather than what he is. We therefore can come to know God better through meditating on how much greater he is than anything we can conceive for as St. Thomas said: “This is the ultimate in human knowledge of God: to know that we do not know Him”. According to this way, we use words like “infinite,” “incorporeal”, “immutable,” and “ineffable” to describe God. Even to call God “perfect,” says St. Thomas, we do by way of negation, because we understand perfection as “lacking nothing.” Moses Maimonides believed that when it came to directly describing God’s nature, “silence is the best praise” and that even the Torah was an imperfect source for describing God as any descriptions are carried out using human language (“The Torah was written by the sons of men”). However he understood human need to describe and explain the characteristics of God, which he felt was impossible to do in a meaningful way; And so he suggested that we demonstrate the...
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...NAMA NIM KELAS : NELVI ARVINA : 1306497301 : B 132 MATA KULIAH : LEADERSHIP & ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR TUGAS : RANGKUMAN BUKU THE POWER OF SIMPLICITY KEKUATAN KESEDERHANAAN (THE POWER OF SIMPLICITY) A. Dasar-dasar Kesederhanaan 1. Kesederhanaan. Mengapa orang-orang merasa takut Dulu, sederhana tidak pernah menjadi nilai plus. Hal itu berarti anda adalah orang bodoh, mudah tertipu atau berpikiran lemah. Oleh karena itu, orang takut menjadi sederhana. John Collard, psikolog Universitas Yale mendeskripsikan 7 ketakutan yaitu: takut gagal, takut pada sex, takut membela diri, takut mempercayai orang, takut berpikir, takut berbicara, takut sendirian. Takut berpikir yang dimaksud adalah takut memikirkan hal lain selain diri kita dan aktivitas sendiri. Kesederhanaan memiliki kekuatan. Dengan menyederhanakan isu yang rumit, anda dapat memudahkan orang dalam mengambil keputusan. Jika anda memiliki ide dan ide itu gagal, anda tidak selamat. Dan kemudian anda gagal, itulah yang disebut takut gagal. Takut berbicara adalah ketika orang-orang takut menanyakan seseorang yang memiliki ide besar atau menantang apa yang mereka pikiran adalah ide hebat. Cara terbaik menghilangkan ketakutan adalah fokus pada masalah. 2. Nalar. Dapat membuat sesuatu hal menjadi sederhana Penangkal ketakutan pada kesederhanaan adalah akal sehat (common sense). Akal sehat adalah kebijaksanaan yang dibagi-bagi. Hal itu adalah suatu kepercayaan dalam suatu komunitas. Ide sederhana cenderung menjadi ide yang jelas...
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...A presidential election allows people to voice their opinions. In order for candidates who are running for president to maintain a solid campaign, they need to have simplicity. For example, in the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump’s campaign slogan was “Make America Great Again.” Despite everything Donald Trump needed to explain to appeal to voters, he heavily relied on his slogan. Donald Trump’s slogan had grab voter’s attention as well as build curiosity amongst the world. If Donald Trump were to always say something different when he spoke to the world, people would quickly lose interest in him. In other words, it is easier for people to comprehend watered down information. In this case, people would rather hear a simpler version of Donald Trump’s campaign, which is his slogan....
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...The following discussion will share the stories and lawsuits filed against companies such as Graco Children’s Products Inc., Simplicity and the outcome of the lawsuits and what things were added to enhance the safety and quality of the products. Simplicity Incorporated is one of the largest makers of baby products worldwide. The company produces and sells items such as the Aspen 3 in 1, Nursery in a Box and Crib in Changer Combo. Simplicity cribs also used the popular Graco logo on some of its bigger items such as the Ultra 4 in1, the Ultra 5 in 1 Whitney and the Trio. All of these items were recalled by because of several complaints and even some recorded deaths of infants. These items were sold in department stores and children’s stores and by mass merchandisers nationwide from January 1998 through May 2007 for between $100-$300 dollars and all items were made in China. The side of the crib that lowers can detach from the crib, creating a dangerous gap that can lead to the entrapment and suffocation of children. At the time that the reports were being made, three babies had already died and a 6 month-old, a 9 month-old and 1 year old died in cribs in which the drop-side was mistakenly installed upside down. When the door was installed upside down, it weakened the hardware and caused the drop side to detach from the crib. Simplicity cribs with both older and newer styles of hardware have had this problem, but the cribs with older...
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...STUDY 6 SIMPLICITY A Bible Study Outline on The Discipline of Simplicity March 2014 INTRODUCTION The central point in the Discipline of simplicity is to seek the kingdom of God and the righteousness of His kingdom first. The person who does not seek the kingdom first does not seek it at all. Freedom from anxiety is one of the inward evidences of seeking first the kingdom of God. It involves a life of joyful unconcern for possessions. It is an inward spirit of trust. What we have we receive as a gift, and if what we have is to be cared for by God, and if what we have is available to others, then we will possess freedom from anxiety. To receive what we have as a gift from God is the first inner attitude of simplicity. We work but we know that it is not our work that gives us what we have. To know that it is God’s business, and not ours, to care for what we have is the second inner attitude of simplicity. Simplicity means the freedom to trust God for these (and all) things. To share what we have with others marks the third inner attitude of simplicity. When we are seeking first the kingdom of God, these three attitudes will characterize our lives. Taken together they define what Jesus means by “do not be anxious.” They comprise the inner reality of Christian simplicity. Scripture reference: Matt 6:25-33. Part 1: 1. What is the perception of Christians towards the discipline of Simplicity in general? 2. As Bible-believing Christians, what makes us anxious about what we shall eat...
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...Simplicity is usually used as a term for a lifestyle that has gone in and out of fashion. But, simplicity is beyond a fad or a trend; it is a way of life – a philosophy and a way of looking at things that doesn’t follow trends of economic cycles. Designing simplicity requires probing the core of complexity; doing away with the superfluous and the inefficient; clarifying, organizing, optimizing; and pruning the subject to its purest form to function effortlessly and beautifully while drawing forth meaning, metaphor and character. Simplicity is one of the characters needed by a great leader. Effective leaders are the ones who, when faced with complexity, turn to simplicity. They are the ones who “lift the fog,” who clearly point out a destination and help us focus on the path to getting there. They clear away the clutter. One of the great examples of a leader with simplicity is Mahatma Gandhi, who used simple language and lived a simple life. Yet he was able to concert energies of an entire nation towards achieving Indian Independence. Leaders frame complex strategies, use heavy weight terminologies to describe their plans, set up complex processes and use a lot of jargons when communicating for a change. They spend heavily on getting those strategies across the board and aligning people to it. Yet, strategies fail because people fail to connect. Leaders always have a choice to simplify or complexify. In the 20th Century, when Gandhi and the nation fought for independence...
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...stress, success, work-life Ads by Google Free CRM Management Today it's possible with SohoOS. Manage Your Business for Free. www.sohoos.com Simplicity is often perceived as boring, unattractive and unremarkable. Majority of people want something striking and complicated. But as Leonardo da Vinci has said, Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Different to the common belief, simplicity is not boring, unattractive or unremarkable. In fact, simplicity represents elegance and complexity. The Misconception of Being Productive The common error of people who aim to succeed at something is the tendency to make the process complicated, such as over analysis and accepting responsibility beyond one’s capacity. Take for an instance when an individual or company spends too much time planning and perfecting a product. By the time the product is completed and released in the market, competitors have already dominated it. Another example is when an individual accepts a lot of responsibility that is beyond their capacity. They think that having many work responsibilities and working long hours are marks of a productive and fulfilled life. However, being productive neither needs too much analysis nor working long hours. If only we knew how to keep things simple. The Benefits Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your...
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...According to Professor Vincent Shen, human being in the postmodern society has been facing two major problems: mental nihilism and environmental crisis (171). And as he wisely pointed out, the teaching of classical Confucianism and Daoism provides us with a solution: return to simplicity and reconstruct the harmonic relationship for both mind and environment. Furthermore, generosity towards many others, as a dynamic tension inside both classical Confucianism and Daoism, can be practiced through strangification. And this generous strangification towards many others, is the source of practical value in classical Confucianism and Daoism (295). In this reading report, I will try to show my critical reflection on Professor Shen’s wisdom in Chapter 8 and 13 of his anthology. For classical Confucianism represented by Confucius, reciprocity in social relationships is the fundamental phase of...
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...Throughthrough the Outward Disciplines of Simplicity, Solitude, Submission, and Service Nancy R. McCulloch Grand Canyon University: MIN -350 May 20, 2012 Please note all changes below. Spiritual Formation through the Outward Disciplines of Simplicity, Solitude, Submission and Service (In his book, “The Celebration of Disciplines,” (1998), Richard. J. Foster (1998) explains that we have grown to think of sin as an individual’s act of disobedience to God. He believes that the purpose of the disciplines is to achieve communion with God as a means of rooting out enslaving habits of the heart and of behavior. By following the disciplines, described in his book theyone will be helped in achieving inner righteousness. This point was stressed by Paul who promised that “the free gift of righteousness (shall) reign in life through one man Jesus Christ” (Rom4:17, version). This paper discusses and analyzes those chapters of Foster’s book concerningview on the Outward Disciplines. SIMPLICITYSimplicity (The discipline of simplicity is “an inward reality that results in an outward life-style” – and both of these aspects of simplicity are essential (Foster,year, p.79). The Bible offers numerous examples of simplicity. The most famous of these is the parable of the lilies of the field (Is.40:6). Foster (year) uses simplicity as a reference to our unity with God. He appears to view simplicity as somehow in opposition to an affluent...
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...the Corporate Disciplines. The Inward disciplines cover spiritual habits like Prayer, Meditation, and Fasting; in the Outward Disciplines, Foster talks about exercises like Simplicity, Submission and Solitude and the Corporate Disciplines discuss confession, worship, and guidance. Honestly, Celebration of Discipline is one of the greatest books on Christian spirituality I have ever read. More than the sheer amount of practical information, the author seems to write from a place of wisdom and, for lack of a better word, a depth that is astonishing. One of the very first things Foster says is,...
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...live out in the wilderness. A simple life is what transcendentalists believe in. In the book Walden, Thoreau mentions, “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!” This hints at the idea of a simple life where everything is organized and reduced....
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...The era when the Baroque style became prevalent was one with an emphasis on complexity and opulence that had yet to be discovered. Completely new styles of music and presentation combined with a newly appreciated level of exaggerated drama to bear an innovative art form: opera. The Baroque time period was also responsible for a far simpler era. There were those who saw the Baroque style as too complex and the Classical era was born. With an emphasis on the classical antiquities that made ancient Greece one of the strongest cultural influences in history, the Classical era focused on simplicity and hierarchy to produce a style still prevalent today. The Baroque style emphasizes above all else, a love of ornamentation. This love of ornamentation spawned a completely unique and incredibly influential style that focused on complexity in several facets of art and design. Multiple layers of musical instrumentation, melodies and harmonies combined to produce a polyphonic musical style. An overly exaggerated emphasis on exuberance and grandeur could easily evoke the intended emotions of the artist or composer as was seen in opera. This combination allows a person who does not understand the language of the presentation to still understand the story and emotions they were meant to. This complexity must metaphorically dance a fine line and not stray too far into extreme opulence. Too much ornamentation has the potential to present with an element of unintended confusion....
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