...each of our daily decisions. In terms of Christianity this is a direct link to our understanding of God and how belief effects the world around us. Our worldview is the expression of our being at it’s very core. (Word Count: 70) Part II 1. The Question of Origin – (How did life begin? How did mankind come into existence?) Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:27 (New International Version) clearly sum up our origins. God is our true creator who turned darkness into light with a single word. He created the earth and the heaven before giving us life based on his own image. He is the architect of all things seen and unseen without which we are nothing. 2. The Question of Identity – (What does it mean to be human? Are humans more important than animals?) According to Weider & Gutierrez (2013), mankind was the creation of God put on Earth as the caretakers of all things including animals. Our importance is clearly stated in Psalms 8:2 (New International Version) which states...
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...Whit Johnson John Dillon Irish Ghost Stories February 18, 2013 Pacing at Wildgoose Lodge Truth is stranger than fiction. Exaggerated truth is even stranger. William Carleton’s literary description of the murders at Wildgoose lodge serve to tell a factual story whilst embellishing the details in order to captivate his audience. Although Carleton’s account isn’t perfectly in line with Terence Dooley’s more historically accurate writing of the incident, the former still paints an adequate picture of what happened one night in eastern Ireland, and it is still regarded by many as the best source for what happened. But why? Why would factual truth be less favorable than an embellished one? David Shield’s Reality Hungers offers a glimpse at that answer by providing a different take on what is “real”. Through Shield’s work we can discover why an exaggerated account can be considered more realistic than a historically factual one. Defining reality is at the core of arguing for the legitimacy of Carelton’s story as a description of what happened at Wildgoose Lodge. In my opinion, reality, defined, means plausible human actions and sentiments that are based on fact, which elicits an appropriate emotion from viewers. This view on reality is reflected in the artistically focused Reality Hunger, where author David Shields explores what can be considered real in contemporary literature. This take on reality can be better explained through a brief example conducted by surveying present...
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...sharing of data within or across the boundaries of the business process. To address this problem, organizations can turn to an information management framework that facilitates managing raw data to create useful information that can be shared across the organization. SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2013 INFORMATIONMANAGEMENT 35 sist of a mix of home-grown, functionspecific applications and third-party systems built by disconnected teams without a shared reference for data definition. The solution – forethought and planning to create well-defined data standards – may appear obvious from an architectural perspective but may not be so easy to accomplish. The steps described below will help. Establish Processes, Rules, Policies Identifying the “truth” first and foremost requires that business processes, rules, and policies be clearly defined, shared, and understood inside and outside the organization. Metrics and audit checkpoints must be established to monitor the processes for accuracy and consistency. Map Data Flows The next step is to map the data flow from the source applications to define the required flow from one process step to the next so the organization’s data needs are well understood. The...
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... the disease multiplies. The manifoldness of an object such as a disease does not imply that it is fragmented however, because there are not plural objects. Mol points out that there is enough coherence between the different enactments of an object that they somehow hold together. An object enacted is “more than one—but less than many” (55). After all, people are able to communicate about many different versions of an object, or disease, as if it is the same...
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...The Truth vs Hype of FDI There are always many facts of any realistic situation in today’s world, especially in a country like ours, where democracy is deemed above anything else, and where the right to freedom of speech and expression is used (and misused) over and over again. Unlike countries like U.S., where there are only two major political alliances (the Democratic and the Republicans), we have, in India, apart from the two dominating alliances, a host of other fronts, all of them persistently engaged in scuffles over every single agenda, sometimes not even paying much attention to what their stands mean, to themselves and to the country. Same has been the case with the issue of introduction of Foreign Direct Investment (F.D.I) in the Indian retail market. The government has decided to open up the Indian retail market for global players through F.D.I. in multi-brand retail with a 51% threshold (i.e. they can have only 51% equity in the investment) and 100% ceiling in single-brand retail. There are several versions of the possible outcome of this scenario floating in the different spheres of the country. But the different interpretations ought to be backed with rational reasons. Broadly, there are two different views with regard to the decision of the Indian government to allow F.D.I. in Indian retail market, one supporting it and the other opposed to it. The first argument is put forward by the government itself, quite obviously supporting its resolution. The government...
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...Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERP) “have become increasingly popular over the last 15 years” (Guest Editorial, 2006). ERPs are “comprehensive, packaged software solutions seeking to integrate the complete range of business’s processes and functions in order to present a holistic view of the business from a single information and IT architecture.” (Helmut Klaus, 2000). Basically, ERP systems communicate and transfer data between departments within a company. “Having these systems has been shown to positively influence the firm’s financial performance; and because they are amount the most sophisticated and complex that a firm will every implement, most firms employ consultants to help them in customizing and implementing the vendor-supplied system.” (King, 2005) There are several types of businesses that use ERP systems to communicate within their company. These types of business include manufacturers and big-box retailers. ERP can be utilized in a manufacturing company to keep communication lines open between purchasing and receiving, parts and labor, warehouse, accounting, and inventory control. ERP systems can also improve the quality of work. “Manufacturers are forced to implement standard procedures and maintain accurate data for the system to work effectively. According to a survey of operations and quality assurance managers by consulting firm TR Cutler Inc., ERP systems also help improve quality by providing a record...
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...The Deceitful Truth In the passed, present and future people in society over millions of years have always buried their sinful truths deep down inside of them and confined them from the wretched eyes of society, so they can not be painted their true colors from the outside. In the duplicitous short story “Was it a Dream?” by Guy de Maupassant begins a marvelous piece of literature that tells a very twisted yet truthful story. This short story wrestles with the idea that often people become blind by the quest for the “truth”, so mesmerized by its light they also become obliterated of what else may wait beyond that one “truth”. Firstly, this two sided manipulative truth is evident when the dead rise from their cemeteries and start to expose what they actually are like compared to what others portray them as. This event is encrypted when one of the dead rise and write “here reposes Jacques Olivant, who died at the age of fifty-one. He hastened his fathers death by unkindness, as he wished to inherit his fortune, he tortured his wife, tormented his children, deceived his neighbors, robbed everyone he could, and died wretched”(Maupassant 152). This horrifying truth of the dead coming back from the afterlife to prove a point of how the perspectives of there loved ones is incorrect compared to how the dead truly are from the inside, referring to there motives, thoughts, and aspirations they had while they were living. This relates back to how people blind themselves and...
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...an action thriller including zombies, ninja warriors, and sword fights through his creative and unique writing that instead focuses on characters’ actions and behaviors. While readers may initially wonder how this drastic transformation is possible, Seth is able to effectively deepen the reader’s understanding of the book through his inventive, modern concepts which help create new perspectives that the reader might have otherwise overlooked. As one of the most important sentences in the book, Jane Austen begins the first chapter with, “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife” (Austen 1). This sentence describes the theme of marriage which encompasses the majority of Pride and Prejudice. Seth’s version instead encompasses the life of zombies and zombie-slayers in comparison to single men and women. Thus, he updates this first, crucial sentence- “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains” (Grahame-Smith 1). This sentence foreshadows the humor that zombies will bring to this romanticized drama. Although humor does not always lead to a deeper understanding, Seth’s humor does so by being discrete due to the fact that his writing makes it seem as though zombies are ordinary and...
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...characters. The basic conflict that sets forth thematic conflict of the distinction of facts and truth within the nature of the mind is of a Southern decaying family’s attempt to bring their mother home for burial. Faulkner narrates each character’s singular point of view to show the result of the multitude of subjective interpretations as each character deals with their emotions engendered by the events. The reader is unsure as to which imitated perspective is objective towards the truth. Faulkner’s narration of imitating events from a different stand point develops an arguing conflict of what is thought to be an established nature of mind. As I Lay Dying is a conflict of the conceptual idea of truth. It can be interpreted that the conflict of the narrative is a conflict of our beings – whether or not there is such a thing as unprejudiced truth. Within the beginning narratives, the characters reveal their corruptions that will obscure their interpretations: including adultery, pregnancy, abortion, hatred, and insanity. Using multiple views promotes the isolation each family member’s internal conflicts in relation to their response to their mother’s death, relationships, and own seemingly selfish concerns. The reader begins to see the instability of their isolation when the Faulkner establishes no character to provide objectivity. The extremities in the elusiveness of the truth can be followed through the issues associated with each character and how the novel’s multiple perspectives...
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...INVITED PAPER Overlapping Communities Explain Core–Periphery Organization of Networks The paper presents a new paradigm for uncovering the modular structure of complex networks. By Jaewon Yang and Jure Leskovec ABSTRACT | Networks provide a powerful way to study food web networks have a single central dominant core while complex systems of interacting objects. Detecting network communities in protein–protein interaction (PPI) as well as communitiesVgroups of objects that often correspond to func- product copurchasing networks have small overlaps and form tional modulesVis crucial to understanding social, technolog- many local cores. ical, and biological systems. Revealing communities allows for | Community detection; core–periphery structure; analysis of system properties that are invisible when consid- KEYWORDS ering only individual objects or the entire system, such as the identification of module boundaries and relationships or the ground-truth communities; networks classification of objects according to their functional roles. However, in networks where objects can simultaneously belong to multiple modules at once, the decomposition of a network into overlapping communities remains a challenge. Here we present a new paradigm for uncovering the modular structure of complex networks, based on a decomposition of a network into any combination of overlapping, nonoverlapping, and hierarchically organized communities...
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...In the USA today, city streets are crowded with people hurrying about their daily lives. Often, these crowds are hounded by would-be prophets who hand out pamphlets to passersby that advertise the latest fad, assorted products, and lots of end-time propaganda to try to convince others of their version of “truth.” The variety of these tracts is endless: from the secret rapture, where Christians will simply disappear during the course of their busy lives as God snatches them up to heaven, to computer chip implants that will implement a cashless society; from secret societies with the ominous number 666, to the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem, when God will at long last restore His chosen people to a place of honor. John C. Brunt has written, How to Survive Armageddon in order to sort through the current popular theories and attempt to lead the reader to a better, more scripturally-based knowledge of the last days of our world, as Jesus foretold to His followers....
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...In “Notes” the narrator explains how he wrote the previous story, “Speaking of Courage.” It began as a war story but evolved into something different, a post war story. He started with the real story and added invented incidents that explained it. The time frame has been condensed into a single setting around a lake. An important alteration to the story is the removal of Kiowa’s death, which loses the war aspect of it. Without the death, it loses the emotional power that the real story had. Subconsciously O’ Brien removed the less than perfect aspects of the story and was left with a whitewashed version of it, one that left out the most vital setting, Vietnam. Norman Bowker wished for O’ Brien to tell the story exactly how it happened, including...
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...universally debated tracing back to the beginning of time. Religion shapes our lives and the way we live our lives as well as the way people behave. There are too many religions to study and discuss in a single paper; therefore, this paper will take a closer look at Christianity as it is the most common religion in the world covering 33% of the world’s population (Fisher, 2005). Why do so many people believe the words of the Holy Bible and claim the Christian faith? Is Christianity the truth? To truly understand Christianity, we must dive deep into the Biblical teachings and share the primary foundation of their beliefs. “Christianity is a faith based on the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus” (Fisher, 2005, pg. 284). In the beginning of this story we must start with Jesus’ mother, the Virgin Mary was visited by an angel, whom told her that she would conceive a baby and he would be the Messiah. She should name him Immanuel, which means God with us. An angel visited Joseph as well, who told him that Mary was blessed by the Holy Spirit and would have a son, who would save the people from their sins. Mary and Joseph obeyed God, the baby was born in a stable, laid in a manager and they called him Jesus, meaning God with us (Matthew 1:18-25, New International Version). At the age of 30, Jesus started his mission and selected a group of 12 disciples to help him share his message. He went place to place and preached about God’s love, he performed miracles, such as feeding...
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...With this said, it is crucial that we concede upon the inevitable when it comes to documentary viewing: that it is often the case that the complete picture is obscured. However, what is often disregarded, is the fact that it is an inherent feature of the human condition to pursue truth. We become drawn to the most compelling and jaw-dropping of assertions, even if it’s outright sickening and atrocious. Why do we choose to search for the truth? That’s simple: we take solace in knowing that the truth is within our grasp. It is human nature to be almost inquisitive about the unknown: we naturally explore the unthinkable and chase the unfathomable. It is this paradox of life which envenoms, and relentless drives, us in our pursuit. Admittedly, while it is critical that we do not become blindly infatuated by a documentaries perception of the truth, we cannot neglect or discount perspectives. Documentaries amalgamate informative viewing with honest prejudice. So is...
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...Aarati Poudyal Anaka Mittal Engl 1302- 31004 4th Dec 2014 1. What are your expectations of this semester? What do you expect of yourself? Of others? What do you think your classes will be like? Job, family, friend. Expectation is a big thing for me. I have learned in my life not to have expectations from anyone else but from one self. So, the only expectations I have kept from this semester is to gain good grades. As, I am an international student and living in the United States of America from two years, being separated from my family. I have struggled a lot to be able to be in the situation that, I am living right now. So, I need to fulfill all of my expectations which I have seen in myself and my family too. This semester I have promised myself to give my 100% in my studies. I expect myself to work really hard to maintain my good grades and GPA. If possible, then I will try to get four out of four GPA because I will only get good scholarship from the universities if I will have GPA is very low. Maintaining my GPA too will help me finding good job in my near will help me finding good job in my near future and I’ll have a bright and independent future with me. This will help me to make my family happy which is the only wish of mine in this life time. 2. “Happiness depends upon ourselves”- Aristotle. “What is your definition of happiness? Explain with example. Are we alone responsible for our happiness? Why or why not. How can we contribute to others? For me...
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