...since the mid 1970’s has been incredible, but dramatically increased in 2011 when Intel Corporation announced production of their 22 nm 3-D Tri-gate transistor technology. It was a partial redesign of traditional 2-D planar (flat) transistor architecture, to a design that supported power transmission on three planes (3-Dimensions), increasing power output and speed, while decreasing power usage by device processes. Transistor size was reduced again in June 2014 when Intel announced a collaboration with Cadence Design Systems, Inc. to create 14 nm transistors, further improving design specs, and maintaining adherence to Moore’s Law. There has been wide speculation that further reduction of transistor architecture could be difficult unless new materials and requisite manufacturing methods are used in their redesign. Silicon-germanium (SiGe), gallium arsenide (GaAs), indium-gallium-arsenide, and graphene have been suggested as possible alternatives for some currently used materials; Intel already employs hafnium in place of silicon for some applications. Current industry discussion of using nanotube technology, however, suggests more immediate potential for...
Words: 1485 - Pages: 6
...the public find solutions to the problem of obesity? In the early ‘80s, the news media portrayed the problem of obesity as an American problem. With many news articles and news series on the topic, politicians began a campaign to reduce the number of Americans who are considered obese. Politicians began their quest to limit the number of fast food restaurant in cities across America. They also enforce laws that limit fast food restaurants from setting up near schools or playgrounds to reduce the number of obese kids. With all of these activities from politicians, I believe there are convincing evidences that obesity is not a problem for America. Was the politician’s quest to rid us the problem of obesity necessary? Sometime in the past, I had been considered to be overweight. This topic is somewhat relevant to my view of the obesity problem. There are many reasons why people are obese. In my case, I was taking medications that retained water in my body. Thus, we should not jump to conclusion and judge people who are obese as individuals with eating disorder. In the following paragraphs, I will provide a full investigation of the obesity problem in the United States and my personal view of the topic. Early in the ‘80s, many newspapers alerted the public to this new epidemic (the problem of obesity). The news articles publicized the problem as an American problem. There were scientific articles that describe the scope of the problem. According to April Durrett, there are...
Words: 1057 - Pages: 5
...Assignment Two The news media only provides us with representations of reality. These representations are constructed by media conglomerates to manipulate our views on society; politics, international relations and current affairs. While the media is meant to be an objective source of information, it is important to remember that this information is filtered, watered down and often manipulated before reaching its audiences. After all, “one apprehends reality only through representations of reality... there is no such thing as unmediated access...” (Dyer 1993, p. 3, as cited byO'Shaughnessy & Stadler, 2005, p. p.77) This is done by ruling classes of society in order to ingrain dominant ideologies into cultural knowledge and thus maintain their governing status- the process of “hegemony”. The media both mirrors and shapes society- it is a “mechanism of mass control” (Flounders et al., 2000, p.89). The news, as an integral part of the media, does the same. Therefore it is important for us to remember that the image of our world shown by the media is only a portrayal, and not always objective or truthful. “The media define for the majority of the population what significant events are taking place, but, also, they offer powerful interpretations of how to understand these events.” (Stuart Hall, 1978, p. 426) In this quote, Hall states that media broadcasters, although providing important (newsworthy), accurate and up-to-date information to the public, are nevertheless...
Words: 2972 - Pages: 12
...required for APA style. If you are asked to include all sources you used as evidence of wider reading then you must create a Bibliography o o o o At the top of the page, write References or Bibliography, centered. Do not use all capital letters. Do not use italics. List the reference entries in alphabetical order according to the first word in each entry. o Start each entry on a new line, using a hanging indent. (In a hanging indent, the first line of the entry starts at the left margin. The remaining lines are indented one tab stop. To get a hanging indent in Word, select the entire reference entry, then go to Format—Paragraph—Direction and Indents—Special—Hanging.) References The following are examples of each type of reference you may need to include in your bibliography. Follow the examples below, using the information from your own sources. (Note: Italicize the titles of books, titles of periodicals, and periodical volume numbers.) Books Author(s) given: Author(s). (Year). Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher. Example: Chomsky, N., & Halle, M. (1968). The sound patterns of English. New York: Harper & Row. Note that for most titles, only the first word of the title and sub-title is capitalized, as well as proper nouns. No author given: Title of book. (Year). Place of publication: Publisher. Example: The business of roses. (1974). Los Angeles: Little and Long. Chapter in a book: Author(s). (Year). Title of chapter. In Name of editor (Ed.), Title of...
Words: 902 - Pages: 4
...the Article * Take five minutes and skim the following article. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/11/08/stand-your-ground-law-survives-florida-house-vote/ Step Two: Reflect on Your Views * What ideas do you have about this subject that could create a bias for or against the author’s view and prevent me from giving it a fair hearing? Please explain in 25-50 words. This article comes across as bias. The facts reported, are more about emotional responses from Rep. Matt Gaetz argued that the law had helped reduce the number of homicides in the state of Florida since its passage. There is no evidence of this stated in this article. It is compiled of remarks by various people that come from an emotional point of view and offer no statistics, proof, quotes, or anything that gives a convincing argument that this is a unbiased review. Step Three: Read the Work Step Four: Evaluate What You Read * Identify the issue of the article in 25- to 50-words. The issue of the article is that Florida legislators defeated an effort to repeal the state's controversial "stand your ground law" following hours of passionate testimony. It is emotional response and not based on any facts. In one part of the article the phrase sparked accusations used in regards to Zimmerman racially profiling Martin. This is not a fact but a speculation. * In this article, the author uses words that are open to more than one meaning. Please provide examples and explain in 25- to...
Words: 956 - Pages: 4
...As of August 14, 82 percent of the state of California was in extreme drought. As California entered its fourth year of record-breaking drought, it was met with extremely parched landscapes. CBS News reports reveal that, “According to an aerial survey conducted by the U.S. Forest Service in April, about 12 million trees have died in California forestlands in the past year because of extreme drought.” Dead trees along with plant life in severe condition are seen throughout the Los Padres National Forest. These dead trees add another element to the hazards of the drought by threatening the dry landscape with the possibility of intense wildfires. On January 17, Governor Jerry Brown declared a drought emergency for the state of California. This...
Words: 1227 - Pages: 5
...John Pontius MGT 3335-70 Li, Hongcai Paper 1 The article titled”Are You Too Family Friendly?” is about how non-married employees feel that they are shorted benefits that married employees receive. The number of non-married worker in the US is continuing to increase and businesses need to be aware of these employees and the benefits that they allow in their ‘family friendly’ policies. These non-married employees feel slighted that they don’t get ‘flex time’ to take the afternoon off just because they don’t have a kid or spouse to take to the doctor or whatever. It states that they feel like they have to pick up the slack for the family employee and do more work because the family employee is not there. The article also goes into the struggles of domestic partners when it comes to benefits and how this type of relationship is also becoming more popular. There are graphs and research to support the point that a new majority of employees are not families in the traditional sense. Some companies are already making adjustments to this trend with new policies and benefits definitions. The article suggests that companies need to start adjustments or face problems with these employees in the future. This article goes with the sections of chapter one that is titled ‘Helping employees balance work – life conflicts’, ‘creating a positive work environment’, and the paragraphs about ‘deviant workplace behavior.’(pp. 24-25, 29 of textbook) It can also be an influence on an Organizational...
Words: 624 - Pages: 3
...Q5) International Monetary Fund (IMF) role is to stabilize the international exchange rates and promote liberal economic policies. IMF will also provide short-term loan to assist members to overcome short-term imbalance of payment problems. On the other hand, World Bank offers loans to members to finance productive investments as well as assisting developing countries in its economy so as to reduce poverty within the country. Singapore joins both IMF and World Bank under the Bretton Woods Agreements Acts in 1966, 3 August. Before we join to become IMF as a member, during the Singapore-Malaya separation, we had sought for their technical assistance and to act as a broker in the negotiation with Malaysia for a common currency and banking system. In order to so, IMF first conducted a preliminary study to identify the concerns of Singapore and Malaysia regarding the common currency issue. IMF then acts as a broker in the final round of negotiations between 10 June 1966 and 5 July 1966. Before joining World Bank as a member, Singapore had sought for 2 loans where the first loan of US$15 million was used for the construction of the first phase of the Pasir Panjang ‘B’ Power Station and the second loan of US$6.8 million was used to construct Johor River Water Project. As a pre-requisite for the loan, the World Bank then requested our government to set up statutory authority (Public Utilities Board [PUB]) to manage the utilization and repayment of the loan. The advantages...
Words: 1951 - Pages: 8
...The article is a statistical report on how crime rate decreases in certain major cities of the United States. This is an unbiased secondary report by an anonymous author, but it uses evidence to support its claim. This report has allowed me to understand how cities address the fluctuating crime rates in the last three decades. This source supported my research proposal by proving that crime rate is an issue that the community can decrease, if they are united. The article states how crime rate has decreased over the last two decades, which can be contributed to police officers. However, with the crime rate decreasing, the police aren't needed as they were in the past. This is due to the decrease in crime. In contrast to present times, in some cities, police activity has increased crime rates. This article is an unbiased secondary source that uses reputable sources to enforce his claim. This article is a turning point in my research because it brings up the question: Does police presence increase or decrease crime rate in Hialeah?...
Words: 508 - Pages: 3
...Carly Fiorina Presentation Sources 1. In this article, it mentions Fiorina’s recent visit to a Stockton peanut plant where she spoke about creating more job opportunities in the San Joaquin Valley. She also mentions how she will fight to turn on export pumps that shoot water of the Delta. Fiorina blasts her opponent, Boxer, for not being accountable when she said, “the state bleeds jobs.” She also highlights on how President Obama’s federal stimulus plan is ineffective. Many ways to cut back on job loss would be to eliminate taxes for small businesses so they have the chance to grow and eventually provide more jobs. Keith Reid. "Fiorina talks jobs in Stockton. " McClatchy - Tribune Business News 23 October 2010 ABI/INFORM Dateline, ProQuest. Web. 25 Oct. 2010. 2. This is Fiorina’s campaign website and it speaks a lot about the issues she focuses on and the strategies of what she should like to accomplish if elected. This site goes very in depth about all of the issues she is concerned with and also exactly what you can do to donate and help her with her campaign. Carly for California. 10 Mar. 2010. Web. 25 Oct. 2010. 3. In this article, Fiornia speaks about how America was based off of small businesses and if we are trying to create more jobs in our economy right now, we need to help boost the small businesses. She also talked about proposed tax incentives for small businesses and how she doesn’t appreciate the earmarks that “benefit(s) the insiders.” "FIORINA...
Words: 441 - Pages: 2
...KDA222 AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN / Mohamad Afiqq Che Zani @ Jailani 175756 17. Identify key urban design themes in the work of Donovan, in either residential or commercial/public buildings. This essay will explain about the key features and themes of the urban design as in BVN Donovan Hill works in their commercial/public buildings. Donovan Hill architects was established in Brisbane in 1992 by two principles, Brian Donovan and Timothy Hill are graduate of the University of Queensland. Most of their design approach practiced in Australia is influenced by United Kingdom and United States architects and theorist such as Colin Rowe, Christopher Alexander and Colin St John Wilson.1 BVN Architecture is one of Australia’s biggest architectural practices, well-known for award winning across a broad and diverse portfolio in Australia and outside Australia. “The architectural engagement ranges from civic and institutional projects to office and residential design, tourism projects, industrial developments, master planning and urban design”.2 Some of their notable projects focused in this essay is in commercial/public building which is designed based on approaching the inevitability of the environment that is addressed with comprehensive understanding of the client, needs of the people, processes and places that illustrate the realm of their culture that aligns with it’s urban design.3. “Urban design defined as planned activities and products intended at resulting from the physical...
Words: 3232 - Pages: 13
...and gets more than what he had invested, then he is said to have profit. The profit he gets will be equal to the additional money he gets other than his investment. So profit can be understood as the extra money one gets other than what he had invested. Eg: A person bought an article for Rs. 100 and sold it for Rs. 120. Then he got Rs. 20 extra and so his profit is Rs. 20. What is Loss? When a person gets an amount less than what he had invested, then he is said to have a loss. The loss will be equal to the deficit he got than the investment. Eg: A person bought an article at Rs. 100 and sold it for Rs. 90. Then he got a deficit of Rs. 10 and so his loss is Rs. 10. Cost Price (CP): The money that the trader puts in his business is called Cost Price. The price at which the articles are bought is called Cost Price. In other words, Cost Price is nothing but the investment in the business. Selling Price (SP): The price at which the articles are sold is called the Selling Price. The money that the trader gets from the business is called Selling Price. In other words, Selling Price is nothing but the returns from a business. Marked/Market/List Price (MP): The price that a trader marks or lists his articles to is called the Marked Price. This is the only price known to the...
Words: 6817 - Pages: 28
...Strategy Introduction The article---‘What is strategy’ is mainly concerned with exploring the definition of the strategy by distinguishing ‘operational effectiveness’ from ‘strategy’. To explore the real meaning of strategy, the author defines this term from three different perspectives: strategic position, trade-offs and fit. Main part Understanding of the article Some concepts of this article are based on theoretical foundations. Firstly, operational effectiveness is based on the Five Forces Frame Work (Porter, 2008), as its definition ‘performing similar activities better than rivals perform them’ (Porter, 1996) links with external environment, especially for the competitors. Another concept ‘strategic position’, performing different activities from rivals’ or performing similar activities in different ways (Porter, 1996), is related to RBV (Barney, 1991), because both them emphasize on the distinctiveness and uniqueness. The other two concepts ‘trade-offs’ and ‘fit’ are based on VRIO criteria (Barney, 2007), which is the basis of the company to generate sustained competitive advantage. The V of VOIR, value, is consistent with ‘trade-offs’, as they indicate that company should decide what to do and not to do. The ‘fit’ is line with the ‘I-inimitability’, since both of them stress that interlinkages among corporate activities makes difficult for organization to imitate. Wider context of strategy theory Besides, this article could also be placed into a wider...
Words: 1250 - Pages: 5
... He includes pathos to create a sense of disappointment and hopelessness in Obama’s decision effectively to convince his mainly conservative audience. In comparison, Khan also makes use of logos by mainly focusing on historical and some statistical data to convince his more liberal target audience. He also makes use of pathos to instill a sense of remorse for minimum wage workers, and also to call the readers to action. His evidence seems a little weak though, because in one case he forces the reader to open a link for another article for evidence and it seems that his claim relies too much on pathos. First, it is important to note how the author’s ethos affects the basic effectiveness of the article since credibility of writers is vital to convince the target audience. Interestingly, neither author makes use of the ethos appeal in their respective articles, but their credentials are readily available. David Laska is Communications Director of the New York State Republican Party. His credentials make him a credible source about the minimum wage increase debacle because his involvement in politics naturally involves that he has knowledge in the labor...
Words: 1470 - Pages: 6
... | |Comments: | | | | | |Grade: |/100 | Viewpoints Comparison Redjon Xhafa May 25 2014 A paper submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of BC 301 Critical Thinking ……… address Naxou 5-7 Email tzafasalex@yahoo.com course instructor Cesselin Todorov ……… ……… ……… Viewpoints Comparison After searching about magazines, the author decided to write about an article presented in two magazines that each of them focuses on different material but still talk about news. These two magazines are both online magazines and they are...
Words: 883 - Pages: 4
