...Absolute Truth can be defined as "the real state of facts and reality”, an accepted statement or proposition. Some suggest that there is no true reality, only perceptions and opinions, while others argue that there must be some absolute basis. With this being said, we can say that there are two diametrically-opposed beliefs related to absolute truth: There are no absolutes that define reality. Everything is relative, and thus there is no actual reality. There is ultimately no authority for deciding if an action is positive or negative; right or wrong. There are absolutes that define what is real and what is not. Thus, actions can be deemed right or wrong based upon how they measure up against these absolute standards. I’m a firm catholic believer and the catholic perspective on absolute truth should be determined by the one who is the ultimate authority, or maker, of all things. So for any of those who believe in God the absolute truth is derived from properly understanding who God is and what His "will" is for His creation. Propositions, in logic, are statements that can be labeled as either true or false. All of the examples you just heard and saw are complete statements that you can say are either true or false. Propositions are the objects of attitudes and the primary carriers of truth and falsity. This stipulation rules out certain candidates for propositions, including thoughts which are not sharable, and concrete events or facts, which cannot be false. Reference:...
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...Robin Li: A Gentleman Leader Fan Yang 2215384 There is no doubt that Baidu is the biggest Chinese search engin in the world. Compared with 1999, when Baidu had just been found, it was a only small company with 7 seven people, nowdays, Baidu occupied nearly 80 percents of the market share of search engin in China. Most people would like to own the success of Baidu to the initiator, Robin Li. Before Robin Li founded Baidu, he was just a network engineer, but now, he has already become an excellent leader. As a leader, Robin has many good qualities. He is knowlegable, cautious, patient, full of passion and keeping appropriate development speed of Baidu. There is nearly no rapid change or ups and downs in the development of Baidu. The development is stable and sustained. What gives others biggest impression in Robin Li's leadership is his gentleman-style leardership.In ancient China, " gentleman " is used to discribe somebody's moral perspective. The "gentleman-style leadership " refered here means that the Robin Li's leadership is base on the fact that human's nature is good, and he is trying to develop the company and create value for society consciously and actively in a gentleman's demeanor, which makes the atmosphere in Baidu free, harmonious and actively. Robin Li has tried his best to prevent being so serious in the company. For example, if Robin Li was in office, his door is generally open, unless there is an important conversation. This is to let the staff know...
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...Carla Jensen CWV November 13, 2011 Todd Forrest My Very Own Worldview The three components that make up my worldview are God, Knowledge, and Ultimate Reality, because they shape shaped my thoughts, experiences, education, and life decisions. Therefore, my belief in God has shaped my entire life through my thoughts, experiences, and life decisions. My Thoughts: My thoughts have always included God, for as long as I can remember. I can remember feeling the presence of God around me as a very, very small child, and He has always been there to support me with His love and guidance. I don’t think of myself as a religious person, but as a person who would like to live my life the way God wants us to. I have always been a “Pollyanna” type, because I always believed that there is good in everyone and everything. It is really not practical to believe that people will always think and behave the same as me, which is why I have spent many years learning about others – how they think, what they do, and why they do it- as a way to better understand the human race. I have learned that many self proclaimed Christians can be the most evil of people, because going to church and reading the bible does not make a person act like Jesus Christ. People should not have to act “as if”, but just be like Him. I am old enough to have seen some pretty hypocritical folks in my lifetime that would chastise others for not going to church...
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...Robin Li: A Gentleman Leader Fan Yang 2215384 There is no doubt that Baidu is the biggest Chinese search engin in the world. Compared with 1999, when Baidu had just been found, it was a only small company with 7 seven people, nowdays, Baidu occupied nearly 80 percents of the market share of search engin in China. Most people would like to own the success of Baidu to the initiator, Robin Li. Before Robin Li founded Baidu, he was just a network engineer, but now, he has already become an excellent leader. As a leader, Robin has many good qualities. He is knowlegable, cautious, patient, full of passion and keeping appropriate development speed of Baidu. There is nearly no rapid change or ups and downs in the development of Baidu. The development is stable and sustained. What gives others biggest impression in Robin Li's leadership is his gentleman-style leardership.In ancient China, " gentleman " is used to discribe somebody's moral perspective. The "gentleman-style leadership " refered here means that the Robin Li's leadership is base on the fact that human's nature is good, and he is trying to develop the company and create value for society consciously and actively in a gentleman's demeanor, which makes the atmosphere in Baidu free, harmonious and actively. Robin Li has tried his best to prevent being so serious in the company. For example, if Robin Li was in office, his door is generally open, unless there is an important conversation. This is to let the staff know...
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...Max Mayer HIS 102 Prof. McGowen GTF Nick O’Neill Feb 25, 2013 Absolutism Most historians would argue that the years 1660 to 1789 could be summarized as an Age of Absolutism, the period from the Restoration in England and the personal rule of Louis XIV up to the beginning of the French Revolution. Our textbook defines absolutism as “a political arrangement in which one ruler possesses unrivaled power (Western Civilization pg 184). Rulers received their power directly from God – theory of divine right – claiming they were above the law. As a result, absolute monarchs were viewed differently among the individual’s social class; the Noble’s view differed from the every day commoner’s view. Due to the divine right kingship beliefs monarchs receive an endless amount of power. Subjects believed God would only invest the ruler he appointed with powers that resembled his own, therefore any resistant to their monarch was forbidden. In Richard II, subjects look upon the Monarch of England as a godly figure. Throughout the play, King Richard and the Duchess make several references to “sacred blood;” a clear reference to Richard II being appointed by God (divinely appointed). An important nobleman, John of Gaunt, describes Richard II, “God’s is the quarrel; for God’s substitute/ His deputy anointed in his sight”(Shakespeare 13). Richard II is understood to be God’s presence on earth, once again supporting the theory of divine right. Subjects viewed god having two bodies, one present...
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...William Saroyan once said, “Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure”. This means as people fail overtime wisdom is gained by a realization of prudence, then one becomes virtuous. I agree because those who go through struggles usually learn from it and their wisdom expands. This is an accurate assessment and is evident in the novel “Hamlet” by Shakespeare. For the purpose, of revenge we see Hamlet the protagonist who takes advantage of his insanity, to get revenge on his father’s murderer. With this intention, Hamlet encounters many obstacles throughout the play. On the other hand, Ophelia is a victim that has been used by her father for reputation. Until, Laertes appear we are able to discover Ophelia’s true wisdom after all of her sufferings and experiences. This is also evident in the novel “The Little Prince” by Antoine De Saint-Exupery. Due to, The Little Prince insecurity of narrow mindedness. Given that, he is unable to detect his own narrow mindedness, about what it means to be human. .Couple with, The Little Prince’s journey is The Pilot, who finds a purpose in companionship to refrain loneliness and sorrow. Through the use of characterization and conflict, both works of literature demonstrate growth from failure. In both, The Little Prince and Hamlet, readers learn that characters are virtuous because they’ve had to work through difficulties, they learned about themselves and also about what it means to be human. Hamlet has...
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...Problem 1: i) All the coefficients are significant, because t (crit) = 1,96 is smaller than the absolute values of these three coefficients β1, β2 and β3. Estimated equation is: Log (wage) = 0.128 + 0.0904educ + 0.041exper – 0.000714exper2 (0.106) (0.0075) (0.0052) (0.000116) n = 526, R2 = 0.30 ii) Yes, the coefficient is significant because t-statistics absolute value 6,16 is greater than t (critical value) at 1 % significance level which is 2,586 in this case. iii) Return to the fifth year of experience: 100 * [0.041-2*(0.000714)*4] = 3,53% Return to the 20th year of experience: 100 * [0.041-2*(0.000714)*19] = 1,39% iv) x* = 0.0410089/(2*(-0.0007136)) = -28.7338 28.7338 There are 121 people in the sample with at least 29 years of experience. Problem 2: a) SSE + SSR = SST SST – SSE = SSR SSR = 7160,41429–10.6243285= 7149,79 b) n =524 c) R2 = SSE/SST = 10.62/7160.41 = 0,001484 d) t = (-0,4682478/0,5306473) = -0,88241 e) t = coefficient/ std. error coefficient / t = (5,944174/34,96) = 0,170028 f) F = t^2 = (-0,88241)^2 = 0,778645 Problem 3: Model 1: a) Coefficient on variable cigs indicates that one cigarette smoked per day reduces birth weight by 0,44 %. Therefore, the effect on birth weight from smoking 10 more cigarettes will be that it reduces birth weight by 4,4 %. b) In model 1, a white child is predicted to weight 5,5 % more than a non-white child on...
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...state more secure, he used Cardinal Richelieu, a French clergyman and political leader to keep Louis’ monarchy absolute, and breaking the political power of the Huguenots, French Protestants. The commoners wouldn’t contribute in council or the spread of the religion, but paid heavy taxes, in order to fund for the monarch’s army and labor, aided in Louis XIV reign. Louis wanted to be seen as a extremely powerful monarch, this lead to lots of wars in order to show the prominence of France. Again, in regards to the relationship between commoners and state...
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...Matt Fowler RES 297 11/12/13 Evidence Based Medicine Research Assignment 1) In Vitro Evaluation of Heat and Moisture Exchangers Designed for Spontaneously Breathing Tracheostomized Patients Claudia Brusasco, MD⇑ Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Diagnostiche Integrate, Sezione Anestesia e Rianimazione Francesco Corradi, MD PhD Dipartimento Cardio-Nefro-Polmonare, Sezione Terapia Intensiva Cardiochirurgica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Parma, Italy. Maria Vargas, MD Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Diagnostiche Integrate, Sezione Anestesia e Rianimazione Dipartimento di Anestesia e Terapia Intensiva, Università di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy. Margherita Bona, MD Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Diagnostiche Integrate, Sezione Anestesia e Rianimazione Federica Bruno, MD Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Diagnostiche Integrate, Sezione Anestesia e Rianimazione Maria Marsili, MD Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Diagnostiche Integrate, Sezione Anestesia e Rianimazione Francesca Simonassi, MD Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Diagnostiche Integrate, Sezione Anestesia e Rianimazione Gregorio Santori, MD Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Diagnostiche Integrate, Università Degli Studi di Genova, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino, Genova, Italy. Paolo Severgnini, MD Dipartimento Scienza ed Alta Tecnologia, Sezione Ambiente Salute Sicurezza...
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...1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. y=hx=tan(-2x) 13. 14. y=fx=cscx+2 15. 16. y=gx=-x 17. 18. y=hx=x-3 19. 20. y=f(x)= _1_ x 22. 23. y=h(x) = ln (x+2) 24. f(x)lnx+3 25. 28. y=f(x) =lnx2 30. 31. y=hx=1x+1 32. Domain: (-1,∞) 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 41. 42. 44. y=gx=secx+5 45. 46. y=hx=--x 47. 48. y=fx=x+5 49. 51. y=hx=8-xx(x+5) 52. 53. y=gx=-x-3 54. 55. y=hx=-7x2+2x-9 56. 57. B. Convert the following data using converters and other web calculators. 1. 176 centimeter = 69.291 338 583 inch 2.153 meter = 0.095 069 792 412 mile 3. 176 kilometer = 577 427.821 52 feet 4. 2 387 kilometer = 1 483.213 035 9 mile 5. 35 degree Celsius = 95 degree Fahrenheit 6. -40 degree Celsius = -40 degree Fahrenheit 7. 35 degree Fahrenheit = 1.6666667 degree Celsius 8. 135 inch = 3.429 meter 9. 35 yard = 32.004 meter 10. 35 degree Celsius = 308.15 kelvin 11. -40 degree Celsius = 233.15 kelvin 12. 35 degree Fahrenheit = 274.8166667 kelvin 13. 135 kelvin = -216.67 degree Fahrenheit 14. 200 kelvin = -73.15 degree Celsius 15. 25 mile/hour (mph) = 11.176 meter/second 16. 10 025 mile/hour (mph) = 4 481.576 meter/second 58. 17. 100 123 456 mile/second = 580 079 099 420 000 meter/hour 18. P657= $15.7111 19.$10,345 = P430,254 20.$ 12, 345 = euro 10,059...
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...Chapter 1 Practice Worksheet: Matter and Measurement 1) What are the vertical columns in the periodic table called? _families or groups_______________ 2) What are the horizontal rows in the periodic table called? __periods______________ 3) Name the following groups and list three elements (with symbols) in each one: Group Name Elements and symbols Group 1A _Alkali metals______________ _Na, K, Rb_______ Group 2A _Alkaline Earth metals_______ _Mg, Ca, Sr______ Group 7A _Halogens_________________ _F, Cl, Br________ Group 8A _Noble Gases_______________ _Ar, Kr, Ne______ 4) Use metric prefixes to calculate the following conversions: a. 156 cm = __1.56_______________ m b. 4.870 km = _4.870 x 105___________ cm c. 7809 mL = __7.809 x 10-6_________ ML d. 98.412 GL = _9.8412 x 1012________ cL e. 1234 μm = _1.234 x 10-3___________ m f. 675 nm = _6.75 x 10-7_____________ m g. 0.00549 kg = _5.49 x 103___________ mg 5) How many significant figures are in each of the following measurements? a. 0.002960 g __4____ b. 1000.00 g __6____ c. 100,000 g __unknown____ d. 1.000 x 102 g __4____ e. 1.20980 g __6____ 6) Write the result of each calculation. Remember to include units and the correct number of significant figures. a. (200.5 m + 2.59 m) x 60.7 m = 1.23 x 104 m2 b. (3.3 x 10-4 g) ÷ (9.9 x 10-5 mL) = 3.3 g/mL c. (1.0 x 105 s) x (15.0 m/s) = 1...
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...can take on different values. For example 0 degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius does not mean there is no temperature but it is different from 0 degrees Fahrenheit.) B) rank order- variables that are individual observations that can be put into order from smallest to largest, even though the exact values are unknown. An example of this would be shirts, small, medium and large shirts. C) Nominal- variables which are also called categorical variables. They classify observations into a small number of categories. Examples are 1) "types of property" can include houses, condos, Co-ops, or bungalows. Another example 2) Gender or race D) Ratio Scale- is measured data with a zero point and provides information relative to an absolute zero. An example of this is a person's weight. The scale starts at 0 and when you step on it, the amount goes up starting from 0 to the amount of weight on it. (It has to start at 0). E) Continuous- variables that are numeric and can be any number (positive or negative). Examples of a continuous variable can be red blood cells, body temperature, or any other continuous readings such as body weight. (15) Following are the speeds of 40 cars clocked by radar on a particular road in a 35- mph zone on a particular afternoon: 30, 36, 42, 36, 30, 52, 36, 34, 36, 33, 30, 32, 35, 32, 37, 34, 36, 31, 35, 20, 24, 46, 23, 31, 32, 45, 34, 37, 28, 40, 34, 38, 40, 52, 31, 33, 15, 27,...
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...ngNicholas, 07-015 Turbo C++ Algorithms & Coding 1. Finding the absolute value of an integer Algorithm (single alternative control flow) Absolute Value ( ) Coding #include void main () { { 1. input n; int n; 2. if (n43) 5. print : Second Class; 6. else if (mark > 32) 7. print : Third Class; 8.else 9. print: Fail; } 3. Determining the roots of quadric equation Algorithm Quadric Equation ( ) { 1. input a, b, c ; 2. d= b*b- 4*c*a ; 3. if (d 59) printf("first class"); else if (mark>44) printf("Second class"); else if (mark>32) printf("third class"); else printf("fail"); } Coding #include #include void main() { float a,b,c,x1,x2,d; scanf ("%f%f%f",& a,& b,& c); d=(b*b-4*c*a); if (d79) 3. print : A+; 4. else if (n >74) 5. print : A; 6. else if (n > 69) 7. print : A-; 8. else if (n >64) 9. print: B+; 10. else if (n >59) 11. print : B; 12. else if (n > 54) 13. print : B-; 14. else if (n >49) 15. print: C+; 16. else if (n >44) 17. print: C; 18. else if (n > 39) 19. print: D; 20. else 21. print :F; } Coding #include void main() { int n; scanf("%d",& n); if(n>79) printf("%d is A+",n); else if(n>74) printf("%d is A",n); else if(n>69) printf("%d is A-",n); else if(n>64) printf("%d is B+",n); else if(n>59) printf("%d is B",n); else if(n>54) printf("%d is B-",n); else if(n>49) printf("%d is C+",n); else if(n>44) printf("%d is C",n); else if(n>39) printf("%d is D",n); else printf("%d is F",n); } 5. Finding whether a number is even or odd: Algorithm (double alternative control flow)...
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...Relatively Perfect Some individuals can identify musical notes without the aid of a give tone. They are not limited to pitch-naming, the can also perform several musical skills, such as identifying a song’s key signature, labeling all tones of a given chord, mentally notating a piece and recognizing the pitches of everyday sounds like a dog’s bark of a phone’s ring. This ability can be achieved through practice. It is said that ear-trained people cringe when they hear specific songs san out-of-tune. Although they are known to be sensitive around sounds, their hearing is no different from an “average” person’s. This musical ability is known as “perfect pitch”. The ear can be very sensitive to music since music is composed of different pitches. Pitch perception is the way a person “observes” music. There are two different pitch perceptions. Relative pitch perception, or often shorten to “relative pitch”, is basically defined as the hearing ability to identify pitches with the aid of a given pitch; it is also the ear’s ability to recognize the range between two notes which is called the interval. On the other hand, perfect pitch perception—or perfect pitch—does not need help from a reference note. A person who has perfect pitch and relative pitch could have been training through the years. Or he is born with perfect pitch and only attained relative pitch through practice. He could also be a conservatory student who mastered the art of pitch perception because of the...
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...Critically assess the virtues and shortcomings of Britain’s ‘un-codified’ Constitution Britain are one of the few countries in the world that still posses and un-codified constitution, other states that posses un-codified constitutions are New Zealand and Israel. A constitution is a set of rules which guidelines what the people of the nation and the government have the rights to do, these rules or guidelines are normally printed in one sovereign place. An un-codified constitution differs from this as is not one sovereign book or piece of writing that outlines the rules of the state. This short answer will assess the strengths and weakness of Britain having an un-codified constitution. The first strength to consider is the fact that our un-codified constitution is more flexible then a codified constitution. Many nations find it difficult to pass legislation because the constitution holds the government accountable and protects the individuals. Example of this could be after terrorist attacks Britain was able to quickly pass legislation detaining terror suspects for longer period of time, where as other nations constitutions protected the individuals liberties and prevented their governments from detaining suspects for long periods of time. From the first argument we can see that flexibility is a strength of an un-codified constitution, however it can also be a weakness. Without the codified constitution there is no checks on the government other then the opposition, a...
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