...“Cyborg: a person whose body contains mechanical or electrical devices and whose abilities are greater than the abilities of normal humans” (Merriam-Webster). Neil Harbisson, self-proclaimed cyborg is standing on the platform at the TED Global Conference 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland in quite a colorful ensemble with something that looks like a microphone attached to his head. This immediately captures my attention and I start wondering where this is going to go. Harbisson is both human and machine. He was born with a rare optical condition called achromatopsia, which means he is completely color blind. He has never seen color and his world is in grayscale. He immediately captured our attention visually and making a declaration that he can hear color, definitely draw the audience in immediately. He reviews the how and why, which are the two main points to declare. I would definitely give him a 10 for originality, importance and how he conveyed his message. A solution to the disadvantage of seeing in grayscale, Harbisson began working with computer scientist Adam Montandon in 2003 and collaborated with many other scientists along the way to invent a device that would be able to identify the frequency sounds of color. They placed a chip in the back of his head, when the electronic eye sensor on top of his head pics up a frequency, it then sends that to the chip in his head, which then allows him to hear the distinct sound of that particular color. The general purpose of this speech...
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...In August 1980, I was named general manager of the newly created Westinghouse Synthetic Fuels Division (SFD). The division’s nucleus was a department engaged in coal gasification research and development and supported, in part, by the U.S. Department of Energy The technology was highly regarded, and the outlook for synthetic fuels was promising. Oil prices were continuing to rise; worldwide oil shortages were forecast, as were crude oil prices of $100 per barrel; and the Carter administration had just created the Synthetic Fuels Corporation to stimulate the production of synfuels from domestic resources and reduce U.S. dependence on imported oil. Before my assignment at SFD, I had been general manager of a division that marketed turbine generators and related services worldwide. My 16 years with Westinghouse had been spent selling complex, high-technology systems to sophisticated customers. My charge from the president of Westinghouse’s Power Systems Company (then my boss’s boss)was straightforward: “ We think we have a very promising coal gasification technology—maybe one of the best in the world. See what you can do to make it into a good business. You may conclude that we can’t, and that’s an okay answer. See what you can do. I’m always available to consult and help. Keep me informed.” When I first arrived at SFD, I had mixed feelings. The Waltz Mill site, located 35 miles south east of Pittsburgh and set in rolling hills dotted with small farms and houses, was (and is)...
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...ASEA BROWN BOVERI ABB (ASEA Brown Boveri) is a multinational corporation headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, operating mainly in robotics and the power and automation technology areas. It ranked 158th in the Forbes Ranking (2013). ABB is one of the largest engineering companies as well as one of the largest conglomerates in the world. ABB has operations in around 100 countries, with approximately 140,000 employees in October 2015,[3] and reported global revenue of $39.8 billion for 2014.[1] ABB is traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange in Zürich, Nasdaq Stockholm and the New York Stock Exchange in the United States.[4] ABB's Indian unit, ABB India Limited, is traded on the National Stock Exchange of India and on the Bombay Stock Exchange. The Indian subsidiary of ABB has a market capitalization of over $4 billion.[5] HISTORY ABB resulted from the 1988 merger of the Swedish corporation Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (ASEA) and the Swiss company Brown, Boveri & Cie (BBC); the latter had absorbed the Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon in 1967. CEO at the time of the merger was the former CEO of ASEA, Percy Barnevik, who ran the company until 1996. ABB's history goes back to the late 19th century. The company was incorporated by Ludwig Fredholm in 1883 and Brown, Boveri & Cie (BBC) was formed in 1891 in Baden, Switzerland, by Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown and Walter Boveri as a Swiss group of electrical companies producing AC and DC motors, generators, steam...
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...very lives to the ideals of thought and creativity. They did this by memorizing works of literature, and by forming groups of thought. If I was to be a book rebel I would dedicate my life to the memorization of George Orwell’s “1984”. I would definitely preserve this book because its meaning extends to all people of all cultures. In my opinion no other work has better expressed the effects of a totalitarian government on people and society. It is of utmost importance to understand the ideals of this book to protect our own individual freedom. This book does not merely serve as an outlet for creativity and entertainment, but as a simulated warning of the hardships man must face, if he does not speak out and think for himself. I believe this book would be most valuable committed to memory especially to the people in the society of Fahrenheit 451. The book of “1984” would not only be the work I commit to memory if I were to be a book rebel. I would also recomend “1984” to moderm society in order to protect their own livelihood and that of there children’s. It is important for everyone to know the dangers that lie in a monotonous totalitarion society. We each are individuals with our own thoughts and ideas. This in my opinion is best expressed in George Orwell’s “1984”. For most of us, we go by day and night not realizing how fortunate we are to be living in a society of open thought and expression. Not until these liberties are taken...
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...What can we learn from Marshall? General Marshall’s staff leadership and management offer some valuable lessons. He handled his staff with absolute efficiency and got more from them than they expected they could give. What made Marshall such a successful staff leader? As important, what can we learn from his leadership and how can we apply it today? At least five aspects of Marshall’s staff leadership deserve special attention. In each case, adapting Marshall’s techniques can help us make better decisions and become more efficient as a staff leader. Using the Staff as a Counterpoint, Marshall was an exceptionally knowledgeable Chief of Staff. Throughout his career, he aggressively sought to learn every aspect and detail of his profession. Due to his own hard work, a diversity of demanding assignments, and effective mentorship by others, Marshall became an expert in many areas. As Chief of Staff, he thoroughly knew the Army’s strengths and limitations from the squad up. With such depth and breath of knowledge about the Army, some staff leaders might be tempted to ignore or discard the advice of their staffs. Other staff leaders might limit their staff to the execution of their preconceived ideas. Still others might view their staff as an impediment to their ideas. Marshall rejected these approaches. Marshall relied heavily on his staff, but not in an information gathering role. Rather, he used them as a sounding board. They broadened his already extensive knowledge...
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...Thomas Jefferson By: Jamie M. Narron American History I Instructor Dr. Alan Lamm Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 at Shadwell, his family’s farm in Albemarle County, Virginia. Thomas was the third child in the family of 10 children, six girls and 4 boys. His father, Peter Jefferson had many jobs during his life; he served as a surveyor, sheriff, colonel of militia, and member of the House of Burgess. His mother, Jane Randolph Jefferson, came from the one of the oldest families in Virginia. [1] Thomas grew up as any normal young colony boy would. His interest included hunting, fishing, horseback riding, and canoeing. All the children learned to play the violin and to appreciate music. Peter Jefferson taught Thomas to read and write, and to keep the farm accounts. [1] At the age of nine Thomas began his studies in local schools, and went to live with a nearby Scottish clergyman, who taught him Latin, Greek, and French. [1] At the age of fourteen Thomas Jefferson’s father passed away. Thomas being the oldest son became the head of the family. His inheritance included Shadwell with its 30 slaves and more than 2, 500 acres of land. John Harvey, Thomas’s guardian, managed the estate. [1] After Thomas’s father died, he entered the school of the Reverend James Maury, near Charlottesville. Thomas Jefferson was a remarkable genius, he enjoyed a large number of pursuits ranging from reading the works of Greek and Roman authors, and he read these in their own...
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...Jonathan I feel like I have no purpose. The things I liked before don’t make me happy anymore and the people I liked bore me now. That’s because I don’t get out and live……I think. I admit that my life did get kinda dull and that’s kinda my fault but how do I fix it!? I guess I could force myself to do more but I don’t want to have to do that, I want things to just happen and I guess that’s not how life works….maybe. OK, this is what I’m going to do because im tired and bored of being tired and bored… 1. Go to school with Jovan or Mike every morning from now on. 2. Stop being scared to speak…I Stutter so what!! 3. Stop censoring everything I say to make people happy…ONLY I MATTER!! 4. Stop being a bitch…..talk to who I want when I want. 5. Stop being a pussy….i’m nice at basketball and it time people know it!! 6. Talk to Hollub and tell him you coming to practice 7. IM 17 nothing is serious LIGHTEN THE FUCK UP 8. These girls mean nathan so fuck em all>>> by fuck I mean 8==D (/\) FUCK!!! 9. Weed……ONLY SMOKE WITH BITCHES....TO GET PUSSY 10. Basketball is my ticket im a 6’3” point guard..PUT SOME WORK IN ITS FUN TO BE NICE “Life is what you make it, you plant the seed that blossoms into your life. Nobody has a ceiling and Nobody has limits, you go as far as you want to go. So that means you are who the fuck you want to be and that’s that. Fear is created in the brain so delete that shit in your brain.” – I said that shit, Jonathan...
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...Editing and Proofreading/Checking your use of numbers 20 pointsDue on Thur. Oct. 27th (TTH classes); Due on Friday, Oct. 28 (MWF classes) | Instructions: Choose the sentence that uses numbers correctly. | 1. | A. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr were 4 young men from Liverpool, England, who became the most popular rock band of all time. B. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr were four young men from Liverpool, England, who became the most popular rock band of all time. | 2. | A. On January twenty-five, 1964, the Beatles' first hit debuted on the U.S. charts. B. On January 25, 1964, the Beatles' first hit debuted on the U.S. charts. | 3. | A. The song, "I Want to Hold Your Hand," spent seven weeks at number one and fourteen weeks in the top forty. B. The song, "I Want to Hold Your Hand," spent seven weeks at number one and 14 weeks in the top 40. | 4. | A. Almost immediately, the Beatles began to attract 1000s of screaming fans everywhere they went. B. Almost immediately, the Beatles began to attract thousands of screaming fans everywhere they went. | 5. | A. Throughout the 1960s, the Beatles were the world's most popular group. B. Throughout the nineteen-sixties, the Beatles were the world's most popular group. | 6. | A. During the eight years of the Beatles' reign on the charts, they had more than forty three-minute pop hits. B. During the eight years of the Beatles' reign on...
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...Domestic Terrorism Group: Army of God James Reed Advanced Topics in Criminal Justice Professor Ray Newman Colorado Technical University Online September 2, 2013 Domestic Terrorism Group: Army of God This paper will discuss a domestic terrorism group called the Army of God and why they chose to be terrorists. It will also discuss what the organizations views are and the types of crimes they are associated with. The strategies that law informant has used against the Army of God to prevent any attacks from this group and what precautions will law enforcement need to take before apprehending a member from this group. This paper will also discuss how the local court systems handle domestic terrorism. Finally, should domestic terrorist be tried in local, state, or federal courts? The reason the people of Army of God choose to be terrorists is to stop and make all abortion illegal and they will do this by any means they can and harm homosexuals. They twist the meaning of scripture to say God approves of what they are doing by destroying the sin and sinner (Understanding the, 2013). The Army of God is and anti-homosexual and abortion extremist group who believe that the use of violence is acceptable to stop homosexuality and abortions (The Army, 2010). They believe they are the army of God, God is the General and Commander and Chief and they are the soldiers carrying out his duty. The group started in the early 1980’s and founded by Reverend Michael Bray (The Army, 2010)...
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...The concept of ethical obligation GEORGE Tenet and the Last Great Days of the CIA PADM 500: Modern Public Administration August 2, 2013 Identify four (4) cross-coded ethical dilemmas facing former CIA Director George Tenet and assess their impact on his leadership abilities. During George Tenet tenure as director of the Central Intelligence Agency, there were several ethical dilemmas he faced, among which most significantly were the violations of national and international human right policies. George Tenet was also faced with the ethical dilemma of being straightforward to the people he worked with, especially his field officers, and most essentially the nation as at large. He knew all along that the statements about Saddam Hussein and chemical weapons were a fluke, but went along with it and cost American families over four thousand lives. Additionally, his role as meditator in the meeting between former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was also an ethical concern. Professionally, this role was more diplomat than chief spymaster, which made many insiders “distinctly uncomfortable” (Posner 1998; Tenet 2007, 74). Others in the administration were pleased with the idea considering it as unethical despite the fact that Tenet tried to explain that nobody else could act better in that position. This threatened his leadership due to the fact that individuals were beginning to lack trust in his leadership...
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...is an artist taking an event that is part of history and making a slight change in it to show something that they feel is valuable. A perfect example of this is the painting Washington Crossing the Delaware. The artist Emanuel Leutze took the negative space in this painting and turned it into a day sky, with a shining sun. Historically, however, this event didn’t happen during the day so why did Leutze choose to portray it like that? After seeing the majestic painting Washington Crossing the Delaware I was struck by a lot of things. The painting is a very vivid depiction of an event that happened during the American Revolutionary War. You can tell that this was the American Revolutionary War because the person who is most prominent is George Washington. He looks heroic in the picture and looks like a leader who is in charge of the situation. The saying “cool, calm, and collected” is a perfect description. One of the most poignant things that can be seen in the paining is that the wind is howling. A few perfect examples are the waving flag, and the flapping scarves around soldiers’ necks. A further example to the harsh conditions is the man sitting on the front of the boat struggling to control and keep the boat off the ice has a grimace on his face. You can also see that all the soldiers in this painting are very determined to accomplish the goal as the stern demeanor on their faces makes them look very serious and focused. Also noticeable is the ice that is in the water and...
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...Alyssa M. Gonzalez “13, 1977, 21” In Jonathan Lethem’s personal narrative essay, “13, 1977, 21”, Lethem reflects on when he was 13 years old, in the year 1977, where he watched the film Star Wars 21 times. But the essay is not actually about the Star Wars film. It is about the way Lethem used going to the movies to remove himself, or “hide” from the realities of his life, such as his mother’s illness and awkward pre-teenage years. The first few sentences of Lethem’s essay is where he blatantly tells the readers that he’s watched Star Wars twenty-one times in four months. He then uses the next three paragraphs to reflect on the circumstances surrounding his trips to the movie theater in the summer of 1977 and trying to understand what triggered him to go all twenty-one times. He describes the theater he watched the film in, down to the street in Manhattan it was on, and the interior of the theatre, that he explains was “a superior place to watch anything”. He also mentions that getting into the theater itself was “an accomplishment, both elevating and slightly dangerous”. He describes the popularity of the film at the time, where he says “any kid with a television had brought a single ticket for the same film in a single summer”, but emphasizes that he was a part of the small percent that turned watching the film into a full blown obsession. In the second paragraph, Lethem questions why he even went all twenty-one times. He writes: “But what actually occurred...
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...Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell New Writing, Autumn 1936 IN Moulmein, in lower Burma, I was hated by large numbers of people—the only time in my life that I have been important enough for this to happen to me. I was sub-divisional police officer of the town, and in an aimless, petty kind of way anti-European feeling was very bitter. No one had the guts to raise a riot, but if a European woman went through the bazaars alone somebody would probably spit betel juice over her dress. As a police officer I was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so. When a nimble Burman tripped me up on the football field and the referee (another Burman) looked the other way, the crowd yelled with hideous laughter. This happened more than once. In the end the sneering yellow faces of young men that met me everywhere, the insults hooted after me when I was at a safe distance, got badly on my nerves. The young Buddhist priests were the worst of all. There were several thousands of them in the town and none of them seemed to have anything to do except stand on street corners and jeer at Europeans. All this was perplexing and upsetting. For at that time I had already made up my mind that imperialism was an evil thing and the sooner I chucked up my job and got out of it the better. Theoretically—and secretly, of course—I was all for the Burmese and all against their oppressors, the British. As for the job I was doing, I hated it more bitterly than I can perhaps make...
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...Deborah Sampson was born in the town of Plympton, Massachusetts, on December 17, 1760. She was the oldest of 6 children of Jonathan and Deborah Bradford Sampson, both of old Colonial stock. The elder Deborah was a descendant of William Bradford, once Governor of Plymouth Colony. Her siblings included Jonathan, Elisha, Hannah, Ephraim, Nehemiah, and Sylvia. The family lived in Middleborough, Massachusetts, during her youth. Her family was poor, and when Jonathan Sampson abandoned them, Deborah became an indentured servant. Jonathan Sampson told the family that he was going to England. However, some sources say that Jonathan Sampson instead sailed to Maine and remained there for the rest of his life. Deborah lived in several different households: first with a spinster, then with the widow of Reverend Peter Thatcher, and finally, in 1770, she ended up an indentured servant of Deacon Jeremiah and Susannah Thomas. There she lived for many years. It was from the age of 8-17. When she turned eighteen and was released from her indentured servitude with the Thomas family, she became a school teacher. [edit]Army In 1778, she felt the need to go on adventures and to explore the world so she enlisted in the army as a Continental soldier. In that day and age, women were not allowed to enlist, so she disguised herself as a man. She had little trouble doing this, since she was tall and educated. Even her own mother failed to recognize her while she was disguised as a man. In disguise,...
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...UNDERSTANDING BOOLEAN LOGIC AND ITS APPLICATIONS In the 1800’s (1815-1864), George Boole, a English mathematician who did extensive work in the subject of logic, invented a system of mathematics in which the abstract concepts of true and false can be used in computations. In an attempt to create a new form of mathematics, Mr. Boole identified certain patterns of logic that were later found to be easily translated into an electronic language—essentially, a "switchon/switchoff" pattern. Today, using tiny electronic switching mechanisms inside the computer, "decisions" are made with lightning speed within the central processing unit (CPU). These decisions are based on whether a tiny switch is on or off at any given time. Computer programmers follow prescribed sets of instructions to "teach" computers how to make decisions to carry out instructions. Programming is made possible by sets of instructions called languages. Many of these languages are made up of the logic building blocks identified by Mr. Boole more than 100 years ago, long before computers. The building blocks that Mr. Boole identified are AND logic, OR logic, NOT logic, NAND logic, and NOR logic. Computer decisions are made from these patterns of logic. All programming languages allow you to create expressions that can be evaluated as either true or false, which are called Boolean expressions. A Boolean condition is a conditional statement containing a Boolean expression, and another name for a conditional...
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