...are dull. Nonmetals have high ionization energy and high electronegativity values. They are bad at making heat and electricity. Nonmetals gain electrons becoming negative ions with larger radii than the atoms. They have oxidation numbers of ±4, -3, and -2. The elements in Group 18 are called noble gases. Noble gases do not have all the properties of nonmetals because they react chemically. A few compounds that have noble gases have been created. Each element has filled an outer energy level of electrons. The level of helium is filled with two electrons, but the rest of noble gases have eight electrons. Group 18 was originally called inert gas group because it was thought that elements could not produce stable compounds. Also because their valence levels are full and normally noble gases do not add more electrons. Fluorine can have a high attraction to electrons that it attracts electrons from some noble gases and causes them to have a positive oxidation state. Only some reactivity is seen. Argon and xenon are the only ones to produce stable compounds. Neon has been wheedled into reactions under bead conditions of temperature and pressure. Helium has not shown an activity. Noble gases are nonpolar and that means they hold in the liquid and solid phases by van der Waals forces. Helium with the fewest electrons has the lowest boiling point. In this group, the boiling point increases from top to bottom. Helium was discovered by Janssen in 1868. Helium’s atomic number is...
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...Kera Cleary Business-127 Case Study- Barnes & Noble To which environmental forces is Barnes & Noble responding? Barnes & Noble are responding to external environment. When Leonard Riggio opened Barnes & Nobles he wanted it to be more of a social gathering verses just a bookstore. It was a BIG HIT, one of a kind. 1995 Amazon.com emerged. In 1997 Mr. Riggio launched the barnesandnoble.com in order to keep up with the customers wants. This is a continual battle Barnes & Nobles is fighting, constantly changing their company to fit the world around it. What is appealing to customers about ordering online? Online ordering is appealing to customers because the convenience! Convenience of not leaving your house. I can shop in my PJ's, if I wish and nobody will see to judge. No other shoppers to get in your way, always happens when you're in a hurry. If you live in a small town, your shopping may be limited to a few stores. Online shopping gives you access to all stores or sites that distribute product online. What is appealing to customers about electronic books? Electronic books are appealing to customers for a few reasons. No books cluttering your space. Environmentally friendly. You can shop for books at home and have them instantly. No books to tote around. I feel convenience plays hand in hand with e-books as well. Cleary 2 Interview ten other students using the survey that follows. Total your response and prepare a...
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...Barnes & Noble does business -- big business -- by the book. As the #1 bookseller in the US, it operates about 650 superstores throughout 49 states and the District of Columbia under the banners Barnes & Noble, Bookstop, and Bookstar, as well as about 200 mall stores using the names B. Dalton, Doubleday, and Scribner's. The company's GameStop subsidiary is the #1 US video game retailer with about 1,500 stores under the names Babbage's Etc., GameStop, and FuncoLand. Barnes & Noble owned about 75% of online book seller barnesandnoble.com after purchasing Bertelsmann's interest in 2003; Barnes & Noble then purchased all remaining shares and took the company private in May 2004. Barnes & Noble dates back to 1873 when Charles Barnes went into the used-book business in Wheaton, Illinois. By the turn of the century, he was operating a thriving bookselling operation in Chicago. His son William took over as president in 1902. William sold his share in the firm in 1917, to C. W. Follett, who later built Follett Corp, and moved to New York City, where he bought an interest in established textbook wholesalers Noble & Noble. The company was soon renamed Barnes & Noble. It first sold mainly to colleges and libraries, providing textbooks and opening a large Fifth Avenue shop. Over the next three decades, Barnes & Noble became one of the leading booksellers in the New York region. Freshman Leonard Riggio, who worked at a New York University bookstore to help pay for night school. He studied...
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...In this paper I will be discussing the concept of the four noble truths and eightfold path within the Buddhist religion. The four noble truths do not give concrete answers to metaphysical questions, unlike other religions. Buddhism teaches human existence is imperfect and the four noble truths are a guide to help steer away from suffering. The four noble truths are important to Buddhist ethics in that they are the way to nirvana and enlightenment. The first noble truth is life is suffering. To live means to suffer and since it is human nature, no one is perfect in any shape or form. While we develop, we inevitably have to endure physical and psychological suffering sooner or later. Each of us, no matter how rich or poor, is going to get sick, grow old, and die. Nothing is permanent, nothing can permanently satisfy us. “ Any aspect of life, no matter how seemingly pleasant, already has the seeds of the suffering that is a common denominator of all human experience” (Young 91). This is because things change and pass away; everything and everyone we love will someday pass away. The Buddha also taught the reason behind the suffering that individuals experience. The second noble truth is suffering is caused by craving. “We suffer because our craving leads us to become attached to things or people and deluded as to the real nature of our situation in life (Young).” As long as we are unable to detach of moral pleasures, we will experience suffering. One must learn to overcome...
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...Buddhism Buddhism is a way of life that exceeds beyond religion. The word Buddhism is derived from “budhi,” meaning “to awaken.” (A Basic Buddhism Guide) Siddhartha Gotama, Buddha, realized that wealth and luxury did not guarantee happiness; therefore, he explored different religions and philosophies in search of the key to human happiness. Siddhartha Gotama continued his exploration for six years until he was enlightened. Once enlightened, the Buddha spent the rest of his life teaching the principles of Buddhism. Buddhism encompasses Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path. The first noble truth is life is suffering. Life includes pain, illness, death, and many other irrefutable facts that cannot be denied. Buddhism focuses...
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...THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS The first teaching ever given by the Buddha was to five student monks in a deer park. He spoke of the Four Noble Truths he had discovered while searching for enlightenment, these are the central teachings of Buddhism. It was the Buddha's first awareness that life brings with it illness, age, misery and death that lead him to search for a deeper understanding of how we live, and ways to end suffering. Siddhartha Gautama, the name of the Buddha who had preached and taught about the Four Noble Truths had experienced, and observed all suffering, and only let out these truths after he had reached his own enlightenment. Buddha said that all people, even if they were rich or poor, have suffered. He says they have suffered because of pains and afflictions, or traveling from endless rebirths/reincarnations. All from the greedy desires of mankind. The Buddha gave a solution to end the suffering, an answer to stop the countless rebirths, and a halt to their selfish wants, and once they have been lifted, they will learn the true meaning of the Four Noble Truths. Each of these lessons explains the Buddhist steps in understanding the truth about life, the reasons behind those truths, the possibility of change and the way of life that can lead to a life free of suffering. All Buddhists study, meditate, think and act in ways that are designed to help them come to a full understanding of each of these Four Noble Truths and to stay on the path the Buddha says will lead...
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...Explain the Buddha’s teachings and about the nature and ending of suffering. The Buddha taught people that life is imperfect and that it will be full of suffering and how it is unavoidable. He taught that the earth is plagued with it and that you will have to face it, however he did overcome it as he was able to reach nirvana. He also taught people the way of how they can do it as he taught them the four noble truths and of the eightfold path. He taught people about the nature of suffering in the form of Dukkha and the dissatisfaction of it and the ending of Dukkha in the form of nirvana. Dukkha is the first truth that the Buddha taught it is that life is suffering which is caused by craving i.e. life includes pain, getting old, disease, and ultimately death. We also endure psychological suffering like loneliness frustration, boredom, fear, embarrassment, disappointment and anger. It not only is this the suffering it is the dissatisfaction of the life of suffering that we have to endure and struggle through and that that unsatisfactory feeling is caused by Tanha which is craving. The other truths rest on this dissatisfaction of life and how we can over come it if we can life a dukkha free life. There are also three types of Dukkha which are Dukkha Dukkha, Dukkha Anicca and Dukkha Anatta. Dukkha Dukkha is the natural suffering that goes on in the world and that nothing in life is perfect. Dukkha Anicca is the most important Dukkha as it is the suffering that goes on because...
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...The Merger of Liberty Media and Barnes and Noble, Inc. [pic] [pic] Introduction Liberty Media has chosen to try to inquire Barnes and Noble. The price that has been offered to inquire this company is $17 per share or $1 billion. In the following we are going to discuss whether or not this inquiry is one that will be good or one that will be bad. We will determine if this industry is attractive to enter/maintain business in, we will this is a smart move financially and how much this inquiry will affect the current business practices, and lastly, we will use value chain analysis to determine if this was an overall smart move for the company. Industry Attractiveness Market Size and Projected Growth: The industry of books and media is one that is quite large there are many other book and media companies out there. Barnes and Noble has been trying to expand their business opportunities, buy expanding online operations by creating the world’s largest eBook store, and by developing the NBOOK which is the worlds most advanced eBook reader. Barnes and noble also is the world’s largest seller of magazines offering more than 5,000 titles. The company has tried to expand the company as much as possible by again expanding digital operations, and by expanding there publishing operations the company has recently acquired spark notes.com and sterling publishing. If the company continues to inquire upon more...
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...Name – Urmit Shah PRN - 14060321094 The Four Noble Truths The Four Noble Truths are: 1. Noble Truth Of Stress (Dukkha) 2. Noble Truth Of The Origination Of Stress (Craving) (Tanha) 3. Noble Truth Of The Cessation Of The Stress (Nirvana) 4. Noble Truth Of The Way Of Practice (Noble Eightfold Path) Noble Truth Of Stress (Dukkha) Suffering is the translation of ‘Dukkha’. Buddhism explains three types of Dukkha : 1. Pain (Physical /mental) - It is the sort of feeling that you experience when you fall and hurt yourself. Or the normal headaches that you experience. 2. Dukkha Of Change – This sort of dukkha exists because according to the Buddhist tradition the system is in flux (Constantly changing- Anitya). Even Happiness and laughter are considered to be Dukkha as they are not permanent. 3. Dukkha Of Conditions- The world which we live in is conditioned and we are brought up/moulded according to the conditions. According to Buddhism Samsara is conditioned and that is why there is impermanence. Noble Truth Of The Origination Of Stress (Craving) (Tanha) Origin of Dukkha is ‘Craving’(Tanha). Craving can be of three types: 1. Craving for sensual pleasure 2. Craving for existence – It is the craving for eternal life. 3. Craving for non-existence – It is the craving for the end of the life (death/end of all the consciousness) Craving is different from ‘Want’. Craving according to the Buddhism is faulty but ‘want’ is not. ‘Want’ arises out of a rational...
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...The first Noble Truth is Dukkha. Dukkha represents the dislocation and suffering in all human lives. Much of the suffering in one’s life stems from the trauma of birth, the psychology behind sickness, the fear of death, attachment to outcomes, and one being separated from loved ones. The second Noble Truth is Tanha. Tanha represents human desires which cause suffering or Dukkha. The wish for private fulfilment, attachment to things in life, the yearning for more, and clinging onto hopes are all representations of causes of suffering. The third Noble Truth is Nirvana. Which is the end of suffering and the way to enlightenment. In order to get rid of Dukkha (suffering), one must get rid of Tanha (desire). Once one demolishes all sense of self, then their suffering will end. The fourth Noble Truth discusses how to reach Nirvana, which is through the Eightfold path. The Four Noble Truths are important when discussing the original concept of Buddhism because they allow all persons to find a way to enlightenment by looking past external flaws and wishes. Not only do the Four Noble truths allow introspection, but they are also based off of scientific logic. So, they do not rely on magical thinking or on the willingness of the...
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...The Four Noble Truths "I teach suffering, its origin, cessation and path. That's all I teach", Is the what Buddha quoted 2500 years ago. The Four Noble Truths contain the essence of the Buddha's teachings. It was these four principles that the Buddha came to understand during his meditation under the bodhi tree. 1. The truth of suffering (Dukkha) 2. The truth of the origin of suffering (Samudāya) 3. The truth of the cessation of suffering (Nirodha) 4. The truth of the path to the cessation of suffering (Magga) The Buddha is often compared to a physician. In the first two Noble Truths he diagnosed the problem (suffering) and identified its cause. The third Noble Truth is the realisation that there is a cure. The fourth Noble Truth, in which the Buddha set out the Eightfold Path, is the prescription, the way to achieve a release from suffering. The First Noble Truth Suffering (Dukkha) Suffering comes in many forms. Three obvious kinds of suffering correspond to the first three sights the Buddha saw on his first journey outside his palace: old age, sickness and death. But according to the Buddha, the problem of suffering goes much deeper. Life is not ideal: it frequently fails to live up to our expectations. Human beings are subject to desires and cravings, but even when we are able to satisfy these desires, the satisfaction is only temporary. Pleasure does not last; or if it does, it becomes monotonous. Even when we are not suffering from outward causes...
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...Noble In Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem, “Ulysses”, the speaker and main character is a King dreaming of a life consisting of travel and adventure. To be true to himself, to be true to his kingdom, Ithaca, he decided to leave and pursue his desires to roam and see what else is out in the world; however, following his dreams called into question whether or not it was noble of him to leave Ithaca. It is obvious throughout the poem that he has a complete disregard for his position as a ruler, father, and husband; as well as the disturbing fact he is willing to throw all his responsibilities out the window just for the feeling he is craving. In the poem there is some evidence to support the King’s decision to leave and it even may seem to commend him for his apparently heroic choice. He makes the idea of leaving so inviting; it is difficult to see his actions as anything but noble. He tries to convince the readers, as well as himself, that he “…cannot rest from travel: I will drink, / Life to the lees…” (ll. 7-8). In the attempt to persuade the idea that he is trying to live life to the fullest, the man makes it appear as though he is being deprived by saying, “How dull is it to pause, to make an end, / To rust unburnish’d, not to shine in use,” (ll. 22-23). In his defense, there is some room for the opinion that it was noble for him to leave Ithaca for himself; however, there is more to support the fact he...
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...I previously was employed at a well known national chain known as Barnes and Nobles. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Barnes and Nobles it is a local book store in my local neighborhood. To me this chain is undoubtedly one of the world’s largest book sellers especially since there main competition, Borders has closed down. The customers who come into our store have certain expectations and needs that they all expect to be fulfilled. The customers expect the staff to be knowledgeable, helpful, detailed, clean, and organized. There are many other customers who expect the employees to have a wide knowledge on the products they sell. Now based on my personal experience, Barnes and Noble used a modified Windows type operating system commonly referred to as Book Master. This operating system is used to organize, maintain, and categorize Barnes and Nobles entire inventory. This system also allows the employees to search for books in the database as well as if the book is in any other store if our store is sold out. “In addition the staff is able to place orders for customers and we are able to provide lots of other useful information based on the customers inquiries” (Barnes and Noble, 2012). Barnes and Noble maintain a large system of managers throughout the company. Even the lowliest employees were introduced to the higher ups within the company which does not happen very often in many businesses. Every employee was given a detailed work book regarding our roles within...
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...1. एक आदमी पेपर पढ़ रहा था जब उसकी बीवी ने उसके सिर पर जोर से फ्राईंग पैन दे मारा! "यह किस लिए मारा", उस आदमी ने पूछा? बीवी ने जवाब दिया,"आज तुम्हारी पैंट की जेब से एक कागज का टूकड़ा मिला उस पर 'जेन्नी' लिखा हुआ था इसलिए।" "अरे पिछले हफ्ते मैं रेस कोर्स गया था और जिस घोड़ी पर मैंने पैसे लगाए थे उसका नाम 'जेन्नी' था", आदमी ने सफाई दी। उसकी बीवी ने उससे माफी मांगी और वह अपना काम करने रसोई के अंदर चली गई। तीन दिन बाद वह आदमी घर में टी.वी. देख रहा था जब उसकी बीवी ने और एक बड़े फ्राईंग पैन से उसके सिर पर इतने जोर से की वह बेहोश ही हो गया। जब उस आदमी को होश आया उसने पूछा,"अब यह किस लिए मारा?" "आज दिन में तुम्हारी घोड़ी का फोन आया था तुम्हारे बारे में पूछ रही था इसलिए", उसकी बीवी ने जवाब दिया। 2. एक बैंक बिल्कुल जेल के सामने था एक दिन बैंक के सेफ का लॉक नही खुल रहा था बैंक वालों ने हर तरह कोशिश की मैकनिक बुलाये पर फिर भी वे सेफ का लॉक नही खोल पाए। तब बैंक मैनेजर ने जेल में जाकर कैदियों से मदद मांगी एक कैदी सेफ का लॉक खोलने के लिए तैयार हो गया। उसे पुलिस सुरक्षा में बाहर लाया गया और उसने थोड़ी ही देर में बिना किसी तोड़फोड़ के सेफ खोल दिया। बैंक मैनेजर उसके उस कारनामे से बहुत खुश हुआ। मैनेजर ने सेफ खोलने वाले कैदी से कहा, "मैं आपसे बहुत खुश हूँ, आपने बिना किसी क्षति के सेफ खोल दिया आप बताईये की इस काम के लिए हम आपको कितने रूपए दें।" सेफ खोलने वाले कैदी ने कहा, "पिछली बार तो जब मैंने ऐसा ही एक सेफ खोला था तो मुझे 10 लाख रूपए मिले थे तभी तो मैं यहाँ हूँ। 3. एक बार एक शतरंज का ग्रैंडमास्टर संता और बंता से बोला, चलो यार शतरंज खेलते हैं। संता: नहीं, आप...
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...Barnes & Noble, incorporated on November 19, 1986 and today is one of the largest book retailer in the United States. The company is known for its large upscale bookstores, many of which encompass a café serving Starbucks Coffee and discount on books that are rated bestsellers. In addition, it is a Fortune 500 company and is a traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol "BKS." Barnes & Noble significantly impacted the bookselling industry by making it easy and convenient for consumers to purchase books or obtain access to magazines, books, newspaper, digital media, music, DVD’s and other educational products fast and easy. The offers many options for the reader, such as the purchase of books in Barnes & Noble retail stores, online, or through products such as the NOOK eReader. As of January, 25, 2014, the Company operates 663 retail bookstores in the United States. In this reading we will analyze the company’s annual report and discuss the following: the company’s total assets, its significance, the amount of cash or equivalent and the amount of accounts payable the company had, the net revenues for the last three annual reporting period, changes in dollar amount from 2011 to 2012, total assets from the previous year and current assets as of 2013. Most importantly, why the information provided would be important to a potential investor or employee. In 2011, Barnes & Noble reported total assets valued at $3,596,466 and in 2012...
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