...| Plato, Descartes, and the Matrix After obtaining knowledge from the Matrix, Plato's Allegory of the Cave or The Republic and the first Mediation from Descartes, I see that there are a few likenesses and contrasts. I would need to say that The Matrix and Plato's hole purposeful tale were more comparable because the individuals included in both stories, they existed in this present reality where they were being cheated about what the fact of the matter was. In the Matrix, once Neo saw this present reality and that all that he thought was true was really a hallucination, is very much alike to the shadows on the dividers of the surrender that the prisoners saw in Plato's Allegory of the hole. In both stories, both characters could encounter reality as well as the phony world and was given opportunity to see reality and were confounded. Nonetheless, the detainee in Plato's story in the wake of picking up this new information let others in servitude know of his recently discovered learning however felt that the first truth was less demanding to with the exception to. Then again Neo in The Matrix chose he needed to realize what the right truth was. Both characters were intrigued by figure out reality however they recognized reality in an unexpected way. Plato thought it was fundamental for the affixed man in the Allegory of the Cave required to escape from the hole to look for reality. Socrates portrays a gathering of individuals who have lived anchored to the divider of a buckle...
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...and obstacles that challenge the hero emotionally and/or physically. Also known as: * The Fun and Games * Resistance and Struggle * Rising Action and Obstacles * Belly of the Whale * Push to Breaking Point * The Special World * Road of Trials Mid-Point: The energy of the story shifts dramatically. New information is discovered (for positive or negative) that commits the hero to his journey. Also known as: * Energetic Marker 2: Halfway Point * Mid-Act Climax * Moment of Grace or the Mind-Fuck Moment * Moment of Enlightenment * Commitment to the Journey * Progress Approaching Inmost Cave: The hero gets closer to reaching his goal and must prepare for the upcoming battle (emotional or physical). Also known as:...
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...Evolution of Sexuality, Gender and Feminism in Cyber Culture Within the ever-evolving cyber world, in which many people find themselves living, there are traditional aspects of a previous culture which are re-emerging with technological advances. There are changing expectations of almost all themes and ideas in life, including gender and sexuality that are emerging with different notions and concepts which accompany them. In Neuromancer, by William Gibson, gender and sexuality of cyber culture are themes which are redefined and addressed throughout the novel. Through these new definitions of sex and gender, which are modified by technological advances, feminism, sexuality and the male-female binary are altered and take on entirely new meanings, which represent the decline of some aspects of humanity. Beginning with sexuality, there were very strict definitions of sexuality in our culture before it was exposed to an internet and cyber infested world. There were expectations and notions which existed prior to the emergence of cyber culture. These concepts are discussed and depicted in Gibson’s Nueromancer. There are many scenes which show this evolving and changing notion of sexuality of the future; the most memorable would most likely be the scene where Riviera performs a sexual scene to an audience including Armitage, Molly and Case. He uses his hands and mind to paint a picture of a woman, which he is having sex with; the woman is Molly. Riviera is able to paint a vivid...
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...the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV-TR) (Hansell & Damour, 2008). This paper will explore the major categories of anxiety, mood/affective and dissociative/somatoform disorders, list symptoms associated with each, and discuss the biological, cognitive, and behavioral influences of each. The DSM IV-TR category for anxiety encompasses several disorders that fall within similar or shared symptoms. Obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic attacks, specific phobias, and general anxiety disorder are a few covered in the matrix. The matrix also categorizes mood/affective disorders to include hypomanic episode, dysthymic disorder, bipolar disorder, and manic episodes. Dissociative/somatoform categories are dissociative amnesia, depersonalization disorder, and dissociative fugue, pain disorder, hypochondriasis, somatization disorder (Hansell & Damour, 2008). Symptoms vary based on category and disorder the matrix does demonstrate several...
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...Breadth, depth of knowledge and experience are advantages for projects sponsored by organizations with functional structures. 7. The Project Organizational structure supports clear authority and responsibility, improved communication and high levels of integration. 8. Disadvantages of the Project Organizational structure include project isolation, duplication of effort and projectitis. 9. Projectitis sometimes occurs when the project manager and project team develop a strong attachment to the project and to each other. 10. Unity of Command is violated when a project team member has only one direct superior. 11. The main feature of the Matrix Organizational structure is the ability to integrate areas and resources throughout an organization. 12. High potential for conflict and poor response time are disadvantages of the Matrix Organizational structure. 13. The informal organizational structure is a published structure that defines the official lines of authority, responsibilities and reporting relationships. 14. Stakeholders are individuals, groups, or even organizations that have a stake or claim in the project’s outcome. 15. Stakeholders have only a...
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...Management Development Institute (MDi) 10 Hill Road F-6/3 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN 44000 Mr. Sardar Abdul Rahim Director of BBQ Tonight Sohrab Plaza Fazl-e-Haq Road BLUE AREA, ISLAMABAD 44000 Dear Mr. Rahim I am writing to you a report about the bad customer service experience I had at your esteemed restaurant during my recent visit. The report is entitled “Conclusion and Reflection of Negative Service Encounter” The report provides a brief explanation of the service delivery system of BBQ Tonight and the negative service encounter. The content of the report specifically concentrates on the analysis of customer’s expectations and perceptions regarding service offerings of BBQ Tonight. At the end we have suggested recommendations on how BBQ Tonight can improve their customer services to avoid the further occurrence of such incidents. After carefully investigation, we have come to know that the lack of quality maintenance by kitchen staff resulted in serving un-hygienic dish from which an insect was found and put a question on performance of the quality control management team. In reading this report, you will gain valuable insight regarding measuring customer’s expectations and perceptions using various service models like Expectancy disconfirmation model, SERQUAL Model to identify the possible service gaps which led to a bad customer experience. I hope...
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...University of Phoenix Material Workplace Communication Comparison Complete the following matrix. For each communication method, list its purpose in the workplace, whether it is a technical or expository form of written communication, and why you classified it as such. |Written communication |Purpose in the workplace |Technical or expository |Why the classification was chosen | |method | |writing | | |E-mail |In contrast, much of today’s written communication in|Expository |Expository writing is to explain describe or to| | |the workplace is accomplished through e-mail | |inform | | |messages. Therefore, a good e-mail message should fit| | | | |in the box, letting the reader see the entire content| | | | |at one glance. It should be limited to about 20 lines| | | | |of text. | ...
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...Security Plan Huffman trucking company is a national transportation company. The company’s 1,400 employee’s work in its logical hubs located in Los Angeles, California, St. Louis, Missouri, and Bayonne, New Jersey; its central maintenance facility is in Cleveland, Ohio; and as drivers of its 800 road tractors. (University of Phoenix, 2005) Team A has been consulted to create an enterprise security plan that will identify the information security challenges within Huffman trucking company network and establish mitigation plans to offset those challenges. The enterprise security plan will address some of the top vulnerabilities and risks that Huffman trucking company has the potential of experiencing. The plan will also include a list of physical and logical vulnerabilities within the company, and a specific list of remediation or mitigation steps for those vulnerabilities or threat pairs. “Enterprise security planning (ESP) is the aligning of information security policies and practices and applicable security technologies with the business rules and the evolving information models and technical architectures being used by a government or business”. (Erutal, L., Braithwaite, T., Bellman, B., 2012 pg. 144) As we started our examination of Huffman trucking vulnerabilities and risk, we took a strategic look at their assets and the possible vulnerabilities that could have an effect on those assets. In any company it is imperative that a clear understanding be arrived on the company’s...
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...TABLE OF CONTENT 1. Case Abstract 2 2. Statement of Vision and Mission (Actual) 3. External Audit: 6 i. The Five-Forces Model of Competition 7 ii. Competitive Profile Matrix (CPM) 10 iii. External Factor Evaluation Matrix (EFE) 11 iv. BCG Matrix 12 4. Internal Audit: 15 a) Financial Ratio Analysis 15 b) Internal Factor Evaluation Matrix (IFE) 18 5. SWOT Analysis 19 6. SPACE Matrix 21 7. Grand Strategy Matrix 23 8. Internal-External Matrix (IE) 24 9. Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix (QSPM) 25 10. Recommendations and Justifications 27 11. References 28 | 1.0 Case Abstract This report is a comprehensive strategic management case which overview of improving a Muslim restaurant with Islamic compliances like what been done by Radix Fried Chicken (RFC) under HPA Industries Sdn. Bhd. As we all know, RFC is a product of the Muslims. Moreover, RFC is not so very famous and known very familiar to Malaysian citizen. So, this case study hope can open the eyes of all Muslims to support the Muslim products and boycotting Israel products. This report may not be entirely credible and may not be very detailed. This is due to the fact that we have difficulty obtaining information and details on Radix Fried Chicken as the information we gather online is limited...
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...Faculty of Business and Management Studies BTEC HNC IN BUSINESS Assignment Organisation and Behaviour Tutor: Dr N Ahmed Submitted by: Imran Sohail Student ID: 152 Content List: Page No 1- Task Type of Culture & Structure 03 2- Task Relationship Between Culture & Structure 10 3- Task Behaviour & Various Factors 13 4- Task Management & Leadership 15 5- Task Different Approaches to Management & Leadership 19 6- Task Identify Various Motivation theories 20 7- Task Benefits and application of motivation theories 22 8- Task Team & Group 24 9- Task Various Factor of Team ...
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...ENG University of Phoenix Material Workplace Communication Comparison Complete the following matrix. For each communication method, list its purpose in the workplace, whether it is a technical or expository form of written communication, and why you classified it as such. |Written communication method |Purpose in the workplace|Technical or expository|Why the classification was chosen | | | |writing | | |E-mail |E-mail is used in the |Expository writing |Expository writing involves writing “a | | |workplace as a way to | |well-written exposition” concentrating “on| | |increase efficiency and | |its topic and listing events in | | |profit. This is made | |chronological order,” using words such as | | |possible by allowing | |first, next, last and finally. | | |users to perform | | | | |multiple tasks such as | | | | ...
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...incorporating an optical multicasting capability at the r o u t i n g nodes i n order t o increase t h e logical connectivity o f t h e n e t w o r k a n d f u r t h e r decrease its hop distance. We refer t o such a point-to-multipoint extension as a light-tree. Light-trees can n o t only provide improved performance f o r unicast traffic, b u t they naturally can better support multicast traffic and broadcast traffic. In this study, w e shall concentrate o n the application and advantages o f light-trees t o unicast and broadcast traffic. We f o r m u l a t e t h e light-tree-based virtual t o p o l o g y design p r o b l e m as an o p t i m i z a t i o n problem w i t h one o f t w o possible objective functions: f o r a given traffic matrix, (i) minimize the network-wide average packet hop distance, or (ii) minimize the t o t a l number o f transceivers i n t h e network. We demonstrate t h a t an o p t i m u m light-tree-based virtual t o p o l o g y has clear advantages over an o p t i m u m lightpath-based virtual t o p o l o g y w i t h respect t o the above t w o objectives. ABSTRACT introduce the concept of...
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...PA: 1 compulsory PB: 3/5 (each A&B) Chp1: Three Issues at the Core of Operations Management * Efficiency * Cost * Quality OM involves managing transformations Key activities that operation (purchasing, resource) Support and general management process Chp3, 5, 7, 11&12, 13, (15&16), 17 Chp3 Page 4 Types of Performance Measure Important categories of organizational performance measures: 1. Financial 2. Customer and Market 3. Quality 4. Time 5. Flexibility 6. Innovation and Learning 7. Productivity and Operational Efficiency 8. Sustainability Exhibit 3.1 The Scope of Business and Operations Performance Measurement Measurement is the act of quantifying the performance criteria (metrics) of organizational units, goods and services, processes, people, and other business activities. Good measures provide a “scorecard” of performance, help identify performance gaps, and make accomplishments visible to the workforce, the stock market, and other stakeholders. Financial Measures • Often take top priority in for-profit organizations. • Traditional financial measures include revenue, return on investment, operating profit, pretax profit margin, asset utilization, growth, revenue from new goods and services, earnings per share, and other liquidity measures. Customer and Market Measures • Customer measures: Customer satisfaction, customer retention, gains and losses of customers and customer accounts, customer complaints...
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...------------------------------------------------- University of Phoenix Material Workplace Communication Comparison Complete the following matrix. For each communication method, list its purpose in the workplace, whether it is a technical or expository form of written communication, and why you classified it as such. Written communication method | Purpose in the workplace | Technical or expository writing | Why the classification was chosen | E-mail | For both external and internal use. This form of communication can be used for writing close friends, and family. This may also be used within a company via co-workers as well as communicating with customers and other business contacts. | Expository Writing. | I chose E-mail as an expository form of writing because the purpose is used for the purpose of explaining and describing the writers point to the reader. This can also be classified as technical, but only if the sender was giving information on services. | Memo | This is meant for internal use, this is largely used to communicate with fellow employees. | Expository Writing | Again, this form of communication is utilized to provide information on what is being conversed. | Letter | Outside use, meant to reach a contact outside of the corporation. | Expository Writing | This form of communication gives relays information of another individual. | Manual | This can be used for training as well as a company guide book. | Technical Writing...
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...The research method is outlined by an alternative study of the plan. This study will look at three main aspects: the technical specifications of the subject matter, the personal account, and the literary interpretation. The architectural plan is traditionally represented without the human figure, or as Robin Evans has pointed out, drawn as “amoebic” figures. Architectural drawings are often studied with a technical slant, although architecture has long been considered as “social artifact”1 . Thus literature, accompanied by photographic illustrations, is emergent as a device to test architectural apparatus, particularly in the domestic realm where aspects of dwelling and occupancy are not as closely recorded in formal documents as its physical history (e.g. building completion, demolition). This enables us to investigate the relationship between the building plan and its occupants, to understand the architecture as a dwelling. Technical specifications The Pearl Bank Apartments, built in 1972, was built to offer a transcendent mode of living that differentiated the uppermiddle class. More than its unprecedented stature that boasted an elite model of highdensity living, an interior component was specifically marketed as a key selling point — the living room. In the original Pearl Bank Apartments sales brochure, the text and images boast a large and brightlylit living room attached to a doublevolume atrium core. It can also be observed that the pre...
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