...This research details the significance of space exploration on a nation’s economic, political, social, technological environmental factors. Table of Contents 1) Thesis 2) Detailed Outline 2) References Thesis Mankind has traversed the globe-from the highest mountain tops to the deepest depths of the oceans and everything else in between. The Earth is no longer mankind’s singular frontier to explore. Traversing the heavens is the future for mankind’s desire to conquer the unknown. While this reconnaissance of the unknown initially led to a fiercely competitive global race, it has bloomed into an international mutual coalition. NASA’s mission statement is “to reach for new heights and reveal the unknown so that what we do and learn will benefit all of mankind” ("What does nasa," 2010). Likewise, the fifteen other nations taking part in the International Space Station comprehend the importance of the “case for space” in the environmental agenda for their respective countries. Our civilization’s curiosity permitted its citizens to see Earth as a delicate biosphere against the imminent desolation of the cosmos. Thus, investments in space programs ranging from satellite launches to rocket development, and manned/unmanned exploration play a key role today-along the way landscaping every participant nation’s political, economic, sociocultural, and technological surface. Detailed Outline I. A description of space exploration and an explanation of the associated...
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...been discussed by a variety of scholarly voices. Among the most prominent is Michel Foucault, who described the various ways that consumer markets circumscribe public spaces, placing important distinctions between class members. In particular, Foucault discusses heterotopia – the public space which carries both physical and psychological gravity. For Foucault, public spaces are characterized by existing without truly existing. The heterotopia serves as a metaphor for a larger context while having the appearance and characteristics of other everyday spaces. Tyndall takes this notion a step further by developing social rules that are attached to consumer places, such as malls and shopping districts (Tyndall, 2009). This version of consumer-driven rules – culled from qualitative research and personal interviews – depicts a new notion of public-ness that is less egalitarian than ever before. It is a version of public space that is not entirely open to the public. Baker adds to this perspective by historicizing the commercialization of public space, dating the use widespread use of public space for advertising purposes to before the dawn of the 20th century (Baker, 2007). This argument inextricably links the notion of “culture” with “consumerism”, and sets the stage for the potential for access to public spaces to be consumed, or purchased. Finally, Klingle underscores this spatial history of consumption, placing the transaction of consumer power contexts as diverse as Thoreau’s...
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...Davao Campus 123 General Malvar St., Davao City | 082- 221- 5193/ 300-3907 ------------------------------------------------- RESEARCH DEPARTMENT TITLE PROPOSAL Date: March 2, 2016 Researcher(s): Charlie C. Arzaga Pethr Adrian V. Hiso Program Bachelor of Science in Information Technology A. General Subject Area Desktop Management System B. Specific Title Lodging House & Dormitory Management System for Pet Par’s C. Background of the Study Pet Pars is a three-storey building established on July 3, 2013. It was designed for residential accommodations. Commercial spaces and lodging rooms can be located on the ground floor of the building. Apartments can be seen on the second floor while rooms for bed spacers are on the third floor. One of the researchers is a client of Pet Pars found out that Pet Pars are currently encountering problems on monitoring their rooms every month and their clients every now and then. They do the monitoring on their rooms and clients manually which is too much of a hassle and time consuming, which can also be a hindrance for business' upgrade. Today’s generation is bombarded with many high technology materials or gadgets which they are using in their daily activities in lives. Therefore, the researchers are thinking on what system will they use to lessen the time that can be consumed during monitoring and how to make monitoring hassle-free and how can they help this business grow especially now that there are...
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...Merriam-Webster defines a “safe space”, as “a place (as on a college campus) intended to be free of bias, conflict, criticism, or potentially threatening actions, ideas, or conversations” In theory, this idea seems to prevent emotional abuses and any inappropriately used language; however, in practice the implementation of safe spaces tend to shelter students from rational discussion and debate. For this reasons, I do not believe that safe spaces should become a common entity found at institutions of higher education. According to a study conducted by Pew Research, 39% of Americans believe that the purpose of college education is to help a student grow personally and intellectually. However, growth intellectually requires a debate between...
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...Mirror Realism Matt Leonard Let’s suppose that spacetime substantivalism is true. In other words, space- time regions exist independently of the objects that occupy them. They shouldn’t be thought of as mere ‘things’ or ‘events’ which happen to stand in spatiotemporal relations.1 Even with such an assumption, there is a lot to disagree about. And so, for the moment, let’s make a few more assumptions: let’s suppose that (1) material objects exist independently of spacetime re- gions (i.e., material objects are not identical to spacetime regions) and (2) material objects are exactly located at certain spacetime regions. Given this setup, it seems right to say that material objects and spacetime regions pos- sess mereological and topological properties, and enter into mereological and topological relations. Now consider the following question about the relation- ship between spacetime and material objects: are material objects a perfect mirror of their spacetime regions? We might ask: if two objects share some mereotopological relation (for instance, if one is a part of the other, or if one is connected to the other), does it follow that the regions of space at which the objects are located, share the same relation? Similarly, if two regions of space are related in some mereotopological way, are the objects located at those regions, related in the same way? If an object x is a proper part of some other object y, does it follow that the location, lx, of the former object is a proper...
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...configuration to implement in the next generation of stores. This is a very important election, since the future profits and clients depend on the lay-out and on their experience in Canadian Tire stores. From my point of view I would choose to implement the single line lay out. After calculating some data, the second option appears to be as the most profitable and effective check –out configuration: * Maintaining the tandem check –out configuration: It requires a total investment of $65.400 using a total space of 150m2 which represents a 3% of the store. This kind of configuration may cause some problems when there is a pick of costumers. As they can only stand in one line, if the queue takes more time as usual the client must feel anxious and disappointed with its experience in our stores. Furthermore, when the business is slow a lot of space would be wasted. * Single Line Implementing the single line configuration implies an investment of $57.000 occupying a total space of 125 m2. In comparison with the tandem configuration we gain 25 m2 more, which means $70.000 of profit per year. The line would be much faster, as the cashier would be working in a more effective way. Moreover the costumer would have a better buying experience as they could go to the fastest register and would not have to suffer from unexpected waits. Canadian Tire could also take profit of the single line by selling more products in the impulse shelf, then the client would be occupied during its wait and...
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...a modern one, told by the English novelist James Hilton in his novel Lost Horizon(1933). To start my paper we should use page 380 from the book retail stores as brands: performance, theatre and space spatial settings and the aesthetic structuring of a range of expressive artefacts are increasingly pervasive components of the construction and communication of brands AS per the consumer culture theory, service scape studies generally include environmental dimensions such as ambient conditions (noise, music and aromas) and space (design, layout and furnishing) as well as signs and symbols (style and personal artefacts) . If brands represent symphonies of meaning, managers must be viewed as orchestrators and conductors as well as composers, whose role is not only to coordinate and synchronise but also to create space and spatial arrangement(s) in retail shops as used to construct and to communicate a brand theatrical experience: This perspective allows us to understand how a theatre removes consumers from everyday life and isolates them in a constructed environment in order to create a unique and aesthetic experience to be used for first page for work introduction: In this way, initial observations have been made concerning location, atmosphere, in-store design, retail space, clothing, uniforms and customers. . Furthermore, desk research was carried out to understand the history, development and vision of the fashion house. We analysed the Oger website, newspaper and...
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...Kubrick’s “Jupiter Room” in 2001: A Space Odyssey, reflects films ability to reconstruct the narrative form of time. The audience follows as David Bowman surrealistically jumps from one moment of his life to the next, and eventually to his death. Kubrick does not rely on conventional methods of film technique to construct this scene. He instead manipulates sound, montage, and a paradoxical version of the shot/reverse shot to convey the progression through Bowman’s timeline. The audience enters this scene and experiences an awakening: Bowman has witnessed the birth and death of the universe by going through a black hole. A close-up of Bowman’s eye, blinking, as if woken up from a nightmare is the opening shot. The color of his eyes have changed to normal blue, and he gapes, with a mixture of confusion and terror, at the sterile, white room. The camera then turns to a point-of-view shot of Bowman looking through the pod’s window. The interior of the pod is a series of rectangular lights leading to a perspective vanishing point that mimics the arrangement of the black hole. Next is a close-up of Bowman’s face, almost seizure-like, with the reflection of...
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...Case Summary: The case presents a scenario with two Zipcar customers who have both reserved the same car. Sal Fishman reserved it until 3:30, which was exactly when Anita Karr had arranged to pick it up. The problem is that Sal is in the middle of an interview that is going better and longer than he expected. Anita needs the car immediately while an unknowing Sal is considering extending his reservation of the car. For Zipcar to retain customers, the service must be convenient and reliable. Unfortunately, this is not directly in their control, since it relies on the behavior of their customers. The company needs to figure out how to keep their profitable members, retrain the ones that drive the profitable member’s away, and kindly show insufferable negative members the door. Decisions to Make Zipcar must decide two things. (1) The company needs to decide how to reduce the number of late returns by influencing their customers’ behavior. (2) Since some late returns occur by virtue of traffic constraints, automobile accidents, and other unforeseeable problems Competitive Positioning: Zipcar has positioned itself as a low cost alternative to car rental and ownership. They provide wide variety of car for rental including luxury and SUV. The customer can rent the car either on hourly basis or daily basis based on their requirement. The customer has flexibility of reserving car. They can book car anytime as per their convenient. They also have tie up with universities to provide...
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...serviceable, helpful and beneficial for those in the facility. Attractiveness, is the innovative appearance that pleasures the eyes and mind. Such beauty that creates a pleasing attainment of design upon arrival. These elements must accommodate one another to develop a successful relationship between public external space and personal interior space. On the street of Roosevelt way, lies a local University Branch library, with parking spaces along both sides, a bike rack on the right side near the entrance and a crosswalk at the traffic light to ensure a parking area for those who have come with different ways of transportation. This demonstrates Vitruvius’ utility element in architecture. The exterior spaces of the library is cleverly laid out with two sets of large stairs leading up to the main entrance in the center. This forms an isolation between the busy streets and library. By erecting the building further away from the main road, yet still inviting, it will allow library goers to study or read without any disturbances. Inside, consists of three major spaces, the customer service desk which is aligned with the entrance and the division of study spaces on both the left and the right side. The studying and reading...
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...INTRODUCTION WORKSHOP LEADER’S TOPIC INFORMATION INTRODUCTION TO FORCES & MOTION An understanding of force and motion is fundamental to the study of almost all other physics-related topics. Yet it is a topic often overlooked or only cursorily introduced in elementary and middle school science, even though it is a topic typically identified for inclusion in the curriculum for these grades. A primary reason for this is that many teachers do not feel comfortable about their own understanding of the topic. Consequently, this may be the most needed of all of the OPERATION PHYSICS workshops. This workshop leader’s notebook is divided into two parts: PART ONE Motion Part One begins by introducing participants to the concepts of space and time. These concepts are then used in describing simple types of motion. These motions are then classified as accelerated and not accelerated (constant velocity). Emphasis is placed on distinguishing between speed and velocity, between average and instantaneous values and on accelerated motion. This section should not be skipped, for it develops ideas necessary to the understanding of other ideas...
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...The second is the relationship in the middle of science and society, in which the character or force of one has been a developmental impact upon the other. The third trademark is the force of science can be used or force: tested from society. 3. The cognitive development of human beings. The learning limit and thinking capacity of researchers has created and expanded incrementally through the historical backdrop of science. The subjective capacities of researchers at every phase of science have been an essential trademark and at times constraining element. Science in the twentieth century It is ordinary these days for researchers and science journalists to grumble about the absence of general society comprehension of science. In any case, maybe it has dependably been in this way the lower class of the Middle Ages was pretty much as unenlightened about the workings of the universe as center America is today.]It was gravitational was made out of planets circling stars, each had of a comparative properties which kept them in altered unva connection This was the widespread raying bema domain, at the domain of the little...
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...Organized Space (OS), a small business located in in the Midwest in the city of Jefferson continues to be a profitable for the last 10 years. The owner Orlando Nero, is considering expanding the business thru franchising. His company specializes in designing space and installing furniture and shelving for customized home offices, craft rooms, laundry rooms, and closet organizers. Mr. Nero recently did research on the pros and cons of franchising. He’s aware that he has to clearly define his goals/expectations for the potential franchising of OS. Franchising would provide more financial stability for Mr. Nero; the potential franchisee would make royalty payments to him. The franchisee would assume the majority of the risk if the franchised store...
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...decision are the same factors that need to be evaluated to make a purchase decision. A plan should be put together addressing the following factors. What is the timeframe needed is it short or unknown, how soon would the item or be needed. I the space, item adequate, or will there be the cost associated with making the space or item adequate. Flexibility for growth and possible costs associated with expanding space or equipment in present location. Physical space location considerations, ability to grow, or possible relocation costs and travel time. Services needed for space or item or services close enough, cost for services that need to be implemented, networking, electrical, parking and security. Understanding cost such as “design fees, construction, moving expenses, and furnishing in addition to operating expenses”. (University of Missouri System, 2013) Funding type & availability needs to be determined with the company’s business officer or treasurer. (Mayo, 2012) Factors Involved in Lease vs Purchase Deciding whether to lease or buy any property there are many components to consider an area, cost, budget, expansion, location, economy, environment. Considerations such as length in time that the company will be occupying the space whether it a month to month lease or a long-term lease. With leasing, the company has the...
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...CAN PAST TALK TO US INTRODUCTION 1. A few years back a movie titled ‘Jurassic Park’ was released and soon became box office hit. When I saw the movie I was astonished and impressed by the on screen appearance of the huge creatures, the dinosaurs, of different variety. The object of appreciation was, of course, the computer generated graphics and animation. But more than that, I was really amazed by the knowledge the people had about these wild monsters, who are the species extinct for almost 65 million years. How do these people come to know how did these creatures look like, what were their food habits, how did they live and how did they evolve? A question came to my mind, ‘CAN PAST TALK TO US?’ . 2. A few years later another movie was released, ‘The Mummy’. This time it was the Egyptian culture that was depicted. Incidentally this culture has also been extinct for thousands of years. It is believed that this culture was in existence some 4500 years ago. Where did the knowledge of the life style of the ancient Egyptians, their religious practices, their culture, their language and their houses, clothes and weapons come from? Could the past possibly have talked to the producers? 3. I am sure these questions must have surfaced in your minds also. If I was to answer these questions, I would say, yes, the past can talk to us. But only through an interpreter. This interpreter is called an ‘ARCHAEOLOGIST’. 4. Good morning lady and gentlemen, today...
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