...allowed for a tremendous level of intellectual and cultural exchange, which in turned spurred numerous developments by early Muslim scholars that continue to have an impact today. One major reason for the rise of Islam and the development of the Islamic world is its significant contribution to scientific thought and mathematics. This is particularly true during a time known as the Islamic Golden Age, roughly corresponding with the High Middle Ages experienced by Europeans. During this era, Muslim scholars and scientists were responsible for a many great advancements in the scientific and philosophical arts, and many of their incredible achievements and discoveries have had tremendous impact on the world in which we live today. At the time of the Islamic Golden Age, its scholars and scientists were so significant that much of what we understand of modern mathematics is largely lifted wholesale from the works of these early mathematicians. To this day, much of the world uses an...
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...(Akoyl) Islamic scholars and teachers lit the flame that would spread to Europe and ignite the fire which brought forth the Renaissance and Age of Enlightenment. For centuries, Islam was at the forefront of human civilization and achievements. The Golden Age of Islam was extraordinary, ground breaking and original, but like many things throughout time, it came to an end. Contemporary Islam no longer...
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...Class ARH - 4662 “Velazquez and the Golden Age” Title: “Bukery Venus” (Venus at Her mirror) Dimensions: 4’0” x 5’ 10” (1.22m x 1.77 mm), Year: 1645-1651, Media: Oil paint The Golden Age in Spain has been characterized as an artistic and literary period that extended from the Renaissance to the Baroque. History has recorded it as the period that reached the greatest literary flourishing in Spain thus earning it the title of "The Golden Age." The invaluable developments that followed this esthetic movement triggered a relevant prestige in many Spanish people's lives that felt absorbed and totally part the new movement that was leading the 16th and the 17th centuries in Europe, by combining cultural and economic advances. On the other hand and from a historic and social point of view, it should be mentioned that this period was also marked by the Counter-Reformation of the Catholic Church, along with many religious movements aimed at reaffirming Christian beliefs. From the point of view of culture, art and literature were leading the years of the Golden Age; as a result, the Hispanic letters, along with other writings published during this period have to endure contributions to the Universal Literature. The blooming of the Golden Age brought the glory to Spain in terms of artistic developments, where beautiful and unique writings, such as prose, poetry, and drama plays were taking the leadership up front. Especially the plays became characterized as a concentric and constant diffusion...
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...Honors Study Guide 1.) Analyze the political climate, issues, and stakeholders in the Cobo/Edwards mayoral election campaign of 1949. Relate this election to the specific outcomes in the city of Detroit over the next decade and detail what you see as the lasting effects today. Edwards backed by auto union, supposed to win because he was black and pro public housing. Cobo won the election, even though he was white and for private housing. Edwards took side with the Brewster housing projects, declaring that he backed public housing policy and that he had the back of the black people. Cobo took 60% of the votes. Black Bottom appeared, where there was a terrible segregation of white middle class and poor blacks. Pg 163 Martelle 2.) By the 1980s (if not earlier), one could argue that Detroit as a city had collapsed economically and socially and those problems remained until its current bankruptcy. What are the 3 biggest events/people/ideas/problems that contributed to Detroit’s collapse? Suburbanization, or creation of suburbia; people moving out of the city and into surrounding areas. 3.) Contrast the European, or Old World, relationship a person had with the “city” with the American one, specifically with respect to the choices regarding its functionality —that is, of “beauty” or “profit.” Next, what does your analysis suggest about what Americans prioritize, as evidenced in our typologies. City Profitable - Functionality = Rybczynski. City turned from a place to live...
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...Recently the inquiry, were Zheng He’s seven voyages historically plausible, has come into question. I firmly believe that his voyages were that his voyages were not possible. I believe this for multiple reasons. One reason is that the technology during the Golden Age was not as advanced at it should have been to create the ships. Also, there is not enough information or evidence to support the realization of these seven voyages. In the 1400s, the technology was simply not as strongly advanced, as it must have been in order to make at least one of the massive ships, let alone over 100! According to nationalgeographic.com, on the first voyage there were presumably 317 ships. In addition, the treasure ships had about 400-foot-long decks and nine masts connected to each one. In simple terms, there was not enough manpower to make the ships. In Nanjing, a capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, a replica of one a treasure ship was made. Even though “old school techniques” were used, according to China.org.cn, hammers, screwdrivers, power drills, and other modern day tools were used. They did not have these gears in the 1400s, so how could they have possibly made so many ships with the lack of the...
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...Did you know that Apollo, god of the sun, was also god of medicine? Apollo represented various things in Greek mythology along with his family. He was known by many different names in the Greek world, depending on the story, of him, being told. One of Apollo’s greater famous stories was the battle at Delphi. The life of Apollo included various interesting things, including, his adventures, battles, family, and powers. Apollo represented numerous things in the Greek world, was known by several names, and shared a few great stories with his relatives. Apollo was god of music, prophecy, colonization, medicine, archery, poetry, dance, intellectual inquiry, and was the carer of herds and flocks ("Apollo." Encyclopedia). Apollo was...
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...REISSA B. TINDOY PROF. JOVENAL F. LOR, MA MAED-I AUGUST 23, 2014 “THEISTIC PROGREALISM” Education is an incessant process. We never stop learning. Human beings continually learn from womb to tomb. Philosophy is the study of ideas about knowledge, truth, the nature and meaning of life. A philosophy is necessary for the same reason that someone needs a plan to proceed in life or a map to find one’s destination. This is why my philosophy in life is also my philosophy in education and that is Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” I strongly believe that nothing is impossible if you have God in your life –if you lead a God-centered life you can do everything. Acknowledging the existence of the Supreme Being or the Unmoved Mover gives you the strength to fulfill your purpose here on earth. This is the philosophy that I want to share and instill to all of my students. The source of my educational philosophy is a combination of read and studied thoughts of others (theist realism) and personal experiences and read experiences of others (progressivism) –which leads to the birth of “Theistic Progrealism” philosophy. “Theistic Progrealism” is a philosophy of education which combines the philosophies of Theistic Realism and Progressivism. A philosophy that strongly upholds select ideas of both philosophies mentioned: Theistic Realism is based on the idea that God is real, acts in the universe, and is knowable through the senses and reason; and...
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...Workplace diversity refers to the variety of differences between people in an organization. That sounds simple, but diversity encompasses race, gender, ethnic group, age, personality, cognitive style, tenure, organizational function, education, background and more. So why should companies concern themselves with diversity? Is this just because discrimination is wrong, both legally and morally? Or is there more to it? A recent Harvard Business Review article asked this question to 24 CEOs from around the globe who ran companies and corporate divisions that had earned reputations for embracing people from all kinds of backgrounds. When we asked these executives why advancing diversity in their organizations was so important to them, the aggregate answer was twofold: They believed it was a business imperative because their companies needed it to stay competitive, and they believed it was a moral imperative because of their personal experiences and values. These CEOs spoke forcefully about diversity as an advantage. Paul Block of the U.S. sweetener manufacturer Merisant pointed out, “People with different lifestyles and different backgrounds challenge each other more. Diversity creates dissent, and you need that. Without it, you’re not going to get any deep inquiry or breakthroughs.” Or, as Jonathan Broomberg of the South African insurer Discovery Health put it, diversity is “a source of creativity and innovation.” A more diverse workforce, they say, will increase organizational...
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...The piece begins with an acknowledgment of how much junk the Internet contains, the “endless streams of mediocrity, eroding cultural norms about quality and acceptability.” But then Shirky contains it, stating “that’s what always happens.” Every time a technology brings an “increase in freedom to create or consume media,” he argues, the rules of communication shift and we have a period of apparent chaos and decline. Hence, the digital setting “alarms people accustomed to the restrictions of the old system, convincing them that the new media will make young people stupid.” That term “alarm” is a suggestive one. No doubt there are Luddites and technophobes and other alarmists out there who simply react against change. But what about people who approve of some elements of the technology and disapprove of other elements? The term “alarm” doesn’t include them, for alarm disallows any ambivalence. It does, however, allow one to put the other side into a pathological condition. Shirky further diminishes it in the next sentence by claiming that we’ve seen it many times before: “This fear dates back to at least the invention of movable type.” The translation, publication, and distribution of the Bible is his example. In effect, he says, the printing press fostered the Reformation, “which did indeed destroy the Church’s pan-European hold on intellectual life.” It also brought about other kinds of writing, popular and technical, which “had the effect of increasing, rather than decreasing...
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...The Glory that was Greece | |A |B |C |D |E | |1 |officially named the Hellenic |Greek messenger to the gods |founder of the Academy in |literary form that is the |tragedian who wrote Oedipus | | |Republic |Hermes |Athens |crowning glory of Athenian Age|the King and Antigone - | | |Greece | |Plato |- drama |Sophocles | |2 |Greek god of wine and revelry |master of Greek comedy |god of war |capital city of Greece |what Greek actors wore during | | |- Dionysus |-Aristophanes |Ares |Athens |a performance in a play - | | | | | | |masks | |3 |lyric poet notable for his |religion of the 98% of Greek |The GLORY |dwelling place of the deities |prince of Troy who gave his | | |drinking songs and hymns - |people |that was |Mt. Olympus |life for his people - Hector | | |Anacreon...
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...Choose a topic and write an essay of 3-4 pages: 1 Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.” (US Gl. George S. Patton) 2 Management is working in the system; leadership is working on the system. 3 Managers gain authority by position, leaders gain it by influence and character. 4 Every manager should be a leader, while every leader must know management. 5 Leadership and management must go hand in hand. 6 People hate each other because they are afraid of each other; they are afraid of each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they don’t COMMUNICATE” (Martin Luther King) 7 What makes a leader? 8 There is an abundance of managers in the world but very few truly have the characteristics of a leader. 9The challenges we face today are not economic, environmental, social, or legal; they are challenges of character and leadership. 10 Management is nothing more than motivating other people. 11 Good managers increase productivity—great leaders, peak performance. 12 Inventories can be managed but people must be led. 13 Management is neither an art nor science. It is both, and the real trick is to determine the right mixture at the right time! 14. ’Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity!’ (General George S. Patton) 15. The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick...
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...EVOLUTION/LECTURE1 Evolution (PCB 4674). Chapter 2. The evidence for evolution Main topics of lecture: I: The three main statements of the Theory of Special Creation 1.- Introduction 2.- Relatedness of life forms 3.- Change through time 4.- The age of the Earth II: Correspondence among data sets and Theory of Evolution I: General background: 1.- Introduction 1.1.- Before the establishment of the Theory of Evolution by Charles Darwin the leading explanation in Europe for the origin of species was the Theory of Special Creation. This theory held that all organisms were created by God during the six days of creation as described in the Bible's book of Genesis. The theory stated that species are unchanged since their creation, or immutable, and that variation within each species is strictly limited. 1.2.- The Theory of Special Creation also stated that creation of all the organisms was recent (approx. 6,000 years ago). 1.3.- By the time that Darwin began working with his theory dissatisfaction with the Theory of Special Creation had begun to grow. Research in the biological and geological sciences was advancing rapidly, and the data clashed with creationism's central tenets and predictions. 1.4.- Scientific theories frequently have two components: (i) A statement of a fact: A claim about a pattern that exists in the natural world (ii) Which process is responsible for this patter 1.5.- The three main statements of facts made by the Theory of Special Creation are: (i) Species were...
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...Introduction Professor Elvin renders Chinese history through an economic perspective instead of using the common dynastic classification by attempting to answer three questions: -What contributed to the continuity of the Chinese empire? -Why was the Chinese economy the most advanced in the world from the Song dynasty (960-1279) up until the latter half of the Qing dynasty (mid-1800's)? -Why did China fail to maintain her technological advantage after the mid-fourteenth century while advancing economically? Part One In the first section of the book, the author elucidates the staying power of the Chinese empire was due to the following factors. The economics of defense in relation to the size of empire and the power of its neighbors never became an extreme burden that it rendered the state impotent for any consecutively long period of time. It was always able to reformulate itself after a short disunity or rule by a foreign power of the whole, which only happened twice within a two thousand year period (Mongol and Manchu rule). Two other factors that contributed to the continuity of the Chinese state include a relatively isolated existence from the rest of the Eurasian landmass and the important placed on cultural unity, beginning with the first emperor's destruction of local records in order to quell local loyalties (pp.21-22). Both of these factors had been built up over time through a revolution in communication and transportation. Part Two The second section of the book...
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...Influence is unavoidable; our reality is not of our own making Like a game, reality is dependent on a set of mutual laws and expectations rule-makers agree upon and there are penalties for those who go against the expectations of the majority such as the loss of a “life” or “game over”. Some have a lot invested in the game- wealth, time, effort, goals. Others see it for what it is; a projection of our imagination with a subjective sense of meaning. This game of life is far more complex than any board game like Chess or Monopoly because it represents a reality that offers greater levels of intricacy than which merely mimics or replicates an aspect or semblance of life itself. Reality is transient. Reality is determined through the consensus of the majority and therefore is subject to change when the consensus changes, as happened over five hundred years ago when people began to realise that the then dominant view of the universe as geocentric as flawed. However, such change in the paradigm is inevitably accompanied by conflict as society divides between those who wish to protect the status quo, such as the Catholic Church which attempted to suppress the discoveries of scientists like Galileo, whilst others, like Shakespeare, welcomed new thoughts as shown in the naming of his theatre as ‘The Globe’ built in 1599. Shakespeare was a humanist who explored the exciting new possibilities presented by the rise of science in his society, and in his play As You Like It, Shakespeare...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE INTRODUCTION Rationale Theoretical Background THE PROBLEM Statement of the Problem Significance of the Study RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Research Method Research Environment Research Respondents Research Instruments Research Procedure Gathering of Data Treatment of Data Research Flow DEFINITION OF TERMS ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDICES Appendix A:Transmittal Letters Appendix B: Location Map Appendix C: Cover Letter Appendix D: Sample Questionnaire Appendix E: Timetable CURRICULUM VITAE Rationale The debate over "high-tech" or "high-touch" is largely a thing of the past in the hotel industry as emerging state of the art technologies drive unprecedented change in the way hotels operate and serve customers. It is clear that investments in technologies can generate greatly improved operating efficiencies, higher hotel revenues and enhanced guest services. The pace of change, however, has been so extreme as to leave many hotel organizations uncertain about what types of technology to adopt and the best ways to create a seamless integration of systems company-wide. In the current climate of reduced revenues and cutbacks in expenditures, introducing new products to the hospitality market is more difficult than ever. Companies in the hospitality industry around the world face a highly competitive environment in which differentiation and innovative customer experiences are key elements in improving...
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