...| FATA MORGANA “Not everything you see is what it appears to be.” Fata morgana or mirage is a term wherein your eyes play tricks on you, particularly in hot weather. It is caused by the distortion of light through alternate layers of hot and cool air. A fata morgana can change in various ways within just a few seconds of time, including changing to become a straightforward superior mirage. Fata Morgana mirages are visible to the naked eye, but in order to be able to see the detail within them, it is best to view them through binoculars, a telescope, or as is the case in the images here, through a telephoto lens. In relation to this, there is no doubt that all of us need to make decision in many situations. And depend on these situations we make either quick decisions or deliberate ones. However, sometimes we must make fast decisions and most of time they are right. But we need occasionally to take time to think before build any thought about things that may affect our life. So make quick decision is not always wrong. Astronomy is believed to be one of the things that unlocked the early history of knowledge. The Catholic Church believed the theory of Ptolemy, geocentric, wherein the planets, stars, and sun are revolving around the earth. But according Nicolaus Copernicus, all the planets, including the earth, are revolving around the sun or namely heliocentric. By 1632, an Italian scientist and mathematician Galileo Galilei published a book comparing the heliocentric and geocentric...
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...What is art? I believe that art is not only a true reflection of ones self expressions but emotions captured by inspiration. It is what the artist uses that captures your imagination. Art in it self has many form such as glass, plastic, fabric and many more of its undesirable materials not just paint. To some art is limited to only that the eye can see not noticing the in-depth of its message or meaning. Art forces people to take a closer look at social issues or events that take place in our communities that have both negative and positive effect on our society for example the xenophobia attacks . In all art in my opion is based on its form, for example George Pemba who initially worked with water colours at first them later changed to oil based paint. Art is anything that we want to call art it’s the cars that we drive, the spoon we use. Although Pemba was highly influenced by politics his theme was realistic documenting the way of black people in townships and in rural Eastern Cape. One of his paintings (Inkanyamba 1978 oil on board) where he made use of energetic brushstrokes enhancing the idea of movement. In all art has evolved as a form in the past centuries, arts history is known for extreme artist who are well known but died poor having nothing for example Picasso and Van Goth. With out looking at internationally recognized artist, South Africa has its own amazing art history that helped black artist and add a voice to the many voiceless actions of the...
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...Schizophrenia: A Psychological Mystery Emily Newgent Wiregrass Georgia Technical College Schizophrenia: A Psychological Mystery Schizophrenia is a common mental illness, with a wide degree of varying symptoms from patient to patient, such as hallucinations and delusions, which has been recognized throughout history and recorded in all cultures. In 1911, Eugen Bleuler (1857-1939), a Swiss physician, coined the term “schizophrenia,” due to the fact that he thought the cognitive impairment associated with the illness came from the splitting of psychic function. Schizophrenia affects about one out of a hundred people in the world. About a third of the people who are diagnosed with this disorder are most likely to be hospitalized (Nevid, 2009). Although a relatively small percentage of the population in the United States is affected by schizophrenia, it is serious and incapacitating enough that 50% of those diagnosed will become permanently and severely disabled, making them dependent on public assistance (Sarason, I., & Sarason, B., 2005). Schizophrenia sufferers are 10% of the totally and permanently disabled population in the United States and make up a large percentage of the homeless populations in many large urban centers (Sarason & Sarason, 2005). It can be brought on by many factors, but is not linked to any one cause in determining the onset of this illness. Medications and therapy treatments help sufferers live a life as normally as possible among society...
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...Contents What is the purpose of the Global Names Zone in Windows Server 2008 DNS servers? Explain modifications necessary to DNS for accommodating Read Only Domain Controllers (RDOC). How is this different from the way DNS handles ordinary domain controllers? Explain background zone loading? How does background zone loading promote efficiency in name resolution? Explain how DNS has been modified to add support for IPv6. How can DNS distinguish between IPv4 and IPv6 host in determining which resource record to return? Bibliography Windows Server 2008 has deployed many new and updated items one in particular is its DNS systems. The purpose of this paper is to better understand these modifications. Along with a better understanding how it differentiates between IPv4 and the new up and coming IPv6. We will use many sources to confirm and relate the information as needed. Global Name Zones provide the user to have static records. It does not support dynamic updates (Petri 2009), and it was to aid the old WINS system that has been around since Windows NT. (Petri 2009) It is more commonly referred as the GNZ in the IT world of acronyms. If the records are not maintained by IT administrators it is not worth having them be GNZ’s. It helps you communicate with trusted people outside of your zone. (Ruest 2008) There is a modification that must be done in order to use Read Only Domain Controllers (RDOC). They hold a version of the DNS in remote offices for companies...
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...SE433-‐HW5 Mengwei Li Program1. Shipping Cost 1. Input variables: shippingType purchaseCost destination 2. shippingType: vEC11: {standardShipping, nextDayShipping} – Allowed shipping types. iEC11: {other Strings} – Shipping types that not exist. destination: vEC21: {IL, CA, NY} – States that need tax added. vEC22: {other states in US} – Tax-‐free states. iEC21: {other Strings} – Other counties. purchaseCost: vEC31: (0, 50) – If standard shipping, shipping cost cannot be waived. vEC32[50, POSITIVE_INFINITY] – If standard shipping, shipping cost waived. iEC31: [NAGATIVE_INFINITY, 0] – Negative cost. iEC32: NaN – Not a number. 3. WNT001: A $36 order using standard shipping to IL (Tax added, shipping cost not waived.) Input: shippingType: standardShipping, purchaseCost: 36, destination: IL ExpectedOutput: 10 + 36 * 106% = 48.16 WNT002: A $60 order using next-‐day shipping to MI (Tax-‐free...
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...4PY013 MOLECULAR BASIS OF LIFE PROTEIN ASSAY BY BIURET AND FOLIN METHODS Student Number and Name:1316740 Katerina Koupa | Name of Lab Instructor: Dr. J. Walton | Date of the experiment:06/02/2014 | Date of Report Submission:20/02/2014 | (Fig.1) Biuret Reagent Structure ABSTRACT: This report describes the use of the Biuret and Folin methods of protein assay, to verify the protein concentrations of two unknown solutions. To calculate the protein concentrations of the unknowns, nineteen samples were passed through a spectrophotometer which twelve of them had a known protein concentration and there absorbance levels were found. Then a calibration graph was plot that determines the concentration levels of the unknown samples. INTRODUCTION: One of the most typical procedures applied by lab scientist is the protein quantification. Finding protein concentrations in solutions is important in many ways. First of all detecting the levels of a protein in body fluids can result in identifying various diseases. Also protein verification is required for characterization and purification of enzymes. Because of the significance of protein assays laboratories perform this techniques on almost a daily basis. For this experimental procedure, the Biuret and Folin methods were used to determine the protein concentrations of two unknown samples. First the Biuret method (Fig.1) is based on the appearance of peptides bonds in proteins...
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...Management 431 Dr. Sopo June 4, 2013 Starbucks Strategic Analysis Project Jared Hall Monica Diederich Brandy Putman Management 431 Dr. Sopo June 4, 2013 Starbucks Strategic Analysis Project Jared Hall Monica Diederich Brandy Putman Stage 1: Developing a Strategic Vision, Mission, and Values Starbucks is a high quality coffee empire that is composed of a host of café’s and shops that sells many different roasts of coffee and coffee drinks to an array of on-the-go customers bustling about during the course of the day throughout the entire world. To say that Starbucks is merely a coffee shop is an enormous understatement. The chain is composed of over 20,500 stores located in 62 countries. Precisely 13,279 of them are located in the U.S. alone. (Starbucks Company Profile, 2012) The company features an array of hot and cold drinks as well as sandwiches and pastries. One of the overall goals of Starbucks is also to be a home away from home featuring comfortable couches, friendly barista’s, and an inviting atmosphere. Various paintings hang on the darkly painted walls. The newest, coolest, and relaxing music is always playing in the background. In a roundabout way, the entire store is designed to help one wind down after a long day’s work, mindlessly grab a cup of very expensive Joe, and engage in deep conversations with friends and total strangers in order to forget about the stressful elements of the outside world. For the most part the Starbucks...
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...Upgrading Technologies: Creates a Real-Life Movie Going Experience May 8, 2012 Abstract AMC Theatres began upgrades in their theatre technologies in 2009. Their project objective was to gain status as the number one movie exhibition industry in the world. The scope of the project would upgrade all of their facilities to incorporate 3D technologies, premium viewing, and state-of-the-art sound systems. This project would immerse the movie viewer into a real-life experience, thereby enticing the viewer to return satisfied, and become a steady patron of the company. Their estimated timeline for completion on technology upgrades for its remaining theatres is 2014. AMC Theatres, which stands for American Multi-Cinema was founded in 1920 when a father and his two sons purchased the Regent theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. AMC is second only to Regal Theatres, as a leading global movie theatre chain. The company gives credit to one particular son named Stanley Durwood. He believed that playing a multiple selection of movies in one movie house would in-turn lead to more guests, and more profits. This simple idea revolutionized the movie exhibition industry and became a blueprint for the industry. The concept for the movie theatre was born. It is this kind of inspiration that has encouraged the AMC Corporation to introduce more industry firsts. AMC was looking for a way to bring in new customers and refresh old patron relationships. Movie sales had begun to slump in the...
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...R Medical Imaging Radiation The impact of technology in today’s society has increased overtime. Different forms of technology have changed dramatically over the years, the way we now use technology is different to the way it was used before. Everything we do in our days has technology involved in it whether it is in school, work, health and work. People’s view towards the amount of technology that is now involved in our daily lives is different from others and its consequences. Some it’s good but others argue saying it ruins life’s and our perspective towards things. Medical imaging has effects on radiation in the human body which is brought up by the change of technology. Medical imaging such as CT scans, X-rays, ultra sounds and MRI scans which are used in procedures to view the different types of areas in the human body and provide important information for specialists. These procedures present both benefits and risks of using medical imaging; they have helped improve diagnoses and treatments of different types of medical issues. Before there was not much technology in our society meaning there were not such machines, now that technology has grown and brought different type of medical imaging doctors are now able to dictate and have a open understanding of the diagnoses. Studies and researched information have shown that medical imaging is causing radiation to our body ‘The Research Established of the Australian Atomic Energy Commission...
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...The global economy began a deep decline in December 2007. This economic downturn is referred to as the “Great Recession”. The United States government appointed a 10 member Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission to investigate the source of the recession (1). One of the key issues discovered was the failure of corporate governance and financial regulations (1). Initial finding of the investigation prompted US Congress to overhaul financial policies. These laws, Dodd-Frank Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, C.A.R.D. Act, Durbin Amendment and others, have generated a loss in revenue for financial institutions. For instance, it is estimated that Dodd-Frank will reduce the fees merchants pay for customers who swipe debit cards by $16 billion each year (2). HBDC bank card business lost $9.9 billion in revenues due to issues related to Dodd-Frank (3). The decline in profits required HBDC to revamp business practices. HBDC decided to transform the way they conducted business. Instead of having a dependence on penalty fees, they opted to focus on a customer relationship platform, Platinum Privileges (9). The plan was to reward customers for bringing HBDC more business (6). Platinum Privileges provides rewards and fewer fees to customers that invest and maintain more $50,000 into HBDC bank (7). HBDC bank believes that Mass Affluent customers will provide an opportunity to recoup a portion of the lost fee revenues. Research proves that MA customers can generate four...
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...MARY E. WALKER By: Rebecca Leadership March 2, 2013 I chose Mary Edwards Walker as my leader for this final project. I have always enjoyed reading a little bit of military history and I always look for stories about people who have gone above and beyond the call of duty or went against the grain. In my opinion, she really set the bar high for other women to follow, and I find her to be an exemplary leader and role model for other women in the business world. Mary Walker was born on November 26, 1832 in Oswego, New York (Unknown, Women in History ). She can accredit her leadership style and personality to her father, Alvah. Her father was a farmer, abolitionist, and a self-taught doctor. During this time, most women did not attend school or work outside the home, but because Mary’s father believed that women should be well educated, he built the first schoolhouse in Oswego on their land known as the Bunker Hill Farm (Unknown, Women in History ). In addition, this farm served as a “station” in the Underground Railroad system that assisted southern slaves to freedom—mainly from western New York into Canada (D. L. Walker 29-30) . Alvah also believed that women’s clothing was too tight and because his daughters had to help on the farm, he prohibited them from wearing the traditional clothing and corsets (Unknown, Women in History ). When Mary turned 18, she spent two years at the Falley Seminary where she was taught Mathematics, Philosophy, Grammar, and...
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...1. There are many ways in which human activities may lead to an imbalance in biochemical cycling: Something that the natural environment is unfamiliar which can harm the chemical imbalance. One of the many negative impacts caused by eutrophication and increased algal growth; is a decrease in the oxygen available, known as anoxia. These anoxic conditions have the ability to harm fishes and other aquatic animals. However, it is true that algae produce oxygen, but that is possible when an enough amount of light is available. Eutrophication reduces the clarification in water and visible light underwater. When there isn’t enough visible light for algae they stop the production of oxygen and begin the consumption of oxygen. 2. Opportunistic species...
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...Short answer: 5. Variable type and identifier. 6. Some languages assign a default value as 0 to uninitialized variables. In many languages, uninitialized variables hold unkown values. Algorithm Workbench 3. a. Adds 2 to a and stores the result in b Set b= 2 +a b. Multiplies b times 4 and stores the result in a set a= b*4 c. Divides a by 3.14 and stores the result in b set b= 3.14/b d. Subtracts 8 from b and stored the result in a set a= b-8 4. a. set result= x+y= 4+8 b. set result=z*2= 2*2 c. set result= y/x= 8/4 set result= y-z= 8-2 5. Floating-point variable cost 6. Initialize the variable with the value 0. Declare Real price=53.85 Display "the original price." Input item original price Display "price" 7. Count:=27 8. Set total=10+14 9. Declare Integer downPayment Declare Integer Total Declare Integer Due 10. Dim subtotal As Double = 0 totalfee = subtotal * 0.15 Programming Exercise: 6. Sales Tax Design a program that will ask the user to enter the amount of a purchase. The program should then compute the state and county tax. Assume the state sales tax is 4 percent (.04) and the county tax is 2 percent (.02). The program should display the amount of the purchase, the state sales tax, the county sales tax, the total sales tax, and the total of the sale (which is the sum of the amount of the purchase plus the total sales tax). int main { double amtPurch double stateTax double countryTax cout << "How much did you purchase?"; ...
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...My first impression on Entrepreneurship my cousin Tino Corona had made me think of a quote that I saw by a unknown author when I was researching Entrepreneurship, which says “Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won't, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can't.” (Unkown Author, 2010). When I first read this quote I really can see my cousin living a few years most people won’t, but his life now us set for his children and his grandchildren. Many entrepreneurs have very strong characteristics and similar ambitions as Tino has. It is said that to have a successful business, one must obtain entrepreneur qualities. Diligent and hard working, they strive through the ups and downs of start-up companies as I was told during the interview with Mr. Corona. They are "self starters" and have a superior belief in themselves; this is so true because when Tino had challenges to overcome for example a challenge that he had to overcome was the feeling of giving up. Tino stated that “he was not seeing the results he thought he would see at first in terms of the income and his funds were running out. He overcame that by stepping back and evaluates his product, service, target market, and his marketing strategies”. (Corna, Tino, 2010). An entrepreneur has to be patient and wait. From hearing Tino success, I know that businesses take time and nourishment. It is obvious that it takes years for a small business to even rise up enough to go public...
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...| Flex Technologies | Memo To: (Manager) From: Cory Beehler CC: Date: [ 12/2/2011 ] Re: Web Conferencing Programs Research Hello (Manager's name), This is the information I have found on the research project for Web Conferencing Programs. I have cited three different programs for web conferencing; Infinite, Cisco Webex, and FUZE Meeting. I believe the best choice would be Infinite. Infinite is highly adaptable as it runs across the major operating systems; Windows 7, Vista, XP, and Mac. The competitors Cisco Webex and FUZE meeting are limited on choices for operating systems. FUZE Meeting does not support Windows 7 and Cisco Webex does not support Windows 7 and Mac. If we need to upgrade our workstations from Windows XP Infinite would be the best choice. Regarding the features each conferencing program has Infinite can hold one-thousand attendees at once, file transfer to/from audience, leader-synchronization, and video/webcam integration. Cisco Webex and FUZE Meeting do not have any of these features and can only hold between 25-45 max number of attendees at once. An important issue I would like to bring to your attention about these programs is security features. I know we have been talking about application sharing being a priority for the meetings. I was checking out the security features of these three programs and found that Cisco Webex and FUZE Meeting do not have any security features for specific application sharing. This could be a huge issue...
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