1 UNDERSTANDING HOW BIG DATA AND CROWD MOVEMENTS WILL SHAPE THE CITIES OF TOMORROW Andrew Leeson Pablo Alvarez Samya Ghosh AECOM UK 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 A brief history of crowd modelling. From direct observations to simulation In 1895, the French social psychologist Gustave Le Bon wrote “The age we are about to enter, will truly be the Era of crowds” in his book “The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind” (Psychologie des Foules in French). If we take the 8am train to go to work, if
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John MacCready asked Bausch & Lomb, a Rochester, New York-based medical equipment manufacturer, to create aviation sunglasses that would reduce the headaches and nausea experienced by pilots, which are caused by the intense blue and white hues of the sky,[3][4] a new kind of glasses were introduced. The prototype, created in 1936 and known as ‘Anti-Glare’, had plastic frames and green lenses that could cut out the glare without obscuring vision.[5] The sunglasses were remodeled with a metal frame the
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A TERM PAPER ON , HR at Google SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY: Prof. Smitha Roll No 2,12,22,32. “Our employees, who call themselves Googlers, are everything. We hope to recruit many more in the future. We will reward and treat them well.” Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Founders of Google 1. Introduction
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The traditional Malay house 1. GENERAL INFORMATION 1. I Title of practice or experience The traditional Malay house 1.2 Category o practice/experience and brief description f The traditional Malay house is one of the richest components of Malaysia’s cultural heritage. Designed and built by the villagers themselves, it manifests the creative and aesthetic skills of the Malays. This is a near-perfect houseform which is appropriate to local climatic conditions and expresses the way of
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On August 6, 1945, the United States used a massive, atomic weapon against Hiroshima, Japan. This atomic bomb, the equivalent of 20,000 tons of TNT, flattened the city, killing tens of thousands of civilians. While Japan was still trying to comprehend this devastation three days later, the United States struck again, this time, on Nagasaki.[1] The atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan were conducted by the United States during the final stages of World War II in 1945.
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CMI LEVEL 5 – MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP UNIT 5001V1 – PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT AS A MANAGER & LEADER CANDIDATE: PAUL KITCHING DELIVERER: ANGELA TURNER – OPEN SKIES MANAGEMENT DATE: 15/10/15 WORD COUNT TARGET: 2500 – 3000ACTUAL 4596MAIN BODY - 3000 | CONTENTS PAGE [1] Terms of Reference.…………………………………..………………………………………..3 [2] Summary………………………………………………………………………………………….3 [3] Introduction…………………….………………………………………………………..……….4 [4]
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November 30th 2012, 21:08 I remember all the times where you and I would merge into one another. We would move in and out and through so freely and unconditionally. I was you, and you were me. That's what we were, we were eachother, just one power with the ability to control two. You see, that's what you did to me, you controlled me and you still control my thoughts and capture them just like you used to. There is no love lost between you and I, but that's about all that remains. We could have
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EB000000 XVS1100 (L) SERVICE MANUAL ©1998 by Yamaha Motor Co.,Ltd. First edition, October 1998 All rights reserved. Any reproduction or unauthorized use without the written permission of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is expressly prohibited. EB001000 NOTICE This manual was produced by the Yamaha Motor Company primarily for use by Yamaha dealers and their qualified mechanics. It is not possible to include all the knowledge of a mechanic in one manual, so it is assumed that anyone who uses this
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“Ang Ningning at Ang Liwanag” isinulat ni: Dimas-Ilaw (Emilio Jacinto) Ang ningning ay nakasisiLaw sa paningin. Ang Liwanag ay kinakaiLangan ng mata, upang mapagwari ang buong katunayan ng mga bagay-bagay. Ang bubog kung tinatamaan ng nag-aapoy na sikat ng araw ay nagniningning; ngunit sumusugat sa kamay ng nagaganyak na dumampot. Ang ningning ay madaya. Ating hanapin ang Liwanag, tayo'y huwag mabighani sa ningning. Sa katunayan ng masamang kaugaLian: Nagdaraan ang isang karwaheng
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Introduction Since LEGOs inception in 1932, the company has not only experienced extreme pressure from competitors, but it has overcome numerous challenging obstacles from the external environment to become the world’s largest toy manufacturer (Financial Times, 2016). Upon analysis of LEGOs strengths through Institutional Theory (IT) and Resource-Based View (RBV), this essay aims to combine these two theories to explain LEGOs internationalisation process. Firstly, the two frameworks will be
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