Origins The earliest May Day celebrations appeared in pre-Christian times‚ with the festival of Flora‚ the Roman goddess of flowers‚ and the Walpurgis Night celebrations of the Germanic countries. It is also associated with the Gaelic Beltane. Many pagan celebrations were abandoned or Christianized during the process of conversion in Europe. A more secular version of May Day continues to be observed in Europe and America. In this form‚ May Day may be best known for its tradition of dancing the maypole
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The Research Service Innovation Center Model The infographic on the right side tells us that India has to generate close to $60B in funds and a model of innovation has to provide a potential supply for the same. The summary is if India can attract 1/3rd of Research spending by the 30% of top 1000 research spenders operating already out of the country‚ it can fund its pertinent demand for startup innovation. We propose a model of creating “Research Service Innovation Centers” where customers
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invention of the automobile people have been asking the same question; how old is old enough to drive? Utah‚ like many other states in the U.S.‚ has set the legal driving age to sixteen. Many people wonder is sixteen really old enough to get behind the wheel or should we postpone this privilege until they are eighteen? There are two sides to every argument however‚ and I believe that a sixteen year old has enough sense to be able to drive. While there are many teenage accidents every day‚ there are
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that they have discovered the secrets of the universe that we do not quite understand. For example‚ why does gravity exist‚ or what is beyond the universe. There are lots of questions just like these that an extra terrestrial society may have and be willing to share with us. If we found extra-terrestrial with this kind of knowledge‚ it could transform the world of physics. (Shurkin) Space innovation could bring us is an end to overpopulation on the earth. The population of the earth‚ as of mid 2011
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In this chapter I will discuss Rollo May and his theory of anxiety. There is no doubt that Rollo May is one of the most important figures in existential psychology‚ and‚ without question‚ one of the most important American existential psychologists in the history of the discipline. May breaks down specific applications of existential philosophy to psychology as: Human Dilemma: the fact that humans can view themselves as both the subject and the object at the same time. Humans can see themselves
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Innovation and Change II BSBINN601A :Manage Organisational Change Assessment: Changing Management Plan Aged Care Industry background The statistics can be astounding‚ according with aged care online (2011)If dementia were a country‚ it would be the world’s 18th largest economy. If dementia was a company it would exceed American giant Wal-Mart’s profits by almost US$200 billion and Exxon Mobil’s profits by almost $US300 billion. The sheer cost and growth of dementia means that according to
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SOCIAL INNOVATION Solar Bottle Bulb Agenda • Introduction • Social Product • Social Geography • Social Need • Social Solution • Actors / Ingredients • Standard Product • Collaborations • Success Story • Scalability Product • Solar Light bulb: Innovator is ILLAC DIAZ • Soda bottle solar light that • reflects light to as much as 50 or 60 watts made from a 2 litre transparent plastic soda bottle(PET) filled with water and bleach. • When inserted through the roof of a house‚
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Innovation in Policing In the world of policing‚ innovation does not just come in the form of new gadgets or computer technology; it comes in the form of ideas as to how police can be more effective in their local communities. Though technology such as bulletproof vests and body cameras are changing the way police in the United States preform their jobs‚ these technologies are just a small piece of a larger puzzle. With growing anti-police sentiment in the United States it is imperative that law
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The Anderson School at UCLA POL 2002-05 Numbers 101: The Diffusion of Innovations Copyright © 2002 by Richard Rumelt. This technical note is a quick introduction to the use of diffusion models in forecasting. We use diffusion models in cases where an innovation diffuses through a population. In this note we focus on the simplest diffusion model: the logistic model. This model produces the familiar “S” curve in which a period of rapid acceleration is followed by deceleration and‚ finally
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The Innovation of the Segway By Mona Alsheddi Kettering University Jan 26th‚ 2011 1. Abstract This paper discusses the innovation of the new personal transporter: Segway. It gives a brief description of the Segway is a self-balancing electric vehicle invented by Dean Kamen and produced by Segway Inc. in 2001. The name Segway came from an Italian word means “follows”. (1) As any other transportation device‚ Segway is used to move from one place to another‚ yet it used to move among places that
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