new resources appropriately? Are we getting our moneys worth? Bill Gates says we are not and suggests a new model he calls a digital nervous system as a way to maximize value from technology and information. In his book‚ Business @ the Speed of Thought‚ Gates attempts to make the case that most organizations do not get the maximum out of their technology. He asserts that most organizations have the wrong mind-set about how information should be handled and distributed within an organization
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use of recorded sound in films was a technological achievement that would dramatically change the way audiences experience cinema. The transition from silent cinema affected many studios and filmmakers‚ who had to adapt to the new technology to prevent their careers from fading into obscurity. One filmmaker who was able to adapt to the changing industry was director Fritz Lang. The Austrian born director‚ whose career began in post-war Germany in 1919‚ made the transition to sound in 1931 with the
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Lab 4 – Energy Sources and Alternative Energy Experiment 1: The Effects of Coal Mining Table 1: pH of Water Samples Water Sample Initial pH Final pH (24-48 hours) Pyrite 6.9 6 Activated Carbon 6.9 7 Water 6.9 6 POST LAB QUESTIONS 1. Develop hypotheses predicting the effect of pyrite and coal on the acidity of water? a. Pyrite hypothesis = it can contaminate water or dirt by increasing acidity levels. b. Coal hypothesis = can cause a problem with underground mining because it can cause the river
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Living at Warp Speed Since there are many developed and modern technologies to assist them in their daily activities‚ people nowadays are more active than ever before. Different people with various personalities have alternative lifestyle as well as the goal of their life. It is quite strange to admit that these days‚ when life is getting more convenient because of the development of modern technologies‚ people tends to get more works to do instead of choosing to sit back and enjoy their life
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How to start the butterfly effect On the eve of an American presidential election‚ a party of rich businessmen undertakes a time travel safari to the past to hunt dinosaurs. While the organizers have taken every precaution to minimize the impact of the hunting party on the past‚ one member violates the rules and leaves the designated path. Upon their return to the present the group finds that the world has been drastically altered by the seemingly innocuous death of a pre-historic butterflyTop of
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Question 1. Vaughan Speed Clean — budgeting In order to calculate manager’s bonus we need to look at the flexible budget to compare actual profit with budget profit target. Flexible budget Actual Variance Revenue $108‚100 (23 x $10 x 470) $120‚555 $12‚455 F Variable expenses (50% of revenues) 54‚020 60‚277 6‚227 U Fixed expenses 53‚870 55‚000 1‚180 U Total expenses 107‚870 115‚277 7‚457 U Profit $230 $5‚278 $5‚048 F The actual profit meets the budgeted target of $230‚ therefore
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ripples‚ but the waves transfers energy from one point to another. there are two major classes of waves ; mechanical and electromagnetic waves . Mechanical waves are waves that require a material medium for their propagation‚ such as water waves and sound waves. Electromagnetic waves are waves that do not require a material medium for their propagation. Examples are light rays‚ radio waves‚ x-rays and gamma rays. wave motion The particle of the medium which transfer energy move to and fro‚ or vibrate
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Cinematography Classical Style ‘Hollywood style” Dominant visual language for storytelling with film History Esward Mynbridge-first ‘moving picture of a galloping horse 1880-first usage of term 1895-1907 Primitive period of cinema (developing of cinematic language) 1907-narrative display dominants over narrative absorption After 1907: Classical Hollywood style Position the viewer in a fictional space of the narrative Camera allows engagement with a character and story Development
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What will you happen if you travel back in time?In a Sound of Thunder Did Travis and Eckelsgo back to the future. Why? People are hunting dinosaurs and didn’t follow the rules. InBeing Prey‚ Plumwood didn’t follow rules either and was also attacked. In both stories‚ they both went hunting. In the first story‚ they were hunting dinosaurs and in the second story she was hunting crocodiles. One was a long time ago and the other was years ago. ‚ they traveled back sixty million years ago and one guy
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Shinji Kubo lives with his mother‚ a pearl diver‚ and his younger brother‚ Hiroshi. He and his mother support the family because Shinji’s father had died in World War II after the fishing boat he was on was strafed by an American bomber. However‚ the family lives a somewhat peaceful life and Shinji is content to be a fisherman along with his master‚ Jukichi Oyama‚ and another apprentice‚ Ryuji. Things change when Terukichi Miyata‚ after the death of his son‚ decides to bring back the daughter he
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