1. The Law of the Few An epidemic begins when a few highly infectious individuals become viral vectors for a product or idea by adopting it themselves and spreading the word. The attainment of the tipping point that transforms a phenomenon into an influential trend usually requires the intervention of a number of influential types of people. In the disease epidemic model Gladwell introduced in Chapter 1‚ he demonstrated that many outbreaks could be traced back to a small group of infectors. Likewise
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Christ’s feelings were revealed in Matthew 9:36‚ “When he saw the crowds‚ he had compassion on them‚ because they were harassed and helpless‚ like sheep without a shepherd.” This verse clarifies the mindset and the plight of the crowds following Christ. Therefore‚ the Matthew 3:17 passage was not for Jesus to figure out his identity‚ but was a declaration of his identity to the crowd. Perhaps‚ God was presuming an adequate amount of the crowd would be familiar enough with the Hebrew Scriptures to understand
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How many rounds of interviews do you have to go through and how many people survive each round? Google applicants have about five interviews. The company’s human resources people have given a lot of thought to that number. They believe in the “wisdom of crowds‚” so they want multiple opinions of each applicant. But they’re done research
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among many brothers and sisters. And so‚ those whom God predestined he called‚ and those whom he called he makes righteous‚ and to those whom he makes righteous he will give his Glory. ►Gospel: Mt 13:44–52 (or Mt 13:44–46) Jesus said to the crowds‚ ―The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. The one who finds it buries it again; and so happy is he‚ that he goes and sells everything he has‚ in order to buy that field. ―Again the kingdom of heaven is like a trader who is
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effect that the war had on the citizens of both England and France. Dickens writes the novel through the perspective of an English citizen. The novel opens with the statement‚ “It was the best of times‚ it was the worst of times‚ it was an age of wisdom it was the age of foolishness” (Dickens 1). He used the book to share his message and his thought on different subjects that he believed. Dickens applies Christian symbolism to the Tale of Two Cities to express the natural cycle and the inevitability
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The grown up Scout‚ narrates her retrospective story of one life changing summer‚ as seen through her eyes‚ as a six-year-old tomboy. Scout (Mary Badham)‚ her brother Jem‚ and their summer time friend‚ Dill‚ spend their days gallivanting through town‚ playing with tires as toys‚ telling exaggerated stories‚ and challenging each other to approach the dilapidated and gloomy house of the neighborhood “bogeyman”‚ a recluse named Boo Radley (Robert Duval)‚ who was rumored to be a vicious and scary creature
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a replacement apostle __4__ First proclamation of the “kerygma” and first baptisms Questions: From Lecture (i.e. teacher commentary during class time reading of Acts‚ from footnotes‚ and the text of Acts 2-7.) 1. When Peter speaks to the crowd that gathered after Pentecost he invites them to do two things. What are they? a.) repent b.) Be baptized 2. How is repentance a positive concept? (footnote 2‚ 38) a change of mind and heart toward God reflected in the actual goodness
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In the passage “Again‚ the flesh and blood of dead men are commonly eaten and drunk to inspire bravery‚ wisdom‚ or other qualities for which the men themselves were”.(439a) In Chapter 9 when they boys reenact the sow killing scene and Simon is thrown into the middle where he is attacked by the boys and ends up dead on the beach”The beast lay huddled on the
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The Gospel of Luke like the other three Gospels depicts the life‚ teachings‚ death and the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. This is the largest of the four Gospels. The Gospel opens with a salutation to Theophilus and proceeds to tell the story of the appearance of Angel Gabriel to Zachariah‚ whose wife Elizabeth did not have the ability to bear a child. The Angel announces to Zachariah that his wife will bear a child and that “he will bring back many people of Israel to the Lord their God. He
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of the terms "crowd" and "outsourcing‚" first coined by Jeff Howe in a June 2006 Wired magazine article "The Rise of Crowdsourcing"‚ which kind of makes the meaning behind it very clear. 2. Why does crowdsourcing require a large‚ "undefined community" to work? Why not a small‚ defined community of passionate people who you know and have worked with before or with whom you are already friends (think Facebook communities which are smaller‚ and defined)? As the article states‚ crowds are generally
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