preservation of natural sites; however‚ in order to fully understand the formulation of this environment-oriented ideology today‚ it is beneficial to examine its origins in American environmental history. John Muir‚ Gifford Pinchot‚ and Aldo Leopold are generally regarded to be the founders of the American environmental movement that gave way several of the current debates and ideologies encompassing environmental issues. Instead of simply deploying an extremist stance on environmental
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Summary of Michael Davis’ "Thinking like an Engineer" January 31‚ 2005 By: Harley Christensen © 2005 www.harleyc.com Engineers have long considered themselves to be “professionals”‚ made possible by their near general adoption and use‚ formal affiliations aside‚ of a code of ethics. Varying code of ethics drafts are effective only through the actions of the engineers who abide by them. In his essay “Thinking like an Engineer”‚ Michael Davis gives examples of ethical challenges facing engineers ‚
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Thinking like a genius Famous thinkers "Even if you’re not a genius‚ you can use the same strategies as Aristotle and Einstein to harness the power of your creative mind and better manage your future." Nine approaches to creative problem solving: Rethink! Look at problems in many different ways. Visualize! Utilize diagrams and imagery to analyze your dilemma. Produce! Genius is productive. Combine! Make novel combinations... Form! Form relationships. Opposite! Think in opposites. Metaphor/simile
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Thinking like a traveler Tom Kelley‚ General Manager of IDEO Author of “art of innovation” * Why choose this video and justify. The first moment when we see this title‚ it draws our attentions because it’s interesting‚ and we have no idea what it means and how it connects with “creativity & innovation” Then‚ after seeing through this video‚ we find that he gets a very strong opinion about changing the habit of thinking. We get used to live in a certain way‚ and don’t have a mind to
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from combination of large molecules to produce another larger molecule. In an aldol condensation‚ β-hydroxyaldehyde or a β-hydroxyketone is produced in but upon heating the α‚β-unsaturated aldehyde or ketone with water is produced. In double mixed aldo condensation of acetone and benzaldehyde‚ the α-hydrogen’s on both sides of the acetone deprotonates and a nucleophilic enolate anion arises as a result. In an aldol condensation many products are formed there reactant are more than one thus the aldehyde
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Chapter 1 Thinking as an economist Answers to review questions 1 They probably mean that‚ given the competing demands on their limited resources‚ there are other things (a holiday‚ private school fees‚ a new computer) that they choose to spend their income on rather than a plasma screen television. 2 Your friend probably means that your tennis game will improve faster if you take individual lessons instead of group lessons. However‚ individual lessons are also more costly than group lessons‚ so
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Homework #2 1. How is economics like a science? Answer: Scientists‚ in economy‚ try to explain the world. They employ the scientific method‚ the dispassionate development and testing of theories about how the world works. 2. Why do economics make assumptions? Answer: Because assumptions simply the complex world‚ and make it easier to understand. It is usually unrealistic‚ but it is simple to learn and it gives useful insights about the real world. 3. Should an economic model describe
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As in every profession‚ in nursing too‚ there are a number of details that every each of nurses should have and be aware of‚ because of the high expectancy by patients and colleagues in both within and outside of professional domains. Professionalism refers to the key points that everyone should follow and behaves the best in order to protect its dignity and respective in a competent manner. Then it becomes even more important when it comes to public health care matter. There are many reasons
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Hemingway’s hills like white elephants Even though it possibility would exaggerate the issue to suggest that an individual significant agreement exists concerning to the statement of Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants‚” a rundown of the absolute majority popular opinion may develop somewhat on these logical arguments: in an inspiring accomplishment of dialogue-impelled storyline prose‚ Hemingway’s nameless American male admirer overlooks the tamer‚ feebler-wound up Jig the former
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changed? How is this true of other individuals about whom Hochschild writes? In what way has this book affected your view of human nature? 3. The death toll in King Leopold’s Congo was on a scale comparable to the Holocaust and Stalin’s purges. Can Leopold II be viewed as a precursor to the masterminds behind the Nazi death camps and the Gulag? Did these three and other twentieth century mass killings arise from similar psychological‚ social‚ political‚ economic‚ and cultural sources? 4. Those who
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