Essays on Converge

Video in Opera Stage

Introduction Advances in technology and the corresponding creation of digital technologies have significantly impacted the performing arts (Poole & Ho, 2011). Opera has not escaped the technological advancements and as such, new forms of opera have emerged in both digital and virtual formats (Symonds & Karantonis, 2013). Salter (2010) explains that since the 1990s, the scenography of opera has emerged with technological advancements transforming stages into video and monitor accompaniments. The obvious payoff is an enhanced experiential, virtual reality of the opera’s stage. The new technologies blur the lines between the opera’s stage and the motion picture common in ...

The Solow Model

For long, the concept of economic change has been interesting economists. The reasons why some of the countries are poor while others are rich or even the understanding of why some nations grow faster than others has constantly disturbed the understanding of most economists. The theory of economic growth has been put upfront in explaining the growth indices of different nations. In its place, the theory of economic growth aims at explaining whether poor countries can grow faster than their rich counterparts, catch up with them and close their income gaps, that is converge. Elaborated by Trevor Swan and ...

Discuss four global controls of temperature

The position of ITCZ is an area of low pressure and compliments the characteristics of tropical climate. ITCZ Equatorial Low The Wind converges at the equator making it a low-pressure zone. The temperatures around the tropics area always high throughout the year. The ITCZ along the equator is a low-pressure area. The warmed winds from the tropics blow towards the equator converge and move towards the seas. The result is the balancing of temperatures when the northeast trade winds and the southeast trade winds converge at the warm equator air rises forming a Hadley cell. The winds flowing towards ...

Objective Finding (OF)

Identify the goal, wish, or challenge upon which you want to work. Bottom line: When finished with this step, your team will have a goal/wish/challenge for which it will seek a solution.

Diverge

Converge Identify “hotspots,” expressed as a list of “In What Ways Might . . .” (IWWMs) statements. Start from your list of goal/wish ideas.

Draw out ideas that seem intriguing or interesting (regardless of viability) by expressing them as IWWM statements.

Use a storyboard to sort into clusters of related ideas, with each cluster being a “hotspot.” Recognize the “hotspots” that mean something to your team. Do they have any unusual consequences or implications? After considering these questions, write your team’s overall goal or wish in ...

Objective Finding (OF)

Identify the goal, wish, or challenge upon which you want to work. Bottom line: When finished with this step, your team will have a goal/wish/challenge for which it will seek a solution.

Diverge

Converge Identify “hotspots,” expressed as a list of “In What Ways Might . . .” (IWWMs) statements. Start from your list of goal/wish ideas.

Draw out ideas that seem intriguing or interesting (regardless of viability) by expressing them as IWWM statements.

Use a storyboard to sort into clusters of related ideas, with each cluster being a “hotspot.” Recognize the “hotspots” that mean something to your team. Do they have any unusual consequences or implications? After considering these questions, write your team’s overall goal or wish in ...

Aesthetics refers to the philosophical comprehension of taste and beauty, especially in relation to the perception and interpretation of appearance. In most instances, people look critically at the appearance of others to judge them, and it affects more than the persons in question. Since time immemorial, women have always put their best feet forward to look beautiful and achieve somehow a “perfect look”. All the same, the concept of beauty has always been misconstrued and many times people tend to look at the outward appearance of clothing, and physical appearance to rate the beauty of a person rather than ...

IDEO’s Human-Centered Design & The Fun Theory

1.0 Inspiration

Bottom line: When finished with this step, your team will have identified a behavior that could be improved to make a better world and will understand the goal/wish/challenge for which it will seek a solution. Explore behaviors that you would like to improve. Due to the nature of the online environment, and to ensure everyone on the team has the best chance of fully participating, focus on behaviors of family, friends, co-workers, or other similar groups vs. working with the general public. For example: Changing the behavior of library patrons or children on a playground may not ...

The Name of Professor:

Introduction The main idea behind the mind of every investor is to achieve long- term growth of his or her business by serving a wider market to increase profitability. However, the existence of various factors such as competition and government regulations tends to impede the successful accomplishment of most investors’ goal. Besides, the efficiency of the strategies implemented by different investors constitutes fundamental hindrances to the realization of their long-term objectives. Therefore, efficient management is crucial to realize business expansion. Additionally, the consideration of other factors with a significant influence on the business environment is essential when formulating the ...

Trans-World Flight Center, John F. Kennedy Airport (1956-1962)

Opened in 1962, the Trans World Flight Center of the John F. Kennedy Airport is one of the finest structures belonging to the Organic Modern Period that emerged in the mid-20th century.1 What makes this style truly remarkable was the fact that it is based on neo-futuristic designs as well as embodying strict adherence to geometrical proportions, the creation of functional space for the passengers, aircraft, employees, and maintaining harmonious interaction of the structure in its environment.2 The structure was designed by Eero Saarinen, a notable architect and one of the prolific figures that proposed designing the concept of ...

Immigrant Parents Analysis

The behavior of immigrant parents is unique and stands out in comparison to other groups of adults. Their traditionally high expectations of children and increased respect for education or professionalism are acute, and can be noticed greatly throughout American society. The attitudes and demonstrated abilities of their children therefore are adapted to a variety of circumstances and influences, creating unique patterns of psychological and social development. In this essay, the specific ways that being part of an immigrant family influences a child will be explored. Through theoretical and practical research, evidence of the positive as well as negative influences ...