Essays on Wikipedia

Retrieved from http://www.uncubemagazine.com/blog/9133113 Retrieved from http://www.uncubemagazine.com/blog/9133113 Trusses are engineering structures common for wide-span buildings like industrial buildings and sports centers with the purpose of reduction the consumption of materials and lightweight design. Figure 1 and Figure 2 show the first SANAA’s industrial building located at the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein. The architects of the building were Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, and its project commissioner was Rolf Fehlbaum, chairman of Vitra. It has a diameter of 160 meters and is 11 meters in height. Inside, the building is divided into two parts for safety reasons. As ...

Buddhism, like all the other Eastern religions, originated from “Animism”, which is the belief that everything in the universe has an essence, a spirit or a soul. As a way of life, it is similar to the other religions in promoting morality, generosity, kindness, harmony, and respect for all living beings including mother nature. Alike Hinduism, Buddhism believes in the following: 1. Reincarnation, wherein the soul is reborn into another body based on the level of spiritual attainment from the previous life. 2. Karma, which is either the positive or the negative effects of an individual’s actions. 3. ...

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A sandstorm is characterized as one that whips up extraordinary loads of sand into the air, forming a dense cloud above the ground in the process. While most of the sand will rise higher than 50 cm, some sand particles can even ascend to the height of 2 meters. According to Wikipedia, the average diameter of the particles carried by such dust storm winds will vary between 0.15 and 0.30 mm. Wind speeds such during sandstorms have been recorded at up to 16 km per hour and more, while most storms continue to blow for between three hours to ...

Liberty is something that most people in the present day take for granted. However, in most countries around the world, the people had to independence themselves from their rulers, as was the case in the United States of America. These movements were led by brave patriots, including Patrick Henry in this country. He took extraordinary risks to openly approach British rule because he knew that they were being oppressed and wanted a great future for him and his family, even if his actions meant danger for them. His domestic situation was quite complicated. He had several children with Sarah ...

Eric Garner was an African-American man who served as a horticulturalist at the parks and recreation department of the New York City. He was a family man with a wife and six children. Due to health reasons, Garner quit his job as a horticulturalist and ventured into personal businesses. Eric Garner was not always on the right and he had gotten arrested by the NYPD a couple of times. His charges during these arrests ranged from assault, resisting arrest to selling cigarettes that were not licensed in the streets of New York. In 2014 July 17, Garner was outside ...

Situation and Leader: Napoleon and the Battle of Borodino and his intense to defeat troops on the left bank of Kolocha River. Research question: “Knowing what we do know now about the outcome, would I recommend that Napoleon started the battle on the left bank of Kolocha River?” The battle at Shevardino, where Russian troops should have prevented French troops from coming to Moscow and Smolensk. “Davout's and Murat's troops attacked the Russian rear guard at Shevardino. Murat, Poniatowski and Compans attacked Russian rear guard and the redoubt the greencoats occupied” (Battle of Borodino, 1812). These first hours of ...

Identity and Information in the Internet Age

Today’s generation of kids and adults are dealing with technologies like no generation before. The major engine in this truly unique period is social media and the Internet. This has forever changed how we interact with one another as well as how we get information. We can interact with people all around the globe, with different cultures and nations, and do so all from our own living room. This new way of interacting with one another has had a great affect on how we form our self-identity. Social media and the Internet have made inaccuracies of information much ...

There is a keen interest in the influence of the Internet in the recent years in the Arab World. A particular interest is the impact of Social Media and communication technologies in the Arab World leading to the conflict that began in 2011. However, this paper will focus not on political uses of the Internet, but on the potential economic growth, and how the Internet affects the culture and changes habits of communication, shopping and ways of doing businesses.

The Internet in the Arab World

The whole world has been transformed over the past 15 years by the technology-led transformation. The Internet affected communication and ...

Essay

Communication is a basis for the society; there are lots of ways to communicate. If one needs to communicate with a big group of people and needs to show something as an addition and as a support to his or her own words, one usually uses presentations. As it is stated in the work “The Importance of Communication In Public Health” by C.D. Domnariu: “Communication in health contributes to all aspects of disease prevention and health promotion, with special relevance in many contexts” (Domnariu, 2014). But what is health communication? It is “the study and practice of communicating promotional ...

Does the book You Are Not a Gadget help us understand how social media impacts our ability to have a meaningful life? Nowadays an integral part of our lives has become a global network, and along with it – social media. And this has become the main cause of the appearance and main theme of the book You Are Not a Gadget. Jaron Lanier discusses the technical and cultural issues that arise from the lack of forethought digital devices. And he warns – Wikipedia, Facebook and Twitter dictate the wisdom of crowds and the computer algorithms are set above personality. The ...

The following paper will be a review on the article, “Ethics and Executive Coaching: An Agency Theory Approach.” A summary of the article will be followed by a personal review and critique. Finally in conclusion a statement will be included as to whether this article was informative on the subject matter or not. Executives today, struggle with a multitude of decisions to make on a daily basis. Organizations require that their executives make top quality decisions throughout each day. Business has become more and more complicated and organizations often seek out assistance for their top executives. Executive coaches are ...

There has always been a fascination with the occult and paranormal when it comes to various works of fiction. Authors love to create these creatures that seem to come from the darkest nightmares and send chills down the readers, or viewers, spines. This has been a fad since that continues to grow and be expanded upon which allows old legends to be remade into grisly renditions or for newer monsters to take the scenes. One of the most iconic and popular horror creature in the American film industry is Freddy Krueger. Freddy made his debut in 1984 when he ...

ANNUAL MEDICAL CHECK-UP

Educational Institute Introduction This case study aims to use a common life event that will illustrate the various concepts of knowledge management. My chosen event is my father’s one-day complete medical check-up in a hospital. It was done over 24 hours and I was the one who accompanied him there the whole night. A hospital is a bee-hive of activities that uses physical data, creates medical information and knowledge that spurs action among medical professionals within and even outside where assistance is required. Patients are also led to act on the advice of these professionals to address problems. ...

Before consideration of any effects of social media, it is essential to have a look at the definition of this phenomenon. Merriam-Webster dictionary defines social media as “forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as videos)”. (Social media. Merriam-Webster.com) The explanation from Business dictionary is broader and mentions different types of social media: “Primarily internet or cellular phone based applications and tools to share information among people.” (Social media. Businessdictionary.com) Because of variety of social media tools there is ...

Mass Shootings: How we can deter potential mass shooters in the US? List some major mass shootings in the US and identify some major similarities and major differences among them. Mass shootings have become an issue in the United States. There are ways mass shootings can be deterred. One way is strict gun regulations. By making it hard for people to possess firearms, it makes mass shootings less likely. Also strict screenings and regulations can be put in place so people with mental health issues are not able to purchase a firearm. Also another more extreme example of a ...

Introduction

Apollo 11 made history as the first space craft to land at the moon with human beings on board. The astronauts on board included Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin who had fulfilled President John F. Kennedy’s national goal of pioneering a human mission to the moon. The mission of Apollo 11 included a scientific exploration of the lunar module. In this mission, the astronauts were required to deploy a television camera that could send signals from the moon to the earth. Other instruments that were installed on the moon include solar wind composition experiment, and Laser Ranging Retroreflector. ...

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The industrialized society we live in today has been completely dependent on natural resources like wood, oil, gas and coal for all its energy requirements, over the past few centuries. Oil powers all vehicular movements, on road, air or sea. It is also the primary choice of fuel in large industries. Nuclear, hydro and coal are primarily used to produce electricity. Natural gas is primarily used for heating as is biomass. According to planetforlife.com, in 2008, 83% of the world’s energy requirements were provided by oil, coal and natural gas together. But these limited resources are diminishing with ...

Homesickness is a feeling that every person can have when they are far away from home. It is a feeling of missing home. For me as a student who goes to university abroad, the homesick level always jumps out when I feel lonely. Chekhov’s “Gusev” tells about homesick man who feels anxious to return to home, but he finally dies like other sick patients on his way home. The short story “Gusev” shows its reader the feelings of homesickness with the help of literature and many people can relate to it. In "Gusev," the author offers two drastically ...

Floresiensis, Denisovans, Neanderthals, and modern Homo sapiens are the four types of hominins. However, modern Homo sapiens are the only species left. There are many contributing factors that lead to the extinction of the three other species 20,000 years ago however I believe the most important aspect that lead to Homo sapiens survival over the others to be diet. There are slight diet differences between the species that I believe correlate to survival. I think that diet plays a role in the survival of the fittest idea as well. Homo sapiens were the fittest species and survived because ...

There is little doubt that the internet has changed much of how the world functions. The term “Post-Internet” was coined to describe an idea that how society interacts with both arts and criticism has changed significantly since the internet has been adopted so widely. Keep in mind the word “post” is not meant to mean after, but rather about. The term came from a discussion by Artie Vierkant, Marisa Olson, and Gene McHugh about the internet and art. Although the term has been accepted, the movement behind the term is not fully defined. It assumes the center of network ...

Georges Bataille was one of the brightest minds in France. He is well-known in the philosophical circles as one of the most extraordinary minds of the Western philosophy. The author of such notable ideas as base materialism, limit-experience and the accursed share had a visible influence on a certain raw of philosophical schools and social theory. His unusual and, in some way, innovative idea of human sacrifice goes through all his philosophy. It’s known that Bataille wasn’t only the eager follower of the ideas of sacrifice but he also inaugurated himself as the sacrificial victim together with ...

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Contribute to Building and Sustaining Good Societies Social Justice Nonetheless, if there is fair treatment of every citizen in the society, in which his every right is safeguarded, whether it is economic, political or social, and its laws and agencies are not oppressive, then the moral obligation is incumbent upon every citizen to recognize and obey the laws. When the government or the society has all these qualities, it has every reason, political will, and moral ascendancy to eliminate discrimination and inequality among the people. Giving justice to everyone where it is due, maintaining equal protection of ...

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Introduction

It is undeniable that starting from the second half of 2000s the social networks have become one of the most popular means of communication between people allowing them to instantly share their ideas either among their friends and relatives or with broader communities, which can include inhabitants of their town, their country or even the whole world. Social media like Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn became very popular in a short period of time. At the end of 2015 there were about 2 billion of active social media users monthly (Statista, 2016b). ...

Shakira

Sometimes we stop in front of difficulties and obstacles. Sometimes it seems that all things are lost and everything is against us. At this moment there comes a tipping moment when you need to gather your strength and go forward for your dream. Look around you! We will never see a society in which everybody is happy and satisfied. It is, in fact, a mythical representation, especially under the blows of fate. We can improve out lives every day and every moment. We shoud not give up, if we want to succeed. Let us see what the failures were ...

My Freshman Pool Jump as a Rite of Passage

I have gone through the freshman jump which is a rite of passage that involves jumping off a diving board into a pool in prom dresses. The tradition is as old as the school itself, and it symbolizes the shedding off of young ways and embracing the newly found adulthood as we start our college years. The jump happens at the beginning of the first school semester, and the freshmen are required to carry their high school prom tuxedos and prom dresses and wear them over swimming costumes. The act is presided over by the students' association leaders and ...

Personal Philosophy of NursingStudent Name

Personal philosophy of Nursing I strongly believe that my personal nursing philosophy is one for building relationships, being compassionate and caring. Most people at health care or health centers usually nurses that can take good care of them. When I help people, I feel extremely proud of myself, because I know that I am making a lasting impact in someone's life, either mentally or physically. In many cases, patients often show quick recovery when they feel that they are being cared for in a good way. It actually motivates them. "Philosophy involves the study of a general and fundamental ...

Introduction

Product adaptation entails altering a product to make it appropriate for different markets or consumers. The multinational companies utilize product adaptation strategy to ensure that their products meet both the needs of their local and overseas customers. Ford Motor Company is among the examples of the multinational corporations that apply this strategy. The company targets vehicle designs and models to the changing needs of its worldwide customers. For example, the cars they offer in the European market have smaller engines than the cars they offer in the United States. Canis (4) maintains that the company manufacturers a high fuel ...

Strategic Management

Ardiff Metropolian University Overview of Wikipedia’s Strategy Wikipedia is thought to be the unique example of a market player that implements the principles which have been previously declared. It means that the thesis consisting in creation of the free online encyclopedia was proven by the consequent and following actions, taken by the website. The company has managed to be powerful competitor, when there were other online free information players, such as Britannica and Encarta.com. The former was represented by Microsoft Inc (Blue Ocean Strategy Institute, 2011). When the online information platform was only being formed, it was the ...

China has always had high immigration numbers. In the past, unskilled men typically left to find jobs abroad and then sent the money home and returned when they made enough to sustain their families (Skeldon). Over the last several decades China has been experiencing financial, governmental and demographic changes. China has the highest number of people of any one country and they are experiencing tremendous levels of migration both in and out of the country. In 2010 China was ranked in fourth place in the area of immigration that took place around the world (Skeldon). In the mid 1960’ ...

Company 1: AT&T, Inc.

Brief History: AT&T, Inc. is one of the leading telecommunications and broadband companies in the USA. It is the largest provider of fixed phone lines and the second largest mobile phone provider in the U.S. AT&T also offers broadband subscription TV, Internet, sells handsets, computers, and provides other similar services and products. The company has a long history dating back to the foundation of the Bell Telephone Company by Alexander Bell in 1877. In 1885, it established a subsidiary American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), which acquired the Bell Telephone Company and became a parent in 1899. The influence ...

For years, the community of Chicano was viewed as a forgotten and silent minority. It was referred to as one of the most vulnerable and oppressed nationalities. Their plight was never considered a public matter. The condition changed dramatically in the late 1960s with the development of a movement that aimed to respond to the oppression of the Chicana people. Rodolfo Gonzales was the proprietor of the activism that demanded a sense of self-determination for the community. He wrote a poem called “I Am Joaquin” that described the harsh life of the forgotten Mexican ethnicity. This essay expresses the ...

Today’s world is influenced significantly by the flow of information through electronic platforms and systems of communication influenced by technology. The demand for high-tech innovation is only matched by the necessity for the modern populous to keep up with the times, for one of man’s greatest fears is to be left behind. It is vital to note that the Internet is a valuable attribute of modern time that is logically applicable to the improvement of the human life and mankind on the whole. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of the Internet on ...

Architecture has grown in tremendous heights from since time immemorial where simple structures with a certain rationale and cliché design were being designed and brought up to the current sky scrapers and extravagant designs being brought up. This has been made possible by the immense growth in technology that has influenced architects to go beyond the norm in yester years to transform imaginations into designs and ultimately to structures that are mostly viewed as defying many laws of nature more so gravity. In order to gain a greater understanding of the transformation of the art and architecture industry, two ...

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A. Introduction 3

B. Part I - Analysis of Strategic Capabilities of Wikipedia under RBV Model 4 Resource Based View Model in Wikipedia Perspective 6 Heterogeneity and immobility of Wikipedia resources 7 VRIO Nature of Wikipedia Resources 8 C. Part II - Wikipedia in Blue Ocean Dimension 9

Elimination Aspect 10

Performance Raise Aspect 11 Reduction Aspect 12 Creative Aspect 12 Complexity Theory: The Wikipedia Case 13 D. Conclusions 15

Bibliography 17

Introduction Wikipedia is the largest international online encyclopedia with free access and free content (Ling, 2011) . It is supported by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization registered and operating in the United States (The ...

CAREER IN REAL ESTATE SECTOR

Career in Real Estate Sector Introduction Real estate refers to land and building the ownership of which is the dream of every human on this earth. That is why; a career in real estate sector is highly rewarding, and it offers a variety of career opportunities such as residential real estate broker, commercial real estate broker, real estate investment consultant, and project development expert. The two types of real estate properties are Commercial Properties including an office building, industrial complexes, and office complexes; and Residential Properties encompassing bungalows, houses, duplex houses or the same where people reside. The real ...

Sexual assault within the boundaries of university campuses is a subject that has drawn widespread attention from both scholars, researchers, government agencies and non-governmental organizations (Gunraj 4). It has also elicited a strong reaction from various public forums including online encyclopedia writing platforms such as Wikipedia. For example, the article “Campus sexual assault” on Wikipedia is an example of a reaction from the public in regards to the topic. The article is accessible online on the Wikipedia website through the link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campus_sexual_assault#Explanations.Unfortunately, public opinions expressed in articles on online encyclopedias such as Wikipedia are not peer reviewed. Therefore, they ...

1.0 Introduction Operating in a constantly changing business environment is a challenging task. Therefore, those organizations are most likely to develop and expand that take strategic initiative and avail opportunities available to them. However, the expansion could be international or regional where decision is made on the basis of target market and competing regions. This paper overviews case of Southwest Airline and proposes a marketing plan for expansion in a new market. 2.0 Overview of South West Airlines South West Airlines is one of the largest low-cost airline in the world. The airline was founded on 1967 by Rollin ...

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DEWA launches the first smart innovative entertainment platform in the region I am writing this memo to address an initiative launched by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), which is titled “Happiness” and addresses a new community social responsibility in Emirates. It was presented on September 3rd 2015and plans to create a smart innovative entertainment platform as the first of its kind in the region that would focus on turning people’s kinetic and mechanical energy from exercise into electricity. The platform comprises of three sections that represent the production of energy, its use, and the rational use of ...

Abstract

This Wikipedia project explores MARS, Inc. In particular, the project provides a critical discussion on the importance of community based contribution and the ways by which, individuals can make a unique difference in the way a company, brand, or service is viewed by the general public. The project highlights a marketing campaign that was implemented by MARS, Inc. in 2013, known as "Better With M." The project explains the reasons behind the campaign and why it was so impactful to the company, and to the world. The project also explores the recent changes that occurred with MARS, Inc. deciding ...

In revising this piece, one of the main aspects that needs to be addressed is the choice of language used. In a piece of academic writing, it is essential to use formal language. In this piece the student has, at times, used colloquial language. An example of this is the line, “The cinematography followed the look established in Batman Begins by using subdued colours, lots of darkness and a more restrained visual style than the one seen in the late 80s and 90s”. Instead of the words ‘lots of,’ the student should have used something more formal, for example ‘many’. This ...

World War Two: American propaganda posters.

Propaganda is a tool used by governments to sway the public’s opinion about an event. These posters were particularly prevalent during World War Two to endear the public to the war effort. As World War Two began in Europe, the American public were keen to stay out of the fighting as they had suffered great losses of life and finances in World War One, and were only just beginning to recover. However, the American government decided that their influence would help the European allied forces; they decided to get involved. To change public opinion, they launched a heavy propaganda poster ...

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Identify what methodology (ies) are being employed in this analysis of Leonardo da Vinci's "La Joconde," and explain why/how. What questions might other methodology (ies) ask about this particular work?

Formalism: - a formal approach has been taken towards this image. Several physical properties have been engaged so as to disclose the function and meaning of this work. Also, intrinsic beauty is the main idea behind this work. The image has a slight smile (slight lips opening at the mouth corners) which was considered as a sign of elegance. A delicate atmosphere dominates this image with perfect interaction of light and shade, ...

In terms of the presentation of this piece of work and the way it was written, I would ensure that APA guidelines on formatting and citations are followed – which would avoid the error of single spacing and the positioning of the header (which is simply missing from this piece). I would add a ‘Works Cited’ page as well, following APA guidelines. The use of colloquial language should be avoided, and this is similar to the informal use of the second person – you. In one sense, this writer needs to be more precise in his/her use of the conventions of writing ...

1. Familiarise yourself with the various network addressing terms e.g. socket.

Socket: a socket is a combination of an IP address (where the computer is located) and a port and places it together into a single identity – a good analogy is a telephone where the actual phone connection is a combination of a given phone number and a particular extension. In computer networking, an Internet socket or network socket is an endpoint of a bidirectional inter-process communication flow across an Internet Protocol-based computer network, such as the Internet.

Subnet Mask: A subnetwork is a distinct and visible part of a single Internet Protocol wikipedia.org/wiki/Subnet_Mask

Gateway: A Gateway is a link between two ...