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Fractal Geometry
Words: 1456 - Pages: 6.... the growth of cities,
detail medical procedures and parts of the human body, create amazing computer
graphics, and compress digital images. Fractals are about us, and our existence,
and they are present in every mathematical law that governs the universe. Thus,
fractal geometry can be applied to a diverse palette of subjects in life, and
science - the physical, the abstract, and the natural.
We were all astounded by the sudden revelation that the output of a
very simple, two-line generating formula does not have to be a dry and
cold abstraction. When the output was what is now called a fractal,
no one called .....
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The Volkswagen Beetle And Advertising
Words: 1376 - Pages: 6.... excellent advertising campaign that introduced the new car.
It was advertising that made the Beetle so popular the first time around. Like the car itself, the advertising campaign used to sell the original Beetle was unlike anything anyone had ever seen before. The original commercials were created by Doyle Dane Bernbach, and a generally regarded as classics. These ads have been cited by scholars as changing the face of advertising in their approach and orientation (Takaki, 2). The advertisements injected bits of skeptical honesty into their message. This was a refreshing departure from the grandiose car hawking of the sixties. The .....
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Clusters In Business
Words: 964 - Pages: 4.... or interdependent industries: one may produce what another needs. It has been demonstrated throughout the world that strong clusters ensure sustainable competitive advantage and that this strength has managed to help countries improve drastically on their global competitiveness.
One region that is currently developing a very attractive multimedia cluster is San Francisco, California. The cluster is constantly evolving as telecommunications and computer technologies combine in a rapid fashion. Defined broadly, the multimedia cluster is the creators, producers, and distributors of software and hardware that integrate video, soun .....
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The Advantages Of Stupidity
Words: 821 - Pages: 3.... posses makes a name for themselves, a name which
can be very difficult to shake. Possibly, it is a word
which describes the working habits of the person, such as
"crappy". Yet, this creates a positive situation for the
stupid person. They will have a lot of free time on their
hands for more of lifes truly meaningful pleasures. Some of
these activities are combing facial hair, and counting the
pixels on a Sony TV. Now, there has been a rumour going
around that suggests that stupid people have low
expectations. This is true. They are so stupid that they
don't realize great from O.K. They could have a Sanyo
cordless phone, b .....
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Michael Collins Biography Figh
Words: 853 - Pages: 4.... keen interest for reading, at just 11 he was subscribed to the "The United Irishman" a nationalist magazine edited by "Arthur Griffith" who later went on to became the founder of Sinn Fein, a nationalist party that still exists to this day.
In July 1906, at the age of 15, Michael Collins immigrated to London; he did not take long to become involved in a strong Irish community in London and also became involved in the Gaelic Athletic Association. He easily found work in London moving from job to job, and when he was 18, before moving back to Ireland he found himself involved in a group called the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). B .....
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Sponsors And Sports
Words: 1382 - Pages: 6.... on television and on the playing field.
Advertising their company is the major concern when displaying their logos in
sports. Beverages, fast foods, credit cards, automobiles and a wide variety of
companies spend their money on sports related ventures. They spend big dollars
to name stadiums and arenas after their companies. Television gives these
companies even more chances to influence the public with commercials that
companies might sometimes pay up to $1 million for. The uniforms that the
players wear are now being made my different manufacturers whereas five years
ago each league had all their teams wearing the same brand. The e .....
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The 1966 Impala Vs. 1996 Impala SS
Words: 667 - Pages: 3.... you were buying any
car in 1966 you could order it with each individual option that you wanted.
They built the Impala SS in 1996 with many standard options. It came
with bucket seats, a console, automatic transmission, shifter on the floor,
leather seats, seventeen inch aluminum rims, all season radials, and the LT1
engine(commonly in the Corvette). This car was built with all kinds of safety
equipment, emission systems, and a computer to control the entire car. The
emission system on the car is approved for 1998 emission standards. The safety
equipment on the Impala SS is lap/shoulder seat belts, dual air bags, and
crumple zones. Th .....
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Witchcraft 2
Words: 3301 - Pages: 13.... is an evil practice in league with Satan.
Before anyone can speak their opinion on the practice of witchcraft, one must know a little bit about the religion itself. There are many different definitions of witchcraft. In Webster’s Dictionary, it defines witchcraft as. The Christian definition of witchcraft is simply “devil-worship” or just plain sin. However, the secular definition is somewhere along the lines of “cool,” “trendy,” and “new.” Although these are the main meanings of the term “witch craft,” there are also some other definitions within different cultures, such as I .....
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Michel Foucault And The Cultiv
Words: 1786 - Pages: 7.... others in doing the same. He was trying to develop a way for one to work on himself, which would let one “invent a way of being that is still improbable”. Foucault did not address himself to a broad audience; rather, he used his project of the are of the self as a model for oppressed minorities who had no voice of their own.
Foucault was fascinated by what one or a group has to suppress and reject to form a positive conception of itself. He believed that our conception of ourselves as subjects depends on controlling or excluding whole classes of people who do not fit our Enlightened category of “normal”. The same devices we use to .....
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Arches And Vaults In Architecture
Words: 935 - Pages: 4.... curved spans of iron,
steel, or reinforced concrete.
The masonry arch has many elements. Its supports may be walls, piers, or
columns, and the capstones from which it springs are known as imposts. The
upper part of the arch is the crown, the portions near the impost are the
haunches, its wedge-shaped segments are voussoirs, and the central or
crowning voussoir is the keystone. The inner edge of the arch is the
intrados; the outer edge, the extrados; and the undersurface, the soffit.
The molded band that often is found around the opening of the arch is the
archivolt. The wall spaces on either side of an arch, or between adjacent
arches, a .....
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