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Quiz 2 study guide Document EXAM 2 (from Chapters 1-4) and Boje and Saylors Lectures to date (Excerpted notes included below, based on Chapter 7 Quantum Storytelling and chapters from Quantum Spirals & your Savall et al book). Go to List of Possible Quiz 2 questions Exam covers what is SEAM (Chapters 1 to 4, pp. 6-27), 3 types of storytelling (from lecture), 3 axes p. 26, 4-leaf clover p. 124, be able to apply Figure 2.1.a (p. 13) to your client, and what is your definition of Virtue Ethics. It also covers material from Boje's Quantum Physics of Storytelling, on-line book CHAPTER 7 (summarized in the notes that follow); On Line Book" Quantum Spirals for Organization Consulting; And the Book II Virtues of Character (where functional act is the middle path between dysfunctions of the deficiency and excess vices). Note: You can use only notes handwritten in your 'storytelling notebook' and no other paper, books, or electronics will be permitted. What is labour-power?
10 Most Amazing Observation Towers Phoenix Observation Tower (US) Copenhagen and New York-based architecture studio Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has designed a 420 ft. tall mixed-use observation tower to serve as a symbol for the city of Phoenix, Arizona. Located in downtown Phoenix, the 70,000 sq. ft. Observation Tower shall add a significant structure to the Phoenix skyline from which to enjoy the city's spectacular views of the surrounding mountain ranges and dramatic sunsets. You, Too, Can Soon Be Like Tom Cruise in 'Minority Report' TED/James Duncan DavidsonJohn Underkoffler, who helped create the gesture-based computer interface imagined in the film “Minority Report,” has brought that technology to real life. He gave a demonstration at the TED Conference in Long Beach, Calif., on Friday. Hollywood imitates life. And sometimes life imitates Hollywood.
Engineer Girl - 2013 Engineering: Essential to Our Health The 2013 contest deadline has passed. Congratulations to all of the winners! It is hard to imagine what the world would be like without modern medicine. How Stirling Engines Work" The Stirling engine is a heat engine that is vastly different from the internal-combustion engine in your car. Invented by Robert Stirling in 1816, the Stirling engine has the potential to be much more efficient than a gasoline or diesel engine. But today, Stirling engines are used only in some very specialized applications, like in submarines or auxiliary power generators for yachts, where quiet operation is important. Although there hasn't been a successful mass-market application for the Stirling engine, some very high-power inventors are working on it. A Stirling engine uses the Stirling cycle, which is unlike the cycles used in internal-combustion engines. The gasses used inside a Stirling engine never leave the engine.
The Ten Inventions of Nikola Tesla Which Changed The World Nikola Tesla-Did You Know? “Tesla was considered an eccentric man who talked of death rays that could destroy 10,000 airplanes at a distance of 250 miles. However, Tesla devised the AC (alternating current) system that we use in our homes today.
We Are One Step Closer to a Lightsaber The lightsaber may be the most coveted sci-fi gadget in film history, and scientists from Harvard and MIT have taken a first step in achieving humanity's collective dream of owning the mystical Jedi weapon. In a paper published last Wednesday in Nature, leading scientists Mikhail Lukin and Vladan Vuletic bonded photons, the particles that make up light, to form molecules‚ a state of matter that had only previously been theorized. Photons have been described as massless particles, an idea that's demonstrated whenever two sources of light pass through one another uninterrupted. However, the researchers noticed light was acting a little strangely under certain conditions they created in the lab.
In Cornell Deal for Roosevelt Island Campus, an Unlikely Partnership Ruth Fremson/The New York Times David J. Skorton of Cornell, at lectern, with Peretz Lavie of Technion Israel, announcing the details of their plan last Monday. Filipino Social Good Startups Win At IdeaSpace Competition The results are in for Filipino accelerator IdeaSpace’s startup competition, and the top ten picks have a heavy focus on social projects. A glance at the list reveals a strong emphasis on environmental and health-related projects, especially those that will likely benefit the developing nation’s poorer regions. When the top 20 were picked, many of them were mobile-phone dependent and appeared to center around developing smartphone apps for urban cities. But it seems that many of those didn’t make the cut for the top ten.
How a Microgrid Works" Once upon a time, there was a kingdom ruled by an all-powerful king. Each day, the King would visit the villages in his domain, bringing every household the wonders of daily life: cold meats and cheeses, artificial lighting, air conditioning and the complete filmography of Vin Diesel on a high definition plasma screen. So the people watched "Chronicles of Riddick," snacked on fruit pops and reveled long into the night. However, with each passing month, the King demanded a timely -- and costly -- tribute from his people, often raising the prices of this monetary token for seemingly no reason.
Silicon Valley Isn't a Meritocracy. And It's Dangerous to Hero-Worship Entrepreneurs In a cultural context where idealists have linked social media to democracy, egalitarianism, and participation, the tech scene in Silicon Valley considers itself to be exceptional. Supporters speak glowingly of a singularly meritocratic environment where innovative entrepreneurs disrupt fusty old industries and facilitate sweeping social change. But if the tech scene is really a meritocracy, why are so many of its key players, from Mark Zuckerberg to Steve Jobs, white men?
Central Kenya Farmers Using Solar Irrigation MWEA, Kenya (AlertNet) – Farmers in Central Kenya are embracing solar technology as an environmentally friendly and cost-effective way to irrigate their land. Joseph Mutua has begun using a solar-powered pump to bring water from the nearby Nyamindi River to irrigate his export-bound food crops, which include French beans, baby corn and kale. Solar panels standing on tall metal poles are connected to a pump immersed in the river, 200 metres away. A pipe carries water from the pump to a storage tank at the farm, and from there it is directed through pipes to irrigate Mutua’s farmland. Farmers generally use diesel or petrol engines to pump water, but increases in the price of oil are making these pumps increasingly expensive to run. "A farmer using a diesel pump spends up to 5,000 Kenyan shillings a day (about $60) to pump water to a medium piece of land," Mutua said.
Perepiteia For a term developed by Aristotle in his work Poetics, see peripeteia. Perepiteia is claimed to be a new generator developed by the Canadian inventor Thane Heins. The device is named after the Greek word for peripety, a dramatic reversal of circumstances or turning point in a story. The device was quickly attributed the term "perpetual motion machine" by several media outlets. Due to the long history of hoaxes and failures of perpetual motion machines and the incompatibility of such a device with accepted principles of physics, Heins' claims about Perepiteia have been treated with considerable skepticism. In 2003, Heins filed a patent application in Canada[1] but no patent was granted.[2] Heins also founded Potential Difference Inc, the website of which contains a series of videos of the inventor demonstrating the machine.[3]