1 prehistoric life the definitive visual history of life on earth

... 11  1. 1.AllThatGlittersIsNotGold 12  1. 2.EvenDashboardsHavea History 14  1. 3.Dispelling the Confusion 15  1. 3 .1. WhatIsaDashboard? 26 1. 4.ATimelyOpportunity 28 Chapter2.VariationsinDashboardUsesandData ... were onceagainabletogrow. Whatreallycausedheadstoturninrecognition of dashboardsasmuchmorethanyoureverydayfledgling technology,however,was the Enronscandalin20 01. The aftermathputnewpressure on corporationsto demonstratetheirabilitytocloselymonitorwhatwasgoing on intheir midstandtotherebyassure shareholdersthattheywereincontrol.Thisincreasedaccountability,combinedwith the concurrent economicdownturn,sentChiefInformationOfficers(CIOs) on amissiontofindanythingthatcouldhelp managersatalllevelsmoreeasilyandefficientlykeepaneye on performance.MostBIvendorsthat hadn't alreadystartedofferingadashboardproductsoonbegantodoso,sometimesbycleverlychanging the name of anexistingproduct,sometimesbyquicklypurchasing the rightstoanexistingproductfroma smallervendor,andsometimesbycobblingtogetherpieces of productsthatalreadyexisted. The marketplacesoon offeredavastarray of dashboardsoftwarefromwhichtochoose. 1. 3.Dispelling the Confusion Likemanyproductsthathit the high‐techscenewithasplash,dashboardsareveiledinmarketinghype. Virtuallyeveryvendorin the BIspaceclaimstoselldashboardsoftware,butfewclarifywhatdashboards actuallyare.I'mreminded of the earlyyears of datawarehousing,wheneagertolearnaboutthis new approachtodatamanagementIaskedmyIBMaccountmanagerhowIBMdefined the term.Hisresponse wasclassicandrefreshinglycandid:"BydatawarehousingweatIBMmeanwhatever the customerthinksit means."Irealizethatthiswasn'tIBM'sofficialdefinition,whichI'msureexistedsomewhereintheir literature,butitwasmyblue‐suitedfriend'sway of sayingthatasasalesperson,itwasusefultoleave the termvagueandflexible.Aslongasaproductorserviceremainsundefinedorlooselydefined,itiseasyto claimthatyourcompanysellsit. Thoseraresoftwarevendors thathavetaken the timetodefine the termintheirmarketingliteraturestart with the specificfeatures of theirproductsas the core of the definition,ratherthanagenericdescription. Asaresult,vendordefinitionstendtobeself‐validatinglists of technologiesandfeatures.Forexample,Dr. GregoryL.Hovis,Director of ProductDeploymentforSnippetsSoftware,Inc.,asserts: www.it-ebooks.info ... criticalislostwhenyoulosesight of somedatabyscrollingorswitchingtoanotherscreentoseeother data.Part of the problemisthatwecanholdonlyafewchunks of informationatatimeinshort‐term memory.Relying on the mind'seyetorememberinformation thatisnolongervisibleisarockyventure. One of the greatbenefits of adashboardasamedium of communicationis the simultaneity of visionthatit offers: the abilitytoseeeverythingthatyouneedatonce.Thisenablescompari...

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... Save; these nationalities compose the southern branch of the Slavonic race. The other inhabitants of the Balkan peninsula are, to the south of the Slavs, the Albanians in the west, the another ... emperors. The last touch was given by the arrival of the Normans in 10 81 and the passage of the crusaders in 10 96. The wholesale depredations of the latter naturally made the inhabitants of the Balkan ... coasts, have never made the shores of the Aegean (the White Sea, as they call it) or the cities on them their own. The Adriatic is the only sea on the shore of which any Slavonic race has ever made...

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... 7 Chapter 1. Clarifying the Vision 11  1. 1.AllThatGlittersIsNotGold 12  1. 2.EvenDashboardsHavea History 14  1. 3.Dispelling the Confusion 15  1. 3 .1. WhatIsaDashboard? 26 1. 4.ATimelyOpportunity ... 94 Chapter6.EffectiveDashboardDisplayMedia 10 1 6 .1. Select the BestDisplayMedium 10 2 6.2.AnIdealLibrary of DashboardDisplayMedia 10 6 6.2 .1. Graphs 10 7 6.2.2.Icons 13 1 6.2.3.Text 13 3 6.2.4.Images 13 3 6.2.5.DrawingObjects ... 75 4.3.2. The Principle of Similarity 75 4.3.3. The Principle of Enclosure 76 4.3.4. The Principle of Closure 77 4.3.5. The Principle of Continuity 78 4.3.6. The Principle of Connection...

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... event on national television, and the Texas- OU fans in the Cotton Bowl filled the seats and overflowed into the aisles and onto the field. The throng would include U.S. Senator Lyndon Johnson, ... UT guys now living on the shabby side of sixty. The anxiety that was building by the kickoff of that Rose Bowl was boiling out of the pot and hissing on the stove. The ones who didn’t travel ... WITH THE BIG DOGS and then the spirit of the people of the land took over. Before long, and for decades then to come, anybody staying downtown the night before the Texas- OU game would drift off...

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... instance, the further to the left on the continuum, and the more global the concepts (ultimately including quality of life) , the more to the right. Concepts to the right encompass all the domains ... at the Institute of Medicine, a component of the National Academy of Sciences, through the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Amendments of 19 84 (P.L. 98-5 51, later amended by P.L. 99 -11 7). ... uses of quality -of -life measures in technology assessment from 19 75 to 19 79. They found 23 published studies on the impact of medical care or technology on the quality of life, and only one was...

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... the Extinction of Serbian Independence, 11 68 -14 96 16 . The Turkish Dominion, 14 96 -17 96 17 . The Liberation of Serbia under Kara-George (18 04 -13 ) and Milo[)s] Obrenovi['c] (18 15-30): 17 96 -18 30 ... Empire, 11 86 -12 58 9. The Serbian Supremacy and the Final Collapse, 12 58 -13 93 10 . The Turkish Dominion and the Emancipation, 13 93 -18 78 11 . The Aftermath, and Prince Alexander of Battenberg, 18 78-86 12 . ... 18 78-86 12 . The Regeneration under Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, 18 86 -19 08 13 . The Kingdom, 19 08 -13 SERBIA. 14 . The Serbs under Foreign Supremacy, 650 -11 68 15 . The Rise and Fall of the Serbian...

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... Liabilities Trade and Other Liabilities Creditors Total Equity and Liabilities 3 11 0 500 11 0 500 22 350 8 000 10 10 0 10 10 0 4 250 13 2 850 11 8 15 0 11 8 15 0 14 700 14 700 14 700 13 2 850 27 ... Beginning of month Cost Accumulated depreciation Additions Depreciation Carrying amount: End of month Cost Accumulated Depreciation R 19 500 19 500 R 91 000 91 000 R 11 0 500 11 0 500 ... at end of financial period. DONATIONS OF STOCK  DR Donations ( Donations, an expense, increases) CR Inventory (Stock, an Asset, decreases) DONATIONS OF STOCK  DR Donations ( Donations, an...

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... enough to the North Pole to have the appropriate effect. 89 Michael J. Benton The History of Life A Very Short Introduction 1 The History of Life What do the sites of exceptional preservation tell ... catalyse, 25 The History of Life: A Very Short Introduction The History of Life called the Cryogenian, but more graphically termed ‘Snowball Earth . The concept of Snowball Earth is highly controversial. ... the history of life, others seeing it as one of many such bursts of diversification, and some denying 63 The History of Life modified to counteract gravity, to hold the guts in, and to allow the animal...

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... Propaganda Fide, the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, because Introduction 7 Munitions_ 01_ Intro 4 /11 /03, 8 :18 7 Munitions of the mind Munitions_00_Prelims 4 /11 /03, 10 :3 81 aristocrat’s political ... in the Ancient World32 Munitions_02_Chap1-3 4 /11 /03, 8:2032 Munitions_02_Chap1-3 4 /11 /03, 8:2 018 By the first millennium BC, then, the rulers of the Assyrian Empire were perfecting the use of ... population base have sparked off an explosion in the use of propaganda world-wide. Introduction10 Munitions_ 01_ Intro 4 /11 /03, 8 :18 10 media relations’ or, more recently, ‘spin doctoring’. The euphemism business...

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