harnessing the powers of nature

... retrospective look at my own state -of- nature account of the origins of the everyday concept of knowledge in Knowledge and the State of Nature, to see how it looks in the light of the preceding discussion ... a general criticism of the state -of- nature method, exposing as they the weaknesses of its position at the less well-evidenced end of the genealogical spectrum But I think they would be better ... insincerity The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man were subversive only because of their conflict with a particular view of the status and provenance of the human race, and one that was at the time...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 07:20

... utilize their knowledge of the real world in the course of understanding the film they are viewing The first, which he calls the realistic heuristic, involves assuming that the fictional world of the ... (referring to the individual actors and their lives outside of the narrative) fixed by the photographic basis of the medium This is one of the most prominent respects in which the aesthetics of still ... the viewer’s presence are irrelevant to the illusion I have described The sharp edges of the illuminated rectangle, the obvious flatness of the screen, the fuzziness of some images, the lack of...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 21:22

... to take them there The second part of this book shifts to the analytic aspect of coaching We take a hard look at these coaching relationships and make sure they are delivering the kind of value ... focus are offered at the end of this chapter Chapter introduces the second quadrant of the Leading with Insight model, where the development of emotional insight supports the realization of coaching ... That Counts The change is targeted to meet the development needs of the individual and the strategic needs of the organization Both the coach and the client need to be looking at the big picture...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 00:21

... salespeople relate to the needs of the buyers, not to their own needs In the same way, effective upward influencers relate to the larger needs of the organization, not just to the needs of their unit or ... influencing up, focus on the impact of the decision on the overall corporation In most cases, the needs of the unit and the needs of the corporation are directly connected In some cases, they are not Don’t ... and the quality of her work is equal to the quality of the contributors We would also like to thank Dorothy Hearst and all of the staff of Jossey-Bass for their commitment to this project and their...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 20:19

... spent Think of the sounds the hiker hears, for sound is a form of energy: the crackle of dry leaves underfoot or the drumming of rain, the babbling of a stream, the calls of birds, the hum of insects ... with the roar of wind and waves at the beach and the snapping of tree branches in the forest The stormier the weather, the more obvious the energy Lightning gives a glimpse of yet another of energy’s ... 21 Energy in the Lower Atmosphere: The Weather Near the Ground 36 The Sun, the Wind, and the Sea 47 The Energy of Ocean Waves 65 The Energy of the Tides 83 How Surface Energy Shapes the Land 92...

Ngày tải lên: 03/04/2014, 12:02

... might want to know more about the resources being offered, such as the speed of the computer, the amount of available memory, and the bandwidth of the connection Some of the technical means used to ... 13 Peer to Peer: Harnessing the Power of Disruptive Technologies 1.2.3 Firewalls, dynamic IP, NAT: The end of the open network At the same time that the cooperative nature of the Internet was ... However, like the horselessness of the carriage or the compactness of the disc, the "peeriness" of peer-to-peer is more a label than a definition As we've learned from the history of the Internet,...

Ngày tải lên: 01/06/2014, 10:58

... Energies 132 The Mechanical Generation of Life-Force 136 Is There Perpetual Motion? 140 The Motion of the Earth - The Cause of Radiation - The Resurrection of Life 145 The Secret of the Egg-Form ... (1933) The Achievements of the Twentieth Century Progress through Transformation of the Atom - Not its Destruction! The Disrupted Cycle - The Cause of the Crisis Nature Protects Herself The Laws of ... not the real inner causes of natural phenomena One of the principal victims of this inability is the lack of understanding of the essential nature of water - as the Giver of Life - and how it should...

Ngày tải lên: 04/06/2014, 12:23

... MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS OF COLOR THE PHYSICS OF GOETHEAN STYLE The Goethean One MODES OF UNITY SEEING THE DYNAMICAL UNITY OF THE PLANT The Unity of the Plant Kingdom The Unity of the Organism Seeing ... at the level of the single sentence The meaning of a sentence has the unity of a whole We reach the meaning of the sentence through the meaning of the words, yet the meaning of the words in that ... structure of a text is to the optical form of the hologram The totality of the text can be compared to the pattern of marks on the hologram plate But the meaning of the text must be compared to the...

Ngày tải lên: 04/06/2014, 12:44

... to take them there The second part of this book shifts to the analytic aspect of coaching We take a hard look at these coaching relationships and make sure they are delivering the kind of value ... focus are offered at the end of this chapter Chapter introduces the second quadrant of the Leading with Insight model, where the development of emotional insight supports the realization of coaching ... That Counts The change is targeted to meet the development needs of the individual and the strategic needs of the organization Both the coach and the client need to be looking at the big picture...

Ngày tải lên: 04/06/2014, 13:20

... The Love of Nature and the End of the World This page intentionally left blank The Love of Nature and the End of the World The Unspoken Dimensions of Environmental Concern ... becomes the fertile void the Buddhists speak of: the void that generates the “ten thousand things,” the whole array of created beings The roaring of the ocean waves arises out of the silence of the ... influence them.”42 When humans stay long enough, they open themselves to the notice of the earth and its spirits They hear the voice of nature because nature has noticed them Entering the silence...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 12:48

... sense if we think of this framework as imposed by the nature of the knowing subject, by the nature of his faculties or by the nature of the medium within which he works The very idea of "philosophy" ... leaves the body at death and goes off on its own Parallelness Dewey sees the metaphor of the Eye of the Mind as the result of the prior notion that knowledge must be of the unchangeable: The theory ... Our Glassy Essence 15 The Invention of the Mind 17 17 CRITERIA OF THE MENTAL THE FUNCTIONAL, THE PHENOMENAL, THE DIVERSITY OF MIND-BODY MIND AS THE GRASP OF UNIVERSALS AND THE IMMATERIAL PROBLEMS...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 16:26

... 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright ... included to perform the work One of the difficult aspects of reviewing policies and procedures is that well over 50 percent of the time the documentation is out of date In this situation, the reviewer ... application and use of controls In the review of the process documentation, there should be evidence of specific control activity In other words, can you identify control points in the process where...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... phase creates the basis and support for all of the conclusions you will draw as a result of the focused testing performed The strength of the audit and the recognized value of the work completed ... Transitioning from the purpose listed to the objective is like moving from the title of an article to the opening statement of the first paragraph The objective is the reason why the methodology ... the selection of a target area, through the planning, to the testing selection, all the way through to the execution Consider the level of planning and effort that went into the development of...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... an audit is the audit report When audit departments create a SIPOC of their operations, the audit report is listed as one of the outputs in the SIPOC When detailing the outputs of the business ... directly from the business unit process documented in the process element of the SIPOC Another key clarification of customers is that they not have to be users of the process output They could just ... flow and also provides the basis for them to complete the other elements of the SIPOC Once the process element has been completed, the next step is to fill in the output With the business process...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... tone in the summary of the testing results Due to the recurring nature of the testing, there will be a temptation to repeat the same finding over and over There is no point to breaking down the same ... time) to identify the source of the problem because it requires a detailed knowledge of the process the likes of which the business unit team already possesses Thus, strengthening the argument that ... during the continuous auditing program The objective of this document is to communicate the results of the specific audit work performed by documenting the purpose of the audit and assessing the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... methodology because of the recurring nature of the testing and the targeted focus on the testing performed Given the challenging time frames associated with the execution phase of the continuous auditing ... ‘‘There was no evidence of supervisory approval for 10 of the 25 account reconciliations tested.’’ The condition is straight-forward and direct Think of the condition as the data results of the ... controls being evaluated Focus the discussion of effect on how the condition impacts the execution of the process, whether it is related to timing, accuracy, or another reason The effect component must...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... must examine the suggested target date while considering the details of the action plan and assess the feasibility of completing all of the required tasks in the time frame proposed If there is any ... validate the strength of the existing control environment The second benefit is that the nature of the recurring testing increases auditors’ business knowledge; they become more familiar with the operational ... due to the targeted nature of the continuous auditing testing Keep in mind the three components of a real action plan while recognizing the nuances to the action plan development process in the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright ... included to perform the work One of the difficult aspects of reviewing policies and procedures is that well over 50 percent of the time the documentation is out of date In this situation, the reviewer ... application and use of controls In the review of the process documentation, there should be evidence of specific control activity In other words, can you identify control points in the process where...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... phase creates the basis and support for all of the conclusions you will draw as a result of the focused testing performed The strength of the audit and the recognized value of the work completed ... Transitioning from the purpose listed to the objective is like moving from the title of an article to the opening statement of the first paragraph The objective is the reason why the methodology ... the selection of a target area, through the planning, to the testing selection, all the way through to the execution Consider the level of planning and effort that went into the development of...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... an audit is the audit report When audit departments create a SIPOC of their operations, the audit report is listed as one of the outputs in the SIPOC When detailing the outputs of the business ... directly from the business unit process documented in the process element of the SIPOC Another key clarification of customers is that they not have to be users of the process output They could just ... flow and also provides the basis for them to complete the other elements of the SIPOC Once the process element has been completed, the next step is to fill in the output With the business process...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20