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User:Allegranzi

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Hello, my name is Allegra. I am a first quarter student at the Art Institute of Seattle and I am majoring in Fashion Design. It's a very interesting field that allows innovation and creativity. I hope to learn from everyone and to also be helpful around. Thanks.

reflective assessment
I have learned a lot in this class about different topics such as critical thinking and analysis. This was beneficial to me as it improved my understanding and critical thinking abilities. The assignments, "how am I manipulated" and "why do I like what I like", were good exercise in improving the thinking process and personal development. It is applicable to real life because, for example, it allows understanding why we sometimes act the way we do, why we like what we like. These methods of analysis are very interesting; they show how critical thinking and decision making are all linked together. The last project, "I've always wanted to" was challenging - which was good - because it allowed us to achieve personal goals. The instructor is extremely knowledgeable and communicates well. The topics discussed in class varied greatly and allowed good interaction between the teacher and the students, as well as the students among themselves. I had a good experience in this class; it was fun, useful, and educational.

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User talk:Allegranzi

 Hello Allegranzi, and welcome to Wikiversity! If you need help, feel free to visit my talk page, or contact us and ask questions. After you leave a comment on a talk page, remember to sign and date; it helps everyone follow the threads of the discussion. The signature icon in the edit window makes it simple. To get started, you may

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 * Find out about research activities on Wikiversity.

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And don't forget to explore Wikiversity with the links to your left. Be bold to contribute and to experiment with the sandbox or your userpage, and see you around Wikiversity! --JWSchmidt 19:50, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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User talk:Ehrenwill

 Hello Ehrenwill, and welcome to Wikiversity! If you need help, feel free to visit my talk page, or contact us and ask questions. After you leave a comment on a talk page, remember to sign and date; it helps everyone follow the threads of the discussion. The signature icon in the edit window makes it simple. To get started, you may

 * Take a guided tour and learn to edit.
 * Visit a (kind of) random project.
 * Browse Wikiversity, or visit a portal corresponding to your educational level: pre-school, primary, secondary, tertiary, non-formal education.
 * Find out about research activities on Wikiversity.

 * Read an introduction for teachers and find out how to write an educational resource for Wikiversity.
 * Give feedback about your initial observations
 * Discuss Wikiversity issues or ask questions at the colloquium.
 * Chat with other Wikiversitans on #wikiversity-en.

And don't forget to explore Wikiversity with the links to your left. Be bold to contribute and to experiment with the sandbox or your userpage, and see you around Wikiversity! --JWSchmidt 19:51, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

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User:Egm6322.s09.Three.ge

This is my Wikiversity homepage.

Reports
Report Table

Report 1

Report2

MyReport 2

MyReport 3

MyReport 4

MyReport 6

MyReport 7

MyIndividualProject

This is to test how references work.

Matlab Script Code

editing Wiki
To Editing page

Inkscape
User Manual

10 Tips for Good Diagrams

How to draw a diagram in Inkscape

Inkscape Tree drawing tutorial

Other
From Prof Barooah:

to simulate $$\dot{X} = A(t)X$$ using ODE45, simply write a function that takes t and X as input and computes the vector A(t)X as the output. As an example, say the dynamic model is $$\dot{x} = [\sin(5t)*x_2; -x_1]^T$$, where $$x = [x_1, x_2]^T$$. Then the function you'll have to call using ODE45 to simulate this dynamic model may look like

--- function xdot = f(t,x) x1 = x(1); x2 = x(2);

xdot = [sin(5*t)*x2; -x1]

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User:Evan2nenga

HI my name is Evan. I've moved here from Florida in December of '08. I'm in the IDT program.

Final Assessment

I would like to complete my self assessment by answering a few hybrid questions that have I have always used to assess work that I've done and to see what direction my progress is going.

-In what way has this class improved your work output? I have used this class as an opprotunity to adjust myself back into the new 'swing' of school after an extended hayatis. -What problems did you encounter in this adjustment? After being out of school and class for the past 6 months, my main difficulty was finding the will to get up in the morning and walking the distance to school. Until about week 5 I had an early morning class and the hardest part about that was to wake up that early so I decided to pull all-nighters on Monday nights to be awake for my morning class however I crashed at about 11:00 which fucked me over by the time General Ed. came around. -How did you solve them? I found out that it wasn't actually too late to drop my classes and I ended up dropping my morning class. -What goals did you set for yourself? Deciding to set attainable, short-term, goals. My only ones for this quarter were to pass this quarter and to get moved into my new place and get settled in this new city. -Did you accomplish them? Yes!

Evan2nenga 09:14, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

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User:Eddie12345~enwikiversity

i am a 22 year old trainee web designer/developer called edward mcconville from Leeds, West Yorkshire, England! i am here to further my skills and maybe meet a few people! thanks for reading. more coming soon...

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User:TracyBarnes

bio
There are things unseen and untouched. And new colors to be discovered. That said, I took the liberty of signing myself up, so as not to make my way to the grave, dreams folded neatly and safely in my trouser pockets. I enjoy the works of Milan Kundera and Fyodor M. Dostoyevsky, if you haven't familiarized yourself with them,  do so now.

reflective assessment
Self Assessment

Overall, i have enjoyed this class more than any of my other classes. My goal as a student, and my goal during my season at Ai is to push myself, and discover abilities and skills that have been instilled in me that have gone untouched. I have always loved to write and read, and as i have gotten the opportunity to learn about poetry, it is seemed to strike my interest more than any subject being covered in my Fashion Marketing program. As i have researched and studied on my own ohutside of class, and spend time on websites such as ubuweb and poemsthatgo.com I have discovered a form of art that I didn't realize I liked so much. Also, when I hear an author, book title, short film title (etc.) in class, i typically go home and seek out more information. This has allowed my eyes to be open to the endless possibilities and has encouraged me to utilize the resources at my fingertips to stretch my mind. It is truly my desire to become more and more cultivated each day. I Also feel like this class has rekindled my excitement to be the age i am and have the interests that i do. My mother always told me that i would fly like a slingshot angel. You can take that for what it is, but I feel that through this cultivation process I will be able to break free from my old mindset and shake the dust. I feel that research outside of the classroom was probably the best thing that I could have done, and i am happy with the discoveries i have made, poems i have read, films i have watched and authors I have discovered through this experience. Although this is gen-ed class, and with these types of classes come discouragement (in the lack of effort and respect displayed by some students), I find myself looking forward to english class every week, and I am really thankful that I had the opportunity to have you as a teacher, Steve. This class has inspired me to not be content in my corner of the room, but to explore, to challenge, to dream and to take risks. So, thank you!

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User talk:TracyBarnes

 Hello TracyBarnes, and welcome to Wikiversity! If you need help, feel free to visit my talk page, or contact us and ask questions. After you leave a comment on a talk page, remember to sign and date; it helps everyone follow the threads of the discussion. The signature icon in the edit window makes it simple. To get started, you may

 * Take a guided tour and learn to edit.
 * Visit a (kind of) random project.
 * Browse Wikiversity, or visit a portal corresponding to your educational level: pre-school, primary, secondary, tertiary, non-formal education.
 * Find out about research activities on Wikiversity.

 * Read an introduction for teachers and find out how to write an educational resource for Wikiversity.
 * Give feedback about your initial observations
 * Discuss Wikiversity issues or ask questions at the colloquium.
 * Chat with other Wikiversitans on #wikiversity-en.

And don't forget to explore Wikiversity with the links to your left. Be bold to contribute and to experiment with the sandbox or your userpage, and see you around Wikiversity! --JWSchmidt 00:39, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello, I hope you will enjoy the time here with us. Do you know what is the shame. I havent red Kundera et all, even he is understud such as one of the most important Czech contemporary writers.--Juan de Vojníkov 07:51, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

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User:Ehrenwill

bio
Ehren Will is a musician, producer/engineer, and a scholar. Though he grew up in the northerly state of Alaska, he now resides in a slum in North Seattle with his special lady friend. Ehren has been there attending the Art Institute of Seattle since October of 2007, and will be graduating with a degree in Audio Production in March of 2009. In the meantime, he spends most of his time juggling a full class schedule: One at Starbucks as a barista, and the other at Robert Lang Studios as an assistant engineer. On the side (time willing), he plays guitar and occasionally punishes the world with vocal sounds in a band called Hooch.

One day Ehren hopes to take his aquired skills and experience and bring it back to his true home, Alaska, where he'll be able to provide the state with access to quality recordings and several new varieties of beer upon the opening of his soon to be brewing company.

reflective assessment
I feel pretty satisfied with the results of this quarter. At the beginning of class, I wasn't sure what shape or direction the class would take, and I was fairly dubious that I would gain anything substantial from being in it. I ended up being surprised in the end. I feel like, even though this is my last quarter at the Art Institute of Seattle, the way I approach and analyze information and situations that I come across is completely different. I think that I am more prepared for difficult situations where my personal judgement might be thrown in to question.

On the Wiki end of this class, I think things could have been done differently. I think that portion of the class could have been done perhaps in General Studies, because I spent so much time learning how to format my information on here that I was significantly behind my personal goals this quarter, and tended to shy away from any functions relating to HTML commands. Aside from that, I'm fairly satisfied.

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User:ErikaTachet

bio

 * ErikaTachet 04:09, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

assignments
Bio has been completed by the skin of me teeth.

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BITS Correlator

This document tries to explain the working of the working of the lookup table program for the BITS Radio Telescope Correlator. Note that this program is later separately implemented as a function, as the aim is to write a lookup table to memory

Why Correlation
Cross correlation is needed in order to calculate the complex visibilities $$V_{1}V_{2}^{*}$$ from pairs of two antennas each. The Fourier Transform of these complex visibilities for all sets of possible baselines in the plane will give us the final radio image.

Cross Correlation
The finite Cross Correlation of two discrete antenna streams $$V_{1}$$ and $$V_{2}$$ is given by :

$$(V_{1} \star V_{2})[n]\ \stackrel{}{=} \sum_{m=-N}^{+N} V_{1}^*[m]\ V_{2}[n+m].$$

Here, 2N is the number of samples in the frame that we use. For the BITS Telescope using the lookup table, this number is typically 8 or 16. Increase in this number increases the spectral density and information, but also increases the computational cost

Introduction : Lookup Table
The program included generates a lookup table of 3 × 3, i.e., it generates a lookup table that gives the result of all possible termwise multiplications of a 3-element stream by another 3-element stream. This can later be looked up just by referring to an array index defined by the two bitsreams, which greatly reduces the computation time.

3×3 Lookup Table
Consider two bitstreams (00|11|00) and (11|00|11). According to the scheme that we use for representation (00 = +1, 01 = +2, 11 = -1, 10 = -2), we have these two bitstreams as

Therefore, these streams are actually

Thus, the end result is equal to : -1 + -1 + -1 = -3

Now, we want to store this result in a location, which is defined by Stream1 and Stream2. One could store this in a two-dimensional array, or in a linear one. In this implementation, it has been stored in a linear array due to declaration constraints on higher level tables. Therefore, the result will be stored in location 001100110011, or in other words, 0x333.

Note: At this point, the program can be checked by modifying the print statement to print the results for desired bitstreams.

Construction of the Table
The idea behind the construction of the table is very simple. All numbers from 00-00-00 to 11-11-11, ie from 0x00 to 0x3F are taken one at a time in the outer loop. In the inner loop, the termwise multiplication of each of these streams is taken with every other possible stream, i.e. again from 00-00-00 to 11-11-11 and stored in the location defined by the two streams. One immediate scope for improvement is that repetitions in the table (caused by interchange of indiced of the inner and outer loops) may be avoided by means of a better loop structure).

Bit Masks
Since each element of the individual streams needs to be separated in order to perform the termwise multiplication, we create bit masks to separate out that element. For example, in order to separate 10 from $11-10-00$, we create the bit mask $00-11-00$ and OR it with the sample, and shift the result left to get the actual sample.

Level Shifting
The decimal values of the binary samples, and what we have designed them to be, are tabulated below

Thus, if the offsets are applied according to the initial values of the corresponding elements.

Index of result
The index has to be of the form Stream1Stream2. This is done by multiplying the entire bitstream of Stream1 by 2^{length}, which is 2^{12}, i.e. 4096. This is then added to Stream2 and the resulting index is Stream1Stream2 The result of the termwise multiplication and addition is stored in this array element.

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Wikiversity:Colloquium/archives/January 2009

Different welcome templete for IPs
As I see, how we are welcoming also IPs, I think there should be a modification of the welcome template talking about the advantages of registration before e.g. using singnature. Maybe it can be done within the acutual template using a parametr (such as ip or a new template. What do you think?--Juandev 07:19, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Juan, Everybody has his own concept of an ideal welcome message :-) .  There is already the template:welcomeanon.  Equally warm would be to append your welcome with something like "Please consider registering a username of yours to get the full experience of Wikiversity;  it is as simple as choosing a name and a password." Hillgentleman | //\\ |Talk 07:34, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Oh thanks, I see I should firsty browes the templates we have here on wv and than ask.--Juandev 07:43, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Building from Ideas
I have some ideas for which I would like to obtain positive consideration, constructive criticism and assistance in developing further and was wondering whether Wikiversity is the right place to do that from a protocol point of view. I have read through most of what is provided on this site and I am concerned that I might be violating the accepted objectives of the site. If this is the place then could someone guide me as to where I might detail my hypothesis for review and how the process would continue from there?
 * I think this is the right place. But firstly we would be lucky if you register in here (login/register is situated on the right top). You can choose a user name you want. Maybe than it is important to tell you that Wikiversity content is released udner GFDL licence, which is a free linces. And maybe, you can tell us more?--Juandev 06:20, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your feedback. I have now registered. Now would you be able to advise me where the best area is for putting up my first idea for consideration?

we need new news
The News on the main page is way out of date. I have updated the News to archive some old stuff, and add more recent. The two news pages are out of synch. I'd like to get some opinions on how to keep the mainpage news new. Do we want administrative announcements like policy and custodian discussions on the main page? I'd like to see the main page news focus more on active or startup learning projects that are looking for participants. Ideas? --mikeu talk 14:30, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Not a bad idea, but how to keep it featuring higher quality content than every stub or empty project that wants to advertise? That, I think, might be trickier.  The Jade Knight (d'viser) 23:44, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

User:ArthurBot
This editor claims to be a bot due to the username, however it's just made it's first edit today where about on this site does it say that the bot was approved since it's not in the contributions. DarkObsidian 20:19, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

 * Hello, what's the problem with my bot? --Mercy 20:23, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

 * Well, if the bot is seen in recent changes, than it doesnt recieved the bot flag yet. See: Special:ListUsers/bot. --Juandev 20:27, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

 * @Mercy, I was only checking to see if your bot was authorized to run on the site - I have no problems with it, but when the bot made its first edit I couldn't find any authorization on this site that a Bureaucrat had authorized the bot to be operational that's all. DarkObsidian  19:19, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Merge template bug
Hello, I have just follow the disscusion from merge template at Topic:Spanish and I have been redirected here: Better one larger section than two less complete sections. Whats wrong?--Juandev 05:57, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

 * Try it again, the editor who placed the merge proposal template placed in some random page which doesn't link to the Spanish talkpage - I've corrected the link and it should work. DarkObsidian  09:11, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, now I see. Maybe we can prevent this directly from the template. Let me see.--Juandev 08:01, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Update: Help Contents
Hi,

I've updated the Help Contents, if anything is missing or needs adding feel free to place it in the correct section - due to the coding which was from another wikimedia project it should be easier to add new page links to the help contents since the old one was complex. DarkObsidian 21:25, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Sounds like a good job.--Juandev 07:54, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

problem here
why can't I get $$Q=Ne-$$ (looks like $$Q=Ne-$$ during editing) to display the way I would like it to? --danthemango 08:02, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

a question from an anon
"what qualities do u think a good representative would have ? why are these qualities important?" --72.51.130.134 01:30, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * well I dunno really... Trustworthiness, integrity, diligence, intelligence? they're a good start! - and in other news, this probably isn't the best place to try and get questions answered in quite that way - we're a 'learning community' really, but I hope that helped! (I re-formatted your posts a bit too - hope you don't mind.....) Privatemusings 02:10, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

The Decline of Reading
I recently read an interesting article on both the importance as well as the decline of reading in recent days. It is filled with relevant quotes and statistics, and is fairly compelling in its arguments: The Long Decline of Reading. I recommend everyone take a look at it, and I'd be glad to discuss it. The Jade Knight (d'viser) 23:56, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
 * From my own experience working towards an Education degree (part of a diversion from my normal course of studies), I was very interested in the reading habits of young males. There are many issues involved with the problem and it seems to only cause a great negative in the long run. I'm still in the process of rebuilding data that I lost from my laptop crash, but hopefully I will start up some reading groups. :) Ottava Rima (talk) 21:03, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I would like to join one of your reading groups.--Daanschr 15:37, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

This page's interwiki
It seems as if there was a problem with doubled interwiki links on this page. In my opinion, they're inherited from a template that I was unable to find. Anyone to fix this? Regards, --Mercy 12:14, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * The page is Colloquium/Header. I think that the reason for putting the links in that transcluded page is that another bot achives the discussions on this page, and sometimes sends the interwiki links to the archive.  --mikeu talk 14:31, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Finnish Wikiversity
Congratulations to the Finnish Wikiversity, which will be opening soon! --mikeu talk 04:26, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Second opinion needed
Recently, I went through the CAT:CSD to clean out any pages. I found a series of Spanish pages that serve no more than as link spam. However, each has a unique PDF (from what I can tell), that could be used as informational on another project if, and only if, it is legal to rely on them. The PDFs are in Spanish, and, from my reading over them, could be relied on as part of a page. However, they are right now out of scope based on their spam like material and the fact that they are in Spanish.

I need second opinions on the matter, and here are a few possible solutions: delete en masse, transwiki to es wikiversity, or save the pdf links/notify Spanish wikiversity and delete. Please provide any other possibilities if you can think of any. Ottava Rima (talk) 21:11, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

 * I would recommend that those pages get transferred to the Spanish Wikiversity project - and be removed from this project due to the pages being non-english. The editor who created them was warned by a Custodian but so far they've seemed to have ignored the Custodian's warning. DarkObsidian @en.Meta-Wiki 22:26, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

doubt about a licensing
I have a doubt about the licence about this file nothing indicate that is from US-Governement. So, what do you think.Crochet.david 08:43, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

 * Have you checked with the uploader, and remind them that they must have a valid Licensing policy before uploading images. DarkObsidian @en.Meta-Wiki 10:03, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Basic Template/parser Question (answered)
How to convert spaces in template parameters to underscores?

If anyone is interested: solved via. K 05:46, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

The case in point was (e.g.) the link to "Activity Detail" in the table footers on this page when the activity title included spaces. Kim 09:47, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Sharing school projects
Hello!, I was just working on a school project and I was looking for ideas to put in my presentation, so I was looking for some kind of website for school students and helping ready-made ideas or a community website which has member who are willing to help. Unfortunately, I could find nothing of this sort not even on wikipedia!( I was expecting to find something here- I usually find what I am looking for here). My point is: why not make some place on wiki for sharing projects and seeking for help when needed?. Also, people can talk about their experience in doing projects and how they could handle it when they had only a day or two to finish an important project. Just an idea, I dunno if u people here find it useful. Thanks for reading! --unknown001 11:04, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, I think this is a good idea. But there is one big problem. Wikimedia projects are under free licences such as GFDL or CC-BY-SA 3.0. Most of the students projects are not, when distributed via this way "free". And that is the problem. I know many servers in my language (Czech language), which distribute students projects. On the other side, forum might work in here. There is a special extension (=addon) to MediaWiki core, which can create a real forum on the page.--Juandev 06:17, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't see that as a problem at all. So long as the students are okay with licensing their works, it should be ok.  The Jade Knight (d'viser) 23:49, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi again!.Well, I am happy to hear from you Jade knight. Concerning this topic, it would be nice from you if you give me some addresses that you have for the servers. I also found this website on which presentations can be put: www.slideshare.net. I don't really know in what way does that help but maybe we can organize some kind of place for presentations submitted by wiki users. Thanks!--unknown001 16:34, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Photoshop designs and license
Hello, I was just uploading one of my photoshop designs onto wikipedia and I was just wondering if there was some kind of license that doesn't give the ability for anyone to copy these works without permission from the owner. So can anyone help me with that?? --unknown001 18:15, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

 * It really depends on exactly where you are uploading, but most of the Wikimedia sites are GFDL, and that means that people are free to copy without permission (but they do need to attribute). The idea of the GFDL (and most copyleft licences) is to allow others to use works you want to make public for alternative or derivative works. I'm not even sure the Creative Commons licences (which have a number of varied restrictions) force people to obtain permission prior to use. Historybuff 19:45, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

So, there is probably no such a license. Any way, it doesn't matter, I was just asking because I am planning to making some kind of pictured lessons or animation and I don't really like the idea of other people just selling it. Special thanks to Juan de Vojníkov and Historybuff!.--unknown001 12:00, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * There are such a licenses. But in the case of Wikiversity and other WMF project, these files cant be placed here as we are open society generating free educational and information content. Free in this case means, that you can change it and redistributed freely fullfiling some of the point of each license. This works for everybody, also commercial sector.--Juan de Vojníkov 19:44, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

 * What about using the Commons:Copyright_tags will these help. DarkObsidian @en.Meta-Wiki 12:48, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Well, I am not sure if I correctly understood the topic in link you gave, Dark Obsidian, but in the country which I live in which is United Arab Emirates, the tags are only for old stamps and photos and I could find nothing for the normal designs and works :(. I would be really thankful if somebody found me some kind of proper license. Any way, thanks for all who tried to help :).--unknown001 15:02, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Policy on banning editors from editing
Wikiversity has no policy for bans. In the past some bans have been imposed at Wikiversity without any basis in policy. A proposed policy for bans is now available for development at Bans. I encourage all Wikiversity participants to help develop this and other needed policies. --JWSchmidt 22:29, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

addendum: wiki for textbook solutions
Some time ago, I suggested a place where users can add solutions to textbook problems. It seems Wikia now has a wiki specifically for this purpose, even though it isn't very popular right now. --Ixfd64 04:59, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Best Educational Wiki
Are you aware of a Best Educational Wiki contest where Wikiversity is not even listed yet? I think applying Wikiversity (at least for 2009) would be a good idea. Or do you know why Wikiversity is not listed there? I am wondering why they know WikiEducator etc. but doesn't seem to know us!? --- Best regards, Melancholie 01:03, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Community review, please comment
Please share your thoughts here: Community Review/Status of Moulton. Thanks! --SB_Johnny talk 12:01, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Personal monobook
Hi, I would like to ask you, where I can study, how to create my personal monobook.js? The current I have I am modifying, without understanding what the marks mean. I have some more ideas what I can do with that (I saw them somewhere so I know, the work), but I dont understand the language of this feature.--Juandev 08:29, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

 * I don't know if this is helpful, but have you viewed the Media-Wiki Manual:Contents which contains some instructions of what certain coding means. DarkObsidian @en.Meta-Wiki 20:48, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

 * Your monobook.js page is intended to contain javascript that you want to be run whenever you load a page, rather than wikitext. Monobook is the name of the default skin, if you are not using the Monobook skin, you will need to edit a different page, such as simple.js, classic.js, modern.js, etc. You can tell what skin you are using by looking at the skin section of your preferences. If all you want to do is change the appearance of pages you could instead edit monobook.css which is intended to contain text for a Cascading Style Sheet. --dark[[Image:Yin yang.svg|12px]]lama 14:44, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

On external accreditation
Recently I've been working to expand the School of Nonkilling Studies with new materials, that have been released under under GFDL and Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 by researchers working with the Center for Global Nonkilling (website under construction at www.nonkilling.org). The Center is fully committed to the GFDL approach to knowledge and would like to help to expand resources on nonkilling and nonviolence through Wikiversity and Wikipedia.

One thought to involve others in further developing knowledge through the School of Nonkilling Studies was to offer some form of "accredition" (even if symbolical) in relation to the learning materials that are offered. "Accreditation" would involve a reading list and completing a paper that would complete or modify existing resources or establish new ones. Of course it would be the Center for Global Nonkilling rather than Wikiversity who would extend a certificate.

The question is if this is in conflict with Wikiversity's non-accreditation policy, as in this case it's not Wikiversity at all who extends the accreditation. We simply see as a form to make the School more dynamic and bring critical views on the concept of nonkilling.

Please share your thoughts on this possibility.

--Cgnk 18:49, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

 * Well, I think acreditation and certificates are within the Wikiversity environment not possible. It limit users and give borders between them. But if you need to limit the participants of the course you can do it (e.g. saying, at one time only 15 participants can participate, because of...) Others should wait till/or might go to simmillar course. If you would like to bring wikiversity participants from here to external website to recieve certificate. Than I dont know.--Juan de Vojníkov 15:14, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

 * Wikiversity is open to experiments. It sounds like you are suggesting that a Wikiversity participant could do some editing on pages of the School of Nonkilling Studies (maybe add a new learning resource based on a relevant course at some educational institution?) and then the Center for Global Nonkilling might decide to "extend a certificate" or in some way recognize it as a meaningful contribution. One traditional wiki way of giving recognition is to nominate learning resources for featured status. It seems like you could keep your own list of "featured" contributed Wikiversity resources and contributors at your website. One traditional wiki way of giving recognition to editors is to say "thanks" and place a "barnstar" on the editor's user talk page. Potentially you could make a "barnstar" specifically for Wikiversity participants who have been "extended a certificate" by the Center for Global Nonkilling. --JWSchmidt 15:50, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

 * That seems to make sense. Of course, this is something I was think of for the near future. The Center for Global Nonkilling has just be reconstituted last December following the preexisting Center for Global Nonviolence. The website is also still under construction but an Acknowledgment section had been planned (where School contributors could certainly be recognized) and a section related to the School of Nonkilling Studies will also be featured, with news and updates. On actual "accreditation", symbolical or honorary to some extend, it should blend in with Wikiversity's guidelines and "traditions" (the barnstar seems appealing). We could also explore the possibility of some form of honorary certificate, that could favour attracting people still not familiar with the School or Wikiversity to visit, explore and contribute. Definitely no intention of limiting number of participants, on the contrary. --Cgnk

 * There are a number of school and university projects that are (or have been) active on wikiversity. We encourage classroom instructors to assign contributions to wv as part of a class that meets in a bricks 'n mortar institution.  In these projects the students are obv. getting credit for the work they do here.  That credit is granted by the external institution after the student completes the coursework (which includes wikiversity editing) at the discretion of the classroom instructor.  I don't think there is anyone in the community here that has an issue with that.  What you seem to be suggesting sounds similar to thtat.  However, as part of the Approved Wikiversity project proposal it states "Wikiversity will not confer degrees or any other academic qualifications..."  As long as it is clear that it is not wikiversity that is granting the certificate I think your suggestion looks fine.  You could link from a learning project here to a page at the external website where you list people who have been certified by you as having completed the course material.  Using a barnstar is another good idea for use locally on wv user pages to acknowledge participants who have contributed.  Feel free to post any other ideas that you have as you develop the program.  I think it is great that you are releasing the material under a free license and encouraging people to develop it here at wikiversity.  --mikeu talk 12:05, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

 * Thank you! I think this summarizes the different possibilities and how to develop them. A resource guide to follow the course could also be developed in the future as a form of suggesting different paths to approach the School's contents. Wikiversity guidelines are clear in relation to accreditation. On the other hand, it should also be noted that this would be (at least initially) more of a symbolical incentive and award, as the Center is not and does not intend to be a formal educational institution. More contents will be inserted in the months ahead and hopefully we will start editing them more carefully. --Cgnk 19:08, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

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Hello, I was trying to make a global account using my this username, but it seemed that another user was using the same name in some wiki project. So, I created another account in wikipedia and I checked that no one had the same user name in any wiki project. The problem I have now is that I don't want to lose the things I have in this account which I am using now (unknown001). I could find no way of merging these 2 accounts. I will be really thankful if someone would help me in any way.Thanks!--unknown001 12:58, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
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Thank You all for help :)!!. The best thing in wiki is that I always feel that everyone here is willing to help :).--;Hiba;1 15:44, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

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Hello, I have problems aligning text in a quiz (Brezhoneg Unan/Lesson 1/Saludiñ/Quiz). Does anyone know how to do this ?--AC'hM 14:41, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi, mm.. I am not quiet sure, but I couldn't find out where the problem is actually. It would be helpful if you would just give some more details so we can help.I hope your problem will be solved soon!--unknown001 16:40, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Sure. I am trying to align the check boxes in the quiz quoted above. What I have done is align them by entering spaces but that does not work so well ...--AC'hM 20:30, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Well, I was just trying to help. Mmm.. I am not sure if it really looks good, but I tried my best to make it look so, I just added and removed some dots form here and there, and you can just check it and see if it is better or not, but I personally think that there is some way you can align them. I am not really sure but maybe the 'geeks' here have some more-professional way ;) .--unknown001 18:09, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

That's my hope too ! Thanks for your help !--AC'hM 17:50, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

 * I don't see any check boxes on the page you linked to. --dark[[Image:Yin yang.svg|12px]]lama 00:40, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Right, these are not checkboxes, rather "entry boxes" ?--AC'hM 21:20, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I just updated your quiz to align the entry boxes. You can add most wikitext inside quizzes. I hope that answers your question. --dark[[Image:Yin yang.svg|12px]]lama 22:41, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

 * That's OK now. I still have one more problem : There are two quizzes in the page. When I answer to the first one, I can see the corrections to the first AND second quiz ! Not so nice ...--AC'hM 17:18, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

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 * 501(c)(3) : Tax law provision granting exemption from the federal income tax to non-profit organizations. This ensures that the non-profit organizations serve the public interest and are accountable for how they spend their money - MinJu Park

 * Angel Investor: Someone who provides fuding for business start-up or very early-stage business. They typically invest in a business idea/concept or a person. Examples include successful enterprenuers, family and friends - MinJu Park

 * Bottom Line: The net income that a company generates. This is the "bottom line" on an income statement and reflects how profitable a company is. Generally, companies seek ways to maximize the amount of money they generate and their goals are oriented around the bottom line. - May Zhan

 * Business Cycle: the fluctuations of economic expansion and contraction that is measured by real gross domestic product. -John Huh

 * Carrying Trade (Simon Li): The business of transporting goods from one place/country to another by water or land - MinJu Park

 * Chamber of Commerce: A business association/network that strives to protect and promote the business interests of the community - MinJu Park

 * Command Economy: A system in which the government holds control over the economy in terms of production, consumption, income distribution, etc. -John Huh

 * Concessionaire: In terms of privatization, the person, group, or company that has been contracted by the government (or other employer) to run the subsidiary business or service. (Nolan Lindeke)

 * Consortium: A group of investors and/or companies who come together in order to finance projects requiring large amounts of capital. (Nolan Lindeke)

 * Debit: An entry signifying an increase in an asset or expense account or a decrease in a liability, revenue or equity account - MinJu Park

 * Debt (Simon Li): An amount owed to a person or organization for funds borrowed. Unlike deficit, which is a flow that has to be measured over a period of time, debt is a stock, which can be measured at any one time.

 * Deficit (ie; Budget Deficit)(Simon Li): The amount by which a government, company, or individual's spending exceeds its income over a particular period of time (opposite is surplus). For example, if total US exports were $10 and total US imports were $15, then the budget deficit is $5.  However, this does not mean the US owes foreign exporters $5 but means that spending has gone outside of the United States instead of to the domestic market.

 * Double Bottom Line: A term used for socially responsible businesses who outside of the first bottom line (profit) have a second bottom line to measure their success in terms of social impact. - Jimmy Cai

 * Elasticity: sensitivity to change of one variable in response to the change of another. In economics, calculated as the percent change in quantity over the percent change in price.-John Huh

 * Eleemosynary : relating to or supported by charity - Yuhe Cong

 * Employee Free Choice Act: This is a pending legislation in the United States. EFCA strives to make it easier for employees to join labor organizations/unions and to establish stricter guidelines for the employers whose workers hope to form a union - MinJu Park

 * Environmental Sustainability (Simon Li): The ability to conduct business while maintaining the current environment, which could mean preserving current resources or finding innovative ways to renew resources. Robert Kennedy mentioned the idea of an accessible energy grid that allows users to sell the extra energy they generate, creating greater efficiency and less waste. - May Zhan

 * Environmental Technology (ET): Green/clean technology of applying environmental science to conserve resources that lead to sustainable development; could be the next "thing" after IT that leads to renewed economic growth. - Simon Li

 * Expropriation: the confiscation of a private asset in order to establish social equality. -John Huh

 * Fiscal Policy: a way to adjust the economy through government spending and/or collection of taxes and other revenues. -John Huh

 * IMF: International Monetary Fund - a United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies - David Jiang

 * Incremental vs Marginal Analysis (?): Marginal compares the benefit of a one-unit expansion or contraction of service, while incremental compares the benefit of one or more alternatives. (Jeff Wang)

 * Management Risk: The chance that management entities may put their own interests before those of the company that they are entitled to. Management risk is very relevant now because of recent scandals with Enron and Worldcom in which management risk was exploited.-John Huh

 * Mark-to-market Accounting: Also known as fair value accounting, mark-to-market accounting refers to the process of adjusting the value of an asset to reflect its current market value rather than keep a book value that may be outdated. The implications of mark-to-market accounting are relevant today because of the recent economic crisis. Because the value of sub-prime mortgages dropped significantly, many financial firms were forced to write off their assets and some to declare bankruptcy. - May Zhan

 * Market Accountability: Refers to 3 aspects of the market that make its participants accountable---first, participants in the market have a clear understanding of business/ethical standards. Second, they are able to measure these standards. Third, there are consequences for failure to meet these standards - MinJu Park

 * Market Capitalization: A standard used to measure the value of a corporation, given by the company's share price times the number of shares outstanding. Because the public plays an important role in determining a company's stock price, Market Capitalization is a good measurement of both stock valuation and public opinion of such corporation. (Nolan Lindeke)

 * Market Power: When one entity has a significant influence over the quantity or price of goods/services sold in a market. It exists when there is a monopoly or oligopoly - MinJu Park

 * Millennium Development Goals: eight international development goals that 192 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations have agreed to achieve by 2015. Goals include: eradication extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality and empowering women, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS, ensuring environmental sustainability, and developing a global partnership for development. (Vivian Lee)

 * Moral Hazard: occurs when the insured party behaves differently and thus creates a problem for insurance companies by altering the ability of markets to allocate resources efficiently. Moral hazard can be seen in many recent scandals.  -John Huh

 * NGO: Non-Government Organization - an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government - David Jiang

 * Perquisite: A benefit that goes beyond salary. (Bonuses, medical/dental insurance, etc) - Jimmy Cai

 * Piece Rates: In piecework employment, the piece rate is the price paid to employees per unit produced or action performed. (Sarah Walloga)

 * Scalability: The ability of a company to expand its operations and increase in size. (Sarah Walloga)

 * Securitization: The process in which one takes a single or group of assets and financially engineers them into securities, or an agreement of ownership.-John Huh

 * Shareholder Value: The notion that businesses' only responsibility is to maximize gains for shareholders, as explained by Milton Friedman - MinJu Park

 * Social Entrepreneurship (SE): Occurs when an entrepreneur uses entrepreneurial principles to create and manage a venture that creates value for the poor or those who usually cannot afford the services. Social entrepreneurship combines good business practice with social change. - May Zhan

 * Social Justice (Jiyuan Zhuang): Based on the concepts of human rights and equality, social justice occurs when justice is achieved in every aspect of society. All individuals and groups receive fair treatment and an impartial share of the benefits of society. The term is sometimes used by the political left to refer to a need for greater economic egalitarianism. - May Zhan

 * Soft Incentives (David Jiang): Incentives that are offered by certain companies as benefits for its employees. These incentive don't necessarily have a monetary value, but create a more appealing atmosphere. Examples include physical attractions to an office building, such as recreational facilities and nice couches, or activities such as company fun days. (Sarah Walloga)

 * Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV): a instrument utilized by companies to fulfill temporary goals and objectives in isolation to the entire firm. This is relevant because of AIU's decision to ride a SPV in the interest of separating their name from that of AIG. -John Huh

 * Stabilization Policy: a set of measures carried out to bring the economy back to balance or a way to fine tune the economy. -John Huh

 * Straw man argument: An argument that creates a false characature of your opponent. Intellectual short cut. (Sarah Walloga)

 * Telecommunications Act of 1996: This act provided a complete reform of the Communications Act of 1934. It was designed to foster competition among local telephone, long distance telephone, cable and other communications companies - MinJu Park

 * TLA: Three letter acronym (NGO, WTO, IMF)- Yuhe Cong

 * Trade-offs: A decision that involves dispersing one thing to gain more of another. -John Huh

 * Transfer Payment: Redispersion of income into the economy. This may include welfare, social security, etc.-John Huh

 * Triple Bottom Line: A term used by socially responsible firms which refers to profit, people and planet. These three criterion of economics, social responsibility and ecological responsibility help gauge a company's success in engaging in socially responsible behavior. - Jimmy Cai

 * Utilitarianism: The doctrine that the right action is the one which will produce the most happiness for the most people. There is a sort of "happiness calculator" which would distinguish between different qualities of pleasure; Greatest Happiness can be viewed as a sum between happiness and unhappiness. - David Jiang

 * Wage Incentive (Hard Incentive?): Motivating employees by offering higher compensation for higher output. (Jeff Wang)

 * Wage Restraint (Tatyana Belousov): Collective governmental effort to control the incomes of labour and capital, usually by limiting increases in wages and prices. The term often refers to policies directed at the control of inflation, but it may also indicate efforts to alter the distribution of income among workers, industries, locations, or occupational groups.

 * Wagner Act: Also known as Nations Labor Relations Act of 1935, the Wagner Act protects the rights of workers in the private sector to organize labor unions, to engage in collective bargaining, and to take part in strikes to make a demand - MinJu Park

 * Winner-Take-All Society: A society, in which winners of the competition get a disproportionately large share/prize. The gap between the winners and the losers widens, leading to greater and greater inequality - MinJu Park

 * World Bank: An international institution that provides advice and financing to developing nations - Jimmy Cai
 * WTO: World Trade Organization - an international organization based in Geneva that monitors and enforces rules governing global trade - David Jiang

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Section 501(c)(3): Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code is a tax law that exempts non-profit organizations from federal income taxes. The organization must not operate for private interests, but public interests. Educational, religious, and charitable corporations generally qualify for Section 501(c)(3). The tax law exemption does not include other federal taxes, such as employment taxes. -Sneha Venkateswaran

TLA stands for Three-Letter Acronym, an abbreviation that consists of three letters. WTO, IMF, and NGO are organizations whose names are written in TLA. WTO is an abbreviation for World Trade Organization, IMF for International Monetary Fund, and NGO for Non-Governmental Organization. WTO is a global organization, established in 1995, that deals with the rules of trade between nations. IMF is another international organization that was established in order to promote international trade, high employment, and economic growth, and encourage monetary cooperation. - Scarlett Lee

Debt is something (usually assets) that is owed to a creditor. It contributes to a decrease in future purchasing power. It is an accumulation of deficits.

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Deficit occurs when more money is spent than is received. Remedies of a budget deficit include borrowing, issuing of bonds, or sales of assets. However, such solutions can cause inflation. ~Juliet Huang

Escalation of Commitment entails making an irrational decision to continue involvement and participation in something such as a plan, project, or event. This decision is based off previous resources (time, money, effort) that have already been spent on the project. The "dollar auction" game that was played in class exemplified escalation of commitment, as students continued raising their bids since they had already wagered certain amounts early in the game. ~Daniel Agnello

An Arbitrage Event is when there is a price difference for the same product, but in two different locations. For example, if a security is priced higher in the U.S. than in the U.K. then a savvy investor - with international connections - can purchase the securities overseas to sell them at a profit in North America. This process is common when dealing with hedge funds and other small private investment groups. A more relevant example would be a Merger Arbitrage or risk arbitrage in which an investor buys the stock of a company that will be subject to a takeover whilst shorting the stock of the acquiring corporation. This was the case when Microsoft bid for Yahoo! where millions were made in the process. - Imran Qureshi

Marginal cost in economic terms refers to the change in total cost to produce one more unit of a particular good. For example, if sewing one shirt requires the labor of three workers, then the marginal cost of the shirts include the labor of the workers. I think marginal cost, described in terms of the relationship between business, government, and consumers is relevant to our studies. Businesses and firms use the marginal cost to make decisions to generate maximum profit, while consumers use it in their purchasing decisions. In addition, marginal cost also involves social costs as the decisions producers and consumers make necessarily affect the society as a whole. Thus marginal cost must be considered and weighed to balance the objectives of businesses, consumers, and the society. -Cecilia Zhu

A social entrepreneur is a person who strives to make a change in society. He/she recognizes a social problem and uses business models to help bring about that change. A social entrepreneur can make a profit (therefore, he is not limited to non-profit organizations), but he measures his success in terms of the impact he has made on society, whereas a business entrepreneur measures his success purely by profits, returns, or sales. Social entrepreneurship relates to our study of the relationship between business and society. We often criticize business for being ignorant of societal problems, such as large income variability and environmental sustainability. Social entrepreneurs help bridge this gap because they consider the views of both business and society. ~Juliet Huang

Regression towards the mean is a statistical phenomenon that states that for a given variable, the predicted value is always fewer standard deviations away from its mean than the first variable is from its mean. That is, the response is closer to its average than is the predictor to its average. In daily life, regression towards the mean states that things tend to return to 'normal' if left to themselves. This idea applies to the interaction between business and society. Any radical behavior on either part will ultimately result in a situation that is less extreme, due to the counter behavior of the other party. In terms of social justice, if business acts in a way that deviates greatly from the 'norm' (i.e. 'fair'), society (perhaps labor unions) will behave in a way that would result in a situation that is 'normal' (more 'fair'). ~Juliet Huang

Principal-agent problem - In political science and economics, the principal-agent problem or agency dilemma treats the difficulties that arise under conditions of incomplete and asymmetric information when a principal hires an agent. The solution to this information problem — closely related to the moral hazard problem — is to ensure the provision of appropriate incentives so agents act in the way principals wish. In terms of game theory, it involves changing the rules of the game so that the self-interested rational choices of the agent coincide with what the principal desires. - Elspeth Ong

Moral hazard - Moral hazard is the prospect that a party insulated from risk may behave differently from the way it would behave if it were fully exposed to the risk. Moral hazard arises because an individual or institution does not take the full consequences and responsibilities of its doings, and therefore has a tendency to act less carefully than it alternately would, leaving another party to hold some responsibility for the consequences of those actions. For example, a person with insurance against automobile robbery may be less cautious about locking his or her car, because the negative consequences of vehicle theft are (partially) responsibility of the insurance company/corporation. - Elspeth Ong


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 * S/N : in most cases (i.e. science, electrical engineering) refers to ratio of signal power to noise power corrupting the signal. However, informally, it means the ratio of useful information to false or irrelevant data. This is important for our Cycle 1 position paper because in order to construct a legitimate, convincing argument, we must only include sources and discuss material that pertain to our stand on the issue. Including or analyzing information that is off topic or attacking an opponent that doesn't matter weakens the essay.

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 * 501(c)3 : a tax law provision granting exemption from the federal income tax to non-profit organizations. Exemptions apply to corporations, and any community chest, fund, or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, or educational purposes, or to foster national or international amateur sports competition, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.

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Yoo Hyun (Jean) Kim

 * Debt : Duty or obligation to pay money, deliver goods, or render service under an express or implied agreement
 * Debit : In double-entry bookkeeping, entry on the left-hand side of an account record. It has the effect of decreasing a capital, liability, or revenue account, or of increasing an asset or expense account.
 * Deficit : Excess of expenses over income or liabilities over assets

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Jenny Wu

WTO, IMF, and NGO are all considered TLA's because they are Three Letter Acronyms or Three Letter Agencies

Source: Wiktionary

Jenny Wu

WTO: World Trade Organization - international organization designed to supervise and liberalize international trade.
 * The World Trade Organization deals with the rules of trade between nations at a near-global level; it is responsible for negotiating and implementing new trade agreements, and is in charge of policing member countries' adherence to all the WTO agreements, signed by the majority of the world's trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. (Erin Potts, Wikipedia and wto.org)

IMF: International Monetary Fund - international organization that oversees the global financial system by following the macroeconomic policies of its member countries, in particular those with an impact on exchange rates and the balance of payments.

NGO: Non-governmental Organization - term that has become widely accepted for referring to a legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons with no participation or representation of any government.
 * NGOs vary in their methods. Some act primarily as lobbyists, while others conduct programs and activities primarily. NGOs are not subjects of international law, as states are. An exception is the International Committee of the Red Cross, which is subject to certain specific matters, mainly relating to the Geneva Convention.(Erin Potts, Wikipedia)

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incremental, additional, marginal

marginal: Referring to the next additional smallest unit added to the current total

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Titilayo Arasi

Incremental
 * An increase, either of some fixed amount, for example added regularly, or of a variable amount.

For example, a salary may receive an annual increment.

Additional
 * Further or added, (possibly) added to complete or make up a deficiency

- Katlin Montali (answers.com)

De Facto: existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not

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Albert Schmool

 * mark to market: The daily revaluation of securities to reflect their current market value instead of their acquisition price or book value. Also referred to as marked to market or marking to market.

Saumya Goel (businessdictionary.com)

 * LDC: Least Developed Countries (LDCs or Fourth World countries) are countries which according to the United Nations exhibit the lowest indicators of socioeconomic development, with the lowest Human Development Index ratings of all countries in the world.

Based on low-income ,human resource weakness (based on indicThe Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight goals to be achieved by 2015 that respond to the world's main development challenges.ators of nutrition, health, education and adult literacy),economic vulnerability

Source: Wikipedia Shiqi Ruby Chen

Shiqi Ruby Chen
 * GNI:

 * Gross National Income (GNI): comprises the total value produced within a country (i.e. its Gross Domestic Product), together with its income received from other countries (notably interest and dividends), less similar payments made to other countries

Source: Wikipedia Jenny Wu

1.) Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty 2.) Achieve universal primary education 3.)Promote gender equality and empower Women 4.) Reduce child mortality 5.) Improve maternal health 6.) Combat Aids/HIV, malaria, and other diseases 7.) Ensure environmental sustainability 8.) Develop a global partnership for development
 * MDGs:The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight goals to be achieved by 2015 that respond to the world's main development challenges.

The eight MDGs break down into 21 quantifiable targets that are measured by 60 indicators. Source: United Nations Development Program Andy Wang

Sustainable Development: Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

Source: World Commission on Environment and Development (1987)

Marc Rofsky

Social Entrepreneurship: Social Entrepreneurship creates new models for the provision of products and services that cater directly to basic human needs that remain unsatisfied by current economic or social institutions

Source: Steelos and Mair

Marc Rofsky

 * Six Sigma : Define/explain?

Jenny Wu

Six Sigma: Well controlled process that is ± six sigma from the centerline of a control chart; thus, no defects within six standard deviations at the target level of performance. It translates into 0.00034 percent defects (3.4 defects per million) or, in practical terms, zero defects.

Titilayo Arasi Source: Business Dictionary

 * Baumol's disease (prediction)
 * personal services are dondemned to grow more expensive (relative to other items) over time - the prices of personal services (such as education and entertainment) will rise relative to the prices of manufactured goods (such as cars and telephone calls).

Why is this important in the future?

Katlin Montali (Source: BiP Book!)

 * Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
 * The total market value of all goods and services produced in a country in a given year, equal to total consumer, government, and investment spending, plus exports, minus imports.

Saumya Goel Source: Businessdictionary.com

private limited company Type of incorporated firm which (like a public firm) offers limited liability to its shareholders but which (unlike a public firm) places certain restrictions on its ownership. These restrictions are spelled out in the firm's articles of association or bylaws and are meant to prevent any hostile takeover attempt.

Source: Business Dictionary.com Titilayo Arasi

 * 529 Plans : A state-sponsored program designed to help parents finance education expenses; allows prepayment of qualified higher education expenses at eligible educational institutions. Section 529 plans are administered by certain investment companies and subject to contribution requirements and investment guidelines

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So I went to the sculpture park and found some very interesting sculptures. The one that had me at a lost was the "untitled" by Roy McMakin. I didn't understand what the idea was about and it was very random like finding a bench and putting a chair and a box altogether was art. I didn't like it and I didn't see how it could be consider some kind of art. Although it looked very real I just didn't get the picture. So I looked up some information about the artist. So I find he is an artist that makes furniture? He's known for his domestic furniture. So Roy is a person of detail and I guess that would be much appreciated to make something look so real. So going back to look at the sculpture, I guess I somewhat started to appreciate it but was still at a lost of what was the point. I guess I still really didn't get it.

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Using truth tables

Welcome! This is a lesson in the Introductory Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science course.

Previous lesson: Introduction to boolean logic

Truth Tables: Definition
Truth tables are mathematical tables used in logic, to compute the truth values of logical expressions. They are tables of boolean values (values that are either true or false). The boolean domain is the set of all possible boolean values; there are two elements in the boolean domain, true and false. Thus, the boolean domain can be written as {T, F}.

Boolean n-tuples
A boolean n-tuple is an array of n boolean values.
 * For example, there are two possible boolean 1-tuples: (TRUE) and (FALSE).
 * There are 4 possible boolean 2-tuples: (T, T); (T, F); (F, T); (F, F). The order in which the truth values are arranged is important.
 * There are 2n possible boolean n-tuples.
 * For large values of n, writing all possible boolean n-tuples can be confusing. This step is important, because it is required for constructing a truth table.  One suggestion is to alternate the truth values of the rightmost element one by one, the truth values of the second rightmost element two by two, and so on with the truth values of the leftmost element alternated n by n.

Your First Truth Table
Here is your first example of a truth table!

What operation is performed here?

ANSWER: The operation performed is that the first truth value in the 3-tuple is copied. You can make many types of truth tables, some of which will be shown in this lesson.

 * An n-operand truth table is a table that assigns a boolean value to each n-tuple.

Propositional Operators
A propositional operator is a rule defined by a truth table. Some propositional operators are represented by symbols. You will learn about some of these symbols in this lesson, and more next time.

Your first propositional operator is called the negation operator. It reverses the truth value of the input. The negation operator is a monadic operator, i.e. it operates on an input with only one argument. A dyadic operator operates on an input with two arguments, e.g. p and q.

$$\neg$$ : The negation operator. Some people call it the NOT operator. However, this is a bit dangerous because words in language tend to be far more vague than logic.
 * Let $$p$$ represent the statement: It is raining.
 * $$\neg p$$, represents the negation of statement $$p$$: It is not the case that it is raining
 * Or just: It is not raining.

Here is the truth table for the negation operator:

How Many Truth Tables are Possible?
1. This truth table is constant true, i.e. it always returns true.
 * There are four possible truth tables for a monadic operator. Here they are:

2. This truth table is the identity, i.e. it always returns the value of p.

3. This truth table, as we have discussed, is the negation.

4. This truth table is constant false, i.e. it always returns false.

In general, there are 22 n truth tables for an n-tuple operator.

Next Lesson
The next lesson is called Logical AND.

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Logical AND

Welcome! This is a lesson in the Introductory Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science course here at Wikiversity.

Previous lesson: Using truth tables

Your first dyadic operator!
I apologize for the name of this lesson. The true name of this operator, which is a dyadic operator, is a conjunction. It is a bit dangerous to refer to a conjunction as an AND operator, because English words are far more vague than logic.

 * A dyadic operator takes 2 arguments, p and q. It returns a single truth value.
 * The conjunction, represented by the symbol $$\wedge$$, returns the value "true" if and only if both arguments are true.

$$\wedge$$ : This is the conjunction or AND operator
 * Let $$p$$ represent the statement: It is raining.
 * Let $$q$$ represent the statement: I am hungry.
 * $$p \wedge q$$ represents the conjunction of statements $$p$$ and $$q$$: It is raining AND I am hungry.

 * Let $$p$$ represent the false statement: It is raining.
 * Let $$q$$ represent the true statement: I am hungry.
 * $$p \wedge q$$ is false.

Next lesson
Your next lesson is called Logical OR.

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Introductory Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science/Logic Review

Exercises
Here are some exercises to practice your fluency with logical operators.

Problem 1

Problem 2

Draw the relevant truth tables, to show that $$\neg p \vee q$$ is or is not logically equivalent to $$p \to q$$.

ANSWER: These statements are logically equivalent. Here is the truth table for both:

Problem 3

Show that a conditional statement is logically equivalent to its contrapositive.

Problem 4

This problem also requires you to draw the relevant truth tables.


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Roy Mcmakin

 <When first approaching Roy Mcmakin’s Untitled (cement bench, metal green chair, and metal file box) sculptor at the Seattle Sculptor Park, I asked myself, “how is this art?” At first glance I actually thought someone had brought their green plastic lawn chair to sit and ponder my same initial question, but accidentely left it there when they came to the equally sad conclusion. Although the sign said “DO NOT TOUCH”, I had to disobey to find that this chair was not plastic; and it didn’t move. It was in reality, metal, sculpted and painted to resemble a green plastic chair. It was also a part of two other pieces one being a cement bench that looked pretty practical, and what seemed to be a white cardboard filing box but was also made of painted metal. I was excited to find my first piece of art that I actually hated.> <Since then, I have researched a little on this Roy Mcmakin character. I have come to learn that majority, if not all of his art pieces are based around home furniture. Although some of his art consists of contrasting furniture put together, I have found on the contrary that he also designs and makes his own contemporary furniture. Since I grew up with a carpenter as a father who dabbled in furniture design, and a mother who liked purchasing nice pieces, I grew up with a small appreciation for well put together, artistic, functional furniture. So as I researched more, I was able to appreciate more and more of his art because I was becoming introduced to more and more of his hand-made furniture. Despite his pieces that are not functional art, the few pieces I found that I really liked that I wouldn’t mind having in my home would be his Untitled (inflating chest) which is a beautiful 4-drawyered big leaf maple chest of drawyers that happens to look like it has taken a breath into the middle of its body, and his Untitled (vases about language and redemption) which consists of seven multi-colored and multi-shaped vases lined up. I like the use of lighter hued colors, and the different shapes and sizes that create variety and unity. For his actual hung art, he chooses to take pictures of different angles of furniture which I think is a creative way to get people to look at the things that we use on a daily basis in a different light, or place.>

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I know that it is a bit late to be completing this section, but better late than never. I am a third quarter student at the Art Institute for Interior Design. I enjoy the creative atmosphere and I believe this will result in better final projects. I attend school full time and work part time, and by part time i mean just enough hours that I don't get the "full time" title. I keep myself very busy because thats how I remain the most productive.

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