tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56947886291661946922024-03-05T20:35:18.542-08:00Morehouse MIS Spring 2013Hannibal Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06567499079914823071noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694788629166194692.post-30093774643286399422013-05-21T12:48:00.005-07:002013-05-21T12:48:51.223-07:00Revolutionary Innovation.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Many people recognize
Mark Zuckerberg for his fervent effort to innovate social networking, his
success at it, then leave it at that. What people fail to realize is the simple
business genius of Zuckerberg. The innovations we take for granted as colloquial
web surfers and Facebook users are marks of pure genius! Think about it, every
social network including many non-social networks are linked to Facebook. You
can sign in to your twitter, instragram, collegeboard, online clothing accounts,
just about every website that has a login is linked to Facebook. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">What does this all
mean? If it is not already clear, Zuckerberg is sticking his hand in every
profitable pot across the globe as each company looks to be generationally
relevant. Facebook has over a billion users including a myriad of companies who
provide promotions through Facebook. He is</span></span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> literally</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> profiting without any
direct contact with any other entity! How genius is that? Between signing in to
your email through Facebook to users all over the globe, Zuckerberg wins the
entrepreneur of the decade in my book. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mark Zuckerberg is
also cultivating an affluent business through acquisitions. In his words,
"We have not once bought a company for the company. We buy companies to
get excellent people... In order to have a really entrepreneurial culture one of
the key things is to make sure we're recruiting the best people. One of the ways
to do this is to focus on acquiring great companies with great founders.” Thus
Zuckerberg buys out potential competition and allots for exponential expansion.
One of the most recent major acquisitions was Instagram on April 9<sup>th</sup>,
2012. The application has 90 millions users who log on at least once a day
through Facebook. Zuckerberg is literally behind the scenes witnessing his
pockets flourish due to his savvy business techniques. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In accord with the
previous statement of companies who use Facebook reveal promotions, Facebook has
21,655 companies on it around the globe. What this does is allow these companies
to niche market when a user “Likes” their page. This gives the companies the
opportunity to provide ads to every user who likes their page all through
Zuckerberg releasing and selling the emails of the users. Imagine having 5,000
emails of people who like Starbucks, now Starbucks is willing to purchase said
information with the purpose of providing these people with promotions that may
potentially lead to higher sales. Now multiply that 5,000 by 100. Imagine the
amount a company such as Starbucks is willing to pay for the information to gain
access to those 500,000 emails. Zuckerberg is the largest third party
advertising agent in the world through his systematic approach to gaining access
to people’s emails and thus access to their personal preferences. Companies such
as ESPN, Coca-Cola, Oreo, and Disney, put in a significant amount of work and
effort into becoming one of the most popular companies on Facebook because they
know popularity breeds consumption. </span></div>
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initial, internet changing invention of Facebook made him the youngest
billionaire ever but his illustrious business savvy is cultivating him into one
of the most powerful men in the world. I ask that we all take notes of how
social media can make us all at least millionaires.</span></div>
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Hannibal Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06567499079914823071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694788629166194692.post-71228672886704392432013-05-21T12:41:00.001-07:002013-05-21T12:41:36.511-07:00Can There Really Only be ONE<br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">BY: Gerald
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> In
the recent years smart phone manufacturing have really explored all
avenues to gain an advantage on other competitors. Although many
perceive Apple’s iPhone Line to be the front runner in this
competitive race companies such Google are not far behind. Many
people currently know the Google’s Android line for their new
Samsung Galaxy S4, but that is not their only new device for 2013.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Another
major Android phone for 2013 is the HTC One. The HTC One has a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 quad core processor, like the Galaxy S4. The
HTC One also has 2 gigabytes of RAM, and a 4.7 inch display with
1080p resolution, which provides for a sharper image than the S4.
This phone also operates using the <i>Sense Home Screen, </i>which
turns your home screen into a live newsfeed, in which you can connect
you social media accounts and other information sources. </span></span>
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Hannibal Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06567499079914823071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694788629166194692.post-34387392428500102013-05-21T12:34:00.002-07:002013-05-21T12:34:16.121-07:00Technology Advancing in Education<br />
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is always evolving, pushing us further and expanding our
capabilities. It continues to have a profound impact on us,
transforming nearly every aspect of our lives. Nevertheless, one of
the most important aspects of our personal growth education has yet
to embrace all of technology’s transformational benefits. The
future of education lies in personalized learning learning that is
tailored to fit the needs of each individual. Every student has a
learning profile that is as unique as a fingerprint. With
personalized learning, students can focus on their own skills
development to creatively and properly prepare themselves to enter
and compete in the dynamic, digital and interconnected world of
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to technology, personalized learning can take place anytime, inside
or outside the classroom. Interactive video content supplements
textbooks and can be further adapted to meet each student’s unique
learning level. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It
is interesting to see how technology is growing in education. I
remember when I was coming up; teachers were still using chalkboards
to help us as students learn. Being that technology has grown so
much, children can now be taught on the iPad’s and smart boards.
Personally I think that students learn better with using technology
in class rather than watch a black and white chalkboards. Technology
attracts student’s attention and can keep them engaged because it
is fun and interesting. With the amount of people that uses tablets
in the education system, that can make the use of paper and chalk go
extinct. The future is headed in a direction that will have students
taking tests on their tablets and teacher teaching from smartboards.</span></span></span></span></div>
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Hannibal Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06567499079914823071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694788629166194692.post-34342700688254536842013-05-21T12:31:00.002-07:002013-05-21T12:31:32.642-07:00Acer Aspire R7<span id="docs-internal-guid-28f7f959-c88c-aa4c-ed78-06d841fdc66d"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We’ve seen some weird and wacky hybrids in previous years, but the newly launched Aspire R7 by Acer has gone further out on a limb than most. Its hinge, dubbed the “Ezel”, resembles the central support strut of an all-in-one PC more than a laptop hinge, and it delivers a surprising amount of flexibility.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 17px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With the Aspire R7 fully closed, the strut is flush with the lid, with the hinge itself attached to the center rear of the display. It looks odd, but this arrangement allows the screen to tilt back and forth, lift up above the keyboard so it’s floating like a desktop PC monitor, while spinning vertically to face away from you or fold flat, facing up.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 17px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On the other hand, I have concerns about the long-term practicality of this arrangement. While testers were using it on the stand at Acer’s big launch event in New York, they found it difficult to mouse about without resting a palm on the keyboard, inadvertently pressing keys.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 17px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The position of the keyboard at the very front of the chassis also means there’s nowhere to rest your wrists while typing. On a hybrid, such as the </span><a href="http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/laptops/377581/sony-vaio-duo-11" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sony VAIO Duo 11</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, this isn’t a massive problem because the keyboard is so thin. On the Aspire R7, however, the front lip of the keyboard rises a centimetre or so above the desk, which makes typing feel distinctly odd.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 17px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>
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Lockheed Martin has released a video of ADAM, a high energy laser
system, destroying a rocket from 0.9 miles (1.5 km) away. The video
evidently shows the laser beam striking and tracking a point towards
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which stands for Area Defense Anti-Munitions is a laser weapon system
that is designed to defeat close-in improvised rocket and unmanned
aerial system (UAS) threats. Its purpose is to protect vulnerable
assets such as military bases near the frontline, acquiring and
tracking short-range targets from a distance of 5 km (3.1 miles), and
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being cooped up with your unit miles deep into enemy territory beyond
any immediate help, behind some makeshift stone walls and plywood.
Some are sleeping, while others stand watch using night vision to
leach signs of danger from the dark. When the attack comes it starts
with shoulder launched rockets — but rather than just seeing the
flash and yelling for cover,</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> troops
are protected by <a href="http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/ADAM.html">Area
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"Qassam-like" rocket. Qassam rockets are artillery
munitions used by the military wing of Hamas in attacks against
Israel.</span></span></span></span></div>
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Hannibal Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06567499079914823071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694788629166194692.post-15828068934617180782013-05-03T16:34:00.000-07:002013-05-03T16:34:02.733-07:00Samsung’s Folding the Competition<br />
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Have you ever dreamed of a
flexible phone that bends frontwards and backwards? Well your dreams may soon
come true with Samsung’s new Youm Smartphone. Samsung previewed some of its
flexible prototype at the International CES back in January 2013. The Youm
prototype was an OLED screen the size of a smartphone that could bend like
paper but can emit bright colors. The Samsung engineer who displayed the
prototype had this to say, <span style="color: #262626;">"We're so confident in the market
potential for flexible OLEDs that we're creating an entire new line under the
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2013. The downside is these OLED panels are much more expensive compared to
glass based panels. Customers can expect to pay an arm and a leg for this new
innovative device. Once the Youm is released it is speculated they wont come
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Hannibal Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06567499079914823071noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694788629166194692.post-73214753543124862002013-05-02T12:56:00.002-07:002013-05-02T12:56:25.363-07:00Money is Debt. Debt is Money.<br />
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Federal Reserve Notes, known as
dollar bills are printed by the Federal Reserve and then lent to the United
Stated. Since the Federal Reserve is a private corporation, like all loans this
one bares an interest. Almost all loans are made up of the principal amount and
accrued interest. If the entire money supply is borrowed from the central bank
and then put in circulation by commercial banks through loans, only what is
referred to as the principal is in the money supply. The first question should
be is when does the accrued interest to be paid back in addition to the
principal amount come into existence<o:p></o:p></div>
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Most money, around 97%, exists only
virtually in the cyber world rather than dollar bills or coins. This means that
only 3% of the total money supply can be held in the physical world. How does
this work? The economy runs on faith that the credits and physical currency
issued by the government take on the formal role actual goods or gold. If the
people did not accept this relationship then this method would not be
successive.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The real deception is the
devaluation of currency which is known formerly as inflation. How can we expect
to solve the problem of debt by increasing the money supply without a
proportional expansion of goods and services? The only way to create more money
is from loans. Therefore, if everyone in the country were able to pay off all
debts, including the government, there would not be one dollar in circulation. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Technology is only allowing this
debt ceiling to rise at an even higher rate. Marrine Eagles stated, “If there
were no debts in our money system, there wouldn’t be any money.” Marrine Eagles
served as Governor of the Federal Reserve and stated this September 30, 1941 at
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The future of flying vehicles has been undoubtedly a controversial topic that many individuals continue to engage in. However, the question regarding flying cars is more "when? rather than How?". Through thorough research of the evolution of the normal household car, it is evident that many prototypes have been created. These prototypes are being enhanced with daily innovations in order to securely promote this new form of transportation. Propellers have been designed, exteriors have been crafted, and engines have been created uniquely in order to cater to these flying crafts. <div>
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"Developers of a flying car say they're about $80 million closer to giving your morning commute a real lift. For years, Moller International has been working on a way to make the old science fiction dream of turning tires into turboprops a reality. Their SkyCar, designed for speeds of over 300 MPH at altitudes as high as 36,000 feet would seat four people and isn't trying to replace commercial air travel."</div>
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Hannibal Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06567499079914823071noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694788629166194692.post-81591735037248794072013-05-02T12:42:00.000-07:002013-05-02T12:42:30.990-07:00Where Will You Be After Graduation?<br />
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I have often wondered where
college students around the nation go once they graduate. I know everyone is
not going to work at JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs, so where are they going? A
new study reports that nearly half of college graduates are working as sales
clerks, waiters, janitors and other jobs that do not require a college degree.
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and experience to be able to be effective in your position. After graduation
students face stiff competition not only from classmates but from current
unemployed people, retirees, and other college grads from previous years who
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Hannibal Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06567499079914823071noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694788629166194692.post-82152792984828766742013-05-02T12:38:00.000-07:002013-05-02T12:38:10.280-07:00Google's Online Privacy Piracy<br />
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Google, we all use it just about everyday and most of us
would admit that it is very useful and convenient, but is it safe? Google has
been caught on numerous occasions now attempting to & successfully working
its way around preset privacy settings for both Apples safari browser and
Microsoft’s Internet explorer. Microsoft claims that Google has been
circumventing their “P3P privacy protection” feature, which is a web standard
that forces a website to reveal what they plan to do with the information collected
from a user. Microsoft claims that Google is able to use a nuance if the P3P
specifications that allows them to bypass a users specific privacy settings.
This which means that even if a user sets their internet browsers privacy
settings to deny third party cookies, Google will still be able to track what
sites they look at and what they do on those sites; and extreme invasion of
privacy in the eyes of many. Google has also been more recently accused of
using these same deceptive tactics to bypass the privacy settings on
smartphones, allowing them to monitor users behavior on their phones similar to
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enhance users web browsing experience and allow for better functionality of Google’s
“+1” features. However Google has always used our information for not only our
benefit but also for their own as they sell much of this information to
company’s that want to target us with advertisements. Google is now even
planning collect all of this information they have been “monitoring” and put it
in one place, giving its users a “profile,” where information bout what we do
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Hannibal Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06567499079914823071noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694788629166194692.post-21755568845571651732013-04-30T22:08:00.002-07:002013-05-01T19:34:55.920-07:00Wednesday May, 2013 - Last ClassIn class we will discuss:<br />
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<li><span style="color: red;"><b>Final Grades</b></span> - You need to calculate your own Final Grade. You have the Learnboost grades and the syllabus. Use algebra to calculate your final grade. Then add the Extra Credit where you wanted it placed. - The Fusion Table grades will be updated over the weekend, so check learnboost for that new grade. I will send an email/text blast once Fusion Table grades are updated.- If you have any issues with the reported grades in Learnboost, email me proof of my mistake to os3@aol.com and I will correct it and email you back.</li>
<li><span style="color: red;"><b>Homework #10 </b></span>- Macros is discussed in more detail below.</li>
<li><b><span style="color: red;">Final Exam</span></b> - This Exam will open Thursday May 2, 2013 at Noon and Close on Sunday May 12, 2013 at midnight. Any graduating Seniors need to complete the exam by Saturday morning May 4, 2013 at noon. This exam will be on classmarker.com and will have 20 random questions from previous Excel Exams #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 (new), #7 and #8. HW#9 and #10 will <b>not</b> be included in the final.</li>
<li><b><span style="color: red;">Homework #9</span></b> - Due to the problems with add-ons for Apple, I am going to reactivate HW #9 and give students until Sunday May 5, 2013 at midnight to find a PC with the add-on to complete this exam. In order to do this, everyone will have a chance to retake this exam, if case you want to improve your grade. You can find some of the computers in the second Floor lab and Douglas that have Exam with the add-on. You will have to find by trial and error (check Excel menu or try to add it). You may want to ask an Economics Professor or Decision Science Professor which computers their students use, because they use Multiple Regression in their class. The best option maybe to ask a friend to use their PC. <strong>The Business Computer Lab on the second floor of the Leadership Center has the add-ins. They have Excel 2007.</strong> Watch this<a href="http://youtu.be/-ubtpQJ1smI" target="_blank"> video</a> or this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sknFUKvR2Fs" target="_blank">video</a> to add it in.</li>
<li><b><span style="color: red;">Google Place Assignment</span></b> - I will not grade this assignment until Wednesday May 8, 2013. This is to give some students more time to get their code. Once I get this assignment graded, I will send a blast email/text to everyone.</li>
<li><span style="color: red;"><b>Blog ebook</b></span> - I will be converting this blog into an ebook and placing it in the cloud. You will get a blast email/text once that is done. I suggest you download and save the ebook on your own cloud drive for future reference. This blog will remain active for a few more months maybe years. The new address is <a href="http://misspring2013.blogspot.com/">http://misspring2013.blogspot.com/</a>. the old address will go away soon <a href="http://www.hba322.info/">www.hba322.info</a>.</li>
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It will take me a day or two to get back to you, because of the last minute volume I may get from students.<br />
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If you would like to meet with me, I will be available by <b>phone</b> and <b>join.me</b> starting on Wednesday May 8, 2013. You need to text me first to make an appointment.<br />
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<b>Homework #10 - Macros</b><br />
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I want you to create <b><u>two</u></b> different macros using any data you want. You can create your own, use data from a previous homework or find some data on the web. Then email me a copy of your excel file to osistrunk@gmail.com. This assignment is due Sunday May 5, 2013 at midnight. I will grade your spreadsheet based on <b><u>both</u></b> macros working.<br />
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Hannibal Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06567499079914823071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694788629166194692.post-59357782419563018322013-04-30T20:24:00.002-07:002013-04-30T20:24:36.627-07:00Pros and Cons on Defense Spending<br />
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cut $1.5 trillion over 10 years. If the committee had done so, and Congress had
passed it by Dec. 23, 2011, then the sequester would have been averted. However
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and 4G LTE connectivity, but does that mean it’s also the most advanced smart
phone ever? I do not think so, according to the specs the iPhone 5's Retina Display is one of the sharpest screens on the smart
phone market. However, it falls short of the Nokia Lumia 920, which features a
4.5-inch 1280 x 768 display, and as well as the Motorola Droid RAZR HD Maxx.
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From this video I believe the Nokia Lumia is a better phone. Another
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Hannibal Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06567499079914823071noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694788629166194692.post-11209569620327319532013-04-30T20:10:00.000-07:002013-04-30T20:10:02.895-07:00I Heard it Through the VINE<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">This new
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marketing strategies to appeal to consumers and to restructure the way that
people, brands, government agencies, and celebrities interact with one another.
Businesses can use the Vine app to showcase its brand, send messages to fans,
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Hannibal Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06567499079914823071noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694788629166194692.post-67375561960759226002013-04-28T19:22:00.003-07:002013-04-28T19:22:35.666-07:00Monday April 29, 2013 - Extra Credit<span style="font-size: large;">Today we will go over Google Fusion tables. Those who did not get a good grade can redo their assignment in class and have it regraded.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Finally, there will be a quiz in class. The points from this quiz can be used to boost an older completed assignment.</span>Hannibal Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06567499079914823071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694788629166194692.post-82154261628213844902013-04-28T19:11:00.004-07:002013-04-28T19:11:38.127-07:00Atlanta Street Vendors: A Nuisance or Free Commerce at its Best?BY: Alexander Terry<br />
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Anyone who has ever been to a Braves, Falcons, or Hawks game
is familiar with traversing the maze of vendors outside the games in order to
attend. Stalls jammed the sidewalks to the point that use of them was nearly
impossible unless single file. The vendors constantly pushing their wares and
trying to out compete their neighbors. Sometimes the tactics used to persuade
purchasing was not the nicest around. It was a lively hood for many though. And
Atlanta has not only restricted this commerce but it has given control of all
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Atlanta, in the heart of conservative state with very lax
marriage laws, boasts one of the most restrictive sets of laws regarding
vending in the country. This type of economic chokehold not only hurts the
vendors but the city as well. Atlanta is growing and attracting many companies
to set up shop but it is the small businesses and the local entrepreneurs that
really determine how well economically a city is doing. They are the backbone
of commerce and this restrictive climate extends not only to vendors but anyone
trying to do mobile food trucks as well. The city of Atlanta has made it
illegal to vend on any public property. The Atlanta Street Food Coalition
(ASFC) as well as the Atlanta Vendors Association (AVA) are continuously
fighting for new legislation to alleviate such rigid measures against free
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Delaware because of their lax code on incorporation yet Atlanta says they want
to attract this type of commerce while restricting its own people and its own
sources of tax revenue. This economic hodgepodge of rules gives very mixed
messages and could scare away potential companies from moving to Atlanta. Then
a little over a year ago Atlanta gained a monopoly on public property vending
which is sure to halt this commerce. And just in time for the Final Four and
Braves Opening Weekend, that company made a huge push to eradicate vendors in
front of Braves Stadium and the Georgia Dome. The vendors are in an uproar and
rightfully should be as many of the vendors have been doing this for 20+ years,
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Hannibal Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06567499079914823071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694788629166194692.post-78433124868031177892013-04-27T12:51:00.000-07:002013-04-27T12:51:02.979-07:00Technology and Sports<br />
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sports. In fact, there have been many groundbreaking inventions within the
sports medicine and rehab world that have helped reduce the length of time an
individual is injured for. Companies such as Under Armour have began to create
new technology that prevents injury and enhances training abilities through
wearable tech. Under Armour recently put out a commercial revealing a sports
suit that has the ability to control temperature as well as monitor their
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its Armour39 performance suit in which a monitor fits around their torso to
measure activity. The touch screen tracker that is inputted into the suit gives
it a very futuristic look which seems to come right out of a movie. What makes
Under Armour’s ad interesting is the fact that these futuristic suits will
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and innovative advertising scheme. This is the first commercial that I have
seen involving futuristic technology from any of the sport brand companies such
as Nike, Adidas, or Under Armour to name a few. Also, Under Armour decided to
use fresh, new players from major sports such as young Bryce Harper of the
Washington Nationals and Kemba Walker of the Charlotte Bobcats. Under Armour
seems to be making a strategic move to surpass Nike if their #iWill campaign
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">If everything with the testing
goes as planned, the world could see the first ever Braille smart phone this
year. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Three years in the making, the
phone is being designed by an interaction designer who makes short sci-fi
films. Sumit Dagar is the designer’s name, and he has been working with the
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and the L V Prasad Eye Institute in
Hyderabadon on developing the prototype for the phone. Dagar won the money to
fund this project in a contest through Rolex for enterprise. He is from India,
and his motivation for making this phone is the millions of blind residents
that the country of India has who cannot use a smart phone like you and I can.
He is also looking to make the phone reasonably priced as well, looking to make
it about two-hundred dollars retail.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
phone uses a touch screen that elevates and depresses the content in which it
receives, making it possible for the blind to read the information on the
screen. This is referred to as a haptic touch screen. When having a video
conversation with someone, the user will even be able to feel the specific
facial expressions that the person they are talking to has, as the screen will
contour to their face. This technology is also beneficial in allowing the users
to interpret maps, and do many more important activities on their smart phone. The
technology will be able to interpret Braille text, images, animations, graphs,
charts, and videos. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.5in;">The technology used for the
screen of the phone will use pixels to change the height on the screen, rather
than the color, as a normal smart phone does. This is done using a grid of
small pins that move up and down as the text and images change to form patterns
that the blind are able to read.</span></div>
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an interview, <span style="background: white;">"Technology is giving
everyone superpowers, but many blind people are not able to tap into these
cool, new features, and the technology is making them even more disabled.” I
could not agree with him more. I love the idea of him making this phone, and
allowing a new demographic to partake in the technological advances that the
rest of the population is privileged to enjoy. I hope the testing is successful
and the phone makes it onto the market as soon as possible. </span></span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hannibal Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06567499079914823071noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694788629166194692.post-27639805413619638582013-04-26T10:20:00.002-07:002013-04-26T10:20:15.692-07:00The Future- U.S Natural Gas<div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0.5in; widows: 2;">
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of the main challenges of the 21st century facing nations worldwide
is how to adequately and economically meet current and future energy
demands. This is particularly imperative for a country like the
United States, which according to the Energy Information
Administration, consumes on average 20.5 million barrels of oil a
day, making it the largest consumer of oil in the world. As a result
the US has essentially been at the mercy of OPEC amongst whose
responsibilities it is to set the global price of oil. However, in
the past decade, oil and natural gas markets have become highly
volatile with prices soaring to unknown heights one day only to
dramatically plummet the next. Apart from energy, the derivatives of
oil and natural gas are integral to a host of other industries and
applications including steel and paper production and use as key raw
materials in the chemical industry. The advent of hydraulic
fracturing, commonly known as fracking, provides a novel method for
tapping vast wells of natural gas from previously inaccessible shale
deposits. </span></span></span></span>
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technological advancements have fueled increased exploration for
shale gas, natural gas trapped within shale formations, with some of
the largest reserves being found in the Maine, California and
Pennsylvania. This means that cost to production and cost of natural
gas becomes significantly cheaper in relation to importing expensive
oil. Consequently, higher revenues can be obtained which can then be
funneled or invested into the development of more efficient
technologies and practices for exploration and refinement. </span></span></span></span>
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in the United States have been cognizant of these developments and in
an effort to remain competitive in the market have been, according to
Blackrock, increasing the amount of total capital expenditure they
feed into the energy sector. Accompanying this trend has been
increased US crude oil and liquid natural gas production and for the
first time in about a decade, US imports of crude oil have begun to
show a steady decline which when coupled with increased trade exports
leads to trade surpluses. </span></span></span></span>
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benefits are also accrued in the scope of the broader economy. As the
US energy supply increases, the prices that consumers pay in the long
run conversely decrease. This in turn promotes a drop in the
inflation index and the energy expenditure of the United States. One
of the most promising or exciting advantages of increased domestic
energy production is the simultaneous increase in need for jobs from
a wide variety of backgrounds, i.e. from blue collar straight up to
advanced technical. Growth and expansion of industries, aside from
the energy industry, such as transportation, construction, builders,
mining, consumer durables and middle income retail are also observed.
With a 7.2% unemployment rate in the United States, it is clear that
shale gas exploration can be part of the solution to alleviating some
of the current job market woes. Ultimately, most important is the
increased energy independence of the US which can have implications
on a much broader geopolitical scale. </span></span></span></span>
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In class recently we have been looking
at statistics from past NBA, NFL, and MLB games, as well as super
star athletes. What most people see is the high paid contracts and
sponsorships athletes receive for their abilities. As an accounting
major I have focused in on how athletes have spent their money. Some
of our favorite stars are broke and living check to check after
making tens of millions of dollars. People such as Allen Iverson and
Mike Tyson were once the highest paid athletes, and now are
struggling to make money.
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> In
2012 ESPN released a 30 for 30 documentary “Broke” which was made
to address the 2009 Sports Illustrated article. The article stated
that 60 percent of NBA players are broke within five years of
retirement, and only three years for 78 percent of NFL players. This
documentary discussed various athletes who are in dealing for debt
due to aimless spending, lack of saving, and gambling issues. </span></span>
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an accounting major I want to advise athletes financially. All of the
money they receive can be used to better the community and those who
admire them. Important investments must be made that allow for future
financial security. Athletes feel like they must spend money on
material items to prove their status as wealthy. This is where I
would come in, and make sure the athlete does not lose control of
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Hannibal Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06567499079914823071noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694788629166194692.post-55176582213755653052013-04-24T05:31:00.002-07:002013-04-26T15:09:00.887-07:00Wednesday April 24, 2013 Leadnet Pro & HW#9 Multiple Regression<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><u>Leadnet Pro</u></b></span><br />
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One of the powerful benefits of the internet is finding business leads, nurturing those leads and turning those leads into sales.<br />
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There are companies that a businessowner can sign up with that will sell you leads.<br />
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Leadnetpro is a cloud-based business-to-business lead generator.<br />
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Multiple Regression is a statistically model used to analyze the relationship between two or more independent variables and one dependent variable. If differs from linear regression in that is takes more than one independent variable into the model.<br />
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<li>Take Exam #9 (Friday April 26, 2013 @ noon thru Sunday April 28, 2013 at midnight)</li>
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Switch to the<b> "Data"</b> tab in the Microsoft Excel ribbon and locate the <b>"Analysis"</b> group. Click on the<b> "Data Analysis"</b> item to bring up the dialog box of the same name.</div>
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Scroll through the list of Analysis Tools until you locate<b> "Regression".</b> Click on it to select it, and then click on the "OK" button at the right to open its dialog box.</div>
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If you do not see <b>"Analysis"</b> under <b>"Data"</b> Tab, then to add that option see steps below:<br />
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Launch Microsoft Excel and click on the <b>"File"</b> tab in the ribbon. Select <b>"Options" </b>to open the Excel Options dialog box.</div>
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Click the<b> "Add-Ins"</b> item in the list on the left side of the dialog box. You will see <b>"Analysis ToolPak</b>" in the list of Inactive Application Add-Ins. Set the Manage drop-down menu to <b>"Excel Add-Ins,"</b> and click on the <b>"Go" </b>button at the bottom of the dialog box to open the Add-Ins dialog box.</div>
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Tick the check box in front of<b> "Analysis ToolPak"</b> in the list of available add-ins. Click the <b>"OK"</b> button on the right side of the Add-Ins dialog box to turn on the Analysis ToolPak once you have selected it in the list of options.</div>
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<b><u><span style="color: blue;">For Mac users, Excel 2011 go to this<a href="http://excel-regression-analysis.en.softonic.com/" target="_blank"> link</a>. Excel 2011 does Not have multiple regression. You will need to add some software from the link.</span></u></b><br />
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<b><u><span style="color: blue;"><b><u><span style="color: blue;">Here is an example for MAC (EXCEL 2011) using addition Software</span></u></b></span></u></b></div>
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<b><u><a href="http://www.sigmaxl.com/h2desk/index.php?pid=knowledgebase&cmd=viewentclient&id=185" target="_blank">Click Here</a> on how to download software add-on discussed above</u></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><u><b>If you have Excel 2007, <a href="https://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/~pecklund/ExcelReview/Use%20Excel%202007%20Regression.pdf" target="_blank">click here</a> to get short (6 page .pdf file) file on how to set it up</b></u></span>.<br />
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<b>Understanding Output</b> (<a href="https://www.box.com/shared/static/bim16d20kr98ltn9zw1c.pdf" target="_blank">pdf file link</a>)<br />
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<br />Hannibal Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06567499079914823071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694788629166194692.post-70751600626506520782013-04-23T18:25:00.001-07:002013-04-23T18:25:23.311-07:00Youtube TV<br />
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Me at the zoo- <a href="http://youtu.be/jNQXAC9IVRw">http://youtu.be/jNQXAC9IVRw</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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This short and seemingly
meaningless video clip is the first video uploaded to You Tube. “Me at The Zoo”
was <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">uploaded at 8:27 pm on Saturday,
April 23, 2005 by one of the co- founders of You Tube, and was the start of a
new and innovate way to connect, advertise, and showcase talent. Since that first video
post in 2005 and You Tube’s official launch in November of 2005 the site has grown
and is localized in over 53 countries and has attained over 1 billion unique
users. Although, the number of users a site has is often seen as it’s success
indicator, the impact that a website or application has on society is really
what signifies that it is successful. You Tube has provided, perhaps, one of
the greatest contributions to the Internet since Facebook. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> You Tube has started trends within
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defined as a video that is circulated rapidly on the Internet. Below is a video
you may or may not remember. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kid” is credited as being one of the first viral videos that gained much
national attention.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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activists, inspirational speakers, and even politicians. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> You Tube has offered real
opportunities for it’s users to be “discovered” and go from the internet to TV
screen. a great example would be actor/comedian Bo Burnham who’s witty and
hilarious songs made him a You Tube sensation and exploded his career giving
him countless opportunities such as having his own Comedy Central special and
appearing on late night shows. He now has a new show soon to air on MTV. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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November 2008, YouTube reached an agreement with<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" title="Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer"><span style="background: white; color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">MGM</span></a><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions_Gate_Entertainment" title="Lions Gate Entertainment"><span style="background: white; color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lions
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the companies to post full-length films and television episodes on the site,
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done even better than mearly offering network shows for viewers, You Tube has
now been recognized as a place where shows are born. An example would be the
show “Awkward Black Girl” . Issa Rae and her show “ABG” ,was discovered by
Recording artist/producer Pharrell Williams who now produces the show for his
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powers of You Tube and how much more the popular site can grow into much more
than video sharing, but into a new platform that has taken over to the point
where we just might not need the TV. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Hannibal Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06567499079914823071noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694788629166194692.post-1597254535162670882013-04-19T13:49:00.003-07:002013-04-19T13:49:31.285-07:00The Facebook Revolution: 3 Reasons Why Facebook Grew So Huge, So Quick<br />
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dynamic huge conglomerate sites such as Facebook, Google, and YouTube can be.
Since 2004, Facebook has received a significant amount of updates to its site,
both on the front end(externally) and the back end(internally). In it’s
beginning stages, Facebook started as an invite-only site exclusively for
college students who were enrolled in Ivy League schools. Interestingly, I
believe this is one of the reasons it experienced exponential growth in users within
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Facebook used the idea of limited access to create a demand
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this was a critical reason as to why they were so successful. Everyone knows
the Ivy League schools and they can serve as influencers across the nation and
even the world. <b>Having the site only
eligible to those particular students created a domino effect which influenced
the majority of the generation Y</b> who are the innovators of this
technological revolution. Even though it may have not been on purpose, I think
it was genius. This was one of the reasons why Facebook was successful early
on. The exclusivity and the ability to influence the influencers was the key to
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company, there is one thing that is essential for activating growth: Capital or
for lack of better terms, MONEY!</b> Now, the money that you start with may not
be yours but you have to have some money, whether its yours or someone elses. A
couple years after Facebook began, Mark Zuckerberg and his partner at the time,
Eduardo Saverin met a guy named Sean Parker. Sean Parker was known for creating
a music streaming website called Napster, which was later shut down because of
the copyright issues he had with major music labels. Zuckerberg and Saverin
partnered with Parker and brung him on board to Facebook and helped them by
connecting with investors and venture capitalists which would be the reason why
they grew so huge, so quickly. One of Facebook’s most influential investors was
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And finally, I believe that the reason why Facebook is
continuing to grow fast is because they realize the potential that mobile
devices have. <b>Facebook developers are
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and features so that they can maintain and improve market share in the mobile
arena. While entering the mobile landscape, Facebook initially experienced a
number of issues with making the mobile interface function smoothly and to be
as responsive as possible. Even though this was a challenge, they’ve improved
the mobile application on all mobile operating systems such as Android, iOS,
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Hannibal Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06567499079914823071noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694788629166194692.post-160666785431277702013-04-19T06:56:00.000-07:002013-04-19T06:56:01.506-07:00Did Slavery End?<br />
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set into action by President Abraham Lincoln was supposed to be the legislation
that represented the end of an error. Some question whether or not it was the
end of anything except the legality of physical slavery as we knew it to exist
in the plantation form in the United States. One may ask what would lead anyone
to doubt the concrete terms of freedom presented in the Emancipation document,
but that person, upon further review of the state of affairs in the U.S. since
1865, may have fewer questions and more opinion about how little has actually
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slavery, America transitioned from conventional slavery to a stage of
indentured servitude, share-cropping if you will. In the eyes of the ruling
class, blacks in the south and all over these great 50 states were destined to
be a part of the underclass, it was simply up to law makers to figure out how. What
came about was a period in the Antebellum south where conditions did not
venture far away from those that had been provided for slaves since the 1400’s.
The following video discusses what that time in America looked like:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the late 19<sup>th</sup> century to today, it is hard not to make parallels
between demanded servitude then, and de facto servitude now. Factors such as a
lack of family structure, education, opportunity and community value have all
contributed to the debt (economic slavery), metaphorical mental genocide
(mental slavery), and prison industrial complex (physical slavery), the last of
which being the result of the interest in maintaining a disenfranchised
population of African-American men in the United States. The following video
speaks briefly to the idea of privatized prisons, which are in essence similar
to plantations:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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uncomfortable, it has done its job. If it makes you think it has served its
purpose. If you are even a bit ashamed for not having been aware or having
taken action against this situation in the beloved United States of America,
this blog post has fulfilled its duty to activate the mind. Think deeply,
whenever you can, but furthermore, act boldly and change the trajectory of our
people before things get worse. There is a duality that exists. Do not mistake
personal success for that of collective elevation. We are one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hannibal Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06567499079914823071noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694788629166194692.post-6850297735065627522013-04-19T06:52:00.000-07:002013-04-19T06:52:54.417-07:00When Will Apple Live Up to the Hype?BY: Quinton Cole<br />
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features to the Iphone 5. In this video, these features included projecting
screens, keyboard, a lighter version of the phone, and much more that had
everyone in aw for the upcoming phone. However, when Apple made the
announcement about the phone, the new features were nothing like the video that
was put out. I believe because of that video there was a higher expectation for
the features of the Iphone 5. Now do not get me wrong, I love my Iphone 5, but
I would love it more if it could do the things shown in the video below. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I think that one day Apple will develop the technology that
will surpass what the video has shown. Do I think that the next Iphone will do
this? I doubt it but it will be interesting to see when this will happen. I say
in the next 5 years we will see a phone that is capable of doing what you just
saw. <o:p></o:p></div>
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