Refimprove date May 2011 Naturalisticobservation is a research tool in which a subject is observed in its natural habitat without any manipulation by the observer. ref name KCherry cite web last Cherry first Kendra title What Is NaturalisticObservation? url http psychology.about.com od nindex g naturalistic.htm publisher About.com accessdate 15 May 2011 ref ref cite web title Psychology 202Q Lab NaturalisticObservation url http www.sp.uconn.edu ps202vc PDF NaturalisticObservation.pdf publisher University of Conneticut accessdate 15 May 2011 ref During naturalisticobservation researchers take great care to avoid interfering with the behavior they are observing by using Unobtrusive research unobtrusive methods. ref name NatObs cite web title NaturalisticObservation publisher radford.edu url http www.radford.edu tpierce 201 20files 201 20handouts Naturalistic 20Observationl 20ecture 20notes.pdf accessdate 15 May 2011 ref Naturalisticobservation involves two main differences that set it apart from other forms of data gathering. In the context of a naturalisticobservation the environment is in no way being manipulated by the observer nor was it created by the observer. ref name NatObs Naturalisticobservation as a research tool comes with both advantages and disadvantages that impact its application. By merely observing a given instance without any manipulation in its natural context it makes the behaviors exhibited more credible because they are occurring in a real typical scenario as opposed to an artificial one generated within a lab. ref name NatObs Naturalisticobservation also allows for study of events that it is deemed unethical to study via experimental models, such as the impact of high school shootings on students attending the high school. ref name NatObs They may ... NaturalisticObservation Category Behaviorism Category Psychology experiments Category Evaluation ... to take into consideration when a covert observation is being carried out. See also People crowd ... more details
Naturalistic pantheism also called scientific pantheism is a naturalism philosophy naturalistic form of pantheism that encompasses feelings of reverence and belonging towards nature and the wider universe, but is philosophical realism realist and embraces rationalism and the scientific method . It presupposes metaphysical naturalism and as such it affirms the nonexistence of supernatural realms, afterlives, beings or forces. ref name pantheism.net http www.pantheism.net manifest.htm World Pantheist Movement, Belief Statement ref History Pantheism has a long history but the term pantheistic was first ... ref Thus Toland was probably the first naturalistic pantheist. Naturalistic pantheism is a relatively ... attacks have been on the naturalistic version of pantheism in the encyclical Caritas in Veritate of 2009 ... 20091208 xliii world day peace en.html ref Beliefs The core of naturalistic pantheism is reverence ... and rational interpretations of sensory information. Thus naturalistic pantheism does not believe in any ... of all being. This implies that anything referenced to as God or Deity within naturalistic pantheism can equally well be associated with an impersonal physical process. Some versions of naturalistic ... 2010 in Long Beach, CA. Duration 23 07 ref Although naturalistic pantheism does not include belief in a personal ... and is recycled into other forms upon death. ref name pantheism.net Naturalistic pantheism and classical atheism Since there is no deity of a personal nature in naturalistic pantheism, some argue ... www.pantheism.net atheism.htm Pantheism as Sexed up Atheism ref Naturalistic pantheism is defined .... This is a widely held belief among scientists. Organizations The primary naturalistic scientific pantheist ... Pantheist Movement website ref defines Naturalistic Pantheism as having the following characteristics ... as our best ways of understanding nature and the Universe. The widest known complete expression of Naturalistic ... Naturalistic Pantheism Category Pantheism Category Secularism Category Monism Category Realism Category ... more details
Morefootnotes article date March 2011 The phrase naturalistic fallacy , with fallacy referring to a formal ... good or right, and that what is unnatural is bad or wrong see also Appeal to nature . This naturalistic ... is natural and inherent. The naturalistic fallacy is related to and even confused with the is ought ... stated that a naturalistic fallacy is committed whenever a philosopher attempts to prove a claim ... to nature Some people use the phrase naturalistic fallacy or appeal to nature to characterize inferences ... of homosexuality and environmentalism . Steven Pinker has described two logical fallacies. The naturalistic ... on the survival of the fittest. Today, biologists denounce the Naturalistic Fallacy because they want ... articles 2002 10 30 upi.html ref The is ought problem Main Is ought problem The term naturalistic fallacy ... an is from an ought either as the reverse naturalistic fallacy or as the moralistic fallacy . An example of a naturalistic fallacy in this sense would be to conclude Social Darwinism from the theory of evolution by natural selection , and of the reverse naturalistic fallacy to argue that the immorality ... theory because in his view it was a naturalistic fallacy, claiming that it described how things ought ... philosopher G. E. Moore in his 1903 book Principia Ethica . Moore stated that a naturalistic ..., or that whatever is good is and must be pleasant, or both, it is committing the naturalistic fallacy to infer from this that goodness and pleasantness are one and the same quality. The naturalistic ... hedonists . Moore coined the term naturalistic fallacy to describe arguments of this form he explains ... the same thing as pleased , I should not indeed call that a naturalistic fallacy, although it would be the same fallacy as I have called naturalistic with reference to Ethics. G. E. Moore http fair ... that specific form of the fallacy as naturalistic , because 1 it is so commonly committed ... of Moore s discussion of the naturalistic fallacy is reductionism at least as much as it is naturalism ... more details
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Orphan date February 2009 Wikify date March 2010 In medical anthropology , naturalistic disease theories are those medical theory theories of illness, present within a culture, which explain diseases and illnesses in impersonal terms. One example of a naturalistic disease theory is the theory expressed in western medicine or biomedicine, which links disease and illness to scientific causes. This leaves any personal liability for the disease out of the equation, and the diseases are attributed to organisms such as bacteria or viruses, accidents, or toxic substances. Other cultures have developed different naturalistic disease theories. One specific example lies in Latin cultures, which place hot or cold classifications on things like food, drink, and environmental conditions. They believe that the combination of hot and cold substances will cause an unbalanced system that leads to disease. Therefore, one is expected not to have a cold drink after taking a hot bath. References Windows on Humanity , Conrad Phillip Kottak, New York McGraw Hill, 2005. DEFAULTSORT Naturalistic Disease Theories Category Cultural anthropology anthropology stub ... more details
The naturalistic decision making NDM framework emerged as a means of studying how people actually make Decision making decisions and perform cognitively complex functions in demanding situations. These include situations marked by time pressure, uncertainty, vague goals, high stakes, team and organizational constraints, changing conditions, and varying amounts of experience. Origins of the movement The NDM movement originated at a conference in Dayton, Ohio in 1989, which resulted in a book by Gary A. Klein Gary Klein , Judith Orasanu, Roberta Calderwood, and Caroline Zsambok. Since then, NDM conferences have been held every 2 3 years, alternating between U.S. and European venues. A series of NDM books have been published, and in 1995 the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society established a new technical group, Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making , that has built on the NDM tradition. The framework The NDM framework focuses on cognitive functions such as decision making , sensemaking , situational awareness , planning which emerge in natural settings and take forms that are not easily replicated in the laboratory. For example, it is difficult to replicate high stakes, or provide for problem detection, or to achieve extremely high levels of expertise, or to realistically incorporate team and organizational constraints. Therefore, NDM researchers rely on cognitive field research methods such as task analysis to observe and study skilled performers. From the perspective of scientific method ology, NDM studies usually address the initial stages of observing phenomena and developing descriptive accounts. In contrast, controlled laboratory studies emphasize the testing of hypotheses ... Naturalistic Decision Making into the Adaptive Toolbox, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making , Vol. 14, 381 383, 2001. Zsambok, C.E. and Klein, G 1997 Naturalistic Decision Making . Lawrence Erlbaum ... primed decision SEPS Self Defense DEFAULTSORT Naturalistic Decision Making Category Decision theory ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Naturalistic Education Theory NET is a strategy to develop an Interdisciplinarity interdisciplinary curriculum in the sciences that is a developmentally appropriate, pedagogical guide for engineering and assessing the construction of a horizontally and vertically aligned and integrated concept sequence. NET proposes that instruction be based on the understandings of the physical mechanisms of Brain the brain . It is a natural curriculum sequencing theory, historically developed, that infers that information consists of byte s which should be arranged and taught in the same manner in which they were originally discovered, disregarding artificial categorization into traditional academic disciplines. The historical based sequence sets up an interdisciplinary learning spiral around the continuity of information bytes and their systematic linking together, web style, for a meaningful, four dimensional concept map structure with continuous associations. This instructional process produces a mental construct fueled by natural curiosity through a developmentally based need to know. The structure and functional relationship of the resulting curriculum and instruction flows naturally as if the discoveries were their own architect s and their revelation engineered by their own processes of evolution. The NET provides an integrated, Holism holistic explanation of the research, filing, retrieval and processing mechanisms of the brain insofar as they relate to pedagogy . Based on mechanistic premises, it provides a theoretical foundation on which sound instructional engineering can begin. References Journal of Thought , Volume 31, Number 2, pp. 85 96, 1996. http www.umsl.edu sep net.htm Category Education theory ... more details
Person centered ethnography Clinical Ethnography Naturalisticobservation Unobtrusive measures Ethnobotany References references DEFAULTSORT Participant Observation Category Evaluation methods Category ...Participant observation is a structured type of research strategy. It is a widely used methodology in many ... sociology Chicago School of sociology. In anthropology, participant observation is organized so as to produce ... observation, therefore, is limited to contexts where the community under study understands and permits it. Critics of overt participant observation argue that study is subsequently restricted to the public ..., though variable methods informal interviews , direct observation , Participation decision making ... research quantitative dimensions . Traditional participant observation is usually undertaken over ... over a longer period of time. A strength of observation and interaction over extended periods ..., C. B. 1998 . Participant observation. In H. R. Bernard Ed. , Handbook of methods in cultural ... S. Akbar, participant observation has its roots in anthropology and its use as a methodology ... modern anthropologists, he engaged in extensive participant observation with a given group of people ... 60 9 10 ref Participant observation was used extensively by Frank Hamilton Cushing in his study of the Zuni ... to which participant observation can give veridical insight into the minds of other people. ref ... The development of participant observation as a research tool has therefore not been a haphazard ... specialized. Visual anthropology can be viewed as a subset of methods of participant observation ... A variant of participant observation is observing participation , described by Marek M. Kaminski ... with the more formalized versions of participant observation. See also Creative participation ... de Teilnehmende Beobachtung es Observaci n participante fr Observation participante ... sv Deltagande observation uk zh ... more details
Observation Peak may refer to Observation Peak California in California, United States, see List of mountains of the United States Observation Peak Wyoming in Wyoming, United States, see Mountains and mountain ranges of Yellowstone National Park disambig ... more details
wiktionarypar observationObservation is sensing and assimilating the knowledge of a phenomenon into a framework of previous knowledge and ideas. Observation may also refer to Observation in auditing, a procedure to obtain audit evidence. Observation deck Observer special relativity a specialized meaning of the concept that physicists use Observation car often abbreviated to observation , a type of railroad passenger car Watchful waiting also referred to as observation , an approach to a medical problem in which time is allowed to pass before further testing or therapy is pursued Observations and Measurements , an information model and data transfer standard The Observation , a song by Donovan from his 1967 album Mellow Yellow album Mellow Yellow Observations , a song by Avail from their 1992 album Satiate Observations , Richard Avedon s 1959 collaborative book with Truman Capote containing portraits of famous people See also Observer disambiguation disambig he ru ... more details
Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 A celestial observation is the measurement of the angular distance of a celestial body from the observer to the horizon , usually with a sextant . See also Portal Nautical Celestial navigation . DEFAULTSORT Celestial Observation Category Navigation Astronomy stub ... more details
For astronomical observation posts Observatory Image RAF Observation Post Bunker.jpg right thumb An observation post for airfield defense coordination. An observation post , temporary or fixed, is a position from which soldier s can watch enemy movements, to warn of approaching soldiers such as in trench warfare , or to direct artillery fire. In strict military terminology, an observation post is any preselected position from which observations are to be made this may include very temporary installations such as a vehicle parked as a roadside checkpoint, or even an airborne aircraft. ref http www.defenselink.mil Transcripts Transcript.aspx?TranscriptID 386 DoD News Briefing, February 15, 1996 1 30 pm EST from a United States Department of Defense DoD news briefing. Accessed 2008 06 21. ref Operation Image Disguisetactics.jpg thumb right German Empire German World War I observation post disguised as a tree. When selecting a temporary observation post, trained troops are to avoid obvious and conspicuous locations such as hilltops, water tower s or other isolated terrain features, and to assure that the observation post can be reached via a concealment concealed route. This is especially important as the observer in the post should be rotated every 20 30 minutes, as alertness vigilance decreases markedly after such a time. ref name IM Observation posts should be manned with at least ... in0202 le2l.htm pl Observation posts from the Mechanized Infantry Squad Operations Bradley course ... close to the enemy, an observation post is usually a small construct, often consisting largely of Military ... frontlines are expected to be stable for a longer time, an observation post or ground observation ... example of makeshift observation posts is Gaza Baptist Church , which was commandeered by both Fatah and Hamas troops during the Fatah Hamas conflict . See also Border Observation Post BOP Outpost military References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Observation Post Category Military slang and jargon Category Fortification ... more details
The Unit of observation is the unit upon which one collects or analyzes data , a term analogous with units of measurement unit of measurement . For example, research on neighborhoods might make use of secondary data from the U.S. Census or primary data gathered from individuals using survey methodology . A study may have a differing unit of observation and unit of analysis , For example, in community research, the research design may collect data at the individual level of observation but the unit of analysis level of analysis is at the neighborhood level, drawing conclusions on neighborhood characteristics from data collected from individuals. Together, the unit of observation and the unit of analysis level of analysis define the Sample population population of a research enterprise. ref Blalock, Hubert M., Jr. 1972 . Social Statistics . New York McGraw Hill Book Co., Inc. ref See also Unit of analysis Statistical unit References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Unit Of Observation Category Statistical data types Category Statistical terminology Category Social sciences Category Sociology statistics stub ... more details
Cleanup date December 2007 Image Auersberg observation tower aka .jpg thumb Observation tower in Auersberg, Saxony , Germany . An observation tower is a structure used to view events from a long distance ... October 2007 and their numbers steadily increased, especially after the invention of the elevator. Observation towers that are used as guard posts or observation post s over an extended period to overlook an area are commonly called watchtower s instead. Construction and usage Observation towers are an easily ... ropeway. Frequently observation towers are used also as location of radio services within the Ultra ... as important as its use as an observation tower. Such towers are usually called Radio masts ... and allow visitors access via elevators. Also common is the usage of water towers as observation towers. As in the case of TV towers the visitor will usually reach the observation platform by elevator, which is usually at a lower height above ground The typical height of the observation platform ... is from 80 metres up to 200 metres. Finally, some church towers may have observation platforms, albeit often without an elevator. Many other buildings may have towers which allow for observation. Types of observation towers Commented out because image was deleted Image Big Lagoon.JPG thumb right Observation tower in a US state park. Image Aussichtsturm Karstula.JPG thumb Kirkkovuori Nature Observation tower, Karstula , Central Finland . Image Swan Bells SMC 2006.jpg thumb Swan Bells Observation tower, Perth, Western Australia Perth , Australia . Dedicated observation towers Globalize date December ..., built observation towers on numerous summits. Usually these towers were built of stone, however sometimes wood or iron was also used. At nearly all these towers access to the observation deck, usually ... fire risk, as Fire lookout tower fire observation posts or in times of war as Watchtower military observation ... for police fire engine radios, portable radio or low power FM and TV transmitters. Older observation ... more details
Orphan date September 2008 Wildlife observation is the practice of noting the occurrence or abundance of a dead or living animal species at a specific place and time. Intrinsic to the process of scientific wildlife observation is the reporting of What diagnosis of the species , Where geographical location , When date and time , Who details about observer , and Why reason for observation, or explanations for occurrence . This rubric describes the basic information for an observation to become data about wildlife and to contribute to scientific investigations of distribution, habitat relations, trends, and movement of wildlife species. There are various projects and web sites devoted to wildlife opbservations. Probably the longest running are those for bird observations for example e bird, http ebird.org . More recently, web sites dedicated to reporting wildlife across broad taxonomic ranges have become available. For example, the California Roadkill Observation System http www.wildlifecrossing.net california provides a mechanism for citizen scientists in California to report widlife species killed by vehicles. The Maine Audubon Wildlife Road Watch http www.wildlifecrossing.net maine allows reporting of observations of both dead and live animals along roads. Category Environmental science environment stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Earth observation is the gathering of information about planet Earth s physical, chemical and biological systems. It is used to monitor and assess the status of, and changes in, the natural environment and the built environment . In recent years, Earth observation has become technologically more and more sophisticated. It has also become more important due to the dramatic impact that modern human civilization is having on the Earth, the need to minimize the negative impacts, and the opportunities Earth observation provides to improve social and economic well being. Earth observations can include a birdwatching birdwatcher s notes on bird sightings br numerical measurements taken by a thermometer , anemometer wind gauge , ocean buoy , altimeter or seismometer br photos and radar or sonar images taken from ground or ocean based instruments br photos and radar images taken from remote sensing satellites br decision support tools based on processed information, such as maps and models Just as Earth observations consist of a wide variety of possible elements, they can be applied to a wide variety of possible uses. Some of the specific applications of Earth observations include weather forecasting forecasting weather br tracking biodiversity and wildlife trends br measuring land use change such as deforestation br monitoring and responding to natural disaster s, including fires, flood s, earthquake s and tsunami s br managing natural resource s, such as energy , freshwater and agriculture br addressing emerging diseases and other health risks br predicting, adapting to and mitigating climate change The quality and quantity of Earth observations .... See also Earth observation satellite Group on Earth Observations Global Earth Observation System of Systems TerraSAR X a German Earth observation satellite An example of Earth observing sensors are the sensors in the Landsat program . DEFAULTSORT Earth Observation Category Remote sensing Geo ... more details
observation on display at the Illinois Railway Museum . An observation car carriage coach in US English, often abbreviated to simply observation or obs is a type of railroad Passenger car rail passenger ... of observation cars is at the B end tail of the car the walls of lightweight and streamlined cars ... viewing window recessed behind the expanded observation platform, which was fenced with opulent ..., while Observation Car windows tend to be more uniform in size and placement. Among North American railroads, their observation cars often featured any of a variety of upcharge revenue seating, reserved ... except on the Milwaukee Road , see below be hung from the tail end of the observation car. Some early trains offered two observation cars a traditional enclosed type for its compartment or first class ... of the Oriental Limited photo of open observation car date 1924 publisher Great Northern Railway accessdate ... observation car platform. Harry S. Truman triumphantly displays Dewey Defeats Truman Chicago Tribune headline error from observation car platform of the Ferdinand Magellan Railcar Presidential use Ferdinand ... Magellan . On a Whistle stop train tour the candidate s train would pull into town and stop with the observation end at the station, then the candidate would appear on the observation platform to deliver his stump speech . The observation platform made a perfect temporary stage for just such an event ... would use the open observation car end as a stage from which they would greet well wishers and fans ... , and Barack Obama have used a heavyweight observation car built by the Pullman Company Pullman ... Pullman Company s two Devon Belle parlour observation cars on the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway ... E type carriage E type sleeping car converted to a Parlor Observation Car. Image State Car 4 Royal ... in 1948 in Keyser, WV Keyser, West Virginia . Image Kanzelwagen Henschel Wegmann Zug 3.jpg An observation .... Image CMSP&P RR Hiawatha train 1943.jpg One of the Milwaukee Road s beavertail observation cars ... more details
refimprove date February 2011 Mass Observation was a United Kingdom social research organisation founded ... of Sussex . Mass Observation aimed to record everyday life in Britain through a panel of around ... religious events. Genesis File Mass Observation book cover 1937.jpg thumb right 300px The book ... and flag waving crowds The creators of the Mass Observation project were anthropologist Tom Harrisson ... on its network of volunteer correspondents. Mass Observation began after Edward VIII of the United ... VI . May the Twelfth Mass Observation Day Surveys 1937 by over two hundred observers was published ... David Pocock, director of the Tom Harrisson Mass Observation Archive. In August 1939 Mass Observation ..., content and length. Source Mass Observation diaries. An introduction. The Mass Observation ... Observation Archive Source Nella Last s Peace. Profile Books 2008 p 303 . Impact During the Second World War , Mass Observation research was occasionally influential in shaping British public policy. In 1939 Mass Observation publicly critiqued the UK Ministry of Information Ministry of Information ... also a few cases of Mass Observation MO doing research on commission for government authorities trying ... MO on commission for the UK Ministry of Information Ministry of Information . Criticism Mass Observation ... War , although Mass Observation was an independent, not a government, effort aimed at education rather than manipulation of the public. Mass Observation had set out to turn the tools of anthropology ... and, under new management, became registered as a market research limited company, Mass Observation ... A re evaluation of the tremendous resource of primary historical material that is the Mass Observation ... Observation continues to collect the thoughts of its panel of writers through regular questionnaires ..., eds. May the Twelfth, Mass Observation Day Surveys 1937, by over two hundred observers , London ... selection of titles also gives some idea of the scope of Mass Observation s work Attitudes to AIDS ... more details
Image Kite Balloon From USS Arizona.jpg thumb right An observation balloon being launched from the USS ... spotting in support of the battleship s main guns. Image World War I Observation Balloon HD SN 99 02269.JPEG thumb right Close up view of an American major in the basket of an observation balloon flying over territory near front lines during World War I. Observation balloons are balloon aircraft ... their zenith during World War I, and they continue in limited use today. Historically, observation ... on both sides. Observers manning these observation balloons frequently had to use a parachute ... of hydrogen, observation balloons after World War I were often filled with non flammable helium ... desired height often above 3,000 feet and retrieved it at the end of an observation session. History The first military use of observation balloons was by the French Aerostatic Corps during the French ... accessdate 2009 09 08 pages 243 ref The oldest preserved observation balloon, L Intr pide ... observation at the Battle of Magersfontein and during the Siege of Ladysmith . Image Kite Balloon ... I was the highpoint for the military use of observation balloons. The British, despite their experience ... Frank Luke and German observation balloon.jpg thumb Frank Luke and a German observation ballon that he ... from the very fact that an observation balloon s ascent likely signaled a preparatory bombardment ... Canning . Because of their importance as observation platforms, balloons were heavily defended by Anti ... I observation crews, were the first to use parachutes on a wide scale, far before they were adopted ... and French for their observation balloon crews. ref http books.google.com books?id n MDAAAAMBAJ&pg ... Royal Navy observation balloon gondola with external bag parachutes first used by Germany and then later ... 20 201131.html ref Observation balloons also were used in substantial numbers during World War II ... 24 publisher Department of the Navy Naval Historical Center location Washington, DC ref Observation ... more details
Cleanup date April 2008 Orphan date April 2008 The term reconstructive observation has been coined by the German sociologist Thomas Loer and the German innovation adviser Armin Moehrle . It refers to a mode of collecting data in research processes in the social sciences and in consulting processes by observing people during their work or other activity and conducting conversation with them. While the researcher who collects data by participating in observations asks What the hell is going on here? Clifford Geertz and tries to get access to what is going on by diving into the reality of action and taking part in it, the researcher observing reconstructively asks If Jesus is the answer what was the question? and tries to reconstruct the problem to which the observed actions are the solution during observing them. In this way, he always maintains his distance to the action even though he is present. He does not side with anyone he observes, he does not try to find practical solutions to the problems the people he observes are confronted with, and he does not evaluate practically the issues at stake. Disburdened of the practical involvement he is able to look at a given situation differently and to see also the aspects of it, which are not immediately practically relevant, which the people he is observing can t see due to their involvement. To record what he sees, the researcher prefers technical recording such as videotaping and tape recording to writing because the data will be more direct and less filtered subjectively pure observation is used only if the complexity of the observed ... must be aware that both the observation protocol recorded in writing and or on videotape ... of reconstructive observation must, while collecting them, analyze these data in an abbreviated ... frankfurt.de hermeneu bib oev.htm DEFAULTSORT Reconstructive Observation Category Research Category ... Category Market research Category Sources of knowledge Category Observation Category Philosophy ... more details
INFOBOX IS AVAILABLE Infobox bridge type type name Observation deck image Puente Nuevo 1 .jpg image ... Main Deck building File Viewing platform top right.jpg thumb right The 10 m observation deck of Ronda ... TreeHouse Elevated01.jpg thumb A multi level tree house in Cape Town , South Africa , with an observation deck on top An wiktionary observation deck observation deck , observation platform or viewing ... structure such as a skyscraper or observation tower . Fitted with railings or fencing for safety, observation ... observation decks See List of tallest buildings in the world List of tallest towers in the world Notable public observation decks include the following class wikitable sortable valign top style background silver List of tallest public observation decks width 2 unsortable width 15 Name width 2 ... rooftop observation deck opened in December 2011. There are also several other indoor observation ... EVIDENT , world s highest observation deck from 2008 present decks also on levels 94 & 97 3 Burj Khalifa ... 124th floor, outdoor world s highest outdoor observation deck from 2010 present 4 CN Tower 1976 Concrete tower sort CAN Flag icon CAN Toronto Nts 446.6 Nts 553.3 Two additional observation decks at 342 ... icon USA Chicago Nts 412.5 Nts 527.3 103rd floor SELF EVIDENT 3rd highest observation deck in a building ... Nts 393 Nts 484 100th floor 360 degree indoor observatory, it s the highest observation deck in Hong ... Nts 270 Nts 343 270 m clearance Clarify IS THE OBSERVATION DECK HIGHER THAN THE LOWEST CLEARANCE ... A deck FOR observation. date March 2010 25 GE Building 1933 Skyscraper sort USA Flag icon USA New York ... Tower 1991 Concrete tower sort PRC Flag icon PRC Tianjin Nts 253 ref name ssp Nts 415.2 observation ... IS THE function room AN observation deck? date March 2010 32 Europaturm 1979 Concrete tower sort ... Highest observation deck in Australia 1994 2005 over took by Q1 34 Sky Tower 1997 Concrete tower ... guides.com city 16 further attractions North America Boston.html title Prudential Skywalk Observation ... more details
Management by observation Managing diseases by observing the progress of patient over a period of time to determine if the observed would benefit from intervention. Management of employees by observing that they are present at the physical work place during accepted working hours and appear to be doing expected work tasks. Without objective setting may lead to presenteeism . See also Flextime Flexplace Management by objectives References div class references small http www.ahrq.gov RESEARCH may05 0505RA2.htm Research article of cancer treatment. http www.webmd.com content article 86 98895.htm?action related link Presenteeism from WebMD http teleworkarizona.com mainfiles visitor vmyths.htm Myths about telecommuting. http findarticles.com p articles mi m3495 is n7 v38 ai 14363481 Telecommuting policies that work references div Category Human resource management ... more details
Observation Bluff coor dm 60 43 S 45 36 W is the eastern summit, 110 m, of the ice free ridge which forms the north side of Paal Harbour in Signy Island , in the South Orkney Islands . The area was roughly surveyed by Discovery Investigations DI personnel in 1933. The bluff was surveyed in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey FIDS , and so named by them because it marks the position from which daily sea ice observations were made. usgs gazetteer Category Cliffs of the South Orkney Islands SouthOrkneys geo stub ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2009 File Wizjalokalna.jpg thumb right 160px Polish book cover Observation on the Spot Wizja lokalna , also translated as Inspection at the Scene of the Crime is a science fiction novel by Stanis aw Lem which has not been translated into English. It deals with Ijon Tichy s traveling to a faraway planet, Entia which is a Latin equivalent of their self name to study their civilization. The title of the novel has to do with the use of a computer to generate predict by modeling information about this planet based on scant data available because it takes a long time for light to travel there these technical details are not worked out properly and are quite irrelevant to the main thrust of the novel. Lem has worked out in considerable detail both the history of the Entian species since primeval times and to this day and the present social structure of the technologically highly advanced and socially libertarian Entian society. Major topics of the book are the problems of the society of plenty based entirely on automated production where individuals have little to do imposition of ethical laws through technology i.e. the ethicsphere which has made it impossible to harm individuals physically and the ideological opposition of two dominant systems, which is basically a parody of Western Soviet Union split taken to the absurd. Plot summary Tichy arrives on Entia to discover a unique anthropomorphic civilization divided into two major states Kurdlandia from kurdl and Luzania. These names require some explanations. Kurdl is a huge animal inhabiting the marshes of Entia. The name of the animal is Lem s invention, used in earlier tales about Tichy. In Polish it is kurdziel , however in declension s of the word the root linguistics root converts into kurdl , hence there are no associations with the English word curdle . The name Luzania derives from the Polish root luz with the meaning of loose , not restrained the choice will become clear below. Kurdlandia s guiding ... more details
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