Near Field Communication(NFC): The Future Mobile Money Service ABSTRACT : In this paper‚ we explore new ways in which Near Field Communication (NFC) can be used on smart phones. NFC allows for contextual application invocation (CAI)— the execution of code on the phone as a result of our environment . We can launch applications because of contextual information we learn from another transaction on our phone‚ or we can associate context with a virtual token to recall at a later time. We can also pass
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The Art of the Ancient Near East HIS 2100.01 April 6‚ 2012 The Art of the Ancient Near East Ancient sources are key to researchers and archeologists today to discovery the history of the ancient world. Such artistic resources include architecture‚ sculptures‚ writing‚ pictures‚ reliefs‚ pottery‚ and much more. The source that will be focused on in this topic of art in the ancient Near East are reliefs found within the region. There are many forms and styles in which reliefs were made. Though
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Living near Hawaii’s volcano‚ Kilauea‚ is not worth the risk because of the uncertainty of the volcano erupting once again. In the article‚ “A force of nature‚” there are many dangers that can occur. The gasses emitted from the volcano is toxic‚ these toxic gasses could affect people’s health in major ways. One way that people’s health can get affected by the volcano is‚ when the gases are released into the air‚ the gases in the air can be inhaled. These gases can harm a human body in major ways
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Salvation or Destruction: The Singularity is Near! Is the singularity humanity’s new evolution‚ which will catapult the species to a god-like status‚ or the ultimate means of its destruction? This is the main theme of Transcendent Man‚ based off the book The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil. Ray‚ a notable futurist‚ hypothesizes that in the near future our technology will reach a point where computers can outperform the human brain‚ continue getting smaller and humanity will then blend with its
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the beginning of Chapter seven‚ Cory decided to sign up for the city writing contest. After a few hours of thinking‚ he decided to write about the murder near Saxon’s Lake. When Cory was done with the story‚ he asked his dad to read it. Tom was surprised when he read the story because he knew that Cory did not usually write about real experiences. Tom then expressed regret for trying to save the murdered man at the bottom of the Saxon’s Lake and explained that every night he was being haunted by nightmares
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were creepy and others were interesting. However‚ the moment that I remember the most was the time when a mysterious and invisible person saved me from the death. In short‚ I had experience what we now called paranormal phenomenon. “Paranormal phenomenon is a general term that designates experiences that lie outside "the range of normal experience or scientific explanation" or that indicates phenomena understood to be outside of science ’s current ability to explain or measure.” (Orapello) On the
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On the Death of Princess Diana Famous Speech by Queen Elizabeth II September 9‚ 1997 Since last Sunday’s dreadful news we have seen‚ throughout Britain and around the world‚ an overwhelming expression of sadness at Diana’s death. We have all been trying in our different ways to cope. It is not easy to express a sense of loss‚ since the initial shock is often succeeded by a mixture of other feelings: disbelief‚ incomprehension‚ anger -- and concern for those who remain. We have all felt those
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My Experience in Faith Hospital My visit in the hospital was totally unexpected. Days before were the time for preparation for the upcoming graduation day to be held on March 21‚ that is on Thursday. Suddenly my brother caught a fever on Tuesday. Day after‚ my sister’s temperature risen. The cause of their fever was unknown‚ my parents just treat them with home remedies. Instead they will be cured‚ their sickness got only worse. So‚ my parents decided to bring them to the hospital after my
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communication and execution. Solution The best solution for this issue would be to have Tibbets lead the mission. He was already familiar with the process due to him being pilot in command for the successful Hiroshima mission. He had prior experience. After all‚ he did show Sweeney the “ropes” on how the process worked at the Hiroshima mission. Tibbets did choose Sweeney personally for another mission‚ if there was to be one. However‚ the reasons for that are unknown. Tibbets displays the qualities
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A year ago‚ I attended a traditional Ukrainian funeral‚ which was a first for myself. It was an experience that I will never forget‚ as it was a lot different from any other funeral I have attended. I attended the funeral with my grandmother‚ as it was for her aunt and I felt it would be beneficial if she attended with someone. On the way to the funeral I had no idea what I was about to experience. On the way out I remember feeling very weird about what all had taken place. In any funeral I had
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