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Specific Task Software Patents
950 wordsSoftware consists of lists of instructions that a computer reads and executes. The tasks done by a computer are largely repetitive; the same chunks of instructions are executed many times. Each chunk performs one specific task and goes by the label algorithm, a method for accomplishing a specific task. In the United States, it is possible to obtain a patent for a software algorithm. One example of a patented software algorithm is the LZW software algorithm. The LZW patent is owned by Unisys. The...
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Death Penalty Capital Punishment
1,363 wordsCapital Punishment: a. k. a. the death penalty. To kill or not to kill. This is an extremely controversial question in today's society. The number of people who are for it still believe in the saying, " an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. " These are the people who feel if you intentionally take the life of someone else, then yours should be taken as well. But then there are the other number of people who feel the death penalty should be banned because of its cruel and unjust way of punishme...
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Break Dancing Hip Hop
1,046 wordsMost artists have a slang word or hand gesture that they use to represent their hometown. The rap group Young Blood, usually make an "A" with their left index and middle fingers and right index finger, as a way to display the fact that they are from Atlanta, also more informally known as the A. T. L. Out of the bonds and strong holds of slavery festered a cultural trend, which has sense became known as hip-hop. In spite of the vicious and malicious attempts made by White Americans to keep slaves...
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Moulin Rouge Baz Luhrmann
940 wordsMoulin Rouge! (2001) Moulin Rouge (2001) is produced by Baz Luhrmann. This film won 2 Oscars and another sixty five wins and eighty three nominations. Stars: Nicole Kidman (Satine) and Ewan McGregor (Christian). Although it is very difficult to speak about musical, Moulin Rouge was one of the few films that have made great impression on me. Musical is, probably, one of the most interesting genres of theatrical performance. It is the most conditional genre. Musical demands from the actors not onl...
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Feminine Mystique Betty Friedan
1,161 wordsAmerican Literature Literature is often considered to be the mirror of the society. The American literature is no exception to the rule. The twentieth century caused significant changes in the subject ad style of American literature. Agrarian and rural lifestyles became less popular, reminding Americans the things of the past, and more people felt isolation despite they lived in big cities. The U. S. writers who created the modernist movement (e. g. , Ernest Hemingway and others) reflected these...
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Historical Understanding Of The Canterbury Tales
1,366 wordsHistorical Understanding of the Canterbury Tales Chaucer's Canterbury Tales contains many different types of individuals that exist in the Middle Ages, therefore the work is quite important from the historical standpoint. Although these characters lived in the fourteenth century, people similar to them still exist in todays society. Three pilgrims from Canterbury Tales who parallel people from today are the Merchant, who is closely related to the middle-class businessmen of today; the Nonne, who...
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Cyrano Happiness Low Self Worth Roxanne
876 wordsWhile reading Cyrano de Bergerac, I found myself often wondering whether or not Cyrano had led a happy life. Actually, I never once wondered that, but that is irrelevant, because Cyrano? s happiness is the focus of this essay. Was he happy? Truth be told, I cannot say for sure. If we look upon his life, it would seem that he was a bit of a martyr, always sacrificing his happiness for the sake of others. This is probably the case, but I do not believe that he led his life with his happiness as an...
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Censorship Of The Internet Offensive Material
1,051 wordsThe Internet is a wonderful place of entertainment and education, but like all places where people conspire, there are some corners that people would prefer children not to explore. World society as a whole attempts to protect children, yet there are no required technological constraints to Internet surfing. In a civilization where people have become demented and twisted, aiming to please themselves with naked pictures of women and children, it may be necessary to censor this material for the mo...
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Time Life Books Head Of State
1,267 wordsSingapore, since it attained its independence on June 3, 1959, has been a thriving, trading nation. It had been controlled by the British, but after negotiations, was relinquished to self-autonomy with the understanding that it would remain a republic. Since then, it has reaffirmed its non-Communist stance and continued with progressive economic policies to the delight of the free world. Singapore? s modern history begins with its independence. It quickly drafted a Constitution, which called for...
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T S Eliot Waste Land
1,387 wordsA student at Illinois Wesleyan University recently confessed to holding a morbid fear of parked cars. He said, Im terribly afraid one of them will roll right over me (Hamel). The actual odds of a parked car suddenly rolling over him are extremely slim; however, that does not alleviate his fears. It takes this poor boy a great amount of personal will power just to walk across a street where there are parked cars. As senseless as a fear of parked cars may be, people constantly allow their lives to...
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Millions Of Years Fossil Record
966 wordsAfter debating all of the presented theories I have come to two realizations about creation and the theories relating to it. My first realization was that I find the framework theory the most likely of all the theories because it was the theory with the least holes in it. My second realization was that if all of us agreed on the main points of Genesis (God created the earth, all things are special to Him, He is sovereign over all things, ect) then it really does not make a difference how it was ...
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Book Was Written Begins To Question
1,714 words451 degrees Fahrenheit is the temperature at which paper, more specifically books, burns. As a fireman living in a futuristic city, it is Guy Montag s job to see that that is exactly what happens. Ray Bradbury predicts in his novel Fahrenheit 451, that the future without literature everything from newspapers to novels to the Bible. Anyone caught with books hidden in their home is forced out of it while the firemen force their way in. Then, the firemen turn the house into an inferno. With pride, ...
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Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain
1,293 wordsHow I Compare To Huckleberry In a desperate attempt to create an essay like no other, and a lack of detail in what was already complete, I have decided to compare myself with Huckleberry Finn. Huckleberry Finn is one of Americas favorite fictional characters. He is the focus of many interpretations; completely changing what Twain intended for him to be. In the same way, many lack understanding for me through misinterpretation. In various ways, I am similar to Huckleberry but in several others, w...
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Sign Of Weakness Machiavelli
1,167 wordsMachiavellian Politics in The Prince The Prince, written by Niccolo Machiavelli, is one of the first examinations of politics and science from a purely scientific and rational perspective. Machiavelli theorizes that the state is only created if the people cooperate and work to maintain it. The state is also one of man? s greatest endeavors, and the state takes precedence over everything else. The state should be one? s primary focus, and maintaining the sovereignty of the state one? s most vital...
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Mother Told Short Story
1,043 wordsDuringKrik Krak Cruel World During the twentieth century, many Haitians lived a life full of poverty and terror; do to the many wars and epidemics that were established in the country. Throughout her novel Krak? Krak! , Edwidge Danticat depicts the violence, brutality and cruelty her people suffered during that time. In her first two stories, we get a glimpse of the horror in which the Haitian culture had to endure. Whether it was a group of protesting students getting gunned down, a young women...
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Life On Earth Newly Discovered
881 wordsUntil recently, scientists believed that the sole source of energy responsible for life on earth was the sun. In 1977, a group of scientists researching the theory of plate tectonics, traveled to the floor of the equatorial Pacific Ocean and discovered something that could possibly explain how life began on this planet. From the Galapagos Rifts thermal springs, scientists discovered densely populated communities of several species never before observed. Since that time the Federal Government has...
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Sign Of Weakness Strong Military
1,156 wordsMachiavellian Politics in The Prince The Prince, written by Niccolo Machiavelli, is one of the first examinations of politics and science from a purely scientific and rational perspective. Machiavelli theorizes that the state is only created if the people cooperate and work to maintain it. The state is also one of mans greatest endeavors, and the state takes precedence over everything else. The state should be ones primary focus, and maintaining the sovereignty of the state ones most vital conce...
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Mise En Scene Present Day
660 wordsAlthough the average viewer is rarely conscious of it, mise-en-scene is both a powerful and important cinematic technique in film. Mise-en-scene allows the director to guide the viewer s attention to what they should be looking at so that important details are not missed and trivial details are not focused on. Many effective elements of mise-en-scene are illustrated in the white room scene in The Matrix, in which directors Andy and Larry Wachowski use only minimal setting, costume, and staging i...
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Jim And Antonia Characters In The Story
889 wordsThe Use of Parallels and Imagery in My Antonia by: D. P. (AKiN) My Antonia, by Willa Cather, is a book tracing the story of a young man, Jim Burden, and his relationship with a young woman, Antonia Shimerda. Jim narrates the entire story in first person, relating accounts and memories of his childhood with Antonia. He traces his coming to the Nebraska where he and Antonia meet and grow up. Jim looks back on all of his childhood scenes with Antonia with nearly heartbreaking nostalgia. My Antonia,...
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Personality God
1,012 wordsEvery person has different facets in his or her personality. Generally, the good traits outweigh the bad. However, when this does not happen, the unpleasant aspects break through and hide the favorable conditions. In the play, Oedipus, by Sophocles, the character Oedipus, in a search for the truth, at first appeared to be a caring individual. Because of Oedipus? persistent quest for the truth, his unpleasant aspects became very apparent. While Oedipus was a noble king, he was incredibly stubborn...
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