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- 19541: Compaq
- Locational Implications of a Take-Over -Compaq Computer Corporation will lead in today's economic geography conference. At Compaq we recognize the need to become a global leader in enterprise computing solutions. The acquisition of Digital Equipment Corporation, an American US-based designer and manufacturer of mini-computers will greatly strengthen value proposition to customers. We are committed to supporting these key customer relationships by investing in Digital's strategic assets, particularly its worldwide service organization, as well as it's 64-bit leadership with Alpha microprocessors, OpenVMS, Digital UNIX and Windows NT enterprise systems, open storage and software products. With the acquisition of Digital, we have transformed into a leader in key markets that ...
- 19542: Of Mice and Men: A Review
- ... the story including loneliness, relationships, and dreams. John Steinbeck uses a wide variety of literary devices including allegory and similes. One of the most powerful devices that Steinbeck uses is foreshadowing. The shooting of Candy's dog foreshadows the death of Lennie. Steinbeck spends a great deal of time illustrating the relationship between Candy and his dog. They have been together for many years and they keep each other company in the same manner that George and Lennie do. This makes these three men very different from the rest of the ranch workers who are primarily loners. When Carlson shoots Candy's dog in the back of the head, Candy loses his companion, which makes it evident that something similar will happen to George. Lennie is like Candy's dog. He is even described by Steinbeck with animal-like qualities. His hands are described as "paws" and he drinks water like a "horse". Lennie's passion for animals makes him more animal-like ...
- 19543: Reconstruction in the South
- ... in the Southern states that were under Union control. Lincoln appointed new temporary governors and instructed each to call a convention to create a new state government as soon as a group of the state's citizen totaling 10 percent of the voters in the 1860 presidential election had signed oaths of loyalty to the Union. Under this plan new governments were formed in Louisiana, Tennessee and Arkansas but the Congress ... took an oath of loyalty but Lincoln pocket vetoed the bill. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated just as the South surrendered in April 1865, and then Andrew Johnson inherited the problem of Reconstruction. Johnson supported Lincoln's plan after taking office. Enough Confederates signed these oaths to enable the immediate creation of new governments. Johnson required that the new states ratify the 13th Amendment freeing the slaves, abolish slavery in their own ... Black Codes were harsh local and state laws passed to control blacks in the South after the Civil War. The Radical Republicans reconstruction plan included the passage of the 13th Amendment and established the Freedman's Bureau(Jackson made the 13th Amendment part of his plan). The Freedman's Bureau is an agency of the Federal government set up in 1865 to help former slaves and other persons suffering from ...
- 19544: Censorship On The Internet
- ... or indecent material on the net. Under the first amendment the government must not regulate cyberporn. Online sex has been around since the first bulletin boards were available over the computer in the early 1980's. People would pay to down load pornographic pictures and talk dirty to each other. Usenet groups took control of porn after the Internet came about. They did not charge people to down load picture and ... they were becoming a victim of a pedophile while in a cybersex chat room. After visiting some of the sites, “...pedophiles will use the materials to arouse themselves and then seek out children...Whether it’s simulated technology or it’s the real stuff, it arms a pedophile so it’s easier to find children and molest them. (Stevens A4).” With out needing to identify yourself on the net, it is easy for adults to ...
- 19545: The Great Gatsby 2
- Nick, one of the most sophisticated characters in Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby", makes a potent narrator due to the fact that his characteristics are a key to analyzing the other characters. As the novel proceeds Nick is the most reliable source for the reader ... relationship of the novel. Nick is mainly an outsider, who has no real connection to either of the other characters. This is what relates Nick to the reader. The reader immediately feels comfortable in Nick's company. He, just like the reader, is still trying to define the characters and this is what makes him a perfect narrator. With each appearance Nick gathers more information about each individual, since he is ... is new to Long Island and is confronted with some characters for the first time. Just like the reader. Having Nick be the narrator simplifies the process of getting "aquainted" with every new character. What's more, Nick is the one that keeps the whole story together. As known Fitzgerald liked to spread the story over each character. Each character therefore is essential to the outcome of the novel. Nick ...
- 19546: Monet
- ... Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe. Le premiere fils de Monet, Jean, est né a Paris sans mariage en 1867. Monet a essayé de suicide en 1868. Camille et Claude ont epousé en 1870, et il s'est refugé a Londres lorsque la guerre a escaladé. Le prochaine an son père est mort et Monet a déménagé à Argenteuil. Argenteuil a situé près de Paris sur la Seine. En 1878 Michel, le ... fils, est né. Camille est morte dans 1879 de tuberculose. Après la mort de Camille, Alice Horschedé a prend en charge la famille de Claude Monet en plus de ses six enfants. Toute la famille s'est installé à Poissy en 1881. Neuf ans derniers en date, Monet a acheté la maison de Giverny. Pendant les deux ans prochain, M. Hoschedé a mort et Monet a epousé Alice. En 1907 Monet ... morte en 1911 et trois ans prochain Jean est mort. En 1922 Monet n'a pas travaille parce-que son vision était trop mal, mais l'an prochain il a eu un operation. Sa vue s'est amelieorée. Monet est mort en 1926. Il a souffré d'un cancer du poumon. Monet's Art Monet's art began with his love for school. He once said, "It [school] seemed like ...
- 19547: Canada
- CANADA Did you ever stop and wonder how much we take the place we live for granted? If you were to take the time, you would discover how diverse are Canada's history, geography, climate, economy, cultures and government. Did you know it is the largest country in the world now that U.S.S.R broke up. Specifically, Canada is 9,922,330 square km. Did you know that Canada used to be named "Kanata"? Yes, Kanata is an Indian word meaning village. It was not until July ...
- 19548: Battle Royal
- ... mental reflection of the society and or time in which he or she live in, is consistent with that persons morality or standards of right and wrong. I realize that my concept of a person's reality being consistent with morality is quite confusing. I also except the fact that there are always exceptions to rules. In this case it being that some peoples moralities contradicting their reality. However this realization ... and ethics reveal to us their mental reality, then their mental reality discloses the reality of the society in which they live in. However to clarify my thoughts I will use Book 5 of Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" to elaborate more about reality and morality. And from that I will show you how the grandson breaks away from the reality that he is been taught to see, and steps in to the light that his grandfather guide's him too before he dies. "Battle Royal" is a story about a black boy that is psychologically wakened when he overhears what his grandfather says at his deathbed to his father. This boy, before ...
- 19549: Animation
- ... cleaned-up line test is approved, each drawing is transferred to a sheet of celluloid or acetate (a cell) and painted in the colours of the original design. 9.Backgrounds Background artists produce the animation's backgrounds, the background is everything behind or, sometimes, in front of the actors that does not move. 10.Checking The finished animation cells are passed to the checker, who makes sure that everything is correctly ... can put on the suit, and his or her movement will be transferred to the computer and processed as digital information. This causes the rendered actor to move on the computer monitor. After the actor's movements have been acted out like the script needed, voices are sequently merged together creating a single sequence of animation. Now the actor can be printed to the film's background, creating full feature animation. This is how animation studios produce computer rendered animations. Due to the tremendous pace at which computers are becoming more widely available in our everyday society today, almost anyone ...
- 19550: Beloved
- ... pain are numerous, including the stealing of her milk, the murdering of her child, Beloved, attempting to kill the rest of her children, and two of her children leaving her because of it. When Sethe's murdered child, Beloved, returns, the pain she feels from these sources intensifies and begins to adversely effect her life. Beloved's intentions put simply seem to be to control, Sethe to make her a slave, but Sethe, in the end, is able to break free of the slavery and pain by letting the pain go. Beloved is the embodiment of Sethe's pain. Beloved is the symbol, if not the child, whom she murdered, an event, which is closely tied to her worst pain. The action of killing Beloved occurred while she was trying to kill ...
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