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- 24651: Analysis of Advertisements for Two Different Things
- ... desire read further into the text. The sections are divided into fine print paragraphs with a slightly larger heading above. Everything is set plainly and unassumingly. This can be justified to mirror an American professional's lifestyle: simple, neat, and organized. The first four lines in the `Monster Truck' ad: "bigger tires, bigger competition, bigger thrills, bigger mud-splitting" uses repetition to accentuate the fact that this game is bigger and ... Racing", goes to emphasize the fact that the game is not intended for the faint hearted conservative but rather for the hardcore gamer. Conversely, the pictures in the `Project' ad are very realistic to one's life compared to the `virtual' world of the `Monster Truck' game. The central picture is, of course, the businessman who is denoted by the blue collared shirt, tie and neat appearance. The man has a ... visualize where the project is going. Next is photo is a small boy whispering into the ear of a girl. While this can signfy communication among everyone, instead I believe it to be the man's children to show that he is a successful business and family man. Lastly, the final link goes to a picture of the box `Microsoft Project'. This relates the software to the other items by ...
- 24652: Bill Gates: Biography
- ... School. There, he began his career in personal computer software, programming computers at age 13. In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, now Microsoft's executive vice president for sales and support. While at Harvard, Gates developed the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer -- the MITS Altair. In his junior year, Gates dropped out of Harvard to devote his ... the technical development of new products. A significant portion of his time is devoted to meeting with customers and staying in contact with Microsoft employees around the world through e-mail. Under Gates' leadership, Microsoft's mission is to continually advance and improve software technology and to make it easier, more cost-effective and more enjoyable for people to use computers. The company is committed to a long-term view, reflected ... of December 12, 1996, Gates' Microsoft stock holdings totaled 282,217,980 shares. In 1995, Gates wrote The Road Ahead, his vision of where information technology will take society. Co-authored by Nathan Myhrvold, Microsoft's chief technology officer, and Peter Rinearson, The Road Ahead held the No. 1 spot on the New York Times' bestseller list for seven weeks. Published in the U.S. by Viking, the book was ...
- 24653: College Essay: If You Could Meet Anyone, Who Would It Be and Why - Polonius of Hamlet
- College Essay: If You Could Meet Anyone, Who Would It Be and Why - Polonius of Hamlet Polonius, father of Laertes, in William Shakespear's Hamlet, strikes me as someone exceptional. In the first act, he gives advice to his son who is departing on a journey. Polonius's advice guides me in almost every aspect of my life. I would like to talk with Polonius to gain more insight on life. Along with other advice, Polonius delivers one of te most famous quotes from Hamlet: "To thine own self be true." Polonius's quote helps me make tough decisions. Such an occasion arises when I have weighed the advantages and disadvantages of a choice, and they are equal. When faced with this situation, I ask myself, "would ...
- 24654: Biography: Anne Sullivan (1866-1936)
- Biography: Anne Sullivan (1866-1936) Early Life Anne Mansfield Sullivan's background was one of extreme poverty and misery. When she was five years old she lost her sight, and was put into a poorhouse when her family broke up. Eventually she attended the Perkins School for the Blind in Boston. She was nicknamed "Spitfire" because she behaved badly and was very rude; however the school's director realized that she could become a talented pupil. Several years later, after two operations, she regained her sight and graduated with honours. Life with Helen She came to work with Helen when she was ... graduate of the Perkins School for the Blind. Her persistence in trying to reach the deaf-blind child was rewarded in the now famous incident at the backyard pump. That breakthrough was immortalized in Gibson's play, books, on television and in film. Miss Sullivan transcribed many books into Braille for Helen Keller. She attended school and college with her pupil, and accompanied her everywhere for almost 50 years. Throughout ...
- 24655: Kevlar
- ... armor and making architectural structures stronger (Sci. & Inv. Enc., 1354). Kevlar 49 is mainly made out of coal, corn, air, and water; making it rot and rust resistant. Compared to steel and concrete, Kevlar 49's psi (pressure per square inch) is 525,000, steel's is 36,000, and concrete's is 3,000 (New Necessities). The blast suppression, or body armor, is strong enough to endure machine gun fire (up to .3 caliber), land mines, terroristic weapons, and a chainsaw (New Necessities). It does ...
- 24656: The Symbolism In Ethan Frome
- ... of the town, whether it be the town as a whole or a specific place. For example, Starkfield was a dreary town, "buried under snow, silent and incommunicative as the characters (Nevius 136)." Even Ethans farmhouse was symbolic of himself. The "L" of the farmhouse was like that of his own body, shrunken and weak (Nevius 136). Ethan himself represented Whartons idea of a honorable man in the nineteenth century. He has admirable qualities, such as integrity, ambition, and wisdom (Magill 531). It is his sense of morals and responsibility that continuously prevents him from leaving ... and saw-mill he is left with, and finally his marriage to the once bright Zeena all bring Ethan further into a state of unhappiness (Ousby 154). Wharton was also careful to bring out Ethans quality of sensitivity to the beauty around him (Nevius 153), a quality seemingly unique to him until he meets Mattie Silver. Both Ethan and Mattie are humans "whose souls - and finally, whose bodies - are ...
- 24657: Ways Of Selecting Romantic Par
- ... studies that best relate to the research topic. The first appeared in Sex Roles. The article was titled Sex Differences in Factors of Romantic Attraction. The second appeared in Psychological Reports and was titled, Men s Preferences in Romantic Partners: Obesity vs. Addiction. The third appeared in College Student Journal and was titled, College Students Homogamous Preferences for a Date and Mate. The fourth appeared in Sex Roles titled, Pursuit of ... The last article appeared in Psychological Bulletin titled, Gender Differences in Mate Selection Preferences: A Test of the Parental Investment Model. The first article, Sex Differences in Factors of Romantic Attraction was written by Jeffrey S. Nevid. His studies method included an anonymous survey in a college classroom consisting of only heterosexual males and females around the age of 19 to 22 years. The author wanted to see if the popular ... studies. In his survey, many physical attributes were presented and the numbers showed that when choosing sexual partners, both men choosing romantic partners, personal characteristics were given more importance than physical. The second article, Men s Preferences in Romantic Partners: Obesity vs. Addiction was written by Sarah Sitton and Sharon Blanghard. The studies conducted by the two women were done using classified ads. The study was done to compare how ...
- 24658: Whale
- Whale weighs as much as 20 elephants but lives beneath the sea. The blue whale is Earth's largest animal. Larger than the largest of ancient dinosaurs, blue whales can grow to be more than 100 feet (30 meters) long and weigh nearly 150 tons. Not all whales are so large. The much ... from 3 to 13 feet (1 to 4 meters). Although whales spend their lives in the sea, they are, like humans, warm-blooded mammals. After a baby whale is born, it nurses on its mother's milk, just like the young of land mammals. Whales are members of the order Cetacea, along with dolphins, porpoises, and the narwhal. There are two basic types of living cetaceans: baleen, or whalebone, whales of ... blue whale, have skin that is bluish-gray. The surface of the skin is smooth, but like other mammals, whales have hair. Hair first appears while the fetal whale is still developing inside its mother's womb. In adult whales, hair is confined primarily to a few bristles in the head region and is largely absent over most of the body. Whales that live in polar regions are insulated from ...
- 24659: Charles Dickens: Biography
- ... Smollet, and Henry Fielding. However, most of the knowledge he later used as an author came from his environment around him. 4 MIDDLE LIFE Dickens became a newspaper writer and reporter in the late 1820's. He specialized in covering debates in Parliament, and also wrote feature articles. His work as a reporter sharpened his naturally keen ear for conversation and helped develop his skill in portraying his characters speach realistically ... adventure and misadventures of the English Countryside. After a slow start, The Pickwick Papers as the book was usually called gained a popularity seldom matched in the history of literature. 7 Then in 1837, Catherine's sister Mary, died. Because of her death Dickens' suffered a lot of grief. This led some scholars to believe that Dickens loved Mary more than Catherine. Catherine was a good woman but she lacked intelligence ... poor children and a loan society to enable the poor to prove to Australia. 11 Then about 1865 his health started to decline and he died of a stroke on June 9, 1870. 12 Dicken's Work The Great Expectations This story talks about a guy who is in love with a girl. It is the theme of a youths discovery of the realities of life. An unknown person provides ...
- 24660: Who Is Free To Choose
- ... as an outlet to express their ideas and to incorporate ideas from others. Censorship of the Internet is wrong because it obstructs other people from accessing what they want to see and it inhabits people s free speech. Censorship on the Internet has been a growing concern for the past three years. The wide range of information available has made it a tempting target for those who want to control what a person can see and read. The Random House Webster s School and Office Dictionary defines censorship as, An official who examines books, films etc., to suppress anything objectionable . (CD ROM) The next question is who is going to decide for the millions of users on ... and wrong is not up to the Internet, computer software, or search engines. It is the responsibility of the parents. Parents have to begin playing a more active role in all aspects of their children s lives, including life on the Internet.The Internet should not be censored because it will inhabit free speech. This is one of the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment and one reason this country ...
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