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Interesting By-Paths Essays and Term Papers
Tele-education1.1 Background of
has a long history beginning with systems like that for teaching children in Australian Outback, the British Open University and other such organizations. These built on the idea of correspondence courses where course materials are sent periodically by post and augmented the ...
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Natural DisastersThis being my senior project I wanted to look at a topic that I found
interesting. Even though I find most topics in the fields interesting, none
catch my attention better than . I have always found disasters
intriguing and have wanted to know more about them. The disaster that I found
most ...
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The Yellow Wallpaper: Going CrazyThe “Yellow Wallpaper” is a Descent into Madness in the nineteenth century. During this period of Literature, women were often portrayed as submissive to men and often-characterized women as oppressed by society, as well as by the male influences in their lives. The “Yellow Wallpaper” presents ...
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The Leaf-Cutting AntsOne of the most little known species of ants in North America is the leaf-cutter ant. This is mainly because it lives in tropical environments and it is not aggressive to animals or humans if not disturbed. The leaf cutting ant is a social insect. Alone the ant is virtually helpless but with the ...
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The Four Political Parties Of CanadaIn a country as vast and as culturally diverse as Canada, many different
political opinions can be found stretched across the country. From the affluent
neighbourhoods of West Vancouver to the small fishing towns located on the east
coast of Newfoundland, political opinions and affiliations ...
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HRM - Ever EvolovingThesis Statement: Advances in technology along with shifts in the nations’ social structure heavily impact the workplace environment, creating a need for new management models in Human Resources.
I. The Changing Workplace
A. An Historical Perspective of Jobs in America
B. Jobs in the 21st ...
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Invisible CloakThe last few invisibility cloaks we've seen have relied on metamaterials to make tiny objects invisible to a specific wavelength of light. This "carpet cloak," from MIT, uses some calcite crystals to make much larger objects disappear in the visible spectrum.
The picture above basically tells ...
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Disruptive TechnologyThe term "disruptive technology" as coined by Christensen (1997) refers to a new technology having lower cost and performance measured by traditional criteria, but having higher ancillary performance. Christensen finds that disruptive technologies may enter and expand emerging market niches, ...
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FEATURES OF RFC 1058FEATURES OF RFC 1058
• The Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is a distance-vector routing protocol, which employs the hop count as a routing metric. RIP prevents routing loops by implementing a limit on the number of hops allowed in a path from the source to a destination. The maximum number of ...
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CometsHave you ever looked up in the sky and seen a little ball creeping by?
If so, did you wonder what it was? That little ball is called a comet.
are small, fragile, and irregularly shaped. Most are composed of frozen gas.
However, some are composed of frozen gas and non-volatile grains. They ...
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Frankenstien And NeuromancerTechnology and its dangerous effects on nature and human life as perceived in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and William Gibson's Neuromancer
Science fiction is the search for a definition of man and his status in the universe which will stand on our advanced but confused state of knowledge (science) ...
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Cao DaiismWhen one thinks of the phrase "Cao Dai," they will associate it with a political group involved in protest of French rule in Vietnam, if they have ever heard of it at all. In actuality, while Cao Daiists did play a part in these protests, Cao Dai is a primarily indigenous Vietnamese religion that ...
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Internet Access: Flat Fee Vs. Pay-Per-UseMost Internet users are either not charged to access information, or pay
a low-cost flat fee. The Information SuperHighway, on the other hand, will
likely be based upon a pay-per-use model. On a gross level, one might say that
the payment model for the Internet is closer to that of broadcast (or ...
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History Of Jazz And Classical MusicUpon entering a modern record store, one is confronted with a
wide variety of choices in recorded music. These choices not only
include a multitude of artists, but also a wide diversity of music
categories. These categories run the gamut from easy listening dance
music to more complex art ...
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Jazz And Classical MusicUpon entering a modern record store, one is confronted with a wide variety of
choices in recorded music. These choices not only include a multitude of artists,
but also a wide diversity of music categories. These categories run the gamut
from easy listening dance music to more complex art music. ...
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Nursing Homes And The Lutheran Home For The AgingRecently, I had the pleasure of having a personal tour of the Lutheran
Home for the Aging located in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. I chose this area of study
because it happened to be convenient in location for me as well as easily
accessible to a source of an interviewee that I felt comfortable with ...
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How to Read Literature Like a ProfessorCh. 21: Markings
For what reason do authors give their characters scars, deformities, or other physical markings? As I was reading this amazing chapter, I immediately thought of a great classic, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Now I must admit, one of the main reasons I thought of this book is ...
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LuxembourgLocation
is located in Europe and is bordered by Belgium, Germany
and France. On a map, it is located at 50 N latitude and 6 E longitude.
Luxembourg is very small. It is only 998 square miles, which is
roughly the size of Orange County, California.
All the country is inhabited, with ...
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The Computer UndergroundDepartment of Sociology
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
(5 March, 1990)
THE BAUDY WORLD OF THE BYTE BANDIT:
A POSTMODERNIST INTERPRETATION OF THE COMPUTER UNDERGROUND
An earlier version of this paper was presented at the ...
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Led ZeppelinHollywood, 1973. It was only the second day of 's stay in Los Angeles. Already, the word was out. Hordes of fans prowled the hallways of their hotel, the infamous Continental Hyatt House. The lobby was filled with photographers, groupies teetering on platform heels, even an impatient car salesman ...
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