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Matthew Brady

Matthew Brady was a famous photographer throughout the 1800s. He was born May 18th, 1822 to immigrant parents in New York. He is known as the father of photo journalism, and was the first person to photographically document the Civil War. Matthew went at his new work with enthusiasm. He was young, ...

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Wavelength

By Matej Jancar Wavelength (1967) is a continuous forty-five minute zoom from its widest field to its smallest and final field which rests on the photograph of ocean on the wall. The camera is motionless and is facing far side of eighty foot New York loft with windows. There are four human ...

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Article Critique: Building Blocks: The First Steps of Creating a Multicultural Classroom

Larri Fish describes in his article “ Building Blocks: The First Steps of Creating a Multicultural Classroom,” the various ways in which diversity in a classroom setting may be improved and move beyond “multicultural moments.” Educators teaching in a multicultural setting may be unsure of how to ...

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Design-Based Research

Summary: Design-Based Research is a lens or set of analytical techniques that balances the positivist and interpretivist paradigms and attempts to bridge theory and practice in education. A blend of empirical educational research with the theory-driven design of learning environments, DBR is an ...

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Spring and All

“Spring and (Not) All Spring and All is often referred to as Williams's most experimental and avant-garde book. (5) Yet when it was first published, the slim volume barely caught anyone's eye. Williams had been rejected by several publishers before Robert McAlmon, who was living in France and ...

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Disruptive Technology

The 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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Echolocation

Echolcation - the location of objects by their echos - is a highly specialized faculty that enables dolphins to explore their environment and search out their prey in a watery world where sight is often of little use. As sound travels four and a half times faster in water than in air, the dolphin's ...

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Social Media and Best Practices

Social media in the workplace has become a prevalent adaptation. Mini computer networks with the applications of FB, Twitter, Flickr and others are right at our fingertips. Technology can be a benefit and an affliction on a workplace employer’s need to protect employee rights and freedom of ...

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Commentary on “After Apple Picking”

In Frost's poetry any deviation, not only from the iambic foot but from the iambic pentameter line as well, is an important marker of the speaker's state of mind, his control, and his capacity for irony. "After Apple Picking" keeps resolutely returning to pentameter lines, but the speaker is ...

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Barbie Doll

Review of Literary Works Channon Sommers Western Governors University In review of the Marge Piercy's poem the "Barbie Doll", the author describes the battle young ladies experience dealing with their self image as it relates to the world. The running theme throughout the poem illustrates how ...

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Malcolm X Speech Critique

Malcolm X Speech Critique Britt Wright George Mason University Speech URL: http://www.malcolm-x.org/speeches/spc_021465.htm Outline: By Any Means Necessary * Context of Malcolm X's By Any Means + Malcolm's experience in Mecca has changed his perception + Audience was extremely ...

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Violence as Seen in Shyam Selvadurai's Funny Boy

Discussion of the Sinhala/Tamil Conflict Shyam Selvadurai's Funny Boy leads the reader through a narrative of the Sinhala/ Tamil conflict in Sri Lanka, which first erupted in the early '80s. Even though the novel is very much about the personal growth of the protagonist, Arjie, each individual ...

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Authorship, Post-Classical and Art Cinema Narration - In Reference to Robert Altman’s 'The Player'

Cinema Assessment Task 2 Authorship, Post-Classical and Art Cinema Narration In response to Q3 and referring to Robert Altman's The Player Robert Altman's 1992 film The Player is a savagely comic film that explores the cutthroat nature of the Hollywood film industry. The film, which ...

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To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter 1 Analysis

The first chapter's emphasis on family history and stories within stories describes the rigid social ties that hold society together in the little town of Maycomb, Alabama, and the inescapable links that tie an individual to his or her family or clan. The book opens by mentioning how at age twelve, ...

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History of Film

The history of film has expanded a great deal over the last century. With the first major contributions being made in the late nineteenth century, motion pictures urbanized from a carnival novelty into one of the most important tools of communication and entertainment for modern day viewers. ...

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Iris Recognition An Emerging Biometric Technology

BIOMETRICS IN NETWORK SECURITY "IRIS RECOGNITION AN EMERGING BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY" Abstract: In today's information technology world, security for systems is becoming more and more important. The number of systems that have been compromised is increasing and one area where security can ...

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Computers

Computers IT190-1204A-01 Introduction to IT Individual Project Elaine Thornton October 14, 2012 Sarah just graduated from high school, and is going on to college. Her parents are willing to give her some money to get a good laptop. For Sarah I choose to go to dell.com to search for a ...

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Webcams

Introduction The webcam is a device usually attached to a monitor or desk and connected to the computer by a USB port that allows users to send live video over the web. This video feed can be used with a website where the public can view or distributed to selected users to enable a video chat. ...

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Book Review: “Cultures and Societies in a Changing World”

Book Review: “Cultures and Societies in a Changing World” The concept of culture and its many often unrecognized aspects are discussed in detail in Wendy Griswold’s third edition of “Cultures and Societies in a Changing World.” Griswold explores the concept of the cultural object, social ...

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District 9

District 9 (Peter Jackson, 2009), a science ?ction ?lm produced by Peter Jackson, is a rare gem unlike the many sci-? movies which have been released in our time. The story is established via a mix of standard third person camera and documentary footage and takes place in the present - a twist from ...

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