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  • Students Living in Temporary Spaces

    Students Living in Temporary Spaces

    TO: Students Living in Temporary Spaces From: Chris Gregory, Cone CRL SUB: Staying in Lounges for the remainder of the Academic Year Students, If you wish to stay in your current space for the remainder of the year, you may be able to do so with my permission. I want to clearly state that simply requesting permanent status in a lounge is not necessary or sufficient. I will need to meet with all students currently

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    Essay Length: 381 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Victor
  • 2001 Chevy Silverado Motor Trend’s 2001 Truck of the Year

    2001 Chevy Silverado Motor Trend’s 2001 Truck of the Year

    INTRODUCING THE 2001 CHEVY SILVERADO MOTOR TREND’S 2001 TRUCK OF THE YEAR While shopping for a new pick up truck I discovered a real find, the 2001 Chevrolet Silverado. Ford may have been the best selling pickup in the United States, but more and more Americans are turning to Chevrolet to meet their hauling needs. While Dodge and Ford are making drastic changes to their full-size pickups’ appearance, Chevrolet has decided to stick with more

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    Essay Length: 966 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Jon
  • Heroic Code in the Iliad and the Odyssey

    Heroic Code in the Iliad and the Odyssey

    Heroic Code in the Iliad and the Odyssey In Webster’s Dictionary, a hero is defined as a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of purpose, especially if this individual has risked or sacrificed his life. In the Iliad and the Odyssey, the code which administers the conduct of the Homeric heroes is a straightforward idea. The aim of every hero is to achieve honor. Throughout the Iliad and the Odyssey, different characters take on

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    Essay Length: 1,000 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: July
  • Hubble Space Telescope

    Hubble Space Telescope

    Have you ever wondered what a star looks like up close? Or, far away galaxies? Well, you can see it all with the Hubble Space Telescope. Did you know that the Hubble Space Telescope (H.S.T.) was named after American astronomer, Edwin Hubble? Edwin Powell Hubble was born on November 20th, 1889, in Marshfield Missouri. Today Edwin Hubble is remembered as the man who searched “for the boundaries of the universe.” The H.S.T. cost an estimated

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    Essay Length: 342 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Weaknesses of Odysseus and His Crew in the Odyssey

    Weaknesses of Odysseus and His Crew in the Odyssey

    Through every obstacle Odysseus and his sailors face, Odysseus shows courage and wisdom that surpasses his shipmates’, but he also displays some of the same weaknesses they have. The sailors open the bag Odysseus received from Aeolus, who controls the wind, thinking that Aeolus had given him money. Instead, they release the winds and are blown off course. This act illustrates the greed of the sailors, but Odysseus also faults by his greed and

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    Essay Length: 304 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Discovery (space Shuttle)

    The Discovery (space Shuttle)

    Discovery, the third orbiter to become operational at Kennedy Space Center, was named after one of two ships that were used by the British explorer James Cook in the 1770s during voyages in the South Pacific that led to the discovery of the Hawaiian Islands. Famous ships have carried the name Discovery, including one used by Henry Hudson to explore Hudson Bay in Canada as well as search for what was hoped to be the

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    Essay Length: 286 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Space Exploration & Technology

    Space Exploration & Technology

    SPACE EXPLORATION & TECHNOLOGY Traveling through space and exploring the unknown has been an unquenched curiosity of mankind’s since the beginning of time. Students of all ages, in schools throughout the world, are becoming more involved in researching space. They are following the current progress of space exploration, and discovering the learning possibilities that come from traveling through the last frontier. “Space Exploration” is an interdisciplinary unit combining multiple disciplines to create a single outcome.

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    Essay Length: 517 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Edward
  • Manned Space Flight Vs Robotics

    Manned Space Flight Vs Robotics

    Robotics Will Only Leave Man on Earth. Since man came to be, he has always explored what was over the next mountain. Now that we have covered all four corners of the Earth, we now look up. Man has only touched the surface on space travel. We are beginning to discover, what it has to offer us, from the discovery of distant galaxies to medical breakthroughs. Man need to be present for these accomplishments not

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    Essay Length: 1,740 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: July
  • Drama in Performance Is Not a Literary Text but Action in Time and Space

    Drama in Performance Is Not a Literary Text but Action in Time and Space

    TOPIC: “DRAMA IN PERFORMANCE IS NOT A LITERARY TEXT BUT ACTION IN TIME AND SPACE” With Reference to your self-revised drama, consider its form and style and discuss non-verbal aspects of production and performance. In your answer discuss aspects such as physicality and space, music, costume, lighting and design, casting choices and use of performance space. A recent drama studies task was to produce a self-devised drama as a class. The final product as well

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    Essay Length: 2,271 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Vika
  • Odyssey

    Odyssey

    The Odyssey, by Homer, is one of the most poetic and vivid verses of its time. Many of its phrases and stanzas are memorable, but select few stand out above all the rest. They contain pictorial descriptions, are dramatized, and deal with major situations in the play. These characteristics combined make an impacting and memorable part of the book. One of these is in Book 11, lines 233-256. I noted this part because of its

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    Essay Length: 363 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Andrew
  • The Impacts of September 11, 2001 on the Aviation Industry’s Marketing Mix

    The Impacts of September 11, 2001 on the Aviation Industry’s Marketing Mix

    Abstract This paper discusses the impacts of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the aviation industry. Specifically, how aviation industry members were forced to alter their marketing mix in response to the events. The four "P's" of marketing were all modified. The airlines had to change their product (route structures) and their prices. They also had to change their promotion tactics to ease the customer's "fear factor". Lastly they had to alter the means

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    Essay Length: 764 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Bred
  • Water in Outer Space

    Water in Outer Space

    In the morning of June 30, 1908, a fantastic explosion occured in central Siberia... Witnesses described an enormous meteoric bolide visible in the sky for a few seconds. Other witnesses from a distance of 60 kilometers (36 miles) from the point of impact were knocked over... Seismic shocks were registered over the whole world... this event was due to the collision with the earth of a block of ice weighing 30,000 tons which... released energy

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    Essay Length: 255 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Open Space office

    Open Space office

    Open space office brings everyone together. The old concept of traditional executive offices has overturned with wall-less office which is determined to break down traditional hierarchical barriers thus will improve communication, collaboration and increase productivity. As the company has just bought one level of office building at Menara KRY to accommodate our future expansion, the paper is to propose the implementation of Open Space Office; a departure of our existing office arrangement at Plaza CTR.

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    Essay Length: 908 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 30, 2010 By: Mike
  • Odyssey

    Odyssey

    Odyssey was Seduced and ‘Set off the path’ by many things. Those things pushed him far away from this path to Ithaca. Odyssey was seduced by calypso, punished by Poseidon, the god of the sea and went to Hades to have a prophet tell him his future. The following are more in-depth descriptions of his struggle on his journey. Odyssey, while on his travels to Ithaca becomes trapped on calypso islands called Ogygia. He then

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    Essay Length: 287 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 30, 2010 By: Monika
  • Crimes in Cyber-Space

    Crimes in Cyber-Space

    A computer crime is defined as, “Criminal activity directly related to the use of computers, specifically illegal trespass into the computer system or database of another, manipulation or theft of stored or on-line data, or sabotage of equipment and data.”2. This includes both crimes using computers and crimes against computers. Cyber-criminals can generally be put into the following categories: · Crackers: These individuals are intent on causing loss to satisfy some antisocial motives or just

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    Essay Length: 1,981 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: February 1, 2010 By: Janna
  • Effect of Space on Human Body

    Effect of Space on Human Body

    Effect of space on Human body 1) Effect on cardiovascular system Human beings living on Earth are affected by gravity because about two-thirds of our daily activities are standing or sitting. Because of this great amounts of body fluids such as blood pool in the lower part of the body. The human body is equipped with various mechanisms to oppose gravity to maintain sufficient blood flow to the brain. In micro gravity environment, the

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    Essay Length: 847 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: February 3, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Odyssey and Ulysses

    The Odyssey and Ulysses

    The Odysseus we know from the epic poem The Odyssey is very different emotionally than the same character described by Alfred Lord Tennyson (under a different name) in his poem Ulysses. Tennyson’s Ulysses is melancholy about the state of his home and wishes to return to the open sea, while Homer’s Odysseus is happy to return home after twenty long years on the seas. Tennyson’s Ulysses describes “how dull it is to pause, to make

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    Submitted: February 5, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Space Shuttle

    Space Shuttle

    Space Shuttle The Space Shuttle is the most amazing and complex machine ever built. Millions of people have been fascinated by it since it was introduced in 1972. Since I was old enough to realize what it was, the Space Shuttle has amazed me. I have always been fascinated by the fire flowing from its huge engines and boosters. The Space Shuttle is more than just a mode of transportation for astronauts to go into

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    Essay Length: 1,041 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: February 13, 2010 By: Steve
  • Culture and Society in "the Odyssey"

    Culture and Society in "the Odyssey"

    Homer’s epic poem, “The Odyssey” reveals many aspects of ancient Greek life and culture through character and plot. Through each of the tales circling the life of Odysseus and the Greek people, Homer depicts the history, legends, values, and merits of the ancient Greeks. Greek culture is known to be one of the most flavored and thorough in history, and each facet of it—from religion to ideology to mentalities and beliefs. The Greeks valued intelligence

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    Submitted: February 14, 2010 By: Anna
  • Black Men and Public Spaces

    Black Men and Public Spaces

    Brent Staples clearly doesn’t like being seen as a threat to people. He seems to know why people feel this way about him, but wishes that they wouldn’t. I think it depresses him to think about it. He calls these run-ins with people “the language of fear.” I think this very accurately describes how the people communicate with staples when they see him. The people who switch sides of the street so they don’t

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    Essay Length: 279 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 14, 2010 By: Steve
  • The Odyssey and the World as Meditation

    The Odyssey and the World as Meditation

    The Odyssey and The World as Meditation The World as Meditation is a poem written by Wallace Stevens. Stevens was born in Reading Pennsylvania on October 2, 1879 and died on August 2, 1955 at the age of seventy-six in Hartford Connecticut (www. English.uiuc.edu). Stevens developed an interested in verse-writing at Harvard, soon after he was contributing to poetry and his first book was published in 1923(www. English.uiuc.edu). He felt that the reviews of his

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    Submitted: February 16, 2010 By: Tommy
  • My Space

    My Space

    3 regions held SBO qualifying tournaments this past weekend and here are the finalists: West Coast 3S: Mike "Pyrolee" Fauson(Yun), Frankie Melendez(Ryu) CFE: Jason Cole(Bison/Rose), Peter "Combofiend" Rosas(Guile/Leo) Midwest 3S: Ari "Floe" Weintraub(Chun), George "Juicy G" Fed(Yun) CFE: Ari "Floe" Weintraub(Karin/Rose), Mike "Elvenshadow" Boczar(Felicia/Demitri) East Coast 3S: Justin Wong(Chun), John "FlashG" Gordon(Ken) CFE: Nestor "Sage" Corchado(Jedah/Anakaris), Sanford "Santhrax" Kelly(Kenji/Guy) Congratulations to all the finalists! The Southwest and grand final qualifier will be held March 11th-13th

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    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: Yan
  • Odyssey Book Review

    Odyssey Book Review

    The original author, Homer, was a Greek poet who wrote epic poems. Not much is known about Homer, but there are different theories of what Homer seems to be. Some believe he was not even a real person, some think that it was a group of people that made up the poems, some think he was a woman, and according to the legend, he was a blind, poor poet who lived in Ionia. The author

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    Submitted: February 24, 2010 By: Mikki
  • The “space Traders” Commentary on Racism

    The “space Traders” Commentary on Racism

    The “Space Traders” Commentary on Racism “Space Traders” is a short story written by Derrick Bell, a current professor of law at NYU. Bell is not a science fiction writer, nor does he claim to be, but he uses science fiction to portray a story of racism that sounds ludicrous upon first reading. However it does in fact tell a story that is relevant to the issues America faces on racism today. Being a lawyer,

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    Submitted: February 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • Importance of Space Race

    Importance of Space Race

    The Space Race was important to U.S history because of the significance of the battle between democratic society and totalitarian communism, because it brought an end to the Cold War, and because it led into further joint ventures between the United States and the Soviet Union (now Russia), including the first space station. (http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal114/gal114.htm)) This 18 year long race between the two nations for international superiority via space and the transportation needed to get

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    Submitted: February 26, 2010 By: regina

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