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    hotspot shield

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    “Hotspot Shield” Industry: Software solutions Founded: 2005 Headquarters: Silicon valley‚ California Key people: Co-founders David Gorodyansky and Eugene Malobrodsky Products: Internet security and privacy‚ VPN application Parent: Anchor Free Website: Hotspot shield Hotspot shield is a software application developed by Anchor Free Inc. that allows the users to surf the internet privately by creating a virtual private network so the users can gain secure access to all internet content‚ while

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    The Shield of Achilles

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    of which has about it something whole and total‚ so that there are a multiplicity of visions of the cosmos‚ all equally possible and legitimate in so far as they spring from the universal and immutable principles. Titus Burkhardt. To every shield‚ there is another side‚ hidden. A. N. Whitehead. In the Hesiodic account of the world-ages‚ preserved in the ancient writing known to us as the Works and Days‚ the poet briefly describes the age of the heroes. He tells us that the heroes

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    The Shield of Achilles

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    The Poem W. H. Auden’s “The Shield of Achilles” is a nine-stanza poem that uses an episode from Homer’s ancient Greek epic Iliad (c. 800 b.c.e.; Eng. trans.‚ 1616) to meditate on the violence and brutality of the modern world. The poem begins with an unnamed woman looking over the shoulder of an unnamed man; the two are named in the last stanza‚ but those who know the Iliad well will immediately recognize from the poem’s title that the woman is the goddess Thetis‚ the mother of the Greek hero Achilles

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    Orion Shield

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    Executive Summary The Orion Shield Project was analyzed‚ particularly in regard to the program manager‚ Gary Allison. Having never managed a program before‚ Gary was given an opportunity to do so on this valuable project. Several stakeholders came into play; some that helped contribute to Gary’s demise‚ and others who were often left to pick up the pieces where Gary may have failed. Ultimately‚ it was determined that in more than one way‚ Gary was not a successful program manager. Technical

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    aren’t real‚ or for a parent to watch as their son or daughter make life changing decisions. Decisions like which colleges to go to‚ or to decide to marry their high school sweet heart. A teenager’s loss of innocence is the focal point of Joyce Carol Oates short story “Where are you going? Where have you been?” featuring the main protagonist‚ Connie. Connie is forced to face the ordeal of becoming an adult at the age of fifteen in a matter of minutes. She spurns her parents in an effort to be

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    Compare and contrast the ways in which Carol Ann Duffy presents female characters in ’The World’s Wife’. The Worlds Wife is a joyous collection of poems about women which was published in 1999‚ which are given a voice in society as the original stories/myths gave women no say. The poems features biblical‚ mythical and historical which are very well known. All the poems are dramatic monologues in a feminist approach. Most poems are seen as witty‚ interesting and hilarious. The main themes shown

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    can happen when each person accepts each others without hesitation. In most families‚ the bond between parents and child is one of unconditional love. However‚ not all families’ relationships are ideal. In the two short stories "Shopping" by Joyce Carol Oates and "Song of Songs" by Ellen Gilchrist‚ the main characters in each are lacking a sense of real love in their souls. They both experience emptiness in their hearts and are searching for unconditional love to fulfill their lives. Both women in

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    Joyce Carol Oates’ story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is initially about a teen (Connie) who is going through the beginning phases of teen life‚ playing into the stereotype of an image-conscious teen. She is recalcitrant with her parents‚ sneaks off to start hanging out with boys‚ et cetera. About a third of the way through the story‚ a man that she had seen earlier at the diner shows up to take her out for a drive‚ and the situation goes downhill as she asks him more and more questions

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    There are circumstances in one’s life that force us to advance our mentality. In Joyce Carol Oates’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been." Connie‚ a young teen is faced with a life changing experience‚ forcing her to transform from a young teen to a young adult. In John Updike’s "A & P" Sammy chooses to put himself in a tight situation only to loose his job‚ trying to be heroic to three young girls and failed‚ as a result of his child-like decision. "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have

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    Every person experiences changes in his life. Some of these changes are small such as the passing from one grade to another in school. Other changes are more dramatic‚ such as the transition from childhood to adulthood. In Joyce Carol Oates’ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" the author goes into depth of the transition from being a carefree‚ innocent child to the complexity and uncertainty of the future when one becomes an adult. The message begins even before the story itself actually

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