Checkpoint: Literary Canon Erin Hailey Patton LIT/210 October 26‚ 2010 Harmon Johnson Write a 175-300 word response to the following questions: 1.) What literature do you consider to be part of the United States current literary canon and why? Over the years literature has changed quite a bit‚ new genres of the wood works
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Checkpoint: Signals Adam Kurylo IT/242 3/8/2012 Voice Signal Technology- Commonly referred to voice over IP‚ or VoIP‚ involves the delivery of voice services over the internet. Voice travels in packets over IP networks with fixed maximum compacity. The technology uses protocols that deal with the data link and the physical layer‚ and use quality of service mechanisms to ensure the technology works well even in congested scenarios. Some of those technologies are; IEEE 802.11e- which defines
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CheckPoint: Human Virtues and Character Strengths The human virtue and associated character strengths that I chose as important to me is Humanity. The reason why I chose this one is because I feel that love and kindness are the center point for other virtues. Imagine the way I look at it‚ as humanity being the center of virtues and leading to other virtues and character strengths. Love is one of the most important things in this world and kindness is rare but important. One very well-known person
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Proto-Indoeuropean language family. 4. Dialect - local or regional characteristics of a language. While accent refers to the pronunciation differences of a standard language‚ a dialect‚ in addition to pronunciation variation‚ has distinctive grammar and vocabulary. Example: The word “y’all” is used in the south‚ almost specifically to that group of people. 5. Nostratic - hypothesized ancestral language of Proto-Indo-European‚ as well as other ancestral language families. Example: The language from which
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CheckPoint: Computer Comparison When I compare my computer system to a state-of-the-art computer system I find that there are several similarities and differences. Both computers have the same make up‚ although the state of the art system offers more storage and memory capabilities. Cost is also a big difference as state of the art computer systems are much more expensive due to what they can offer. Along with the technology that comes along with a state of the art system‚ is an ever changing
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Hardware Vocabulary Quiz Directions: Using the word bank‚ match the vocabulary to the definitions. Word bank: Motherboard‚ Computer Input‚ Data‚ Memory‚ Storage‚ Integrated Circuit‚ Central Processing Unit (CPU)‚ RAM‚ Bit‚ Analog Device‚ Output Device‚ Digital Device‚ Video Card‚ Input Device‚ Bios‚ Hard Disk Drive‚ Supercomputer‚ Computer‚ Server‚ Processing 1. Sometimes described as the computers brain‚ this is where most processing takes place. - Central Processing Unit (CPU) 2. Manipulation
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CheckPoint: Goal Setting The matching hypothesis is the pursuit of goals that express or fulfill an individual’s needs‚ values‚ motives or self-conception to increase well-being than pursuit of goals that do not fit or match with the person. (Baumgardner & Crothers‚ p. 138‚ 2009). In other words‚ goals that fit a person’s needs‚ values‚ and sense of self are likely to increase well-being while goals that are mismatched with an individual will lead to no change or perhaps even diminish well-being
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Checkpoint: Environmental Factors Summarize the four external environmental factors and six internal environmental factors that help organizations achieve optimal function. Include in your response the factors that you feel are most important to the success of a human service organization. The four environmental factors that help organizations achieve optimal function are as follows. * Economic Factors * Sociological Factors * Technological Factors * Political and Professional
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CheckPoint: The Risk of Macros Name January 20‚ 2012 Even though Macros do it yourself software is ranked as one of Microsoft’s most useful tools to use. Based on the article by Lenning (2005) the primary security risk for users to know using macros is that many of these sites could have many different types of viruses. It is recommended that one should use caution when opening a new document. You should only open and used a trusted because some files can be corrupted and then they will spread
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CheckPoint: A New House – Readiness Deciding to buy a house is a lifelong goal for many people. Imagine that you are renting a studio apartment and have just discovered you are having a baby. Your present apartment is small and far from schools and local services. You have decided to move. There are many factors that come into play when making such a large and weighty purchase. Examine the decision-making process from the perspective of an economist. In your Final Project‚ you use these principles
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