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    Blue Brain

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    BLUE BRAIN PROJECT WHAT IS BLUE BRAIN? * BLUE BRAIN—The world’s first virtual brain * It’s being developed by IBM * Within 30 years we will be able to scan ourselves into computers The Blue Brain Project is an attempt to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. The aim of the project‚ founded in May 2005 by the Brain and Mind Institute of the École Polytechnique in Lausanne‚ Switzerland‚ is to study the brain’s architectural and

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    fully prepared to make funeral arrangements‚ unless we’ve had the dubious honor of doing it all before‚ and most of us don’t even know the location of our local funeral home. A funeral is intended to celebrate a person’s life. Planning the right type of funeral‚ one that can give comfort to friends and family while remembering the deceased‚ is a feat in itself. Once you do find its location (just look in the phone book)‚ it’s not really that difficult to plan the funeral - with their advice and

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    The Blue Hotel

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    In ¡°The Blue Hotel‚¡± Stephen Crane uses various provocative techniques to ensure that the setting adds to the richness of the story. ¡°The Blue Hotel¡± is set in a cold Nebraska town at the Palace Hotel in the late 1800¡¯s‚ but there is more to setting than just when and where a story takes place. In a written work‚ it is the author¡¯s job to vividly depict events in order to keep the reader¡¯s attention and to create colorful mental images of places‚ objects‚ or situations. The story is superbly

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    The Blue Bouquet

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    The Blue Bouquet I woke covered with sweat. Hot steam rose from the newly sprayed‚ redbrick pavement.  A gray-winged butterfly‚ dazzled‚ circled the yellow light.  I jumped from my hammock and crossed the room barefoot‚ careful not to step on some scorpion leaving his hideout for a bit of fresh air.  I went to the little window and inhaled the country air.  One could hear the breathing of the night‚ feminine‚ enormous.  I returned to the center of the room‚ emptied water from a jar into a pewter

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    The Blue Laws

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    The Blue Laws The Blue Laws were laws that were designed to enforce religious standards‚ especially those days that were designated as a day of worship or rest. The name was rumored to have come from the supposedly blue paper the laws were printed on‚ but since that was most likely false‚ historians have found that the name came the 17th century use of the word blue‚ which was a reference to the strict moral codes and those who observed them‚ as in blue-stocking. The blue laws were favored by

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    blue brain

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    The Blue Brain Project is an attempt to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. The aim of the project‚ founded in May 2005 by the Brain and Mind Institute of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland‚ is to study the brain’s architectural and functional principles. The project is headed by the founding director Henry Markram and co-directed by Felix Schürmann and Sean Hill. Using a Blue Gene supercomputer running

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    Rhapsody in Blue

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    composed his first published song entitled “When You Want ’Em You Can’t Get ’Em”. From 1920 to 1924‚ he composed for an annual production put on by George White. Legend has it that he actually composed what most say is his greatest work‚ Rhapsody in Blue‚ in a rush because he had forgotten about the performance. About ten years later‚ he wrote one of the most famous American operas called Porgy and Bess. Many people say it is “considered to not only be Gershwin’s most complex and best-known works

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    society formed the funeral process - a way to celebrate and remember the life of the loved one who just died. There are various beliefs and practices‚ across many cultures to remember the dead. Cremation is only part of the funeral ceremony where the body of the deceased is given back to nature - either by burning‚ burying or leaving it for the nature to take it herself. It all depends on the religious beliefs. So what happens in classic funerals? In a classic funeral ceremony‚ a funeral service is held

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    Jet Blue

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    Meltdown at Jet Blue Sherri Hernandez XBIS/219 February 22‚ 2013 Donna Rosentrater Meltdown at Jet Blue There were many problems going on at Jet Blue when there was a really bad storm on Valentine’s Day in the year of 2007. Many airports had to completely shut down and cancel all of their current flights because the weather had such bad conditions. This was a result of freezing rain and sleet. Many passengers were very irate and angry because their flights were delayed or either cancelled

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    Sonny's Blues

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    Miranda Stephan AP English 7 February 2013 Character Analysis of The Narrator from “Sonny’s Blues” The narrator of “Sonny’s Blues”‚ by James Baldwin‚ tells the story of his brother’s relationship with drugs‚ and their environment. Unlike most of the men in Harlem‚ the narrator has succeeded in life. He is raising a loving family‚ and he has a steady job as a math teacher. However‚ the narrator is always cautious of the dangers that lurk in Harlem. He knows he should help take care of Sonny

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