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    Windows XP vs. Mac OS X Architecture Kurt Luchtman POS420 Irene Giouvanos May 29th 2006 When looking at the interface of the Mac OS X Operating System and the Microsoft Windows XP operating system many similarities can be seen. The most obvious is the use of blue in the interface. In the core of the systems they both have a micro kernel which addresses thread management‚ space management and other communications at the system level and is more resistant to attacks from a virus. Mac OS X

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    Cited: Chartres Cathedral. (nd). The Cathedral of Chartres. Retrieved May 18‚ 2013‚ from Chartres Cathedral: http://www.chartrescathedral.net/ Hemingway‚ C. (2003‚ October). Architecture in Ancient Greece. Retrieved June 3‚ 2013‚ from Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/grarc/hd_grarc.htm Odyssey‚ Adventures in Archaeology. (2012‚ May 31). Greek Temples. Retrieved June 3‚ 2013‚ from Odyssey‚ Adventures

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    Speech: Informative/Visual Aid TOPIC: Habitat for Humanity TITLE: Habitat for Humanity: A Labor of Love GENERAL PURPOSE: To inform SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To inform the audience about Habitat for Humanity CENTRAL IDEA: Habitat for Humanity provides low-cost housing for those in need through a labor of love. INTRODUCTION: What organization has built over 50‚000 homes within the past 20 years to benefit those in need? What organization did Jack Kemp get involved with to help build a house in

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    Gothic Architecture The technical revolution in architecture known as "Gothic" began at the end of the 12th century and lasted just over two hundred years. The advances made in architecture paralleled those in intellectual life. Gothic architecture was generally tall and inspiring and was a significant structural improvement upon the Romanesque buildings that preceded it. Even though the Gothic era roughly lasted two hundred years (12th-14th century)‚ it was long enough to voyage deep into the

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    Architecture of the New Capitalist Society INTRODUCTORY THEME Daniel Libeskind ’s winning design for the new World Trade Center takes a sentimental and metaphorical approach. He claims that the completed WTC would become the representation of America ’s belief in humanity‚ its need for individual dignity‚ and its beliefs in the cooperation of human. Libeskind ’s original design focused on restoring the spiritual peak to the New York City and creating an icon that speaks of America ’s vitality

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    that one of the best ways to reveal these facets is through analysis of human behavior during a war. In such a time of crisis‚ most people show their true colors‚ revealing the many complexities of humanity. In the war poems ‘The Choice” by Rudyard Kipling and “Facing

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    Parthenon is an example of  x earth-rooted architecture   sky-oriented architecture   earth-resting architecture   earth-dominating architecture 10.   The term axis mundi relates to   earth-rooted architecture  x sky-oriented architecture   earth-resting architecture   earth-dominating architecture 11.   An example of a structure "defying gravity" is x  Mont-Saint-Michel   the Parthenon   the Kaufman House   the Pantheon 12.   Sky-oriented architecture may do all of the following‚ except  

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    EBM ESSAY 1 ‘The purpose of education : The separate roles that Humanities and Commerce degrees play.’ The purpose of education in our day and age differs for each human being. How one utilizes and expands ones knowledge depends on the person. The purpose for learning also varies among individuals‚ who learn for different reasons. Some people learn so that they may have a greater understanding of their world and environment‚ while others learn for enjoyment and pleasure. There are also some

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    GAME DESIGN AS NARRATIVE ARCHITECTURE By Henry Jenkins The relationship between games and story remains a divisive question among game fans‚ designers‚ and scholars alike. At a recent academic Games Studies conference‚ for example‚ a blood feud threatened to erupt between the self-proclaimed Ludologists‚ who wanted to see the focus shift onto the mechanics of game play‚ and the Narratologists‚ who were interested in studying games alongside other storytelling media.(1) Consider some recent statements

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    The Importance of Humanities in the 21st century? In this annotated bibliography I will be trying to answer the question of the importance of humanities in the 21st century. I will be using sources from newspapers‚ books and blogs in which I found either in the UEA library‚ internet and other sources of information. I will be making summaries of the content which I read and evaluate the source as a whole‚ for this annotated bibliography most of the sources which I came across coincidently were

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