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    E-Business Makes Protection of Intellectual Property More Critical‚ Complex than Ever Intellectual property is often defined as the creation of the mind such as inventions‚ literary and artistic works‚ and symbols‚ names‚ images‚ and designs used in commerce. Intellectual property is divided into two parts. Industrial property‚ which is geared towards businesses‚ includes inventions‚ patents‚ trademarks‚ industrial designs‚ and geographic indications of source. Copyrights which are geared towards

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    Author Stephen crane who is considered one of the great American authors‚ wrote during the realism period. Particularly‚ in his works titled the red badge of courage written in 1895 we can see evidence of the characteristics‚ themes and style identified with the realism movement which was extant in American letters between 1850 and after the 1848 revolution. As a representative of such a movement‚ Stephen crane then remains one of the most identifiable and iconic writer of his time. Stephen Crane

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    An intellectual is a person who primarily uses intelligence in either a professional or an individual capacity. As a substantive or adjective‚ it refers to the work product of such persons‚ to the so-called "life of the mind" generally‚ or to an aspect of something where learning‚ erudition‚ and informed and critical thinking are the focus‚ as in "the intellectual level of the discourse on the matter was not high". Jacques Barzun‚ a French-American intellectual. The intellectual is a specific

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    great and correct confidence. He now was in a measure reassured” (Crane 1.73). The setting is during the Civil War during the Battle of Chancellorsville‚ Virginia‚ over four days in May of 1863‚ author is Stephen Crane‚ the book is the red badge of courage and is about a 16 year old boy that goes into the war for his country and turns out to do very heroic things to win several battles. Many readers have a debate on if Henry is heroic or a coward and after i have read the book i believe that henry is

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    of as anti-intellectuals because of educators limited and narrow views that intellectualism is only associated with book smarts instead of realizing that students can develop their intellectual and academic way of thinking through non-traditional subjects that interest them. Graff conveys that by making students non-academic interests the focus can attract and motivate them to learn but acknowledges that in doing so does not necessarily translate into developing their intellectual skills. He

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    Graff is a Professor of English and Education in the University of Illinois at Chicago. In Graff’s essay‚ “Hidden Intellectualism”‚ Graff compares street smarts to book smarts. Graff debates the common belief that having book smarts gives one an intellectual advantage over other forms of intellectualism. Gerald Graff supports this belief by telling a personal story‚ explaining where the education systems fails‚ and stating that people stereotype intellect with book smarts. Gerald Graff starts his

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    raised the question of what does the intellectual represent today? Nowadays‚ there are many professionals‚ experts and consultants which recognize as intellectual‚ but not all of them have the function of intellectual in the society. For Said‚ a universal is an important role in his account of the intellectual‚ which means beyond our background‚ language and nationality that shield us from the reality of other.[ Said‚ Edward W: Representations of The Intellectual (London‚ New York: Vintage Book(US)

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    society’s approach on how it views its intellectuals. In the following passage‚ Fridman describes how American society should stop looking down on academically serious people‚ by calling them “nerds” and “geeks”. Instead‚ these individuals should be treated with more respect. Also‚ he explains in the passage how Americans stress being social and athletic‚ rather than being intellectually adroit. Fridman develops his argument that America has anti-intellectual values by using the techniques of hyperbole

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    system for overlooking the intellectual potential of those who possess unconventional “street smarts”. We as a society assume that only the inherently weighty academic subjects grant us “true” knowledge‚ and that knowledge in subjects such as fashion‚ sports or even dating holds no intellectual tenor. The problem with this assumption‚ Graff insists‚ is that the educational value of these subjects is being completely over-looked. A self-proclaimed teenage anti-intellectual‚ Graff himself lived through

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    explain that “schools and colleges overlook the intellectual potential of street-smarts” (198) because these types of intellectualism are actually considered anti-intellectualism. Graff then begins to discuss that intellectualism is often looked down upon within schools‚ and people that are considered “school-smart” are seen as nerdy‚ or boring. We learn that as a child‚ Graff was afraid of bullying and name-calling so he did not show his intellectual side out of fear. As he wanted to be accepted so

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