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    Why you should never use Internet Explorer‚ Ever With internet explorer dominating for years web designers were restricted to a not only slow browser but a browser that was and still is a limited on its styling. Luckily over the years we have seen a sharp drop in users of internet explorer and now average of 48.5 % of people using the more sophisticated and devolved Google chrome. However the extinction of internet explorer is not complete as there as still users with IE5. The development of css

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    the view of what the south looked like due to racism‚ “Southern trees bear a strange fruit/Blood on the leaves and blood at the root” (Lines 1-2). With this song‚ Holiday tries to paint an image on the audience of the horrible world that colored people had to live in back in the day. She mentions how people of color would be killed and just left there for others to see‚ “Black bodies swingin’ in the Southern breeze/Strange fruit hangin’ from the poplar trees… The bulgin’ eyes and the twisted mouth”

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    Strange Relation: A Memoir of Marriage‚ Dementia‚ and Poetry‚ is a true story written by Rachel Hadas. In it‚ Hadas gives the account of her journey after her husband is diagnosed with early-onset dementia at only 61 years old. Following his diagnosis‚ Rachel’s husband‚ George‚ begins to disappear before her eyes. Though he is there physically‚ she loses him in every other way day by day. Strange Relation gives readers a window into the time when George lived at home with Rachel caring for him and

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    Assignment 2A (Choosing a passage from A Strange Tale from East of the River) Written by Nagai Kafū‚ A Strange Tale from East of the River is a masterpiece that has succeeded in portraying Tokyo in the past. Kafū is known for his detailed depictions of life and landscapes in premodern Tokyo with extraordinary observations of the nearby scenery. In this book‚ he successfully presented Tamanoi to readers‚ a pleasure quarter that a group of vulnerable non-registered geishas lived and deemed it as the

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    1//16 Tommy’s Strange Substitute In the short story “Gryphon” by Charles Baxter‚ when Tommy’s fourth grade teacher Mr. Hibler get’s sick‚ they get a new substitute teacher. They were all expecting one of the mothers who would provide an “easeful class day”(p. 43‚ l.43) but instead they got something a little different and a new substitute. Her name was Ms. Ferenczi she was strange and very odd. Tommy likes strange things so I think tommy is going to like Ms. Ferenczi. Ms. Ferenczi was saying

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    Jun Okubo September 28‚ 2012 IBH Psychology Mr. Altmann Introduction In the 1930s‚ J. Ridley Stroop discovered a strange phenomenon. He asked his participants to name the colors of the words. In first trial‚ the color and the words matched. However‚ in the second trial‚ the colors and the words did not match. He found out that when the color and the words did not match‚ it took longer to name all the colors. There are several theories as to why there is a huge delay. The first theory is

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    Mary Ainsworth is a developmental psychologist best-known for her "Strange Situation" assessment of early childhood attachment. We also call the “Strange Situation” assessment the Attachment Theory. The Attachment Theory is centered on the emotional bonds between people and suggests that our earliest attachments can leave a lasting mark on our lives. Ainsworth’s theory involves four categories of different behaviors: separation anxiety‚ the infants willingness to explore‚ stranger anxiety‚ and reunion

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    Strange New Land‚ offers a seemingly vast view of the presence of African Americans in present day North America. Mr. Wood describes the harsh and often brutal fate of African Americans during the colonization of America. Exploring Chapter 1‚ allowed me to view the way different cultures took advantage of not only African Americans‚ but Native Americans as well. Native Americans were invaded by Spanish settlers‚ taken into slavery and forced to live with harsh living conditions. Settlers exposed

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    1) What are some words or phrases in the writer’s description of the heart that sounded strange‚ striking‚ or interesting? Why? The writer used many technical terms in the description of the heart that made it a little difficult for me to understand. It is interesting that the writer wrote‚ “when you hold the heart you can know almost all of its secrets.” This is true both literally and figuratively. When a surgeon hold the heart‚ he can tells whether it is healthy or if it has signs of diseases

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    Myberson Saint-Pierre American Literature 1865-1914 English 3040 Prof. Rosa Soto November 27‚ 2012 Walt Whitman and His Strange Obsession With God Walt Whitman was an egotistical‚ self-absorbed‚ wild heretic. “I celebrate myself‚ and sing myself” (Songs of Myself 1). Multiple times in his books and essays he claims to be better than the masses. “I am as bad as the worst‚ but‚ thank God‚ I am as good as the best” (Preface to a Leaves of Grass). Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself

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