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    The scene begins when Lisa comes to Jeff’s apartment with dinner. After the waiter leaves the dinner‚ Lisa and Jeff have a drink next to the window discussing Lisa’s day and Jeff’s future plans. Lisa is sitting on the right side of the window and Jeff is on the left side. In the middle of the window‚ there is a beam that splits the window into two halves. People in the background can clearly be seen in the opposing side of the apartment complex. Alfred Hitchcock uses this scene to get the movie watcher

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    Task One: Simile Simile (noun)- a comparison of objects using like or as “And upon a bank overlooking a bed in the big stream we found wild strawberries almost as bright as the red epaulets on the wings of the blackbirds.” (North‚ 37) It strengthens the writing by emphasizing how red the strawberries are so we can “picture”what the strawberries look like in our minds (mental picture/imagery). Task Two: Smile He [Sterling] was as competent as a dolphin. *I compared Sterling to a dolphin since dolphins

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    The JoHari Window During the 1950’s‚ Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham developed a disclosure/feedback model of awareness. The Johari Window‚ named after its creators (Joe + Harry = JoHari)‚ remains a contribution to the world of psychology and work environment today. The JoHari Window is essentially a window to one’s awareness of oneself. It can also serve as a useful tool in understanding how information is given and received in relationships. The model is divided into four distinct sections:

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    Windows XP In 2001‚ Microsoft introduced Windows XP (codenamed "Whistler"). The merging of the Windows NT/2000 and Windows 95/98/Me lines was achieved with Windows XP. Windows XP uses the Windows NT 5.1 kernel‚ marking the entrance of the Windows NT core to the consumer market‚ to replace the aging 16/32-bit branch. Windows XP is the longest version of Windows ever released between upgrades‚ from 2001 all the way to 2007 when Windows Vista was released to consumers. The Windows XP line of operating

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    WINDOWS 8 Introduction: Windows 8 is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers‚ including home and business desktops‚ laptops‚ tablets‚ and home theater PCs. Development of this operating system started before the release of its predecessor in 2009. Its existence was first announced in January 2011 at Consumer Electronics Show. During its development and test phases‚ Microsoft released three pre-release versions:

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    Chapter 1 I. Introduction: ¹ Windows 8 is a Microsoft operating system that is designed for home users as well as for business purpose. Its development started even before its predecessor’s release Windows 7 in 2009.Windows 8 is a system that is particularly orientated to touchscreen hardware. There are some important changes and additives that make it look and differently than the users are used to. For example‚ the Start menu is completely substituted by a Start screen that can be taken away

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    After watching Rear Window for a second time I’ve come to realize that not only is Alfred Hitchcock a great director‚ but also a great movie watcher. What I’m trying to say is that he knows exactly what people want to see in certain movies. Voyeurism captures the attention of anyone‚ viewers want to “spy” on the characters without being seen‚ and they want to be in positions that reality doesn’t allow them to be in. Hitchcock knows this feeling all too well‚ making one of the greatest movies of all

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    Windows 7 Unlike Vista‚ which included a number of new applications and an entirely different look and feel than earlier operating systems‚ Windows 7 is meant to be fully compatible with all aspects of Vista. Some upgrades do make Windows 7 preferable to both Windows XP and Vista‚ but some aspects are better in the older versions. The time to boot up and shut down the system as well as the speed at which documents and other files open are much improved in Windows 7. But‚ tasks like video editing

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    cotton field such as: nurturing an infant while proceeding in harsh labor and confliction between slave and slave owners. Presence of Literacy Convention: Metaphors and Similes Throughout the story‚ a few metaphors and similes were used in order to create and establish a comparison between certain objectives. Within this simile‚ “With that she leaped straight up into the air and was gone like a bird‚ flying over field and wood.” (57)‚ the storyteller is

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    lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families‚ their homes‚ their jobs‚ their involvement in the military service‚ where they had been on vacation. And every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up‚ he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The man in the other bed began to live for

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