Astrid Agerskov Pedersen - 3.b - Skive Gymnasium og HF! Engelsk A - Aflevering 1 (fiction) - The Oval Portrait d. 6/9-2012 The Oval Portrait‚ by Edgar Allan Poe The short story “The Oval Portrait” is written by Edgar Allan Poe. It is a gothic novel because of particular elements of gothic reference. It describes the two different passions of a married couple. The husband requests that the wife let him paint her‚ and in obeying him she loses her love. As the painting finishes‚ both her health
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France was affected by many kings; one of them was Louis the 14th. If you were asked who is the king that faced a big series of war‚ you will be answering Louis the 14th. How did Louis the 14th affected France is the subject of that research. I wrote about this subject because Louis the 14th sat on Frances from the age of five‚ and ruled France for 72 years‚ from the year of 1643- 1715. I faced many difficulties; one of them was the lack of information‚ and references. Another difficulty
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The idea of a train being able to utilize its very infrastructure to generate electricity is very fascinating. Generating power by harnessing the wind energy created by fast moving trains is not an idea that may occur to the average researcher. However‚ two industrial designers- China’s Qian Jiang and Italy’s Alessandro Leonetti Luparini have managed to develop a device that produces power by utilizing this unique form of wind energy. The design won a silver award at the Lite-On awards last year
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Louis Pasteur was an incredible man who changed much of history that led to the improvement of public health. He was born on December 27‚ 1822 in Dole‚ Jura in France. He was the third child of parents‚ Jean-Joseph and Jeanne Roqui. His father had always dreamed for Louis to have a good education and apply that to his future career. Pasteur was only an average student skilled at drawing and painting‚ which would help him illustrate what he saw in the microscope later on in life. In a college exam
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“Thinking Outside the Idiot Box” by Dana Stevens is a direct response to Steven Johnson’s article “Watching TV Makes You Smarter.” Johnson’s article claimed that today’s television is actually making viewers smarter due to plots being more complex. Dana Stevens on the other hand did not agree on this theory. She believes that television is neither a poison nor a salutary tonic. Will watching more TV make you smarter? Most likely no‚ today’s television programs aren’t interested in making their audience
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"We are a box o crayons each one of us unique‚ but when together‚ the picture is complete". These words by Shane Derolf speak my soul and reflect my life. The personal and academic implications of diversity play a major role in my existence and goals for the future. I am American bron Bengali girl. My parents and my older sister came to America nineteen years ago from Bangladesh. I was born two years ‚ but my birth was not celebration. My parents wanted a son‚ because i my culture the son of the
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Cloud Storage I Need a Place to Store My Stuff In one of his comedic sketches‚ George Carlin talked about the whole point of life was to acquire new stuff. With the acquisition of new possessions‚ a place to store them becomes necessary‚ thus bigger houses are purchased to provide more space for storage of our possessions or companies are paid for storage spaces. The same can be said about computer information‚ as data accumulates storage needs increases. To satisfy that need‚ larger hard disk
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| Assignment Futuristic Computer System Storage Devices | | | Introduction to IT | This is an assignment work for Introduction to IT. | Course: Index Introduction 3 Futuristic Storage Devices & Technologies 4 Object-based Storage Devices or Technology 5 Holographic Memory 6 Conclusion 7 Introduction: This publication is an assignment work for my Introduction to IT class. Some of the projected
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The Box Jellyfish is known as one of the most venomous creatures in the world and has caused significant injuries and fatalities (Straw 2010). Due to the box jellyfish’s dangerous nature much research has been carried out in regards to its physical appearance‚ habitat‚ mating habits and its known predators. Further research has been done in the area of its venomous properties and effective first aid procedures. It is hoped that with a better understanding of the box jelly fish‚ humans will be able
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you would be living in an invisible box that wraps up your whole body‚ which is symbolic for the box you are living in (the box you will have to abandon when trying to think outside the box). Wherever you go the box surrounds you and protects you from the “real” reality‚ which is so complex that your brain couldn’t handle it. All the information that tries to travel around your "invisible box" will be filtered and selected and only the most important ones are being consciously recognized. The filter
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