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    (U) Introduction (U) This report analyzes the newly launched Google Voice service‚ which is a unified communications service that is currently in closed beta testing and is only available to users invited by Google. A general description of Google Voice is provided‚ and the use of Google Voice by small businesses is introduced as a likely popular use of the service once it is officially launched to the general public. The various services and applications are described in detail. General privacy

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    Screw you guys‚ I’m going home Ever since 1997‚ South Park has revolutionized the cable TV scene as a profane and obscene program that isn’t afraid to mock religious‚ political‚ and cultural topics and not get away with at least offending somebody. Throughout its twelve seasons‚ some of the most prominent events in pop culture have suffered the wrath of ridicule from the show’s creators‚ Matt Stone and Trey Parker‚ and succeeded in making millions of Americans laugh until they cry. The creative

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    Satire is used by cartoon artists to voice their own opinions on the issues and matters that we as Australians are faced with. A big genre includes Refugees and asylum seeker issues and problems. An example of this is an artwork by an artist living in a Refugee Camp. There is a clear difference between the baby that is in a detention centre and a baby that has freedom. This is done through binary opposites – for every positive there is a negative. An example of this is the baby on the left who only

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    be noted that at this time‚ France was still an absolute monarchy‚ while England was a constitutional monarchy. From his clashes with nobility‚ it is easy to see that Voltaire has little regard for nobility‚ and decries their self-importance. In Candide‚ he writes‚ “The Baron was the most powerful lords in Westphalia‚ for his castle had not only a gate‚ but even windows…” (1). He also mocks how the media is slanted to aggrandizing monarchies‚ speaking of how kings are praised for every little act

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    Speaking With Satire Lord Bryon once said‚ “Fools are my theme‚ let satire be my song”. A satire is a literary composition‚ in verse or prose‚ in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn‚ derision‚or ridicule (dic.com). A well recognized satire is George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Orwell wrote this allegorical novella in England when the wartime alliance with the Soviet Union was at its height and Stalin was held in highest esteem in Britain both among the people and government. George

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    everyone else is doing. In the stories "Candide" and "The Love Suicides at Amijima‚" it is proved that almost anyone can be a hero. This is established when people of the so called "middle class" emerge as heroes. Candide finds himself in several situations where it is necessary to be a hero. The first situation in which Candide is a hero is when he is kicked out of the castle in Thunder-ten-tronckh‚ for having a sexual encounter with Cunegund. Thereafter‚ Candide is captured by the Bulgarians and is

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    Satire A Satirical Essay About an Affair In our studies of literature‚ we have came across satiric essays. We have read some essays that were written by the artists Swift‚ and Pope. Through these readings‚ we were able to gather a better understanding as to how satire is typically used. We understand that satire is saying one thing‚ but meaning something else. There are two types of satire‚ there is hovatian‚ which means playful‚ or there is juvilian‚ which means mean. I will be including a mix

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    Squarepants‚ the writers of the show often use satire to express serious problems‚ through jokes that kids don’t often catch onto. The problem with this‚ though‚ is that the episodes that satirize the most important subjects‚ are often the ones that receive the most backlash. Many of parents believe that although their child won’t pick up on the heavy content‚ those real world problems should not be present in their child’s cartoon. A major satire tool used in SpongeBob is a hyperbole. In the episode

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    Satire Satire Marc Burdman 3/16/12 P.3 Marc Burdman 3/16/12 P.3 Anything from A-Z that involves school is a bad habit that I have to deal with. I mean everything about school annoys me. That means teachers‚ rules‚ and parking‚ finding paper to write on. I was saying to my best school bud Jared‚ the following questions. Where we were hanging out by the food truck complaining about how lunch is only 35 minutes and it just isn’t enough time to have lunch. It’s a hassle to get to school on time

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    Gulliver’s travels satireFrom the late seventeenth century to the end of the eighteenth century European thought was dominated by the idea of rationality. No longer did men accept supernatural or religious explanations for the way things were as they had previously. In the Age of Reason everything was to be explained rationally‚ according to natural causes. But if reason helped philosophers and scientists to penetrate some of the mysteries of nature‚ it proved less effective in solving problems

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