Dexit is a rechargeable‚ contactless‚ stored-value smart key tag used for electronic payment in on-line or off-line systems in Toronto‚ Canada‚ since 2003. Instead of coins or cards (and PIN)‚ Dexit uses an RFID key tag device associated with funds transferred from ordinary bank accounts. There is no link to access the accounts from the key tag‚ a feature to guard against the abuse of lost key tags. Accounts can be filled up from the Dexit website‚ by telephone‚ at participating merchants‚ or
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Marriage Essay Hoobant October 28‚ 2012 Many people plan on getting married at some point in their life. That being said‚ there are risks involved with getting married. Marriages are prone to failure because of lack of passion‚ lack of commitment and lack of intimacy. Marriage is a gamble‚ it has its ups and downs and there is no guarantee for a successful marriage. Many couples feel madly in love with each other and then decide to get married. Over the course of many years together‚ most couples
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Häfner‚ M.‚ & Trampe‚ D. (2009). When thinking is beneficial and when it is not: The effects of thin and round advertising models. Journal of Consumer Psychology‚ 19(4)‚ 619628. doi: 10.1016/j.jcps.2009.06.004 The main research question is how different size models shown in advertisements have an effect on product evaluations? In the first experiment‚ the hypothesis is“[e]xplicit product evaluations are more positive when a round model advertises the product than when a thin model does. Implicit product evaluations follow an
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William Shakespeare uses the Ghost‚ Laertes‚ and to foil Prince Hamlet and help define his character for different points. The Ghost of Hamlet’s father is a foil for Hamlet. The ghost is featured in the play for two large reasons: establishing the conflict‚ showing a supernatural improbability to Hamlet’s character‚ and giving Hamlet someone to speak with. The ghost gives the information of how he died and who committed the murder. While Hamlet is talking with the ghost‚ he becomes very angry
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Views of Modernity Presented in The Metamorphosis and The Convergence of the Twain Kiz F The University of Southern Queensland ENL3000 VIEWS OF MODERNITY PRESENTED IN THE METAMORPHOSIS AND THE CONVERGENCE OF THE TWAIN The Modernist period‚ a period which most literary critics agree began in the late nineteenth century‚ was characterized by a total break from past forms and a constant search for new ideas. It was through this search that surrealism began to emerge‚ and many authors began
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I picked up the Ghosts tale by Edwidge Danticat because I’m somehow familiar with the Haitian life. In summary‚ the story describes the life in Haiti. It is about Power‚ Corruption‚ and Humanity. The story is about Pascal and his family living in a middle-class area called Bel-Air where his family runs a restaurant in the area. It has a lot of gang activities which dominates the Haitian life. The Gang was predominately lead by Tiye‚ and his lieutenants were later he will play a significant role in
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Hamlet when he meets his father’s ghost. His father reveals himself to Hamlet and reveals the truth behind his death. Hamlet is astonished by the truth‚ that his uncle killed his father. Before the ghost departs‚ Hamlet promises him he will avenge his death. While Hamlet earlier recognized committing suicide would be a sin‚ he gladly takes on the task of killing his uncle‚ because avenging his father has become a moral necessity for Hamlet. Hamlet’s need to help the ghost starts from the moment he meets
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the Mississippi: Summary & Analysis ’’Life on the Mississippi’’ by Mark Twain is a biographical memoir of his experiences written as he learned to pilot a steamboat on the Mississippi River. Also included is a personal narration of Twain’s voyage from St. Louis‚ Missouri to New Orleans‚ Louisiana. Travel Twain’s path through this lesson of expanded horizons that helped to further define Mark Twain’s literary career. Mark Twain Meets the Mighty Mississippi Introduction Between the bindings of
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The Nature of Hamlet’s Ghost Throughout Hamlet‚ Prince Hamlet struggles to determine the type of the spirit that has appeared in Elisinore‚ using Lavater’s Of Ghosts and Spirits Walking by Night to help him conclude that his father’s spirit is good. Hamlet is by nature a passionate and loving person as demonstrated by his relationship with Ophelia and his love for his father. Hamlet becomes melancholic for two reasons‚ “his father’s death‚ and [Gertrude and Claudius’s] o’er hasty marriage.”
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In Mark Twain’s‚ The War Prayer‚ readers are exposed to an overlooked point of view about war‚ that some believed to be unpatriotic or only for the weak of heart. Mark Twain depicts the patriotic majority as a group of men and women‚ who encourage the “stern advance‚ the gathering momentum‚ the rushing charge‚ the flashing sabers‚ the flight of the foe‚ the tumult‚ the enveloping smoke‚ the fierce pursuit‚ [and] the surrender” (322). In his descriptions‚ Twain elicits feelings of pride‚ patriotism
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