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    Sasquatch Myths

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    monster‚ people have had crazy imaginations about many things. Two such things are the abominable snowman - the Yeti - and the forest lurking - Sasquatch. These two mysterious creatures have been explained sometimes as facts and also pushed away as myths. The Sasquatch and the Yeti are two legends perceived to be true. The Sasquatch is known to be over seven feet tall and very hairy like an ape. It also has brown hair and is known to live in forests or in the mountains. The Yeti is portrayed to

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    Reality in Inception

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    Reality and illusion in the movie inception is a theme that is being debated a lot today. But what is reality and illusion anyway. Well reality is the state of what actually exists and has existed. On the other hand illusion is everything that does not exist but seems to exist. An example of an illusion is dreaming. When people dream it seems like everything they see is real but in reality it is just a hallucination. In the movie inception there have been a lot of debates on whether the last scene

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    On pages 644-645‚ the painting and both poems are interpretations of "The Myth of Daedalus and Icarus" (Bulfinch). Discus how each of these authors interprets the myth’s theme. Looking at the painting by Pieter Brueghel‚ it appears that when bad things happen people tend look in the different direction. Icarus legs are clearly visible in the water after he falls‚ yet people around him appear to be busy with their daily tasks. The theme of the painting is humankind’s unawareness towards suffering

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    Augmented Reality

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    Opening page Index Index 1 Introduction 2 Definition: What exactly is augmented reality? 2 How does it work? 3 Evaluation of the current market 4 Future applications 4 Augmented reality as a product: The Google glasses 4 Risks and challenges 4 Introduction We are living in a full-connected world where most homes are connected to a high-speed Internet connection‚ where the Internet follows us on our smartphones‚ our tablets‚ our laptop‚ a world where you can access any information

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    American Myth

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    American Myth American Myth Louis Armstrong: American Myth‚ American Master L ouis Armstrong was the greatest jazz musician of all time. He dazzled audiences with his stunning high notes‚ gorgeous melodies and soul-stirring rhythms. Ground-breaking recordings such as “West End Blues” changed the face of music. But by all accounts‚ his live performances were even more amazing. Both as a trumpet player and a singer‚ Armstrong routinely performed musical feats that no other musician could match

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    Virtual Reality

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    1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Description about Virtual Reality Virtual Reality (VR) involves development of a computer generated virtual environment intended to simulate the real world. It is an emerging computer visualization technology that allows users to experience a strong sense of reality in a computer-generated environment. Engineers have begun to realize the usefulness of VR as an innovative tool to visualize‚ manipulate‚ and interact with complex three-dimensional (3-D) graphical data that

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    It is clear from the very start that the movie‚ Food Inc. is a criticism and argument on todays food processing industry‚ and evident that it is a negative one at that. The movie’s objective is to uncover the curtain that is blinds all of the human race from the process by which the food we eat is grown and slaughtered. While the final product is what we have been accustomed to‚ the average person knows next to nothing when it comes to how the food was made. Food Inc. goes

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    Myth of Telepinu

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    Telepinu was the god of agriculture of the Hittites‚ people who lived in the ancient Near East in what is now Syria and Turkey. Like his father the storm god‚ Telepinu had a quick temper. When he was angry‚ plants and animals ceased to grow and people suffered. The beginning of the text is broken so we do not know the causes of the god’s anger. The thread of the story is taken up at the point where the rage of Telepinu is described. He is depicted as putting his left shoe on his right foot and his

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    Jewish Myth

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    Which is‚ a myth is a theory that has no evidence or has no facts that back it up‚ but it does give a theory to help understand people at a time when no other answer is given‚ it did play a role to help understand people why the Jews were successful‚ but at the same time‚ raised the curiosity of other people to challenge the myth with facts and to prove the actual reason for the Jews success. A myth plays a role of filling a hole when nothing is able to

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    Reality and Illusion

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    Reality versus Illusion Texts: Life of Pi King Lear Heavenly Creatures Blade Runner Pans Labyrinth Research Questions: 1. How does each character’s situation influence their perception or ideas of reality versus illusion? 2. What are the similarities and differences between the main character’s situation in each text? 3. What insights relating to reality and illusion can be gained from each text? Resources: Title: Life of Pi Author: Yann Martel Question 1: Pi survives his ordeal

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