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  • 19th Century Architecture

    19th Century Architecture

    19th Century architecture is a wide subject only because there were so many beautiful and magnificent buildings built. The Houses of Parliament were built between 1840 to 1865. It was built by Sir Charles Barry in a Gothic Revival style. The buildings cover an area of more than 8 acres and contain 1100 apartments, 100 staircases, and 11 courts. The exterior, in it's Revived Gothic style, s impressive with its three large towers: Victoria Tower

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    Essay Length: 618 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 12, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Greek and Persian Armaments: A Comparison

    Greek and Persian Armaments: A Comparison

    Because of the recent movie, 300, most people are aware of the epic battle that occurred at Thermopylai were 300 odd Spartans supposedly held off an army of over one million led by Xerxes I. Now, there were many errors in the movie (the number of men on both sides being the chiefest of them). But it still leaves many people asking how a force so drastically outnumbered was able to hold a force nearly

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    Essay Length: 542 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 14, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Greek Orthodox Church

    Greek Orthodox Church

    Greek Orthodox Church I have decided to visit a Greek Orthodox Church, Saint Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox church. I went alone because I figured that this would not draw too much attention during the service. I tried to find a near by church that will give the service partially in English. When I found one near me it was my luck that I went at the time when it was all spoken in Greek.

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    Essay Length: 1,067 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: May 15, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Electrical Engineering

    Electrical Engineering

    What makes up a factory? Is it the staff or the boss? These are some question that would have been brought up in the minds of people when doing the factory project. The goal of this project was to have a smooth running factory that would ultimately produce 50 clocks in 15 minutes. But the main purpose was to produce a clock every 18 seconds. Everyone in the class had a different job to do

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    Essay Length: 1,267 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: May 16, 2010 By: shanice
  • Enterprise Architecture Scoping

    Enterprise Architecture Scoping

    Looking closer to how enterprise architecture concepts has evolved during past several years, one can realize the whole story was around the scope of an enterprise wide plan. Take Iranian market for example, it all started with IBM's BSP (Business Systems Planning) method offering by DPI (the Ex-IBM) around 15 years ago. BSP had a comprehensive approach on identifying and designing information systems for an organization; as expected, many of DPIs projects turned into never-lasting

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    Essay Length: 291 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 17, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Industrial Engineering

    Industrial Engineering

    Industrial Engineers serve as a bridge between management and operations. They combine their solid engineering background with good business sense and management ability. They figure out the best use of facilities, equipment and people for the most cost efficient and productive way to make or process a product. Industrial Engineers concentrate on improving manufacturing productivity and reducing costs associated with inventory. They are also concerned with worker safety and work environment. In order to be

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    Essay Length: 264 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 18, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Ancient Greek Technology

    Ancient Greek Technology

    When most people talk about ancient Greek civilization, they usually think about the humanities (philosophy and literature) that flourished in ancient Greece. They know Plato and his theories about the ideal forms, they admire the depth of Aristotle's thought. However, few people heard about the contribution of the Ancient Greeks in other sciences like medicine, which was made by Hippocrates, or mathematics and geometry by Pythagoras, Euclid and Archimedes and fewer know about technological achievements

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    Essay Length: 295 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 18, 2010 By: Anna
  • Ancient Greek Contributions to the Wester Civilization

    Ancient Greek Contributions to the Wester Civilization

    Ancient Greek Contributions to Western Civilization The Ancient Greece culture has made many contributions to western civilization. The ancient Greeks affected our fine arts, government, sports, medics, and philosophies. The Greek culture has had a very profound impact on the way people live nowadays. One way that ancient Greece affected western civilization is politics. Greece had the first known democracy. The Greek states man Pericles had three goals, to Strengthen Democracy, Hold strength in the

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    Essay Length: 611 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 19, 2010 By: Anna
  • Service Oriented Architecture

    Service Oriented Architecture

    Abstract Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) has been proposed as a way to model distributed software development that surpasses the traditional Distributed Object Architecture (DOA) practices in many areas. However, no empirical studies have been conducted toverify the claimed benefits. This study is a first attempt at presenting empirical evidence regarding the benefits of SOA. It is a comparison between traditional DOA using the EJB technology and SOA using Web Services. These two technologies were compared

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    Essay Length: 3,738 Words / 15 Pages
    Submitted: May 20, 2010 By: Jack
  • Architectural Works of Iktinos

    Architectural Works of Iktinos

    When many people hear the word "architecture", they think of big buildings with a modern design to it. When in a big city, one may notice all the buildings usually look the same and there is not much to appreciate about them. However, in the Golden Age of Greece, people saw architecture as an art for the gods and goddesses of Greece. To capture the heart of many Greek citizens, Iktinos used different orders of

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    Essay Length: 1,308 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: May 20, 2010 By: Bred
  • Civil Engineering (outline)

    Civil Engineering (outline)

    Civil Engineer I. A construction engineer can plan, design, and build any thing from roads, buildings, airports, tunnels, bridges, dams, and water systems all over the world. II. Job Information A. Pay 1. In Idaho they get paid $17.50 to $41.88 2. Nationally they get paid $19.65 to $44.24 B. Special requirements 1. Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering 2. Engineering license a. 4 years as an engineer in training b. Pass the professional engineer exam

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    Essay Length: 873 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: May 20, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Greeks Vs Gods

    Greeks Vs Gods

    The Greeks always had a big relationship with there gods. They had good ocations with them and bad. The Greek gods were supuior then them. So they respected them. Like a kindergarten kid looks up to a high scholar. Its simple view that the Greeks had for there gods. They would have a lot of respect for them. But the gods would always ruin things for the humans. Always they would interfere. The gods would

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    Essay Length: 743 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 22, 2010 By: Stenly
  • You Can Make a Difference in Preventing Marine Engine Pollution

    You Can Make a Difference in Preventing Marine Engine Pollution

    You Can Make a Difference In Preventing Marine Engine Pollution Currently 12 million marine engines are operated in the United States. These marine engines are among the highest contributors of hydrocarbons (HC) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions in many areas of the country. HC and NOx produce ground-level ozone, which irritates the respiratory system causing chest pain and lung inflammation. Ozone can also aggravate existing respiratory conditions such as asthma. Boaters can join many

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    Essay Length: 4,115 Words / 17 Pages
    Submitted: May 22, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Greek Culture

    Greek Culture

    Greek Culture is very interesting. Of course, different people like different things. So some people like the food. Some like the beliefs and religions of Greeks. And some like the varieties of things. But most people love it for the fact that so many things can relate to Greek culture. In fact, almost everything in the entire world has some sort of Greek connection to it. Similarities and differences can be found almost everywhere in

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    Essay Length: 754 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: May 25, 2010 By: Yan
  • Theories of Communication as Seen in My Big Fat Greek Wedding

    Theories of Communication as Seen in My Big Fat Greek Wedding

    Theories of Communication as Seen in My Big Fat Greek Wedding As human beings we use communication in many ways. This is why theories are developed so that we can categorize patterns of communication to better understand ourselves and others. Theories categorize the differences in communication between women and men, help to better understand the conflicts that arise between children and their parents, and help to develop a better understanding of communication in general.

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    Essay Length: 2,404 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: May 29, 2010 By: Bred
  • 19th Century Architecture

    19th Century Architecture

    19th Century Architecture 19th Century architecture is a wide subject only because there were so many beautiful and magnificent buildings built. The Houses of Parliament were built between 1840 to 1865. It was built by Sir Charles Barry in a Gothic Revival style. The buildings cover an area of more than 8 acres and contain 1100 apartments, 100 staircases, and 11 courts. The exterior, in it’s Revived Gothic style, s impressive with its three large

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    Essay Length: 625 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 30, 2010 By: regina
  • The Greek Tactics

    The Greek Tactics

    The ancient Greeks were one of the most successful superpowers of the era conquering large parts of the Middle East. They are also very famous for there unique fighting style which was completely different from the exotic and intricate tactics of the Middle Eastern countries. But why were they so effective? What did the Greeks do to conquer such vast areas? In this essay I will try to explain what made the Greeks so good

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    Essay Length: 1,644 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: May 30, 2010 By: Victor
  • The Importance of Philosophy to Engineering

    The Importance of Philosophy to Engineering

    Abstract Philosophy has not paid sufficient attention to engineering. Nevertheless, engineering should not use this as an excuse to ignore philosophy. The argument here is that philosophy is important to engineering for at least three reasons. First, philosophy is necessary so that engineers may understand and defend themselves against philosophical criticisms. In fact, there is a tradition of engineering philosophy that is largely overlooked, even by engineers. Second, philosophy, especially ethics, is necessary to help

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    Essay Length: 1,174 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: May 30, 2010 By: Fatih
  • A History of the Gothic Period of Art and Architecture

    A History of the Gothic Period of Art and Architecture

    Gothic Art is concerned with the painting, sculpture, architecture, and music characteristic of the second of two great international eras that flourished in western and central Europe during the Middle Ages. Architecture was the most important and original art form during the Gothic period. The principal structural characteristics of Gothic architecture arose out of medieval masons' efforts to solve the problems associated with supporting heavy masonry ceiling vaults over wide spans. The problem was that

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    Essay Length: 426 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 31, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Structural Engineering Mishaps and Disasters

    Structural Engineering Mishaps and Disasters

    Structural Engineering Mishaps and Disasters Hindenburg: An Unnecessary Disaster In the 1930s airships, better known today as “blimps”, were the main source of air travel. During this time, the airships were used for various different reasons such as: bombing enemy targets, patrolling coastal areas, escorting naval ships during the night or through unsafe bodies of water, or used to make luxury flights across the Atlantic. The Hindenburg was believed to be the biggest and most

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    Essay Length: 526 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: June 1, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Greek Legacies

    Greek Legacies

    Greek legacies are their governmental systems, culture and arts, and science and technology. Classical Greece was a time where the growth of a community held strong through times of plague, wars, and numerous breakthroughs. A major legacy left by classical Greece was a government based on direct democracy. With a direct democracy, citizens ruled by majority vote. The citizenship was expanded to all free males, except foreigners. Those not considered citizens were women, slaves, and

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    Submitted: June 3, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Olap, Data Marts and Warehouses, Three-Tier Architecture and Asp

    Olap, Data Marts and Warehouses, Three-Tier Architecture and Asp

    WEEK 4 INDIVIDUAL PAPER OLAP, DATA MARTS AND WAREHOUSES, THREE-TIER ARCHITECTURE AND ASP DBM405 OLAP, Data Marts and Warehouses, Three-Tier Architecture and ASP OLAP The term OLAP stands for ‘On-Line Analytical Processing’. OLAP is a technology used to process data a high performance level for analysis and shared in a multidimensional cube of information. The key thing that all OLAP products have in common is multidimensionality, but that is not the only requirement for

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    Essay Length: 513 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: June 5, 2010 By: Yan
  • Greek Influence in Western Culture

    Greek Influence in Western Culture

    I am not sure whether we do or do not all come from the Greeks; however if the question is referring to the way in which art/visual art, philosophy, history, music, economics, sports, theatrical events, science/math, democracy, and architecture of Greeks have had and still do have significant influence in Western culture, then perhaps the answer is yes. The Greeks believed that music could have a deep affect on human behavior. They believed music to

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    Essay Length: 354 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: June 10, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Role of Greek and Roman Literature

    The Role of Greek and Roman Literature

    THE ROLE OF GREEK AND ROMAN LITERATURE Over the years, literature of ancient Greece and Rome has affected art, religion, philosophy, science and mathematics, medicine, drama, and poetry profoundly. It has served as a basic model for the development of later European literatures and, consequently, the writings of the historians, geographers, philosophers, scientists, and rhetoricians are read today as sources of historical information and enjoyment. Alfred Whitehead, the famous British philosopher-mathematician, once commented that: "[A]ll

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    Essay Length: 840 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: June 10, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Greek and Roman Technology

    Greek and Roman Technology

    Some of the things we see today and appreciate are older than you would probably guess. Now a days we're surrounded by modern conveniences, but some of them aren't exactly that innovative. For example; when you take a shower, use the restroom, or turn on the sink you expect to have running water, the same thing the ancient Greeks had two thousand years ago. So I guess the Moen commercial is accurate. Who would have

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    Essay Length: 969 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: June 11, 2010 By: Kevin

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