...This photograph is of Ed Mirvish in front of his store, Honest Ed's, on the corner of Bathurst and Bloor St. West in Toronto and was taken in 1983. The photograph was taken by Tibor Kolley for the Globe and Mail and was sourced on their website from the news article on the history of Honest Ed's. This image interested me because of Honest Ed's recent closure, as well as because I find it visually interesting as there is something going on in the fore, middle, and background of the image. Reading Reflection #1: Barthes’ concepts of Connotation & Dennotation This image relates to Barthes concept of the photographic message, specifically in relation to the “denotation” and “connotation” of the messages that can be read from press images. To summarize, Barthes describes that a press photograph has both a denoted message and a connoted message. Essentially, the denoted message is whatever is in the image (Barthes 17). In the case of my own chosen photograph, it is an older male in a suit standing in front of a street corner with a gathering of people around a building behind him. Secondly, press photographs also have a connoted message, which the public decides based on what they see and what they can interpret from the denoted image (17). For example, assuming that the man owns (what might be) a store behind him is a connoted message. Or that the people behind him are lined up for a big sale is also a connoted message; it is making inferences about the image based on already...
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...INTRODUCTION We have been task to watch movie Die Hard 4 as our individual assignment and have been told to do a summary report based on the movie that have been watch and based on the movie we need to collect the content of the movie summary based on the rubric given. We watch it in the class for about 1 and a half hour. Below is the summary that I have summarized. McClane is attempting to stop cyber terrorists who hack into government and commercial computers across the United States with the goal to start a "fire-sale" of financial assets. The F.B.I. responds to a brief computer outage at their Cyber-Security Division by tracing down top computer hackers, finding several of them have been killed. Taking others into protective custody, the F.B.I. asks New York City Police Department detective John McClane to collect Matthew "Matt" Farrell. McClane arrives in time to prevent Farrell from being killed by assassins working for a cyber-terrorist named Mai Linh who was working for her boss and love interest, Thomas Gabriel. En route to Washington, D.C. Farrell reveals that he received a large sum of money from Mai to write an algorithm that can crack a security system. As they arrive in D.C., Gabriel orders his own crew of hackers to take control of the transportation grids and stock market, while nationally broadcasting a message threatening the United States. Farrell recognizes this as the start of a "fire sale", an attack designed to target the nation's reliance on computer...
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...Moorpark High School 4500 Tierra Rejada Road Moorpark, CA 93021 February 11, 2014 The Mythbusters Beyond Productions 1268 Missouri Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Dear Mythbusters Team: We are a group of students from a Pre-AP English 1 class at Moorpark High. In our class, we are currently studying ancient Greek myths and the valued characteristics that the heroes of those stories possess. We are writing to you in regards to a stunt that was pulled off by the main character of Die Hard whose personal characteristics resemble those found in the myths we are studying. We would like to hear your thoughts on whether the stunt in question could be pulled off in real-life. In a scene from Die Hard, the main character, played by Bruce Willis, survives an explosion on the rooftop of a skyscraper by tying a fire hose to his waist, which breaks his fall, and allows him to smash a window of a lower story and take cover within the that story of the building. Willis falls 2-3 floors before the hose brings him to a complete stop. Now, as much as we love to witness the unlikely on a movie screen, we find it highly improbable that this could happen for a multitude of reasons. An average fire hose is about two and a half inches in diameter, anywhere from fifty to a hundred feet long, and the maximum amount of pressure that can be withstood is about 1,204 psi. A normal sized man is about 154 pounds, and Bruce Willis, who is five feet and eleven inches, is closer to 195 pounds. If...
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...Moorpark High School 4500 Tierra Rejada Road Moorpark, CA 93021 February 11, 2014 The Mythbusters Beyond Productions 1268 Missouri Street San Francisco, CA 94107 Dear Mythbusters Team: We are a group of students from a Pre-AP English 1 class at Moorpark High. In our class, we are currently studying ancient Greek myths and the valued characteristics that the heroes of those stories possess. We are writing to you in regards to a stunt that was pulled off by the main character of Die Hard whose personal characteristics resemble those found in the myths we are studying. We would like to hear your thoughts on whether the stunt in question could be pulled off in real-life. In a scene from Die Hard, the main character, played by Bruce Willis, survives an explosion on the rooftop of a skyscraper by tying a fire hose to his waist, which breaks his fall, and allows him to smash a window of a lower story and take cover within the that story of the building. Willis falls 2-3 floors before the hose brings him to a complete stop. Now, as much as we love to witness the unlikely on a movie screen, we find it highly improbable that this could happen for a multitude of reasons. An average fire hose is about two and a half inches in diameter, anywhere from fifty to a hundred feet long, and the maximum amount of pressure that can be withstood is about 1,204 psi. A normal sized man is about 154 pounds, and Bruce Willis, who is five feet and eleven inches, is closer to 195 pounds. If...
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...| Company Write-up: Xbox 360 | Built for Fun | | Michele Herriman | Principles of MarketingDr. Dennis Pedrick | 4/18/2011 | | Company History The Microsoft Corporation, as many people know, is one of the world’s leading computer software manufacturers. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, the company is known for developing, manufacturing, licensing, and supporting a range of software products and services for various computing devices worldwide. Established in 1975 by Paul Allen and Bill Gates, Microsoft began developing interpreters for microcomputers. By 1980, Microsoft entered the operating system business after signing a contract with IBM, which resulted in the branding and ownership rights of MS-DOS. By 1984 Microsoft had developed its first version of the operating system Microsoft Windows, and by March of 1986, the company had gone public with its stock. Today Microsoft has expanded to much more than just the familiar Windows Operating Systems, such as Windows 7 and Windows Vista. The company also provides enterprise consulting and product support services, training and certification to developers and information technology professionals. The company offers online information products, such as Bing and MSN, and an online advertising platform for publishers and advertisers. More recent products include the Windows Phone and the Zune digital music and entertainment platform, and application software for Apple’s Macintosh computers...
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...The short video entitle “Kambas ng Lipunan” made me realize the true face of society and the reality we live in. I have so many questions I ask myself like “What is my purpose in life? Am I on the right path? Have I done anything to help those in need?” but until now I still don’t have the answers. The maker of the short video, Joey Velasco, shared his talent and tried to make a difference in the society through his paintings Most of us would just watch and do nothing, but one man stood up and made an impact. It really is an eye-opener for the viewers to cherish and be thankful on the blessing that we receive. While I am spending money for such nonsense things, others are dying of hunger. I was a man who did not think of the value of money for others nor have I thought how hard it was to earn it, and it was proven true when I saw the clip. They are obliged to work for them to live, instead of them going to school and have a proper education for a brighter future. I don’t know how these children handle all the pressure and burden of being a breadwinner at such a young age. But as I watched the video, I can still the smile on their faces as if they don’t have problems or that they can face any obstacle they experience. It just shows that these children still haven’t lose hope of making their lives better. I have felt this extra ordinary kind of guilt within me. I can’t explain that feeling, it seems that I am very useless for I can’t do anything to those who are less fortunate...
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...Windows PC with a modified Pentium III processor, alongside powerful display graphics, audio hardware, and a modified Windows 2000 OS. Today, incremental innovations to the Xbox have led Microsoft to unveil the Xbox one. The Xbox 360, its predecessor, was launched in 2005 and had more components under its belt than the original Xbox. For example, the console had a custom IBM Power PC-based CPU with three 3.2 GHz cores, custom ATI graphics processor with 10 MB embedded DRAM, a 512 MB 700 MHz GDDR3 RAM, a detachable and upgradeable hard drive, a 12x dual-layer DVD-ROM, support for up to four wireless game controllers, three USB 2.0 ports, and two memory unit slots. The original Xbox included an online service (Xbox Live) for players to compete against each other online, but for a premium price. On the other hand, the 360’s Xbox Live service allowed users to use the service for free by introducing a ‘Silver’ membership (free). Additionally, Xbox Live now allowed the ability to stream multimedia content from PCs, as well as music, TV programs, movies, and access to third-party applications. Alongside the Xbox 360 came the release of a motion control system, the Kinect, a motion control system that used an advanced sensor system. Many different versions of the Xbox 360 were released in order to target consumers who were price sensitive, as well as those who enjoyed more memory in the...
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...in order to be different and reach different goals The book said that the limitations are created by ourselves, and that is totally true, and I speak by myself. At the time I read this quote I was imagine myself nowadays in the university, the way I suffer every time that I have to make a presentation in front of my classmates, it is so hard, but now after I read this I realized that it is a vaca that I was feeding since I was a kid and I have to take the decision to kill it One aspect that I want to take into account and also to add to this great book is the felling to be less than others. It is a big cow in my life and this book showed the way how to overcome it. I always had the feeling that everyone around me is better than me at the time to speak in English, I can imagine all the words and phrases in my mind, but at the time that I have to speak and my classmates stare at me I panic and I start to think that I am not good enough to do what I have to do; I remember a lot of opportunities that I lost because of my fear to do something…..but that was until today.. This book presents us different kind of vacas that can be affecting our lives, I just added one that was affecting my life. One of the greatest are the excuses that we create when we think that we are not able to do something. Excuses are part of our daily life, because we let it to be. I have lost, and I continue talking about my own...
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...Steps to Moving to a new country Mayar Lampkin Everest University Ever wonder what it is like to move to a new country? Well wonder no more I will tell you. Moving to a new country can be fun and exciting adventure but it takes a lot of work and planning. Before you go and experience the new culture make sure you do research on the country. Another is to make sure you have the right paper work and documentation. The last step is to make sure you pack up essentials. It sounds like a lot and hard work but in the end it is all worth it. Doing research about the country you will live in is very important because you will be informed about the cultures and customs of the country. Also researching what cities are safe to live in and what cities are dangerous is good way of keeping yourself safe and out of trouble. Make sure to research living situations is it mostly apartment/condo living or is it houses? Knowing that information is good for when you are packing because you will know how much space you will have. A good way of research is finding a group on a social media website and asking them questions about the country and living situations. This step will be the most important step out of all three. Having the right paperwork and documentation is very important or you can get in serious trouble and or road blocks along the way. Making sure you know what you need is important. For example if you do not already have a passport make sure you apply for one right...
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...Chap 3 1. What is a live system? What advantages does it have over an installed system? A live system is a Linux session you run on a computer without installing Linux on the computer. When you reboot after a live session, the computer is untouched. They also give you the chance to preview without installing it. 2. Describe the Anaconda installer. Anaconda can perform background processing. You can still be entering information while Anaconda is installing packages and you can skip over the screens that are irrelevant to your install. 3. Where can the installation image used by Anaconda be located? The virtual console 4. Why is it important to test the installation medium? How can you do so? The data can become corrupted while fetching an installation image. It is also possible for a transient error to occur while writing an image to a recordable medium. It can also save you hours of aggravation if the install fails. 5. What should you do if the graphical installer does not work? Try waiting a while and if the installation hangs or try performing a textual installation. 6. When might you specify an ext2 file system instead of ext4? When partitions who data do not change often, because ext4 offers no benefits. 7. Which utilities can you use to partition a hard disk prior to installation? The gnome-disks using a GUI. You can also use the parted or fdisk from the command line. 8. What do you need to do before you can install Fedora as the...
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...Linux operating system did each provide? Who else has helped build and refine this operating system? GNU, which stands for Gnu’s Not UNIX, is the name for the com- plete UNIX-compatible software system, created by Richard Stallman. Linus Torvalds created Linux to counteract the shortcomings in MINIX. 1. Briefly, what does the process of installing an operating system such as Fedora/RHEL involve? Installing Fedora/RHEL is the process of copying operating system files from a CD, DVD, or USB flash drive to hard disk(s) on a system and setting up configuration files so Linux runs properly on the hardware. Several types of installations are pos- sible, including fresh installations, upgrades from older releases of Fedora/RHEL, and dual-boot installation 1. What is a live system? What advantages does it have over an installed system? A live session gives you a chance to preview Fedora without installing it. Because a live session does not write to the hard disk (other than using a swap par- tition, if one is available), none of the work you save will be available once you reboot. You can use a USB flash drive, Webmail, or another method to transfer files you want to preserve to another system. 4. Where on the disk should you put your /boot partition or the root (/) partition if you do not use a /boot partition? ). If you do not want to install a boot loader, remove the tick from the check box labeled Install boot loader on /dev/xxx. To change the device...
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...Market Our target product chosen is the Xbox 360+Kinect gaming console. Launched in November 2010, it held the Guinness World Record for being the fastest selling consumer electronics device from 2010 to 2012 (BBC 2012). This is a good indicator of how the Xbox 360 + Kinect has captured its target market in a growing games industry which promotes family bonding through entertainment. 1.1 Market Share and size of market Currently, Xbox 360 holds 47% share of the overall current-generation console market, with Kinect sales accounting for 19 out of 67 million copies of Xbox consoles sold (Microsoft Corporation 2012). Enabling Microsoft to achieve 13.3% of the current market share in the gaming console industry with the Xbox 360+Kinect. Figure 1. Market share of Xbox 360 + Kinect in the industry. Source: (Microsoft 2012) 1.2 Market Position The following graph depicts year on year sales of the Xbox 360 console against competitors since its inception in 2005. Undoubtedly, the Xbox 360 has garnered the most sales in 2012, characterized by steady growth over the seven years (Microsoft 2012). Figure 2. Console Hardware sales in the US. Source: (Microsoft 2012) 1.3 Company’s principal product in terms of features and benefits Other than the Xbox 360, Microsoft has launched products, which were equal or even more representative of the company. Being the most popular platform, with a 10-year old history, Windows XP Operating System is thus considered to be the principal...
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...segment which Sony was now dominating, Microsoft developed and released the Xbox in 2001. It quickly established itself as Sony’s biggest competitor; with the Xbox selling 1.53 million in the USA alone 3 months after launch, far eclipsing the PlayStation 2. Initially, these consoles were focussed towards single-players, with multi-play being possible only by attaching multiple controllers to the console physically. Soon, video games started changing, with a lot of focus on online multi-player offerings in most bestselling titles. With PC gaming still offering the best solution for online multi-play requirements, consoles were losing out on this segment. With the introduction of the PlayStation Network on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox Live on the Xbox 360, consoles were now geared up for social, multi-player engagements. Microsoft’s New Direction With Xbox One Microsoft recently displayed a remarkable backpedalling of segmentation strategy with the Xbox One. I will attempt to illustrate this shift by comparing two Xbox one commercials, one at E3 2015, and the other from 2013, which was a pre-launch promotion Here’s the commercial from 2013, just before the Xbox launched. What do you think? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKeptMVKlsY Looks like...
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...The Impact of the Cloud on Higher Education Douglas Rosette (VP Sales) July 2012 Agenda • • • • • • • • Introduction Traditional Access with AT Software How Computing has and is Changing What this means for AT in the future Examples of Cloud Computing Example of AT in the Cloud What Texthelp is working on Questions Introduction • I'm not Martin McKay..sorry to his fans • I am Doug Rosette VP Sales • Spent 20 plus year working with Assistive Technology LD, Blind and Visually Impaired. • Worked for or with the following companies: Texthelp Inc, Cambium Learning, Optelec, EVS, AiSquared • Self proclaimed lover of technology Different Types of Assistive Technology Standalone Systems • • • • Work on their own Do not need Word / Outlook / Browser Single task / Simple use Examples: • Clicker • Boardmaker • Simple AAC software Accessibility Layer Systems • Simply put…they help you to do something else. • • • • • • • Jaws Read&Write Gold ZoomText Hal Supernova Braille Output Devices Co Writer How Accessibility Layer Systems Work USER Screen Readers Word Prediction Braille Output Input Devices Magnifiers Etc. Accessibility Layer ( provided by OS ) MS Word Internet Explorer Outlook Firefox Open Office Safari How has computing changed? A few years ago there where only a few viable platforms to develop AT in. Today there are many and the list keeps growing! What does “more platforms” mean? • For AT Companies ...
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...city I try, no I do, avoid. I have to admit that these areas are predominately black and poor. I live out here in the country now and have to admit that I am not street savvy or “street wise” so to say. I admit have driven for quite a distance to deliberately avoid these areas. Some of the things that bother me are the attitude of some of these young black men. The swagger, language, and almost defiant attitude. I have to admit it scares me somewhat, and yes, I am one of those people who try not to make eye contact. I believe that this behavior probably angers some of the black youths as they are offended by my behavior. I also believe that one bad instance with a black youth can anger a small community and scare the residents against all black youths. I have always considered myself not to be prejudice but this has made me see things differently. I now believe that I am somewhat prejudice, and I do not think that this is a good trait in myself. It is amazing how one small article can make you reflect on your own behavior throughout your life. I know I would not like to be looked at and judged just for my appearance. If you lived in the Village-Northton how would your interactions be different from what they now are? Exactly what behaviors would you change? If I lived in the village I believe that I would try to become more “street wise”. I do not think I would want to live in a place where I was frightened all the time. If I was to see the same people all the time I would...
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