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Johnson Financial (JF) is a mid-sized insurance company located in the northeast United States. The company supports a remote computing environment for users located outside of the corporate offices. The remote users, outside of the corporate network, support various aspects of the business operations. Up to twenty percent of the company users may remote compute at any point in time. The current method of remote computing is based on a company provided laptop and a vpn connection to the…

On May 18th 1998, 20 U.S. states along with the Justice Department submitted a filed a lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. The lawsuit contains various parts and claims against Microsoft. Most of these claims were associated with violations of antitrust laws and more specifically the Sherman Antitrust Act. This act was passed in 1890 by Congress and has two sections. The first has to do with the agreements between businesses that may restrict the “flow of trade.” The second has to with monopolistic…

All of the great folding sawhorse fashions you notice here were decided on based on their potential to affect small domestic, condominium, or may be widely known domestic dwelling. Space is something that we in no way have enough of and a lot less our lives are cluttered, the more electricity we can be in our regular lives. Stanley Folding Sawhorse (model 060864R) While you would probably say metal might be extra sturdy; those folding sawhorses beat that out of the communication. These plastic…

Burma Shave and The Dollar Shave club's ad campaigns, while in different centuries, are in many ways very similar. They both came to be in a time where there really wasn't much demand for the product. People were already shaving and had their routines and products they preferred, so instead they both went for the largest problems with shaving at the time trying to change it; Burma with the problem of having to use a brush and lather up the shaving cream, and Dollar Shave Club with the problem of…

People have different opinions of a utopia and dystopia, such as the people in Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451. It is a book about a society where it is believed that the best utopia is one where everyone is equal in intelligence so that there is no superiority. Therefore, the people in their society are required to burn books within 24 hours of first sight. The people in Fahrenheit 451’s society can actually compare to our society today despite all the contrasts that we have with theirs.…

Sarcasm. Irony. Parody. Farce. These are a few of the devices that are compiled together to make satire. All of the satirical devices mock a subject and can be light-hearted or bitter. Many television programs utilize the satirical device to mock current events, individuals, and behavior. One such program is Saturday Night Live (SNL). SNL has been part of American culture for about 40 years and each episode satirizes a multitude of topics varying from presidential debates to advertisements. In…

Popular culture is a passage into happiness because, in ways, it helps us escape from the difficulties of life and reconnect with friends and families. In Inside the Mouse: Work and Play at Disney World by Susan Willis, Willis describes Disney World as a type of dreamland for the families who go there. When families go to Disney World, the workers there makes sure all of the planning is done so that you can relax and enjoy your vacation there. Even if you do not have a particular interest in the…

New to You, or Tried and True? Many would say that voting is the most imporant part of polictics, and for generations we've done it the same way, on paper ballots; until recently that is. Now, there's a new way to vote on Electronic Voting Machines (EMVs). Though both ways pose problems to different groups of people in the U.S. I believe that everyone could be happy if we stuck with paper voting. Lets start with the positives of the EMVs. They're more accessible to people with diabilties…

Technological advancements have grown at an upward slope over the past few decades. New technology innovations have introduced machines that no longer need human help to operate. Autonomous machines are both beneficial and detrimental to society much like the house in the short story ¨The Veldt.¨ Autonomous technology is helpful in many ways. Programming machines to perform jobs humans would usually do saves time, money, and labor. Autonomous machines are being used by more and more fields. One…

In all of history up to the present, humans have used social contact to get through everyday activities. In this day and age, however, technology has progressed to allow people to accomplish tasks online, reducing the need for human contact. People do not have to leave their house to browse a section of books at the library, shop for clothes, or show photos to their friends. Many people argue that technology saves precious time, and that still plenty of human contact still goes on through…