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characters. Sadly, most suspense movies of today rely more on special effects than quality acting and dialogue. This is true when it comes to Alfred Hitchcock’s movie Rear Window and its 2007 remake Disturbia. While both movies are interesting and suspenseful, Disturbia failed to capture the charm of its predecessor. In Rear Window, James Steward plays L.B. Jefferies, a photographer who broke his leg taking photographs during a car race. For Jefferies leg to heal, he must stay in his…

with Microsoft's Windows operating system in only a few years. Since then, the debate over which choice is better has been ceaseless, although new developments may tip the debate in the favor of Linux. Linux is not only free, but the driving philosophy behind Linux is that it should always be free. Windows customers will pay on average $50-$75 for a copy of the operating system. One of the features of the Linux operating system is the degree to which it is customizable. Windows may allow the…

Apple and Windows machine for years now whether it be a computer, phone or tablet, I have owned some sort of device from both companies within the last few years. I honestly love both of them. Three years after Windows 7, Microsoft released the next version of Windows called Windows 8. It’s the largest OS renovation that Microsoft has ever made to its operating system. It’s also something of a hybrid that’s meant for both desktop PCs and tablets, specifically the Surface. On its own, Windows 8…

On December 23,2009, 11 year old Sarah Haley Foxwell was snatched by a nighttime intruder from her home in Wicomico County, Maryland. A convicted sex offender, Thomas Leggs Jr was the intruder who kidnapped Sarah. He brutally raped her, and then murdered her and then burned her lifeless body in a field near the Maryland- Delaware border. Sarah’s body was found on Christmas day, Leggs was registered as a “high risk” sex offender. After that situation Leggs was deemed to be “compliant” in Maryland…

Introduction: *Central Theme ¡§Freedom¡¨ *Key points of story that help identify the internal/external conflict. *Climax and whether the ending is a catastrophe or resolution. I.     To begin w/ lets look at what the internal conflict is: Louise felt repressed in her marriage to her husband, in a sense she wanted to be free from him. 1.     Look at 1st paragraph, which sets the stage for this story. Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted…

There are opportunities for Australian citizens to participate in several stages of the policy cycle. In the following essay I argue that there are various avenues for private citizens to have their voice heard in the area of policy making while perhaps fewer opportunities in the area of policy implementation. I discuss the role of parliamentary committees, think tanks and interest groups as potential avenues for policy influence. Recognising that public servants and politicians are citizens as…

In Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window (1954) is a story about a photographer on his last week of recuperation from his last assignment where he was severely injured on the race track taking a picture of the wreckage. While recuperating Jeff has come into the deplorable habit of people watching his neighbors outside his rear view window, while watching he suspects one of his neighbors to have murdered his wife. Not being able to provide an eye witness account to what he believes happened he has his…

Apple and Samsung are very similar in the way that they both sell smartphones and they both do the same functions. Providing the user with the same experience of cell phone calls and texts. These two companies are similar but have very different operating systems. They both have nearly the same apps and functions, such as music, internet, and web browsing. They are both smart phones, they are both at the top of the market, both are greatly desired by people overall, and they are great phones.…

In 1997 Steve Jobs deliver a speech in Boston to commemorate the partnership Microsoft created with Apple. The reason why i chose to do an essay on Steve Jobs is because his success is something that truly baffles me. I can 't wrap my head around the fact that a company that has never created a single piece of revolutionary technology or added something to the conversation can see such great success. This why i think that this is a perfect topic for me to write a rhetorical analysis about…

Microsoft Suit against Google and Kai-Fu Lee Two giant companies, Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. were engaged in a court battle in Seattle in an argument that sought to establish the kind of tasks one of Google’s most senior executives should be engaged in and the ones in which he should not be a part of within a given duration (Microsoft, Goggle spar in Kai –Fu Lee case, 20015). A case that was to assess and give a verdict on the means in which the official was hired was to commence in the…