It is used mainly for Internet software, but it is also popular for regular applications and in embedded systems. In fact, over half of all U.S.developers use Java and this share is projected to rise with additional ten percent during 2002. ... Besides being used for development of regular applications, Java run-time environments can also be embedded in applications, most noticeably World Wide Web browsers. ... Besides the core API, Sun provides a number of optional packages that extends the core API in various ways. ... MS Windows, Sun Solaris and to some extent also Linux. ...

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Vampires: Folklore Throughout the Ages What, exactly, is a vampire? (Thompson: Motif E 251. Vampire- Corpse which comes from grave at night and sucks blood). Does a vampire require a long black cape, fangs, and a mansion in Transylvania? Or can a vampire be any undead person roaming around somewhere between the grave and the netherworld? ...

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In the 1930s and "40s there was a rise of mythic criticism of the poem, as many scholars sought to interpret Sir Gawain and the Green Knight with new knowledge of medieval folklore and mythical traditions. ... John Gardner was extremely talented and continuously wrote works of all different genres. ... He also falls into the temptation of saving his own life. ... He is associated with chastity, the sun god, and Christian morals, all of which are themes that intertwine with righteousness. ... Lady Bercilak plays a mentor for Gawain, also. ...

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In the early days, CGI was mostly limited to science fiction (sci-fi) and action genres. ... Recently, the use of CGI has began to spread to almost all genres that it is hard to find a contemporary Hollywood film that does not use VFX. ... The concern of VFX usage is not distinctive in the history of cinema, where sound and color are also controversial issues when they were first introduced. ... Should VFX be limited to specific genre? ... Manovich (2011) also sees the huge potential of CGI to create things that never exist before or to polish the footage after production stage. ...

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The British Empire, which had expanded under Queen Victoria and in 1900 had reached 13 million square miles, also began to disintegrate. ... This led to the rapid expansion of a largely unsophisticated literary public, the rise of the popular press, and the mass production of 'popular' literature for a semi-literate 'lowbrow' readership. ... Isolation and alienation, together with experimental forms of expression, came to characterise serious literature, while cinematic techniques and the elaboration of popular genres came to dominate other forms of cultural expression. ....

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From the time of the initial discovery there was also an upsurge in archeological expeditions to the area. ... The writer will also attest as a second point that it is possible from the accounts of various writers studied for this research paper (Lohse,1974 et.al) to formulate a theory supporting the Essenes copying or collecting the scrolls at Qumran and depositing them in the caves of the adjacent hills for safe keeping. ... Before sunrise they recite certain ancestral prayers to the sun as though entreating it to rise. ...

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Victoria stood not only for England and Empire, but also for Duty, Family, and, especially, Propriety. ... The dominance of the novel in this age of print emerged also from the intimate connection between the particular form of the Victorian novel, which can best be called "realism," with the desires, aspirations, and anxieties of its readers. ...

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Plot Overview IN THE STREETS OF VERONA another brawl breaks out between the servants of the feuding noble families of Capulet and Montague. Benvolio, a Montague, tries to stop the fighting, but is himself embroiled when the rash Capulet, Tybalt, arrives on the scene. After citizens outraged by the constant violence beat back the warring factions, Prince Escalus, the ruler of Verona, attempts to prevent any further conflicts between the families by decreeing death for any individual who disturbs the peace in the future. Romeo, the son of Montague, runs into his cousin Benvolio, who had earlie...

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• Grade Level: High School