Internet Archive Essays

  • Reconstruction of Agency and Humanity in Female Protagonists

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    London: W. Mullan & Son, 1877. Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine . Web. 29 Mar. 2012. . Jenkins, Edward. Lutchmee and Dilloo: A Story of West Indian Life . Vol. 2. London: W. Mullan & Son, 1877. Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine . Web. 29 Mar. 2012. . Jenkins, Edward. Lutchmee and Dilloo: A Story of West Indian Life . Vol. 3. London: W. Mullan & Son, 1877. Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books

  • Carmella Iacovetta The Power of the Profile

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      The Power of the Profile When it comes to personal information in America, the genie is out of the bottle. As such, information security will continue to be a pressing concern especially to most of our top three-letter-agencies such as the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), NSA (National Security Agency), DOD (Department of Defense), and HS (Homeland Security) as most of them are staffed with employees with top secret security clearances (also known as TS).When someone is given this clearance

  • his111

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    data by visiting libraries and archive collections. On visiting these libraries and archives to carry out their research, the first port of call for most historians upon arrival was usually to seek assistance from the librarian or the archivist, who in turn referred them to a card index or printed guide (Organ et al, 1996). However over the last twenty to thirty years the world has experienced the internet revolution. In this essay we will discuss how has the internet changed the way historians work

  • Birkenstocks

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    resident of a small German village, was registered in the church archives as a "subject and shoemaker" in 1774. By 1897 his grandson Konrad Birkenstock designed the first shoe for use b... ... middle of paper ... ...ry/bstory.html Eskenazi, Joe. "Birkenstock Stands on Solid Footing." The Daily Californian 9 October 1996: np,archives. Online. Internet. ProQuest Direct. 23 Nov. 1997. Available: http://www.dailycal.org/archive/09.09.96/birkenstock.txt Sacks, Diane Dorrans. "Joining the establishment:

  • Essay On Archive Management

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    Archive management need to manage information technology. Technology can make a work that can be effective. Malaysian Government to promote the archives to use technology to manage the organization. The technology used can make a large storage for storing information. There are many advantages when we use technology. The advantage is to ensure that the information can be safe and secure. In addition, the space to store information that can reduce and make more efficient way to manage information

  • Reading and the Importance of a Library

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    knowledge which are inherited. They store a secret of the past. While reading a book, you can learn about the wars, about animals, about the great people, and about many other things. Each book having its own value, odor, color. Books are better than the internet, because you can touch the book, you can to penetrate into e... ... middle of paper ... ... library just to relax from the hustle and sit in silence, or prepare for the test or education project. There is a special learning environment, which

  • Electronic Text

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    general public. Today, in our technological age, a new form of literary expression is taking place. With the invention of the internet and the trend towards more of the population using it as a source of news and information, we find the growing popularity of electronic text. News, books, and entire literary archives are being converted to electronic text and put on the internet for anyone who wishes to read them. Electronic text has many positive attributes. I believe that the use of electronic text

  • The Development of the Centre for Migration Studies Irish Emigration Database

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    early 1980s at the UAFP. In 1987, Graham Kirkham, of the new University of Ulster in Coleraine, had completed a feasibility study in various archives which held material on Irish emigration. These were the Linenhall, Central & Queen's University libraries in Belfast, the Public Record Office, N. Ireland (PRONI) and the Public Record Office (now the National Archives), in Kew in London. This feasibility study covered only a small percentage of the material available as time allotted to do this research

  • Computer Problems That Drive You Crazy

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    to spyware and adware, to Trojan horses. The number of viruses in known existence exceeded 50,000 in 2001 and this number has grown daily since (“Number” 1). The good news here is the greater portion of viruses are not in circulation, but exist in archives and reference libraries for analysis (“Number” 1). Also, as for the most common viruses and those in virus libraries, anti-virus programs have a way to remove them. One difficulty users often face, is trying to figure out if a virus resides on their

  • Interactive Cable Archives and Videoconferencing

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    Interactive Cable Archives and Videoconferencing The integration of technology into curriculum and instructional practices in P-12 education has been gaining momentum in classroom reform across the nation (Mowre-Popiel, Pollard, & Pollard, 1994). Interactive and digital technologies are now recognized as tools by which educators can bring unique resources into the classroom (Schutte, 1998; Wise, 2002) and engage students in dynamic, self-constructed learning (Branzburg, 2001). The use of technology

  • The Tragedy of Mileva Maric Einstein - Einstein's First Wife

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    considered to be the intellectual equal of her husband Albert, but somehow went unrecognized for her contributions to the 1905 Papers, which included the Special Theory of Relativity. The stronger force of these two bodies would be propelled into the archives of scientific history, while the other would be left to die alone, virtually unknown. Mrs. Einstein was robbed. She deserved to be recognized for at least a collaborative effort, but it was not to be. The role which society had accorded her and plain

  • History and Honesty

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    not anymore self-evident that the prosecutor was also the judge. The documents for contracts, inheriting and other legal matters were needed. The documents needed to be written and with written laws and documents there appeared also the need for archives, the fundamental history source. So the people not only lived the history, they've begun to write it. The history as science was born. The history had experienced further development in the times of ancient Greeks. Two of their historians were of

  • Document Analysis: Calendar of State Papers

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    Document Analysis: Calendar of State Papers Primary Document used: ➢ Ed. Timings, E.K ‘Calendar of State Papers, James II, Vol 1 Feb-Dec 1685’(London, 1960) Secondary Reading: ➢ Miller, John ‘The Earl of Tyrconnell and James II’s Irish policy, 1685-88’ ( London, 1964) ➢ Simms, J.G ‘ Jacobite Ireland 1685-91’ (London 1969) ➢ Brady, Ciaran ‘ Worst in the game, Losers in Irish History’ (Dublin 1974) ➢ Ó Ciardha, Eámmonn ‘Irish Jacobitism 1684-90’ (Dublin 1984) A primary document

  • Japanese Internment

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    Museum Of The City Of San Francisco has established a great source for those interested in studying the internment of Japanese during World War II. This topic is reflected very accurately and fairly in the archives of the museum because the archives consist of primary documents. Their archives of original newspaper articles are the basis of this research document. The content listed on the museum’s web site is very relevant to the topic of Japanese internment because it provides a wealth of primary

  • Gyrating Hips

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    Gyrating Hips Gyrating hips, fast feet, high stepping, and magnificent moves, are characteristics that belong to the great African-American dancers of history’s past. Famu’s Black Archives Museum has a vast collection of African-American artifacts including a variety of pictures of dazzling African-American dancers. These dancers Katherine Dunham, Martha Graham, and Bill “Bo jangles” Robinson exemplify black beauty, style, and grace. Katherine Dunham was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois on June

  • Roger Williams

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    Roger Williams ... A Brief Biography Drypoint etching, 1936, by Arthur W. Heintzelman, commemorating the Tercentenary of the founding of Rhode Island by Roger Williams. Courtesy of Roger Williams University Archives. ROGER WILLIAMS was born in London, circa 1604, the son of James and Alice (Pemberton) Williams. James, the son of Mark and Agnes (Audley) Williams was a "merchant Tailor" (an importer and trader) and probably a man of some importance. His will, proved 19 November 1621, left, in addition

  • An Assassin of John F. Kennedy

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    Assassination Archives and Research Centre of Washington - and some Midland Businessmen. The possibility of Ricky White's story being a hoax - a falsehood concocted either by Ricky or his father - has not been dismissed by the people urging him to publicly talk about the matter. During the last 27 years, many private researchers have claimed to have found evidence of a conspiracy, only to be proved wrong or deceitful. Bernard Fensterwald, executive director of the Assassination Archives and Research

  • Sleeping and Dreaming

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    dreams for guidance in life. Shamans dreamed in order to gather information from the spirits. Sleep and dreams have defined eras, cultures, and individuals. Sigmund Freud’s interpretation of dreams revolutionized twentieth-century thought. Historical archives record famous short sleepers and notable insomniacs—some accounts reliable, some not. When Benjamin Franklin counseled, “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise,” he was using sleep habits to symbolize his pragmatism.

  • Osb Estate File

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    PROCEDURES ON THE DIGITIZATION AND DESTRUCTION OF PAPER ESTATE FILES AT THE OSB 1.0 OVERVIEW Section 11.1 of the BIA requires the Superintendent to retain the information contained within each estate file for a prescribed period. This digitization procedure enables OSB employees to scan the paper copy of an estate file, upload it to E-filing, and destroy the paper document while ensuring the integrity of the estate file information is maintained. The paper copy of the scanned estate file cannot

  • Exemplification Essay: War and World Peace

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    love, but he always found time to devote many of his efforts to political causes that were close to his heart. He strived for peace, freedom, and social justice. He became an active leader of the international anti-war movement. (Albert Einstein Archives) Einstein died on April 18, 1955. (Einstein) Einstein said, "I don't know what kind of weapons will be used in the third world war, assuming there will be a third world war. But I can tell you what the fourth world war will be fought with- stone