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- 10281: Data Mining
- In today s business world, information about the customer is a necessity for a businesses trying to maximize its profits. A new, and important, tool in gaining this knowledge is Data Mining. Data Mining is a set of automated procedures ... largely, if not entirely used for business purposes. The highest users of data mining include banking, financial, and telecommunications industries (Two Crows). Data mining will have a different effect on different industries in the business world. The key to succeeding in this rapidly changing industry is to understand the customer, or the market that the customer represents. Through data mining, companies can know what their customers have done in the past ...
- 10282: Odysseus Is Not A Hero
- ... deeper, looking at what people feel a hero is, he doesn't even come close. In the book, Odysseus does nothing out of the goodness of his heart. Even if Odysseus fought in the Trojan War, he is not a hero because he is self-centered and ignorant to other people's values and needs. There are multiple examples of Odysseus being self-centered, such as not taking people's advice ... still stayed loyal even when Odysseus was thought to be dead. Therefore, Odysseus had no reason to be disloyal to his loving wife. Disloyalty surely doesn't belong on a hero's record. Although a war hero, Odysseus is not a hero in other respects. This is so because he is self-centered which is clear because he doesn't value other people's lives. He also is cold-hearted which ...
- 10283: Moby Dick: Good and Evil
- ... his duty to exploit. The terror that Ishmael perceives is a consequence of his own vague fear of the whale's "nothingness." What Ishmael fears is the mystical, terrifying manifestation of white in the natural world, coupled with its subversion of the sense of purity attached to whiteness in the human world. Ishmael is distinguished from the rest of the crew in his ability to consider the perspectives of the others. In his role as narrator, Ishmael's ability to detachedly analyze the viewpoints of those around ...
- 10284: The Olive Branch
- ... appreciation for life and no heart to feel. Disappointed in his two failures , the Feathered Serpent made the heavens pour out rain to get rid the earth of his mistake. Carrying on eastward across the world its no surprise Greece also has their own outlandish legend. It begins as all other Greek myths with an angry god, Zeus, lashing out at mere mortals and exploding into a burning rage, unleashing ... ft.), a figure considerable larger than the average elevation of the land above sea level, which is 840 metres (2760 ft.). If the average depth is multiplied by its respective surface the volume of the world ocean is 11 times the volume of the land above sea level. In other words, if all the earth was leveled, mountains flattened and sea basins filled in, there would be an excess of water ...
- 10285: Families Portrayed In Roddy Doyle's Books
- ... young knockabouts and unemployed workers who spend a lot of time watching T.V. drinking Guinness and jawing at the pub, trying to stave off the feelings that they are nondescript people in a nondescript world."2 The Commitments is Doyle's first full-length novel. The main character Jimmy Rabbitte, the eldest son, puts together a band. It is almost every teenager's dream, at some point, to be famous ... a source of family strength. As soon as the father shows a little bit of unhappiness the rest of the family start to lose hope. Doyle once said "Friendship is something that is understood the world over, and unfortunately, so is unemployment." Doyle makes his belief clear in The Van by showing the pain that is put on the family when one bread-winner loses his job. Coming from a family ...
- 10286: Edgar Allen Poe
- Edgar Allan Poe Overview On January 19, 1809, in Boston Massachusetts one of the worlds most distinguished writers was born. This writers name was Edgar Allan Poe, he was born the son of an actress and an actor . At the age of three, Poes mother gave him ... story The Black Cat ,Poe once again shows part of his many sides. In the story it talks about a man who is sick minded and is an alcoholic and take his frustration of the world out on his cat. The way that Poe is involved in this story is that he to was an alcoholic. Poe had allot of problems due to his drinking, he had lost jobs and lost ...
- 10287: Mining In Canada
- ... produced. The Canadian government and the mining companies have very good plans and controls toward this problem, while ensuring the smooth running of the industries, and also helping to create strong economy and employment. The world of today could not exist without mineral products. Canada produces about 60 minerals and ranks first among producing countries1. As well, Canada is the largest exporter of minerals, with more than 20 per cent of production shipped to world markets2. In a typical year, the mining industry is responsible for almost 20 per cent of Canada's total export earnings3 (See Appendix A). As for the employment rate, over 70 per cent of the ...
- 10288: Gods Expectations
- ... were also people who did live up to Gods expectations; they were usually rewarded and lived happily. Noah, Abraham, and Daniel are three examples of them. Noah was the only good person in the world, so God did not kill him, his wife, and two of every animal, male and female, but killed everything else in the world by drowning everything. Abraham became the father of the Jewish nation and his son, Ishmael, was the father of the Islam religion. Daniel was very smart and could understand God; the spirit of God lived ...
- 10289: Andrea Dworkin
- ... ideas are beneficial to women. This paper will show that many of her most popular beliefs are not only detrimental to society, but also not in the best interests of women. In letters from a war zone, Andrea Dworkin presents a collection of speeches and short articles she has composed during her career as a writer and activist. Many of her articles deal with censorship and pornography. One claim is central ... it unified and free from oppression. Ironically, Dworkin seeks freedom from oppression for women, but in doing so advocates universal oppression for all people, women and men. Works Cited 1. Dworkin, Andrea Letters from a War Zone. Lawrence Hill 1993. 2. McElroy, Wendy A Woman's Right To Pornography St. Martin Press 1995 3. Gibson, Pamela Church and Gibson, Roma Dirty Looks British Film Institute 1993 4. Strossen, Nadine Defending Pornography ...
- 10290: Beowulf and His Pride
- ... Pride One of Beowulf's main characteristics is his ever present pride. To most protagonists their pride is usually explained by a friend or narrator. However, Beowulf is one who likes to show the whole world how important and valuable he is to them. Through out the chapters which we have read it seems as though the whole point in the book is to show off his strength. He presents himself ... to take on a monster that lives in the pits of hell and thrives on the bodies of innocent men. However, Beowulf ostentatiously jumped into the fiery lake and once more showed to the whole world that he was the greatest warrior of all time. Beowulf, maturing, told the king to take care of his armor and more importantly, to make sure that his soldiers don't remain leaderless. He realized ...
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