Google Summer of Code Essays

  • Statement of Purpose

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    my background, my interests and why I am a sufficient candidate for the TUM CSE master program. My enjoyable interaction with computers goes back one decade to the first moment when I first learned to program. In high school, I was an intern every summer at the IT department where my father works. People around know me as the tech-guy since. With that, I can say I knew that I will be studying computer engineering after high school. Being ranked in the top 1% among millions of students who want to

  • Designing A Technical Skills And Seek Additional Exposure At The Field?

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    first introduced to CS? How have you continued to develop your technical skills and seek additional exposure to the field? I was first introduced to the real world CS and programming languages in Grade 9. I learned Java for 4 years and watching my code execute correctly was always delightful. And that is when I decided that I wanted to pursue CS. At UCI, I learned Python in my first year and currently I am learning C++. Some assignments have really blown me away as I was able to connect the dots

  • Persuasive Essay On Computer Science

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    New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s video announcement that city schools were starting a new program that will bring computer science education to all students is late. America is dragging where it should be exceling. Less than 10 percent of the city’s schools offer computer science education and only one percent receive that education. New Yorkers should still applaud their mayor for taking on this monumental task that states should have addressed years before this announcement because New York

  • The Web Browser

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    fastest time. How people can be that addicted to the internet or games is beyond me. The most popular web browser was then Internet Explorer, but its popularity is falling and the two most used browsers other than IE are now Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. There are others out there that are good browsers, like Opera, they just aren’t well known. I dislike IE and always use Chrome nowadays. My dad still supports Internet Explorer though. Andreessen was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa, but was raised

  • Attitudes Towards the Navajo Tribe's Language and Culture

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    In this day and age, and with every passing day, there are numerous languages succumbing to extinction, falling into disuse and anonymity; being forever lost to the winds of time. But as they say, "Every cloud has its silver lining," the silver lining in this case is the increase and rise in awareness and efforts being undertaken to preserve, revitalize, and revive these languages that are not yet lost to us. Something that is revitalized is defined as "being given new life or vigor to," and should

  • Analyzing the Shangri-La Lily Spa

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    there have a permanent happy land which is isolated from the outside world. She set a no cell phone policy, so her clients can be isolated from the outside world and relax. There are four types of spa rooms with different themes which are spring, summer, autumn and winter.The customers can customize their own fragrance and lighting. The spa also has five types of massage oils which are Wintergreen essential, Sandalwood, Peppermint oil, jojoba oil and chinese massage oil to help customers with different

  • Interning At The Met: Personal Statement

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    Interning at The Met would allow me to pursue my passion for museum education at a higher level, accelerating my path toward a future career in museums. The first hand experience of interning in a specific department that aligns with my interests will help solidify my desire to pursue a degree in art history in college. I strive to learn as much as I can in all areas of my life. The process of studying heterogeneous topics encourages me to share my knowledge with others in unique ways. Working at

  • Persuasive Essay On Lower Body Training

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    I work out. Below is a great lower body workout routine that I’ve had outstanding results with, it takes about 45 minutes to complete. If you do this routine regularly and eat a healthy, clean diet, you will have lean and sexy legs and tush before summer. Fitness Tips · Be sure to warm up and stretch the muscles you 'll be training be before and after lifting weights. And always remember quality over quantity! Be sure to exercise in a methodical manner. · Proper form is critical during

  • Biography of Mark Zuckerberg

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    Would you give up friendship for a billion dollar company? Well Mark Zuckerberg, creator of Facebook, did. Mark Zuckerberg appears to be an ordinary young man in his twenties, but he is the world’s youngest billionaire; with an estimated fortune of $30 billion. Facebook, a prevailed world wide Web site is the reason. Mark established Facebook when he was an undergraduate at Harvard University at the age of 19. This is the story of Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook, how it was devised and what it will

  • Jack Clayton’s The Great Gatsby and Second Wave Feminism

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    also epitomizes the conflict between feminist and anti-femi... ... middle of paper ... ...roQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851-2009). Web. 24 Mar. 2014. Levine, Elana. Wallowing in Sex. Duhram: Duke University Press, 2006. Google Books. Web. 24 Mar. 2014. Mulvey, Laura. “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.” Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings. Eds. Leo Braudy and Marshall Cohen. New York: Oxford UP,1999: 833-44. Terps Connect.Web. 24 Mar. 2014. O’Boyle

  • Persuasive Essay On Human Trafficking

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    According to Karin Lehnardt from Fact Retriever in “five years or less, it has been predicted that human trafficking will surpass the drug trade”. As indicated on hopeforjustice.org, noun human trafficking is “the illegal movement of people, typically for the purpose of forced labor or commercial sexual exploitation.” If one was to know how large the drug trade is, you would understand how devastating this statistic is. “Human trafficking has become a modern form of slavery”, quoted from the Polaris

  • Las Vegas vs. The Bahamas

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    When planning a vacation, travelers must first decide where they want to go. Choosing whether to go tropical or not is fun! There are many things that the traveler should waiver when making the decision on his/her destination. Take traveling to Las Vegas vs. the Bahamas. These are two very different places and each will require the right amount of research and assessment on the traveler’s part on as to why they would like to journey there. Las Vegas is a very exhilarating place to visit. Very close

  • Comparison Between Netflix And Netflix

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    (Gensler). Despite its recent small price increase from $8.99 to $9.99 in October of 2015, Netflix subscriber growth still surpasses its own forecast (Snider). According to Statista, an informative and accurate statistics website with clients such as Google and ESPN; in 2015, Netflix has grown from 62.3 million subscribers in Quarter 1 which goes from January 1st to March 21st, to 65.6 million subscribers in Quarter 2, April 1st to June 30th and 69.1 million subscribers in Quarter 3, July 1st to September

  • Mesoamerican Astronomy

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    some of the most important astronomical eve... ... middle of paper ... ...heoCUs/99-01-08.htm>. Ruggles, Clive L. N. "Ancient astronomy: an encyclopedia of cosmologies and myth." 2005. Google Books. December 2011 . Vail, Gabrielle and Christine. Hernandez. "Astronomers, scribes, and priests." 2010. Google Books. . Welser-Sherrill, Leslie. Astronomy of the Mayans. 2007. November 2011 .

  • Cyber Operations

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    The Age of Information has made an approaching infinite amount of data accessible to all but the most disenfranchised. Today, technologists pursue the means and ways to transform these oceans of information into actionable information, knowledge, and situational understanding. US Military commanders, too, are addicted to and reliant on the powerful real-time situational awareness that has been made available to all Soldiers on the battlefield. Capability Set 13 provides the Rifleman Radio and

  • I Hate Writing Essay

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    I wouldn’t really say I hate writing. Dislike writing, not comfortable with writing, struggle with writing, these are terms that I feel are more relatable to myself. It’s just not something that comes natural to me. Whenever I have to write something of a considerable length I cringe and think back to all the grueling assignments I’ve completed in the past. I “hate” writing because of how unnatural it is to me. Writing and I have never had a good relationship. There’s nothing I enjoy about

  • The Collapse Of Hollywood In The 1960's

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    By the time the 1950s had ended, Hollywood was stuck in a rut both creatively and at the box-office. As the collapse of the Old Hollywood production code meant that more explicit content could be shown to audiences, the types of film being released pushed new boundaries in both subject matter and content. As the online archive of Hollywood, Filmsite found that the early 1960s demonstrated a time of

  • Elon Musk: The Future Of Morality, By Nikola Tesla

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    mining. He also had debates with his brother Kimbal, about paperless banking or similar (Vance, 41-42). Fast-forward a couple of years to 1995, Elon and Kimbal created Zip2, a service that would make a yellow-pages type directory with a map. Similar to Google Maps today, showing the location, hours, phone number, etc. of a store, restaurant, or service (Vance,61). The company then sold their software to newspaper and media companies like The New York Times and Hearst Corporation, who knew that they were