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    The golden arches are one of the most recognizable logos on the planet. McDonald’s is one of the biggest food companies in the world which does not seem hard to believe since they have served over a billion people. When someone goes to McDonald’s they come through the door expecting a certain quality of service and food. McDonald’s goal is to meet the guest expectations to build customer loyalty. With over 35,000 restaurants in 118 different countries, McDonald’s has created a very detailed and thought

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    The age of the globalisation has gifted mankind of many advancements and enhancements in many aspects or areas. One of the advancements is the technological enhancements in the field of health technologies which is evolving tremendously every minute; but whether this advancements in health technology is in our advantage or disadvantage is entirely a different question. Many disadvantages arises with such advancements as it does with most technologies known to mankind. Our research has yielded some

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    2017 The Journey of a Fireman "It was a pleasure to burn” (Bradbury 1). This quote represents the protagonist, Montag’s initial perspective of fire. Montag was content with his life and his job in this scene. However, all of this was to change. In Ray Bradbury’s dystopian fiction Fahrenheit 451, Montag lives in a society where reading books is illegal. Montag’s job as a fireman is to burn books and anyone who owns them. After an interesting encounter with Clarisse, Montag realizes that he has been

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    In the novel Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury and the film V for Vendetta by James McTeigue, there are a different range of features of their text type which explore the common theme of individuality against oppression. A fascist government occupies London after a world war in V for Vendetta. Where V uses terrorist tactics to fight the dictators, after saving Evey from the secret police, he now discovers an ally in the battle against England’s corrupt government. Fahrenheit 451, set in the

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    Most people would rather look on the internet instead of read a book. This is similar in the book because they rely on technology more than books. Many of today’s technologies were predicted by Ray Bradbury. For example, Montag owns a television that takes up three walls. people do have these, and even average people sometimes have very large TV’s. Some other examples are voice activated commands, all types of communication devices, and earbuds

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    Ray Bradbury’s theme in Fahrenheit 451 is that a hero is one who makes a change for the better in society. In my rewritten version, my theme is that one who fails to change society is never a hero. Before my essay begins, Montag is running from the police/government. His occupation as a fireman is to incinerate books and he fails to do so by saving a couple of books before anyone sees them. As he reads the books, he learns about the tragic endings which used to be real. He wonders why the government

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    Fahrenheit 451 and Under the Never Sky are two dystopian books that propose a variety of similar ideas and a handful of differences. Both books have their own ways of enforcing a form of censorship, which plays a major role on why these stories represent dystopian societies. In both books, the setting is in a futuristic society creating a new perspective on how the abuse of authority in the government can lead to a failing society. In both stories, questioning is seen as a negative way of thinking

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    Fahrenheit 451

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    do for a living? In our world, firemen fight fires. In “Fahrenheit 451, “the firemen burns books. They do this to fight ideas and to keep their society safe from disruptive influences. 2. What is never washed off completely? In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Montag says that “you never wash it off completely,” referring to the kerosene. (Page 4) 3. According to pages 1-2, what does Montag think of his job? Montag loves his job! The first words of the chapter say that it was a “pleasure to burn

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    (fibrocystic of the breasts tissue). In the area of study, a variety of imaging modalities is implemented to assist with the diagnosis. These imaging modalities includes multi-frequency electrical impedance mammography, ultrasonic investigation, X-ray mammography and puncture biopsy. Various radiographic modalities are used in clinical settings to identify lesions that are suspicious for breast cancer, mammography is still the modality of choice for breast cancer screening. Breast sonogram is limited

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    teamed up to change the world. They developed new technology that would not only take more detailed x-ray images, but also take images of soft tissue that would not have to be enhanced with some form of contrast. This new technology “could make x-rays ubiquitous, because of its higher resolution, the fact that the dose would be smaller and the hardware smaller, cheaper, and more capable than current x-rays”, says Luis Velasquez-Garcia, one of the main research scientist of this technology at MIT. So how

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