Nicholas Petre

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• How to Be a Successful Receptionist

  9/8/2009

  For those of you who haven't tried using coffee as a pick-me-up to start the day, I highly recommend it. That's the easiest tip to follow.
• Presidential Foul Play: Tricks Some Candidates Use to Get More Votes

  1/21/2008

  Running a successful Presidential Campaign depends on many things. It depends on charisma, character, and wisdom. But are you 100% sure that who you're voting for isn't using foul play to make himself stand out?
• Simplify, Sharpen and Strengthen Any Article, Essay or Paper

  11/8/2007

  If you read this article, every essay, paper, and journalistic piece you write from then on will be stronger, more captivating, and over all, better.
• Winning with Winzy:

  10/7/2007

  Winzy.com is a fairly new online business, something like a new and improved Google. To date, they have given out over $140,000 in prizes to people like you and me.
• Guide to Lock Picking - MASTER Locks

  9/29/2007

  Lock picking is a handy hobby used for many things. Note, however, that it is only a hobby and should not be used in malice, to harm, or in any illegality what so ever. That being said, welcome to my MASTER lock lockpicking tutorial.
• Profile on Magician Nicolas Catusse De Boyer De Camprieu

  8/3/2007

  Nicolas Catusse de Boyer de Camprieu is one of the few magicians that can cut someone's body in two and be able sew it back together.
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  Harry Potter 5 and 7

  8/3/2007

  The recent Harry Potter releases have brought satisfaction to the everyday reader and movie goer, to say the least...
• The Hilton - Chicago

  4/18/2007

  All three rooms were located on 21st floor of the Hilton, which would boggle the mind of anyone who comes from a town of 40,000 like myself. We went up to the room, and found ourselves in the lobby of the 21st floor. We arrived at our rooms, and...
• Unreal Tournament 2004

  4/11/2007

  Everybody grab your miniguns and jump into your Scorpions, it's time to fight! In Unreal Tournament 2004, you can choose from many characters, scenarios, and battlefields. With each scenario there is a different goal, such as...
• Six Flags - Gurnee, Illinois

  4/7/2007

  It has something there for the whole family. If you are daring enough, you can challenge some of their titanous steel rollercoasters. If you're looking for a place to play cool video games and test your skills, there's...
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  Tony Hawk's Project 8 Cheat Codes ---ALL PLATFORMS

  3/20/2007

  ALL CHEAT CODES FROM TONY HAWK'S PROJECT 8 HERE: PS2, PS3, XBOX, XBOX360, PSP...
• Wii Sports Pack

  3/15/2007

  The Wii has been out for a couple of months now, and one of the games that never seems to get old is the Wii Sports package. It consists of five different sports: baseball, boxing, golf, tennis, and bowling. The Wii...
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  Royal Caribbean Cruise Tips

  2/27/2007

  I recently took a week of vacation to go on the world's 3rd largest cruise ship in the world. The Mariner of the Seas weighs a total of approximately 140,000 tons, and sails to tropical destinations like Haiti, Jamaica, The Cayman Islands, and Cozumel...
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  Guitar Hero II

  2/19/2007

  There are some of us who can really rock. Some of us think we can. Now, after RedOctane's newest release, it really doesn't matter how good you are with a real guitar. Guitar Hero II is out, and there's some fun waiting for rockers who are willing to foot the bill.
• The Toll of Gaming

  2/18/2007

  Within recent months the next-gen gaming consoles have been introduced to the world. MMORPGs like World of Warcraft have been consistently releasing new expansion packs to keep the profits in the gaming industry at their all time high...
• Abstinence

  2/16/2007

  According to teenpregnancy.org, almost 47% of teens in public and private schools have had sexual intercourse. Some teens may think that since condoms are 99% effective that they can't have children, but...
• The Foundation Book Review

  2/16/2007

  The Foundation was not at all a character driven story. This being said, there is one character worthy of recognition. Hari Seldon was not the main character throughout the story, and yet he played the most important role throughout it. Hari was the one who determined...
• Evolution Vs. Intelligent Design: Which One Will Be the Leading Theory in Schools?

  12/6/2006

  "Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not on reasoning but on doctrinaire adherence to religious principles." As stated by James D. Watson in his quote, evolution is...
• Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre in Comparison to Some Other Great Works

  12/6/2006

  For my independent reading project, I chose to read Nausea by Jean Paul Sartre. Nausea is about a man named Antoine Roquentin, a historian who lives in Bouville, France. Antoine starts writing in a journal about the strange feelings he has been having...
• The Last of the Mohicans

  12/6/2006

  Heyward was my favorite character in chapters 18-24. Unlike the other characters, he had to exhibit self control, be able to cope with the fact that Alice and Cora were captured, and on top of that he had to create a convincing act to make the Huron...
• The Great Gatsby Film and Book Analysis

  12/6/2006

  Throughout all the stories we have read in our Fiction into Film class, one word used to describe the main theme of all these stories has stuck in my mind. Deception was one of the key elements in The Last of the Mohicans, in some of the short stories...
• Biography of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody

  12/6/2006

  William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody was born on February 26th, 1845, near LeClaire, Iowa. William was born to Isaac and Mary Cody, and had a brother named Samuel who died from falling off a horse when he was seven. He grew to become an American...
• The Last of the Mohicans: Analysis and Plot Overview

  12/6/2006

  The Last of the Mohicans had many examples of foreshadowing throughout the story. From the beginning of the story, Magua makes an impression upon everyone that he cannot be trusted. Chingachgook also makes a reference in Chapter II that they are the...
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  Film Analysis on the Existential Movie Groundhog Day

  12/5/2006

  There are two major existential themes that evolve in the movie Groundhog Day. One of the major themes is the loss of identity that evolves throughout the story. When Phil (the anchorman) realizes that he wakes up on Groundhog Day every day, he begins...
• The Civil War

  12/5/2006

  The Civil War was a fight for many things. It was a fight for territory, for power, and for the continuation or abolishment of slavery. The future United States was split into the Union and the Confederates. With such strong wills and moral differences...
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  BLACK: Game Review

  12/5/2006

  I bought black about a month before writing this article. I was one of the people anxious to buy it after hearing all the hype about the game. The graphics were great, but the game really did lack originality. Yet another mainstream first person shooter?
• The Crucible: Movie and Book Analysis

  12/4/2006

  The film The Crucible follows the book version very closely. The characters were very well portrayed in the movie, John Proctor and Abigail in particular. The storyline was also followed very closely. The actors and actresses did a very good job with...
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  Video Game Production

  12/4/2006

  As illustrated on the cover, the process described in this essay is the process of turning drawings and sketches into a realistic looking design that could be used in movies, posters, video games... The car shown on the cover is a concept car designed...
• Last of the Mohicans: Pages 1 - 97 Analysis

  12/1/2006

  In the first section, James Fenimore Cooper establishes the structure of the story. The Last of the Mohicans is based on some historical wartime settings, and some parts are fictional. For example, in the book, the Indians are vicious and feared, and...
• The Great Gatsby: Part 1 Analysis

  12/1/2006

  The Great Gatsby is a much more pleasant read than The Last of the Mohicans. Though the story is evolving at a very fast pace, there is still enough detail in the story to keep my eyes running along the pages. One of the things that I found interesting...
• How to Make a Webpage Using HTML - Part I

  11/29/2006

  HTML is basically a computer language. You type in the appropriate command, and the computer will follow through with that command. Sounds simple, right? Well actually it is, but the only difficult part is learning the language. To start off, there are...
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  Video Game Review: Dark Alliance I and II

  11/26/2006

  Dark Alliance is not like most of the 3rd person RPG/ adventure games it has been associated with. Though released in 2002 for a variety of consoles, the Dark Alliance games have preoved themselves even in todays challenging gaming world.
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  Clinton/Obama: Breaking the Mold for the 2008 Presidential Election

  11/15/2006

  Will the Democrats and Republicans pull off the same thing they do every year, putting an average white man on the ballot for President? The Republicans most likely will. however Sen. Obama and Hilary Clinton may just break the mold for this election
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  Top 5 Gifts Under $100 for Your Teenage Boy

  10/10/2006

  It's that time of year again, and unless all you parents out there have a great relationship with your teenage boys, I'll bet you don't have a clue what's on their wish list. Well, here are a few things that will give you the best bang for your buck.
• The Online Community of Facebook: MySpace in the Making?

  10/6/2006

  MySpace.com is an online weblogging community, among others, such as Xanga.com, Facebook.com, etc. Many people have left MySpace because it is is quoted to be "A website filled with stalkers." Facebook's recent changes leave bloggers in the same position.
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  Cheat Codes For Need for Speed Most Wanted (PS2)

  9/29/2006

  I've searched nearly every cheat site on the net trying to find the best cheat codes available and have collected a pretty good sized list of cheats. The cheats are as followed, with the cheat code being first and the effect second:
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  Freak Accident: Football Player Paralyzed

  9/27/2006

  Travis Hearn, a student at Rock Island High School in Illinois, is being hospitalized after breaking his neck in a game against Alleman. He suffers from a burst fracture of the C-4 vertibrae in his neck, says 31 year football coaching veteran Vic Boblett.
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  Guide to Halloween Activities: Illinois Edition

  9/27/2006

  This is a guide to doing stuff on Halloween. Those of you that spend Halloween watching tv specials and things like that, read this guide. It will show you how to have some fun on the everyone's favorite holiday - -Halloween.
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  Concerts: Too Loud?

  9/25/2006

  Studies have shown that going to concerts without some kind of ear protection can cause permanent ear damage. By wearing ear protection, such as ear plugs, you will still be able to hear the band(s) play, but you won't risk getting major ear damage.
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  Setting the Game Down

  9/18/2006

  Video games are like cigarettes. It is something that is an option, but maybe you just because you want to. Eventually cigarettes and video games alike cause the person using them to develop an addiction. Now it's not something that's a want, it's a need.