Abstract
This paper describes how the integration of JavaScript and XML has led to the development of the object-oriented language AJAX. According to the paper, in order to fully appreciate the design objectives of AJAX and its implications on the future of application development, the dynamics of Web 2.0 platform development and social networking need to be considered. The paper also notes the importance of Ruby on Rails in the use of AJAX for web and social networking applications. This is highlighted in a chart that shows the history of AJAX. The paper also considers the impact of other programming languages on AJAX, such as XML, CSS and the Microsoft.net platform. The paper concludes by discussing issues of security and the need for continually improving CSS performance and integration.

Outline:

Introduction
Catalyst leading to the Development of AJAX Programming
Deconstructing AJAX and its Integrative Components
Web Services and the Propagation of AJAX through Enterprises
Conclusion

From the Paper
"The continual maturation of Web-based programming to move away from page-based definition of applications to more interactive experiences for users initially led to asynchronous development languages that eventually led to AJAX being developed and adopted en masse (Serrano, Aroztegi, 2007). At the center of the revolution away from purely static-based development to interactive, more asynchronous development was the introduction of Web 2.0 development standards as initially defined by Tim O'Reilly, and shown in Figure 1, the Web 2.0 Meme Map. These attributes of a more interactive Web experience, from the ability to allow users to control their own data to the development of applications that allowed for people to create their own data taxonomies, often on the fly, led to a massive shift in development tools and platforms. Ruby on Rails, since the introduction of the concepts of Web 2.0 programming, has emerged as the dominant platform due to its adherence to the design objectives that emanate from a functionality analysis of how to transform Web 2.0 design goals into programming platforms and tools..."

Tags:interactive web apps, JavaScrip, XML, Ruby on Rails, CSS

Abstract
This paper will uncover the meaning behind the Exekias' Amphora Vase with Achilles and Ajax presented on its surface painting. The objectives of contour, shape, and other various elements of the vase will be covered to reveal the structural premise of the pottery. The characters on the vase will be discussed as well to give a more comprehensive historical background to the Greek work of art.

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"The heroes of tragic drama possess a nobility that sets them above the common order of human beings, but this also means that they have farther to fall when their fatal flaw brings them to the brink of disaster. Faced with such an eventuality, the hero has to face what he or she has done. One means taken to assert his or her nobility by taking responsibility in a manner the average person would not, through suicide. This can be seen in different ways in the character of Ajax in the play Ajax by Sophocles and the character of Othello in Othello by William Shakespeare.

Perhaps the most notable character trait in Othello is the one that seems the most anomalous--his trusting nature--and this characteristic also serves to elevate him as a benevolent leader. Such a nature is unusual in a successful field general, someone who ..."

Abstract
The paper describes how, in Book 9 of Homer's "Iliad," Achilles rejects Agamemnon's ambassadors' attempt to get him to end his feud with Agamemnon and rejoin the war against Troy. The paper details the dialogue between Achilles and Ulysses, Phoenix and Ajax, and highlights how Achilles' responses to all three ambassadors make it clear that he feels that Agamemnon has not treated him fairly or with respect.

From the Paper
"In Book 9 of the Iliad, Achilles rejects the offers made by three of Agamemnon's ambassadors in an attempt to get him to end his feud with Agamemnon and rejoin the war against Troy, because Achilles feels that Agamemnon has dishonored him. When Agamemnon is discussing his apology to Achilles with his ambassadors, they discuss Achilles' temperament, and agree that Agamemnon's offer to Achilles should be extravagant, because Achilles is known for his having a bad temper and being somewhat stubborn. It is that official offer that Ulysses brings to Achilles, coupled with a detailed description of the destruction threatening the Achaeans. Achilles rejects Ulysses offer, suggesting that Agamemnon was cowardly in battle, but rewarded all of the other warriors except for Achilles. At this point Phoenix, who helped raise Achilles when he was a child, makes his plea for Achilles to stay. Phoenix reminds Achilles of all that he has done for him, and tells Achilles that he will not be acting in an honorable manner if he rejects Agamemnon's offer. Achilles responds to Phoenix that he does not need such honor from the gods, and threatens their personal relationship if Phoenix continues to press Agamemnon's suit. Ajax is the final ambassador to speak. He actually does not being by addressing Achilles, but speaks of Achilles to Ulysses, calling him cruel and suggesting that he is being both selfish and foolish."

Tags:Ulysses, Phoenix, Ajax, Trojan, War

Abstract
This paper explains that JavaScript, which is not directly related to the programming language Java, is based on C programming conventions and syntax and has evolved into the AJAX, the programming standard for complex Internet-based applications. Next, the author relates that the JavaScript programming language has the ability to link one Web-based application to another by relying on XML as the communications protocol and low-level programming routines to manage the creation and refresh of Web pages. The paper compares the similarities between Java vs. JavaScript and between JavaScript vs. DHTML.

Table of Contents:
What is JavaScript?
The JavaScript Programming Language
How JavaScript Technology Change My Life
Similarities between Java vs. JavaScript
Similarities between JavaScript vs. DHTML
Examples of Codes
Java vs. JavaScript
JavaScript Code in an HTML Document
JavaScript vs. DHTML
DHTML Code

From the Paper
"Despite sharing the same name with Java, JavaScript is significantly easier to learn and functions and is entirely object-based it is procedural calls and structures. JavaScript also supports expressions and statements, as do the legacy programming languages it is based on. In addition, JavaScript is entirely dependent on a run-time environment which was first designed and launched by Netscape in their browsers, and then propagated across all other browsers, including Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Microsoft has branded their version of JavaScript by the title Jscript and relied on the same types of syntax as the original JavaScript version."

Tags:conventions, syntax, ajax, integration, dhtml

Abstract
"The Metamorphoses" by Homer portrays a different side of Odysseus as a character, which is entirely different from the Odysseus that readers were acquainted to in "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" by Homer. While Odysseus is portrayed as a courageous and intelligent warrior in "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey," Ajax in "The Metamorphoses" is illustrated as a coward and a brilliant schemer in order to fool the people in believing that he is the rightful heir to the title of Achilles as the great warrior of the Achaean/Greek society. This main difference between Ovid and Homer's works is the focus of this paper.

From the Paper
"Ovid, on the other hand, portrays a different and more critical picture of Ulysses (Odysseus) as warrior in the Roman literature. In an article by James Hunter, Odysseus' character is similar to Ovid's portrayal in "The Metamorphoses," wherein he is known to be a cunning and treacherous warrior who would rather find ways out of a problematic situation than to fight bravely towards solving the problem (Hunter 2003). In fact, in W. B. Stanford's analysis of Odysseus character in the "The Ulysses Theme," he discusses the criticism of Ovid and other Roman literary writers in the portrayal of Odysseus in the "post-classical tradition." "

Tags:Trojans, Achaeans, Agamemnon, Cyclops

Abstract
This paper discusses Shakespeare's play "Troilus and Cressida" and analyzes how the play that challenges our preconceived notions of masculinity. Specifically, the paper looks at how the men in the play seem to reach their masculinity through effeminate imagery and how the portrayed uselessness of armor displays the unfilled masculine desires of the men. The paper contends that Shakespeare shapes the source of masculinity in a very different version from contemporary society by placing it in the bodies of the other sex.

From the Paper
"The meeting of the two camps for the battle of Ajax and Hector is certainly one of the more interesting scenes of Troilus and Cressida. However, the real confrontation is between Achilles and Hector, who meet unarmed for the first time in the play. Achilles draws his worth from the gaze of others, feeling undone when the Greeks do not look upon him, and energy when they do. He must also believe in this power in his own gaze and he desires to look upon his enemy to settle himself. He says, "My mind is troubled like a fountain stirred,/ And I myself see not the bottom of it" (3.3.302-3303), telling readers that if he is unable to look upon his enemy, he is unable to clear up his mental faculties. Perhaps explaining why he is called womanish on several occasions. Patroculus, who lacks a self-proclaimed stomach for war even refers to Achilles as womanish for not arming himself and fighting. Shakespeare is disclosing that an unarmed knight is like an effeminate man. "

Tags:ajax, hector, achiilles

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This paper compares how each famous epic chronicles the tales of nations, describing both the similarities and the differences. The paper points out that, while the "Aeneid" is fundamentally a positive tale of nation-building, namely, the founding of the city of Rome, the "Iliad" is a tale of nation's imminent destruction, that of Troy, and thus has a far less positive tone towards the theme of war and warfare.

From the Paper
"Neither text is anti-war. The theme of a male's need to prove himself in warfare runs through both texts, as Paris is criticized by Homer's Greeks for his chariness about fighting for Helen's hand, and Aeneas is reproached for dallying too long with the Queen of Carthage, the lovely Dido. However, the "Aeneid" focuses mainly on an individual's positive quest to establish the Roman capital, as opposed to the more disparately focused "Iliad" which chronicles the petty squabbling of the Greeks and Trojans, and the futility, ultimately of their aims to end a conflict that neither side really has much desire to win, given it is over a woman no warrior may enjoy-even her rightful husband has lost his drive for Helen. But the more spare, fierce, and elemental poetic diction of the Greek author stresses the futility of war in contrast to the poetic, elevated language and themes of the "Aeneid." The "Aeneid" also combines themes of travel and romance as well as relationships between men and battle, bringing them to the forefront while in the "Iliad," such wrangling over women are only of interest in terms of how they affect the war and create conflict between men."

Tags:warriors, violent, conflict, ajax, roman, poet, helmet, boulder, blood, death, fight, fairly

Abstract
This paper looks at two great poems, written by Homer, "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey," which are considered to be two of the greatest epic poems ever written. The paper also examines the notion that there was more than one author of these poems, and addresses the "Homeric Question," as it has become known. The author examines the poems in detail, and posses several questions as to how they were written, and whether or not they were written, at all. Several commentaries written about these poems are examined in detail, in order to support the notion that perhaps, they were plays, whose details were handed down orally to the people of the time, and the real authors, were the actors and performers themselves.

From the Paper
"For example, certain noun-epithet phrases such as "swift-footed Achilles" reoccur with startling frequency throughout the Iliad. (Lord 73) Book Nine begins with a meeting of the Greek camp. As they frequently are, the leaders are addressed by their customary names, referring to their birth. Diomedes, for instance, is "Son of Tydeus" and Agamemnon is the "son of Atreus." (Translation of Fitzgerald 205-206) There is no immediate need to refer to the parentage of these characters within the context of the tale. Parry's theory suggests that this is done, not out of any literary attempt to recall that Agamemnon comes from a cursed line, for instance, but rather because it "flows" within the context of the speaker's meter and because it provides a "handle" for the teller to remember the speaker. Diomedes, unlike Agamemnon, comes from a royal but innocuous line yet is no less referred to by this customary reference to his parentage than is his leader. Of course, the two men come from a paternal society that is dependent upon the birth one has inherited by one's father. This may be the reason that such epitaphs became common tropes within the characteristics of oral transmissions of epic poetry. But simply because it is the larger, societal reason for this phenomenon does not mean that it is why these particular phrases are arising in these particular contexts."

Tags:homer, odessey, iliad, greek, roman, question, poetry, birth, society, epic, poems, classical, roots, repetitive, contradictions, classical, oral, performances, epithets, achilles, ajax, composer, poet, language, construction, culture, scholar, mythic, emotional, literally, figurative

Abstract
This paper highlights the main theme of "Iliad" and "Aeneid" and then takes two specific figures from the texts and compares and contrasts them in order to understand differences or similarities in the texts and the concept of differences and similarities in the self and others.

From the Paper
"Iliad is about the war between Trojans and Greeks. However, one gets to see the concept of the Greek gods as well as the role of women and the heroism of characters like Achilles, Agamemnon, Ajax and Hector. Iliad is based on a single episode of the Trojan War, which was the withdrawal of Achilles' from the fighting, and returning to kill Hector. The story revolves around the last days of a 10-year war and highlights the relationships between Achilles, Agamemnon etc as well as the Olympian gods. Achilles is the hero of the story."

Tags:literature, epic, poem, ideals, ancient, greeks, heroism, pride, tragedy, trojans, god, achilles, agamemnon, ajax, hector