To Pay or Not to Pay Computer Literacy INF 103 Amy Gee 10/14/2013 When your professor asks you to write a research paper‚ your reaction usually is not “I wonder what goes into the software and databases I will use to do my research paper?” Well‚ at least that’s not where my mind goes. Although it is a good question. Are they reliable‚ scholarly databases? Or are they people like you and I just writing things on the World Wide Web? Let us look a little further into these questions
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There are 7 billion people in the world. 600 million live in northern America. 125 million live in Mexico with 1.5 million living near the Cancun peninsula‚ and only around 2‚000 of them are Itzan. The Itzan people are in grave danger of extinction‚ with only 1‚983 natives left. Did you know that only 8 people in this whole world‚ speak itzan fluently? But who are the Itza people? The Itzan are one of the few surviving tribes of the Mayan people but they are also shrouded in mystery. No one
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Steven Cao Charlene Green English 1302 Do the Homeless Really Deserve it? Everyone in this country has at least seen someone on the street corner begging for money due to the fact that they are homeless‚ but have you ever really thought about why they are put into the position that they are in? It is a stereotype that all homeless people only collect money to spend it on drugs or alcohol and that is not always the case. They actually could be doing the complete opposite and try to stable
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passed away peacefully or gruesomely‚ it still has a detrimental impact on the people surrounding them. Death occurs on a daily basis‚ but people who deliberately take the lives of others should face an equivalent punishment as a consequence for their actions. Thus‚ it would be necessary to have a capital punishment system‚ in other words death penalty in all states.. Although all life is sacred and very few people deserve the death penalty‚ all states should be allowed to execute criminals because
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society is now ready for homosexuals to openly serve in the military. A December 2003 poll survey conducted by no less than the combined forces of CNN‚ USA Today and Gallup poll showed that 79 percent of the adult Americans hold the view that those "who are openly gay or homosexual" should be allowed to serve in the military. The 2003 year-end survey results represent an increase of 23 percent in favorable opinion of civilian Americans on the issue. According to assistant director Geoffrey Bateman
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impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. While many countries have signed the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights‚ Article 19 (about freedom of expression‚ opinion and information) has not been made a reality. A free and impartial media is a key pillar to a functioning democracy to help spread informed views and opinions. Yet developed and developing countries alike are plagued with various problems in the media in numerous ways. International
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Who is to blame: the Media or the Parents? It is something that affects your health‚ mental well-being‚ and even social status. The risks are addressed each day from doctors around the world‚ yet obesity is still a growing epidemic. The major problem that many face with this health concern is their age. Childhood obesity is becoming an upward worry‚ but the causes of it can a different story. Some researchers believe parents are the ones to blame for their children’s weight problems‚ while other
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People who are outsiders are misjudged because of their appereance and their attitude. They are misjudged because they look emo‚ have no hair‚ have messy clothes or shoes‚ can’t talk‚ can’t walk‚ can’t hear‚ so on and so foreth. I am going to bring this to the atention to others. I believe outsiders are those who are simply misjudged. Outsiders are not accepted into groups at school‚ sport teams‚ and even at their own home because they are misjudged by the people around them. People dont undersand
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the merits and pitfalls of being able to access large amounts of information from the internet will be discussed as well as trying to avoid the downside of operating in an “attention economy”. The internet has many advantages. Firstly on a social level‚ websites such as facebook‚ Twitter and MySpace‚ have allowed for people all over the world to be connected. It is a cheap‚ fast and easy way of communicating. More and more public places such as restaurants and airports have what are known as “hotspots”
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Addiction can be a scary word sometimes depending on the source. Most people think of drugs or alcohol when they think of addiction. But the kind of addiction I’m talking about is addiction to social media. Most people think‚ “It’s not that bad‚ right? They just like to be on their computer a lot.” People think it makes them more social because they are always talking to someone or playing games with someone. Addiction to social media‚ like drugs or alcohol‚ can be very damaging to a person. Let’s start
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