Title: “Dangerous Knowledge – The Negative Effect of the Pursuit of Knowledge on Society” Frankenstein by English author Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was birthed from a competition on “who could write the best ghost story” between herself and a friend of hers‚ poet Lord Byron. On January 1‚ 1818 the manuscript was published and immediately became a bestseller during her time (SparkNotesEditors) This book has proved to be a classic and still resounds with readers till date as a variety of discussion
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Michael Ciuffoletti ARMED AND DANGEROUS A female takes on the role of police officer in a male dominated profession in Armed and Dangerous. Gina Gallo was a Chicago police woman for sixteen years and found herself surrounded by the constant reminder that police work was a man’s job. In addition to the things she would see and experience on the rough streets of Chicago‚ she also dealt with stereotypes and discrimination that came with being a female police officer. A
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Using Facebook to Learn English Mei-ling Lin Language Center‚ Yuanpei University of Science and Technology Learning English can be fun and the locale can be outside the classroom. It is not just about grades or tests. This paper aims at proposing teachers and students to use Facebook as an alternative venue for learning English. Playing online games‚ such as Farmville and word games‚ and learning English at the same time can keep students motivated and make learning interesting. Exposure
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Facebook ; the good the bad and the unknown Facebook is a social network service and website that was launched in February 2004 it is operated and privately owned by Facebook‚ Inc. As of this year‚ [updateFacebook has more than 500 million active users. It is a great online source for keeping up with your friends‚ finding friends with similar interests‚ staying in touch with loved ones all over the world‚ and sharing things in your life with the people you care about. But when is sharing and
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Patricia Merlino Are Cell Phones’ Dangerous (Cell Phone Distractions) Critical Thinking- Philosophy 210 Professor Bass June 10‚ 2012 Are you sick and tired of having your life endangered by drivers who feel they are too important to put their phones down and pay attention to what is going on around them while they are driving? Well many people are? There are already many distractions that a person has to avoid while driving‚ or even when they are walking down the street‚ let alone texting
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The Most Dangerous Game 1. General Zaroff is not a credible character at all. He is the opposite and beyond evil. General hunts people and calls it a sport. That shows us his negative actions. Secondly General things that its alright for him to destroy the weak for his own pleasure. As he states “Life is for the strong‚ to be lived by the strong‚ and if need be‚ taken by the strong. The weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure. I am strong why should I not use my
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Essay 1: Are Cell Phones Dangerous? For the past several years‚ the technology industry has subdued America. More and more people are using cell phones that could play games or go on social media. This may sound fascinating‚ but could these features cause problems like addiction‚ or texting while driving? I feel that even though cell phones have been making people’s lives easier‚ these small hand-held devices are like guns‚ because both put people’s lives at risk when used at the wrong time. Have
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a stone idol‚ a mountain avalanche‚ the dinosaur fell. The author used a simile to describe the dinosaur as an avalanche because the dinosaur is humongous. He uses figurative language to make the story nightmarish and to let us know how big and dangerous the dinosaur is. The use of tone supports the mood of seriousness by Travis telling Eckles not to get out of the path. By Travis telling Eckles not to get out of the path so many times the reader can foreshadow that he might step outside and he
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decision to partner with Microsoft in an advertising deal in 2006 within the United States and subsequently internationally in 2011 has allowed Facebook to continue to grow as a technological company (Stone‚ 2007). Zuckerberg has also incorporated the Bing search engine within Facebook as a step to ensure Facebook’s sustainability as users can perceive Facebook as more than just a regular social networking site (Bolm‚ n.d.). According to Bolm (n.d.)‚ Bing says that a huge portion of society refer to
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Effect of Smoking Done By : Jelaine Pak Chen Yee Premanan Sasu Antony Tauseef Smoking can be considered as one of the most dangerous habits in an individual. Statistics shows every year hundreds of thousands of people around the world die cause by cigarettes. Besides that‚ statistics also shows that about 9 out of 10 tobacco users start before they’re 18 years old. Most of the smokers died at middle age due to their smoking habit. They are effects on smoking such as
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