Professor Pike 10/4/13 Cellphones in Today’s World: Cellphones have become one of the most useful and innovative technologies of the recent decade. Cellphones are so widespread and common that much of the population worldwide owns one. An article from TIME stated‚ “Out of the world’s estimated 7 billion people‚ 6 billion have access to mobile phones. Only 4.5 billion have access to working toilets.” (Wang 1). This statistic is shocking‚ and goes to show how commonplace cellphones have come
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This article tells us about a person who has been dealing with a mental illness for the majority of her life. She described how her illness made her feel as if she were wearing cracked‚ smeared goggles that only let her see the world as gray and grim. She tells us how her family and friends tried their best to keep her spirits up but‚ she could not figure out why she could not just buck up and get over it. When she finally came to terms with the fact that she was living with depression and PTSD‚
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secure job‚ you have no intention of leaving it any time soon. There are‚ however‚ certain situations that can put the idea of seeking a new job front and center in your mind. 1. Significant social gatherings with your peer group. Attending a social gathering where you’ll be among peers who are close in age and life experience can inspire a desire for change. For instance‚ you decide to attend your high school or college reunion. The reason you go is to catch up with old friends you knew back in the
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Corruption: A cop breaks the silence on police abuse‚ brutality‚ and racial profiling. Chicago‚ Illinois: Chicago Review Press. The article entitled “The state of race relations [Editorial].” was written by M. Fletcher & K. Thompson was taken from the Courier-Journal website http://www.courier-journal.com/ dated January 17‚ 2010 but was retrieved on January 27‚ 2010. The article focuses on racial profiling‚ particularly that of Black Americans by law enforcement. The first point that Fletcher
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Yolanda Meneses Mrs. Toth P.6 November 29‚ 2012 Temple of the Sun By Jorge Perez De Lara Archaeology November/December 2005 Thinking about Mexico’s Pre-Columbian past one might think about the enormous Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan. In 1905‚ is when Mexico had their first official excavation. The nation’s icon has also helped mirror how the country itself has changed and developed over the years. The Pyramid of the Sun is one of the tallest structures in the Americas. Teotihuacan was
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It can assure consumers that they will be drinking safe‚ non-chemical added water. Additionally‚ distillation removes potentially harmful contaminants and does not contain any pathogens. In the article “Why You Should Drink Distilled Water” Dr. David Williams explains that as the process is ongoing pathogens are being killed. He states‚ “The boiling action kills bacteria and other pathogens‚ and as the steam rises‚ it leaves behind waste material
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In the article‚ “The Science of Sarcasm? Yeah‚ Right”‚ Richard Chin points out the fact that Sarcasm detector is the very useful creation and people should master the skill about sarcasm. Additionally‚ he emphasizes why people consider the sarcasm should be their lives. First of all‚ it could help people do the brain exercise because people need to know and understand what is sarcasm and how to use it. In another way‚ it could make your smart if you practice sarcasm. Then‚ it brings funny to your
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Fligstein and Shin’s (2007) article explores the cause-effect relationship between shareholder value strategies and profitability. I believe‚ however‚ that we can go deeper and say that this relationship illustrates human nature itself and how we‚ as stakeholders or managers‚ are actually mostly the problem if we view shareholder value maximization as the path to profitability and hence success. We tend to follow our own interests and have a short-term focus if our capitalistic system is incentivized
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Travel Log Peer Evaluation I chose to do my peer evaluation on Jessica. Her speech really stood out to me above the others and that is why I chose to do my evaluation on her. Her speech was about her trip to the Rivera Maya. She started her speech with an awesome introduction explaining that the reason for her trip to the Rivera Maya was that she had just got married and was going on her honeymoon. The content of Jessica’s speech was very organized. She explained her trip chronology from the first
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that will cure their autistic child. Many of these treatments have not been proven to be effective. The National Institute of Mental Health published an article‚ Fringe autism treatment could get federal study‚ to make the public aware of the unproven treatments that could possibly cure autism. I believe the author’s purpose of this article is to present this information to encourage the public to support the advancement of the study or encourage the government to continue to studies of healing
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