English language. And Sutherland had created names for the new language of texting like “textese”‚ “slanguage” and that texting is a digital virus. David Crystal also made the comment that John Humphries argues that people who text are “vandals who are doing to our language what Genghis Khan did to his neighbors 800 years ago. They are destroying it.” David Crystal‚ a professor at The University at Whales‚ is known for his work in English language studies and linguistics. David
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righttopEiman Malik World History 5/26/2014 40000100000Eiman Malik World History 5/26/2014 left319046100left2514600The Demise of an Empire 07300The Demise of an Empire The Demise of an Empire Edward Gibbons‚ author of the esteemed novel The Decline and Fall of Rome‚ once cleverly wrote “the decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay. The story of the ruin is simple and obvious and instead of inquiring why the
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Languages have been around for thousands of years‚it is a unique system of communication that is verbal‚symbolic‚dually patterned and arbitrary to our use which isn’t invented nor handed down as a gift but the incredible ability to learn.Languages allow us to share ideas‚knowledge and emotions to other individuals through the use of language.Without it‚we would perhaps be not much better off than gorillas and monkeys who we shared a common ancestors.It is part of our essential human nature and it
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Computer Crime: Prevention and Innovation Since the introduction of computers to our society‚ and in the early 80 ’s the Internet‚ the world has never been the same. Suddenly our physical world got smaller and the electronic world set its foundations for an endless electronic reality. As we approach the year 2000‚ the turn of the millennium ‚ humanity has already well established itself into the "Information Age." So much in fact that as a nation we find our selves out of a service economy
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Taimoor Abbasi Why do states built nuclear weapons? “Scott Douglas Sagan” Scott Douglas Sagan is the Caroline S.G. Munro professor of Political Science at Stanford University and co-director of Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC). He also is one of the leading pessimist scholars about nuclear proliferation‚ and his co-authored book with
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British‚ French‚ and Native American tribes were faced with many conflicts that are embodied in the film. The Last of the Mohicans is set in the British colony of New York during the year 1757‚ in the midst of the French and Indian War. Colonel George Munro is in command of Fort William Henry and sends for his daughters‚ Cora and Alice‚ to join him. Major Duncan Heyward‚ along with a small militia‚ escort them from Albany to the fort in the Adirondack Mountains. The
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The Roman Empire was a great empire full of riches‚ a massive army‚ and a wide area of land‚ but they also were plagued by disease‚ poverty and corruption. After many years of Roman rule the empire lost its final battle. Luckily the Roman dream was preserved through many new empires‚ events and groups of people which included the Muslims‚ the Catholic Church‚ the Barbarian invasion‚ and the Byzantium Empire. These people and events influenced the way Western civilization has developed today. One
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progressed from a Republic to an Empire under the influence of people like Julius Caesar‚ Caesar Augustus‚ Diocletian‚ Constantine and Theodosius‚ Cicero‚ and Confucius. However it eventually fell to a series of barbarian invasions by the Huns‚ Vandals‚ and Visigoths. India was ruled mainly by regional princes; however some kings with large armies and high taxes did emerge. Also‚ the lack of political service in India was a factor
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Do disasters really bring out the best in people? In her book ‘A Paradise Built In Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster’ Rebecca Solnit puts forward the notion that in the worse of situations‚ modern societies have shown the ability to display remarkable altruistic and selfless behavior that allowed them to overcome any obstacles. Although there may be some truth in the argument brought forward by pessimist that disasters at times do show the worse side of humans- selfishness
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university environment‚ and ensures that students get essential information. With conventional signage‚ the person in charge of putting the notice always has to worry about having enough letters to spell out their message or about losing letters to vandals once the sign is in place. With an electronic message board‚ that is no longer a concern. In addition‚ because the message is generated through software‚ an electronic message board is easier to modify there are variable controls in which you can
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