Is social networking really social? By Larry Rosen‚ Ph.D. February 1‚ 2011 4tweetsretweet Let’s face it. Everyone is on Facebook. Well‚ not everyone‚ but 550 million or one in 12 people worldwide have a Facebook account. As of late 2010‚ 61 percent of all online adults are Facebooking‚ a whopping increase from 35 percent just two years ago. This includes nearly all young adults (86 percent)‚ the majority of teens (71 percent) and even one in four 8- to 12-year-olds. According to the latest
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Is 3D Ultrasound Really Worth It? In the past few years‚ 3-Dimensional ultrasound has become very popular among pregnant women and their families. Expectant mothers are using this elective tool as a way to view their unborn baby and create a bond with their baby. Families are giving these 3D ultrasound sessions as gifts to the mother and father‚ but is it necessary? Are the risks to the fetus really worth the moment of gratification that these ultrasound sessions can bring to the expectant parents
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Carter Barber Loughman English B50 10/17/12 It Really Does Make Cents In Derek Sereno’s essay‚ “It Just Makes Cents”‚ he makes multiple points about why our beloved penny should be removed from the currency system. We have all spent countless times digging through our wallets searching for change and waiting for our grocer or barista to give us back the meaningless pennies that will most likely end up in a tip jar or a penny tray. Sereno not only states that the penny no longer has value to
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that the authors of Is Everyone Really Equal? would say is a part of America and Canada’s problem with the unequal distribution of power among the races. Whether Americans and Canadians like to admit it or not‚ racism is a bigger part of their culture than most recognize and it has affected various aspects of daily life for both Whites and people of Color (POCs) for centuries and it will continue to do so unless‚ as a society we better understand what racism really is and how nearly everyone is enabling
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We have all experienced some level of physical pain in our life‚ ranging from a simple pinch to bone-breaking‚ tissue-tearing‚ excruciating pain. When we feel that sensation of pain‚ what is actually happening at the chemical level within our body? As children‚ the majority of us believe that pain happens at the epidermis level because we can see an injury or believe we feel it on our skin‚ even though it may be at a deeper level. The older we get the‚ more educated we become and learn that pain
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Is Obesity Really a Disease? The controversial debate on whether obesity should be classified as a disease has been around for some time. Recently‚ the American Medical Association officially classified obesity as a disease. Disease is generally defined as an abnormal condition that results from developmental errors and/or unfavorable environmental factors that cannot be controlled. It can be caused by an external source‚ such as some sort of pathogen or an internal dysfunction of cells. Obesity
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Samantha Jones Professor Martinez English 101 7 December 2012 Selling Children into Human Trafficking Every American knows and learned that when the Civil War ended slavery ended. Internationally there were several agreements and treaties to end the practice of slavery beginning from 1926. However‚ slavery for many in other countries has still not come to an end. Sex and human trafficking is finally being realized by many. There is an estimation of about 27 million people currently in slavery
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Ji-Li is really sad because she is told not to do the audition‚ and she is trying to hide these emotions. When this occurs‚ she comes home really excited. She tells everyone how the Red Guard wanted her to do the audition. Her family tells her that her family’s background will not pass the tests needed to pass to be a red guard. “I did not say anything. Putting down the half-eaten bun‚ I walked to the mirror on the big wardrobe that divided the room and pressed my forehead against its cool surface
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Does talent really exist? Good morning ladies and gentleman‚ Of course we all do know what we mean when we talk about talent. But do we really know the correct definition of talent? Let me first tell you the definition‚ which is written in the dictionary. Talent is a special natural ability or aptitude also for achievement or success. This maybe sounds good but I still want to look at the idea of talent existing or not. Before I go on I want to make one thing totally clear. I of course
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Do Electrons Really Exist? Science has defined the nature of the world through an assortment of things that are observed in the physical world and those that are unobservable‚ improvable theories that explain the world. Electrons are unobservable. We cannot experience their existence with our own human senses. Do electrons really exist‚ or are they just useful fictions? Antirealists would explain that they do not exist because you cannot observe them. Realists would argue that electrons
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