[Document Title] Are You Connected ? Jason Tan Lecturer: Mark Regan Are you connected? Connected to the world where pictures of our daily lives are shared‚ a world where new friends are awaiting for us to be added‚ a world where a myriad of independent artist are trying to get their voices heard. I can go on and on. But the fact of the matter is this; the potential of social media is endless. Ever since Tim O’reilly came up with the term Web 2.0‚ social media has taken the world by storm. It has
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The Price of Progress: How Much are We Willing to Pay? In this day and age‚ various terms associated with economic development came about as means of measuring the well-being of each individual in the society such as per capita income‚ gross domestic product (GDP)‚ gross national product (GNP)‚ unemployment rate‚ literacy rate‚ and many more. The emergence of these terminologies is due to the consideration of government planners of each nation to make a step forward to reach economic development
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What Would You Bring? Have you ever thought about what three items you would bring if your house was burning down? If you have ever been in a burning house you’d know that you don’t have a great of time to think about what you would salvage and what you might just hope to find the day after the fire had stopped. The three objects that came to my mind were my briefcase full of important documents‚ money‚ and my phone. These are all items that I cherish. If my house was burning down and I could
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questions‚ “If you knew you were going to die tomorrow‚ what three people would you call and why?”‚ many names and faces come to mind. Along with these‚ come a mix of emotion and feelings. Although it is a tough decision‚ my first call would be to my mother. Seeing how she is the woman who brought me into this world‚ it would only be fair that she would be the first to know that I was leaving it. Calling my mom would also serve two other purposes. The first being that my father would more than likely
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diseases‚ for some‚ food can also be used to fill emotional voids. Other people are forced into specific dietary restrictions based on auto-immune intolerances‚ or other health-related problems‚ while others may simply choose not to eat certain food products based on their moral or religious beliefs. Whichever way you look at it‚ whether you’re a health fanatic/fitness buff‚ someone struggling with the seemingly ongoing epidemic of obesity‚ or just a guy who likes to eat food – food is everywhere‚
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Brent Julian S. BSCS-CS I-1 What Would You Do No.4 You are the CFO of a sporting goods manufacturer and distributor. Your firm has annual sales exceeding $500 million‚ with roughly 25 percent of your sales coming from online purchases. Today your firm’s Web site was not operational for about an hour. The IT group informed you that the site was the target of a distributed denial-of-service attack. You are shocked by an anonymous call later in the day in which a man tells you that your site will be
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You may think now – wow – how can you stop bullying when you can barely see it happening! I mean how are you supposed to put an end to it when it goes on 24/7? The best way for you to make a start is to talk to your friends and have a discussion in your class and make a set of rules to put an end to it. Then present the idea to your whole school. The next step is to create an Anti- Bullying team so you can end bullying at your school. Bullying is so bad that it can end up with dying and
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The novel "so much to tell you” by john Marsden‚ explores the concept of change and growth of the main character marina. The novel is about her personal struggle to become whole again after the tragic events that have occurred prior to the beginning of the novel. We see this through‚ the contrast of marinas character at the beginning to the end. We trace her personal journey and her healing through the novel and are given more insight as she develops. John Marsden has written this novel in the first
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20111057 Jinhyuk Yun Before I mention about what I felt about this article‚ I would want to discuss how the behavior of implicit prejudices is developed. When I was young‚ my parents always stressed the fact that the students who study hard and get good grades grow to be great people; whatever the cases are (being rich‚ famous‚ and honorable‚ etc.) Moreover‚ most of the television programs showed us good-looking boys‚ attractive ladies‚ and well-shaped men. Friends have tended to be nicer to
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Valley Forge: Would you have quit? You see people like Bear Grylls doing survival shows‚ and showing you tricks to survive in the wilderness all the time. But have you ever wondered what it would be like if you had to survive in the cold‚ with not a lot of food‚ illness plagued your camp‚ and the stakes were your life? This was Valley Forge in the harsh winter of 1777-1778‚ were the continental army was suffering a brutal winter in huts on a farmer’s field‚ but question is. Would you have re-enlisted
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