NSA: National Security or National Stalkers? In 2010‚ it became legal for the National Security Agency (NSA) to access private email logs‚ social media accounts and other internet databases (Risen & Poitras‚ "N.S.A. Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S. Citizens). Risen and Poitras (2013) explain that the intention of this change was to help protect the United States (U.S.) from future terrorist attacks and was for the general purpose of national safety. It is unclear how many terrorist attacks
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Roberto B. Mr. Robbins 9/13/12 English The Effects of Pride “A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and‚ of course‚ as long as you’re looking down‚ you can’t see something that’s above you.” (C.S. Lewis). Pride can take over the lives of people who have it within them. It is ok to feel proud but if the sense of pride is exaggerated it will lead to arrogance and therefore to problems. In the book Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ pride is displayed as good and bad through both Antigone and
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September 12‚ 2010 The Power of Pride Pride and honor can be lost or won. In the movie Beowulf and Grendel‚ and in the elegy of Beowulf‚ pride and honor are very important things to all of the characters. The Beowulf of the old English story is seeking honor by killing Grendel‚ the Beowulf of the movie is looking to preserve his honor by justifying the killing of Grendel‚ which swore he would do. In both the movie and the book‚ the Danes have lost there pride‚ they have failed to defeat Grendel
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Pride can be a very powerful thing. It can be very good in helping build self esteem but‚ too much pride will cause harm to his/her self or others close to them. In Sophocles play‚ Antigone‚ the Characters Creon and Antigone show very distinct types of pride which put them in very unpleasant situations. Creon’s pride is excessive and causes him to become the tragic hero of the story. Antigone’s pride got to her head which didn’t allow her to think about how servere the consequences are. First‚
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Life without services is unimaginable. Today everything we need or do is a service. Service is usually defined as something intangible. However‚ it is not the norm nowadays. From education to electricity‚ services have taken over everything. The Australian Roundtable Services defined services as a source for delivering any intellectual content or an experience. It may also include some kind of help‚ care or utility or even some information. But the main point is that the major part of that activity
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the Marriage Act to legalise same-sex marriage in Australia‚ all of which have been unsuccessful. As it stands Australia are not looking to modify the current legislation‚ but over time Australia could potentially change their Marriage Act. The Australian Marriage Act 1961 was developed by the
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The Australian postal service In the 1950s‚ Australia’s postal needs were serviced by the PMG (Post Master General). The PMG was responsible for telegraph and home telephone operations‚ as well as postal services. In 1954‚ the PMG began offering the Teleprinter Exchange‚ or Telex‚ to the public. The telex was an electric typewriter that delivered typed messages along telegraph lines. This new technology was a great convenience‚ especially to businesses which no longer had to rely on the slower
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alternatives with the intention of reaching an agreement with the aid of a mediator.’Mediation is commonly used in the Australian legal system to resolve disputes. There are many different types of mediation processes currently used in the Australian legal system such as models described by Boule; facilitative‚ Therapeutic and Evaluative. Other mediation type processes used currently in the Australian legal system are Negotiation‚ Facilitation‚ Conciliation‚ co-mediation‚ shuttle mediation and arbitration.Both
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it have their own justifications. Like the two kinds of people some say there are more differences in the views on marriage in Pride and Prejudice and Bhutanese views on marriage however there are some who says there are more of similarities. Between Pride and Prejudice and the views that the Bhutanese society have towards marriage are some what different. Unlike Pride and Prejudice Bhutanese women doesn’t hunt for rich men but instead men runs in search of a good and beautiful
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Sharks and Australian Fisheries The Fishing industry is the 5th largest food producing industry in Australia. Annually it puts $2.2 billion dollars into our economy each year (afma.gov‚ 2013). Australians consume approximately 16kg of fish and seafood per person per year. This amounts to a lot of fish needed to sustain such a demanding population. Therefore the most important issue for fisheries in Australia is to ensure the ecological sustainability of fish stocks in the long term so that ecosystems
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