Jordan Rosemond English 101 *40 Composition Professor Borton 18 November 2013 “Is Google Making Us Stupid or Getting Smarter?” Technology is becoming a big part in our society. Nicholas Carr wrote an article called “Is Google Making Us Stupid”. Carr believes that the internet might have a very negative effect on cognition that diminishes our capacity for concentration and contemplation‚ therefore making us stupid. He argues that the internet has actually affected how human beings process
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Harry Styles has just tweeted that he was going to do a twitcam. Everyone was surprised by the news. Harry Styles’ last twitcam was 3 years ago and it was 3:30 am at where he was at the moment. ’Probably just bored or tired.’ and that was partly true. He was tired. Nevertheless‚ everyone was excited. Nearly half a million people tuned in to his stream. Harry POV I shake my head and run my hands through my scalp in an attempt to fix my bed raggled hair. I wipe at my eyes that felt like absolute
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environment‚ confusing the audience on the event is taking place. While this may be a product of the actual microphones during this time‚ that doesn’t negate the fact that Palatine sounds disconnected from the setting. Also‚ while everyone’s clapping sounds in sync when Travis claps‚ his claps seems disconnected as if recorded at a different time. During each medium shot‚ his claps sound jarring to the audience because they disrupt everyone else’s clapping‚ causing him to separate from those in the
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The Writing of a Modernist Audre Lorde once said‚ “Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change‚ a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.”(Lorde) During the 20th century many authors used a new modernistic style of writing. E.E. Cummings‚ a modernist writer‚ saw poetry in this way; his poem “anyone lives in a pretty how town” shows how he believes poetry is the skeleton of our lives and that it brings
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BARCELONETA MARKET Comments: "When I was a student at the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB)‚ Barceloneta was the subject of much conversation. Restaurants on the beach which later disappeared... narrow streets‚ cramped flats‚ the clothes hanging out on the balconies‚ the shops‚ the artisans ’ workshops... and its people‚ who talked‚ and still talk‚ fast and loud. The project meant a chance to go back to the neighbourhood in an interested manner; it was no longer a trip down there for fun
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Therefore‚ when a person becomes alienated or disconnected from that society‚ it is the responsibility of everyone in that society to bring the person back into a harmonious relationship with him/her “self”‚ as well as with the rest of the community. This may mean that the society itself needs to take
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“Only help her to know—help make it so there is cause for her to know—that she is more than this dress on the ironing board‚ helpless before the iron” (Olsen‚ 1961). A touching sentiment that grabs ahold of a heart of the audience‚ because it as distressing as it sounds it comes a little too late. A story portrayal of a mother and daughter’s relationship‚ as well as a daughter’s devaluation during those times is tear-jerking. I Stand Here Ironing by Tillie Olsen is a representation of true emotion
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ADVERTORIAL JPS to Invest over $800 Million in Munro Wind Project Only two months after the re-commissioning of the Constant Spring Hydroelectric Plant‚ JPS is again laying the foundation for another renewable energy project. This time the source is wind energy – with the prospective wind generation facilities being earmarked in the Munro/Hermitage community of St. Elizabeth. The project will see the erection of four wind “The project will see the erection of four wind turbines
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Başak Erel 108611006 Berke Baş Multiply-city; Representations of Urban Experience Slums During the Urbanization Process of Turkey The word ‘slum’ was firstly mentioned by a writer called James Hardy Vaux‚ in his book ‘Vocabulary of the Flash Language’ which was published in 1812[1]. At those times ‘slum’ was also a synonym of illegal commerce. Today‚ ‘slum’ is used to describe the residential areas of a huge amount of people of the world. According to the UN-Habitat report released in October
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spatial transformation and patterns of urban renewal in the city of Johannesburg The political change set off spatial transformation and patterns of urban renewal in the city that are both celebrated and contested by the people. Cities are seats of power and arenas of contro: they are where major economic‚ social‚ and political activity takes place and also sites of international competition takes place. Thus it is no surprise that significant political changes that took place in 1994‚ when South
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