Vacant Properties and Their Negative Impact on Neighborhoods Vacant properties are an all too common occurrence in neighborhoods today as vacancy rates have increased to over 11% (“Housing units summary‚” 2012). With homeowners’ finances in a downward spiral many people are forced to walk away from their homes. Abandonment will often leave the properties empty for months‚ if not years‚ as the banks try to recoup their money. During this time the innocent members of the community are forced to
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Economic impact of the Internet: study of cybercafes in Gaborone‚ Â Botswana Tomas Mauta Sairosse and Stephen M. Mutula The authors Tomas Mauta Sairosse is Director of Libraries‚ Universidade Catolica de Mocambique‚ Beira‚ Mozambique. Stephen M. Mutula is a Senior Lecturer‚ Department of Library and Information Studies‚ University of Botswana‚ Gaborone‚ Botswana. Keywords Internet‚ Economic conditions‚ Botswana Abstract This paper discusses the findings of a study that was carried out to determine
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Electronic Literature Pedagogy: A Questionable Approach by: Chris Mott WHY SHOULD I TEACH ELECTRONIC LITERATURE? The first reason to teach electronic literature is practical: digital media are the most rapidly growing forms of communication‚ and they will only grow in their influence and pervasiveness. Most of our students are fairly skillful with electronic technology‚ but as we all know‚ skill is not literacy. Literacy includes the ability not only to perform in a given medium‚ but to think
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From the large growth of agriculture brings great economic‚ social and environmental advancements but breeds some negative habits and troubles that we have to deal with quickly‚ before it is too late. With the population rapidly increasing‚ agriculture provides great job opportunities. While this is great for unemployed seeking opportunities from large corporations‚ small farmers are slowly being overrun by the neat‚ checkerboard fields of these businesses. "She never saw the big tractor coming.
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and Electronic Communication Dealing with Cyberspace Annette Slaughter LES.330.DISB1T01.SP2011 February 23‚ 2011 Abstract In the world of litigation‚ it is a difficult enough task to wade through all the laws‚ acts and statutes that compose constitutional law. With the introduction of new technologies dealing with cyberspace‚ one of the issues laws firms have to contend with electronic communication. Electronic communication encompasses the areas of document review or electronic discovery
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I think Peeta’s feelings for Katniss were genuine and he wanted to protect her and help her survive. While the two were in the cave‚ Peeta tells the story about when he first developed his crush for Katniss. He tells the story so vividly and Katniss’ thoughts after show that it was truthful. “That part about my father and the birds. And I did sing the first day of school‚ although I don’t remember the song. And the red plaid dress... there was one” (184) This allows the reader to understand that
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technology teaching aids indicate success in schools‚ especially economically‚ there are also negative impacts‚ such as communication barriers and hindrance of the brain’s thought process development. Though technology allows teachers and students to interact with one another in entirely new ways‚ such as online assignments and electronic forums‚ this newfound interface may impede on more meaningful communication between the student and teacher. Tim Wilson‚ a technology specialist at Hopkins High School
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read your emails‚ listen to your voice messages‚ and review your internet searches. The government has passes legislation to protect privacy with federal wiretap laws. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act 1986 is one of these. This Federal law broadened the existing regulations placed on electronic communication interception and
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Cars‚ trains‚ trucks‚ lorries‚ airplanes‚ ships‚ all of these are created to assist in human daily life as well as aided in running the rapid economic development of nowadays. Unfortunately‚ this accommodation bring along a negative impact to the environment as transport is one of the major contributor to the excess carbon emission in the atmosphere. With the growing of numbers of vehicles the dependency of people to the petroleum and fossil fuel increases. This not only gives threat
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The Impact of E-mail Communication on Organizational Life Daantje Derks1‚ Arnold B. Bakker2 1‚2 Erasmus University Rotterdam‚ Rotterdam‚ The Netherlands Abstract Computer-mediated communication (CMC) has become mainstream in work life. This raises the question what the impact of CMC on our daily work is. Since e-mail is still the most prevalent form of CMC in organizational life‚ we focus predominantly on e-mail communication. The central aim of this paper is to give an overview of research
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