The Negative Effects of SOPA and PIPA As one of the most significant inventions of the human being‚ the Internet enormously changed people’s lives. We can enjoy quantities of free and abundant resources from the Internet. Like most of netizen‚ I am used to watch videos in Youtube and gain knowledge by google and wikipedia. It is hard to imagine how inconvenient our life will be without the convenient Internet. Unfortunately‚ this situation would be changed by two bills -SOPA and PIPA. Here
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Peaceful resistance‚ as with all forms of protest‚ have both positive and negative effects on America’s concept of a “free society” but upon inspection‚ one can see that in time‚ it is positive. Forms of peaceful resistance can range from a conscientious objection to a law in the form of protesting‚ to simply writing a representative to express one’s opinion on a law. Each of these are opportunities for citizens to exhibit their constitutional rights to organize‚ free speech‚ and perform their civic
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The Positive and Negative Effects of Globalization Is Globalization ultimately positive or negative‚ or somewhere in between? I believe it depends on who you ask the question‚ and how it affects their life. For myself‚ I can’t get passed the negative way it has impacted my life and others around me in the same situation. Those of us who have lost our jobs and livelihood and are now labeled as “the long term unemployed” have seen our jobs eliminated and outsourced overseas; find it hard to
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They believe that computers make us weaker in the future as we become over reliant on technology and might be completely helpless without it. Others against computers‚ believe that it is making us self centered and less social. And there are some who think computers are driving creativity out of our souls. There will always be skeptics of progress and I think that computers represent not just evolution of technology but hope for a brighter future OK‚ so let us start with the obvious benefit that
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Oil/ Petrol Research Project In the modern world we use oil every second of the day‚ whether we realise it or not. We use oil to fuel our cars‚ our public transports‚ etc. Without oil our daily lives would be the same. Oil is a natural resource that comes from beneath the earth’s crust; it is trapped in pockets under the earth. Finding oil trapped underground is very complicated and costly‚ it takes millions of dollars to drill a well and only a few are successful. Oil travels upwards from the
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Marijuana‚ while possibly enjoyable‚ has negative effects on a student’s school life if smoked daily. This can be seen in their poor academic performance during school. After-school‚ it is also reflected in their participation in sports. Pot can also drive a wedge between an adolescent and their loved ones. Research and personal stories have shown links between marijuana and grades. Smoking marijuana everyday does not boost one’s grade‚ it only decreases it. Students who smoke marijuana daily tend to earn
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EFFECTS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON CUSTOMERS’ SATISFACTION IN NIGERIAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. By ERNEST E. INYANG‚ A. D. O. OTONKUE AND JUDE U. BASSEY ABSTRACT Information technology may be considered to be the harnessing of electronic technology in its various forms to improve the operations and profitability of the business as a whole. Information Technology provides significant improvements with facilities such as word processing (improving secretarial‚ typing and some reprographic
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realize it but music is used in everyday life‚ everything is done with a rhythm whether it be anything from brushing teeth to walking or even writing or typing up a paper. Music affects everyone in different ways and has a physical and an emotional effect on everyone no matter what their age and no matter what the genre of music. It is used in schools‚ workplaces‚ and stores just about anywhere a person could think‚ and there is a good reason for it‚ because everyone loves it. Although there are
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* extremely biased – condescending‚ talking down to us like we’re a bunch of dummies * says twice “opponents to GM are too ‘dumb’ to think for themselves and decide whether or not GMs are good or bad” * we‚ as consumers‚ want food labeled so we can decide whether we want to eat it or not * GM foods is not plant breeding‚ it’s changing the genes – something that nature cannot do on its own – introducing DNA from a different species into the plant * This is not hybridization –
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Control and Prevention‚ shows that the share of young people using e-cigarettes doubled in 2012. Some doctors believe that electronic cigarettes can help people that use traditional cigarettes quit. The CDC found that 1.8 million middle and high school students said that they have tried e cigarettes in 2012. Electronic cigarettes are proving to be healthier than traditional cigarettes‚ and may help smokers quit their addiction‚ but they still pose a threat to younger generations because of their nicotine
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