Debate Outcomes Credible sources are always a topic for debate. What is a credible source and what is not a credible source. By definition‚ credible means “offering reasonable grounds for being believed.” ("Merriam-Webster"‚ 2011) Therefore a credible source is information that is true and believable. One of the sources that we discussed and debated in class is Wikipedia. “Wikipedia is an online open-content collaborative encyclopedia.......” "Wikipedia:general Disclaimer" (2011) So what about Wikipedia
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Open and Closed Source Systems POS/355 January 12‚ 2013 Jeffrey Hobday M.S. The General Public License also referred to as (GNU or GPL is one of the most widely used software license among individual‚ organizations and companies. The reason behind this is this product guarantees its users the freedom to make changes to the software‚ study and share the software‚ and if needed the software may be copied. 3 versions of the GNU have been released. Operating System is the core software of any
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Common sources of operational funding Funds are normally needed for the daily operation of the federal government as well as the state. The United States has various sources of operating funding sources that makes the federal government move forwards in terms of their economic growths. These are some of the operational funding that are being employed by Texas and surrounding states: Loans – Texas requires temporary cash. The state is supposed to look for loans that are provided at a lower rate of
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Writing From Sources Notes Chapter 1: “Understanding Evidence and Reasoning” to Exercise 6 (p. 40-62) 1) The credibility of the thesis depends on the evidence and reasoning. a) Evidence refers to any kind of concrete information that can support a thesis. Evidence can take several forms: i) Facts and statistics‚ especially in social science. ii) Surveys (1) Depend on generalizing from a representative sample‚ based on an appropriate “population” (use limited
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In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe‚ the author tells the story of a man‚ Okonkwo‚ and his Ibo tribe during the age of imperialism. Achebe does this in order to give a perspective on tribal life in Africa to those who know nothing of it. The quote by Obierika which says‚ “He [the white man] has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart” is entirely significant because it completely summarizes the novel as well as the overall effects and consequences of the European
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scholarly sources that will be used: 1.Himmelweit‚ S. (1980). Abortion: Individual choice and social control. Feminist Review‚ 5(1)‚ 65-68. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/fr.1980.13 is one of the sources that will be used in the persuasive paper. The journal informs and a report on original research‚ as well as it provides an analysis of issues specific to the discipline. These two reasons demonstrate a purpose of publication which clearly indicates that this is indeed a scholarly source. 2. Zampas
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Article annotation. “Sources of Human Rights Law: Custom‚ Jus Cogens and General Principles” by Brunno Simma and Philip Alston. Topicality The issue of establishment‚ authentication and protection of human rights and freedoms is of significant prominence nowadays. The adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and of subsequent Covenants in 1948 and 1966 respectively‚ the establishment of the European Court of Human Rights‚ Inter American Court of Human Rights and African Court
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animals to people can transpire. Other pathogens instigate infection when contaminated water is draw on for bathing or recreation. This entails water contact‚ rather than oral ingestion. For these reasons it is essential that the safety of the water sources must be ascertained. Aquatic insects and other invertebrates‚ in view of the fact that they populate within the vicinity of the water‚ are most likely the easiest and cheapest way of ascertaining an approximate concept of the water quality
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COMMUNICATION AS A SOURCE OF NATIONAL POWER Introduction Power has always been central theme of International Relations. States interact on the basis of relative national power to safeguard national interests. In this anarchic world definition and quantification of National power has been an area of interest of theorists like Nicolo Machiavelli‚ David Hume‚ E.H Carr and Hans J. Morgentheu.[1] National power was divided in to elements of Geography‚ Demography‚ Natural resources‚ Industrial
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has been a continuous debate on whether it is a reliable resource or not and no one has been able to come up with a conclusion. However‚ there are many people who think that they have come up with a compromise‚ which includes Wikipedia being a good source for basic information but not for the sole information of any given topic. Especially for college students‚ Wikipedia can get tricky in the sense where it is easy to just read through and agree with; however‚ it may be misleading and have incorrect
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