Children who use Facebook a lot are more likely to get lower marks at school‚ says new study By Paul Thompson UPDATED: 07:25 GMT‚ 10 August 2011 * * * * 10 View comments Teenagers who regularly log in to their Facebook page and other social media will get lower grades at school‚ according to a US study. They are also likely to have behavioural problems and narcissistic tendencies from spending too much time logged on to the site. According to the research popular social network
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DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT‚ TECHNOLOGY Technology‚ according to on-line dictionary‚ is the making‚ modification‚ usage and knowledge of tools‚ machines‚ techniques‚ crafts‚ systems and methods of organization in order to solve scientific problems. In other words‚ it is the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to solve practical problems: problems like health issues‚ education‚ agriculture‚ transport and communication‚ housing or shelter and crime investigation
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Cloud Computing and Wireless Technology Cloud computing is simply a new way of looking at and talking about virtual servers. The cloud computing is the emerging technology of delivering many kinds of resources as services‚ mainly over the Internet. Delivering party is referred to as the service providers‚ while the users are known as the subscribers. Subscribers pay subscription fees typically on a per-use basis. Cloud computing is broken down into few different categories
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Is media a boon or a curse? Everything in this modern age is powered by media from the moment we wake up until we sleep at night. Have we ever asked ourselves how all of this affects our reasoning‚ our power to choose and our lifestyle? Since mass media is used to communicate and interact with people from various walks of life‚ it can often result in a conflict of opinions. The media‚ specifically in India‚ represents a convergence of paradoxes: tradition and modernity; anarchy and order; diversity
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Seniors are people between the ages of 60 and 100 years of age. This makes this period in a person ’s life the longest. Seniors come from different cultures and different backgrounds and many have different needs. There are three different categories of seniors; the young‚ the old‚ and the very‚ very old. Each type of senior have different needs and wants. There is a company out there that provides free information and referrals to seniors and their family about different community and government
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Civil disobedience is a blessing and a curse. My definition of Civil disobedience is saying or doing some type of action‚ that can lead you to punishment. Most countries do not operate like America‚ people in those countries get killed or jailed for Civil disobedience. Civil disobedience‚ could also mean having power where you could make the life others feel threatened. One of the best examples in my lifetime of Civil disobedience‚ is the attempted assassin of a young girl named Malala Yousafzai
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“A Blessing” by James Wright Just off the highway to Rochester‚ Minnesota‚ Twilight bounds softly forth on the grass. And the eyes of those two Indian ponies Darken with kindness. They have come gladly out of the willows To welcome my friend and me. We step over the barbed wire into the pasture Where they have been grazing all day‚ alone. They ripple tensely‚ they can hardly contain their happiness That we have come. They bow shyly as wet swans. They love each other. There is no loneliness
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generational curses. I for one believe that people can "inherit" misfortune. In the case of slavery‚ I believe both black and white people have been handed down‚ through the generations‚ afflictions that we now must come to understand and deal with. That is the reinforcement and programing‚ over time‚ that black or brown people are bad and white people are good. Moreover‚ never before has it become so blatant that the government thrives on manipulation‚ chaos‚ and control of its citizens through the
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as difficult to define as art or love. Few who advocate it are able to convey what they mean by the term. Fewer still are aware that the concept is borrowed from Christianity. In a passage from the New Testament‚ the apostle Paul THE SECRET 60 Curse of the Superstar CEO lists the various charisms‚ or gifts of the Holy Spirit‚ that Christians may possess. According to Paul‚ those gifted with charisma in this sense include "good Ieaders."They also include church members with extraordinary
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Senior citizens have been criticized on their driving abilities for many years‚ and them having driving privileges has been debated for just as long. It is fact that some of the abilities required for driving lessen with age. Some of these risks factors would be eye sight‚ hearing loss‚ drowsiness‚ and even diseases related to age. Inevitability‚ senior citizens should be required to retake a drivers test often. When driver rates are calculated‚ the highest rates are found to be among both the
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