Mobile phones: A blessing or a curse? It’s been years since someone had to look for spare change in their pocket to make a call out on the street from a pay phone‚ have we forgotten that mobile phones are somehow a blessing? The question here is whether mobile phones are a blessing or a curse. According to the “2013 mobile growth statistics” 91% of all people in the world have mobile phones and 56% own a smart phone‚ also according to mobile growth statistics the average age of owning a mobile
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Mobile phones. A blessing or a curse? Mobile phones have had such a large impact in our modern twenty-first century societies‚ that they have become part and parcel of our daily lives. Nowadays‚ it has become the norm in our towns and villages to see people who are busy tapping on their cell phones. Mobile phones have changed the way people communicate. These devices are carried anywhere people go because they are light and easy to carry around‚ such that everyone is constantly in touch with others
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1 Mobile phones: Blessing or Curse A person is in an unhealthy phase of obsessive and constant cell phone use. This may be caused by the newness of the device or by an emotional problem that makes them use the cell phone to isolate from others who surround them. Or‚ it might be that the increasing use of the cell phone by everyone else causes the person to get one of their own."[1] More often than not; people use cellphones to pull themselves away from a crowd or ring themselves to get out of
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Oil as Both a Blessing and a Curse in the Middle East As global society enters an era where oil is no longer the dominant source of energy‚ many oil producing countries face a challenge dealing with the loss of what is often their most profitable export. Many nations developed modern infrastructure mainly through oil profits. Years of interference by western countries seeking oil profits greatly influenced the development of governments‚ occasionally for better‚ but usually for worse. While most
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telephone way back in 1870s by Alexander Graham Bell. Alexander Graham Bell’s success with the design of telephone came as a direct result of his attempts to improve the telegraph which was the most widely used electronic communication device. The technology began to take shape in the late 1940s‚ when the idea of a mobile phone was introduced. Mobile phones are looked upon as a modern invention. However‚ their origin can be traced to the time when radio messages began to be captured successfully. .
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Many studies have shown a negative correlation between economic growth and natural resources‚ a finding often dubbed “the curse of natural resources.” However‚ oil and other minerals may not be the biggest curse in developing countries. In many of them‚ the amount of foreign aid is a far larger share of government revenues. In Burkina Faso‚ for example‚ aid accounted for two-thirds of the government budget and 8% of GDP over the period 1985-89. In Mauritania‚ it accounted for 60% and 22%‚ respectively
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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. Anti - technology activists
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Humans are no doubt territorial. This territoriality manifests itself in our athletic endeavors also‚ as a well-known phenomenon called the home advantage. Simply put‚ home advantage means the persistence of home teams winning a majority of games. This phenomenon has been around as long as team competition has been in existence but did not receive scientific study until 1977. Schwartz and Barsky (1977) did the first psychological study of home advantage. Given that this phenomenon indeed
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Nowadays‚many people resort to plastic surgery and there are several reasons why they decide to do so.Some of the‚‚are valid and legitimate while others originate from their vanity. A few people opt for cosmetic surgery out of a desire to look like a certain person they admire‚especially young people who are more likely to be obsessed with celebrities and other famous people.Some others feel dissatisfied with the way they look either because they cannot come to terms with the fact that they are
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Freedom in Libya: Blessing or a Curse? Since the Libyan revolution to overthrow Muammar al-Gaddafi ended in August of 2011‚ the drive for a safer and more democratic state has been met with both optimism and disappointment. The continued ineffectiveness of the General National Congress (GNC) to fill the security vacuum left after Gaddafi’s fall and its inability to secure its porous borders (Wehrey 2013) has help fuel resentment towards it (BBC 2013). Yet‚ it is this lack of effectiveness that
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