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    Is the Internet Bad For You? Socrates feared writing would make us forgetful. He believed written knowledge didn’t give us the same wisdom as oral knowledge (100). Hieronimo Squarciafico‚ the Italian humanist‚ believed the easily available books that the printing press provided would lead to weaker minds (100). Writing and the easy access to books‚ two of the world’s biggest discoveries‚ yet they were seen as things that would harm people rather than help. Nicholas Carr advocates the harmfulness

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    “Speak when you are angry- and you will make the best speech you will ever regret” Dr. Laurence J. Peter How does the above quote relate to the use of language as a tool for expressing one’s emotion? There are many ways of expressing our emotions. We can do this by our face expressions‚ by our movements and acts‚ using our body language but the most powerful and common way is using the ordinary language. Ordinary language is the ability of people to communicate between them to

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    Is Facebook “Good” For You? Ellie B April 10‚ 2012 Think back to 2005‚ just a mere seven years ago. MySpace was climbing the charts with 26.7 million users (MacManus‚ 2006). YouTube was just launched and gained much popularity through MySpace. Mark Zuckerburg had just created Facebook the year before and has just opened usage to high school students (Acohido‚ 2009). Nobody living in 2005 could have ever predicted the skyrocketing usage of the internet in the years to come

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    In order to consider “I exist because I think” or ”I think because I exist”‚ I would define the “I exist because I think” as “I think” is the cause of “I exist”. This implies “I think” appear before “I exist” and cause “I exist” to happen. In the other side‚ “I think because I exist” would be “I exist” is the cause of “I think”. This implies “I exist” appear before “I think” and cause “I think” to happen. In terms of logic‚ I would say “I think because I exist “ is more appropriate. It is because

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    Do You Believe‚ That You Can Fly? “It’s impossible to live without failing at something‚ unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all. In which case‚ you’ve failed by default.” – J.K. Rowling. Too many pilots have lost the confidence to fly. A one time crash‚ or a flight instructor’s demeaning attitude has left them with the belief that taking off again is just not for them. Goals and dreams have been abandoned‚ either forever‚ or put on long term hold‚ because of

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    BPL has a pioneering legacy in Indian electronic industry. In 1963‚ BPL came into being in collaboration with the erstwhile British Physical Laboratories‚ UK‚ to manufacture hermetically sealed panel meters. It was a small beginning. In a few years BPL ventured into medical electronics and then test & measuring instruments. In 1968 BPL introduced India’s Indigenously built first ECG machine – the Cardiart T108. It instilled confidence that with ingenuity and commitment we can match the best

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    In the 1960s‚ when Oates wrote “Where Are You Going . . . ‚” a social revolution was happening. American women were asserting their rights and independence from men‚ and they were claiming their sexuality in a way they had never done before. One frequently discussed topic was adolescence and the struggles and anxieties that many young girls endured as they lost their sexual innocence and became adult women. Feeling undervalued in their homes and relationships with men‚ women questioned their role

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    subject of several of her poems. In "if you were coming in the fall‚" Emily Dickinson uses several metaphors to enhance the theme of the time spent waiting for love. In this poem Emily Dickinson uses metaphor that paints a picture about lost love. It shows that time does not matter when you’re waiting for your love. "If you were coming in the fall‚ /I’d brush the summer by‚" give us the feeling that summer does not matter if she knew that love was coming in the fall. It suggests that if she could forget

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    defines you? Adam Woodworth 23 April 23‚ 2013 Composition 1 Instructor: David Flannery As you might guess‚ being in the military can be one of the most boring jobs you will ever have. After all‚ you are being trained to kill people and break things‚ but how often do you really get to do that? You train in the sun‚ rain‚ and sleet and pose the possibility you’ll wind up pushing paperwork and dealing with politics down range. You’ll also waste more ammo shooting at paper targets than you will ever

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    Chorale’s chips and dips‚ Inc.- Are you in or are you out? Congratulations! You have been asked by the new president of Chorale’s Chips N’ Dips‚ Inc. Al Gunner‚ to lead a new recognition team. Al is concerened that his work force of 586 employees needs to be motivated to achieved higher goals and customer expectations‚ increased requirements‚ and more demanding regulations from the (FDA) Food and Drug Administration. Although he has only been at this plant two months he has obsereved low morale

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