People are fascinated by new technologies and the innovations. And they are all the more attracted than they can appreciate the openness they bring to them. Indeed‚ more and more people are connected‚ and use the devices in they every day life‚ to meet people from the entire world‚ remain connected and discover new fields of possibilities. The more they use the NTIC‚ the more they want to push back their frontiers. However‚ fascination often hides some fear. Indeed behind the fascination reside the
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Do poor people in South Africa vote for food parcels? Apparently not. WIT’S University Research shows that most people understand clearly that government grants and aid such food parcels are their constitutional rights from any government in power. Most people tested under formal test conditions in which the same questions are asked in different formats several times‚ said that their political choices are clear and not dependent on food parcels or grants. They also indicated their political choices
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Imagine thousands of people attacking for you beliefs. Being burned alive‚ tortured‚ and turned into slaves. These are concepts that many‚ especially Muslims‚ encountered in the Crusades. Most would say the Crusades were religious‚ but they weren’t in reality. They were absolutely terrifying and always ended in tragedy for at least one side. In the beginning‚ life was fine for Christians to easily take a pilgrimage to the Holy Land because the Muslims liked the profit
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Do you agree or disagree with ACTA? The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is probably the most discussed topic concerning the numerous people who surf the Internet on a daily. I may also be affected by a possible enactment of the treaty. There have been a number of protests in different countries against this treaty since its introduction in October‚ 20110. The reasons of such reactions are alleged infringements of freedom of Internet which in this context means the infringement of rights
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question: do people do good deeds because of religious reasons or because humans are naturally good? The Puritans were part the colonial period‚ were extremely religious and hardworking‚ and believed that people do good deeds out of fear of an angry God. However‚ the Humanists‚ who were part of the revolutionary period‚ based their beliefs on logic and reason and believed that people do good deeds to make the world a better place and help their fellow man. In most instances‚ people do good deeds
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the United States alone‚ about thirteen million people aged twelve and over have used methamphetamine. Reasons why people choose to use this drug range from fitting in with their friends to staying awake and alert in situations. While meth does provide bursts of energy to stay alert‚ a few days later the user will most likely crash and sleep for days unless they take more of the drug. Although meth is illegal in most places‚ that does not stop people from trying to purchase it since its ban in 1970
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physiologist Arnold Adolph Berthold and Dr. Leopold Ruzicka‚ steroids have been advancing athlete’s physical performance. When people hear the word Steroids‚ the automatic response is always negative. As well as illegal‚ steroids are still being used even with all the restrictions and that it is banned. Coupled with words like juicing‚ freak‚ meathead‚ and monster is used to describe people using steroids. Positive results have resulted from steroids including their impact on bodybuilding‚ baseball‚ and the
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Some kids join gangs because they need to feel "acceptance‚ excitement‚ to earn money‚ peer pressure‚ protection‚ to socialize and etc. " (S.A.P.D) If kids have nothing better to do or don’t feel like they mean anything at home they are going to find mischief to get into because one way or another someone will notice them. Many minority groups have this problem because there family members have a tough time trying to live so they
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the dangers of cults have become severe over the past years and have caused thousands of deaths due to the influence of cults members and leaders. Cults are able to gain members‚ due the fact that people in actuality do not know it is a cult they are joining. After joining a cult‚ some people still do not even understand that they are actually in a cult. Cults are something a person may read about or see on TV‚ but to have the actuality of knowing that a person has joined a group is shocking. It
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Why do good people do bad things? (750 words) In this essay I will talk about the torturing of prisoners in Abu Ghraib. I will also write about the Stanley Milgrim Experiment and the Stanford Prison Experiment. All of these relate to one of the topics we have covered this term. There is an excellent example of uniforms influencing power in the Stanford Prison experiment which took place in1971‚ it was lead by Prof Zimbardo1 (see footnote) in which a group of students were selected to act as prison
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