iPad - Perfect for College Students

Since Paper Masters is all about making life easier for the college student, we get pretty excited when something new comes out that is destined to change the playing field for students. Yesterday, January 26th, Apple announced the launching of its latest stroke of genius, the iPad. The iPad is a step up from the iTouch but not quite a mac book. Apple touts it as an e-reader, an app platform, e-mail client, web browser and photo viewer. What we are so excited about is the e-reader and app platform on the iPad, destined to be perfect for many student related activities, such as note-taking, text-book access and organizing class information.

First and foremost, Apple is working with textbook companies such as McGraw-Hill to provide textbooks on the iPad through their iBook Store. This will be a substantial savings to students and convenience, as the iPad will have numerous capabilities of highlighting, inserting notes and copying important text to a notepad. Toss the backpack and have all your texts in one place!

Apps will also be a major benefit of the iPad’s functionality for college students. Apps that serve as notebooks, note-taking tools, flashcards and voice recorders make in-class work a breeze, and again, all in one spot. Note-taking may be a challenge with the touch-screen keyboard but apple is also selling a blue tooth keyboard that can connect to the iPad for ease of typing. As far a space is concerned, the iPad could use a bit more but the most expensive unit offers 64 Gigabytes and will run you around $699 for a wi-fi enabled unit. No word on how much text-book companies plan to offer their books at but it is expected to be a substantial saving to the college student, more than likely paying for the iPad in itself in less 2 semesters.

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Google Books for Students

Google books is a great service, offering hundreds of thousands of books online for free viewing. Keep an eye on their services as an invaluable tool for research results. As a student, your time is valuable and finding great resources for research papers from your computer at home instead of having to go to the library is invaluable.

Google books are also available via Barnes and Noble eReader called Nook. The Nook is a great way to access Google Books and many of them are free to download for the Nook. You have the ability to carry around any Google Book in your backpack, without an internet connection! Fabulous for students and great for having available for note taking.

Hats off to Google Books for making their educational materials so accessible for college students. While Google gets a bad rap for many of the information gathering and privacy issues that they overstep their bounds with, they are frequently ahead of the game on providing educational materials and print to the public with astounding altruism.

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Term Paper Mills Crank Out Plagiarism

A 3 year legal battle is coming to a climax as the University of Wisconsin is getting their day in court with the term paper mill R2C2 Inc. R2C2 Inc. sells term papers on the internet without the consent of the author, which is blatant plagiarism. The law suite was filed in 2006 and is intended to put a halt to term paper mills on the internet. Term paper mills resell the same papers an infinite amount of times to students that either pay to join a service for access to a database of term papers or pay to download individual papers that are available from a database of 1000’s of pre-written term papers. Term paper mills meet the criteria for plagiarism at several levels, most notably, using an author’s works without their permission. The author’s of the term papers that are downloaded receive no credit or compensation for the term paper that is being sold, nor have they given permission for the term paper mill to sell their work.

For over 10 years, Paper Masters has been warning students against the services of term paper mills and the legal ramifications of using them. Term paper mills sell the same projects over and over, without the author’s permission. Beyond being ethically wrong, term paper mills put each student at risk for legal ramifications of plagiarism when they download another author’s work without the permission of the author. Furthmore, nearly every term paper sold from term paper mills is logged in TurnItIn.com and sets the student up for getting sited for plagiarism by their University, as many Universities use the services of TurnItIn.com.

The University of Wisconsin will probably win this battle against the term paper mills due to the fact that they are charging them with using the works of an author without his permission. Unlike other law suites against term paper mills, U of W has a student, with a specific term paper that was used without his permission. Term paper services that sell custom written term papers with the author’s permission for distribution do not fall under the definition of plagiarism and are valuable educational services.

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Herta Mueller - An interesting research topic

Herta Mueller, tenacious and stubborn, most certainly would be the topic of a research paper worth writing! With her vivid and moving descriptions of Romania under communism, Mueller can be a research paper case study in one that truly deserves the Nobel literature prize she received. Overcoming the obstacle of being banned in her own country, Mueller managed to get published in Germany and launch her career among international controversy. Her first collection of short stories, Niederungen, illustrated the hardships of living in a tiny village in Romania under the communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. She followed her first publication with her brilliant work Oppressive Tango, but also received harsh criticism of the writing from the Romanian National Press.

Mueller’s work are as follows:

* Niederungen, short stories, censored version published in Bucharest 1982. Uncensored version published in Germany 1984. Published in English as Nadirs in 1999 by the University of Nebraska Press.[4]
* Drückender Tango (”Oppressive Tango”), stories, Bucharest 1984
* Der Mensch ist ein großer Fasan auf der Welt, Berlin 1986. Published in English as The Passport, Serpent’s Tail, 1989 ISBN 9781852421397
* Barfüßiger Februar (”Barefoot February”), Berlin 1987
* Reisende auf einem Bein, Berlin 1989. Published in English as Traveling on One Leg, Hydra Books/Northwestern University Press, 1992.[5]
* Wie Wahrnehmung sich erfindet (”How Perception Invents Itself”), Paderborn 1990
* Der Teufel sitzt im Spiegel (”The Devil is Sitting in the Mirror”), Berlin 1991
* Der Fuchs war damals schon der Jäger (”Even Back Then, the Fox Was the Hunter), Reinbek by Hamburg 1992
* Eine warme Kartoffel ist ein warmes Bett (”A Warm Potato Is a Warm Bed), Hamburg 1992
* Der Wächter nimmt seinen Kamm (”The Guard Takes His Comb”), Reinbek by Hamburg 1993
* Angekommen wie nicht da (”Arrived As If Not There”), Lichtenfels 1994
* Herztier, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1994. Published in an English translation by Michael Hofmann as The Land of Green Plums, Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1996[6]
* Hunger und Seide (”Hunger and Silk”), essays, Reinbek by Hamburg 1995
* In der Falle (”In a Trap”), Göttingen 1996
* Heute wär ich mir lieber nicht begegnet, Reinbek by Hamburg 1997. Published in English as The Appointment, Metropolitan Books/Picador, New York/London 2001
* Der fremde Blick oder das Leben ist ein Furz in der Laterne (”The Foreign View, or Life Is a Fart in a Lantern”), Göttingen 1999
* Im Haarknoten wohnt eine Dame (”A Lady Lives in the Hair Knot”), poetry, Reinbek by Hamburg 2000
* Heimat ist das, was gesprochen wird (”Home Is What Is Spoken There”), Blieskastel 2001
* Der König verneigt sich und tötet (”The King Bows and Kills), essays, Munich (and elsewhere) 2003
* Die blassen Herren mit den Mokkatassen (”The Pale Gentlemen with their Espresso Cups”), Munich (and elsewhere) 2005
* Atemschaukel, Munich 2009

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Obama Talks Climate Change at Summit in NYC

Worries that tariffs and restrictions on tire imports to America from China would impact China’s willingness to talk global climate change were put to rest in New York this week, as China talked a surprisingly strong and encouraging rhetoric for meeting stringent carbon targets. However, in a disappointing show for the host of the summit, President Obama failed to deliver a 1-2 punch type of speech and merely reiterated the warnings against a path to failure if complacency continues. Perhaps Obama felt pleased that the talks were even taking place after China angrily retorted at the Obama administration for cutting its throat on tire imports to America. However, I would expect that the leader of one of the top industrial nations in the world and the host of the summit would take no prisoners when it comes to climate talks.

I had high hopes for Obama on the environment. An educated man with few ties to oil (a refreshing change from the past 8 years) can certainly see that America needs a boost in its effort to establish a global climate policy that leads the world. The United States typically obstructs rather than leads the world in addressing climate change, as demonstrated by Presidents Clinton and Bush. The most significant issues related to global warming include the following: 1) The costs and benefits of climate changes; 2) What actions should be taken to mitigate these changes; and 3) How the available policies may vary amongst countries over time. Some areas of North America are particularly vulnerable to potential damage, such as New Orleans, while others, such as Canada, may benefit from such climate shifts. Time is of the essence, since there are a number of extended intervals between changes.

The issue of global warming possesses a number of serious consequences for Planet Earth. The increased emission of greenhouse gases and other related concerns has led to widespread shifts in climate across the world. In North America, a number of areas have been dramatically affected, including the Great Lakes Region, which has experienced increased amounts of snowfall over the past few decades.

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Mike Duvall compromises self over "eye-patch underwear"

So how would I work Michael Duvall into a research paper? Go ahead, give me any course and I’ll tell you how…

Sociology – Topic: Michael Duvall is a classic case study of Christian Conservative morals not living up to societal standards. A paradox of values that conservatives represent yet fail to live by.

Political Science – Topic: (Oh so easy!) Correlate corrupt politicians and personal life scandals with the state of affairs of the district or state they represent.

Education Majors – Topic: Does a lack of a high school diploma make one any less able to maintain a position of leadership? Does a lack of a high school diploma make one more likely to be attracted to “eye-patch underwear” and boast about sexual conquests?

And I could go on and on…Men like Michael Duvall make a college student’s job of creating interesting research paper topics so very easy.

Thank you Assemblyman…I mean former assemblyman Duvall, you provide such rich and pathetic material.

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Obama Giving Back to School Speech

Partisan politics at its best! President Obama gives a back to school speech encouraging excellence and participation in politics in students and the GOP goes nuts! Tuesday’s back to school speech included encouragement from President Obama for students to write letters on how they can help the President or what they admire about him. Conservatives in Washington went ballistic with claims that the President is pushing a liberal agenda in schools and trying to sway students to liberal politics. In light of pre-speech backlash, President Obama canceled the lesson plan that was prepared by the White House to go along with the speech, as it aired in schools across the nation. However, amazingly, the President was able to send the message of “stay in school and work hard” to the students without any Republican backlash. Whew!

With the rise of partisan politics, the possibility to consolidate support has become a defining element of citizen involvement in the political process. Individuals became fiercely loyal to their part of affiliation, and these parties in turn try to curry favor from the individual in ushering in their own choice of political agendas. In this era of the “neo-politics of party” era, we can see that this partisanship is affecting every aspect of American life. Our children can’t even receive a school lesson from the President.

Creating and acting on a cohesive goal in such an environment has been becoming increasingly difficult in an era where partisan politics is the norm and bi-partisanship the rare exception.  Many researchers have argued that the oppositional two-party paradigm has led to chronic gridlock and consistent inability to establish any type of meaningful doctrine in the presidency.  While at times in the past the two leading political parties have been able to cooperate in furthering Congress’ own agenda, those days may be gone forever.

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Baby Chick Thrown into Grinder

I always appeal to the intellect of the nations youth when I read stories like the one from the Associated Press on ground up baby chickens. Are omelets, eggs over easy or my once beloved Huevos Rancheros really worth it? Undercover video was shot by Mercy for Animals showing how male baby chicks are ground up alive as a means of quick disposal of the unwanted chicks. Since male chickens produce no eggs and hatchery’s do not raise chickens for slaughter due to the length of time it takes to fatten them up, what else can they do but grind them to shreds alive. Some are pushed to the floor to be swept away and die slowly with the other debris in the hatchery. So what does this have to do with you, my college aged friends?

Everything. This story of the male chick is only one of the many ethical dilemmas that will come along as you move through college life. Do you recognize that every egg you eat contributes to the industry that carelessly disregards and wastes potential life. Whether it’s life for consumption and sustenance or life for the sake of being a living creature, the waste is unforgivable and there is something you can do.
Think about how bad you need that egg next time you go to the commons and choose your breakfast. Don’t support the industry that makes common practice of grinding baby chicks alive or sweeping them away like trash to die a slow death. United States Egg farmers should know better…send them a message that you know better too and you’re not going to stand for it.
Not convinced? Take a look for yourself – Hatchery video

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College campuses are advising students to do all the right things – eat right, keep your immunities up don’t share cups, razors or any items that germs can be passed upon. Basically common sense health care and diligence will keep college students safe from the spread of any flu virus. Swine flu isn’t that unique among flu viruses except for the fact that those with compromised immune systems can become extremely sick. Eat right, exercise and get plenty of rest and more than likely swine flu will not be a concern to any college student. Be careful of stress, as stress weakens the immune system and is responsible for a fair amount of sickness in young people today.

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Pirate Bay will be a topic for Term Papers for a long time

One decade after the start of Napster, the world is still fighting over how to settle file sharing issues and Pirate Bay is the latest victim. Pirate Bay term papers have been ordered repeatedly for the past year at Paper Masters and we still get research paper orders for them weekly. (As term paper pimps, we can tell the hot topics for colleges just by how many orders we get on particular subjects. Thank God Sarah Palin never made it beyond an election campaign!) Anyway, Pirate Bay is such a hot topic that we thought you may want a brief primer on the nuances of intellectual property.

Napster raised significant issues regarding copyright law when it appeared on the public horizon. Napster created nothing short of an internet revolution. In 1999, a college student named Sean Fanning wanted to find an easier way to share music files. With his uncle, he started a company that involved P2P file sharing. P2P is peer to peer file sharing. P2P does not rely on clients or servers; instead the peers function as both clients and servers. Napster was extremely user-friendly and focused mainly on MP3 music files. College students often overloaded their university’s servers downloaded free music and making mixed CDs. No royalties were paid to the owners of the copyrights.

The first lawsuits against Napster began in 2000. Metallica discovered that one of their songs had been leaked to the website before its release. They sued. Dr. Dre had also asked that his material be removed. When it wasn’t, he also sued. Madonna had originally planned to work with the website, but when one of her singles was leaked to the website before its release, she retaliated with a lawsuit as well. The irony was that the lawsuits brought more attention to the website and millions more flocked to it, bringing more copyrighted material to the website and sharing more files.

The website felt that they were doing nothing wrong. They had merely set up a website where files could be swapped. There were serious ethical issues: could two “friends” share a file? These “friends” may have never met and may be on two different continents, but in reality they were just “sharing.” Was there any difference between this “sharing” of files and two friends sharing a book? The website was nothing more than a virtual library for musical files. The inventors of the website felt that it was impossible in today’s virtual world to prevent sharing of files on the internet.

Napster led to a revolution. One company president was on vacation when he learned that “internet users were flocking to a new website and furiously downloading his artists’ copyrighted work for free. The site shut off the downloads when Hedgepath threatened to sue. But within days, the downloads were circulating on an underground, members-only website.” Mr. Hedgepath is president of Pegasus Originals, a needle cross stitch pattern company. P2P file sharing for internet piracy is not the domain of Generation Y sharing music files; it is also used for quilting circles who wish to share patterns.

The implications of copyright infringement are significant. While it may not seem significant to download a song or a pattern from the internet, it is artistic stealing. Artists, whether they are musicians, writers, or artisans who design crafts, earn a living based upon their talents. They have a right to protect their talent and expect payment for their services. While Napster argues that they are just “sharing” files, much like a library shares books; it is not really the same thing. Books are purchased for libraries; libraries are supported with everyone’s tax dollars because it is for the public good to have libraries. It is not in the public’s best interest to allow someone to steal a song or needlecraft pattern rather than pay the amount and the sales tax.

However, there is a general sense of “entitlement” to free goods on the web. In 2000, it was estimated that the recording industry would lose $3.1 billion in the coming five years due to piracy. It was not only teenagers who downloaded free music however; over half those on Napster were over the age of thirty. Furthermore, Hedgepath noticed that “the middle-aged craft crowds had begun to demonstrate the same sense of entitlement felt by 17 year old Limp Bizkit fans downloading free MP3 tunes. When Hedgepath challenged the piracy of one outfit, brazenly named PatternPiggies, the online postings in response were downright defiant. Shouted one user, ‘Ladies, this is war, and I’m out for blood.’” While ladies in craft circles have often exchanged pattern books, sharing did not constitute law breaking.

Obviously, due to the size of the internet, it is virtually impossible to stop file sharing, as Pirate Bay has illustrated. The only solution for companies is to be diligent in locating websites that distribute large quantities of its copyrighted materials and then take the appropriate legal action to stop it. If a website is distributing small amounts, a company probably needs to ask if it is worth the legal costs to sue the website. Perhaps a threatening letter from the company attorney will serve just as well. A company must do this to protect both its profit margin and the rights of its talented artists who depend upon copyright law to protect their right to earn a living based upon their talents.

Of course, technically, the song “Happy Birthday” is still under copyright. Under copyright law, royalties should be paid every time the song is sung at public engagements. Therefore, most everyone was breaking copyright law long before Pirate Bay was ever invented.

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