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This Thursday, 2 September 2010, we will meet at the IHOP on 41st Ave near Capitola Road in Capitola, near the Shell station and Savemart. The meeting will start at 7:30 pm and continue until 10 pm.

We will be meeting at Cafe Pergolesi in downtown Santa Cruz from time to time. To be announced.

Announcing

An alpha pre-release of Fedora 14 is available - There's a link on the lower right of this page.

Felton LUG
Meetings of the Felton LUG are generally held on the first Saturday of each month at the firehouse in Felton, 131 Kirby Street, from 2 to 5 or 6 pm.
This summer the Felton LUG has a table at the Felton Farmer's Market, held on Tuesday afternoons next to St John's Catholic Church.
Phone: 831 335 7303
Email: lcafiero@fixedbylinux.com
Join: http://groups.google.com/group/felton-lug?lnk=srg

Cabrillo's CGLUG hosts an installfest on the 3rd Friday evening of each month, during the school year. For further information, check the
CGLUG web site. Also, there is a CGLUG group on Facebook.

Lindependence ran a series of installfests in Felton a couple of summers ago. They plan to have another series in the San Lorenzo Valley in the future. For further information, check the Lindependence Web Site

Events

Linux Picnic
Picn*x XIX - The Linux 19th Anniversary Picnic!

Linux Picn*x 19 was held on Saturday 21 August 2010 at Sunnyvale Baylands Park.

DEF CON 18
The DEF CON 18 hacking conference took place - July 30th - August 1st, 2010 at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Defcon 18 Web Site

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Styling Term Papers

Submitted by krisha on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 00:41

Writing term papers is a common task for students. As there are different styles in crafting academic papers, the five-paragraph method is one of the most employed. It is a much disciplined style of paper writing as it is only five paragraphs, it has to be efficient – covering all bases, cohesive but not lengthy. How?

The key to effectively write this type of paper is to set it up properly. As these term papers represent the simplest type of term paper format, complexity is inevitable. Students have to know exactly what to do, and exactly what elements are needed.

The first paragraph entails a solid introduction, including a sound thesis statement. Evidently, thesis statement needs to be as precise, concise, and well structured as possible. Why? The thesis statement is the core component of an academic paper. If it is not strong enough, the paper will lose relevance.

The body of a five paragraph term paper consists of three paragraphs. This is where the arguments that support the thesis statement are presented. This needs to be extremely concise as well. Details need to be impeccably tied into the topic or else the paper will fall apart.

The last paragraph is allotted for the conclusion. In here, the thesis statement is restated in a way that it ties in with the details presented in the body. End strongly and reiterate the points that brought to the conclusion. Papers that have good conclusions often inject recommendations.

The format for this type of term paper might seem so easy but each specification must be observed strictly. Nothing comes easy in creating academic pieces anyway. Like any writing task, crafting research papers demands a lot of responsibility and technical writing skills from the students.

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