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Have you ever heard the saying, “have you ever wanted something so much it hurt”? Well, when I say it. I’m talking about literally hurting. Your legs are so sore, it feels like you can’t take another stride, your so out of breath from chasing the ball around, and your so exhausted from last nights practice, your bed seems to be the most attractive thing to you right now. Three hour practices of straight running, push ups, and sit ups has its pros and cons. Even at times when you feel like you need

Wikipedia is a very popular site that includes very reliable information. In fact, students and researchers use the site for their individual projects. Certainly, people visit the site for personal reasons too. For example, to find out more about their favorite sports team or to look up information on a city that they plan to visit. However, some educators and students got together recently. They proposed a question. "Are Wikipedia articles really that accurate." Some feel that educators and researchers

This section of the chapter is discussing about Wikipedia and how anyone can edit the page. It is a collaborative writing site. It also talks about the history of wikis, what it is, where it first was used and its principal. The two principals are simplicity and openness. Although anyone can edit the page now a days they are requiring to register. The legal aspects where also mentioned. When I was in high school I did a paper whether or not Wikipedia was a reliable source and why teachers would not

The family Droseraceae is a cosmopolitan species that is found on all of the continents with the exception of Antarctica. This is likely the most diverse carnivorous plant family and has 150-160 species. 11 of these species are found in the United States (Webb D. 2008). This family is usually found as an herb or rarely a small shrub. The leaves of this family are alternate or whorled. This family has simple leaves, with the lamina with glandular hairs which trap insects, or have bristles that

4. Do you agree with John Ebert’s (2011) statement that “only in a culture as intellectually senile as ours could a site like Wikipedia ever flourish”? Word limit: 1500 words (excluding the reference list). Due date: Monday, 17:00, 14th of September 2015 (week 8 of semester). Word count: 1504 Intro: As society has progressed into the twenty-first century it is evident that humanity is becoming strongly reliant on technology, especially the internet in which people now use instantaneously on a daily

No one really can take or use Wikipedia with any seriousness. The editors can be literally anyone and from any place. The editor could be from any walk of life and share or posses any type of political view. They could be racists or religious fanatics or they could be a conservative or liberal. It does not take much to be an editor for Wikipedia. The editor only must create an account, and they are granted immediate access editing a Wikipedia page of their selection: it really is that simple

explain how Wikipedia is a user driven knowledge application, where people discuss and collaborate their knowledge and work on a specific topic. The writing explains how Wikipedia is very open and simplistic, the user can easily update a page without any prior technical or programming knowledge. Both from the client’s perspective and server side, the user only needs a conventional browser to access the pages. The authors continue by explaining the impacts of collaborative research on the Wikipedia pages

Music in ancient China was mainly used for 3 purposes; rituals, cultural unification and healing. RITUALS According to Chinese mythology and folklore, dragons have often been an auspicious symbol. Many times, they are regarded as a symbol of good luck and have been largely used in rituals during the ancient times to pray for rainfall in times of drought. These rituals are called dragon dance. News. Chinese Dragon Dance. By Conrad Poirier. [Public Domain]. Via Wikimedia Commons. News. Chinese Dragon

Wikipedia is an amazing source of information for me. Everyone that use it correctly may have not problems in finding answers of any question of what they want to know. I use Wikipedia as a source of a general information and for my education. I think Wikipedia is a reliable source of information but at the same time it is important to pay attention where this information came from to avoid surprise of wrong information. Wikipedia does not give a source of cite because it a general information to

“An honest man's the noblest work of God.” Alexander Pope life was rough as a child because of his illness. In his early career, and even later in life he wrote a lot of famous poets. Alexander Pope lived his life as a famous writer until death from his childhood sickness Alexander Pope an, English poet was born on May 21, 1688 on Lombard Street in London. His father, Alexander Pope, a Roman Catholic, was a linen-draper who afterwards retired from business with a small fortune, and fixed his home