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    Did you know that last September marked the 50th anniversary of the bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama—an act of white terror that killed four little black girls (adding to the innumerable death toll of the Civil Rights Movement) and injured many other black church members? No? Okay. But you did probably know that two weeks ago marked the 1st anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing, right? That’s fine, the discrepancy in your memory can likely be attributed to

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    Ground sloths are a diverse group of extinct sloths, in the mammalian superorder Xenarthra. The term "ground sloth" is used as a reference for all extinct sloths because of the large size of the earliest forms discovered, as opposed to the extant "tree sloths." However, this is a historical convention and should not imply that all extinct sloths were strictly terrestrial in nature.[1] Their most recent survivors lived in the Antilles, where it has been proposed they may have survived until 1550 BCE;[2]

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    How to Use the Ancient Art of Persuasion to Sell Anything Let me introduce you to a man you may or may not have heard of, Mortimer J. Adler. This man, in 1952, sold a million dollars worth of books simply because he had to. He had been working on a 54 volume set of Great Books of the Western World essential for those acquiring a liberal education. With the set about ready to be released he ran into the problem of his publisher not having the funds for the first edition print! With nothing to do

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    Hundred Years’ War Wikipedia.org - In the Hundred Years’ War in Wikipedia looks to be that the information is not bias. There are plenty of References to show that the information is credible although, because Wikipedia can be changed by almost anyone the information is not credible. The article does not show that there are different perspectives. There is no evidence that the author has any connections to political, religious, or special interest groups that could alter the information. The

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    Wikipedia- is it a credible and valid source of information? Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia. It contains millions of articles and depends mainly on volunteers and contributors to ensure that information are up to date. This is an open source that anyone can add and edit articles; so information may not always be accurate. It is the quickest and easier way to gain general knowledge on a specific topic. An encyclopedia is generally not a good source of reference in a paper; rather it can

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    Slime Wikipedia

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    So the name of my planet is”Suraimu pīdia” which is Slime-o-pedia in Japanese. So just by hearing the word slime, you probably might know what it is! Well, slime is this moisty substance that people like to play with in order to banish stress. This planet is full of happiness and stress-free. The life forms on this planet are actually humans. Though humans need oxygen to survive, these ones are clones. What I mean is that they are living on Earth and Slime-o-pedia.The life forms can't be

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    Wikipedia is ranked first in all search engines; so many people go with the first answer, result that pops up. With using Wikipedia anyone can go in and change what someone has already posted, and it allows you to delete or disallow comments. Below are a few quotations on how Wikipedia was use in the wrong way. According to the Financial Post, “when Connelly was through editing, The Medieval

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    The reliability of Wikipedia (predominantly of the English-language edition) has been frequently questioned and often assessed. The reliability has been tested statistically, through comparative review, analysis of the historical patterns, and strengths and weaknesses inherent in the editing process unique to Wikipedia.[1] Incidents of conflicted editing, and the use of Wikipedia for 'revenge editing' (inserting false, defamatory or biased statements into biographies) have attracted publicity.[2][3]

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    Wikipedia Is Good for You!? By James P. Purdy was published in 2010. A lot was happening in the world in 2010, the 2010 winter games, the FIFA world cup, the Bp oil spill, and the volcano eruption in Iceland. These events could have influence the writing of Wikipedia Is Good for You!? In 2010 the world was dealing with one crisis to next with the Bp oil spill and then the volcano eruption in Iceland grounding a lot of planes. 2010 was also filled with many great sporting events. The 2010 winter

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    With the invention of Wikipedia and the internet, research suddenly became much easier. Instead of having to go to the library and search through encyclopedias and books, the answers are available at our fingertips. According to Marshall Poe “Wikipedia has the potential to be the greatest effort in collaborative knowledge gathering the world has ever known, and it may well be the greatest effort in voluntary collaboration of any kind” (349). What makes Wikipedia different is that it is an “open”

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