... some time at a real school or college. Some tests are required to be taken in person at certain centers. A social issue related to online schooling is that it could eventually lead to schools, textbooks, and teachers not being needed, or needed as much. This could lead to the ... loss of thousands of jobs and cost textbook manufacturers millions of dollars. An ethical issue raised by online schooling is the possibility of terrorists using it against the U.S. These fears are much stronger nowadays due to the fact that the September 11 ... to better foreign ties later on. Foreign students ...

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... lives. Every person chooses many things for themselves. There are two main ways go shopping in our daily lives. One is shopping online, another is shopping at the real shop. As a matter fact, shopping online is a new way for people to go shopping. There is a torrent of modern style which flowing over us all the time. ... line doesn't have many consumes to serve, most of products have lower prices than a shop's products, so you can save your money by shopping online. On the other hand, when you can something at the store, you often can find a low price for fashionable clothes and new thin...

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... to be sent, half the time you would have spent looking for the gift, and an address. However, as opposed to purchasing items online, traditional shopping may take more time, but have the convenience of actually interacting with the item. Also, traditional shoppers have the advantage of customer ... service, which would be very difficult if at all to find online. So choosing a certain shoe or belt size, or returning an item would never be a problem because having the handiness to try on the items ... , and a sales associate would prevent purchasing the incorrect one. Secondly, online sho...

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... is to be sent, half the time you would have spent looking for the gift, and an address. However, as opposed to purchasing items online, traditional shopping may take more time but have the convenience of actually interacting with the item. In addition, traditional shoppers have the advantage of customer ... of merchants have made way onto the Internet, thousands of items that are in stores can be found dramatically cheaper on the web, because of the online competitors. Nevertheless, consider the other half, which is, the items have to be delivered and paid for by a credit card. For exam...

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... how "virtual communities" is not necessarily the best terminology making this explanation. The existing literature is limited because most of it doesn't connect people's online experience with their daily life functions, which is a big part of the public vs private interest as stated above. However these previous studies seem to ... come with the non-virtual world. The main concept of this material is the use of the term "virtual communities" in studies on online internet use. The authors argument, and supposed hypothesis, is that the use of the word community is not accurate because th...

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... of operating physical stores. Due to the information-rich nature of books, the information provided about these products has a great value to the majority of customers. The current ability of online booksellers to provide published reviews, reviews of fellow readers, bestseller lists, author recommendations, customized recommendation, etc. makes this form of business very valuable to the consumers. In addition to ... that, the future ability of online booksellers to deliver e-books to be read on laptop, palmtop, etc, to deliver out-of-print (or first run) books printable on demand at cus...

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... community circles. It provides us with contact from people that we may never meet, people from different cultures and even allows us to interact with people across different countries. Learning online is a great way to be actively involved in a responsive 'classroom'. Being able to lead our own learning with everyone bringing different skills, ideas and opinions to the discussions ( ... process also known as 'metacognition'. Cognitive strategies are used to help achieve a particular goal while metacognitive strategies are used to ensure that the goal has been reached (Livingston, J....

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... almighty advertising dollar. The New York Times Company, Times Mirror and the Times Tribune Company have joined together to form Careerpath.com to bring the battle to the home of online foes. (Carlson, "nibbling") The newspaper industry has also responded to the Internet threat by joining the numerous other news sources in putting their information on the net via their very ... -dailies offering full service and 8.4% are national dailies offering limited service and subscription fees. (Meyer, "More Get Caught up in the Web"). The web and online editions of newspapers vary mostly in their...

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... as a delivery channel has dramatically affected the leisure travel industry, changing the roles of both the consumer and supplier. First, consumers have taken to online travel booking much more enthusiastically than any other type of online retail purchasing, driving the explosive speed at which change has occurred for this industry. To meet this demand, travel suppliers such as airlines, hotels, car ... in-class car rental companies. With 40 million members, Travelocity is the seventh largest travel agency in the United States. It has been recognized worldwide for its leadership in the ...

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... for products and services, both business to business and business to consumer, through the internet. Basically eCommerce breaks into two components; online shopping, showing the scope of information and activities that provides the customer with the information they need to conduct business with you and ... are expected to exceed five hundred billion within the next five years. (Internet, www.cse.ucse.edu) Although B2B and B2C transactions online have the similar advantages, they are far more advantageous toward the B2B model as the B2B model does not necessitate the need feel ... produc...

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... The reason I say it can be deceiving is because as an avid social networking user, I have learned that anyone can edit their thoughts and reactions online. Individuals can be whoever they inspire to be, although a lot of time that is different than that person's true personality. That is why I ... will never believe that two people can fall in love when they have only met online or through technology. A person can't get a true reaction of how others feel or get their genuine thoughts, because they have time to think of ... those younger avoid confrontation, and aren't faced with it very ...

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... but with the updates in various technological devices, a new epidemic has arisen: cyber-bullying. This can be defined as a type of bullying that is done online or through harassing phone calls or text messages. Almost daily, one can flip the channel on the television and hear about a new story of a person ... setting, or so many think. Although this setting is to make postings and profiles secure, there are ways to get around this blockade. What goes online is never private. An example can be related to a picture posted on Facebook. The picture may be linked as private to where only the ...

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... Internet. The e-commerce taxation controversy is apparently not merely between consumers and businesses, but more of an issue among stakes of consumers, online and offline businesses, and governments. The major problem here is whether Internet taxation should be executed, if yes how to execute it, and ... and federal governments' income from taxes submitted by those firms. Now traditional retailers have been put into an unfavorable state to compete with online companies because of their tax advantages. To add to the complexity in taxing the Internet, we have to point out that a sound .....

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... . Customers do not need to share their personal information in traditional transactions. As a result, majority of customers currently use the advantages of both business models to shop. Most will consult online retailers for the book in mind, acquiring as much information as possible before proceeding to purchase the book via traditional process. By comparing both exhibits, it clearly seems that the ... claimed they were "the earth's biggest book store". The law suit was strategically timed a week before Amazons IPO was scheduled. At this moment Barnes and Noble decided to separate their...

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... . "Business to Business" connections are being made between corporations and are failing repeatedly and causing many e-failures. First of all, the definition of e-commerce is any business transacted online or transactions conducted over the Internet, either by consumers purchasing goods and services, or directly between businesses. With modern and constantly improving telecommunications infrastructures, we have been provided with the ... have software that can help users interact with the company from their own homes. In today's marketplace, almost all businesses want to tap into the powe...

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... When shopping on the Internet you have no time restriction. The Internet is conveniently open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. When buying your books online you are in the comfort of your own home, sipping coffee in your pajamas. You could be leaning back on your recliner couch, laptop on your legs. ... know what book you need. On the Internet you also have to enter your address, e-mail and other facts about yourself that they need. When ordering online the books rarely show up on your doorstep the next morning. The shipping time differed from three to seven days. Shea said, "My books...

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... , the company did a poor job of developing pricing for its services. Webvan chose to deliver groceries at the same price as in-store service, which was not profitable. Most successful online sellers charge a delivery or a pick up fee. These fees are necessary to offset increased supply-chain costs and to identify and sift out target customers. And, studies have show that ... due to major differences in its strategies and operations (see Table 2 for a comparison) . Instead of building its business from scratch, Tesco picks and packs its online orders from existing supermarkets. In this wa...

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... manufacturing became common practice, if businesses choose to utilize them. The first thing that needs to be understood is who is online. Exact figures are not available for the Internet. There are only estimates as to how many people are online or how many businesses there are. This is because of the structure of the Internet. According to global reach, there are ... 6,000 web sites registered, but are receiving 300-400 applications each month.3 This widespread growth onto the internet is accelerating and as computers get more affordable and numerous, so will online users. The affect o...

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... investment because it provides fast and inexpensive access to a large number of their customers. In some areas, businesses may reduce the cost of going online by leasing the use of a dedicated line from a local access provider for their World Wide Web site. Some providers now make this service ... pages. It makes use of the same features as the interactive brochure, but interested consumers can browse through merchandise and purchase items online. Both large and small businesses have taken advantage of this particular aspect of Internet access. Perhaps one of the greatest barriers to ......

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... about such health issues, and health care providers need to keep the public informed or they will lose valuable business. Moving health care online is said to be a more effective and efficient way to conduct business and it will save time which is normally lost searching for ... to the general public at the click of a mouse, the advantages and potential gains of knowledge are shifted towards the consumer. Also, putting health care online now, will form a solid foundation for the future of health care. As enticing as e-healthcare may sound, there are still many barriers of entry ... lac...

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... wanted to go. Due to the Internet, a student can sit in the comfort of his/her own easy chair and register for courses, taking online classes and enjoy the timeliness of email and chatroom. Furthermore, there is a myriad of amazing tasks that can be accomplished such as shopping, making ... registration have decreased. In addition, students not only can avoid the line, but sometimes they can get lucky to get in class by registering online when the class is full. For instance, there were many people trying to get in my English 100 class, but the class was already ... classes allow stud...

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... for sure who was really on the other end of the line" (501). People use social networks and disclose themselves, but the information represented online is not always valid. It is much easier to lie keeping the distance and people use this principle when they create their profiles. Their real-selves ... selected and protected to be better used in the way the owner of this information wants. There are a set of tools for protecting one's privacy online, but many people ignore them because they may think that they don't need them. Such behavior makes those people careless about what they pos...

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... Todd (Lincoln's wife) all accompanied Lincoln in the state box that night; and they were all witnesses to this brutal crime ("Overview of Assassination"[Online]). The figure in the box that night was John Wilkes Booth. Booth, unscathed except for a broken leg, suffered after jumping eleven feet to the ... stage, escaped quickly before anyone could react to his performance ("Overview of Assassination"[Online]). It seems as if the events leading to this fateful day may have been premonitions of what was to come. The many changes of plans ... viewing a play at a distant hospital on March 1...

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... "obscene material" was too vague. Since January 1, 1998, federal law enforcement has arrested nearly 500 adults for Internet-related child sexual exploitation offenses. In 1996, Congress passed the Federal Children's Online Privacy Projection Act, which requires all web sites gathering information from children under thirteen to obtain parental permission first and to post clear policies about now the information is used ... . Vice President Al Gore announced that some of the top Internet companies, such as America Online, would include on their home pages new tools to help parents ensur...

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... going to rewrite the rules of commerce, giving corporate CEOs and small-time home-business owners even odds at pioneering this digital shopping frontier. Online advocates gushed over how the Net would foster never-before seen head-to-head competition between the commercial Davids and Goliaths in a forum ... , it is now virtually impossible to set yourself or your Web effort apart from the others." From flowers to compact disks to food, online vendors face stiffer and stiffer competition from hundreds of thousands of comparable Web sites. And as Internet commerce becomes subject to the sa...

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