... .htm, I considered to be a bad source. The good things about the site, entitled "A Short History Of Soccer", include the fact that the author releases information about himself to all those viewing the site including his name, picture and email address, he clearly states that the purpose of the sit is ... com) and it is clearly not an ad in disguise because it is just stating facts without much bias. On the other hand, Tony Brown, the author, in not well recognized in soccer, there is no bibliography, the site is not sponsored by any organization. Finally, the biggest reason I had to ......

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... the chat rooms and how their children are being affected by the internet, the computers, and even others who are in the same situation. The author also signals out what is known as spam. Which is anything from "mad terrorists swapping bomb recipes; snake-oil salesmen desperate to increase the size ... work from home online, and you can do anything with the internet access. Onto further discussion. About the author, I do not believe that the author is an expert. It does not seem as though the author has put much effort into researching this information. There aren't many quotes from any ...

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... "virtual communities" on the internet and the way they allow people to privatize experiences that otherwise would have been public. I think it is an example of explanatory research because the author tries to explain why these communities exist. She tries to explain why these communities affect private and public experience and interest, and how "virtual communities" is not necessarily the best ... methods in these studies included surveys, interviews and a sort of participant observation adapted specifically to the virtual community. The sampling procedure used in this study is not cle...

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... on the web, and how in 1998 many health and medical sites became advertising hubs, with many boasting false statements about there product. The author of this enlightened me with this article. I did not know that there was a big problem with false statements and company giving away information after ... it was said to be "personal information." I do think that the author was very convincing and made her point known. I felt that she was very astonished to find out what the World Wide Web was really being used ... for. I also feel that the author offered no cure or answer for this proble...

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... . It is the language spoken widely in all world religions. English is the language of the world's politics, economics, culture, business, etc. The author of this article insists that English is not the language of the future. He says that in the middle of the XXI century English will be joined ... Spanish is the primary language for trade in Latin America, and so on. Furthermore, author insists on thought that the world of the XXI century is likely to be multilingual. As regards the young generation, the author says that global satellite and the Internet provide its cultural experience. E...

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... was published on January 27, 2003 and urges you to be careful of internet scams. My mission is make you see the opinion of the unknown author as well as my own. The unknown author of this article feels that common have come and gone through many decades of the American History. As early as 1920 Americans have been lying and cheating ... to believing they could share in the fortune of Sir Francis Drake." Today many con-artists show up on the internet as opposed to the great Midwest according to this author. These people will send you emails saying that they have much money to give throug...

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... make sure that you get it checked by somebody who has the qualifications to write or speak on the subject. Make sure that you can identify the author and be ready to explain why that author is a reliable source. Good qualifications might include academic degrees, institutional affiliations, an established record of researching and publishing on the topic. Lastly, when you are searching ... for sources, you should realize that all materials have an author who has personal beliefs that affect the way he or she views the world and approaches the topic. Many sources, will be heavily bias to...

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... and the universe creating kits sold like toys. The book "The Tree" gives us an opportunity to look at the world in a different perspective and also to see how great author Bernard Werber is. When I read this book, it was hard to understand what he was trying to say. His way of writing is little different from others. That was why ... I took so long time to finish this book. Nowadays I am reading a book called "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" by John Gray. In this book, the author tells us about how men and women are different. This book is full of interest although I have not f...

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... felonies. I think that because of television and the Internet, the parents inattentiveness, and our culture and society is why there has been such an increase in juvenile crime. Linda Collier, author of Adult Crime, Adult Time states, " Nearly every state has laws that send most youthful violent offenders to the juvenile courts, where they can only be found "delinquent" and confined ... internet which showed him how to build a bomb, discuss explosives with others, exposed him to violence, the tools he would need, and told him about guns and ammo. David Greenberg, author of Students Have...

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... reading for all high school or college students it took 3 times to finally get the query right. It may not have the book listed by the title but by the author for some books and for others it may have the title of the book as the result but not cross-reference to the ... author. Making it difficult and confusing to get fast and accurate results. The appearance is dull and boring and it is the worst drawing of a monkey I have ever seen. The appearance ... ...

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... well-known forms of democracy: representative democracy, direct democracy, and deliberative democracy. Deilbert divides his report into sections, which he clearly states in the overview section of the report. The author brings the reader to a step-by-step question format outlining what he will discuss such as what the current state of ICT use is among citizens and across the Province ... impossible. Diebert beleives that more Ontarians are getting connected every year to higher bandwidth services, which will enable them to more easily access to a wide range of multimedia information. Th...

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... teenagers. The internet provides boys and girls the ability to find their love one in their life that they can never find without the internet. Unfortunately for Meghan Daum the author of essay "Virtual Love", her chat mate turned out to be nothing she wanted or expected, and she was left with the disappointment of her wasted time. Luckily for Meghan ... e-mails with young teenagers. "In "EverQuest," the most popular of the games with more than 360,000 subscribers, players spend an average of 20 hours a week online," states Alex Pham, author of "Boy, You Fight Like a Girl" p.281.( May 1...

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... this kind of writing has very strict rules and makes serious demands on a writer, most of the rules refer to the form or to the organization of ideas, leaving the author with the freedom of thoughts, ideas, and concepts. In fact, following the rules helps make a piece of writing really effective and easy to understand. Having read a number of clever books ... writing, the purpose is to entertain or inform, whereas in academic writing the purpose is most often to explain, to persuade or convince the audience of the correctness of the author's point of view. That is why the knowledge of b...

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... in August 1962 discussing his "Galactic Network" idea. He went on to create an interconnected set of computers through which everyone could quickly access data and programs from any site. Author and Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Information Technology at the World Wildlife Fund in Washington, D.C, Gregory S. Smith (2007), defines the Internet as a collection of millions of computers around ... ...

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... idealize it as a means to promote populism, decreasing the influence of the elite in the political sphere and elevating the opinions and influence of the common man, " as quoted by author Bruce Bimber (pg. 133-28) Despite the Internet's chameleon like qualities, it has verified its use as a tool in increasing the scope of understanding of politics and distributing important information ... ...

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... the paragraph. Tell the students to use that as a reference and write their own paragraph as though they were turning it in for a report. Explain that they must cite the author and book correctly. Doing this frequently, maybe two or three times per month, will get the students used to citing resources and they will learn what they can and cannot ... ...

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... websites. Websites not only bring up the issue of defamation but also the freedom of speech. Many create websites just for this reason. So who is liable? The sponsor? The author? Or the viewer? All three have a part in the communication of the Internet. Defamation can be easily avoided. Authors need to not write specifically but yet more generally. Let the ... ...

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Look at me! Leave me Alone! In the article "Look at me! Leave me alone" by author Joshua Gemson we get to know his thoughts and feelings about privacy. Gemson also tells us how remarkable it is to see that people want to get on TV and ... ...

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... astronomer, an Internet pioneer, and a regular commentator on computer-related issues, he argues that the Internet brought up serious negative long-term social effects. Based on several academic studies, the author concludes that the Internet reduces physical human touches, increases stress and loneliness, and takes out our individual lives. First, since the Internet is an individual activity, it takes our attentions ... ...

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In this article the author discusses why there has been a growth in the number of small countries. He also points out the advantages and disadvantages to being a small nation and to being a large nation. Small ... ...

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... Cantor, a medical writer, "what they should do is sit down and teach their kids about the good and bad so that they do not become victims." According to Mark D. Hansen, author of Internet Controls: Protecting Your Children, parents can do four of the following. First off, parents could purchase special software to help control children's access to certain cites. Some of ... ...

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... the paragraph. Tell the students to use that as a reference and write their own paragraph as though they were turning it in for a report. Explain that they must cite the author and book correctly. Doing this frequently, maybe two or three times per month, will get the students used to citing resources and they will learn what they can and cannot ... ...

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... , and according to Corn-Revere, it has been suggested that, on-line systems give people far more genuinely free speech and free press than ever before in human history. Another author called Howard Rheingold states that; "Heavy-handed attempts to impose restrictions on the unruly but incredibly creative anarchy of the Net could kill the spirit of cooperative knowledge sharing that ... ...

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... who learn by the more traditional method and interactive learning is good in the classroom since all students have different learning styles. Critics of such usages, like William Bade, a big author argues that computers take away the teacher and make children numb because "Teachers have turned to using computers as the main instructional method of teaching". But the fact is that ... ...

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... ". He then goes on to discuss how e-mail can be a convenience and an inconvenience in our life and says , "E-mail. Can't live with it, can't live without it" (230). The author continues further with his experiences- good and bad, and why and who bought him a computer. He then narrates various areas of modern life, where the e-mail may be a great help ... ...

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