[pic] What is it? Why use it? And what are the advantages and disadvantages of Twitter? Twitter is an online application that cannot be defined as one single tool. As such‚ this application is part a blog‚ part a social networking site and part cell phone/IM tool‚ designed to let users answer the question: “What are you doing?”. Users have 140 characters for each posting (or “tweet”) to say whatever they care to say. Many tweets do answer the question of what the user is doing‚ but plenty
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Some differences of education between UK and China Abstract The education of UK is famous for its high quality and advanced system. To some extent‚ the Great Britain is kind of studying paradise for Chinese students. This essay mainly introduce Britain education system on three aspects‚ while comparing the same aspects of present Chinese education system. Key words differences educational purpose compulsory education the way of teaching First of all‚ the purpose of education system in
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Original Writing Mark and Molly both sat in Math class during the final ten minutes until their next period. Mark had all of his supplies packed up and ready to leave‚ he sat constantly looking between his phone (where he was watching March Madness playoffs)‚ the clock‚ and the teacher. While Mark watches‚ Molly sits across the room working to finish her homework for math. The two are complete opposites. Mark is an all around athlete‚ he plays many sports including cross-country‚ basketball
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What are the Differences and Similarities between Freshwater and Saltwater Fish? There are many differences between freshwater and saltwater fish‚ as the anatomy (how they absorb and dispose of unneeded water‚ sizes and reproduction)‚ where they are located‚ climate‚ feeding and species. In addition‚ there are many similarities they share as they are some species that eats the same prey‚ the same food chain (the biggest will eat the smallest) and some parts from their anatomy (fish scales‚ gills
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In Giovanni Stradano’s engraving Amerigo Vespucci awakening “America”‚ he exemplifies colonial discourse by asserting the idea of writing being a fundamental component to colonization. Both the documentary The Conquerors: Cortez and the fictional film Prospero’s Books work to further develop the concept of writing as the production of myths that is illustrated in Stradano’s engraving through the use of literary techniques such as allegory and narrative in order to communicate and build understanding
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It is thought that archaea and bacteria were diverged early in their existence because of all the dissimilarities between the two groups. Both bacteria and archaea are enclosed in cell membranes. Archaea have a single cell membrane that absences a peptidoglycan wall and also their genetic transcription and translation‚ the two main processes in molecular biology do not show the typical bacterial features‚ but are quite similar to those of eukaryotes. Archaea are more related to eukaryotes‚ even though
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The Oxford Dictionary defines communication as the action of communication or means of sending or receiving information[1]. Our textbook defines communication as making common our understanding[2]. Throughout the years‚ we have all learned about communication. We start when we are a baby and we cry to let someone know that we need something‚ for example‚ food or a diaper changing. Later on‚ we learn to vocalize our needs and wants‚ as we expand our communication circle from family members to
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its own crises. Each therefore demands its own narrative…” (Stearns‚ 1947). This excerpt was taken from a book about the European revolutions of 1848‚ but could have easily been talking about the recent Arab Spring in 2011. The striking parallels between the two uprisings are remarkable. In 1848‚ revolutionary zeal erupted across continental Europe. The waves of revolution were set in motion in France and then it did not take long before the rest of Europe was hit by a storm of revolts. Like a domino
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2: Summarize the advantages and disadvantages of Web-based customer service. The internet has become the new path for providing customer assistance‚ providing a space for searching and shopping. As the technology is develops‚ clear advantages and disadvantages to customer service relationships have presented itself. One of the advantages of a website include increased exposure‚ with the ability reach customers on a global level. The web provides the ability to access customers that were
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Web-based Communication on Public Attitudes and Political Policy Making The communication system of the industrial society was based on mass media‚ largely television‚ radio and the print press. Such technologies allow for the mass distribution of a one-way message from one-to-many. New forms of social media‚ such as SMS‚ blogs‚ social networking sites‚ podcasts and wikis‚ cater to the flow of messages from many-to-many. They have provided alternative mediums for citizen communication and participatory
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