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Graniteville stands as a notable example of the Wild West. “Gold was discovered in Sacramento in 1848”(PBS). Graniteville, also known as the Eureka South, because there was already a Post office that was in California called Eureka (Wikipedia). Graniteville was first Placer Mined during the gold rush. “Placer mining was the mining or a stream bed, it could…

remember that moment, when she said “For your academic paper, you cannot use Wikipedia and Facebook”. I was collapsed at that moment, why? My world quiet suddenly. I stared at the ground and have no idea what to do next foe my essay. Then Dr. Silvester explain why we can’t use that kind of resource. I still don’t want to admit I use the wrong resource until a word came out “authority”. In that spilt moment, I understood why Wikipedia and Facebook is not qualified because data and information in…

it. Wikipedia is a main contributor to the increase in plagiarism. There is no single author on Wikipedia, so some students may believe that it is fine to use the work found on there. According to a study by TurnItIn, an online program which detects plagiarism, 8 percent of high school papers and 11 percent of college papers were copied from Wikipedia. Wikipedia is the top site that students use to copy content (Glazer). Most teachers inform students of untrustworthy content that Wikipedia…

second source I selected was the very first source returned within my search results; Wikipedia located on the web at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calorie. The author(s) of this page are too many to count; however, every single edit can be at…

DC had more classic heroes while Marvel mimicked the emotional unrest from a world where social conflict was coming to a boil (Wikipedia Contributors). In 1961, Marvel introduced many female superheroes were introduced but only as supporting roles. The first female superhot from Marvel was the Invisible Girl, also known as Susan Storm from the Fantastic Four (Wikipedia Contributors). Early treatments of these heroines resemble a struggle to be recognized as equals by their male counterparts…

actually American spelled backwards (Wikipedia). The society is then located in the United States of America. The author hopes to depict American culture and its society.He tried to describe the American Health care system as evidence by the medicine men and women which represents the doctors, psychiatrists and pharmacists; the charm box which is the medicine cabinets (Wikipedia) and the mouth-rite ritual which I think represents the dentists, although Wikipedia mentioned it to be the brushing…

Although in the short term his reforms were instrumental in the growth and success of the Roman military, resulting in the continued success of the Romans in battle (Wikipedia: Marian Reforms, 2015), his reforms largely threatened the basis on which the Senate flourished on. Although anonymous, this source can be considered fairly reliable due to the meticulous sourcing within the website, as well as corroborating and…

welcomed many places became one of the most famous leaders in the Cherokee Nation. Also will become the first woman to be chief. When Wilma moved back her parents immediately got her married in 1963 at age 17 to a man named Hector Hugo ( Wikipedia). She later had two daughters named Felicia and Gina ( Indian History). She was later divorced seven years later. Wilma had a hard due to her mother being white and her father who was Indian so her tribe wasn’t pleased by this. At the…

leadership, rather than a cooperative venture united by the threat of Persian invasion (Reed College, 2015). Pericles commissioned the building, funded largely by the Delian Treasury, reflecting the power of Pericles in Athens and over the Delian League (Wikipedia, 2015b). Conclusion Although masked by the projection of piety the Parthenon and Pantheon are symbols of Empirical achievement and ambition. Their stated purpose as temples was secondary to their true purpose to celebrate the…

Introduction The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains is a 2010 book written by American journalist Nicholas Carr. In chapter 7 of the book, Carr focuses on the Internet’s effects on the brain’s plasticity and explains the influence of hypertext on the mind’s ability to process information and multitask. Background Carr first introduces his argument of the Internet’s effects on the brain in his 2008 article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Carr states that the brain can be rewired due…