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Why Is The World So Diverse Wh
<view this essay>.... Yugoslavia, Serbo-Croatian, which is now called Croatian by Croats,
Bosnian by Bosnians, and Serbian by Serbs. Though these languages
were once united and actually dialects of one another, they split
as the three nations split. With this came huge amounts of new
words in Croatian and Bosnian which caused the Serbo-Croatian to
rupture even further.
There are few conditions that keep a language unchanged. They
include a stable government, good communication, a centralized
educational system, a set of beliefs and traditions, and a spirit
of national unity (63)
Beginning And Change of Language
Today's languages all have three b .....
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Virtual Communities
<view this essay>.... argue, engage in intellectual discourse, conduct commerce, exchange knowledge, share emotional support, make plans, brainstorm, gossip, feud, fall in love, find friends and lose them, play games, flirt, create a little high art and a lot of idle talk. People in do just about everything people do in real life, but we leave our bodies behind. You can't kiss anybody and nobody can punch you in the nose, but a lot can happen within those boundaries. To the millions who have been drawn into it, the richness and vitality of computer- linked cultures is attractive, even addictive. (p. 3)
Example of Virtual environment: IRC
One of these rich and vital computer-linked .....
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The Game Of Basketball
<view this essay>.... differ when it is played in different countries. Unless otherwise noted, this discussion concerns competition in the United States.
Court and Teams
While the dimensions of individual basketball courts vary, a playing area 84 ft (25.6 m) long and 50 ft (15.2 m) wide-predominantly used in recreational, high school, and intercollegiate competition-is considered ideal for most players. Professional basketball courts are slightly larger, 94 ft (28.7 m) long and 50 ft wide. In addition to size, courts can vary in other ways, such as in the radius of the circle situated at the center of the court, in the size of the backboard, and in the distance of the 3-point li .....
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The Praise And Strife Of A Her
<view this essay>.... to fold and make mistakes as they are suddenly thrust into the awe inspired limelight, and because their pedestals are broken and discarded as the public craves to see the dirt underneath the hero. Heroes are a product of a society’s perception of someone to be praised.
To be able to praise a hero, that hero must not only be a marvel but that hero must also be humble. Failings in heroes are only natural, they are human and all humans possess faults. All human beings are born and die with character traits, which can be, at the most basic level, perceived as being helpful or as being harmful, depending on the character’s viewpoint. People are regula .....
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A French Philosopher
<view this essay>.... have presented their identity as the opposite sex from what they really are. There is no way of knowing what sex someone is when he or she is logged in. The net is made up of hundreds of thousands of separate communities, each with its own special character. It is difficult to eliminate a certain sex from a specific community when people have the power to disguise themselves. Communication in cyberspace lets people explore their personalities by creating new on-line personae. This seems to be the main concern for frequent Internet users. A significant observation is the amount of men that will log on as women. Jodi Obrien put it best when she states, .....
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Hopes And Dreams
<view this essay>.... This is the situation we live in now, we forgot the meaning of peace, and we remain with poverty, racism and war.
Now open your eyes and look around you. Don't shut your self from the real world and glance at the rich and famous. They are nothing but the minority, look at what is surrounding you. Go ahead and take a walk down an inner city street if you dare, where the homeless sprawl across sidewalks and children roam the streets like wild dogs. The real world is lying right under there feet.
We are starting to believe that the poor will always be with us, its something we must learn to live with. So we build more prisons and hire more police to pro .....
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High School Drop-outs: Cause And Effect
<view this essay>.... activities -
sports, music, clubs. For many students, it is their success in extra-
curricular activities that fuels their desire to remain in school. If
students have no success in either academic or extra-curricular activities
they have no incentives to go to school. Consequently, they have no
attachment to their school.
Too many parents are not firm enough with their children and their
education. Parents fail to impress upon their children the importance of
remaining in school and that dropping-out is detrimental to their future.
Sometimes teens drop-out because of a lack of fear instilled into them by
their parents. Many teens have li .....
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Personal Seat Licenses
<view this essay>.... is a tremendous moneymaker and is the second most important revenue stream for sports franchises behind television revenues.
The most talked about of the three has become the personal seat license. are a relatively new revenue source. They give fans the right to buy a season ticket or specialty seating such as club seats. PSL’s offer the holder a series of amenities and benefits including the right to transfer your long-term season-ticket rights, sometimes for a profit.
Stadium revenues come in a variety of ways, and in today’s world of professional and collegiate sports, they are the key to profitable teams. This is why many team owners claim they can .....
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