SixDegrees.com was the first social site from 1997 to 2001. It was followed in 2002 by Friendster and MySpace a year later. Started by two friends‚ MySpace became extremely popular‚ and its parent company‚ Intermix‚ was acquired by News Corporation for $580 million two years after MySpace was launched. See MySpace and Friendster. Facebook came out in 2004 targeting college students‚ but when it opened to everyone‚ it grew exponentially to become the top social site. Two years later‚ Twitter was launched
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A social networking site can be defined as an online service that is based around the building and reflecting of social relations among individuals with common interests or social ties. Social networking sites such as Friendster‚ LinkedIn‚ Spoke‚ Facebook‚ MySpace and Twitter all vary slightly‚ yet the one main feature they have is that they enable users to create a profile within the website to represent themselves and allows users to interact through email‚ instant messaging and other integrated
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Social Networking Site A social networking site is an online service‚ platform‚ or a site that focuses on facilitating the building of social networks or social relations among people who‚ for example‚ share interests‚ activities‚ backgrounds or real-life connections. It allows users to share ideas‚ activities‚ events‚ and interests within their individual networks. Web-based social networking sites make it possible to connect with people who share interests and activities across political and
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You Ken Tan Christopher Hennessy LI 208 U.S. Multicultural Literature 26 Feb 2013 Passing: An Analysis and Close reading Nella Larsen’s Passing is a story about the tragedy of an African American woman‚ Clare Kendry‚ who tried to “pass” in the white American community. However‚ while she passes as white‚ she constantly seeks comfort from her friend Irene Redfield who is a representation of the African American community. Gradually‚ Clare has become the double image of Irene‚ due to the similarities
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Close Reading of “Pkhents” In the opening scene of “Pkhents‚” Abram Tertz introduces a first-person limited narrator‚ who is also the main character in the story. Unfortunately‚ Tertz provides no background information about this character. However‚ as the story progresses‚ the narrator’s unique mannerisms suggest that he is actually an extraterrestrial who belongs to a different world. A sense of confusion is created about the narrator’s identity when the narrator begins to form specific observations
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Cell: The cell is the basic structural‚ functional and biological unit of all known living organisms. Cells are the smallest unit of life that is classified as a living thing‚ and are often called the "building blocks of life". Discoverer: The cell was discovered by Robert Hooke in 1665. The cell theory‚ first developed in 1839 by Matthias Jakob Schleiden andTheodor Schwann‚ states that all organisms are composed of one or more cells‚ that all cells come from preexisting cells‚ that vital functions
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generic name being palitaxel stabilises cytoskeletal microtubes and thus spindles cannot be formed so cell division is prevented. During telophase taxol causes the reversal of prophase events such as the chromosomes decondense‚ spindle disassembly‚ nuclear envelope reformation‚ the Golgi apparatus and E.R. reform and the nucleus also reforms. Cytokinesis effects are that the cell still divides for animal cells a cleavage furrow made of actin and myosin II constricts the middle of the cell and in plants
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Program Objective The objective of the site orientation is to make certain new employees feel welcomed to the company‚ have an opportunity to connect with new colleagues at the site level and understand how hospice holistically works from a team perspective. Program Deliverables By the end of the orientation all participants will be able to: 1. Foster an understanding of the company culture‚ organization values‚ and performance expectations. 2. Understand how strong company culture helps Harbor
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Keeping Close to Home By Bell Hooks Bell Hooks essay “Keeping Close to Home”‚ describes her struggles after she was accepted at Stanford University to further her self-realization. In this essay Hooks talks about her journey to educate herself and no losing her sense of where she came from as African American woman from a working class background. Hooks parents wanted her to go to a school close to home‚ a non-diverse like Stanford was. They wanted her to go to a school no just close to home
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In this essay‚ Keeping Close to Home‚ the author‚ Gloria Watkins‚ tries to look back at her growing path to find out what influences her values and identity. Most of the sources are conflicting. The first paradox came from her experience attending college in the city. For a girl growing up in a small town‚ this kept her a far distance‚ both mental and physical‚ from her home as a result of moving away from her family. The most direct impact on her is her parent’s ambivalence toward college education
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