Citizendium Essays

  • Wikipedia Swot Analysis

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    Wikipedia gained early contributors from Nupedia, Slashdot postings, and web search engine indexing. By August 8, 2001, Wikipedia had over 8,000 articles.[30] On September 25, 2001, Wikipedia had over 13,000 articles.[31] And by the end of 2001 it had grown to approximately 20,000 articles and 18 language editions. It had reached 26 language editions by late 2002, 46 by the end of 2003, and 161 by the final days of 2004.[32] Nupedia and Wikipedia coexisted until the former's servers were taken down

  • Wikipedia's False Information

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    Wikipedia is a free virtual encyclopedia that can be edited by anyone, who can be anonymous or recognized by their true identity. The website allows anyone to add or delete information, which explains why the website’s information is frequently updated. Unfortunately, the website can be edited so easily, people tend to take advantage of this privilege of editing freely. Anonymous users often add false, offensive, or inappropriate texts or images that can cause confusion or problems for other people

  • The Proteus Vulgaris Bacterium

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    Prutias valgeros wes doscuvirid tu bi thi anknuwn urgenosm eftir sivirel tists wiri cuncladid. Forst, e grem steon wes duni tu ditirmoni of thi anknuwn wes grem nigetovi ur grem pusotovi. It tarnid uat tu bi e grem nigetovi urgenosm, su farthir tists wiri urdirid besid un thos fect. Thi tists oncladid wiri e OF glacusi tist, e Cotreti tist, e SIM tist, end elsu e Uriesi tist. Thi OF glacusi tist cemi uat pusotovi fur e stroct firmintir biceasi buth tabis tarnid yilluw. Thi Cotreti tist cemi uat nigetovi

  • Effect Prohibition Had On Society

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    “Communism is like prohibition, it is a good idea, but it won’t work.” (Will Rogers) Nothing in today’s society would be the way it is without history. There have been many triumphs and tragedies, losses and gains throughout America’s history. As for Prohibition, it is unsure as to what its purpose was. Prohibition was a law passed to make the sale of alcoholic beverages banned. However, through many years of determination to stay alive, the Prohibition Act’s fate was failure. Our leaders drove

  • Musical Taste Buds: How and Why We Have Musical Tendencies

    2083 Words  | 5 Pages

    Created Human Nature. New York: Dutton Adult, 2008. Print. Ruwet, N. "Musicology and linguistics." International Social Science Journal 19.1 (1967): 79-78. EBSCO. Web. 21 Feb. 2010. "Origin of music - encyclopedia article - Citizendium." Welcome to Citizendium - Citizendium. Web. 12 Feb. 2010. .

  • Biography of Mackenzie King, The Longest Serving Prime Minister of Canada

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    help-provinces with a liberal government. This exclusion of the other provincial governments – conservative- show that King in no means wants to help Canada as a country and this is contrary to what an effective ... ... middle of paper ... ...Citizendium: http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King Canada in the 20s and 30s. (2014). Retrieved April 14, 2014, from Canada in the 20s and 30s: http://canadainthe20sand30s.wikispaces.com/Leadership+of+William+Lyon+Mackenzie+King+in+the+2%200s%20Citizendium

  • Taxonomy Essay

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    The history of taxonomy dates all the way back to the 4th century, where organisms were divided into 2 groups, plants and animals by a Greek philosopher, Aristotle. Early naturalists did not acknowledge that the similarities and differences between the two organisms were results of evolutionary means. So as the years went on, classification gradually changed and slowly became more and more sophisticated. In 1758, Carlos Linnaeus established the first major break through with classification, and

  • Spider Silk is the Material of the Future

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  • Essay On The Otto Cycle

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    From four stroke engines to gas turbine engines, the Otto Company to Rolls Royce, engines and propulsion systems have changed the world we live in for almost one hundred and fifty years. With each passing year, something new arrives; something more complex yet more advanced in the terms of propulsion systems. Even though these systems may seem to¬¬¬ change every year and may seem more complex, the principle behind the structure has remained virtually, the same since the first internal combustion