Hello. Welcome to the Bank of Chicago. How can I help you?
Yes. I would like to open a bank account.
Okay. Would you like a savings account or a checking account?
I think a checking account if I can.
We can see if you qualify.
Okay. But first I’d like to know what is included with a checking account.
A checking account comes with a free checkbook and you can use your ATM card anywhere in the world.
What are your interest rates for checking accounts?
The checking account has a rate of 2.4%.
What about the savings account?
The savings account has 1.2% interest rate.
Are there any fees with either account?
No. There are no fees.
I would like to open a checking account then.
Okay. There is a $5000 minimum deposit.
Oh no. I only have $3000.
Then you will only be able to open a savings account.
Okay. I will do that then.
I believe you will be satisfied with a savings account.
Once I have more money can I change the account to a checking account?
Of course.
Okay. That sounds good.
Okay. You will need to sign these papers.
Thursday, 14 May 2015
Opening a Bank Account
Monday, 16 March 2015
The Student hILMI
The Student
AT first the weather was fine and it was very quiet. Blackbirds
sang, and from the neighboring marshes something living could
5 be heard making a pathetic moaning sound like air being blown
in an empty bottle. A solitary woodcock flew up, and someone
aimed, and a shot rang out vividly and joyfully on the spring air.
Then as the woods grew dark, a cold and penetrating wind rose
unreasonably from the east, and everything was silent. Needles
10 of ice stretched over the pools; darkness, misery, and loneliness
hung over the woods. It smelled of winter. Ivan Velikopolsky, a
student in the theological seminary and the son of a sacristan,
was making his way home from hunting, barefoot, taking the
path through the water-logged meadows. His fingers were
15 numbed, and his face burned by the wind. It seemed to him that
the sudden fall of temperature had somehow destroyed the
order and harmony of the universe, and the earth herself was in
agony, and that was why the evening shadows fell more rapidly
than usual. All round him there was only emptiness and a
20 peculiar obscurity. The only light shone from the widows’
gardens near the river; elsewhere, far into the distance and close
to him, everything was plunged in the cold evening fog, and the
village three miles away was also hidden in the fog. The student
remembered that when he left home his mother was sitting on
25 the floor in the doorway cleaning the samovar, while his father
lay coughing near the stove; and because it was Good Friday, no
cooking had been done in the house and the student was
ferociously hungry. Oppressed by the cold, he fell to thinking
that just such a wind as this had blown in the time of Rurik and in
30 the days of Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great, and in those
days men suffered from the same terrible poverty and hunger;
they had the same thatched roofs filled with holes; there was the
same wretchedness, ignorance, and desolation everywhere, the
same darkness, the same sense of being oppressed—all these
35 dreadful things had existed, did exist, and would continue to
exist, and in a thousand years’ time life would be no better. He
did not want to go home. The widows’ gardens were so called
because they were kept by two widows, a mother and daughter.
There a wood fire was crackling and blazing, throwing a great
40 circle of light over the plowed earth. The widow Vasilissa, a huge,
bloated old woman, was wearing a man’s coat. She stood gazing
dreamily at the flames while her daughter Lukerya, a little pock-
marked woman with a stupid expression, sat on the ground
washing a kettle and some spoons. Apparently they had just
45 finished supper. Men’s voices could be heard; they were the
local farm workers watering their horses at the river. “Well,
winter’s back again,” the student said, going up to the fire.
“Good day to you!” Vasilissa gave a start, but she recognized him
and smiled at him warmly. “I did not recognize you at first,” she
50 said. “God bless you! You’ll be rich one day!” They went on
talking. Vasilissa was a woman of experience; she had served the
gentry first as a wet nurse and then as a children’s nurse, and she
expressed herself with refinement. A grave and gentle smile
never left her lips. Her daughter Lukerya was a peasant; the life
55 had been crushed out of her by her husband. She screwed up her
eyes at the student and said nothing. She had a strange
expression, like that of a deaf-mute. “On just such a cold night as
this St. Peter warmed himself by a fire,” the student said,
stretching his hands over the flames. “So it must have been very
60 cold! What a terrible night, eh? Yes, it was an extraordinarily
long, sad night!” Saying this, he gazed at the encircling shadows,
gave a little convulsive shake of his head, and went on: “Tell me,
have you ever attended a reading of the Twelve Gospels?” “Yes, I
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have,” Vasilissa answered. “Then you’ll remember that at the
65 Last Supper, Peter said to Jesus: ‘I am ready to go with thee
down into darkness and death,’ and the Lord answered: ‘I tell
thee, Peter, the cock, the bird of dawning, shall not crow this
day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.’
After the supper Jesus suffered the agony in the garden, and
70 prayed, but poor Peter was faint and weary of spirit, and his
eyelids were heavy, and he could no longer fight against sleep.
So he slept. Then, as you know, Judas came that same night and
kissed Jesus and betrayed him to his tormentors. They bound
him and took him to the high priest and beat him, while Peter,
75 worn out with fear and anxiety, utterly exhausted, you
understand, not yet fully awake, feeling that something terrible
was about to happen on earth, followed after him. For he loved
Jesus passionately and with all his soul, and he saw from afar off
how they were beating him....” Lukerya dropped the spoons and
80 looked fixedly in the direction of the student. “They came to the
house of the high priest,” he went on, “and they began to
interrogate Jesus, while the workmen lit a fire in the courtyard
because it was cold, and they warmed themselves round the fire,
and Peter stood close by the fire, and he too warmed himself,
85 just as I am doing now. There was a woman who recognized him
and said: ‘This man also was with Jesus,’ meaning that he too
should be taken for interrogation. And all the workmen who
were standing round the fire must have looked at him
searchingly and suspiciously, for he was troubled and said: ‘I do
90 not know him.’ After a while someone recognized him as one of
the disciples of Jesus, and said: ‘You were one of them.’ And
again Peter denied it. And then for the third time someone
turned toward him and said: ’Did I not see thee with him in the
garden?” And again Peter denied it, and at that very moment the
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95 cock crew, and Peter gazing from afar off at Jesus remembered
the words spoken to him earlier in the evening.... He
remembered and suddenly recovered his senses and went out
from the courtyard and wept bitterly. The Gospels say: ‘He went
out and wept bitterly.’ And so I imagine it—the garden was
100 deathly still and very dark, and in the silence there came the
sound of muffled sobbing....” The student sighed and fell into
deep thought. Though her lips still formed a smile, Vasilissa
suddenly gave way to weeping, and the heavy tears rolled down
her cheeks, and she hid her face in her sleeve as though
105 ashamed of her tears, while Lukerya, still gazing motionlessly at
the student, flushed scarlet, and her expression became strained
and heavy as though she were suffering great pain. The farm
workers returned from the river, and one who was on horseback
came near them, and the light from the fire glittered on him. The
110 student bade good night to the widows and went on his way.
Once again the shadows crowded close around him, and his
hands froze. A cruel wind was blowing, winter had settled in, and
it was hard to believe that Easter was only the day after
tomorrow. The student fell to thinking about Vasilissa. It
115 occurred to him that because she had been weeping, everything
that happened to Peter on the night of the Last Supper must
have a special meaning for her.... He looked round him. He could
see the solitary fire gleaming peacefully in the dark, but there
was no longer anyone near it. Once more the student thought
120 that if Vasilissa gave way to weeping, and her daughter was
moved by his words, then it was clear that the story he had been
telling them, though it happened nineteen centuries ago, still
possessed a meaning for the present time—to both these
women, to the desolate village, to himself, and to all people. The
125 old woman wept, not because he was able to tell the story
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touchingly, but because Peter was close to her and because her
whole being was deeply affected by what happened in Peter’s
soul. And suddenly his soul was filled with joy, and for a moment
he had to pause to recover his breath. “The past,” he thought, “is
130 linked to the present by an unbroken chain of events all flowing
from one to the other.” And it seemed to him that he had just
seen both ends of the chain, and when he touched one end the
other trembled. When he took the raft across the river, and
afterward when he was climbing the hill and looking back in the
135 direction of his native village and toward the west, where the
cold purple sunset was no more than a thin streak of light, it
occurred to him that the same truth and the same beauty which
reigned over humankind in the garden and in the courtyard of
the high priest had endured uninterruptedly until the present
140 time, and always they were the most important influences
working on human life and everything on the earth; and the
feeling of youth, health, and vigor—he was only twenty-two—
and the inexpressible sweet expectation of happiness, of an
unknown and secret happiness, took possession of him little by
145 little, and life suddenly seemed to him ravishing, marvelous, and
full of deep meaning.
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AT first the weather was fine and it was very quiet. Blackbirds
sang, and from the neighboring marshes something living could
5 be heard making a pathetic moaning sound like air being blown
in an empty bottle. A solitary woodcock flew up, and someone
aimed, and a shot rang out vividly and joyfully on the spring air.
Then as the woods grew dark, a cold and penetrating wind rose
unreasonably from the east, and everything was silent. Needles
10 of ice stretched over the pools; darkness, misery, and loneliness
hung over the woods. It smelled of winter. Ivan Velikopolsky, a
student in the theological seminary and the son of a sacristan,
was making his way home from hunting, barefoot, taking the
path through the water-logged meadows. His fingers were
15 numbed, and his face burned by the wind. It seemed to him that
the sudden fall of temperature had somehow destroyed the
order and harmony of the universe, and the earth herself was in
agony, and that was why the evening shadows fell more rapidly
than usual. All round him there was only emptiness and a
20 peculiar obscurity. The only light shone from the widows’
gardens near the river; elsewhere, far into the distance and close
to him, everything was plunged in the cold evening fog, and the
village three miles away was also hidden in the fog. The student
remembered that when he left home his mother was sitting on
25 the floor in the doorway cleaning the samovar, while his father
lay coughing near the stove; and because it was Good Friday, no
cooking had been done in the house and the student was
ferociously hungry. Oppressed by the cold, he fell to thinking
that just such a wind as this had blown in the time of Rurik and in
30 the days of Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great, and in those
days men suffered from the same terrible poverty and hunger;
they had the same thatched roofs filled with holes; there was the
same wretchedness, ignorance, and desolation everywhere, the
same darkness, the same sense of being oppressed—all these
35 dreadful things had existed, did exist, and would continue to
exist, and in a thousand years’ time life would be no better. He
did not want to go home. The widows’ gardens were so called
because they were kept by two widows, a mother and daughter.
There a wood fire was crackling and blazing, throwing a great
40 circle of light over the plowed earth. The widow Vasilissa, a huge,
bloated old woman, was wearing a man’s coat. She stood gazing
dreamily at the flames while her daughter Lukerya, a little pock-
marked woman with a stupid expression, sat on the ground
washing a kettle and some spoons. Apparently they had just
45 finished supper. Men’s voices could be heard; they were the
local farm workers watering their horses at the river. “Well,
winter’s back again,” the student said, going up to the fire.
“Good day to you!” Vasilissa gave a start, but she recognized him
and smiled at him warmly. “I did not recognize you at first,” she
50 said. “God bless you! You’ll be rich one day!” They went on
talking. Vasilissa was a woman of experience; she had served the
gentry first as a wet nurse and then as a children’s nurse, and she
expressed herself with refinement. A grave and gentle smile
never left her lips. Her daughter Lukerya was a peasant; the life
55 had been crushed out of her by her husband. She screwed up her
eyes at the student and said nothing. She had a strange
expression, like that of a deaf-mute. “On just such a cold night as
this St. Peter warmed himself by a fire,” the student said,
stretching his hands over the flames. “So it must have been very
60 cold! What a terrible night, eh? Yes, it was an extraordinarily
long, sad night!” Saying this, he gazed at the encircling shadows,
gave a little convulsive shake of his head, and went on: “Tell me,
have you ever attended a reading of the Twelve Gospels?” “Yes, I
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have,” Vasilissa answered. “Then you’ll remember that at the
65 Last Supper, Peter said to Jesus: ‘I am ready to go with thee
down into darkness and death,’ and the Lord answered: ‘I tell
thee, Peter, the cock, the bird of dawning, shall not crow this
day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.’
After the supper Jesus suffered the agony in the garden, and
70 prayed, but poor Peter was faint and weary of spirit, and his
eyelids were heavy, and he could no longer fight against sleep.
So he slept. Then, as you know, Judas came that same night and
kissed Jesus and betrayed him to his tormentors. They bound
him and took him to the high priest and beat him, while Peter,
75 worn out with fear and anxiety, utterly exhausted, you
understand, not yet fully awake, feeling that something terrible
was about to happen on earth, followed after him. For he loved
Jesus passionately and with all his soul, and he saw from afar off
how they were beating him....” Lukerya dropped the spoons and
80 looked fixedly in the direction of the student. “They came to the
house of the high priest,” he went on, “and they began to
interrogate Jesus, while the workmen lit a fire in the courtyard
because it was cold, and they warmed themselves round the fire,
and Peter stood close by the fire, and he too warmed himself,
85 just as I am doing now. There was a woman who recognized him
and said: ‘This man also was with Jesus,’ meaning that he too
should be taken for interrogation. And all the workmen who
were standing round the fire must have looked at him
searchingly and suspiciously, for he was troubled and said: ‘I do
90 not know him.’ After a while someone recognized him as one of
the disciples of Jesus, and said: ‘You were one of them.’ And
again Peter denied it. And then for the third time someone
turned toward him and said: ’Did I not see thee with him in the
garden?” And again Peter denied it, and at that very moment the
LC - HW
95 cock crew, and Peter gazing from afar off at Jesus remembered
the words spoken to him earlier in the evening.... He
remembered and suddenly recovered his senses and went out
from the courtyard and wept bitterly. The Gospels say: ‘He went
out and wept bitterly.’ And so I imagine it—the garden was
100 deathly still and very dark, and in the silence there came the
sound of muffled sobbing....” The student sighed and fell into
deep thought. Though her lips still formed a smile, Vasilissa
suddenly gave way to weeping, and the heavy tears rolled down
her cheeks, and she hid her face in her sleeve as though
105 ashamed of her tears, while Lukerya, still gazing motionlessly at
the student, flushed scarlet, and her expression became strained
and heavy as though she were suffering great pain. The farm
workers returned from the river, and one who was on horseback
came near them, and the light from the fire glittered on him. The
110 student bade good night to the widows and went on his way.
Once again the shadows crowded close around him, and his
hands froze. A cruel wind was blowing, winter had settled in, and
it was hard to believe that Easter was only the day after
tomorrow. The student fell to thinking about Vasilissa. It
115 occurred to him that because she had been weeping, everything
that happened to Peter on the night of the Last Supper must
have a special meaning for her.... He looked round him. He could
see the solitary fire gleaming peacefully in the dark, but there
was no longer anyone near it. Once more the student thought
120 that if Vasilissa gave way to weeping, and her daughter was
moved by his words, then it was clear that the story he had been
telling them, though it happened nineteen centuries ago, still
possessed a meaning for the present time—to both these
women, to the desolate village, to himself, and to all people. The
125 old woman wept, not because he was able to tell the story
LC - HW
touchingly, but because Peter was close to her and because her
whole being was deeply affected by what happened in Peter’s
soul. And suddenly his soul was filled with joy, and for a moment
he had to pause to recover his breath. “The past,” he thought, “is
130 linked to the present by an unbroken chain of events all flowing
from one to the other.” And it seemed to him that he had just
seen both ends of the chain, and when he touched one end the
other trembled. When he took the raft across the river, and
afterward when he was climbing the hill and looking back in the
135 direction of his native village and toward the west, where the
cold purple sunset was no more than a thin streak of light, it
occurred to him that the same truth and the same beauty which
reigned over humankind in the garden and in the courtyard of
the high priest had endured uninterruptedly until the present
140 time, and always they were the most important influences
working on human life and everything on the earth; and the
feeling of youth, health, and vigor—he was only twenty-two—
and the inexpressible sweet expectation of happiness, of an
unknown and secret happiness, took possession of him little by
145 little, and life suddenly seemed to him ravishing, marvelous, and
full of deep meaning.
LC - HW
Monday, 5 May 2014
video portal
A video portal is a website offering user created or professionally created video content.
This is due in part to the penetration of broadband internet, and also to the emergence of highly successful video portals. These portals offer user created or professionally created content.
The majority of online videos are shorter than 5 minutes in duration, a length generally preferred by users who view such content on computers or portable equipment, like cellphones, MP3 players or video game consoles.
Some portals offer videos in the 320x240 pixel resolution, while others opt for a larger format, such as 480x360 pixels (for a typical display) and 640x360 (for a widescreen 16:9 display).
Many portals use Adobe Flash Player for their videos, the player which is becoming a de facto industry standard. Others use Windows Media Player, QuickTime, DivX Web Player or RealPlayer.
Devices like Apple TV or Netgear's Digital Entertainer, capable of transferring video files from the Internet to the television screen, will cause an increase in the length of the size of videos, both in definition and duration.
Most video portals generate their revenue through advertising. There are currently many advertising formats related to online video, such as preroll (commercials like those on television and played before the video) and branded channels.
Online video
Online video is video content distributed by the Internet. Recently, several different studies have shown that, at least in the United States, online video reaches a majority of the population.This is due in part to the penetration of broadband internet, and also to the emergence of highly successful video portals. These portals offer user created or professionally created content.
The majority of online videos are shorter than 5 minutes in duration, a length generally preferred by users who view such content on computers or portable equipment, like cellphones, MP3 players or video game consoles.
Some portals offer videos in the 320x240 pixel resolution, while others opt for a larger format, such as 480x360 pixels (for a typical display) and 640x360 (for a widescreen 16:9 display).
Many portals use Adobe Flash Player for their videos, the player which is becoming a de facto industry standard. Others use Windows Media Player, QuickTime, DivX Web Player or RealPlayer.
Devices like Apple TV or Netgear's Digital Entertainer, capable of transferring video files from the Internet to the television screen, will cause an increase in the length of the size of videos, both in definition and duration.
Most video portals generate their revenue through advertising. There are currently many advertising formats related to online video, such as preroll (commercials like those on television and played before the video) and branded channels.
internet forum
An internet forum is an online discussion site where people can
communicate in the form of posted messages. It is a system that allows
users to send, read and reply to messages on a particular subject in
real time.
Social Networking
What is Social Networking?
A social networking service is an online service, platform, or 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. A social network service consists of a representation of each user (often a profile), his/her social links, and a variety of additional services. Most social network services are web-based and provide means for users to interact over the Internet, such as e-mail and instant messaging. Online community services are sometimes considered as a social network service, though in a broader sense, social network service usually means an individual-centered service whereas online community services are group-centered. Social networking sites allow users to share ideas, activities, events, and interests within their individual networks.
Social Networking Explained
Social Networking has become very popular during the past few years, but it can still be very difficult to understand for someone new to social networking. The open-ended nature of social networks add to this. Once signed onto a social network, having answered a few basic profile questions, it is easy to sit back and wonder what you are supposed to do next.
The easiest way to understand social networking is to think of it like high school. You had friends in school, and you knew quite a few people even if you weren't friends with all of them, but it's likely that you didn't know everyone.
If you ever moved to a new school -- or if you can imagine moving to a new school -- you start out with no friends. After attending classes, you start meeting people, and as you meet them, you begin associating with those that have similar interests.
Getting started with social networking is much the same as starting at a new school. At first, you don't have any friends. But as you join groups, you begin to meet people, and you build a friends list of those with similar interests.
Social Networking Architecture
Social networking is based on a certain structure that allow people to both express their individuality and meet people with similar interests. This structure includes having profiles, friends, blog posts, widgets, and usually something unique to that particular social networking website -- such as the ability to 'poke' people on Facebook or high-five someone on Hi5.Profile. This is where you tell the world about yourself. Profiles contain basic information, like where you live and how old you are, and personality questions, like who's your favorite actor and what's your favorite book. Social networks dedicated to a special theme like music or movies might ask questions related to that theme.
Friends. Friends are trusted members of the site that are allowed to post comments on your profile or send you private messages. You can also keep tabs on how your friends are using social networking, such as when they post a new picture or update their profile. Friends are the heart and soul of social networking. It should be noted that not all social networks refer to them as 'friends' -- LinkedIn refers to them as 'connections -- but all social networks have a way to designate members as trusted.
Groups. Most social networks use groups to help you find people with similar interests or engage in discussions on certain topics. A group can be anything from "Johnson High Class of '98" to "People Who Like Books" to "Doors Fans". They are both a way to connect with like-minded people and a way to identify your interests. Sometimes, groups are called by other names, such as the 'networks' on Facebook.
Discussions. A primary focus of groups is to create interaction between users in the form of discussions. Most social networking websites support discussion boards for the groups, and many also allow members of the group to post pictures, music, video clips, and other tidbits related to the group.
Blogs. Another feature of some social networks is the ability to create your own blog entries. While not as feature-rich as blog hosts like Wordpress or Blogger, blogging through a social network is perfect for keeping people informed on what you are up to.
Widgets. A popular way of letting your personality shine through is by gracing your social networking profile with web widgets. Many social networks allow a variety of widgets, and you can usually find interesting widgets located on widget galleries.
Why Start Social Networking?
Social Networking is a nice form of entertainment, great for meeting people with similar interests, and can be a very effective business technique for entrepreneurs, writers, actors, musicians or artists.Most of us have hobbies, or things that we are keenly interested in such as books, television, video games or movies. Social networks allow us to reach out to others that have the same interests.
For example, if you like movies, Flixster can help you decide if you might like a new movie just out at the theaters. If you like music, Last.FM can help you find new artists that are similar to your favorite bands.
Am I Too Old To Start Social Networking?
You are never too old to get involved in social networking! There are plenty of social networks to choose from including niche social networks that focus on a specific theme like TakePart, a network for social activism, and 43 Things, a social network dedicated to goal setting.PODCAST
Definition of PODCAST
: a program (as of music or talk) made available in digital format for automatic download over the Internet
A podcast (or netcast) is a digital medium consisting of an episodic series of audio, video, PDF, or ePub files subscribed to and downloaded through web syndication or streamed online to a computer or mobile device. The word is a neologism and portmanteau derived from "broadcast" and "pod" from the success of the iPod, as audio podcasts are often listened to on portable media players.
Merriam Webster defines Podcast: a program (as of music or talk) made available in digital format for automatic download over the Internet[1]
A list of all the audio or video files associated with a given series is maintained centrally on the distributor's server as a web feed, and the listener or viewer employs special client application software, known as a podcatcher, that can access this web feed, check it for updates, and download any new files in the series. This process can be automated so that new files are downloaded automatically, which may seem to the user as if the content is being broadcast or "pushed" to them. Files are stored locally on the user's computer or other device ready for offline use, giving simple and convenient access to the content.[2][3] Podcasting contrasts with webcasting (Internet streaming), which generally isn't designed for offline listening to user-selected content.
user-generated content (UGC)
Definition
user-generated content (UGC)
Commercial media's growing reliance on user-generated content has led to some controversy in the publishing world. Some organizations monitor user-generated content carefully for profanities, lies and attacks on other contributors. Others let users self-police their content.
Critics point out that the content quality of amateur contributors can be inconsistent, but the user-generated content movement has also been praised for allowing website visitors to lend their voices to news coverage. In contrast to a traditional one-to-many media arrangement, some media organizations are basing their entire business models upon UGC, encouraging unpaid contributors to provide content that the media organization can republish, promote and profit from.
User generated
content (UGC) is material on websites, and occasionally other media
sources, that is produced by the users of the website. This is
different than, for example, a website designed by a company that puts
forth material produced by professionals. In UGC, it is the amateur, in
most cases, who contributes the content.
Content
created by users has become tremendously popular, and some of the most
frequently visited sites on the Internet are primarily user generated.
This is the case with sites like Wikipedia, where anyone can write an
article with sufficient expertise. Other users may evaluate the
content, suggest changes, or even make changes. Some material on the
site carries warnings that an author is now espousing opinion, or that
certain statements are not verifiable or have been called into question
by other users.
No
author is paid for contributions to Wikipedia, which makes this type of
user generated content distinct from other types. For example, blog
sites, where users can blog about any topic they want to, may carry ads,
which if clicked on, mean a share of profits for the bloggers. The
percentage of profits varies from site to site.
Ad
Other times,
bloggers may simply be paid a percentage of the profit for having ads on
their site, and are paid by the number of people visiting the site. So
there is particular impetus to have blogs that will be read by others.
This often translates to better blogs being read by a high number of
people. Excellence in writing can have its rewards.
Similar to Wikipedia is
the popular YouTube, which has thousands and thousands of examples of
user generated content. It should be stated that not all content on
YouTube is user generated, however, since it may infringe on copyrights
by using songs or video clips that are protected by copyright
laws. It may use previously recorded professional material, as with
scoring, or in video remixes. Some professionally-produced content is
also created and distributed through the site.
Occasionally,
a company will authorize the use of its images or music for use on UGC
sites, but other companies do not authorize this. When content that
contains unapproved music or images is uploaded, it is usually found and
removed from the site.
One
of the challenges with user generated content is that it may be
inaccurate or espouse opinions or beliefs that others find offensive.
People who rely on UCG sites for information might get the wrong answers
and not think to confirm the information since often the printed, or
uploaded, word is treated as true simply because it is written. Writers
can presume authority or expertise where they have none, and the reader
may not always be able to discern the false from the true.
At
least for the purpose of research, UGC should be double-checked against
more recognized sources, such as encyclopedias or dictionaries. This
can help eliminate perpetuating untrue material. Often, however, the
users themselves are quick to make corrections when material is
incorrect.
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