When MySpace arrived on the Internet's doorstep millions were excited to have a place where they could share and network with their friends. Facebook arrived on the scene and slowly began to steal market share from MySpace. Today the MySpace market is decreasing and Facebook is making new highs in traffic and user count.
Yet there are some people who wonder if the time spent on Facebook is worthwhile, its Advantages and Disadvantages have many thinking. As with every system there are the positives and the negatives, if you are going to evaluate the Facebook Advantages and Disadvantages lets take a look at some facts:
Disadvantages:
Facebook is becoming a place for long distance relationships with many people you will never meet, this takes some of the intimacy away from relationships
Facebook addiction is becoming something that is a real problem; if you have any life at all you have other things to do besides sit on Facebook all day.
Because of open and public nature of Facebook there is the possibility for being stalked online or offline, this can be highly aggravating!
Terrible for worker productivity. If you are self employed Facebook can consume much of your time if you are not careful. If you run a business your employees may waste valuable and expensive time using Facebook.
Let's talk about these people on Facebook who are labeled "friends"...are they really?
Advantages:
· Facebook makes it easy to find and join groups with similar interest and dislikes
· It is easier to find old friends or new friends as almost everyone is on Facebook.
· Facebook makes it easy to approach and meet new people
· Facebook can be used to meet business contacts and for networking purposes
With this information you can make your own personal decision on Facebook Advantages and Disadvantages. If you can avoid the negative aspects and build on the positives then Facebook will be a constructive social networking site in your life. http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Roman_Sergejev
And you... What do you think????
FACEBOOK SONGS:
Penn Masala presents The Facebook Skit, a parody of Enrique Iglesias' song Hero
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland flys the "Union Flag" or, as it is more popularly called the "Union Jack." It is easily distinguishable from other flags by ist double cross design and blue background. The flag has been used in a variety of forms since 1606, when the flags of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland were first merged to symbolise the "Union of the Crowns," which occurred in 1603. The current design of the Union Jack dates back to 1801 and the union of Ireland and Great Britain. The flag remains unchanged even after the partition of Ireland in 1921 and the creation of the Irish Free State.
The large red cross, edged in white, centering the flag is the the cross of Saint George, the patron saint of England. It is superimposed on top of the diagonal red cross of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. Both are are superimposed on the Saltire of Saint Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland.
Prior to the Union Jack, the flag flown in England was that of St. George's Cross. A relatively simple flag with a white background and the red cross of St. George centering it. The exact origins of the flag are unclear, however, it is known that the flag appeared during the Middle Ages. The first known record of the use of St. George's Cross as an emblem of England is related to an account of the Welsh War of 1275.
One theory suggests that the flag was born from the Crusades. St. George's cross was already associated with England at the start of the Crusades and the Pope made the decision that English crusaders would wear a white cross on red, French crusaders a red cross on white and italian crusaders a yellow cross on white. The English traded with their rivals, the French in January of 1188, so that they could don the red cross with white background.
Reference:
This Is England
Is a British drama film written and directed by Shane Meadows. The story centres on young skinheads in England in 1983. The film illustrates that skinhead subculture, whose 1960s roots include elements of black culture especially ska, soul, and reggae music,became adopted by white nationalists, which led to divisions within the skinhead scene.
Synopsis:
Set in 1983, against the aftermath of the Falklands War, the film introduces us to eleven-year-old Shaun (Thomas Turgoose), whose soldier father was killed in the conflict. Living with his mother and trying to deal with his grief and loss, Shaun has become an angry youngster, quick to use his fists when teased by schoolmates who taunt, bully and pick fights with him. It is not long before he falls in with a gang of older boys - and girls. They act as a kind of surrogate family and protect him from being picked on. There's really nothing to worry about here.
But suddenly, Shaun's world receives another jolt, like an earthquake. Combo (Stephen Graham), who has recently been released from jail, strides into Shaun's life and turns it upside down. Aggressive, confident, articulate and much smarter than Shaun's newfound friends, Combo is also a skinhead. Angry with the world, he is a member of the National Front, totally at loggerheads with the new, multiracial England. What follows is Shaun's "education" at the hands of this charismatic and brutal man who believes the country is going to hell in a handbasket.
