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{{cquote|I am a woman who is determined to survive this life with enjoyment and gusto, happiness and exploration. |
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I have just experienced a second round with breast cancer. It struck two weeks before I started a doctoral program in clinical psychology. This web site has allowed me to find out about medications, doctors, hospitals, anti-estrogen diets, support organizations, and how to look sexy while undergoing radiation, crazy heartless professors, and all kinds of serendipity. Knowledge is one of the nutrients of survival, just as much as water, food, and rest. |
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This marvelous site grants me access to all of that, as well as a many other interesting things I want to know, like what makes Ella sing the way she does or what gives Beethoven's music the physicality that reverberates in your soul, or why Chopin's piano sings like no other. |
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This wonderful, free site gives you access to the meat and potatoes of life, no matter where you live. You can find out what makes life sizzle and where to find it. It exists because people take the time to care about sharing with people they will never know, but whose lives they touch so abundantly. }} |
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{{cquote|Wikipedia is my go-to resource library. As a high school history teacher, I need to get answers and do research nearly every day. I don't have the time to spend in the library, and I can't afford all the books. Wikipedia is my first choice because of its ease of use. Many of my colleagues like to bash Wikipedia as "unreliable." They don't know what I know about Wikipedia - yet. It's as reliable as the Wikipedia user community can make it, which means it's crammed full of articles whose contributors included experts in every field from every part of the globe the internet can reach. What's more, Wikipedia is continually improving because it's built around the idea that everybody knows something; the whole community is part of the system of creating, editing, and monitoring the development of articles. I tell the naysayers that if they refuse to use Wikipedia, they're passing up the greatest FREE compendium of knowledge ever created. }} |
{{cquote|Wikipedia is my go-to resource library. As a high school history teacher, I need to get answers and do research nearly every day. I don't have the time to spend in the library, and I can't afford all the books. Wikipedia is my first choice because of its ease of use. Many of my colleagues like to bash Wikipedia as "unreliable." They don't know what I know about Wikipedia - yet. It's as reliable as the Wikipedia user community can make it, which means it's crammed full of articles whose contributors included experts in every field from every part of the globe the internet can reach. What's more, Wikipedia is continually improving because it's built around the idea that everybody knows something; the whole community is part of the system of creating, editing, and monitoring the development of articles. I tell the naysayers that if they refuse to use Wikipedia, they're passing up the greatest FREE compendium of knowledge ever created. }} |
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Wikipedia is Changing Lives
Here are just a few of the amazing stories that our users shared with us. We thank them for their willingness to tell their story about Wikipedia.
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