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Is FormSpring.me Another Platform for Cyber Bullying? - 0 views

  • With more teen suicides linked to cyber bullying, some wonder whether FormSpring.me, an application that allows users to ask each other questions anonymously, is a cause for concern.
  • The headlines have been full of the high-profile bullying case of Phoebe Prince, a 15-year-old girl who committed suicide after months of harassment by her peers. Nine teens involved in the case were indicted on Monday.
  • at an all-time high, with more than 43% of teenagers reporting being victims of bullying by phone or Internet.”
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  • Last week, Alexis Pilkington, a 17-year-old girl in West Islip, N.Y., committed suicide. According to the Daily News, police are investigating whether cyber bullying played a role in the girl’s death. Pilkington’s parents deny that cyber bullying was the main reason she committed suicide,
  • “blame insulting comments posted on Formspring.me, and vowed to boycott the social-network site,”
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    bullying at school
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Gateway Arch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot-high (192 m) monument in St. Louis,
  • it is the tallest man-made monument in the Western Hemisphere,
  • Built as a monument to the westward expansion of the United States,[
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  • Construction began on February 12, 1963, and was completed on October 28, 1965
  • Arch was designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen and German-American structural engineer Hannskarl Bandel in 1947.
  • at a total cost of US$13 million[12] ($97,300,000 in 2014[2]). The monument opened to the public on June 10, 1967.[13]
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    Wikipedia has lots of info about the builders and things like that.
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