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The "Harry Potter" star Emma Watson has landed the dubious honor of "most dangerous cyber celebrity.”McAfee, which has tracked the riskiest most famous people on the Web for the last six years, announced in a press release that Watson had knocked Heidi Klum out of the number one spot. According to the antivirus company, cybercriminals track the latest celebrity gossip, then lure fans to fake sites that steal personal information and passwords. Searches for photos and downloads of Watson do have a downside: Lookups on the Brit have a more than 12 percent chance to land on a malicious site. Instead of photos of the British star, a user can end up with a computer virus, annoying or intrusive software like ad spam or worse.The 22-year-old leads the McAfee list, followed by the actors Jessica Biel, Eva Mendes and Selena Gomez. Other stars rounding out the cyberscary celebs for 2012: Halle Berry, Megan Fox, Shakira, Cameron Diaz, Salma Hayek, and Sofia Vergara.This is the first year that the top 10 dangerous celebrities were all female, making women the more dangerous gender for now, at least when it comes to online crime. The comedian Jimmy Kimmel was the only man to make the top 20 list this year.

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Popular baby names in the U.S. have changed dramatically over the past 100 years. But some things never change, including our nation's love of the name "William.”Data from the Social Security Administration shows that virtually none of the top 20 most popular names from 1911 is still in the rankings in the most recent statistics from 2011.For example, the most popular names in 2011 were "Jacob" for boys and "Sophia" for girls. But in 1911, they were "John" and "Mary." But one name has resolutely stood the test of time: William. One hundred years later, "William" has fallen only one slot, from No. 2 to No. 3, in the list of popular male names. "James" has also managed to stick around, dropping from No. 3 in 1911 to No. 17 in 2011.

For girls, only "Elizabeth" has stayed on the list, dropping just four spots over the past century, from No. 7 to No. 11. In recent years, the authors of Freakonomics have famously tracked the ever-evolving choice of baby names in America. And other sites have joined the trend, pointing to changing baby names as a sign of the decline of civilization. But for all the changes in the top 20, the list of popular baby names still reads as fairly tame.What would be truly fascinating is comparing the top 100 names of 1911 with those of today. What were the 1911 equivalents of "Braxlee" and "Diesel"?

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Bibliography

How to Summarize

http://www.mantex.co.uk/2009/09/16/how-to-summarize/

How to Paraphrase

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource619/01/