traditional modes of representation and express the new sensibilities of their time. The horrors of the First World War saw the prevailing assumptions about society reassessed such as Sigmund Freud questioned the rationality of mankind. Edward James "Ted" Hughes‚ OM (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998) was an English poet and children’s writer. Critics routinely rank him as one of the best poets of his generation. Hughes was British Poet Laureate from 1984 until his death. Hughes was married to American
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and use a new language is a challenge that many have experienced throughout their life‚ whether in education or in their private lives. How often have you been convinced to learn a language because of a lecture‚ discussion‚ or favorable advice? In a TED talk by professor John McWhorter he attempts to influence and encourage a physical and digital rhetoric audience of the benefits received after developing a new tongue. Through his use of overpowering credibility‚ intriguing demonstrations‚ and proper
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Ted Talks: About Ted Talks: From Wikipedia: TED was conceived by architect and graphic designer Richard Saul Wurman‚ who observed a convergence of the fields of technology‚ entertainment and design (that is‚ "TED"). The first conference‚ organized by Wurman and Harry Marks in 1984‚ featured demos of the Sony compact disc‚ and one of the first demonstrations of the Apple Macintosh computer.[1][13] Presentations were given by famous mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot and influential members of the digerati
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Imagine what you are writing about. See it and live it.’ Ted Hughes‚ Poetry in the Making Edward James Hughes was English Poet Laureate from 1984 to his death in 1998. Famous for his violent poems about the innocent savagery of animals‚ Ted Hughes was born on Mytholmroyd‚ in the West Riding district of Yorkshire‚ which became "the psychological terrain of his later poetry" (The Literary Encyclopedia). He was married to the famous Sylvia Plath from 1956 up to her controversial suicide in 1956
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have happy life after taking their vows and they wanted their marriage to be last. Ted Huston is a professor of human ecology and psychology who worked on “the PAIR Project” and invited 168 marriage couples to see if they’re still together after 13 years of marriage. The author of “Will Your Marriage Last?” ‚ Aviva Patz‚ attended professor Huston’s lecture and shared her experiences. Unlike past researchers‚ Ted Huston study look at couples who were newlyweds and happened to be divorce. He found
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In 1972 cruise industry pioneer‚ Ted Arison and the owner of American International Trade Service (AITS)‚ Meshulam Riklis‚ formed Carnival Cruise Lines as a subsidiary of AITS. They purchased their first ship for $6.5 million and renamed it to the Mardi Gras. The Mardi Gras’ first trip was along the Florida coast with travel agents. In 1974‚ Mr. Arison bought out his partner’s share with $1 and assumed the $5 million debt of the company. In order to compensate for the debt and reduce costs‚ Mr
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Introduction This report aims to give a non-bias detailed view of the Ted Talk by Mikko Hypponen titled How the NSA betrayed the world’s trust -- time to act. Summary Mr. Hypponen talks about how the national security agency or NSA for short and other American agencies are monitoring foreign data connections that enters or passes US soil‚ which includes personal data such as emails‚ text messages‚ phone calls and other types of data and how our encryption methods are being weaken by installing backdoor
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lives where they wish someone could just pick for us‚ or times when we wish there were more to choose from. All Americans have many choices‚ and it is such a part of our daily lives that we don’t even realize it. Barry Schwartz and Sheena Iyengar‘s TED talks bring up interesting ideas about choice‚ how people deal with them and their affects. They both state that although choice is good‚ it can also have negative effects. Schwartz explains what most people believe and experience with choice‚ while
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AP Environmental TED Video Notes Notes: • Styrofoam is one of the most polluting materials we use • Instead of Styrofoam we can use fungus to create a mycelium matrix which is a suitable‚ renewable‚ biodegradable replacement • In the US we recycle very little of our plastic • Only about 7% • Problems blocking the recycling of plastic include: many types‚ colors‚ many forms of plastic are of about the same density • Separating the different types of plastic are very difficult • In many
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The Ted talk is by Rébecca Kleinberger‚ and the title is “Why you don’t like the sound of your own voice”. I chose it because I have never heard someone say that they didn’t like the sound of their own voice‚ but I have heard that when they talk and hear it back they sound different. Rébecca Kleinberger is a voice expert pursuing research as a Ph.D. candidate in the MIT Media Lab’s Opera of the Future group. During her talk‚ she used a lot of things to prove he this which were people don’t like
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