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    separate pasts

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    Separate Pasts‚ Growing Up White in the Segregated South Separate Pasts is an award winning novel written by Melton A. McLaurin that delves into the 1950s era where racism was evident around each corner. McLaurin honestly explores the relationships he had with his fellow white peers as well as the African Americans during his childhood in the southern United States. This novel was a moving tale that examined the racist times that plagued our vast history. McLaurin did not understand at a young

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    Evaluating Sources

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    Web Source Evaluation What is your expository essay topic? My expository writing essay is on Healthy Eating and Dieting. Provide the URL of the Website? http://www.amazinghealth.org/ Provide the name of the website? Amazing Health Primary use: Other: I read the articles for tips on: healthy eating and recipes. What is the purpose or goal of this Web site? The goal of the website is to help people discover how they can live longer and live life to the fullest! To help people

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    Look Closer

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    American Beauty By Sam Mendes Close Viewing Analysis AS 91480 There are certain scenes in films where the director is able to bring out the true character of an individual. In American Beauty‚ directed by Sam Mendes‚ the director places two scenes in the film which are shown to have a contrasting effect. Lester Burnham (played by Kevin Spacey) shows a marvellous act through these two scenes where his attitudes are different in each one‚ due to the life changing events he comes across‚ altering

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    Bias in College Admissions

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    Bias in College Admissions There is no mistaking that getting into college is highly competitive‚ a college degree is now more necessary than ever. There are many kinds of bias race‚ gender‚ grade point average‚ financial ability and more important class. The Oxford American College Dictionary defines bias as "Prejudice on favor of or against one thing‚ person‚ or group compared with another‚ usually in a way considered to be unfair. Many in this country view the college or university admissions

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    Dectecting Media Bias

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    Detecting Media Bias HUM/114 Detecting Media Bias 1. How might you use the strategies for applying creativity to problems and issues in addressing the topic? Why do you think these strategies might be effective? I would find it challenging because the length of this article so I would start with the challenges of this article an then work on the next step which would be producing ideas. I would come up with questions to help understand the article such reasons as to why is the article

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    Movies often contain historical inaccuracies regarding timing of events‚ food during a specific time period‚ and famous people. The movie‚ Ever After‚ was mostly accurate when they showed the Prince playing tennis. They played in an enclosed court‚ but it is debatable whether tennis players used a glove or a racquet. The movie showed Leonardo putting the Mona Lisa into a tube‚ this could not have happened because it was originally painted on wood. When Rodmilla told Prince Henry that Danielle was

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    problems are caused and escalated‚ due to confirmation bias. Confirmation Bias‚ according to about education‚ is a type of cognitive bias that involves favoring information that confirms previously existing beliefs or biases. When one has confirmation bias‚ they tend to push any idea and information about it‚ only because it contradicts their side of an argument. People tend to do this all the time‚ not even realizing that it is happening. Confirmation bias is often not noticed‚ and can create many problems

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    Impact Bias Essay

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    幻灯片1 Impact Bias in Affective Forecasting 幻灯片2 Contents: 1. Memory and Prospection Systems 2. Impact bias  2.1 Definition  2.2 Causes of the impact bias 3. Impact bias and loss aversion 4. The way to reduce impact bias 5. Arguments 6. Conclusion 幻灯片3 1. Memory and Prospection Systems Memory and Prospection Systems According to the defination of human memory systems‚ there are two parts of human memory system. Declarative memory Non-declarative memory 幻灯片4 Non-declarative

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    Kathleen Okruhlik Bias

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    Kathleen Okruhlik: Science Cannot Escape Bias In Kathleen Okruhlik’s paper‚ she strives to show that the practice of science as a whole‚ cannot escape bias‚ particularly bias in relation to the different sexes. Her argument is thorough‚ but flawed as it is possible for science to be unbiased. She includes many outdated papers showing how the science was skewed by only using male models‚ or how scientists are basing assumptions on the idea that male is superior to female‚ so they use males in their

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    Reliable Source

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    Associate Level Material Appendix J Reliable Sources Worksheet Locate two sources in the University Library on a topic of your choice. Provide the required information for both sources. Source 1 • Author: Kaylin ‚ Lucy • Date: Dec2011 • Title: The Family Man • Publication: Write a 100- to 150-word response to each of the following questions: • Is the source reliable? How do you know? Yes‚ the source is reliable it explains exactly what your looking for as in the

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