contagious and beneficial. He starts off his lecture by revealing some logical facts about the hidden power of a smile. For instance‚ a study which measured smiles of students in a high school yearbook photos to look what the students’ lives were after decades‚ found that widest smilers were more likely to be in a long-lasting marriage and to have a better sense of personal well-being. Another study found that the span of major league baseball players’ smiles in their photos predicted longevity. Gutman
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started looking into other products that I use fairly regularly‚ like Febreze. Apparently Febreze contains quite a few ingredients that have been found to be toxic to humans. Some of the harmful ingredients found in Febreze are butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)‚ “fragrance‚” and methyl pyrrolidone. These‚ as well as the many other ingredients in Febreze‚ are found to be immunotoxins and can
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COWLEY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Project Implicit Hidden Biases 11/15/2013 Unbiased: not having or showing an unfair tendency to believe that some people‚ ideas‚ etc.‚ are better than others : not biased 1: free from bias; especially : free from all prejudice and favoritism : eminently fair 2: having an expected value equal to a population parameter being estimated (Webster) Hidden Bias Tests measure unconscious‚ or automatic‚ biases. Willingness to examine
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Have you ever made a big mistake in your life and wanted a second chance? In the book “lost and Found” by Anne Schraff‚ one of the characters‚ Carl‚ the father‚ leaves his family‚ wife‚ and two daughters for a younger woman and comes back into their lives after five years wanting a second chance. He does this by stalking the girls and showing up in places they seem to be. Carl attempts to connect with his wife‚ too‚ the girl’s mother. In the end‚ because he got a second chance he becomes the hero
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English 101-06 28 September 2013 Review: Lost and Found Lost and Found is the first book of the Bluford Series. It’s about a girl named Darcy and her sister Jamee whose father left them when they were the age of nine and eleven. Five years later‚ he decides to re-enter their lives. While he was away the family had many struggles. Upon his return‚ the family is unsure of what to do or how to respond to his return. I personally enjoyed this book because it has action‚ drama and mystery. It would
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curriculum‚ which we are already familiar with. The other curriculum‚ the hidden one‚ often has the greatest impact on an adolescent boy or girl. It is the hidden curriculum that molds self-esteem‚ aids or hinders confident social development‚ that helps make high school a time of pleasant memories‚ or turns the high school experience into an ordeal.’ (Ruby Ausbrooks‚ Ed.D.) http://www.parentingteens.com/curriculum.shtml The phrase ’hidden curriculum’ was coined by Brian Jackson in 1968 to draw attention
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to philosophy his theory or thought of street smarts‚ show his thesis ‚and demonstrate a few of his thoughts. Hidden Intellectualism In Gerald’s Graff essay Hidden Intellectualism‚ Gerald argues that many educators and other people do not take advantage of students full potential‚ stating that there is intellect far beyond academic skills‚ intellectualism can also be found in "street smarts" . Thorough out the essay‚ Graff supports his argument by providing us with his own life experience
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The film Hidden in Silence is based on a true story. During WWII‚ while Jews are sent to ghettos‚ Catholic teenager Stefania Podgorska (called Fusia in the movie) helps 13 Jews to save their life while raising her little sister. Every day‚ she risks execution by given food and water to the silent individuals living above her. The film is not very explicit in the violence against the Jews; instead‚ it conveys a message of hope for mankind‚ despite the horror humanity shows itself in sensitive ways
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Symbolization Found in The Pearl “This pearl has become my soul... If I give it up‚ I shall lose my soul” (Steinbeck chapter 5). The book The Pearl was written by John Steinbeck in 1947. The setting of the book takes place in a small town in Mexico somewhere during the late 1800’s. The main characters are Kino‚ a lowly pearl hunter‚ Juana his faithful‚ thoughtful wife and Coyotito‚ the family’s infant child. Both the pearl and the canoe symbolize the corrupting power of something seemingly so
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Hidden Champions in China Pearl River Piano Group Pearl River Piano Group (PRPG) was established in 1956‚ and it now owns the largest piano factory in the world. PRPG’s factory‚ which produced approximately 83‚000 pianos around the globe in 2008‚ is located in Guangzhou‚ China. PRPG now exports to more than 80 countries all over the world. Now PRPG dominates the domestic market‚ has a market share of 13% in America and enjoys a high growth. By the beginning of the 1980s‚ PRPG had become
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