In this tech-based world‚ media is one of the channels to discover what is happening all round the world. Through watching the TED shows‚ we are looking into two huge global challenges that the world is encountering – modern slavery and women inequality. Regarding to slavery‚ Kelvin Bales‚ a writer‚ shares the information and the plausible solutions for this issue. For women inequality‚ Sheryl WuDunn provides a few examples to illustrate how women are treated in the less fortunate regions. Comparing
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It’s so easy to create a professional website these days‚ one that looks trustworthy and reliable. Of course‚ that does not mean that the information contained within it is also reliable. You would think that would be obvious‚ we would all like to think that we’ve impervious to bullshit. Alas‚ that is not the case. We get tricked‚ mislead‚ and manipulated‚ and very often we’re totally unaware of it. We talked briefly about the fluency illusion in chapter 13‚ we are susceptible to judging something
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Consciousness We are all conscious. Every person in this room has conscious thought‚ an internal monologue that talks to us throughout the day‚ and I guarantee every person in this room is listening to their own inner monologue right now. Now‚ each individual in this room understands how their own mind works because we know how we think and how we feel. But we confuse this with understanding what consciousness is. Many individuals believe they are experts on consciousness simply because we are all
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"The Tender Place" is an affectionate poem in which Ted Hughes contemplates and describes the Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) inflicted on Sylvia Plath. The human impulse behind this poem is to bring across the negative impact and effects this anti-depression therapy has on her. Through this poem‚ the horror and needless destruction that such therapy implicates is conveyed very impressively. In the first lines‚ Ted Hughes refers to Sylvia Plath’s temples‚ where the electrodes for ECT are placed
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Stephen Saddemi Entrepreneurship Management Professor Hurley and Klingler 20 September 2012 Ted Turner‚ a Broadcasting Visionary “Earlier than most‚ Ted Turner saw clearly all the pieces on the chessboard‚ and had a strategy in mind to make major change.” (American Academy of Achievement). Although chess is just a game‚ the same can be said about Ted Turner’s business intuition. Not only could he envision the success of his business ventures‚ but he could anticipate how technology‚ public
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Report: Financial Position and Performance of Ted Baker PLC – 2010 to 2013 The following document analyses the financial performance and position of Ted Baker Plc over the last four fiscal years (2010 to 2013) using ratio analysis. The Appendix provided shows the balance sheet‚ income statement and calculated and graphical representation of the ratio analysis. Overview of 2010-2013 Results: Profitability: The company has shown good profitability over the years and has been a top performer in
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TED Video #4 In Brene Brown’s TED talk‚ she shares the findings of her lengthy qualitative research‚ a massive collection of interviews including a colorful rendition of her own personal struggles‚ on the idea of human connection which she states “fundamentally expanded her perception” and has “changed the way she lives‚ loves‚ works and parents”. Her touching account of her personal struggles with this research centers on her views of vulnerability‚ which Brown summarizes as our “ability to empathize
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November 20th a speech was delivered by Ted Cruz as a reaction to another one of Obama’s actions. This speech is a modern American version of Cicero’s In Catilinam‚ a speech which was uttered by Cicero against the traitor Catiline who planned to overthrow Rome and seize control. Cruz only made use of the first fourth of the first in a group of three speeches‚ since he only needed that mch to make his point and as everyone knows‚ Cicero is extremely long winded. Ted did not change much‚ only adding two
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I watched Sheryl Sandburg’s Ted talk and read this article. After watching the Ted talk I thought she brought up a lot of interesting facts and I did not think she left anything out. After reading the article though I changed my mind. Even though Sandburg did have good arguments I felt as though she left out entire groups of women. Not everyone has the opportunity to even go to school in some developing countries because they are female. How can she say women need to try harder if some never get
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I never knew what Ted Talk was before this class. I was amazed of how many short but very power presentations they have. Almost all of their speakers are well knowledgeable about the topics they presenting‚ and they all have personal experiences related to their topics. All the presenters used different techniques to keep their audience engaged in their topics. Some were asking their audience questions. Others were showing images to keep their full attention. It is very hard to keep someone’s full
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