After watching the TED Talk‚ “How Reliable is Your Memory” I was saddened to learn how unreliable eyewitness testimony is since hundreds of people’s lives have been ruined because of it. It is important to consider that not every memory someone remembers is real and while their intentions may not be to lie‚ memory itself gets changed unconsciously. Dr. Elizabeth Loftus did some amazing research in understanding false memories and explained how it relates to real-world situations. Dr. Loftus’s studies
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Today‚ March 1‚ 2011‚ was my point of no return: I quit my job. It feels great to write those four words‚ but it is also terrifying and exhilarating and scary and exciting and surreal and unbelievable and‚ in many ways‚ indescribable. I’m listening to Nina Simone’s “Feeling Good” as I write this. Her words‚ “It’s a new dawn / it’s a new day / it’s a new life for me / and I’m feeling good‚” best describe what I feel right now. A new beginning. A fresh start. The precipice of something exciting.
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Resolutions on the “sinner’s prayer” and cooperation at last year’s Annual Meeting in New Orleans were directly related to the Calvinism debate. In recent months‚ Calvinism has allegedly been at the center of controversy at more than one Baptist college. I am regularly forwarded links to blog posts by both Calvinists and non-Calvinists that seem more interested in winning a debate than forging a consensus. Twitter is often even worse.Southern Baptist Beginnings by Robert A. Baker Southern Baptist beginnings
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OPHELIA TALKS BACK Based on Margaret Atwood’s ‘Gertrude Talks Back’ Why yes I do believe I am fair‚ and I don’t need you to confirm it. Honey you were never invited to my wedding. God has given me one face‚ and I can do whatever the hell I please with it‚ thank you very much. Frankly you could do with a little heavy foundation and a wig yourself; it might just conceal the premature balding and all the frown lines you’ve accumulated from moping. You looked like a tired old man some days. It
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In Milton’s Paradise Lost he expresses the different aspects of Eve and Satan .Satan uses his manipulation from the start of the creation of Eve.Satan uses his rhetoric to make Eve fall into his plan and cause her to corrupt Eden.Eve goes wrong by becoming Satan and creating Adam to sin. Eve when she became created she had the same qualities as Satan does. He appeals to her self absorbed mindset. After changing her perspective of God and Adam he causes her to sin and make her second guess her life
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Dance competitions provide dancers with a different type of dance than the basics such as ballet and modern companies. Joe Tremaine started this path that has now lead into a full blown competitive dance world. Joe Tremaine started dancing when he was four years old in Oak Ridge‚ Louisiana. His mother put him in dance class because he was a shy kid. She would take him to dance class three times a week in Monroe which was a 35 mile drive. He loved it and was immediately hooked from the first dance
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The Shoe-Horn Sonata written by John Misto creates images through distinctively visual elements. Through the use of projected images‚ carefully selected music and descriptive dialogue‚ challenging aspects of life can be represented. An image we see early on in the play is Singapore Harbour burning down in 1942 when the Japanese first invaded. This is shown as Bridie and Shelia are discussing their experiences on the boats. This shows the ignorance of the British as they did not evacuate the women
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Joseph Clifford "Joe" Montana‚ Jr. (born June 11‚ 1956)‚ nicknamed Joe Cool[1] and The Comeback Kid‚[2] is an American retired professional American football quarterback. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs.[3] After winning a college national championship at Notre Dame‚ Montana started his NFL career in 1979 with San Francisco‚ where he played for the next 14 seasons.[4] Traded before the 1993 season‚ he spent his final two years in
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Creative Sparks Talk Analysis Monica Carter PHL/458 December 18‚ 2014 Amy Gingrich Creative Sparks Talk Analysis Sir Kenneth Robinson is an educator and a well-respected author that is leading a movement against current educational systems. He strongly believes that the school’s systems should encourage creativity instead of undermining it. He spoke at a 2006 TED conference and the title of his speech was “How Schools Kill Creativity”. The focus of his speech
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The poet that I have chosen to do is Rita Dove. In her newest collection of poems‚ Sonata Mulattica‚ there were many to choose from. However the two that I wanted to look deeper into were Exit and Golden Oldie. In both poems she is able to convey strong emotions in the characters she described. Rita Dove was born in Akron‚ Ohio. Her father‚ Ray A. Dove‚ was a chemist‚ and a pioneer of integration in American industry. Both of her parents encouraged persistent study and wide reading. From an early
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