It is safe to say that almost everybody who follows the news nowadays has heard of the name Michael Phelps. Upon coming to worldwide attention at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens‚ Phelps has taken the sport of swimming to new limits‚ setting records that seemed impossible just years before. He shocked the world with his record-breaking win of eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing‚ and also holds the record for most Olympic gold medals ever won. However‚ getting to that point was
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Dr. Michael Stone is a forensic psychiatrist and professor at Columbia University who has classified the levels of evil on a 22 point scale. He is the presenter of the show Most Evil‚ which features profiles of murderers‚ serial killers‚ mass murderers and psychopaths. The levels are one is for impulsive killing‚ two is for crimes of passion‚ seven for narcissistic killers‚ 10 is for Selfish murders‚ to remove obstacles‚ 14 is for acts of mercy‚ 16 is for multiple vicious acts‚ 17 is for ruthless
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Quentin Tarantino and the Director as DJ MICHAEL RENNETT I 1990S‚ TIMOTHY CORRIGAN DEFINED A NEW KIND OF film auteur as “celebrity‚” exemplified by Quentin Tarantino‚ Spike Lee‚ and Oliver Stone. He describes these directors as selfpromotional machines‚ in which “the artistic expression of contemporary directors is fully bound up with the celebrity industry of Hollywood” (38–39). Essentially‚ contemporary directors are marketing themselves as a specific brand‚ and the films created by each auteur
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Dear Michael Leunig‚ I had an interview with a CNN reporter today. Unfortunately‚ the intelligent lady wasn’t intelligent enough to ask me all the relevant questions. Instead of addressing the sinister secrets of the NSA that I had so courageously revealed‚ she concentrated on me as a whistleblower‚ daring to ask questions like “So how are you dealing with all the hate?” Honestly‚ what else could I have expected from a CNN reporter? That’s all this is to these people; a tabloid‚ a piece of gossip
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According to Michael Shermer‚ a science writer‚ the existence of God is not and cannot be proven by science. However‚ he also believes that the belief in God is not taken away by scientific evidence. Scientific proof‚ he says‚ even suggests that the belief in God is still strong despite a knowledge in science and the world around us. This is proven by the fact that about two out of every five scientist believe in God‚ even with a strong understanding of their field of study. Shermer believes that
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Epiphany Essay “Family is not an important thing‚ it’s everything.” -Michael J. Fox Michael J. Fox’s quote about the importance of family mirrors my beliefs about the value of not only one’s blood relatives but the people who are loyal to you no matter the circumstance. Throughout our lifetime we are influenced‚ both positively and negatively‚ and inspired by many. This can have effects on our character‚ our beliefs‚ and the name we make for ourselves. As I pave my way to college and the real world
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The album I chose is “Bad” by Michael Jackson. It was released on August 31‚ 1987 . The album sold over 45 million copies . It was the first album to have over five different songs hit the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart . Jackson wrote and co-produced‚ alongside Quincy Jones the producer‚ nine of the eleven songs . It took just over a year to record and he earned the Video Vanguard Award at the MTV VMA awards in 1988 . “Thriller”‚ Jackson’s first album and was a big hit which is why
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[ROUGH DRAFT] “I don’t understand why the press is so interested in speculating about my appearance‚ anyway. What does my face have to do with my music or my dancing?” These are the words of the late pop star sensation Michael Jackson. He indisputably had everything in the world—fourteen Grammy awards‚ seven American Music Awards‚ four decades of number one hits on the US Billboard charts‚ and a hundred-million-dollar home in Santa Barbara‚ California in which he dubbed as “Neverland Ranch.” These
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circumstances nobody needs me. I mean‚ I’m only used for emergencies and even then‚ only for a limited time. If you’re lucky‚ you’ll never have to use me. Then again‚ I can see some future time when everybody will have to carry me around. The poem “Putol” of Michael Coroza is about a right foot‚ wearing Nike‚ that has been cut off and thrown in the garbage‚ was picked up by a garbageman and blood flowed from the foot after‚
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In the final section of the book‚ author Michael Pollan attempts to prepare a meal by gathering all of the ingredients himself. In the chapter called Forager‚ Michael talks about how he wants his meal to feature all three edible kingdoms: animal‚ vegetable‚ and fungi. He will hunt‚ gather‚ or grow all the ingredients needed for his final meal. In the end he makes a salad out of the greens from his own garden‚ and makes bread using wild yeast. He feels that this meal will help us to “reconnect us
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