Excuse for Horror: Stephen King’s “Why We Crave Horror Movies” The first Stephen King novel I read‚ Christine‚ was chilling‚ weird‚ creepy‚ and strange. But I loved it. The second‚ Carrie‚ was even less normal‚ and I was enthralled by it‚ too. How could these horror stories of a possessed‚ homicidal car and a supernatural‚ misunderstood‚ vengefully murderous teen be a story for anyone other than pre-pubescent boys? That is exactly what Stephen King sets out to explain through
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The Other Wes Moore connected to TED Talk John Coyle the speaker of my Ted Talk talked about strengths and weaknesses. Coyle encouraged his audience to focus more on their strengths rather that their weaknesses. Coyle believed that if a person worked too long to improve their weaknesses‚ then it is obvious that they can’t improve those weaknesses‚ and should move on to focusing on their strengths. Therefore‚ the best thing to do is to move on to building up their strengths‚ because they can surely
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Inspirational Talk: Good morning! Today we distribute 2500 checks of scholarships for college students. Our scholars were chosen on the bases of written tests. The checks were given by our mayor. Allow me now to address our scholars directly. Children the scholarships you are about to receive came from the fund of the government‚ although their obligation is subsidized us but we need to give importance to the money they give. Because of this‚ they expect some return of investment‚ and what return
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DIIS REPORT 2013:06 DIIS REPORT DIIS REPORT TALIBAN TALKS PAST‚ PRESENT AND PROSPECTS FOR THE US‚ AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN Edited by Mona K. Sheikh & Maja T. J. Greenwood DIIS REPORT 2013:06 DIIS . DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES 1 DIIS REPORT 2013:06 © Copenhagen 2013‚ the author and DIIS Danish Institute for International Studies‚ DIIS Strandgade 56‚ DK-1401 Copenhagen‚ Denmark Ph: +45 32 69 87 87 Fax: +45 32 69 87 00 E-mail: diis@diis.dk Web: www.diis.dk
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Let’s talk dirty. A few years ago‚ oddly enough‚ I needed the bathroom‚ and I found one‚ a public bathroom‚ and I went into the stall‚ life: use instead‚ I and it was‚ where does this stuff go? And with that question‚ I found myself plunged into the world of sanitation -- there’s more coming -- (Laughter) —sanitation‚ toilets and poop‚ and I have yet to emerge. And that’s because it’s such an enraging‚ yet engaging place to be. To go back to that toilet‚ it wasn’t a particularly fancy toilet‚ one
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the Ted Talk by Mikko Hypponen titled How the NSA betrayed the world’s trust -- time to act. Summary Mr. Hypponen talks about how the national security agency or NSA for short and other American agencies are monitoring foreign data connections that enters or passes US soil‚ which includes personal data such as emails‚ text messages‚ phone calls and other types of data and how our encryption methods are being weaken by installing backdoor access by said agencies. He goes on to talk about how agencies
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I enjoyed watching this Ted Talk by Dalia Mogahed. It was a beautiful speech The reading on Arab Families gave me a lot of insight about the Arab culture. The main two topics that interested me was language and family structure. I have a friend who is Muslim and he let me know how family is the main concern in the Arab societies. He also informed me that the men are allowed to have up to four wives if they desire to. However‚ he said if the men fear that they cannot be just to all then they should
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get it back - the middle class values that made the India story an attractive one globally. It will be a long and hard way to recovery. Edited excerpts: Is the India story fading? As we were all growing up there used to be a very big mantra in India which was called ’export or perish.’ There was a long period when we used to focus on import substitution. In the past eight years‚ these two phrases ’export or perish’ and ’import substitution’ are no longer a part of the Indian economic vocabulary. I
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What are the most precious thing in life that we should care about Childhood is the happiest time of a person’s life. When a child is born‚ a new life starts. By passing the years he/she develops the skills‚ learn from the experience and starts to explore the life as it is. Children are taken as innocent human beings. Some people remember their childhood as happy one‚ others may disagree. In this century we can hear many sad stories about the life of a child. For example‚ some parents don’t
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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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