Writing a Summary In the article‚ "Time Talks‚ with an Accent’‚ author Robert Levine explores a cross cultural contrasts in the idea of time‚ called ’social time’. He discovers that this concept includes the components of waiting‚ rushing; being early or late; as well as the past‚ present and future. He chose to be a professor of social psychology so that he could manage his own time. While teaching in Brazil‚ he discovers the concept of amanha‚ which signifies that everything that can be postponed
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The Ted talk is by Rébecca Kleinberger‚ and the title is “Why you don’t like the sound of your own voice”. I chose it because I have never heard someone say that they didn’t like the sound of their own voice‚ but I have heard that when they talk and hear it back they sound different. Rébecca Kleinberger is a voice expert pursuing research as a Ph.D. candidate in the MIT Media Lab’s Opera of the Future group. During her talk‚ she used a lot of things to prove he this which were people don’t like
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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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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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of 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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Selina Neirok Leem: The Warrior Within By Sydney Peterson. Introduction: Pristine grains of sand become a sea of its own before it meets the ocean. Aquamarine blue waves and light blue sky that defines the color of the sky. Shining faces plastered with genuine smiles. Welcome‚ everything is welcoming that meets the eye. There is a slight breeze causing the palm tree’s fronds to sway gently. Luscious green erupts everywhere. Ubiquitous life is vibrantly flowering‚ all about them. The locals welcome
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Feminism class‚ the question‚ can there be a global feminism daunted us throughout our readings. That question‚ while I would alter "a global feminism" to the plural of global feminisms remains one that resonated strongly while reading Inessential Woman. While the reading was sometimes dense‚ I was intrigued by Spelman’s analyses of Simone de Beauvoir Second Sex. I think I grasp the tenets of Spelman’s critique and the contradictions and points of contention of which she writes. Yet while
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The arms limitations talks played a big role in reducing tensions during the Cold war for example the United States and the USSR‚ helped relieve the public about an outbreak of a nuclear war and significantly reduced the number of nuclear weapons in the world. The arms limitation talks reduced tension during the Cold War by promoting the idea of peace. The first talks about arms limitations tried to reduce tensions between the United States and the USSR. Although these talks did not seem to be
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position to cross for years since the war started. In yet another incident‚ when Diana and Steve find themselves in the room full of the British military men who are coming up with various policies‚ Diana disregards what they are saying about her as a woman. Due to such braveness and wisdom‚ the military men end up requesting her to translate for them the notebook which she does meticulously. In another occasion‚ the secretary expounds some of the things that he has to do at the workplace for her male
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Should women be allowed to serve in combat roles and what are the ethical implications? Based on the book: WOMEN IN COMBAT Civic Duty or Military Liability? by Lorry M. Fenner and Marie de Young Since World War II‚ women have been serving in dangerous positions within the military. Although technically women cannot serve in combat roles‚ “more than 800 women have been wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan alone‚ and more than 150 have been killed” (Domi)
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