William James (1842-1910) William James was a philosopher and psychologist but was most well known in the field of Psychology for developing the philosophy of pragmatism‚ or the Functionalist theory: "Theory of mental life and behavior that is concerned with how an organism uses its perceptual abilities to function in its environment." He was also the first Psychologist to be born in America. William James was born on January 11‚ 1842 in New York City. His father‚ Henry James Sr. was a Swednborgian
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Week Two Article Summary James Naismith Being a high school basketball coach‚ and with the vision of being a college coach one day‚ I thought that it would be interesting to write about the founder of basketball. In December 1891‚ Canadian-born James Naismith‚ a physical education teacher at the YMCA training school‚ took a soccer ball and a peach basket into the gym and invented basketball. In 1893‚ James Naismith replaced the peach basket with iron hoops and a hammock-style basket. Ten
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is the bestselling memoir of James McBride‚ a biracial journalist‚ jazz saxophonist‚ and composer whose Jewish mother gave birth to twelve children‚ all of whom she raised in a housing project in Brooklyn. His mother witnessed the premature death of her first husband‚ a reverend‚ and through sheer force of will saw each of her children graduate from college. Her basic household tenets rested on the importance of academic success and the church‚ and many of her children moved on to earn graduate and
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James Baldwin Has writing ever changed your life? Have you wondered about the author of the amazing work? James Baldwin was the author of books‚ plays‚ and essays that broke literary ground. His work explored social and racial issues regarding discrimination. James Arthur Baldwin was born in Harlem‚ New York in August 2‚ 1924 to Emma Berdis Jones and an unknown father. His stepfather was David Baldwin‚ a Baptist preacher and a factory worker. Baldwin grew up with an abusive father and a poor family
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Evaluate Lincoln’s major strengths and weaknesses as a wartime leader. Summarize the major crises and decisions he faced. Strengths: 1) Clarity of vision. He wanted to save the union first and foremost but some of his staff and generals couldn’t "get" it. Read how angry he got when one general chased the CSA to the Potomac and then stopped‚ stating "We have run the rebels from our country". That general did not understand that it was ALL "our" country. 2) Strength of character. Lincoln had
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Lebron James‚ a NBA player for the Miami Heat is recently all the talk in sports news‚ but why? I think it is all just a lot of hype for no reason‚ I mean all this publicity for a single basketball player seems kind of outrageous. Miami’s season tickets were sold out after He made the trade to the Heat. Who buys season tickets to see one player? People really thought that he was going to change that team and make it an unstoppable force. He has taken advantage of this attention and banked off of
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example is actor Michael Biehn whose characters have been bitten in the hand in one way or another in all of Cameron’s films. James Cameron began his Hollywood career by working with special effects. He built‚ among others miniatures for various low budget films. In 1980‚ he was art director of the science fiction film Battle Beyond the Stars. His first assignment as director was the Piranha II – Flying Killers in 1981. He did‚ however‚ only direct the film for eight days before the fight between Cameron
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In the short science-fiction novel The Girl Who Was Plugged In by James Tiptree‚ Jr. (the pen name of Alice Bradley Sheldon)‚ formal advertising as it is known has been banned. However‚ the businessmen of the fictitious GTX cooperation have no problems getting around this new law. They know‚ just as the advertising executives of today know‚ that it is human instinct to admire and emulate the actions of those they view as successful‚ and that people will covet the products and services they see being
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7:00‚ don’t be late. Study‚ study‚ study.” We have all heard these words uttered from the authoritative lips of our parents sometime in our life‚ however‚ these days most teenagers aren’t afraid to disobey their parents by responding with‚ “no.” James Dean was one of the first people to defy the strict rules of parents‚ and he did so on screen for the entire nation. Some sources claim that he is a label; a label that is intended for the sole purpose of resisting authority. He is not a label‚ rather
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James Blunt James Hillier Blount (born 22 February 1974)‚[2][3] better known by his stage name James Blunt‚ is an English singer-songwriter‚ musician and former army captain. He had signed with EMI music label before signing a recording contract withAtlantic Records and Custard Records. Blunt rose to prominence in 2005 with the release of his debut studio album Back to Bedlam‚ before achieving worldwide fame with the singles You’re Beautiful and Goodbye My Lover. The album sold over 11 million
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