English 221 21 February 2013 Caution: Take your eyes off the screen We have become a nation of distracted individuals‚ individuals with little interest of the outside world. We no longer pay attention to our surroundings. We walk the streets with our heads down tapping a text to someone from another time zone‚ and our ears plugged in to loud music. A quote from the article “Enough about you” from Brian Williams says‚ “Intimacies that were once whispered into the phone are now announced unabashedly
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ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR FLUTE? Are you still playing your flute? When there is hardly time for our love I am feeling guilty To be longing for your song The melody concealed in the slim hollow of the bamboo Uncovered by the breath of an artist Composed by his fingers Blown by the wind To the depth of my heart. Are you still playing your flute? In the village so quiet and deserted Amidst the sick rice fields While here it has become a luxury To spend time watching the rain Gazing
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lutherans use a lot is Romans 3:28 which states "we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the Law”. However catholics believe that we are saved by faith plus love and good works. Implying that you don’t go to heaven because you just believe you have to work hard to get into heaven by saying “I deserve to go to heaven not this man who hardly shows up on sunday”. That is why catholics work in the community more than other religions such as Lutheran’s‚ Baptist’s‚ Methodist’s and so
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We aren’t racists‚ yet we buttress a system that acts in racist ways.” stated Nicholas Kristof in part 3 of his series “When Whites Just Don’t Get It”. This series involves five different articles in which Kristoff explains that even though we have come a long way from racism in the past‚ it is still very much alive. A black household has on average about 6 percent as much wealth as a white household‚ black students are less likely to attend schools that offer advanced math and science courses‚ and
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Praise for The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down “Fadiman describes with extraordinary skill the colliding worlds of Western medicine and Hmong culture.” —The New Yorker “This fine book recounts a poignant tragedy…It has no heroes or villains‚ but it has an abundance of innocent suffering‚ and it most certainly does have a moral…[A] sad‚ excellent book.” —Melvin Konner‚ The New York Times Book Review “An intriguing‚ spirit-lifting‚ extraordinary exploration of two cultures in uneasy
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Assignment #1 - You vs. Your future Podcast Summary The podcast talks about us as human beings‚ and how we are one of the few creatures to understand the concept of self‚ which includes the ability to interpret our experiences. We are also capable of learning from experiences we have never had‚ based off of our assumptions/imagination. Our assumptions at times are not solely based off of our own thinking‚ but rather off of other’s similar experiences/thoughts on the matter‚ which we integrate
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Can you keep a secret? By. Kasey Driggers Where am I? What am I? Who am I? How did I get here? I am asking myself all these questions as I am lost in my own thoughts. I don’t know how I got in the place I am now. What has gone on in my mind to make me disobey my mother like I have. Running into different arms of different boys each time she turns around. Am I just seeking attention or is it love that I want to find? This is all so questionable when someone grows up in
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Here is the Hey You Matter T-Shirt Mock-Ups with the cost breakdown listed. The adult shirts pictured are a tri-blend and the kids shirt is cotton. They didn’t have a color that would match the adult versions‚ so I used the royal blue for the mock-up. The other option is a dark navy that I will include a picture of. The quoted prices ($12-14 for adult & $10-12 for kids) are for printing on the front and back with two colors. The variation in cost is due to the fact that final per shirt cost depends
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"Let go to Hold on" Crying is an expression of emotions Should I try to hold back my tears if I feel like crying? If I dont allow a tear to drop or to allow myself to go all through these feelings‚ does that mean I am weak to face reality and too weak to handle it? And if I choose to stand and cry‚ then this could only mean two things I am strong and I am living. There are many choices in life‚ to cry or not to cry‚ holding it back or letting it go‚ You can listen or
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Are you afraid of disciplining your child? Do you walk on eggshells around your child‚ afraid of doing something that will set them off? Most people are not afraid of their children‚ but are afraid of their children behavior. Fear of your children behavior undermines your authority. This makes it difficult to set limits for them. You need to deal with these feelings so that they don’t have power over you and don’t dictate your behavior. It’s not what you’re afraid of‚ it’s how much power that fear
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