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Deception is most successful when there is a grain of truth blended into the lie. If a large portion of the facts of a lie is perceived as true (or thought to be valid), individuals are more likely to explain away any inconsistencies as they emerge. In a way, individuals are blinded by the deception. Science writer Maria Konnikova notes “We con ourselves as much as [conartists] con us, because we supply the missing links, we tell ourselves the story that we want to hear,” (Hutson, 2016). Con…

Abortion and planned parenthood has become one of the issues that has the nation divided and with so many media attention and views on what is right and what is wrong both morally and economically, I decided to focus my project on abortion because they hold the same views as me and also, because abortion has become one of the most prominent topics in our country in either presidential campaigns, pope speech and etc. When it came to the interest group that specializes on the topic of Planned…

As the new NBA season about to unfold months from now, many teams have upgraded their lineup, especially at the point guard position. The New York Knicks got former MVP Derrick Rose from the Chicago in a trade this offseason and the Indiana Pacers got Jeff Teague from the Atlanta Hawks thru trade also. But one team is doing the opposite. The Minnesota Timberwolves are looking to trade their star point guard Ricky Rubio in another team. It's been weeks that Rubio is involved in trade rumors…

Article #1: Sinha, G. Alex. "NSA surveillance since 9/11 and the human right to privacy." Loyola Law ReviewWinter 2013: 861+. Academic OneFile. Web. 30 Nov. 2015. Summary: Alex Sinha is a Law Clerk for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He used to be a research assistant for professor Smita Narula. Sinha has experience in the law and has been very open to sharing his thoughts on the NSA. Sinha’s is very against the NSA. His reason, the NSA is intruding on the…

In the first chapter, “Untangling the “F”-word” the author, Kirk makes an accurate description of what feminism is. It also goes through the timeline of women fighting for their liberation/ Then it lets on the accomplishments completed by women such as the right to vote, divorce, custody of their children, etc. There is also waves of feminism. The first wave being early on in the 1840s-1920s which indicates their effort to gain legal rights. Then in the 1960s-70s, the second wave happened when…

history shows it very clearly. Through what we know about Homer, he was very successful and influential to today’s society. The Great poet started his humble beginning in Smyrna, Turkey in central Asia Minor in 800 BC. Due to many however, Geoffrey Kirk said “Although Ionia and Chios early began competing for the honor (the poet Pindar, early in the 5th century BC, associated Homer with both), and others joined in”. He was thought to…

Never Land Nightmares “Enter Sandman” “Enter Sandman” by Metallica, is one of the most famous rock songs during 1990’s, written by Kirk Hammett, James Hatfield, and Lars Ulrich, this song talks about the fear of dark, nightmares, and death. Interestingly, it starts with a very different and unique guitar riff, which brings the feeling of dark and fear. The original theme of the song was a child dealing with darkness and death, but was changed before it got released because it…

One prominent example of bargaining is with Obama’s concessions in his landmark Affordable Care Act bill. In his presidential campaign, Obama campaigned against the individual mandate, one of the core aspects of his signature piece of legislation (Kirk, Gilmore, and Wiser 2010). This ran into heavy opposition by insurance…

Lower Back to The Pros and Cons of Scaling Workouts. For each week’s topic, the hosts bring a special guest with an expertise in the area to be discussed. For the episode The Importance of Sleep for Performance, Bledsoe and Larson brought in Doctor Kirk Parsley, the former Naval Special Warfare’s expert of Sleep Medicine, inventor of Sleep Remedy and worldwide lecturer on ‘sleep, wellness and hormonal…

understood. Hence, an epistemological not an ontological perspective. Criticisms and difference of opinion arise when this central fact is misjudged. This is most evident in debates and criticisms surrounding realism and relativism. In the words of Kirk and Miller (1986) - search for a final, absolute truth should be left to philosophers and theologians. Social constructionism places major role on everyday communication between people and how they use language to put together their reality.…