...ever been so sure of a memory you had in your life, only to discover that it was completely wrong? If so, it sounds like you have experienced the Mandela Effect. The Mandela Effect is the state of people having clear memories of events that did not occur or misremembering certain events and facts. The phenomenon first originated after Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa, was released from prison. A mammoth amount of people shared the same false memory that Mandela had died in prison during the 1980’s. People even remembered his funeral being broadcasted on television. Nelson Mandela, who was living at that point, was released from prison in 1990 and lived until he was 95. He passed away in 2013....
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...162 terms When you approach a school bus with flashing red lights from either direction you may proceed only if there is a median between you and the bus When an emergency vehicle approaches you using a siren, you should pull over to allow a clear path for the emergency vehicle It takes a train going 50 mph approximately 1 1/2 miles Each year over _____ persons are killed in highway crashes 500 The crossbuck is considered the same as a yield sign A train's speed will appear slower than it is Most railroad crossing crashes are the result of driver error In order to obtain a learner's permit in VA, you must be at least 15 years and 6 months old The minimum age to receive a driver's license in VA is 16 and 3 months old The minimum age for a licensed driver accompanying a driver with a learner's permit is 21 or 18 if immediate family member An applicant for a learner's permit must score ____ on signs test 100% The type of license which will allow a person to drive a large truck or van designed for 16 or more passengers is a CDL The vision requirement in VA for obtaining a driver's license is 20/40 in one or both eyes A driver with a learner's permit is limited to ___ passengers under the age of 18 1 The penalty for anyone less than 20 who is convicted of a demerit violation is a madatory driver improvement class A driver's license...
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...Dwelling on the situation only creates a false sense of hope, and it will continue to mess with your li To me this motto is important because I have a tendency to get hung up on something once it happens, and I can’t let it go. I let it consume my entire life. This has happened to me several times. When I was a little girl I adored my grandmother. I spent at least one day a week with from the time I was six months old up until I went to kindergarten. One day she made a comment about my mother that didn’t particularly sit right with me. She had just meant it as a joke, but I didn't quite understand it and took it to heart. I didn’t say anything to her because I didn’t want her to know that she had upset me. I let it get to me so much that I stopped talking to my grandma, and didn’t speak to her or go to visit her for around 2 years. I just couldn`t get over the fact that my grandma had said so rude and hateful about her daughter-in-law. Choosing to cut her out of my life for that time has put a strain on our relationship. It has gotten better, but it will never return to normal. The motto that I choose to apply to my life is from the book Harry Potter and The Sorcerer`s Stone. It reads “It does not do to dwell on dreams, and forget to live.” In this book Harry finds a mirror, and when he looks into this mirror he sees all the things he desires most in his life. Potter was orphaned when he was merely weeks old, and as he looks into this mirror he sees...
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...point when children begin to understand others, they also comment that in order for children to understand others first they must have an understanding of their self. Lewis and Brook-Gunn 1979 conducted a study on a group of mothers and their babies, aged 9-24 months. The aim of the experiment was to see what age a baby recognised itself in the mirror. The babies were placed in front of a mirror and observed to see how they reacted, then the mother would remove the baby and wipe their nose with red blusher (the mother would wipe the baby's face in a way that the baby would just think the mother was cleaning dirt off its face.) The baby was then placed back in front of the mirror and observed again. They found that babies under 15 months tended not to recognise the baby in the mirror as themselves, they may have found the reflection similar but there was no difference in reaction when they saw the red spot on their nose. By 21 months though the babies were actively trying to wipe the red mark off their face, this shows a heightened sense of self awareness compared to the 15 month olds as they recognised that the baby in the mirror was them. Researchers also studied childrens self-awareness to learn about the development of emotions such as embarrassment. Lewis conducted a further study in 2000, he believed that embarrassment is a feeling that comes when children are aware they are the centre of attention. A child under two would...
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...lack of information” (Yeshin 18). Critically discuss this claim, looking both at the flaws in Pollay’s argument AND the ways in which aspects of his argument might be considered valid. Hypothesis : Advertising itself is very indistinguishable to the idea of complexation as it has got multi-purposes but connects as one. By having a consumer society it would unquestionable mean that advertising will posses negative aspects that cause manipulative and persuasive, therefore a false consciousness society is established, this is quite visible throughout history of Advertisement. However Advertisement can also influence positive attributes, depending on how an advertisement is understood. Essay: Advertising is often referred as a “mediated form of communication” (Richard and Cullen) usually from a recognisable source that manipulates as it gains control over the viewer to take a particular action in order to be satisfied whether it is materialistic or informational. In the article “Distorted Mirror” by W.Pollay, he suggests that advertising is nothing but pervasiveness and leads to consequences in our society. As he states “Perhaps the least important aspect of advertising’s significance in society is its role in influencing specific consumer choices about purchasing products”. Despite Advertisement has always been contributing to the economy largely, it should be understood that it also causes social consequences within the society as it commercialises many aspects. Sometimes...
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...“One problem with the focus on speculation is that it tends to promote the growth of the great intellectual cancer of our times: conspiracy theories.” ~ Gary Weiss. This quote means that, if there is a problem or something sounds suspicious, we will investigate it and come up with our own reasons for why it happened. Though sometimes the theory we come up with may sound stupid, we still believe it. The conspiracy theories are intellectual cancer because some theories actually sound more believable than others and it just spreads and becomes an epidemic. Some theories are just that interesting. Would you trust a memory that felt as real as all your other memories, and if other people confirmed that they remembered it too? Even if it was false?...
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...manufacturers and stores. b) Inform consumers of new products and services c)Promote and generate sales for products and services. The four key components of advertising are: Advertising strategy, creative idea, creative execution, and media planning and buying In advertising, a product can be services and ideas, as well as goods. (True) Marketing is: A mix of four important elements: product, price, place/distribution, and promotion In its economic role, advertising does all of the following except: Mirrors fashion and design trends In its societal role, does advertising help shape an image of ourselves? (Yes) The soft-sell technique of advertising assumes that: Consumers make decisions based on the image of the brand The key players in the practice of advertising are: The advertiser, the agency, the media, the supplier, and the target audience The emergence of consumer society enabled advertisers to charge a premium for their goods. (False) Does social responsibility mean that advertisers must sometimes stop producing a good or service? (No.) The “new” advertising means everything but: The “new” advertising is consistent with older forms of mass advertising Interactivity in advertising suggests that one-way communication may no longer work well. (True) Integrated Marketing Communication means that: All elements of marketing must work together & Stakeholders must be carefully considered in branding decisions If an audience responds...
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...For information on Rules of the Road Review Courses and other programs offered by the Secretary of State: Driver Services Department 312-814-3676 888-261-5238 (Nex Talk) Printed by authority of the State of Illinois. September 2014 — 10M— DSD DS 9.12 Join the registry: Visit LifeGoesOn.com Complete and mail a registration card Call 800-210-2106 Visit any Driver Services facility A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR ILLINOIS DRIVERS Motorists who know the rules of the road and practice defensive driving are key to making our roadways safer for everyone. The Illinois Rules of the Road manual is your guide to being a responsible and skilled driver. The Rules of the Road Review Course is designed to give drivers — especially senior citizens — the knowledge and confidence needed to renew or obtain a driver’s license. The Review Course combines an explanation of the driving exam with a practice written exam. The questions and information in the Rules of the Road Review Course are provided only to help you measure your knowledge of driving skills and Illinois traffic laws. Participants will not be graded on their answers on the practice exam. Along with a thorough review of the Illinois Rules of the Road manual, the Review Course is a valuable tool in refreshing your knowledge of Illinois driving laws, traffic signs and practical driving skills. I commend you for taking this step in improving your driving skills and helping to make Illinois roadways safer for...
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...Image in the mirror symbolizes the central concerns of appearance and identity throughout the story. As Annie reads the girls a Christmas story, she mentions a shining bright star. In this moment Lora is looking at herself in the mirror, she is seeing herself as the star that she wants to be. When Lora has finished one of her plays she calls home and she is shown with her reflection in the mirror. This is when Lora is deciding whether she should go home and be with her daughter or go out and celebrate the success of the play with the cast. Lora wants to be able to be a mother, a star and a lover. However, despite trying to be all of these things, it is emphasized that she cannot have everything. It is in front of a mirror that Lora admits that idea of being a star is not everything she hoped it would...
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...printmakers abandoned Japanese traditions & design principles. Question 1 options: |[pic] |True | |[pic] |False | Save Question 2 (6 points) [pic] The Sotatsu-Korin School of the Edo Period specialized in Chinese style monchrome ink painting. Question 2 options: |[pic] |True | |[pic] |False | Save Question 3 (6 points) [pic] The circular bronze mirror adopted by Japan from China during the Kofun period is one of the three treasures of Shinto prized as imperial regalia. Question 3 options: |[pic] |True | |[pic] |False | Save Question 4 (6 points) [pic] Emperor Shomu of the Nara Period invited Buddhist priest Ganjin to come from China in order to establish Toshodaiji Temple. Question 4 options: |[pic] |True | |[pic] |False | Save Question 5 (6 points) [pic] Kano School painters, active through the Ashikaga, Momoyama & Edo periods, were commissioned by shoguns & nobility to paint decorative screens with predominantly European materials, techniques & themes. Question 5 options: |[pic] |True | |[pic] |False | Save Question 6 (6 points) [pic] Edo ceramic artist Kenzan was the brother of painter Korin, & is known for decorating his pieces with designs reminiscent of Yamato-e & Chinese monochrome ink painting. Question 6 options: |[pic] |True | |[pic] |False | Save Question 7 (6 points) [pic] Contemporary Japanese artist Tadanori Yoko-o designed...
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...Ques- The Bishop (to the mirror): The majesty, the dignity, the light. . . . . . . . . . . . . The fact that the Bishop precedes me. Do I make myself clear . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . You tramp . . . Comment on the Bishop’s speech in the context of this speech being uttered/made as apart of role played in Irma’s brothel. Ans- The character of Bishop represent the heads of church, in substance with a penchant for dressing up in sumptuous costumes to play out their preferred roles. Bishop have required the real powers that these figure represent but only because the former Bishop have been routed by revolution. Genet comments on the institution of the church through the role-acting of the Bishop. The visitors in the brothel’s studio dose not remain an individual but represent the Bishop who has religious power which is perhaps the oldest established power. The visitor is an ordinary man but wants to live his fantasy of power and sex. The visitors enacting the Bishop does not want to be real Bishop. We are here referring client as a visitor because Irma demand respect for the visitors. “I’ve told you Carmen, I don’t like that and I demand respect for the visitors. VI-SI-TORS! I don’t allow myself- my own self – even to refer them as client”(page-25) Visitors chief concern is with the image of Bishop and he wishes to enact that role...
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...Server core 10. Answer file 1. D. WDS 2. A. Autounattended.xml 3. A. IAS 4. D. 64 GB 5. D. 30 days 6. C. Sound 7. B. A clean installation 8. B. Sysprep 9. D. Activation 10. D. Datacenter 1. False 2. True 3. False 4. False 5. False Lesson 2 1. MMC 2. UAC 3. Unique 4. Domain 5. Remote desktop 6. 7. Drivers 8. Plug n Play 9. Signed driver 10. Device Manager 1. B. Remote Assistance 2. C. Proxy settings 3. C. Services Manager 4. A. Local System 5. B. The registry 6. B. Install the driver with Device Manager 7. Server manager console 8. B. Device manager 9. A. Automatic 10. A. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT 1. True 2. True 3. True 4. False 5. False Lesson 3 1. RAID 2. RAID 0 3. FC-AL 4. SAN 5. iSCSI 6. Storage Manager for SAN 7. FAT32 8. 16 Exabyte 9. GUID 10. Mirrored Volume 1. A. SCSI 2. B. RIAD 1 3. C. 6TB 4. C. RAID 1+0 5. B. NAS 6. C. 3260 7. B. iSCSI initiator 8. B. FC-AL 9. A. HBAs 10. C. Stripped mirror volume 1. False 2. True 3. True 4. False 5. True Lesson 4 1. MBR 2. BCD 3. Safe Mode 4. msconfig 5. Paging 6. NIC Teaming 7. NLB 8. Active-passive Cluster 9. Failover 10. UPS 1. B. ITIL core books 2. B. System Configuration ...
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...Perceiving Other People’s Actions and Motor Resonance Humans are adapted to living in social groups with complex patterns of social interactions. Understanding the meaning of other people’s behavior is an essential aspect of human communication, and a large amount of our daily life is spent watching and interpreting the actions of others (Barresi & Moore, 1996). The neural mechanism underlying our ability to represent others’ goals by the mere observation of their motor actions has been the target of considerable research. Behavioral experiments had suggested that the system for generating and representing actions is also used in the perception of actions (Knoblich & Prinz, 2001). This approach was strengthened by the discovery of “mirror” neurons in the macaque monkey brain, a class of neurons found in the parietal and the premotor cortex. They were seen to discharge not only when the monkey performed an action but also when the monkey was observing an experimenter or another monkey performing the same action (di Pellegrino, Fadiga, Fogassi, Gallese, & Rizzolatti, 1992). Similarly, neuroimaging studies in humans have revealed parietal (PAR) and premotor (PM) activations both during execution and action observation, suggesting that action observation automatically triggers action representations (Grèzes, Armony, Rowe, & Passingham, 2003). The superior temporal sulcus (STS), involved in the perception of...
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...pregnant, but it has been found that this was actually excess fabric from her robe creating the bump on her stomach. Both the man and woman have their hands in positions that imply that they are taking some type of oath, more specifically an oath of marriage. The clothing worn by the wedding couple is common clothing of their time, for people of the upper class. If you were to zoom in on the picture, you begin to realize the realistic qualities of all of the textures in the painting. One use of this skill that jumps out at me is the lifelike beads that sit beside the circular mirror. If you look closely at the gear shaped mirror you can see small circular images in each one of “teeth” of the mirror. These images appear to be of the story of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Knowing that the mirror contains images of the crucifixion of Jesus, one could imply that the beads next to the mirror are in fact an old style rosary, possibly symbolizing the faith in the marriage. Another minor detail in the...
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... To use “real world orientation” you need to: 1 learning where different cities and areas of cities are located from where you are at the time 2. Point in the direction of what is is you're discussing 3. look in the direction you are pointing 3. When giving commands involving a location, follow the sequence below: 1. name the location (raise brows) 2. name the object (raise brows) 3. indicate who (point to the person) 4. give the command (to put the object in a specific place) 4. Douglas Tilden is called the Michelangelo of the American West. 5. True or False (circle one). Douglas Tilden was voted Vice President of the International Congress of the Deaf at its first convention in Paris. 6. True or False (circle one). To ask a “which” question, use contrastive structure. 7. Diana the popular royal Princess of Wales, acquired fluency in British Sign Language and raised awareness of BSL and Deaf People. 8. True or False (circle one). Ordinal numbers begin with the palm facing up followed by a twist. 9. To indicate that a location is far away, do the following: 1. tilt your head 2. squint your eyes 3. open your mouth slightly 4. tell where: point with your arm fully extended 10. To indicate moderate distance, do the following: 1. tilt your head 2. purse your lips slightly 3. tell where: point with your arm moderately extended 11. To indicate that a location is very near, do the following: 1. told your head 2. clench teeth, turn head to dominant side, with cheek almost touching shoulder...
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