...Mirror Mirror on the Wall"...we are more than conquerors through him who loved us." (Romans 8:37) We just can't help it everyday at some point we look in the mirror. To some it is an exercise in self-esteem: we see ourselves and say, "wow, I have a face that others could love!" But for most of us, it is more like an experience in reality: we see ourselves and think, "wow, I have a face that only a mother could love!" Either way, we all face questions like, "Why did God make me like this? Who am I? Does my life really matter? What do others think of the way I look and act? The problem is that we try and answer these questions from Hollywood's perspective- you know- Tinsel town? In Tinsel town everyone is beautiful and life is oh so much better than mine. Hollywood has created a monster called the "world mirror"... run for your lives! As a result, most teenagers suffer from what some call a poor self-image. They don't like the way they look. They think that they are being continually watched and criticized by others. After time and enough glances in the "world mirror" the poison of self-doubt, frustration, and discouragement creeps into their thinking. The real question, though, is not what we see when we look at our reflection in the "world mirror" Rather the true issue is what God sees when He looks at us - and that is a whole different story! The Bible tells us several truths about what He sees when He looks at us, because He is using the God Mirror so let's take a...
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...What Hides Behind the Mirror? If you were to tell me to pick an object that represents what I am today, I would not be able to; I feel that I am still growing and developing as a person. At this point, I do not really know what I am or what I represent. I can surely though pick out an object that represents certain time period in my life. As weird as it might sound, I find that a mirror would best represent this time in my life. While getting ready to start my day every morning, it beings about the same way. Being the upstanding citizen that I am, I get up when my alarm goes off..kidding after hitting snooze a million times . I open my closet to pick out my outfit for the day, being careful not to swing open the closet door too hard and send my mirror crashing to the floor. After I get dressed, I take a look in the mirror every day. I don’t do this because I want to see how I look; it is more of a reminder that I am happier than I was a couple months ago. My forced, pseudo smile that was once paired with teary, glassy eyes has transformed into an authentic one. I don’t see any bruises on my skin anymore. Most importantly, the bruises on my skin have faded along with the puffiness around my eyes. When I look in the mirror I see self growth and progress. For some odd reason, this mirror is special to me. This mirror saw me go through a very ugly stage in my life. If you were to enter my room you would not know I had it because it remains hidden most of the time. It is only seen...
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...and imagination is what makes them so resourceful. There are so many things about a poem that could have meaning. The perfect words for a poem could take imagination on a journey. The poem that caught my attention is “Mirror” by Sylvia Plath. “Poetry has a compressed quality; the language of poetry refines ideas and feelings, making them both incisive and penetrating. Poets are always in search of just the right word, just the right tone (Clugston, 2010)”. “This search produces the beauty and dignity that have always characterized poetry. As well, this artful process sometimes produces witty assertions wrapped in clever phrases or humor. When original thoughts of this kind have a memorable quality, they are called aphorisms or maxims (Clugston, 2010).” The content of this poem is what caught my attention and aphorisms (clever phrases). I really like this poem because it holds so much truth. My understanding was that, this was simply a mirror telling the story of its purpose and survival. I think the mirror represented certainty. It's the only place that you can find unbiased truth. We tell untruth to ourselves, others lie to us and so I think that what Plath is trying to represent is that when you finally do see the truth, it’s too much to tolerate and that's why the woman in the story performances the way she does. This woman must look to others to determine her individuality, but when she looks inside herself, she...
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...Light What this module is about Most of the things that you know you have learned about through your eyes. You can only see if there is light. Light makes you see shapes and colors. Light also helps you identify objects both near and far. But what is light? In this module you will learn about the nature and properties of light in the following lessons: Lesson 1 – Lesson 2 – Lesson 3 – Lesson 4 – The Nature of Light Reflection and Mirrors Refraction and Lenses Colors, Interference and Polarization What you are expected to learn After studying the lessons in this module, you are expected to: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. state the different theories about the nature of light; demonstrate reflection properties of light using mirrors; describe the image formed by mirrors; show the refraction properties of light using lenses; give applications of total internal reflection; describe the image formed by lenses; enumerate the colors that make up white light; explain what causes colors of object; and cite applications of diffractions, interference and polarization of light. How to learn from this module Here is a simple guide for you in going about the module. 1. Read and follow the instructions very carefully. 2. Take the pretest (20-item multiple-choice test) to determine how much you know about the lessons in the module. 3. Check your answers against the correct answers provided at the last page of the module. 4. Be very honest in taking the test so you know how much knowledge you already...
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...And I just want you to think for a minute about what this entails. Here is this mass of jelly, three-pound mass of jelly you can hold in the palm of your hand, and it can contemplate the vastness of interstellar space. It can contemplate the meaning of infinity and it can contemplate itself contemplating on the meaning of infinity. And this peculiar recursive quality that we call self-awareness, which I think is the holy grail of neuroscience, of neurology, and hopefully, someday, we'll understand how that happens. 0:51OK, so how do you study this mysterious organ? I mean, you have 100 billion nerve cells, little wisps of protoplasm, interacting with each other, and from this activity emerges the whole spectrum of abilitiesthat we call human nature and human consciousness. How does this happen? Well, there are many ways of approaching the functions of the human brain. One approach, the one we use mainly, is to look at patients with sustained damage to a small region of the brain, where there's been a genetic change in a small region of the brain. What then happens is not an across-the-board reduction in all your mental capacities, a sort of blunting of your cognitive ability. What you get is a highly selective loss of one function, with other functions being preserved intact, and this gives you some confidence in assertingthat that part of the brain is somehow involved in mediating that function. So you can then map function onto structure, and then find out what the circuitry's...
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...Imagination - “Girl Before the Mirror” Kaiulani Frink Eng/340 May 21, 2012 University of Phoenix Imagination - “Girl Before the Mirror” The painting by Pablo Picasso “Girl Before the Mirror” was the painting that caught my attention because at first glance I notice a woman adjusting the mirror as she is looking at her reflection; this is something I do every day. I gazed longer at the painting and the woman’s appearance seems to be younger in the mirror, perhaps she is reflecting on her past (youth). The dialogue taking place in this story is with herself as she is reflecting on the many years that have passed and how her appearance has changed. Her pregnancy has captured her attention to the changes in her life. The painting reflects the past, present, and future. The different colors, lines, and shapes tell a story about her development. The colors in the mirror are deep dark in color representing a faint memory of what once was. Looking at herself in the mirror gives her a sense of relief yet pain. She can still see a little of her youth in the mirror, which easies some of her distress as she is aging knowing one day that the memories of her youth will soon fade. The long strokes of lines and curves in the mirror by her face and around her head display a covering a sense of innocence; before she has known a man intimately. The lines in the lower area of her body in the mirror shows it is still in development as the lines are arched up and not down in a drooping...
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...* LOOK AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR FOR AS LONG AS YOU CAN STAND IT. DESCRIBE WHAT YOU SEE? When you look in the mirror I know what you see because the cocky attitude you wear as neat as the shirt on your back is and only is like looking through a sparkling freshly cleaned window with the curtains pulled open. So now knowing this take a look in the mirror again do you like what you see? I can tell you what is there what is really behind the attitude you wear. Why? Because I know you I live you everyday accept for a few most recently. So let’s discuss this together what is there in the mirror right now. Its better just to accept it as it is this should be easier on a level now knowing that you’re not the only one. Red velvet. The kind of red that is pulsing through your veins this very moment the kind so deep and purely red its almost black thick and heavy creates the curtain over your face that hides your true feelings, the emotion and pain that you don’t dare to reveal to anyone and face the questions of what’s wrong what happened are you ok. With each strand of once so curly hair. Now just a tired wave from being stressed and straitened flawless to perfection not a hair out of place because it is the key to secrets it holds them tight but eventually it becomes frayed and the secret splits multiplying each separate strand. Eyes of grey with the depth and feeling of a sky right in the middle of a storm the clouds rolling over and turning darker as the storm increases they are...
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...‘She smiled at herself in the mirror too often these days.’ What do you think is the significance of mirrors in the Bloody Chamber? Mirrors are used in The Bloody Chamber, The Courtship of Mr Lyon and The Tiger’s Bride as a very effective plot device. The way that they are used differs between the three stories but all have a slight magical quality in keeping with the fairy tale theme. Within all three short stories there is an existing theme of metamorphosis. The first mention of mirrors within The Bloody Chamber is within the intimate scene between the Marquis and the heroine of the story. The bed chamber is surrounded by mirrors, amplifying all of the intense emotions of the scene. This is because the mirrors repeat the scene 12 times over ‘a dozen husbands impaled a dozen wives’ the violent and emotive language used makes the reader feel uncomfortable and highlights the connection between sexuality and violence throughout the book. In the use of the mirrors throughout this scene Carter succeeds in heightening the horrific nature of the scene through the addition of more reflected couples to the scene. The mirrors also create a pornographic element to the scene, making it appear as though the Marquis and the girl are being observed by onlookers. In using mirrors throughout this scene some of the Marquis perverse sexual desires are revealed to the readers, helping to foreshadow what is to come later on in the story. As the protagonist has discovered the books that the...
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...Introduction How much do mirrors and faces really have in common? Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury. It’s a book about a world where books are illegal. If you are found with a book your house and all your books are burned. After your house is done being burned, you are sent to away. To sum up Fahrenheit 451. It is about a man named Guy Montag who is a fireman, and firemen burn books instead of reading them. He meets a 17 year old girl Clarisse McClellan changed the way he saw people, she made him see what was really on the inside. She also reflected Montag through herself so that he could see what he was really like on the inside Faces Have you ever thought of an island being covered in snow? “Her face was like a snow covered island” (11) it...
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...Communications You are walking down the street and there is a ladder on the sidewalk. Do you go under it or around it? You walk a little further and you see a four leaf clover. Would you pick it up or keep walking? As your walking, you see a black cat cross your path. Would you ignore it or run to the nearest tree so you could “knock on wood”? You may have found that one or more of your answers have proved you to be superstitious. According to Forbes, twelve percent of Americans are superstitious about walking under a ladder, thirteen percent for a black cat crossing the path, and twenty five percent for knocking on wood. We all are superstitious at times and do not even realize it! This topic is appealing to me because it affects everyone. Growing up, my dad was superstitious. He didn’t like the number thirteen or black cats. He would never walk under a ladder and was very careful not to break a mirror. I used to laugh at him but doing this research has made me realize that I’m superstitious in some ways too so I should probably call him and apologize when I’m done. All countries have their own superstitions that they believe in. First we are going to look at the different superstitions each country follows. Arturo Bartolome lives in Spain and tells the superstition of Salamanca University. There is a frog carved on the wall in front of the doors to the school. Students must touch the frog for luck on test days. It’s believed if they do not touch the frog...
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...Safe Driver Checklist Starting the Vehicle: * Adjusts mirrors and seat * Fastens safety belt * Knows where the operating controls are located Moving Forward: * Signals * Looks in mirrors and over shoulder before pulling into traffic. * Uses two hands on opposite sides of the steering wheel. Stopping: * Checks traffic (sees and reacts to hazards). * Stops behind crosswalk or limit line. * Stops without using accelerator at the same time. Turns: * Slows for turns. * Begins and ends turns in the correct lane. * Yields right of way when necessary. * Accepts legal right of way when safe. * Sees and reacts to hazards. Backing: * Checks mirrors. * Looks over right and left shoulder as appropriate. Changing Lanes: * Signals * Checks mirrors. * Checks over shoulder to view blind spot. * Changes lanes safely. * Maintains speed. Driving on the Freeway: * Checks traffic flow. * Times entry into freeway. * Checks mirrors and over shoulder before merging into traffic. * Signals early and slows on exit ramp. * Adjusts speed to road conditions. Defensive Driving Techniques: * Checks mirrors before braking. * Checks cross streets before passing. * Checks signal lights and signs. * Keeps eyes "moving". * Keeps a "space cushion" around the car. * Follows at a safe distance. Safe driving tips. Practice...
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...Amazon, Powell’s Books, and Flipkart; and in bookstores. On this Employees First, Customers Second approach, Nayar writes, “The conventional wisdom, of course, says that companies must always put the customer first. In any services business, however, the true value is created in the interface between the employee and the customer. So, by putting employees first, you can bring about fundamental change in the way a company creates and delivers unique value for its customers and differentiates itself from its competitors.” The EFCS approach has four parts: * Mirror Mirror: Creating the Need for Change * Trust Through Transparency: Creating a Culture of Change * Inverting the Organizational Pyramid: Building a Structure for Change * Recasting the Role of the CEO: Transferring the Responsibility for Change Over the next two weekends, we’ll present excerpts from each of the four steps.] Employees First, Customers Second – Mirror Mirror: Creating the Need for Change The process we followed to get employees to see our situation at point A is one that eventually came to be called Mirror Mirror. Mirror Mirror is a communications exercise that involves talking with...
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...one of 4 manoeuvres you will need to learn before taking the driving test. The reverse round a corner manoeuvre is also one of the more common manoeuvres asked by the test examiner for you to perform. This tutorial will demonstrate an ideal technique that the examiner will be looking for in order to pass this part of the driving test. The test examiner will be looking for 3 key skills demonstrated by yourself in order to successfully complete the reverse round a corner manoeuvre. These skills are: • • • Accuracy - The test examiner will be assessing your ability to reverse round the corner, not touching the curb or straying too far onto the other side of the road. Control - The examiner will be judging your ability to keep the car at a slow and stable speed by use of clutch control. Observation. Effective and all round observation must be taken whilst performing the reverse round a corner manoeuvre. Reverse round a corner diagram A During the driving test, the examiner will ask you to park up on the left on many occasions. They are observing your accuracy and safety for parking. Another occasion may be the examiner is going to request you demonstrate the reverse round a corner. The examiner will ask you to park up on the left, just before the turn you are going to reverse into as in diagram A. When the examiner asks you to park up, ensure you check your main mirror, your left mirror and signal to the left if necessary. Once you have stopped the car...
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...first-person declaration that Plath isn't the speaker in this poem. Instead, we have to think back to the title: what is silver and exact? Well, a mirror! We know mirrors don't talk – but that just makes us more curious about what this mirror is going to say. We know from looking at them that mirrors are silver and give an exact reflection of what is in front of them. The second part of the line is not so simple. This mirror is telling us it has no preconceptions. The mirror doesn't change what it shows you based on it's understanding of who you are, or whether you're having a bad day or a good day – it just shows what it sees. So, while this mirror may be personified in the poem, it doesn't, like most people, let what it has seen before affect what it does in the present. Line 2 Whatever I see, I swallow immediately. Now the personification becomes a little weirder. We can imagine a person who is exact, who has no preconceptions, but a person who swallows everything he sees – now that's a stretch. To figure out this line, it helps to think of what mirrors do to everything they see – they reflect it. Swallowing everything, then, is a metaphor for reflecting everything. The substitution of "swallowing" for "reflecting" makes this mirror seem human. It appears hungry to us, and a little unforgiving and scary. We certainly don't want to be swallowed by our mirrors. In terms of sound, the rhythm of this line swallows the reader right up; it's arranged to be sharp and deliberate...
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...Vincent English 110: Writing in Context I Professor Rogers Close Analysis; “Girl before the Mirror” For this essay I chose a painting by Pablo Picasso called “Girl before a Mirror”, according to the research I had done, this painting is in connection to his mistress Marie- Therese Walter. It displays several view, depending on who’s interpreting the painting. Pablo Picasso became one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century and the creator (with someone named Georges Braque) of Cubism. A painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and stage designer, Picasso was considered radical within his work. The poem that is showed in connection to this painting is called “Before the Mirror” by John Updike. This poem is the poets emotions, thoughts and views based on the painting. John Updike was an award-winning writer of fiction, essays, and reviews, John Updike has also been writing poetry for most of his life. He was inspired by his mother, who was also a writer. For me, “Girl before the Mirror’ is a painting that talks about reflections of one’s self or how we see ourselves versus how others see us even the duality of our natures. There are so many levels your creativity and critical thinking can go in regards to Picasso’s intent with this painting. I can see this particular Picasso painting in a philosophy class where people are wrestling or conversing what the exact meaning of this painting is. The painting is literally displaying a girl and she is...
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