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    1. 112stony, lifeless elegance of hotels and apartment buildings,toward the vivid, killing streets of our childhood. These streetshadn't changed, though housing projects jutted up out of themnow like rocks in the middle of a boiling sea. Most

      I think this sentence is quite touching, because I have this feeling before.

    2. But now, abruptly, I hated him. I couldn't stand the way helooked at me, partly like a dog, partly like a cunning child. Iwanted to ask him what the hell he was doing in the schoolcourtyard.

      Interesting because the narrator’s sudden hatred isn’t really about the boy but his own fear and guilt about Sonny, showing how deeply conflicted he feels inside.

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    1. when gods don’t desire it, whocan witness their passage, either coming or going?”

      This line shows that the gods control human fate.Odysseus's journey home depends on their will - without it, no one can move or even be seen . It highlights the theme of divine power over mortal lives in The Odyssey.

    1. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel both

      I think the two roads symbolize the choice we all face in life - one may be destiny and the other fate, but no matter which we choose , it leads us to a certain way of living and becoming ourselves.

    1. Whatever she planted grew as if by magic, and her fame as a grower of .flowers spread over three counties. Because of her creativity with her flow-ers, even my memories of poverty are seen through a screen of blooms-sun-flowers, petunias, roses, dahlias, forsythia, spirea, delphiniums, verbena ...and on and on.

      Her mother's garden symbolizes suppressed female creativity-beauty and art growing from struggle, like magic.

  4. Oct 2025
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    1. Andthank God she was there, for I was filled with that icy dreadagain. Everything I did seemed awkward to me, and every-thing I said sounded freighted with hidden meaning. I wastrying to remember everything I'd heard about dope addictionand I couldn't help watching Sonny for signs. I wasn't doing itout of malice. I was trying to find out something about mybrother. I was dying to hear him tell me he was safe.

      From this passage we can see the narrator keeps looking after his brother for fear of him being trapped by drugs again ;the theme of the obligation toward brotherly love.

    2. And he was giving it back, as every-thing must be given back, so that, passing through death, itcan live forever. I saw my mother's face again, and felt, for thefirst time, how the stones of the road she had walked on musthave bruised her feet. I saw the moonlit road where my fa-ther's brother died. And it brought something else back to me,and carried me past it, I saw my little girl again and feltIsabel's tears again, and I felt my own tears begin to rise.

      the narrator's reaction to Sonny's music shows howdleeply it moves him. I think it's also a turning point where he finally begins to understand Sonny.

    1. He didn't bother talking much to them, but around his bent headConnie's mother kept picking at her until Connie wished her mother was dead and sheherself was dead and it was all over.

      It is surprising that a teenage girl would wish for both her mother and herself to die just because of family arguments.

    2. Her mother, who noticed everything and knew everything and whohadn't much reason any longer to look at her own face, always scolded Connie about it.

      It’s interesting here because it’s impossible in real life that one can know everything about the other. But the author made Connie’s mother be a person who omniscient about her daughter.

    3. with charm braceletsjingling on their thin wrists; they would lean together to whisper and laugh secretly ifsomeone passed who amused or interested them. Connie had long dark blond hair thatdrew anyone's eye to it, and she wore part of it pulled up on her head and puffed out andthe rest of it she let fall down her back. She wore a pull-over jersey blouse that looked oneway when she was at home and another way when she was away from home

      This sentenceis interesting because the author writes out the scene which Connie is free and happy with her friends.

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    1. She told the blind man she'd written a poemand he was in it. She told him that she was writing a poemabout what it was like to be an Air Force officer's wife

      It’s interesting because it shows how deeply the blind man influenced her inner life. Even years later, she still felt the need to share her emotions and experiences with him through poetry.

    2. We dug in. We ace everything there was to eat on the cable.We ate like there was no tomorrow. We didn't talk. We ace.We scarl'ed. We grazed chat table. We were into serious eating.The blind man had right away located his foods, he knew justwhere everything was on his place. I watched'wich admirationas he used his knife and fork on the meat. He'd cue two piecesof. meat, fork the meat into his mouth, and then go all outfor the scalloped potatoes, the beans next, and then he'd tearoff a hunk of buttered bread and eat chat. He'd follow chis upwith a big drink of milk.

      This paragraph is very interesting that the narrator says that the feast is so many but the ambience is empty.

    1. My br other is also a physician, and also of high standing,and he says the same thing.

      It’s interesting that either her husband or her brother are all physician and had same idea about her. It shows that how stressful the narrator would be if none of them believed she was sick.

  7. Sep 2025
    1. Her heart was almost too bignow for her chest and its pumping made sweat break out all over her. She looked out tosee Arnold Friend pause and then take a step toward the porch, lurching. He almost fell.But, like a clever drunken man, he managed to catch his balance. He wobbled in his highboots and grabbed hold of one of the porch posts.

      This passage is interesting because Arnold Friend seems both clumsy and in control. His strange movements make him look unpredictable and threatening, which makes me feel tense.

    2. mother's tone was approving, and if Connie's name was mentioned it was disapproving.This did not really mean she disliked Connie, and actually Connie thought that hermother preferred her to June just because she was prettier, but the two of them kept up apretense of exasperation, a sense that they were tugging and struggling over something oflittle value to either of them. Sometimes, over coffee, they were almost friends, butsomething would come up—some vexation that was like a fly buzzing suddenly aroundtheir heads—and their faces went hard with contempt.

      Initially, Connie clearly expresses that her mom doesn't like her, but in this paragraph, she says her mom prefers her to June, and sometimes they act like friends. However, they seem to pretend to argue. That is interesting to me.

    3. He looked at her. He took off the sunglasses and she saw how pale the skin around hiseyes was, like holes that were not in shadow but instead in light. His eyes were like chipsof broken glass that catch the light in an amiable w

      This paragraph vividly portrays Arnold’s image and makes readers sense that something is off about him.

    4. They must have been familiar sights, walking around the shopping plaza in theirshorts and flat ballerina slippers that always scuffed the sidewalk,

      This is interesting because it reminds me that teenage girls often pay close attention to their appearance.

    5. June did this, June did that, she savedmoney and helped clean the house and cookedand Connie couldn't do a thing, her mindwas all filled with trashy daydreams.

      Her mother, to add salt to the wound, would praise her sister, June. Whatever June is Connie isn’t. A distraught favoritism at play.

    6. so much land that Connie had never seen before anddid not recognize except to know that she was going to it.

      An uncertain fate awaits Connie as she is taken away. Whether she really recognize the place or not, the landscape here represents uncertainty, vast and unknown.

    7. Everythingabout her had two sides to it, one for home and one for anywhere that was not home:

      I think this sentence was very interesting is because it shows that Connie is two different people at home and outside. It feels like the common phenomenon among teenagers: "one way in front of parents, another way outside."

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    1. The mosteffective way to combat procrastination is to use time and project management strategies such as schedules,goal setting, and other techniques to get tasks accomplished in a timely manner.

      It is truly important to schedule tasks and break the tasks into smaller pieces, in order to finish work step by step. Just like the quote which professor mentioned in class : "You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."

    1. John is a physician, and perhaps— (I would not say it to a livingsoul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to mymind)— perhaps that is one reason I do not get well faster

      I find this interesting because it shows irony. The narrator’s husband is a doctor, but instead of helping her recover, his actually makes her worse.

    2. Personally I believe that congenial work, with excitement andchange, would do me good.

      His husband and brother are both physicians, but they don’t seem to understand psychiatry. I actually think the main character, as a mental patient, knows better how to heal herself.

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    1. “Our students are coming into school every day with greater needs in every aspect of their lives, including around their mental health. But the support just isn’t there to help teachers and staff,” said Bissegger.

      I found this very interesting because this is why educators need their admin to support them. If they are expected to juggle all the different parts of teaching then the support has got to be there. In many other articles I have read, I have heard that teachers feel unsupported and it begins to be a lot. It is okay that students come into school every day with greater needs, but if we need to help them, then someone has to help us.

  10. Jun 2025
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    1. l _ou mu~ tell_fil1yone/' my mother said, "what Iam about to tell you. In China your father had a sister whokilled herself. She jumped into the family well. We say thatyour father has all brothers because it is as if she had neverbeen born.

      This sounds like a story, because it is too fake in real life.

  12. Apr 2025
  13. Jan 2025
    1. for - Attending to attention and intention - from - search - Google - interesting results returned - word similiarity attention intention - https://hyp.is/efl1Et-2Ee-plyeK0BERqA/www.google.com/seairch?q=word+similiarity+attention+intention&oq=word+similiarity+attention+intention&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQLhhA0gEIOTYwNmowajSoAgCwAgE&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 - to - search - Google - etymology intention - comment - Nice diagram showing attention and intention - I learned etymological relationship - attention is stretching towards ( an object) - intention is stretching out - because I did not understand "stretch out", it triggered a search for - "etymology intention"

    1. M. Chirimuuta

      for - from - Chapter 9 of book - The Brain Abstracted: Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience - M. Chirimuuta - 2024 - https://hyp.is/Ne0vsN8TEe-0gKfJ_-CHFQ/watermark.silverchair.com/c008400_9780262378628.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAA1AwggNMBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggM9MIIDOQIBADCCAzIGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMQiuxj5ADRMKA_9kUAgEQgIIDA4n2hqWRY4iDrmrcDrCx6YjsLiXeoqGBMrezs_kymEj3y1Jqh_UlW5WfGUNhBfTC5IpUGikuqBzjC9_UepW_n-SIy8wOnvMB8W08sihzohH-Dzof0oothB7tfYDAZJe04dVrYtUetmqDpi53kj_LaU6h3UNR9ZZpc8KFqtL_0IGhnMT8wvJiknRHbD-SXDTiVAFAzRGKqckrbrrm4KDfIjCpbBRa1QaRVoTIgo0Kwp4J8Mb9KNA0czcYDBkL4vjLBNZY-a0VdIJlYAzbyHeLOtugVKGmq1Lfu8K1zMNEi6HMthJDxRx9Kmv3Jbgy0hi7_dcwkURYj4VuBDU24DihiwMlXYgkl3uAop9jwd-fvlbExhBUD_FoR4kmq4iegAr62meXal4dvA2BwJIv_zISyqP3ez4LEZZpGp1r3OCq1bK4r-ono7w0h3VOCkBXq2BWUy4lb2Norec7yGcWxYLf3bvMJyxxRVKjcpV4us6IlDg6bLE5a2YCp9uh8vdZC_YjH-bkHUnxIapqN4D1iCvRUhtG9mvlnx4PBPZPUSTKEf9AxvVOp2nST27YGVUbKU8Qq6J6y5hD7vhTqx9-YjinBxOw2FH_hVL1ZgDSpO-glVzORMJRI1WYUz_w7Kfc3eG3OBVB6amY7_FULAqhtICn_N1Xao-hAFAkfIEk0MMQd0XkGIMtsRKUL_5Rhzw_kGnHMnWFCCVdlt1LKGvkDqo_0kxYB1aKEUiykx8nsmZOksso2VCRTXBhBMcsrDmOpBM4zKPpbi0qfRwPEJmQ2JkhNoVFhSJvdmJ8yoAd4ZH6i--LohA_TCmrD-wE6hjCDrmm9VbwYqyLXslzulCS_9IQBG9k_jMZ5doqutYbJs6UrpWHcYqKeT0HKbzPWGp3uMmDTvs-YUyUkmwTxH7GTlaNC5eUJ64sQt7-GhcqbPq30Pe5tLvX2ztPyln1uiuH9GBY_RiXWR2JMmYz46Kue3Iu35mJCKpfNWTO-z41USYMNMMjlB0jgsUGT0BzedInF9UvZ31M9Q - to - pdf of book - The Brain Abstracted: Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience - M. Chirimuuta - 2024

    1. The abundance of nonpolar functional groups give lipids a degree of hydrophobic (“water fearing”) character and most lipids have low solubility in water.

      Due to the hydrophobic nature of lipids/nonpolar compounds, this made me wonder about the composition of soap. I wonder how the nonpolar + polar properties interact in soap so that it still interacts with water, but not the extent of complete repulsion or dissociation in water.

  14. Dec 2024
    1. you are juggling, and everything’s in the air, and you’re frozen.You have to stay there until you’ve eliminated all questions

      I like this analogy. It’s a great reminder that in ours daily lives we should also get all the evidence or opinions first before we jump to any conclusion. Like how when we read a crime book, we often make assumptions and guesses before we even read to the end. That’s fine for entertainment, but accusations in real life should be treated without action before all the facts are out. cough cancel culture.

    2. Or are you only working with cases where you’re pretty sure from the get‑go that the person is‑‑

      In this segment, Sarah Koenig raises an intriguing question about the nature of investigative work: "Are you only working with cases where you're pretty sure from the get-go that the person is guilty or innocent?" This line touches on the ethical and practical complexities of investigative journalism. It challenges the assumption that journalists or detectives can be certain from the start about someone's guilt or innocence, emphasizing the uncertainty and nuances that often come with real-life cases.

  15. Nov 2024
    1. From my experience I cannot doubt but that man, when lost to terrestrial consciousness, is indeed sojourning in another and uncorporeal life of far different nature from the life we know, and of which only the slightest and most indistinct memories linger after waking.

      the way the word another takes certain meaning

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    1. I'm cold.cold?TC: Why don't you put on your shirt?RB: (Silence)TC: It's odd about tattoos. I've talked to several hundred men con'viof homicide-multiple homicide, in most cases. The only comdenominator I could find among them was tattoos. A good eighcent of them were heavily tattooed. Richard Speck. York and La...Smith and Hickock.RB: I'll put on my sweater

      It is interesting for Robert Beausoleil to put on his clothes after Truman Capote’s words.

  17. Oct 2024
    1. Surely some one can read Morse. And then they’ll come to take us off. Long before thisevening.”

      In the later part of the story, some characters still believe that there is hope for salvation, which is quite ironic for readers who already know the ending.

    2. no, it isn’t coincidence! It’s our murderer’s touch of local colour! He’s a playful beast.Likes to stick to his damnable nursery jingle as closely as possible’

      In the current situation with multiple deaths, people have different perspectives on the issues at hand. However, some have also identified the killer's tricks, revealing the killer's talent for confusion and malicious enjoyment.

    1. what really I was really interested in was the idea that Marx wasn't really Keen or was sort of hostile to the idea of equality which I'm guessing will come as a surprise to many people

      for - interesting perspective - Karl Marx - He wasn't principally interested in equality - book - Capitalism: the word and the thing - perspectival knowledge of - Michael Sonenscher - misunderstanding - modern capitalists - misunderstand Karl Marx's work - Michael Sonenscher - Karl Marx and Capitalism - Maximizing each individual's freedom while not trampling on the same aspiration of other individuals within a society

      Interesting perspective - Karl Marx wasn't principally interested in equality - Sonenscher offers an interesting interpretation and perspectival knowledge of Karl Marx's motivation in his principal work paraphrase - Marx's thought centered on is interest in individuality and the degree to which in certain respects being somebody who is free and able to make choices about his or her lives and future activities is going to depend on each person's: - qualities - capabilities - capacities - preoccupations - values, etc - For Marx, freedom is in the final analysis something to do with something - particular - specific and - individual w - What matters to me may not matter entirely in the same sort of way to you because ultimately - in an ideal State of Affairs, my kinds of concerns and your kinds of concerns will be simply specific to you and to me respectively - For Marx, the problems begin as is also the case with Rosseau - when these kinds of absolute qualities are displaced by - relative qualities that apply equally to us both - For Marx, things like - markets - prices - commodities and - things that connect people - are the hallmarks of equality because they put people on the same kind of footing prices and productivity - Whereas the things that REALLY SHOULD COUNT are - the things that separate and distinguish people that make each individual fully and and entirely him or herself and - the idea for Marx is that capitalism - which is not a term that Marx used, - puts people on a kind of spurious footing of equality - Getting beyond capitalism means getting beyond equality to a state of effect in which - difference , - particularity, - individuality and - uniqueness - in a certain kind of sense will prevail

      comment - This perspective is quite enlightening on Marx's motivations on this part of his work and is likely misconstrued by those mainstream "capitalists" who vilify his work without critical analysis - Of course freedom - within a social context - is never an absolute term. - It is not possible to live in a society in which everyone is able to actualize their full imaginations, something pointed out in the work of two other famous thought leaders of modern history: - Thomas Hobbes observed in his famous work, Leviathan, and - Sigmund Freud also made a primary subject of his ID, Ego and Superego framework. - Total freedom would lead - first to anarchy and then - the emergence within that anarchy of those which possess the most charisma, influence, self-seeking manipulative skills and brutality - surfacing rule by authority - Historically, as democracy attempts to surface from a history of authoritarian, patriarchal governance, - democracy is far from ubiquitous and authoritarian governance is still alive and well in many parts of the world - The battle between - authoritarian governments among themselves and - authoritarian and democratic governments - results in war, violence and trauma that creates the breeding ground for the next generation of authoritarian leaders - Marx's main intent seems to be to enable the individual existing within a society to live the fullest life possible, - by way of enabling and maximizing their unique expression, - while not constraining the same aspiration in other individuals who belong to the same society

  18. Sep 2024
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    1. The first useful concept is the idea of short assignments. Oftenwhen you sit down to write, what you have in mind is anautobiographical novel about your childhood

      9/30 Interesting : This often happens to me whether im writting an essay or paragraph with a childhood topic.

    2. So you get up and do your morning things, and one thingleads to another, and eventually, at nine, you find yourself backat the desk, staring blankly at the pages you filled yesterday.

      9/30 Interesting : This line relates to things we do in our daily, when you feel like you doing lot of things but actually not.

    1. At such times I could not help remarking and admiring (although from his rich ideality I had been prepared to expect it{w}) a peculiar analytic ability in Dupin. He seemed, too, to take an eager delight in its exercise — if not exactly in its display — and did not hesitate{x} to confess the pleasure thus derived. He boasted to me, with a low chuckling laugh, that most men, in respect to himself, wore windows in their bosoms,(8) and was wont to follow up such assertions by direct and very startling proofs of his intimate knowledge of my own. His manner at these moments was frigid and abstract; his eyes were vacant in expression; while his voice, usually a rich tenor, rose into a treble which would have sounded petulantly but for the deliberateness and entire distinctness of the enunciation. Observing him in these moods, I often dwelt meditatively upon the old philosophy of the Bi-Part Soul,(9) and amused myself with the fancy of a double Dupin — the creative and the resolvent.

      I think the author is building up the charming characteristic for Dupin. To make readers like him more.<br /> Dupin was described as a well mannered man with money.

    2. There is no back passage by which any one could have descended while the party proceeded up stairs.

      It's quite interesting that it said no other ways the murderer(s) could take (escape). In addition, witnesses said it's about 3-5 minutes from hearing the vioces to breaking the door. How did the murderer(s) run away?

    3. “The man who ran up against you as we entered the street — it may have been fifteen minutes ago.”

      Showing Dupin's prowess in deduction and his unpredictable personality through a random dialogue. Even before the case officially begins, let the reader understand his character

    4. They must, then, have the power of fastening themselves

      I think the detective is smart. When he find the sash is difficult to be opened and needed to be fasten inside, he doesn’t quit the possibility that murderer could escape from the window but try to find if the window can fasten by itself.

    5. They seemed to be{r} screams of some person (or persons) in great agony — were loud and drawn out, not short and quick. Witness led the way up stairs. Upon reaching the first landing, heard two voices in loud and angry contention — the one a gruff voice, the other much shriller — a very strange voice. Could distinguish some words of the former, which was that of a Frenchman. Was positive that it was not a woman's voice. Could distinguish the words ‘sacré’{s} and ‘diable.’ The shrill voice was that of a foreigner. Could not be sure whether it was the voice of a man or of a woman.

      It is interesting to read the description of the voice. I am imagining the “not like man or woman” voice in my mind when reading this part. I am still wandering how the voice could be.

    6. Poe wrote his story hastily. The manuscript shows more changes than do most of his surviving manuscripts, which appear to be copies carefully made for the printer rather than working drafts.

      I know nearly nothing about Poe so this description arouses my interest in the public impression of him: Is Poe the type of writer who is a bit worldly? otherwise, why does the manuscript look different from the others?

    7. Had the routine of our life at this place been known to the world, we should have been regarded as madmen — although, perhaps, as madmen of a harmless nature. Our seclusion was perfect. We admitted no visitors.{s} Indeed the locality of our retirement had been carefully kept a secret from my own former associates; and it had been many years since Dupin had ceased to know or be known in Paris. We existed within ourselves alone.

      I find this part interesting. Why should they have been regarded as madmen? Is it merely because their lifestyles? Or the fact that they are isolated from the city. I don't think only by these traits should one be regarded as madmen.

    8. As the strong man exults in his physical ability, delighting in such exercises as call his muscles into action,(1) so glories the analyst in that moral activity which disentangles. He derives pleasure from even the most trivial occupations bringing his talent into play. He is fond of enigmas, of conundrums, of hieroglyphics; exhibiting in his solutions of each{b} a degree of acumen{c} which appears to the ordinary apprehension præternatural.

      These are the traits I've seen on both Sherlock Holmes' novel and the BBC television series starring Benedict Cumberbatch.

    9. Voltaire's Zadig

      Edgar Allan Poe was deeply influenced by Voltaire (伏爾泰).

      Voltaire was a prominent figure in the 18th-century French Enlightenment movement.

      Hence, I anticipate the incorporation of elements from that era, especially the philosophical discussion and dialogue that challenge conventional social norms, as evident in Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.”

    10. An extraordinary burglary — attended by very singular circumstances, and perpetrated by a curious felon — occurred in this town on Monday night.

      The idea of using an animal as a perpetrator is quite unusual, it details the chaotic encounter between the monkey and the residents, showcasing a blend of humor and absurdity that makes it particularly interesting.

    11. He is fond of enigmas, of conundrums, of hieroglyphics; exhibiting in his solutions of each{b} a degree of acumen{c} which appears to the ordinary apprehension præternatural.

      ok then that's why he can be a detective, I even have no idea about the wording here...literally looking up for the words all the time...

  20. Aug 2024
    1. themes of longing and loss and the close relationship between these two things, themes ofmeditation or philosophical contemplation, of political or moral outrage or celebration, praiseand blame, a concern with how difficult it can be to say just what we mean and feel we need tosay.

      The common themes of lyric poems reflect the speakers deep thoughts and contemplations. They also seem to use a lot of comparisons in order to further their point.

    1. Deep in the sun-searched growths the dragon-fly

      This can be seen as someone who is looking deep for the light that will lead to personal growth, change or realization of something impactful. Dragonflies are a symbolic for change or self realization.

    2. Not for the proud man apartFrom the raging moon I writeOn these spindrift pagesNor for the towering deadWith their nightingales and psalms

      He does not write for egotistical people who may see themselves as above everyone else, and he does not like to write about the dead.

    3. Tis visible silence, still as the hour-glass

      Even in a moment where he wants time to stand still, time keeps moving. This scares the speaker as he wishes he could just enjoy this moment with her instead of imagining what could happen. Love fades with time.

    4. Ask me no more

      The repetition of "ask me no more" is showing that he simply does not have the answer to these questions, and he might even be asking and searching for the answer to these questions himself.

    5. he golden atoms of the day;For in pure love heaven did prepar

      Could be a metaphor for the sun. We need the sun to survive as he needs her to survive. How ever, the sun comes and goes which can also give us some insight into their relationship.

  21. Apr 2024
  22. Mar 2024
    1. “You will be expected to use AI generative tools in thisclass, following the instructor’s permissions and directions,”

      Interesting: I find this very interesting. This is the first time I have seen AI, when mostly prohibited or looked down upon in classroom setting is being used purposefully.

    1. I was clipping the coarse hairs from your ears and ruby nostrils - it is interesting how the advocates of personal private space would argue that it is too personal and too intimate to course someone's hair from ears or nostrils, even if it is about a couple. It is valuable to notice how much the author wanted to emphasize the bond and intimacy between the couples that he ended up going this deep into physical connection.

  23. Feb 2024
    1. Faculty members have begun using it tohelp them design their courses, viewing it as a tool that can make instructionmore effective and engaging.In his business-communication class, Carl Follmer, director of the FrankBusiness Communication Center in the University of Iowa’s Tippie College ofBusiness, created an AI chatbot he calls Impy.

      professors are using AI to enhance teaching, like creating chatbots and improving lesson plans, showing AI's potential to improve education.

    1. The writing process also applies to timed writing tasks, such as essay exams.

      It would be very helpful to know the which can be used in the test and the exam it will take me to improve my writing skill.

    1. Writing, on the other hand, gives you the chance to put down your ideas and make them stay put long enough for you to evaluate them

      Before, I think writing is just a way to get a score .But after high school I changed my mind by many articles .It’s the way you can share your crazy ideas.

  24. Jan 2024
  25. Dec 2023
    1. an either one alone [45]. One year of briskwalking combined with gymnastic training either increasedor maintained the spine BMD in postmenopausal women[25]. Results from an earlier meta-analysis showed thatwalking with other AEXs significantly affected the BMD atspine, but not hip [46]. Bone mass increases or decreasesin response to mechanical loading depending on whetherthe thresholds controlling bone formation and resorptionhave been reached [47]. A few studies have demonstratedthe importance of walking intensity on

      interesting read: than either one alone [45]. One year of brisk walking combined with gymnastic training either increased or maintained the spine BMD in postmenopausal women [25]. Results from an earlier meta-analysis showed that walking with other AEXs significantly affected the BMD at spine, but not hip [46]. Bone mass increases or decreases in response to mechanical loading depending on whether the thresholds controlling bone formation and resorption have been reached [47]. A few studies have demonstrated the importance of walking intensity on

  26. Nov 2023
    1. Globally, 70% of today’s urban growth (PDF) occurs outside the formal planning process.
      • for: interesting fact - urban growth and slums, quote - urban growth and slums

      • interesting fact: urban growth and slums

      • quote: urban growth and slums

        • globally, 70% of today's urban growth occurs outside the formal planning process
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        • this is definitely a unique urban planning problem of large metros, especially in the Global South
    1. let's assume that the price of oil uh is at least at the uh 75 range which keeps us out of trouble Keith is at least floating in Alberta maybe even 80 bucks 01:00:56 a barrel maybe even 85 so that we've got some extra money so uh we're going to appoint you and you get to look around for a female and uh 01:01:10 the two of you have to then look around for uh people who are uh indigenous male and female and the four of you are going to be a group and we're going to give you 01:01:22 um uh uh a hundred billion dollars to spend over 10 years which means that you've got uh 10 billion 100 million no we're going to do more 01:01:37 we're going to give you a billion dollars so you've got a hundred million a year and you're going to be able to give it away in 10 million dollar tranches
      • for: interesting idea - project to shift consciousness in Alberta

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      • interesting idea: project to shift consciousness in Alberta
        • When there is a surplus use it to spend a billion dollars over the next 10 years, 100 million each year given away in 10 million dollar tranches
        • communities of approx. 15,000 people can apply for the 10 million dollar grant to raise consciousness and understand the modernity frame they currently unconsciously live within
        • in order to change the system, you have to first be aware of it and how that system is in you
        • This is an evolutionary experiment because nobody has tried to change a complex system like this before
    2. the Americanization of the culture of Alberta and the importance of American capital for the 00:24:23 energy industry but there was a lot of migration from the United States from Nebraska and Montana um up north yeah a third of the people who settled 00:24:35 the Prairies between 1880 and 1913 and a third of the three million who came were American my mother born in the U.S yes a lot of 00:24:48 the established you know people who've been here a while uh on the Canadian prairies we look South and we literally see cousins
      • for: interesting fact - many Albertans are from America

      • interesting fact

        • 3 million people settled the Canadian Praries between 1880 and 1913
        • 30% of them were fromNebrask and Montana
  27. Sep 2023
    1. This is the only way for an adult student to develop as an independent mind, a critical thinker, and a more educated human being.

      The idea that writing is a form of thinking intrigued me. It made me consider the deeper role of writing.

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    1. that the load foran individual participant in an investigation isoften unreasonably large: to be ready for aninterview and in addition to provide a coun-selling conversation is, if measured against thenormal requirement of taking part in a study, acomparatively heavy burden.

      !!!

    2. ecause of projectplanning and resources, the empirical steps haveto be conducted sequentially – first the observa-tional data are collected and analysed and thenthe interviews are conducted and analysed. Inthis case possible influences of the differenttimes on content should not be forgotten

      The data may influence the researcher and change his actions in the interview.

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    1. With safety of her innocence;

      I find that the speaker may be alluding to different ideas in this line. His daughter, who passed at only six months, will be safeguarded of her innocence as she will not experience any form of hatred or danger in the mortal world. Yet, I also believe it applies to the sacrament of baptism which ties to her innocence. Baptism is performed a few weeks after birth for purity in the eyes of God. Therefore, Mary is pure and innocent as she goes to heaven.

    1. This living hand, now warm and capable

      I feel as if it makes sense that "living hand" is associated with "now warm and capable." I feel as if this means that his life which was once filled with dread and possibly bloodshead was replaced with a persona capable of helping others.

  32. Dec 2022
    1. Bij de aanpak van risico’s in onze toeleveringsketen op het gebied vanmensenrechten en milieu richten wij ons in de eerste plaats op de productie van onzeeigenmerken. Deze zijn niet alleen verantwoordelijk voor het grootste deel van onzeomzet. Wij zijn ook rechtstreeks voor onze eigenmerk producten verantwoordelijk. Ookbij de inkoop van merk producten verwachten we dat er rekening wordt gehouden met deimpact van het productieproces op mens en milieu.

      Lidl richt zich op de eerste plaats op risico's van mensenrechten en milieu van de productie van eigenmerken

    2. we werken er continu aan om de kennis van onze inkopers op het gebiedvan sociale en ecologische kwesties te verbeteren. Via trainingen gericht op dezedoelgroep en gespecificeerd per productgroep, vergroten we de kennis van onzeinkopers en versterken we de centrale rol van duurzaamheid bij Lidl.

      Trainingen voor inkopers op het gebied van sociale- en ecologische kwesties

    3. De beoordeling van mogelijke risico’s voor onze eigenmerk producten wordt uitgevoerddoor middel van een systematische procedure die is gebaseerd op indices zoals deGlobal Rights Index van de ITUC en de Global Slavery Index, en is gecombineerd metgegevens van de Verenigde Naties Voedsel- en Landbouworganisatie (FAO) en deEnvironmental Perfomance Index. Daarnaast gaan we continu in gesprek met externestakeholders en winnen de expertise in van bijvoorbeeld maatschappelijke organisaties,vakbonden en andere deskundigen. Samen met deze verschillende experts kunnen wein kaart brengen waar de grootste uitdagingen zijn om mensenrechten schendingen tevoorkomen en kunnen we maatregelen ontwikkelen om deze obstakels te verminderen,bijvoorbeeld obstakels in relatie tot vrijheid van vereniging of het recht op collectieveonderhandelingen

      Systematische procedure voor risicoanalyse op mensenrechtenschendingen

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    1. With the reading portion of the world it is generally known that I have devoted the greater partof my life in visiting, and recording the looks of, the various native Races of North and SouthAmerica; and during those researches, observing the healthy condition and physical perfection ofthose people, in their primitive state, as contrasted with the deplorable mortality, the numerousdiseases and deformities, in civilized communities, I have been led to search for, and able, Ibelieve, to discover, the main causes leading to such different results.

      catlin e l'analisi dei popoli dei nativi americani

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    1. you.

      The audience of the poem is the reader. This is not known until the last word, so it is interesting to reread the poem once more with this idea in mind. The author could have included 'you' earlier in the poem, but purposefully left this until the near end of the poem.

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    1. That image only contains 200 pixels horizontally, but the browser stretches it to 400px wide or even farther!Luckily, you’ll see there’s an easy “fix” there at the end: our old good friend the width attribute!<img src="example.gif", srcset="example.gif 200w" sizes="(min-width: 400px) 400px, 100vw" width="200" /* <=== TA-DA! */ class="logo">As long as you can specify the width attribute so it reflects the true maximum size of your largest image, you won’t run into this problem of having sizes make your image wider than it naturally should go.
  44. Apr 2021
  45. Mar 2021
    1. A proposal to specify the path for bury with classes as values of a hash arg: {}.bury(users: Array, 0 => Hash, name: Hash, something: 'Value') # {user: [{name: {something: 'Value'}]} So all absent nodes could be created via klass.new

      Didn't understand it at first, but now I think it's a pretty clever/decent solution.

      Just a bit more verbose than one might like...

      At first I had reservations about the fact that this requires you to pass a hash ... or rather, once you start using a hash as your "list", you can't just "switch back" to an array (a "problem" I've noticed in RSpec, where you have some tags that are symbols, and some that are hashes: you have to list the symbols first: describe 'thing', :happy_path, driver: :chrome):

      {}.bury(users: Array, 0, 'Value')
      

      But I think that's okay in practice. Just use a hash for all "elements" in your list:

      {}.bury(users: Array, 0 => 'Value')
      
    2. data = {}.extend XKeys::Auto # Vs ::Hash, uses arrays for int keys data[:users, 0, :name] # nil data[:users, 0, :name, :raise => true] # KeyError data[:users, :[], :name] = 'Matz' # :[] is next index, 0 in this case # {:users=>[{:name=>"Matz"}]} pick = [:users, 0, :name] data[*pick] # Matz data[:users, 0, :accesses, :else => 0] += 1 # {:users=>[{:name=>"Matz", :accesses=>1}]}
    1. The words type, concept, property, quality, feature and attribute (all used in describing things) tend to be used with different verbs. E.g. Suppose a rose bush is defined as a plant that is "thorny", "flowering" and "bushy". You might say a rose bush instantiates these three types, or embodies these three concepts, or exhibits these three properties, or possesses these three qualities, features or attributes.
    1. For example, in the Dyirbal language, the morpheme balam marks each entity in its noun class with the semantic property of edibility,[8] and Burmese encodes the semantic property for the ability to cut or pierce. Encoding the functional property for transportation, housing, and speech are also attested in world languages.
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  47. Feb 2021
    1. a yong Squiér, A lovyere and a lusty bacheler,

      Interesting Chaucer presents the squire right after the knight, it makes it seem as though they are foils for each other meant to emphasize their different stages in development as knights

  48. Jan 2021
    1. Now I can only smile.

      This makes me think of the narrator being bedridden in old age or sickness and her partner is no longer alive. Since flowers and hospitals also have a close tie like flowers and relationships, the author might be trying to convey how the narrator's relationship with her partner changed over time with old age but still kept the same in some aspects.

    2. your flowers

      The use of "your flowers" instead of just "flowers" insinuates that the partner isn't worried that the narrator doesn't want flowers in general, but, rather, the partner is worried that the narrator wouldn't want flowers from him specifically. This makes me think there has been turmoil in the relationship.

    1. rages

      The poets uses what would rather be a simple verb as a powerful verb to paint the picture of how the moon is the most outstanding object at night. This is probably to show that love can power through tough situation. But the moon has phases.

    1. So haunt thy days and chill thy dreaming nights

      It kind of seems like he is talking about feeling dead and sort of contradicting the title This living hand... because you get cold when you die and he's talking about haunting the day.

    1. To explain further what exactly I’m building, the animated background is a pure code equivalent to the old music video, but runs as long as the full length of the album, though without any event triggers to tie it to the music (the animation runs continuously for the full amount of time that the uninterrupted album lasts, but does not pause or jump to a different location in the animation). It’s also extremely slow animation
  49. Dec 2020
    1. With the caveat that hero worship can be gross, distorting, and unhelpful to everyone involved, Svelte author Rich Harris (@rich_harris on Twitter) is one of my favorite open source developers. In the JS community he’s well-known among tool authors for spreading interesting ideas. He’s the creator of many open source projects including Rollup, the bundler of choice for many libraries including React and Vue.
  50. Nov 2020
    1. notion

      I don't feel very comfortable with this choice of wording, perhaps because the dictionary definition includes such wishy-washy definitions as "A belief or opinion." "An impulse or whim."

      Why not choose a better word like "property"? Which is what they called it here, for example.

      (Even "concept" or "idea", though just as vague, might be better than notion?)

  51. Oct 2020