Lumosity ’s online brain training games were designed by scientists. Included are brain training courses that boost brain function such as memory and attention‚ as well as peak performance such as intelligence and advanced memory. Abstract In many everyday situations‚ speed is of the essence. However‚ fast decisions typically mean more mistakes. To this day‚ it remains unknown whether reaction times can be reduced with appropriate training‚ within one individual‚ across a range of tasks‚ and without
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White Collar Crime vs. Street Crime One problem that plagues our society is crime. Crime is all around us in our everyday lives. Daily we hear of murders‚ robberies‚ and rapes. These are categorized as "street crimes." For many people‚ such crimes are the only "tragic" crimes‚ the ones that are senseless and preventable. In Finsterbusch’s book‚ Taking Sides‚ another variety of crime is exposed. This other form of crime is "white collar" crime. Both have victims‚ and the effects of both
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Podophilia include but are not limited to having repeated sexually arousing fantasies‚ behaviors‚ and urges that involve lifeless objects such as feet or shoes. A foot fetishist is usually aroused by seeing‚ touching‚ smelling‚ and kissing the feet or toes of another person or by having someone else carry out these actions on them. Foot fetishism‚ also known as Podophilia‚ was believed to be a genetic disorder but was actually discovered to cultivate during a person’s sexual development. An individual
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White privilege is when individuals who are born with White skin are awarded unearned social benefits‚ assets‚ protections‚ and advantages over people of color strictly because of their skin color (McIntosh 1998; Crosley-Corcoran 2014). For instance‚ White people do not have to warn their children about systematic racism that still exists in today’s society and how to manage their lives in order to protect themselves from it (McIntosh 1998). While some White people may be disadvantaged due to other
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William Cuthbert Faulkner was born September 25‚ 1897 and died July 6‚ 1962. His hometown was New Albany‚ Mississippi where he spent most of his life. Faulkner was in fact very intelligent‚ but never earned his high school diploma. He really enjoyed reading‚ writing‚ and art. Eventually‚ he made his way to the University of Mississippi. In his life there were two major influences that affected his writing. His mother was a “colored” woman and Faulkner really “held tightly to her ways”‚ according
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White Collar VS Street September 7‚ 2008 at 5:24 pm · Filed under Uncategorized ·Tagged white collar crime As this week is my turn to do the blog presentation in class‚ I have decided to do my blog entry on my presentation topic! Obviously crime‚ but to be more specific‚ white collar crime. The term “white collar crime” was coined by Edwin Sutherland‚ and was his means of explaining crimes that were committed not because of factors like poverty and unemployment‚ but instead committed because
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Research show‚ street criminals were more likely to be caught and be sentenced to more severe penalties than white-collar criminals. The distinction between white-collar and street criminals is key because it is uncertain that whether punishment is established at the level of the specific offense or is established generally for all crime types. Before analyzing whether street and white-collar are similar or different‚ a brief overview of the perceptual literature regarding white-collar crimes are
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FOOT LOCKER‚ RETAIL ATHLETIC FOOTWEAR GIANT Foot Locker‚ Inc. (NYSE: FL) is one of the most successful sportswear and footwear retailers in the world‚ with its headquarters in Midtown Manhattan‚ New York City‚ and operating in approximately 20 countries worldwide. It operates approximately 3‚400 stores in 21 countries in North America‚ Europe and Australia. Through its Foot Locker‚ Footaction‚ Lady Foot Locker‚ Kids Foot Locker and Champs Sports retail stores‚ as well as its direct-to-customer
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displayed by these patients is known as “foot-drop.” Foot-drop is the result of weakness or damage to the common peroneal nerve or a paralysis of the tibialis anterior muscle causing an inability to dorsiflex the foot during the swing phase of gait. This results in the patient having to clear the toes of the effected foot by using some type of compensatory motion of the legs or hips. There are a number of techniques that can be used to help to reduce the effects of foot-drop‚ one of the oldest and most
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searching for Bigfoot for years. In the woods of eastern Ohio‚ he claims he finally came eye to eye with the elusive primate. "It was 2 o’clock in the morning and the moon was a quarter full‚" recalled Moneymaker. "Suddenly‚ there he was‚ an eight-foot-tall creature‚ standing 15 feet away‚
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