Month: March 2016

Cognitive Dissonance: AIPAC attendees reaction to racist comments

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Cognitive dissonance refers to a situation involving conflicting attitudes, beliefs or behaviors. This produces a feeling of discomfort leading to an alteration in one of the attitudes, beliefs or behaviors to reduce the discomfort and restore balance. Festinger’s (1957) cognitive dissonance theory suggests that we have an inner drive to hold all our attitudes and beliefs in harmony and avoid disharmony (or dissonance). Today fefe posted / shared a read-worthy article about cognitive dissonance “Cognitive Dissonance: AIPAC attendees reaction to racist comments“. This is fascinating how ignorant people become and justify their beliefs …

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The Best Fantasy- and Sci-Fi Book Series (IMHO)

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I’ve assembled a list of what I believe are the best fantasy / science fiction series so far. >Blimey! I know that I’m missing something important… The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss First Book in the Series: The Name of the Wind (2007) Description: With only two books published relatively recently (and a related novella), it could be argued that the unfinished Kingkiller trilogy doesn’t belong on this list. But only someone who hasn’t read these books would make that argument, as no other fantasy novels so easily shrug off …

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ForGG Has Announced His Mandatory Military Service

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Park “ForGG” Ji Soo has announced that he will carrying out his mandatory military service, during this time he won’t be streaming or attending to tournaments. It will start on May 3rd. Take care friend! I watched your stream for years, your fails and big moments. Played you once in ladder and failed horrible… We had a lot of fun with friends and enjoyed our time with u. Again, take care. We’ll await your come back after your military service. Come back to us – even without or with dead hands …

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Kurzgesagt: Our Space In A Nutshell

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AHH! I missed two videos by Kurzgesagt. NOOOOOOO! AH. Oh wait! It’s available on youtube and not static TV. If you do not know what Kurzgesagt “in a nutshell” is – start the playlist and learn something about our universe – simple and short videos yet elegant and beautiful. Kurzgesagt (German for „in a nutshell“) is a youtube channel and design studio with a distinctive perspective on design and animation within the fields of education, science and commerce. In a Nutshell – Kurzgesagt is creating Science Animation Videos. It’s fun to extend your knowledge …

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Laugengebäck Makes My Heart Go Aflutter!

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Today I had some really delicious chocolate cookies and Laugengebäck (juicy and crusty, incredibly lusty). The awesomeness made me go aflutter and I remembered a (music) video “Baby Got Laugengebäck” production by Jan Böhmermann – NEO MAGAZIN ROYALE. Let’s share happiness everyone and get yourself some perfectly tanned, yet elegant Laugengebäck! Jan Böhmerman is a German comedian and television / media entertainer, works also as comedy writer and producer. My congratulations to Mr. Böhmermann and his TV-Crew. for being awarded with the german Grimme-Award for their video production about Yanis Varoufakis / Varoufake-Video.

Paladins Beta: Gotcha Face Bucked!

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If you know how to play Skye – she is OP – the same as Buck – depending on the team setup and team-play. Anyway. Buck faced. I has bucket! If you want to play the Paladins Beta send me a message or go on twitch.tv/d0nnyeuw right now ask for invitation and maybe follow him if you like – have fun. You should not listen to my complaints and read the first hands-on look by Tina Lauro Pollock. Paladins: Champions of the Realm is a great game for a beta – it’s …

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Skywind – Official Development Video #4

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The Elder Scrolls Renewal Project is proud to present the 4th installment in our developer video series! This time with a heavy emphasis on recruitment, we are ready to share what the team has been hard at work on in the year since our last video. Thank you to all the fans for their continued patience and support! For more information about the project, visit us at: http://tesrenewal.com/ For volunteer information, follow this link: https://tesrenewal.com/forums/general-development/hub-volunteer-join-the-project – Skywind is currently not available for public download. There is currently no release date. …

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