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Best 5 Photos 9-15-08

Different Point of View

The Overlapping in this photo looked really cool

The way the camera focuses on the one cherry makes the photo stand out

This represents the rule of thirds and an adorable little bug

This image represents the geometric shapes through the raindrops on the plant

5 best photos of 9-8-08

Would you read Star Magazine?

I was recently looking at a Star magazine. One thing that I discovered is that the writers who create that magazine uses the perfect rhetoric to grab people's attention. Yes, its true that most of the stuff in the magazine is false and not true, but the magazine can still draw you in. One thing that Magazines like Star ad Enquirer are good at is taking pictures and making up a story to go along with that picture. If they take a picture of Britney Spears crying, they can make anything up from she got in a fight with her mom to she almost died in a car crash. One reason why we are so drawn into the magazine sometimes is because they use pictures. You can never be too sure of what people say these days, but one thing that is hard to argue is a physical image of what happened. I believe that sight is one of the most powerful things that are the hardest to argue because it has a lot of logic behind it. They use that to their advantage. The only problem is, is that they back the pictures up with false facts. You are soon aware of this when you begin reading all the other magazines with similar stories to each other.

Speedos illegal?

I was just reading in the news today about how a guy got a ticket for wearing a speedo. Down on a beach in Florida, this guy was laying out when a deputy came up to him and told him that he had indecent exposure. The deputy continued by kicking him off the beach and giving him a ticket. For a speedo....

So who gets the say on what kind of outfits are too risky to wear in public? After reading this story, i found another one in which a girl was arrested from her senior prom for wearing too skimpy of a prom dress. I would have a agree that it was a little to risky since it practically looked like a 2 piece swim suit. But who gets to draw the line as to what is too much indecent exposure and what isn't?

After the guy with the speedo brought the situation to the court house, they immediately dismissed it, but the guy is suing for what happened.... he should!

No one has really talked much about how church has persuaded us... Have you ever stopped and looked at all the different denominations that we have in Christianity? Methodist, Baptist, Lutheran, Catholic, Presbyterian, Pentecostal, Non-Denominational, and Protestant (those are all of the ones I can think of). What makes people choose a denomination over the other one? Does it have to do with your specific beliefs? I have heard statistics show that all of these different denominations have over 80% in common with each other. If it is not about specific beliefs, does persuasion have something to do with it? Have you ever walked into a church before and after the first service realize that this place feels like "home". Are churches really trying to persuade you to join their congregation or are they doing it for a higher reason.

So lets assume that you find a church that you like based on your own beliefs. Lets say for example--a Lutheran Church. What makes you like a Lutheran Church over another one? I think one of a churches goals is to make a person feel at "home" and feel connected to the people and the atmosphere.

Using rhetoric on my coach

This morning we had morning practice at 6am, which of course no want ever wants to attend since it's so early in the morning. We have 18 girls on the team and only 8 girls ended up showing up. We sat around the pool deck waiting and getting ready to hop in the water to do a swim set. As our coach sat there on deck with us telling us what our swim set was going to be, I heard him mumble that he was 'hungry'. I really did not want to be at practice, and I know no one else wanted to be there either. I knew my coach's favorite restaurant was Franks so I simply suggested we should all do a team bonding and go out for breakfast instead of doing a swim set. I could tell my coach was actually thinking about it.

So...he decided to take us out and everyone was thankful since he decided to pay for all of us too. my persuasion worked on him because I convinced him how much he himself wanted breakfast and especially breakfast from Franks. It worked out in all of our favor!