Creativity: Intrinsic motivation drives creative minds
From a symposium on creativity several experts highlight traits of gifted thinkers. They cite aesthetics, problem finding, challenging assumptions, testing ideas, edge-of-competence work, and intrinsic motivation as core drivers, with emphasis on action and real-world impact.
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Albert Einstein
Janos Starker
National Academy of Sciences
Frank Press
Librarian of Congress
Daniel Boorstin
Patent Office
Alexander Graham Bell
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
Esin Atil
Sackler Gallery
Sinan
Atil
Perkins
Linus Pauling
George Segal
Tureck
King and Lincoln: belief, justice, and the American dream
Antezak notes both leaders faced limits on equality under a constitutional promise. King pursued a morally higher Dream, growing into leadership and embracing non violence while suffering consequences for resisting unjust laws, contrasting with North and Hall in a later scandal.
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King
Lincoln
Antezak
Survey tracks offenders and race breakdown across states
A new Bureau of Justice Statistics report titled Tracking Offenders 1984 analyzes state data on arraignments and sentencing. It finds 63 percent of arrestees were white, 37 percent black, with blacks disproportionally charged in violent felonies and drug cases. Public order felonies show the highest prosecution rate at 30 percent.
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U.S
University of Iowa hosts week of Martin Luther King readings
University of Iowa launches a noon to 1 15 p m observance of Martin Luther King Jr day with a series of readings in the Main Lounge of the Iowa Memorial from January 25 to 29. Speakers include John Boyle Rodney Sturgeon Mae G Henderson Menah Pratt Mary Jo Small Diana Verez Gregory Williams Jim Vogel Adelaide Morris Marvin Crawford Susan Buckley Phyllis Jones Fredrick Woodard and others presenting titles such as Return to the South The Decisive Arrest Suffering and Faith Antidotes for fear The World House Pilgrimage to Nonviolence Nobel Prize Accept and I See the Promised Land King's last Memphis sermon delivered the eve of his assassination.
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University of Iown
Martin Luther King Jr
Iowa Memorial
John Boyle
School of Religion
South
Rodney ‘Sturgeon
Black Students Union
Mae G. Henderson
Menah Pratt
Mary Jo Small
Fear
Diana Verez
Women's Resource and Action Center
Phyllis Jones
Fredrick Woodard
Promised Land
King
Memphis
Tenn
King’s nonviolent legacy spans South Africa to Latin America
Antczak recalls Martin Luther King Jr. as a model of justice rooted in Christian faith. He notes King faced jail, bomb threats, and a 1963 Birmingham march, yet stressed universal American belief in justice. King’s ideas remained influential nearly two decades after his Memphis assassination.
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Iran
Antczak
Hall
King
Montgomery
Ala
Mohandas Gandhi
India
Birmingham
Antezak
Memphis
Tenn
South Africa
Central America
Latin America
Antczak Sai
Philippines Elections See Large Turnout Amid Turbulent Field
In Manila and across Luzon voters face a crowded field for 16 000 seats as 160 000 contenders vie amid anti communist zealots film stars beauty queens and former officers. Col Rolando Abadilla a coup figure stands as a potential vice governor candidate in Locos Norte while Jun Pala in Davao campaigns with a pistol amid threats. Candidates include ex colonels Aguinaldo and Pamin tuan plus entertainers as political hopefuls. Rebels back land reform and anti US bases as Aquino era appointments loom over rival parties.
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Rolando Abadilla
Manila
Marcos
Locas Norte
Arturo Toletino
Davao City
Jun Pala
Pala
Joseph Goebbels
New People's Army
Edmund Enrile Pamintuan
Luzon
Cagayan
Col
Rodolfo Aguinaldo
Aguinaldo
Gregorio "Gringo” Honasan
Philippine Constabulary
Amanda Coronila
Manila Chronicle
Aquino
People’s Party
New Society Movement
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Cityline
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