Academic Reading and Writing I Discursive essay Thin-slicing for Citizens of Kazakhstan Instructor’s name: Brad Comann Student’s name: Ruslan Assanbekov “There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in month of rational analysis” ~Malcolm Gladwell‚ Blink (9). Every day we are faced with decisions. The quality of them often determines the pattern of our lives. There’s the question:
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Opening: Gladwell describes the main subject of his book as "thin-slicing": our ability to gauge what is important from a very narrow period of experience. b) Example: John Gottman is a researcher well known for his work on marital relationships. After analyzing a normal conversation between a husband and wife for an hour‚ Gottman can predict whether that couple will be married in 15 years with ninety-five percent accuracy. c) Example: Gladwell also speaks of the studies of Paul Ekman‚ a psychologist
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Michael Li German R5b Essay 2 Foredoomed Failure of Dr. Caligari The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is an expressionism movie by Robert Wiene. A young man tells a horror story that happened in a small town: An old man names Dr. Caligari devotes in hypnotic crime. By using a somnambulist‚ Cesar‚ as medium‚ he could commit murders without being caught by police. One day‚ Dr. Caligari‚ along with Cesare‚ comes to the town for a show in fair. Cesare is so called capable of predicting the future and tells
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Andrew Barker emerged from a lengthy discussion on the energy beverage market in the United States. As a brand manager for Snapple beverages at the Dr Pepper Snapple Group‚ Inc.‚ he was charged with assessing whether or not a profitable market opportunity existed for a new energy beverage brand to be produced‚ marketed‚ and distributed by the company in 2008. Dr Pepper Snapple Group‚ Inc. was the only major domestic nonalcoholic beverage company in the United States without a significant branded energy
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Dr. Seuss and his influence on social issues Most of us know him as Dr. Seuss but his real name is Theodore Seuss Geisel born on March 2‚ 1904 in Springfield Massachusetts and died on September 24‚ 1991 (age 87) in La Jolla‚ California‚ US. Some famous books we would know by Dr. Seuss would be “Green Eggs and Ham‚” “Cat in the Hat” and his movies “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” “The Lorax”. Dr. Seuss was known for his children books and his amazing imagination and the places he would make for his
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Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Case Study Financial Management Derks‚ V (3997979). Doyle‚ D (4137531) & Ichev‚ R (4111443). Commissioned by the University of Utrecht. Introduction Originating to as early as 1880‚ Dr Pepper has become one of the most famous producers of carbonated drinks around the world. On May 7‚ 2008 the brand was spun-off from its parent company‚ Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages‚ or CSAB. The company was split into two with Dr. Pepper Snapple Group controlling
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Critique Of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Tamala Garrett English 376 Due 1/29/96 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer‚ and directed by Robert Weine. It was produced in 1919 by Erich Pommer for Decla-Bioscop. 1919 was a year in which the movie industry was transformed into a giant industry. Although the movie was produced in 1919‚ it was not released in the United States until 1921. A time when film makers were out to prove that film was indeed
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Tracy Wang Mrs. Montgomery Research November 19‚ 2012 Dr. Seuss and His Amazing Literatures Dr. Seuss is a well know children’s literature writer. Many people probably can recognize his unique style of illustrations and story characters but not know who this writer is. His way of drawing buildings is and characters is something that symbolizes him. For example when you look at a normal building‚ it should have a geometric shape so the building actually “makes sense”. However the way that he
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the reader down the paths of his books. Dr. Seuss ’s contributions stemmed beyond the creation of colorful words to beneficiating the illiterate. In response to a published article in Life Magazine in May of 1954 concerning the illiteracy among school children‚ Dr. Seuss created a book using 220 words that were important to a young child ’s vocabulary. "The Cat in the Hat" went on to instant success and its beloved character is now the trademark of all Dr. Seuss ’s books (Bedno‚ 2002). However‚ Seuss
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