to be Assigned to work at Blink. Blink is a corporation where workers essentially run all sorts of different simulators and take different tests. The different simulations and tests are all meant to tell the government different things about our society and sectors‚ such as what we like and things that we want changed. It’s a very important job‚ but it’s difficult to have the right characteristics to work there. Luckily for Adrian and I‚ both of our parents work at Blink already‚ which means that
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Over my four-month summer break my goal was to get my hands on as many books as possible. One of the books that I came across was called “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell. After reading this book on my flight to Asia I fell in love with the book and admired the author. His writing was organized in a way where it was easy to comprehend and he was able to support his evidence with research and statistics. Although there are a lot of scholarly terms that is used to support his study‚ he uses a more simplified
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My subject of choice is on my favorite band called Blink-182. I chose this artist because of the impact they had on my life as a teenager. Lets start off on who the band is and what they do. Blink-182 is a pop-punk band that was formed in 1992 and still plays music today; their members are Mark Hoppus‚ Tom DeLonge‚ and Travis Barker. When they formed in 1992 they sang songs of what life’s like as a teenager and the ordeals that teens go through. Their song “What’s my age again?” is about how getting
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Previously‚ we gave you part one of our list of 15 interesting facts about pop-punk band Blink 182. Now‚ check out eight more facts about the trio of Tom DeLonge‚ Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker‚ whose music continues to spark excitement in fans all over the world. Number Eight: Their Music Got More Serious as They Got Older. On Blink 182’s later albums‚ their sound and humor mature a bit. That’s not to say that the band was never serious (“Adam’s Song” still remains one of the band’s saddest songs)
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Experiment 112-5 Thin Film Interference Introduction When two waves of equal intensity combine‚ the intensity of the resulting wave can be anywhere between zero and four times the intensity of the individual waves‚ depending upon the phase difference between them. When they are in phase (the maxima coincide with maxima and the minima coincide with minima)‚ maximum intensity results. When they are exactly out of phase (the maxima of one wave coincide with the minima of the other wave)‚ the
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Malcolm Gladwell’s main idea in his book‚ Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking‚ contradicts the saying. Instead‚ Gladwell theorizes that in many situations‚ a person’s initial 3-second "snap" judgement with minimal information is more accurate than a decision made through long deliberation and gathering a large amount of background information. To strengthen his argument and enhance his writing‚ Gladwell uses rhetorical writing strategies. Gladwell supports his argument with ethos‚ which
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He first speaks on the behalf of his grandmother‚ who was bought on the slave trade in Jamaica. She regarded her lighter color of skin as an advantage‚ because the slave owner treated her better because of it. Gladwell believes that his family never escaped this perception‚ as he tells the story of his mother’s close relative- whom he refers to as Aunt Joan. Joan had married a man with darker skin than hers‚ and because of this their child was born with darker
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English Assignment 2 Part 1: Answer questions based on the text: "Blink and you miss it" by Alex Garland I believe that the author traveled to the exotic island because he wanted to try a new lifestyle. He wanted to get away from his home and the life he had there. I think he just uprooted him- or herself and just left. Kind of like some backpackers do it‚ they just pack a bag with the bare necessities and start traveling‚ when they find a place that seems nice‚ they settle down for a while‚
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for a shot at the summit. About half of those people make it to the top. 280 people have died trying to climb Everest or make it back down. Yet despite the cost‚ even your life‚ the number of attempts and summits is on its way up every year. In Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer‚ Everest stands as symbol of dreams and hopes; for the westerners. To the workers of the mountain‚ the Sherpas‚ it was a symbol of God and their way of life. Above all Everest was a symbol that commanded respect. Throughout the
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and tablets are there to give us entertainment when we suffer from boredom. We all need a break occasionally‚ right? Yes‚ but this technology is consuming us. Plastered all over these different ways to cure boredom‚ are unrealistic expectations. Too-thin bodies‚ filtered faces‚ photoshopping to the extreme. Commercials and movies are over sexualizing women‚ making a woman’s worth based on her body. The overload of make-up adverts claiming to hide “imperfections‚” various weight loss solutions and implanting
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