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with different types of personalities. One in particular, Nathan Scott, known as the best basketball player in his High School, is known to be a popular jock-type guy, selfish and rude. He wants to become the best basketball player and beat his dad, Dan Scott, one day. Throughout the show, Nathan Scott makes many different mistakes but he gets to know other characters that help him to grow from the person he once was. Even though he was once self-conceited, he also starts to become a family-centered

From high school girls desperately trying to be one of cool kids in school to corporate warriors rubbing elbows for that next promotion, nearly everyone has fantasized about being a part of the “in crowd”. What is it that makes the bonds and barriers of “in crowd” so unbreakable? Through sharing stories and reaching conclusions through discussion of those stories, members of small groups develop a common bond that shapes their social reality. An example of this bond is prominent in the CW’s hit show

The Simpsons The Simpsons is an original, satirical American sitcom cartoon, which is shown all over the world and appeals to a wide range of audiences with its unique, yet basic form of humour. It stereotypes and satirises the typical American lower middle class family. With its simple plots, exaggerated situations, unrealistic scenarios, lurid colours, humour, animation and familiar pattern, it is a typical cartoon but with an original twist. This makes it like no

In Dan Buettner’s “How to live to be 100+” TED talk, longevity and three major ‘blue zones’ around the world are discussed. The blue zones of the Nuoro Province, Okinawa, and the prairies of Minnesota are the three focused on in the talk. Their lifestyles are talked about and it is made clear that there is no secret formula when it comes to longevity. Not every practice of each blue zone is touched on because many are societal changes that have been passed down and kept up for years and take about

process to Supervisor, but it also pays much attention to gay rights and their fight during this time as well. Milk worked hard to win his title, but sadly his victory was short lived. A year after winning his title he was murdered by ex Supervisor, Dan White. This film was very interesting to watch and it showed me how powerful Harvey Milk’s actions were. In the beginning of the film when you first met Milk, you saw that he was just any other guy that you’d see on the streets. With the way he portrayed

over the course of the story. One character that has changed her is Dan. When they were at the pond they decided to become a couple. Ever since that Miranda started sneaking out and didn’t tell her mom. Once Miranda’s mom found out she ended up not letting her go see Dan and she got mad. If Miranda wouldn’t ever had met Dan she probably wouldn’t have snuck out because there wouldn’t be anyone for her to see. But since Miranda and Dan broke up it’s kind of her fault because she lost another person, she

In the TED Talk “How to Live to be 100+”, Dan Buettner talks about lifestyles that are helping people live to be 100+. According to the Danish Twin Study, biology only factors into 10 percent of how long we live, the other 90 percent it based off lifestyle (Buettner 2009). Dan Buettner and his colleagues found three Blue Zones to try to find what types of lifestyles these people are living to become centenarians. Blue Zones are places where people live longer than the majority of people in the world

Dan Buettner’s “How to live to be 100+” TED talk reveals three areas of the globe where people have lived to be centenarians because of diet, exercise, relationship, and cultural habits that I can learn from and implement in my own lifestyle. Because the people in my community have been living the way they have for years they would not be able to adapt to the ideas of exercise, religion/belief, eating habits, and hanging out with certain people. What I’m going to do is go into depth of the ways Buettner

Zweite Academy Film. This movie was a very interesting film. It teaches you things that are needed in a successful life... The Way of the Peaceful Warrior is a book by Dan Millman where he talks about his journey from being a self-absorbed gymnast to a peaceful warrior who learned to be happy by allowing life to take its course. Dan Millman starts the story from his college days in Berkeley University where somehow along the way of getting ready to be representing his country in international gymnastic

Predictably Irrational, by Dan Ariely, is a book that attempts to explain the nonsense that we apply to our everyday habits. Through different experiments that Ariey and his colleagues conducted, Ariely was able to conclude that the decision making guidelines we use are irrational, but more importantly, predictable. Ariely is able to convey, in Predictably Irrational, that his conclusions are applicable and important to today’s society. All of the principles written about in this book are