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    of the hardest working musicians out there, Auerbach is always in the studio, playing shows, or working with music in some kind of way. Between The Black Keys, The Arcs, and his solo projects, he keeps very busy. In "Waiting On A Song," Hardworking Dan describes how sometimes it can be difficult to write songs when you're trying real hard to do so. He reflects throughout the song on how the songwriting process has always come easier to him by just going through every day life and paying attention

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    Serena’s best friend Blair Waldorf is “queen bee” of the Constance Billard School for Girls, and throughout the seasons, Blair, Serena, and younger classmates fight for the “queen bee” status. Additionally, Gossip Girl features the poorer, aspiring writer Dan Humphrey, the “Golden Boy” Nate Archibald, the arrogant, womanizing Chuck Bass, Serena’s mom Lillian Bass,

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    The title of this project, conspiracy, is taken from Dan Brown’s novel Angles and Demons. The story of the novel is shown to be a result of the conspiracy formed by a member of the Church society. In a dictionary, the word ‘conspiracy’ is defined as “the act of secretly planning to do something that is harmful or illegal”. However, this is not it. Conspiracy is formed to achieve goals which are made not by the people, but by their greed for power, wealth and respect. In Angels and Demons, power is

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    Dan Buettner’s chapter on Singapore was very interesting, especially when comparing it to our American way of life. At first glance the idea of living in a country with very strict laws, such as public canings for what we would call a minor offense, was mind blowing to me. How could this be one of the happiest places in the world? Upon further study my mind was changed to some degree, in fact I could see myself visiting there some day, but only have studing on the most current laws. I think the United

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    In the video How to Live to be One Hundred Plus the main goal is trying to find the optimal lifestyle of longevity and come up with a formula for longevity. Dan Buettner starts talking about three blue zones: Sardinia, Okinawa, and Loma Linda, CA. The first blue zone is in Sardinia, only up in the highlands with an area called the Nuoro province. This part of Sardinia has an oldest male society, where 102 year olds ride bikes to work and chop wood. Since the land is so infertile, people in this area

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    For many centuries, people have wondered what the secret to having a perfect life was. Maybe it was the certain types of food they ate? Maybe it had something to do with religion. Dan Buettner’s “How to live to be 100+” TED talk (with the help of the National Institute on Aging) reveals three areas of the globe where people have lived to be over 100 years old due to certain everyday habits, diets, relationships, and exercise. He has worked with These certain areas of the globe are called the Blue

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    Dan Ariely is set out to disprove the common assumption in conventional economics that a consumer behaves rationally when he/she makes economic decisions, in his book, Predictably Irrational. With the help of thought-provoking, lucid and fun experiments, he discovers the irrational side of consumer behaviour. According to Ariely, we generally think that most of the decisions we make are well reasoned and smart but this is unfortunately not the case. We constantly overpay, procrastinate, underrate

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    Situation Analysis Background In 1944, Dan West, a former farmer and aid worker in the Spanish Civil War was unsatisfied with temporary aid given to refugees and created Heifer also known as Heifer International. Heifer’s first donation was 17 heifers hence the name. For over 70 years, Heifer has distributed livestock, agricultural training to more than 125 countries in hopes of ending poverty and hunger. Heifer wants to empower impoverished communities by bringing commerce and sustainable agriculture

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    There are certain parts in the world called Blue Zones. Dan Buettner and a team of researchers including a National Geographic team searched all over the world looking for these Blue Zones what they called the Blue Zones study. Blue Zones are the hot spots for longevity. Individuals living in these particular Blue Zones live to be over 100 years old. The overall life expectancy for Americans is about 77 years of age. The life expectancy for a woman tends to be approximately five years longer than

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    “There’s only one Tree Hill, Jamie Scott.”, said Haley James Scott. One Tree Hill is the best television series because of its well-developed lovable characters, its love triangles, and overall duration of years it was filmed. One Tree Hill first premiered on September 23, 2003 and was created by Mark Schwahn. This television series had a total of nine seasons making it last nine years. The television series, follows the lives of five teenagers from their local high school through their adult lives

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