Shaun White made history in the 2012 Winter X Games by being the first person ever to land a Front Side Double Cork 1260 in the half-pipe competition (Bane). In simpler terms, the professional snowboarder completed two corked, or slightly tilted, flips while also making three and a half rotations. Considering the trick’s great difficulty, White earned a perfect score of 100 for being the first to conquer the maneuver. In order for someone to land this trick, they must first understand how it works. The key to mastering elite tricks like the Double McTwist 1260, the Front Side Double Cork 1260, and the Triple Cork 1440 is to master the four basic steps of each trick: the takeoff, completing the spins, finding the landing, and landing.…
For my first exploration into my documentary review, I looked at many different documentaries. They had many genres that I found interesting including documentaries about war and terrorism, different conspiracy theories, what it is like behind the walls of a prison and even on different people who I found interesting including a well-known artist called Bansky. Eventually, I decided on a Frontline documentary called A League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis.…
In the second video, the subject I found the most interesting was the Emancipation Proclamation and the role it played in the Civil War. It turned what started out to be a small war into an all out war against slavery. The passion each side made it very interesting and “real”. This…
The documentary about the Islamic religion and its founding prophet Muhammad peace be upon him was very interesting to me because, I come from a dominant Muslim country know as Iran and I have never really knew how, from where and by who the Islamic religion started. This movie sums it up in about an hour.…
I, amongst other peers of mine, were brought to tears by how the Jews were suffering in the Holocaust. The video, in a nutshell, pointed out, as I said before, the suffering that…
I found the documentary very compelling when they spoke about the differences between the ways that juveniles and adults are treated in the court system. For example, juveniles are sentenced their punishment is based on what is best for them, whereas adults are sentenced based on what is best for the community. Even though this is not always the case for juvenile offenders, as some are tried as adults, it is very interesting how the court…
I enjoyed watching the videos, and the ones that stood out to me were the After Religion, Astrophysics and Religion, What is Art for?, What is Literature for?, What is Philosophy for?, What is History for?, and The Value of Forgotten Ideas. I found it very interesting that in the After Religion video, the message was to show that the real challenge with religion is to learn from it so that we can live fulfilled lives by replacing the things that religion was made up to provide. The thing that stood out to me about the Astrophysics and Religion video was the connect between astrophysics and religion. This connection was explained by the awe both concepts show and the concept kindness…
What a risky yet challenging activity! This is one you don't want to miss! The opportunity to do all sorts of stunts and tricks with of course the help if you need it! You don't know how? Learn! There's no use in life if your not going to learn new things is there?! So, build up your confidence, be prepared to have a blast, and ready, set, GO! Its a range of paths and ways you can go. You can start from simple all the way to total extreme business! Once you've totally got it, and you know all the skills and simple basics, ofcourse, you can take the biggest risk of…
I’ve watched many documentaries and at times I feel that its so staged and rehearsed. Another…
I specifically chose this video, because I believe I would be able to relate to the three veterans and understand there point of view. I have a friend who is going through a mental problem and could see how they can become vulnerable. Individuals who are going through this are easily manipulated and persuade. Others can take advantage of this situation and use it for their own benefits. Since the paper talks about social deviance, I believe that choosing a Crime scene investigation show was the best idea.…
The documentary Forks Over Knives is one of the most interesting yet informational films I have seen regarding health and society today and I was intrigued since the second I turned it on. It made it so much easier to understand and conceptualize because the film followed patients and documented their success stories; you were forced to believe in its truth. I found it to be inspirational and motivational.…
The movie that I presented was called: The Express, it was the greatest movie I had ever seen and I liked the fact that it was all true nothing was added for show or no Hollywood effects was added to the movie it was all just the flat out truth about an American hero even though he never played a down in the N.F.L.…
Ever since the founding of the United States people have always been emigrating to the United States. Dinesh D’Souza once said, “Other countries have been founded by ’accident of force.’ America is a creation of thought.” These thoughts have made America great place to be, making immigrants take a chance and move to America to escape things like poverty.…
Game console companies are facing strong rivalry competitions. As the industry develops, every game console company tries to implement the latest graphic technology into their products, and those who fell to apply the new technology have seen a decline of the market share. In addition, many of the console companies are exploring new functions that are not just video games.…
Toyota are faced with a number of challenging and limiting factors when considering demographics. Firstly age, Toyotas target market seem to be middle aged environmentally aware business people, Toyota miss out on a number of young customers because of the cost of running the Prius and the fact that the younger generation are more interested in appearance then being environmentally friendly. Gender seems to have little or no effect on sales of the Toyota prius because both males and females are becoming more environmentally friendly in recent years. Income would strongly effect introduction and sales of the prius, the prius costs roughly 4000 euro more than the Toyota echo and according to the Environmental Protection Agency the testing procedure for fuel consumption of the prius is not as efficient as they made it out to be. One plus to having the prius is that the US government offers a 2000 dollar federal income reduction and in the UK it is possible to avoid London’s 11 euro per day congestion charge. Although Toyota attempted to educate people about the Toyota Prius before its, release, setting up a website and emailing potential customers, people were actually quite un educated about the car. This car was the first of its kind and even with Toyotas interesting advertising and marketing the Toyota prius is still very expensive for what it is. Sales were initially good for Toyota with a waitlist of three months in October 2000 , I think that people need to hear more positive reviews about this car before deciding to invest in it. A persons occupation would have a huge effect on whether they were interested in the Toyota Prius, for example a middle aged business man in the centre of London is more likely to buy the Prius than a Farmer in the countryside in Ireland. Along with helping the environment, he would also save himself 11 euro per day Congestion charge.…