1. Mental Stimulation Studies have shown that staying mentally stimulated can slow the progress of (or possibly even prevent) Alzheimer’s and Dementia‚ since keeping your brain active and engaged prevents it from losing power. Just like any other muscle in the body‚ the brain requires exercise to keep it strong and healthy‚ so the phrase “use it or lose it” is particularly apt when it comes to your mind. Doing puzzles and playing games such as chess have also been found to be helpful with cognitive
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Book Report on Angels and Demons --From Opposition to Unity I’ve recently finished re-reading Angels and Demons‚ this time in English. The book was written by Dan Brown‚ an American author of thriller fiction. Most people probably know Dan Brown first through his bestselling novel in 2003‚ The Da Vinci Code‚ and I couldn’t help but fell into the same practice. Similar to The Da Vinci Code.This book presents a story in which the protagonist‚ Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon was summoned nearly
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Freshman Composition 2 Professor: Feng-ming Chi 蕭湞燕 Pika final book report (draft 3) LAST LECTURE SUMMARY: Randy Pausch‚ a remarkable professor in Carnegie Mellon‚ delivered his last lecture and book entitled "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" in 2007. Because he was diagnosed with terminal cancer‚ he was dying but he tried to leave what he wanted to educate his children in the future. After recalling his memory‚ he found that all meaningful things in his life were related to his childhood
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love. This is expressed when Gatsby tries to get with Daisy. He has everything he wants‚ when it comes to money‚ however when it comes to love‚ he has nothing. Gatsby fails at his attempt to make Daisy love him. So Gatsby is a wealthy man‚ or in 20’s slang‚ a
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Kyle Duncan 12-7-11 Book Report (Deep Zone) 3rd Block Plot Summary The characters are Thane‚ Ty‚ Troy‚ Tate‚ and Agent Sutherland. Ty is this story’s main character. Thane is his older brother and an NFL star. Ty meets Troy and Tate in Miami at the football tournament. Agent Sutherland is an FBI agent protecting Ty from the mob while Thane is away. The setting is in Miami and in the swamp. At the beginning of the story‚ they are at a football game‚ when Thane is going up for a touchdown
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I believe that the book Zeitoun can be somewhat factual yet there are many parts in the book that can be misleading. The description Zeitoun gives us about FEMA and Homeland Security gives us the feeling of sorrow that they‚ and other U.S. citizens‚ discriminate the Muslim people after 4 years past when the horrific events of 9/11 happened. Not only does it happen to Zeitoun‚ but when Kathy talks about the time a teenager tried pulling off her hijab as a joke‚ “A girl of about fifteen was crouched
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No the language in this book would make the group lose interest because it thoroughly explains the subject of soccer and her life dealing with soccer. No there was not terms used in this book that were unfamiliar because I understand most or maybe all of the terms dealing with soccer. There was visuals of her life and soccer career in the book multiple times. Also‚ I have seen most of the games she talks about in the book so I can visualise what is happening. These visuals
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1. Robert Cormier wrote The Chocolate War. The copyright of the book is 1974. 2. In the exposition of The Chocolate War‚ Jerry Renault‚ the freshman quarterback‚ was receiving constant blows from opposing players. Jerry was trying to get the ball to his receiver‚ the Goober‚ but not having any luck. In The Chocolate War‚ the rising action was the majority of the story. At Trinity High School‚ the school that Jerry attends‚ there is a group of “elite” students called the Vigils
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Title: Books What are books? Well the answer is pretty simple which is books are a set of written‚ printed‚ illustrated‚ or blank sheets‚ made of ink‚ paper‚ parchment‚ or other materials‚ usually fastened together to hinge at one side. Books are available everywhere. We can get them at a bookstore‚ library‚ school and many more places. They are part and puzzle of someone’s life. There are many types of book like storybooks‚ fictional‚ non-fictional‚ novels‚ magazines‚ manuscript‚ comic books
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I chose Holes by Louis Sachar for the book that I would save if I could only save one book. Although I read it about eight years ago‚ I have very fond memories of this story. I remember when I was about eight years old‚ my family and I listened to the audiobook while we were waiting for the Fourth of July fireworks to start. It is a small event‚ but I have not forgotten it yet‚ and I am not sure that I will anytime soon. In addition to the fond memories of reading and listening to this story‚ the
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