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    Thin Station

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    WHAT IS THIN STATION Thinstation is opensource thin client operating system that allows you to connect to servers via network with the use use of some programs Thinstation is mainly use for office‚ company or department use and it is based on Linux.Thinstation also supports a MS Windows-only environment and requires no unix or linux understanding. INSTALLING A THIN STATION 1)First download Thinstation from thinstation.sourceforge.net as shown in Figure 1 2)Unpack Thinstation 3)Copy all

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    Into Thin Air

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    Avery October 27‚ 2013 I. Identification of Work: Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer; published 1997‚ Villard Books II. Summary of the Main Ideas 1. Subject: The subject of Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer is of his‚ as well as others who were with him‚ thoughts and experiences about their climbing of the tallest peak in the world Mt. Everest. 2. Occasion: The expedition takes place at Mount Everest in May of 1996. 3. Audience: The book is directed toward people interested in one of Mount Everest’s

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    Thin Analysis

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    Film discussion: Thin Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that occurs when an individual is unrealistically concerned about being overweight or feels an overwhelming need to be so thin that in either case an individual eats so little that they become malnourished. While Bulimia is where an individual binges and purges. They may eat a lot of food at once and then try to get rid of the food by vomiting‚ using laxatives or sometimes over-exercising. Both of which are diseases linked to physical

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    Malcolm Gladwell‚ a best-selling author‚ describes the social phenomenon known as thin-slicing in his book Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. Thin-slicing refers to the way that people take in little information quickly and make judgements with or without knowing they are doing so. Gladwell asserts that thin-slicing is imperative in save time and make valuable predictions. Gladwell’s inference is well supported with psychologists’ research and data collected on the subconscious. Gladwell’s

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    Dying to Be Thin

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    Anorexia: Dying to be Thin by Kati McConville It was eight o’clock in the morning and it was time for Amy to wake up because she was going out to breakfast with her mother. This was something she hated doing. It wasn’t because she didn’t want to wake up early or she didn’t want to be with her mother‚ it was something much deeper than that. For the past three years Amy has been struggling with an eating disorder‚ an endless cycle of fasting‚ bingeing‚ purging‚ pretty much complete misery.

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    Thin Is Beautiful

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    "Thin is Beautiful" How many times have you looked in a magazine and envied the models pictured? Have you ever watched a TV show or a movie and wished you looked like one of the stars? Many teenage girls are often targeted by magazines‚ movies‚ and TV and are made to believe that "thin is beautiful". The media has negatively affected teenage girls’ self-image. From sit-coms to magazines‚ thin‚ beautiful girls can be spotted‚ and this can cause a girl to feel that she is not thin enough to be

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    Thin Ideal

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    "THIN IDEAL" The impact of media images on men and women in America is a formation of an unrealistic illustration of the thin ideal. The media has painted a picture of "the perfect body"‚ people who choose to accept these ideals develop a fantasy and fictitious image of what the ideal body is. In our society‚ where the mass media is the single strongest transmitter of unrealistic beauty ideals‚ it is often held responsible for the high proportion of women and men who are dissatisfied with their

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    Outliers Gladwell Summary

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    than others. These "outliers‚" as he calls them‚ are commonly thought to possess some sort of talent and intelligence far above a normal average person‚ but he also looks at this popular belief by looking at the background of some famous outliers. Gladwell begins his research in a small town of Roseto‚ Pennsylvania. The town is known for having a remarkably low rate of heart disease among its residents. After eliminating possible causes such as diet‚ genetics and other factors‚ researchers state that

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    The book Outliers written by Maclolm Gladwell is a book about success. Throughout the book he gives numerous examples of how people have achieved and in some instances‚ not achieved success. Popular belief would suggest that people who are considered outliers have gotten there through hard work and innate talent. Gladwell however‚ suggest that something is contributing to people being able to seek the levels of success that would make them an outlier. Gladwell believes that hidden advantages‚ extraordinary

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    Into Thin Air

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    Reach: My Everest Story” by Mark Pfetzer‚ the reader follows Mark throughout his journey to becoming a mountain climber. He overcomes a series of obstacles‚ and takes us step by step to reveal his lifelong dream‚ climbing Mt. Everest. In the movie “Into Thin Air”‚ based on the book by Jon Krakauer‚ a group of guides‚ sherpas‚ and climbers take on the challenge of conquering Mt. Everest. In this movie we don’t get to see the preparation that we did when reading “My Everest Story”. The movie simply shows

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