Kangbo Lu Josh Coito English 122 22 March 2016 Journal #10: “Watching TV Makes Your Smarter” In Steven Johnson’s essay Watching TV Makes You Smarter” (2005)‚ he suggests that the increasing complexity of TV shows can engage audiences’ brains‚ and help people think smarter. Citing multiple second-hand evidences‚ Johnson develops his ideas by comparing old and new TV shows‚ describing the confusion may caused by complex TV shows’ threads‚ and the positive effect of watching complex TV shows. By using
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Rapping Rapping (or emceeing‚ MCing‚ spitting bars‚ or rhyming) is "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The components of rapping include "content"‚ "flow" (rhythm and rhyme)‚ and "delivery". Rapping is distinct from spoken word poetry in that it is performed in time to a beat. Rapping is often associated with and a primary ingredient of hip hop music‚ but the origins of the phenomenon can be said to predate hip hop culture by centuries. It can also be found in alternative rock such as that of Cake and
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If you are planning on pouring concrete at your home‚ such as if you are thinking about installing your own concrete patio or concrete driveway‚ then you might be thinking about purchasing a few bags of concrete mix and mixing it up yourself. It’s true that you can purchase concrete mix cheaply at any home improvement store‚ and you can always mix it up in a bucket or rent a concrete mixer from an equipment rental company. However‚ for most projects‚ it is beneficial to hire a concrete pumping company
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Novelist Alan Paton‚ in his book Cry‚ The Beloved Country taught his readers that one needs help from others to be able to recover. He showed this through the main character Stephen Kumalo who was frightened by the struggling of his family‚ who were struggling to make life better for themselves. Instead of fighting by himself he looked up for his brother’s support to overcome the fear. He delivered his message by altering the tone of the book whenever Kumalo felt down and used pathos to show Kumalo’s
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Nine supermarket strategies designed to make you spend more (Consumer savings expert Andrea Woroch(Andrea Woroch is a nationally recognized consumer and money-saving expert for Kinoli Inc.)) Supermarkets lure us in with coupons and sales‚ but once we’re inside...POW! They hit us with the old one-two for a checkout aisle K.O. Ultimately‚ it pays to keep your mental dukes up when you’re in the ring‚ but first‚ you have to know the rules. Here are nine tricks supermarkets like to spring on consumers
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article called Does the Internet Make You Dumber by Nicholas Carr states that‚ “The Internet grants us easy access to unprecedented amounts of information. Growing body of scientific evidence suggest that the Net‚ with its constant distractions and interruptions‚ is also turning us into scattered and superficial thinkers” (1). Carr states in his article that the Internet affects people in a negative way‚ messing with their attention and memory. Carr also states how focused you are affects your personality
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41. You Make Me Lie Down 14 February 2012 I love the song “You make me lie down in green pastures” by Don Moen. It’s been stuck in my head ever since I heard it at a concert. “He makes me lie down” (Psalm 23:2). There’s a secret in this verse we often rush past. The Israelites who read this Psalm when David wrote it almost 1‚000 years before Christ‚ would have known from experience how hard it is to get a sheep to lie down. Keller writes that if a sheep is to lie down‚ he needs to feel absolutely
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In the article “ Multitasking Can Make You Lose… Um… Focus” author Alina Tugend presents various problems on how multitasking can hurt you rather than help you. Edward Hallowell argues “you have to keep in mind that you sacrifice focus when you do this” (Hallowell) while multitasking between talking on the phone and doing laundry disturbs and interrupts your focus on the conversation you’re having on the phone. In Alina Tugend’s article “ Multitasking Can Make You Lose… Um… Focus” shows the disparate
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academically and being community active at Knapp Medical Center and in extracurricular activities. I know that my persistence to achieve my goals even through the obstacles that I have faced‚ my ambition to becoming someone in the future‚ and my devotion to make my dreams happen will help me accomplish them. Education has become an important factor
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Friends Make the Man The influence of friends is of massive importance in the novel Cry‚ the Beloved Country. Without his friends encouraging him‚ Absalom would most likely never have tried to rob Arthur Jarvis’ house‚ and he certainly would not have accidentally shot Arthur. Absalom said it himself when he told his father‚ “It was bad companions.” The reader is repeatedly reminded of this one condemning mistake: choosing bad friends results in dangerous activities. Another example of this message
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