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The Last Lecture is a joint collaboration brought to the world from the minds of both Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow that made its debut in early 2008. The book reached the New York Times Best Selling list, and stayed for about 112 weeks, which explains the 4.23/ 5 rating received from Goodreads. The book is based on "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", the last lecture, Pausch was able to perform back in September 2008. The book is essentially about a university professor who summarized what he has learned throughout his career to a vast audience. This book is a dose of pure life, as well as a compendium of life experiences. Pausch's story is the life of a middle aged man shocked by devastating news; he has been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, and has about six months to live. However, despite the lugubrious situation, Pausch opened up his world, guided, and accompanied his readers through the story of his life and how he realizes that despite his inevitable death, he was somehow still able to fulfill his dreams. The book is filled with life lessons that range from love, life, personality, and community. Pausch, an engineer, takes lessons from his life that he yearns to pass on to his very young three children and his students. He is a man who has accomplished some impressive feats throughout his life, so that lends credibility to what would otherwise be solid, wise advice. Pausch explores, throughout the book, the theme of achieving your own childhood…

Matawah Deberry Ms. Chris Dove HUM 110 Nov.3.2015 “Amusing Ourselves to Death” - Neil Postman The first book I chose was “Amusing Ourselves to Death” by Neil Postman. The book begins with Postman setting up his main purpose for writing the book, which is certain aspects of our lives has transformed into some form of entertainment. He first states that some American cities were metaphors for what the U.S stood for at that time in history. For example, Boston was the center for a political…

families, and schools. The population that we are expecting are from Cypress, Buena Park, La Palma, and surrounding areas. To advertise this event, essentially, we are going to work together with the students and professors at Cypress College and the community. The methods of promoting this event would be through the school’s website, catalog, marquee sign, flyers, clubs, and the AS Center. Other methods to advertise would include community news (Sun Newspaper), social media sites and word of…

movies belong to Tehran and that’s due to the reason that most of facilities and large number of theatres are located in Tehran, capital of Iran. The aforesaid statistics represents that since 2001 because of reduction of people’s willingness for going to cinema, in another word, due to drastic reduction in number of people who like to go to cinema, number of active theaters have gradually decreased in Iran. In a way that, number of active cinemas in Iran from 320 in 2001 has decreased to 236 in…

understand it. With the advancement of technology, having an inherent bias to inflict social change, the world enters a new digital age in which all modern civilizations are subject to new mediums. One such digital medium is Vine, a video sharing service owned by the micro-blogging entity known as Twitter. This application allows users to share short videos up to a limit of 6 seconds, and replays them indefinitely. The popularity of Vine didn’t go unnoticed, as it gained over 40 million users in…

Number of articles aside, outlining the literature market and the importance of and access to the specific media types available to different social classes informs the access the larger reading public had to her story. Visual entertainment at the turn of the nineteenth century, particularly in London, saw a huge upsurge as theatre construction reached new highs. This fiercely competitive and increasingly commercial form of entertainment was highly conscious of the importance of the use of…

several factors that will play a significant part in your budget. Food, entertainment, decorations, and supplies are just some that you need to consider. Decide if it is better to have the event catered or have a potluck. If you go with the catering option then you should have an idea of the menu. You will have to decide if appetizers will be served, how many courses will be provided, and if there are substitutes for those with a special diet. In addition, you should note if alcoholic…

show that garnered the respectful monographs, the critical cachet, and a secure place on the university curriculum—is being challenged by the lure of long-form, episodic television. Doherty asserts that a lot of great talent is going toward television because of how the medium can be used for storytelling purposes. The medium of television as a quality source for character development is actually relatively new. Film was where most of the money went to because it achieved the most returns.…

From the telegraph, the telephone, the television, the internet, to social media, it is obvious that these technological advancements have had a great impact on human society. These technologies have transformed the way we communicate and constantly redefined the means in which we consume media. All the same, it is undeniable that YouTube, a new form of media, has become a central asset to today’s culture. It has developed to be used as a means of entertainment and education internationally.…

The modern world is full of establishments where the everyday person can go to to get themselves entertained. It is part of human nature to not only survive, but to live as well. So many businesses exist in the entertainment industry because of this reason, surviving is boring but living is fun, especially when you can have fun doing it. Despite this, going to these establishments to simply get rid of boredom would not be enough to keep them running. No, humans are social animals and thus must…