Saturday: a notepad sat on my desk. The paper’s slick surface reflected a curious yellow hue from a lamp. A clear resin pen, filled halfway with a dark grey ink, lay atop the notepad, a conspicuous accessory. I was up late at night, but the late-night writing did little to help with my insomnia. Rather,…
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We live in the age of internet, innovation, and contemporary ideas. Because of the comfort that the internet gives us, learning has never been easier. From this ease, what is a better way to get the future of our technical pioneers? In like manner, Google thought exactly that. What Is Kick Start? Kick Start is…
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Towering and intrepid… Like most literary imagining of the future, [Atwood’s] vision is mournful, bleak, and infernal, and is punctuated, in Atwood style, with the occasional macabre joke– Perhaps not unlike Dante’s own literary vision – The New Yorker I will not spoil the story for Oryx and Crake. All the information about this book…
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What is burnout? Although the term is quite often used in various scenarios, most don’t actually understand what it means and what it entails. Simply put, burnout is characterized as emotional exhaustion, a decreased sense of self/accomplishment in one’s job and depersonalization. This trio is what makes up the term “burnout.” Usually, burnout is derived…
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We’ve all experienced a baking phase, there’s no hiding it. That time during the first wave of the COVID pandemic where everyone seemed to be baking banana bread? Yup, been there, done that. It’s crazy to think that before the pandemic, I didn’t even know how to boil an egg. I was that kid who…
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Over the past century, the average human diet has shifted drastically. And no more so than in the industrialized world. The foods more and more of us eat have become products of a globalized, industrial machine—a machine that gives us an abundance of calories at astonishingly low prices, all at the cost to the environment,…
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As a senior in high school I just started applying for Universities, this is a super exciting time for me as I am about to start a new chapter of my life, but along with it comes responsibility, especially in the financial field. It doesn’t matter if you stay at home or you live in…
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The Disney Parks blog finally shared the recipe for the infamous churros sold at Disneyland! Since customers can’t be at the parks all the time (especially during COVID-19), Disney helped make one aspect of the Disneyland experience attainable to the masses by sharing this recipe: Ingredients: 1 Cup of Water 8 Tablespoons of butter 1/2…
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It’s very easy to get bored. It shouldn’t be – we inhabit a world with nonexistent limits, and an abundant supply of wonders that never expire. I’m not talking about our universe, I’m talking about our minds. And if our minds are so rich in wonders, that are even beyond our ability to justly explain,…
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It’s uncommon we get the opportunity to sit down and have a calm conversation with a rubber duck. However, in software engineering, rubber ducking is a simple, quick fix to this conundrum! Commonly used to debug code, this practice is an effective method to identify mistakes in a methodological manner. However, rubber ducking is useful…
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It’s easy to picture how someone’s personal interests can go against the social good. Just consider a noisy conversation in a library that makes it difficult for everyone to concentrate. Think about how secondhand smoke negatively impacts others—it doesn’t just affect the smoker. Even driving in congested areas isn’t particularly helpful to society since it…
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After an emotional goodbye to my brother a few days ago, I wanted to relive my experience of him getting into his dream school last December, so here it is! I hope you enjoy! My stomach dropped in anticipation of the news as if I were in a high-speed rollercoaster, though this was his…
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CONGRATS!! You’re transitioning into high school. You’re about to gain a little more freedom. Make a good impression Go out of your way to show your classmates and teacher how kind you are. Stay engaged in class and try not to speak out of turn. Being kind from the get-go will help you develop a…
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“When the girls came back [from Washington] there was a huge movement — the leaders, the communities, the families, everyone was changing their views on women in science and technology. They became an example of hope, happiness, and a sense of pride for the Afghan community.” In 2018, these were the words of Roya Mahboob,…
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A small preface: I think teenage heartbreak is one of the most abstract things in the universe, it doesn’t really make sense that it occurs, since we aren’t trying to love for the long term, and yet, it often hurts more then what we feel when we grow up. The formable parts of years are…
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