One of the requirements in our Englone class is to write a research paper about our chosen videos. I chose three videos: “Larger Than Life”, “Everybody”, and “As Long as You Love Me.” I want to study those three videos because they are all by Backstreetboys.
Thesis Statement: An examination of Backstreetboys music videos reveals that showcasing their skills in singing and dancing might not be the primary source of their fame but exploiting their physical attributes to obtain their “image.”
We experience various happenings in life. There are times that we are up and there are times that we are down. Happiness is very easy to accept because it gives us good feeling. But during the time that we are so low or if there’s something hurtful that happens to us, we tend to give negative response to it. But our emotion is our own feeling and we can control it. It is our own decision that we are over powered by our inner thoughts. When something tragic has come our way, we have an option to deny or accept it. If we deny it, there can be so many regrets in our mind and all we can do is cry. It will be a burden in our heart unlike if we accept it. If we accept all things whole-heartedly then we won’t have a heavy feeling in our heart. During the time of regrets and denial, we think of many things. There will be times that we are mentally-absent. This can be a reason why there are some who space-out because they are very distracted. But if we can accept and move on, we can have peace of mind. We will not think of what if’s and if only’s because our thoughts are calm. If we continue in resisting the real thing, it will give us stress. And stress makes people older. But if we let go of whatever hurtful things in our own heart, we will be relieved. We can look prettier because we were able to carry our problems.
It is not that easy to accept everything that happens in our life. We should develop our accepting skill because it will benefit not only ourselves but also everything that surrounds us.
There was this Beagle who was not doing well in the force. There was an incident that they have to let him go. Wandering around the street, he was captured to become a guinea pig of a scientist. This scientist is making strengthening capsule and experimenting on dogs. During an experiment, this Beatle was able to intake the formula and became super strong. He was able to escape from that scientist.
He was walking along the alley when he was bumped by a security guard with his car. Seeing that he has no collar, he brought the dog home and gave it to his son. At first, his son was not thrilled of having a dog as his pet. When he learned that his dog has super powers, he was shocked at first but later on supporting his dog. They met a girl and her dog. That boy likes the girl and the Beagle likes her dog. The boy and the Beagle kept the super power secret. And the Beagle became very popular in saving the world.
Because of this, the scientist was able to pull his self together again with the help of his ever-loyal side-kick. He searched for that Beagle and he succeeded. He was able to make strengthening capsule again because of the Beagle’s DNA. Unfortunately, the boy’s family was at stake that the Beagle gave up his super powers for their safety. As expected, the scientist didn’t honor their agreement. Instead, he gave the three German Shepherds capsule. They were able to have more strength. And because they were army dogs, they were trained to follow only their boss’ order. And their boss is that scientist.
The scientist was able to have a moment of taking over the world. Unfortunately, there was a slight accident that the Beagle was able to swallow a capsule again. He regains his strength and talked to the German Shepherds. That Beagle was successful to convince the German Shepherds that the enemy there is the scientist.
The scientist and his side-kick were captured and are sent to jail. They were cell-mates. The security guard father got promoted and returned to the force. The son was happy with his girl and so is his dog. They live in their new and improved life and the Beagle remains a super hero.
I am currently taking up ENGLONE. One topic that is on my mind right now is about logic operations. Therefore, I will discuss some basics about logic operations.
Binary variables and logic operations compose the binary logic. Binary variables are letters of the alphabet such as A, B, C, x, y, and z whose values can only be 1 and 0. The three basic logical operations are AND, OR, and NOT.
The AND operation is represented by a dot or no operator sign at all. Examples are x.y=z or xy=z. This is read as “x AND y is equal to z.” This logical operation means that z=1 if and only if x=1 and y=1; otherwise z=0.
The OR operation is represented by a plus sign. An example is x+y=z. It is read as “x or y is equal to z.” This logical operation means that z=1 if x=1 or if y=1 or both x and y is 1. If both x and y is 0, z=0.
The NOT operation is represented by a prime or an over bar. An example is x’=z or x (place a line over x) = z. This is read as “NOT x is equal to z.” It means that z=0 if x=1 or z=1 if z=0. This operation is also referred to as the “complement operation” since it changes 1 to 0 and 0 to 1.
Source:
Mano, M. (2002). Digital Design.
