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- 11051: Anorexia
- ... desire to eat, because they are afraid of becoming fat. Anorexia is characterized by extreme starvation that leads to a disastrous loss of weight. Anorexia nervosa affects a large number of people today in the world, and does not discriminate against anybody. Its victims can be overweight, thin, young, old, or either sex although, its primary victims are young girls between the age of thirteen and nineteen. This disorder has become more and more common around the world today. It has populated many college campuses, and it is spreading. Recent studies show that almost 20% of college women suffer from anorexia or bulimia (bulimia is a eating disorder similar to anorexia), and the ...
- 11052: A Stereotypical Media
- ... A Stereotypical Media The media of today’s society plays the peddler to the stereotypes that plague our country. However, the media is not solely to blame. Susan Sontag states in her essay “The Image World”: “Through being photographed, something becomes part of a system of information, fitted into schemes of classification and storage”(Sontag 196). Through our own demand as consumers, the use of advertising in television, newspapers, and especially ... This ad also carries with it, the stereotype of the fantasy, or the storybook notion. When looking at the ad, one can see reality redefined. As stated by Susan Sontag, in her essay “The Image World”, “Photographs do more than redefine the stuff of ordinary experience, they add vast amounts of material we never see”(Sontag 196). The material in this case, is the application of the fantasy image. From birth ...
- 11053: HUME Vs KANT Causality
- ... based upon cause and effect. Causal relations help us to know things beyond our immediate vicinity. All of our knowledge is based on experience. Therefore, we need experience to come to causal relationships of the world and experience constant conjunction. Hume stated that he “shall venture to affirm, as a general proposition which admits no exception, that the knowledge of this relation is not in any instance, attained by reasonings ‘a ... priority because one ball is moving first. Secondly, constant conjunction occurs because the balls exist together spatially and constantly. But, there is no necessary reason why this happens. Hume asserted that we can imagine a world in which the effect would be different. He then concluded that we can’t get an impression of a necessary connection, we can only experience constant conjunction and temporal priority. “Experience only teaches us how ...
- 11054: Japanese Arts
- ... followed the example of the Buddhist architecture of China exemplified by the Tang style. This style included multiple hipped-gabled roofs of ceramic tile. The Kondo (Golden Hall), one of the oldest buildings in the world dating back to 670, is of the Tang style, but it also had Greek influence as seen in the entasis of the wooden columns (Tansey, Kleiner 534). The Chinese influence continued through the eleventh century ... style of genre painting called ukiyo-e developed in Kyoto which influenced Western art in the nineteenth century. Ukiyo-e, inspired by the kabuki theater drama of Edo, means pictures of the floating (or passing) world (Tansey, Kleiner 548). The art of woodblock printing, popular beginning in the seventh century, increased in popularity in the eighteenth century. The technique was used to produce inexpensive religious souvenirs and low-cost book illustrations ...
- 11055: Meditation
- ... a number of techniques of concentration, contemplation, and abstraction to heighten spiritual awareness. It has also been defined as, “Consciously directing your attention to alter your state of consciousness.” Meditation has been practiced around the world since the ancient times. It was used back then and still used today for spiritual growth (becoming more conscious). Meditation is mostly concerned about your attention, where it is directed to, and how it alters or changes a person’s consciousness. Although meditation has been used for spiritual growth, recently it has become a way of finding a peaceful bridge between stress and the fast paced world around us. It has become a way of taking time out of all the distractions and stress that occurs in our lives and relaxing and finding ourselves. Some other uses of meditation include healing, emotional ...
- 11056: Elizabeth Arden
- ... her name in 1909 with the introduction of her first shop selling facial creams. She began as a normal working girl, taking different odd jobs here and there. Then she was introduced into the cosmetic world by Eleanor Adair, who hired Arden on as a clerical consultant at her London firm in Saks Fifth Ave. There, Arden learned to give facial treatments and studied the basic formulas of make-up, which ... in writing a report on Elizabeth Arden because I really love make-up, especially Elizabeth Arden and Christian Dior make-up. In addition, I believe that her ability to sell make-up and change the world's views of it has a major affect on how things are today. Walk into any mall and there are hundreds of brands of make-up that would not exist if it were not for ...
- 11057: The Game of Hacky Sac or Footbag
- The Game of Hacky Sac or Footbag What if I told you that in my hand I hold the secret to world harmony that diplomats have been searching for for centerys. That a toy about the size of a plumb can improve your physical and mental well being tremendously. It may sound corny, but it may even bring you at peace with the world. You may call me crazy, but I believe that this little devise can do all these things. This is the hackysac, or footbag as it is officially known, and it is the only component necessary ...
- 11058: Effects Of Graffiti 2
- ... to stop the graffiti from taking place. You have to continue to remove it, and you must remove it within 48 hours. This is the number one reason that graffiti is so widespread throughout the world and history. Not very many people have the commitment that is required to fight graffiti and so it is allowed to go unchecked throughout the world. Another neat anti-graffiti plan I have heard of is my favorite of all plans. It basically is a way of defeating the graffiti artist through graffiti itself. The plan was named Operation Clean Slate ...
- 11059: Emily Dickinson
- ... her deep sorrow in three successive poems in the following years. They were never romantically involved but their relationship was apparently so profound that Emily's feelings for him she sealed herself from the outside world. Her life became filled with gloom and despair until she met Judge Otis P. Lord late in her life. Realizing that they were well into their lives they never were married. When Lord passed away ... hour, How much, how little, Is within our power! However non-religious she may appear and however insignificant she believes life to be she does however show some signs in accepting life after death. This world is not conclusion; A sequel stands beyond, Invisible, as music, But positive as sound. To Emily the most important things in her life were religion, individuality, nature and death. She may not have believed in ...
- 11060: Gladiatorial Contest In Rome
- ... Tertullian at the end of the second century wrote, “Once upon a time, men believed that the souls of the dead were propitiated by human blood, and so at the funerals they sacrificed prisoners of war of slaves of poor quality bought for the purpose.” In 246 B.C., two nobles in honor of their deceased father, held the first recorded gladiatorial event with only six gladiators. But over the next ... the traditional individual fights, but also he had fights between whole detachments of an infantry and between squadrons of cavalry who were mounted on horses and elephants. The games consisted of professional gladiators, prisoners of war, and death row criminals. After the popularity of the gladiatorial games, the religious value still remained. Those who attended the games were dressed up as gods. The slaves were dressed up as the god of ...
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