TEEN Magazine
.... don't know me,
I can tell you right now, I wouldn't be caught dead in that stuff.
That takes me to the clothes the models sport. How many girls in
this society are actually that skinny? It's actually kind of sick. I
think they should widen their models to all sizes and shapes. What? Just
because a girl who is not amazingly skinny for a model, the company won't
sell anything? Well I can't exactly describe the clothes they wear, but I
have never run across a person wearing the same thing. But .....
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Unidentified Flying Objects: Fact Or Fiction?
.... the most popular theories that support and explains the
existence of alien beings is the ancient astronaut theory. This theory
contains three main schools of thought. The first states that aliens bred
with our primitive forebears thereby creating modern man. The second is
quite similar. Aliens performed genetic engineering on apes thereby
creating the Homo Sapiens and man's intelligence. The third, and least
accepted, is that colonists from another galaxy came to Earth, mated with
the primitives and e .....
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Making Sense Of The Plagues: The Education Of Pharaoh
.... of the
Nile (wild beasts and hail) while others take place in Pharaoh's palace.
3) A theological message (e.g. "By this you shall know that I am YHVH") is
appended to the warning - whereas other warnings are bereft of such a message.
4) Mosheh's staff is used in some of the plagues - but not all (it is only used
in the plagues of blood, frogs, lice, hail and locusts).
Our first simple and straightforward question is: Is there any rhyme or reason
to the plagues and their attendant warnings which woul .....
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The American Museum Of Natural History: Anthropology
.... in the museum had detailed information on
each exhibit whether it was a big sculpture or a little skeleton. There was
also films that could have been seen for a small price, but if one has the time
it is very educational and worth seeing.
In the hall of Asian Peoples the most intriguing exhibits was the
Chinese Wedding. It was very interesting to see how a different culture gets
married. In this wedding the Chinese bride sits in this beautiful bridal chair
from the groom's family that had carried her .....
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The Yanoman
.... culture.
Because of this, the Yanomam live in a constant state of warfare. Warfare
appears as a main interest supported by a set of beliefs urging strong villages
to take advantage of the weaker ones.
A regular series of degrees of violence has been institutionalized. It
ranges from chest pounding to side slapping. Both are likely to cause injury or
death.
The Yanomam do not utilize much technology except in their weapons. The
main weapon produced by the Yanomam are arrows. They make arrows .....
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Forgotten War Crimes
.... much of American
history. It was, however, the strategic bombing and slaughtering of a quarter
million innocent civilians.
American history textbooks and documentaries state that the official
objective in the bombing of Dresden was to destroy railway yards, thus delaying
or preventing the deployment of German troops to the eastern front. To destroy
rail-lines and rail yards, precision bombing is used. Contradicting this
statement is the fact that the American planes flying over Dresden were not
a .....
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The Kung, Shoshone, And Mbuti Tribes: Hunting And Gathering Societies
.... part, throughout the year and do not diffuse
when supplies become more plentiful.
The two most important things a person needs is food and water. Many
different foods are consumed by the Mbuti. There diet consists of meats, fruits,
berries, roots, fungus and insects. The Mbuti's food supply is always plentiful,
this is due to the habitat they live in and the small number of people living
off of any given area. The Shoshone on the other hand live more like a
scavengers because of their environment. .....
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The Samurais, The Ultimate Stoics
.... on horseback as well as on the ground they wore
two swords. This was called Daisho(World Surfari-www). The long sword was
called the daito-katena(Ibid.). It was more than twenty four inches long. The
shorter sword was called shoto wakizashi. It was between twelve to twenty four
inches(Ibid.). Their swords were the “soul's” of the worship. A good sword was
tougher and sharper. The swords were tested before they were used by the
samurai. The sword tester used the new blades to cut through corpses and
bod .....
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The Ute Indians
.... homes on a river or stream valley and were scattered to take
advantage of wood, shade and other resources. In the winter they moved into
lower elevations for the milder weather there.
Children were very important in the Ute Indian tribe. Every member was
responsible for caring and the education of the youth. Babies were held in
cradle boards that were either made of willow branches bundled together or a
solid piece of wood. Willow bark was often used as diapers. Babies were cared
for by girls nine .....
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Shamanism
.... shamanism was beginning to harness
scholarly attention there were still different contradicting theories being laid
out in the scientific community. More recently since the notion of tribalism
has become more prevalent shamanism is beginning to be recognized as holding the
key puzzle in life. Furthermore, it is growing and encompassing many areas such
as Psychology, Pharmacology, and even believe it or not Physics. Now before we
elaborate on the historical significance of shamaninsm in anthropology it .....
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Transcendentalism
.... be with someone, to listen music. I am afraid to be alone. I
have a part of transcendentalism, I think we all do, even if we don't agree with
it.
Talking about Emerson, he had puritan influence. He struggle in
his life, and this help him with his writing. Emerson was transcendentalist.
Emerson did lot of writing. One of them was " Nature ". One of his
transcendentalist sentence was, " I become a transparent eyeball. " With his
inner soul, he really become it, it was real, what he feels .....
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Are Things Equal Between The Sexes In College Sports?
.... should men get all
the attention, women work just as hard as men at their sports, why not give them
some credit? Men and women are treated differently in sports ranging from the
size of budgets, the number of scholarships given, and in how many athletes are
participating in sports.
Men's athletic budgets are without a doubt a lot higher than women's
athletic budgets. On average men's athletic budgets are nearly five times that
of women's (Moline 18). An example of this is at schools that offer women .....
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Artificial Turf: A Dangerous Playing Surface
.... The original sales pitch rang true with all
the sincerity of a beer commercial: All the fun of the regular grass, with only
a third of the maintenance. Monsanto, AstroTurf's original manufacturer, had an
ace in hole as well; grass doesn't grow very well in domes. Seduced by visions
of conquering Mother Nature and paying a couple kids minimum wage to run a
vacuum cleaner over the field between games, stadium executives across the
nation bought into the AstroTurf movement. However, as the powers that be soo .....
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Automobile Racing
.... corners, from 200 m to 4000 m in
length. The difference between road and track racing ultimately led also to
different vehicle construction; four major types of racing cars are now built.
Pure racing machines, such as those used in Grand Prix\Formula 1 and in Indycar,
are built for power and endurance at speeds of more than 320 km/h (200 MPH). In
the past stock cars used to be production automobiles modified for track racing,
but are built now solely for the purpose of racing. Sports cars used for ra .....
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Backpacking: A Different Way Of Camping
.... circumstances are very different. One is
limited to his or her own capabilities: the amount of weight that can be
carried, endurance levels, just to name a few. Provisions must be carefully
measured. If overloaded, it can affect performance while hiking to one's
destination, but if not enough provisions are carried it, will impact how long
one can last out in the wilderness. The equipment must be minute in size and
weight. Special lightweight stoves, tents, sleeping bags, and clothes must be
use .....
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