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- 6551: Why We Are So Jaded
- Why We Are So Jaded "Quality is possible without irony;emotion is possible without gushiness. The best are, high and pop, finds a middle way." Gordon's statement carries an immense weight of truth with it. In our society, we aree surrounded and ambushed by ironic images, that in fact border on sarcastic cynicism ... middle ground, as does true life - a plateau between the overwhelming mushiness of pop culture emotion, and the tongue in cheek irony of what we are exposed to nowadays. Too much exposure to either one high or the other low numbs the senses, and in fact inflicts a response of longing for the other. It is automatic to groan, or start laughing when too much gushy emotion is thrown at you ...
- 6552: Gylfaginning: Creation and Odin
- ... of wisdom. Other sagas, such as "The Ynglinga Saga," talk about the accounts of Odin during battle and of his various characteristics. Also in "Gylfaginning" from Snorris Edda, Odin (portrayed as three different men: High, Just-as-high, and Third) displays his extreme wisdom by giving a detailed account about the creation of the universe and the happenings of the world. Overall, Odin is always characterized as being omniscient and curious. Like today ...
- 6553: Causes And Solutions For Teen
- ... that occur, there are signs that are evident in these times that if noticed, can stop the waste of another life." These series of events are impossibilities or failures, such as problems at home or school, that feel overwhelming to the individual. The next step in this phase commences when the individual begins to feel emotionally broken, as if there is no one there that understands what they are feeling and ... unheard of 40 or 50 years ago. These adolescent want to "fit in" and be part of "the group." Another problem that may arise in their troubled thoughts are family problems at home, troubles at school with their teachers and/or peers, the thought of writing an exam that they have been dreading, or money difficulties. The worst frame of mind for an attempted suicide is when all of the individual ...
- 6554: Dantes Inferno
- ... the society is evident when he asks of Ciacco Farinata and Tegghiaio, men of good blood, / Jacopo Rusticucci, Arrigo, Mosca, / and the other who set their hearts on doing good-/ where are they now whose high deeds might be-gem / the crown of kings? (68). Had Dante not been so well versed he would not have been able to reference specific names. To further this theme, Dante expresses knowledge of Florence ... bedside / (who takes her child and runs, and more concerned for him than for herself, does not pause even / to throw a wrap about her) raised me, turned / and down the rugged bank from the high summit / flung himself down supine onto the slope / which walls the upper side of the next pit (199). This quote depicts the extent to which Virgil was concerned by the way in which the two ...
- 6555: Biotechnology In Food
- ... corporate funding is a very effective way of ensuring research will be favourable to the sponsoring company's products. Finally, there is the impact of genetic engineering on modern farming. The products of GE require high-input, high-capital operations, and are designed to facilitate large-scale, continuous-cropping monocultures. This is the antithesis of sustainable agriculture in which crop rotations, maintenance of soil structure and fertility, and natural pest-control methods are ...
- 6556: Creatine
- ... strains can occur when individuals over enthusiastically and rapidly increase their workout regimen before their tendons and ligaments are adapted to the increase in muscle size. Long-term consequences of daily creatine ingestion, especially in high dosages, are currently unknown. There is a strong possibility that excess creatine can put stress on the kidneys. Individuals with kidney disease should not use creatine. The most benefit will likely be noticed by body ... levels of creatine in your muscle cells, then supplementation is a good idea which can really enhance your training. Some people get minimal or no effect from creatine. This is probably due to their already high creatine levels due to dietary intake or perhaps the efficiency/inefficiency that they produce ATP. If you take creatine monohydrate and don't notice any results in about 2 weeks it's a good bet ...
- 6557: Max Planck
- ... try and draw a diagram of a curve that showed the amount of radiation given off at different frequencies for a blackbody with a given temperature. Then using Wien's law which worked out for high frequencies but didn't work for low, he saw a relationship with the mathematics of the entropy of the radiation in the high- frequency waves in correlation to the low frequency waves and he guessed if he combined the two in the simplest way that he would get a formula that related to the amount of radiation to ...
- 6558: Beowulf: The Epic Hero
- Beowulf: The Epic Hero An epic is a long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero. The hero is a figure of high social status and historical importance. An epic hero is a brave and courageous warrior, is chivalrous, is able to fight enemies with pride and not afraid to die for his country and people, and puts ... hour is come, and my end is near./Bid warriors build, when they burn my body,/A stately barrow on the headlands height./It shall be for remembrance among my people/As it towers high on the Cape of the Whale,/And sailors shall know it as Beowulfs Barrow.( l. 1705-1712) Thus, Beowulf endures pain and suffering in helping others. The epic hero has many different names to ...
- 6559: Rude Strength
- ... own voice: I have something of a rude strength of my own. The first member of my family to go to college, let alone pursue a graduate degree, the language I brought with me to school was not quite the typical language of the academy. It was the piecemeal language of immigrants, of the tavern, of the factories and warehouses where I worked before becoming a student. When I went to ... said one morning in class, in all seriousness, that people from blue-collar backgrounds could never succeed in the academy because, as children, they were not taught to value learning. I dropped out of graduate school after I heard that comment, which made me more aware than I ever had been of the difference between my fellow students and me not just my speech, but my clothes, my posture, everything about ...
- 6560: Ronald Reagan
- ... solid majority over middle class and working class Americans, many of them were the once who had supported the Democratic Party. He won their support with his positive declaration that the federal government imposed taxation high and had grown too large to control over people. Reagan spoke out in public against what overgrown government bureaucracy, expensive social programs, and federal regulatory agencies that interrupted in the private lives and business dealings ... Republican in this crowd." He was a great dictator and communicator. Reagan explained in his own words; " I was not a great communicator, but I communicated great things." He also said; "everyone can rise as high and as far as his ability will take him," and he pointed his own beginnings as proof.
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