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- 17451: Meditation: A In-Depth Look
- ... relationship with God. Hindus believe that because the soul is eternal, it must reincarnate in various forms to retain this everlasting relationship. Thousands of young people flocked to the ideas of Hinduism in the 1970's to escape the drug culture of the times. As the troubled youth of the 1970's matures into the professionals of the 1990's, the practice of meditation has been incorporated into the medical field and studied for its effect on the body and mind. The physical practice of meditation slows and calms the body, lowering blood pressure ...
- 17452: Code Of Behavior
- ... 1210), by Gottfried von Strassburg; Le Roman de la Rose, by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun; and the Arthurian romances (see Arthurian Legend). The theme of courtly love was developed in Dante Alighieri's La vita nuova (The New Life) and La divina commedia (The Divine Comedy), and in the sonnets of the Italian poet Petrarch. Troubadours and Trouv่res (Proven็al trobar,"to find" or "to invent"), lyric poets and ... was the leading Italian lyricist of the time. IV THE MODERN LYRIC The lyric mode is still almost universally popular in modern times. Notable lyrics have been written by the Americans Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, and E. E. Cummings; the Irish poet and playwright William Butler Yeats; W. H. Auden and Stephen Spender of England; the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas; German poets Stefan George and Rainer ...
- 17453: Cosmetic Testing on Animals
- ... in painful tests to determine the safety of cosmetics. Subezces such as eye shadow and soap are tested on rabbits, rats, guinea pigs, dogs, and other animals, despite the fact that the test results dont help prevent or treat human illness or injury. Cosmetics are not required to be tested on animals and since non- animal alternatives exist, its hard to underezd why some companies still continue to conduct these tests. Cosmetic companies kill millions of animals every year to try to make a profit. According to the companies that perform these tests, they ... laboratory workers apply the chemicals which burn into the animals skin. Alternatives to cosmetic testing are less expensive and generally more reliable to perform. Animals have different biological systems than humans therefore the tests cant be as accurate as the current tests. Some alternatives include cell cultures, tissue cultures, corneas from eye banks, and sophisticated computer and mathematical models. Companies can also devise a formula using ingredients already proven ...
- 17454: Mcdonaldization Of Society
- McDonaldization of Society In today's' complicated and ever changing society, we often try to achieve a sense of stability and familiarity around us. One way our culture has tried to make life a little easier is by implementing a function ... so they can get into a good college. Health care has also seen the impact of these, because now patients are mainly treated just to squeeze some money out of them, and doctors seemingly don't truly care about their patients anymore. Calculability basically reduces the quality of goods, but improves the quantity of them. The third function of McDonaldization is predictability. In our society, people usually want to know exactly ... and the worker can perform their task with little effort. The needs of everyone become easily anticipated. One of the first places predictability became common was with motel chains. Before motels became franchised, guests didn't know exactly what they would be getting, for the good or the bad. But then hotels such as Holiday Inn and Howard Johnson's started, and guests knew exactly what they were going to ...
- 17455: Acid Rain
- ... to another area and the acid rain could fall there. The regions effected more by acid rain is large parts of eastern North America, Scandinavia, and central Europe. In alot of places acid rain isn't a probelm because some soils can neutralize the acid and it doesn't effect the crops. Areas more sensitive to acid rain is in the western United States most of Washington all of Oregon, sectons of California and most of Idaho. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and a large ... and acid in the soil influence the biological and chemical processes that take place in the soil. Highly alkaline or acid soils can harm many plants. Neutral soils can support most of the processes. Florida's sandy soils are naturally acidic, but the soil is easily changed from acid to neutral or even a base ( base is alkaline soil ) by the small amounts of lime and calcium that come from ...
- 17456: Stopping By Woods On A Snowy E
- ... house is in the village, though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. The persona is saying that he knows who owns the woods, but he won t see him looking at the woods because he lives in the town. The author knows that Bob will not visit because he only owns the woods, he lives in the town and does not appreciate ... life different from that of Bob. Bob has chosen the city life of materialistic things while the author has decided to take in the beauty of the world. His life has reached its winter, it s end, and he is stopping To watch the woods fill up with snow, perhaps for the last time. He understands that he may not have much time left and he want to get as much ... all the beauty that exists, whether it is in the woods or elsewhere. The mere simplicity of this peaceful scene brings him joy. However, the man who lives in the village does not reciprocate Frost s joy. He is taking care his materialistic worries living in the village and has not come to see his woods. Frost on the other hand has taken the time to watch the woods for ...
- 17457: Meat Packing Industry And The
- ... in the stock yards of Chicago, Illinois (Upton). The novel also included gruesome descriptions of food production: Tuburculer beef, the grinding up of poisoned rats, and even workers falling into vats and emerging as Durham's pure leaf lard (Upton). Upton's book is based on true events of a family that moves to America in search of a better life. While they are there they looked for work in Chicago and came across meatpacking. Unsanitary techniques ... grinned into sausage. Not one scrap of meat went to waist when the workers put animals in the grinders. Pools of blood and bathrooms like sewers are the last type of job environment I wouldn't want to be in. A particular part I read of The Jungle describe in a more detailed fashion of the work place: "All day the blazing mid summer sun beat down upon that square ...
- 17458: Demeter and Persephone: Relationship Between Parent and Child
- ... to find her. She had roamed all over the Earth carrying a torch to light the way for her. On the tenth day she ran into Hecate, who told her that she had heard Persephone's cries but saw nothing. Then they both left and went to look for Helius, who looked over gods and human beings. If anyone knew something, he probably did. Demeter appealed to him to tell her ... she can fill that void in her life. So children in ancient society might have been normally raised closely by someone else than their parents. Parents would still take an important role in the child's life but without doing all the dirty work. This person was to do all the tasks of teaching the children manners, how to speak, and about the roles they were expected to play in society ... all returned to the house of Celeus. Demeter finally met with Metaneira who was seated with the baby. As Demeter sat with her, seeing her with all her daughters and son around her, she couldn't help but feel the longing for her own child Persephone. Metaneira was happy to have Demeter there, and she knew that she had someone very special to take care of her son Demophoon. She ...
- 17459: The Adventures Of Sherlock Hol
- ... life, but he is loyal to Holmes because he finds Holmes' eccentricities and mind interesting, and because they have been friends for some time. Being with Holmes gives him a chance to see the man's brain, which Watson openly admires, in action, as well. He also gets a chance to test his own mind against the problems they encounter. He seems to enjoy the drama of his friend's life and work, speaking of Holmes as a fascinating creature, more machine than man at times. Unravelling the mystery of who Holmes is seems to be one of his main motivations, as well as his ... going from irritable to playful, and always a few steps ahead of everyone else mentally. It seems that he has trouble keeping himself in check at times, and gets into most trouble when he doesn't have something to occupy his amazing brain. His past is somewhat mysterious, and though he is clearly a man of many talents - disguise, deduction, music, boxing, and observation - he can sometimes be ignorant of ...
- 17460: Effects of Deforestation
- ... the fringes of fragmented forests. The effects for the animals include greater exposure to the elements (wind, rain etc
), other non-forest animals and humans (Dunbar, 1993). This unnatural extinction of species endangers the world's food supply, threatens many human resources and has profound implications for biological diversity. Another negative environmental impact of deforestation is that it causes climate changes all over the world. As we learned in elementary school ... which has direct repercussions on the quantity and quality of life among both humans and animals alike. With this reduced amount of vital plant life comes the increase of carbon dioxide levels in the earth's atmosphere. With these increased levels of CO-2 come unnatural changes in weather patterns both locally and globally. "The removal of forests would cause rainfall to decline more than 26%. The average temperature of soil ... a major cause of soil erosion, and as the forests are cut down, it increases erosion" (Delfgaauw, 1996). The removal of wood causes nutrient loss in the soil, especially if the period between harvests isn't long enough (Hamilton and Pearce, 1987). Some areas also become "unbalanced" with the removal of tree roots as this removal can cause serious mud slides and unstability which can be seen in the in ...
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