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- 24431: The Spirit Catches You And You
- ... the dirt floor and buried the placenta. If it was a girl, her placenta was buried under her parents' bed. If it was a boy, his placenta was buried near the base of the house's central wooden pillar. They believed the male spirit was a domestic guardian who held up the roof of the house and watched over its residents. The placenta was always buried on the smooth side. The side that had faced the fetus inside the womb, turned upward. If it was upside down, the baby might vomit after nursing. If the baby's face erupted in spots, that meant the placenta was being attacked by ants underground, and boiling water was poured into the burial hole as an insecticide. In the Hmong language, the word for placenta means, "jacket. The Hmong consider it to be one's first and finest garment. When a Hmong dies, his or her soul must travel back from place to place until it reaches the burial place of its placental jacket, and puts it on. After ...
- 24432: Freudian Dream Analysis
- ... that dreams were a subconscious manifestation of these repressed urges, and that they served mainly to satisfy sexual and aggressive tendencies. The interpretation of dreams has come to be one of the aspects of Freud's studies which are most popularized, as he took the importance of dreams far more seriously than many of those who came before him or studied after him. Yet, Freud still offered some symbols as constants ... subconscious, and can manifest in dreams in order to bring about wish fulfillment, so that the individual is not psychologically damaged by the constant suppression of these thoughts. The ego is what brings about one's understanding that one is a part of a society, and cannot always satisfy the urges of the id. The ego is often seen as being responsible for practical and rational decision making. The superego governs ... and is often seen as the conscience. The superego is concerned with the long-term ramifications of actions, adherence to what is "right and wrong," and producing pride or guilt as a result of one's actions. The purpose of these different forces would seem to be providing a "check and balance" system for the mind, and insuring mental stability and personal wellbeing. The majority of the information in the ...
- 24433: Functionalism According To Fod
- ... brittle nut in the freezer, Dr. Lux would eat it." The central-state identity theory states that a certain mental state equals a certain neurophysiological state. The theory works in a way similar to Berkeley’s representation of objects. Both mental states and objects are a certain collection of perceptions that together identify the particular state or object. Fodor develops the idea of functionalism by combining certain parts of logical behaviorism ... when the computer is presented with a question in Chinese, it searches its memory and answers appropriately in Chinese. If the program is written well enough, the answers may be indistinguishable from a native speaker’s answers. According to functionalism, then, the computer and the native speaker have the same mental state since the results would be identical. Suppose, though, that a person is placed in a room without knowing any ... consult their list, gather and order their symbols accordingly, and pass them back through the door. If the list was comprehensive enough, then their answers would also be on a par with a native speaker’s answers. Again, according to functionalism, the native speaker and the person who does not understand a symbol of Chinese would have the same mental state. Having a mental state is not simply ordering symbols, ...
- 24434: Our Prison System Sucks
- Our Prison System Sucks Good afternoon ****** and fellow class mates. To many of you, the word prison might frighten you. To some, you welcome the idea of prison. To others, well, you just don't care. Well I am for the idea of prison, but I don't support the way our prisons in north america are being run. These people deserved to be punished! I don't want them to waste our money, get "paid" for television interviews, book rights and all the other goodies that come from doing a crime. And then slapped on the hand saying: "You be a ...
- 24435: Fashionably Loud
- ... new trends for all different types of people and in all different countries. Television commercials give us the backbone we need to fall into all the schemes for selling. Designers such as Calvin Klein, Levi’s and many others try to catch our eye with their cool and crazy commercials. Television influences the way we shop. It accents to each and every one of our wardrobes with telling us what is ... of what they have and what is most in style in these magazines. They try to sell their clothing, accessories, and purses in trying to say “this is cool and hip for the season”. Let’s not over look the face, make-up has a very large part in the fashion world. Magazines are constantly telling us what shades are in for the season and who sell them. The Magazines and ... Spade, now the number one designer of hand bags in the world, got her fame from advertising in magazines. The handbags selling for no lower than two hundred dollars, has become a must in one’s wardrobe coming from Vogue. All of these Magazines also played a large role in what I choose to wear, all through middle and high school all of us girls would bring in our Magazines ...
- 24436: Effect Of Temp On Endo And Ectotherms (metabolism)
- ... each student group chose a temperature of either 5 C, 10 C, 15 C, or 20 C. Each group selected a crayfish, and placed it in an erlenmeyer flask filled with distilled water. The flask s O2 levels had already been measured. the flask was then placed in a water bath of the selected temperature for thirty minutes, and then the O2 levels were measured again. Each group shared their findings ... 6 in Duncan and Townsend, 1996. Both of these equations have a negative slope, though the slope for the crayfish is substantially larger. The metabolic rates for the crayfish were also higher than the mouse s metabolic rates. Based on the results of this experiment, it was shown that as the temperature of the external environment rose, the metabolic rates of both organisms fell. It was also shown that the crayfish had a higher metabolic rate than the mouse. My hypothesis was completely incorrect in stating that the crayfish would have a lower metabolic rate than the mouse. The slope of the crayfish s linear regression was negative, while I had hypothesized that it would be positive. I was correct in guessing that the endotherm s metabolic rates would remain steady, which they did with only a slight ...
- 24437: The Congress of Vienna
- ... of Europe for years to come. The Conservative Political and Social views of the leaders of the time lead to a successful peace settlement to end this Napoleonic era. The first act to end Napoleon's rule was to create some new unity after the coalition had marched in Paris and defeated Napoleon. Each country was beginning to pursue their own interests and drift apart from establishing a method to prevent the power in France from ever growing to such a magnitude again. The British foreign secretary Robert Stewart (Viscount Castereagh) brought about the Treaty of Chaumont, restoring the Bourbon Dynasty from France's past. It was then decided for all allies to remain at peace until there was a reorganization of land that was to be laid out during a Congress of Vienna, to be held on September ... came when the control of Eastern Europe came to the table. Alexander I of Russia was firm in that he wanted all of Poland under his rule, Austria was not willing to give up it's share of Poland either, and Prussia was interested in the land of Saxony. This conflict came to it's height and there was even the fear that a new war might erupt over the ...
- 24438: The Sniper
- ... civil war that is especially dangerous because the enemy looked similar to yourself. The sniper is on the roof in a vulnerable situation because there is no cover, no place to hide. Besides that it s June around the twilight hour when it is fading into night and when the smallest amount of light attracted attention to the enemy. The bullets fired also make the danger of the sniper s location clear. When he lights his cigarette, almost immediately a bullet is shot against the parapet of the roof. Just as he raised his himself cautiously over the railing of the roof another bullet whizzed ... the information. Suddenly from the opposite side there is a flutter of bullets that come from the opposite side of the street. The psychological effects on the sniper suggest the horror of war. The sniper s feeling of excitement shows a lack of concern for other people. The sniper s fanaticism is known when it mentioned that he had not eaten because he was so excited to be there. Although ...
- 24439: Homeless
- ... live on the streets. Others are fortunate enough to find shelter with family or friends. Nonetheless society is being forced to figure out what to do with these homeless people. Some believe it is society's problem to take care of these homeless people. Others believe they are responsible for their situation and should be forced to fend on their own. There are many programs that are available to help homeless ... In the shelters they must include bathrooms, showers, food, and clothing. Also inside these shelters must be a job office that could help homeless people find jobs. If these shelters were spread throughout the U.S. the number of homeless people would decline due to homeless people getting jobs. The homeless could run these homeless shelter themselves. This would help cut back on the cost and help them learn valuable job ... If this simple policy went into effect, then this would cut back on many of the homeless people who roam the streets looking for food and shelter. Another policy that would help improve homeless people's lives is if the government set up a work program that would allow them to work on city projects. This would build their skills and give them a few extra dollars to spend or ...
- 24440: Hackers
- Analysis: The American Perspective On Hackers The issue of public information has always been a controversy in our world. One of our country’s founding arguments was based on the necessity of free speech and free information. Many now believe that our government is being overly restrictive on information, blocking and controlling some aspects of free speech that first ... Tampa. To do my job, I must to understand the thoughts and methods of the cyber-delinquents often misnamed as "hackers." This experience has given me a strong perspective of both the intruder and victim’s side. Firstly, take the view of the American people. This includes people who do and do not have computers at home, and do not understand their core functions. This group also makes up the majority ... email works or how to get to a web page. Only a handful of Congressmen actually use a computer themselves, and no more than a few of them actually understand the fundamentals of the Internet’s workings. It is despicable that the American Democratic system is allowing people who know absolutely nothing on the subject of computers and computer security to manipulate and fabricate the laws which all must follow. ...
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