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Jordan EWSIS

searching for the Main street Pimp - 0 views

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  • Jordan EWSIS on 16 Nov 09
     
    what I noticed most about the Main street flushing pimp is that he really made a name for him self out on the street and people realy miss him being out on the street. If you go out on main street and ask just about eny one if they have ever seen him chansis are they have. When Hellen sead that he might be dead I was shockt that it might be a posibillity he was the life of main street he made every one happy and he was really friendly
Jose EWSIS

Director Discusses Success Through Perseverance - 0 views

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Perseverance Life Hope Film Advice

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  • Jose EWSIS on 16 Nov 09
     
    This is a great article that deals with director Brett Ratner, a big time Hollywood movie director who discussed his life on how he made it to the top. Its great to read and the advice he gives is great for future successful filmmakers as myself. Its a great "boost-up" to read if any of you filmmakers ever feel down and feel all is lost.
Yeung Shing EWSIS

WikiAnswers - How long does it take to become a dentist - 0 views

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teeth job carree school long

shared by Yeung Shing EWSIS on 02 Dec 09 - Cached
  • Yeung Shing EWSIS on 02 Dec 09
     
    this article intersected me because this could be one of my furtrue carre or one of my furtrue jobs before i get to my carree this wouldt be my carree because its not somehting i want to do or be however its a good job because you get paid alot and i think that it would be an good idea to gain alot of money though a job. in this article it tells me how long it take in med school and profesnal school where i only learn in that one subject and i can do it in 11 years that is not bad at all oh wait that is pretty long so it might have to be my carree after all =[. well im not so sure about doing this as a carree but is a good job andi wouldt mind but im still thinking about it do i really wanna be surroded by mouth everyday of my life hahaaha well at least half of my life. maybe i will do somehting else that im intersected in but this is a really good job in my thinking due to the high payments and the benifts of being a docotr is overwhelming which is a good thing.
Yeung Shing EWSIS

Unusual Ways To Make Money - 0 views

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  • Yeung Shing EWSIS on 01 Dec 09
     
    im learning mre about my inqury question right now and in particular what im wondering about this is if this really works i was reserching this question online, and this blog post caught my attention because i felt like it and it was there after i finsh searching on google and it was there. i didt feel like high lighting any because i cant do so the web site block me from copying and im way too lazy to copy and paste little by little by typeing and hopefully this quote is true that im not posting. the quote taht i choose which i know but you dont is the quote that i choose becuase im way too lazy to type it bit by bit but i like it its about how to make money in alot of ways so its actually a good post online. i think this is great becuase i leanred more about money and how to make money it makes me wonder if im goign to make money in the furtrue and this is a great psot that i think everyone should read.
Silevia Centrin

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Rose Black

Plagiarism checking tool - the most accurate and absolutely FREE! - 0 views

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  • Rose Black on 12 Jul 12
     
    In this technological age a plagiarism checker is essential for protecting your written work. A plagiarism checker benefits teachers, students, website owners and anyone else interested in protecting their writing. Our service guarantees that anything you write can be thoroughly checked by our plagiarism software to insure that your texts are unique.
Paul Allison

New Flickr Search « Flickr Blog - 0 views

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  • Lastly, we’re exposing simple summary information on the page as you refine your search. For example, try looking for Creative Commons licensed videos of dogs made after 1st January 2009 and you’ll see all that information listed above your search. Over time, we’ll bring more and more advanced features directly into the page.
    • Paul Allison
      Paul Allison on 05 Aug 09
       
      This should make it easier to use the Flickr search for finding Creative Commons images.
Paul Allison

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Document - 0 views

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  • Cunningham, 80, whose innovative choreography has been expanding audiences' expectations about dance for more than 50 years, is reticent about connecting the dots. "The only relationship between the virtual and real dancers is the one you make for yourself," he says, comparing the experience of watching Biped to channel surfing. But that may be precisely the point, according to Roger Copeland, author of an upcoming book on the choreographer. Copeland believes that Biped, like much of Cunningham's recent work, is about how to focus your attention in a world full of distractions. "It's a model for a very progressive society, where different components are able to exist side by side without encroaching on one another." That may sound like a pipe dream, but in Cunningham's inspired rendition, it's an irresistible one.
    • Paul Allison
      Paul Allison on 28 Jul 09
       
      This is what I'm talking about. Years before his time Cunningham was showing us how to live through his art.
Kit EWSIS

Cannibals in Myth and Legend - 0 views

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  • Kit EWSIS on 07 Oct 09
     
    Cannibalism is awesome to read. Those myth tells about another side of human, it's very meaningful when you get it. I just read nine of them in the site.
Anna EWSIS

When You Dream of Work All Night : NPR - 0 views

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dreams about work dreams EWSIS npr

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  • Anna EWSIS on 10 Dec 09
     
    I just finish listening to this podcast from NPR and it was interesting. It was basically saying that sometimes people can dream about work. They can dream about their life at work. Martin said "Which is usually what I think when I wake from my dreams. If we're going be spending half of our day of work and two-thirds of the remaining day asleep, it would be nice to think dreaming about work would actually do us some good." I guess people do dream about life at work because people usually spend most of their day at work. I consider my work as a student. Its not really work because I dont get paid for what I do at school but I consider it a job for me because I do a lot of classwork, homework, projects and many more. What Im trying to say is that people dream about what happen recently to them. And for me, what happens recently at my day is school. I do remember dreaming many times about school. I dream about the test im going to have the next day, I dream about the homework I just did and if i did a good job on it. I also dream about my friends and teachers at my school. I like this NPR I just listened to.
JorgeV EWSIS

2012 phenomenon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • The 2012 phenomenon comprises a range of eschatological beliefs and proposals, which posit that cataclysmic or transformative events will occur on December 21 or December 23, 2012,[1][2] which is said to be the end-date of a 5,125-year-long Mayan Long Count calendar.
    • JorgeV EWSIS
      JorgeV EWSIS on 15 Dec 09
       
      This is important because it tells you have the possible dates are for the end of the world theory.
    • JorgeV EWSIS
      JorgeV EWSIS on 15 Dec 09
       
      this supposed to be highlighted yellow!!!
Marlene EWSIS

Envy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • envy was one of the most potent causes of unhappiness.
    • Marlene EWSIS
      Marlene EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is important because unhappiness leads to a lot of different emotions that can end in tragedy.
  • emotion that "occurs when a person lacks another's (perceived) superior quality, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it."
    • Marlene EWSIS
      Marlene EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This basecally explains why envy occurs. Envy is an emotion that usuall leads to anger, sadness, love, etc
  • most unfortunate aspect of human nature because not only is the envious person rendered unhappy by his envy, but also wishes to inflict misfortune on others
    • Marlene EWSIS
      Marlene EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is basecally saying that envy cause more damages then it seems, it hurts the person that's feeling the envy and it also damage the person dat is causing the envy. Some cases have occured where someone is so jelous of another person that in the end they end up killing them,or damaging them in some sort of way.
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  • "Envy" and "jealousy" are often used interchangeably, but in correct usage, both words stand for two different distinct emotions. In proper usage, jealousy is the fear of losing something that one possesses to another person (a loved one in the prototypical form), while envy is the pain or frustration caused by another person having something that one does not have oneself.
    • Marlene EWSIS
      Marlene EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is important because people usually get confuse with this two feelings. As its said here jelousy is the fear of loosing someone/something to another person. While envy is just the feeling of not having what you want.
  • "as the pain caused by the good fortune of others"
    • Marlene EWSIS
      Marlene EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I wonder if there is a way to control envy from getting out of hand and causing damage to other people?
  • envy followed by anger which then translates into aggression.
    • Marlene EWSIS
      Marlene EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I wonder if envy can come out in a different way other then agreesion and anger.?
  • Envy is known as one of the most powerful human emotions for its ability to control one as if envy was an entity in itself
  • He feels tense, muscles go into spasm, tremulousness and head feeling giddy.
    • Marlene EWSIS
      Marlene EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is saying that envy doesn't only cause emotional pain but it also has physical symptoms.
  • derive from a sense of low self-esteem
    • Marlene EWSIS
      Marlene EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I wonder if this means that if someone has a high self-steem they wont feel envy?
Keyur EWSIS

Ghost - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Ghosts or similar paranormal entities appear in film, theatre, literature, myths, legends, and some religion
    • Keyur EWSIS
      Keyur EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is importnat because it shows, that the idea, of a ghost is so cool, that people use it in movies and theatre. People actually go see these movies, to be entertainied or to be scared. If they are scared by a movie, I wonder what would happen if they saw one in real life.
  • Although the human soul was sometimes symbolically or literally depicted in ancient cultures as a bird or other animal, it was widely held that the soul was an exact reproduction of the body in every feature, even down to clothing the person wore.
    • Keyur EWSIS
      Keyur EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is basically stating that the ghost of a person, will have exactly the same features as the human had when he was living. If he was wearing a hat, the ghost will have a hat. If he had severe acne, the ghost will have severe acne.
  • A place where ghosts are reported is described as haunted, and often seen as being inhabited by spirits of deceased who may have been former residents or were familiar with the property
    • Keyur EWSIS
      Keyur EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I wonder if there is any way to get rid of these spirits if they actually are real and inhabit your home. I also wonder, if the ghost was, nice what would it do?
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  • The spirit of the dead was believed to hover near the resting place of the corpse, and cemeteries were places the living avoided
    • Keyur EWSIS
      Keyur EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is basically saying, that the ghost will be close to the dead body of the ghost. Thats why people will avoid cemataries.
  • The ancient Romans believed a ghost could be used to exact revenge on an enemy by scratching a curse on a piece of lead or pottery and placing it into a grave.[27]
    • Keyur EWSIS
      Keyur EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is important because, it shoes that some ghosts will do evil stuff, and it also shows that people have enough power to summon ghosts to do thier bidding
  • Malevolence and terror, the glare of evil faces, ‘the stony grin of unearthly malice', pursuing forms in darkness, and 'long-drawn, distant screams',
    • Keyur EWSIS
      Keyur EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I wonder if all ghosts are these evil scary creatures. I wonder if they are ugly
  • have speculated that changes in geomagnetic fields (created, e.g., by tectonic stresses in the Earth's crust or solar activity) could stimulate the brain's temporal lobes and produce many of the experiences associated with hauntings.
    • Keyur EWSIS
      Keyur EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      In my own words this basically says your brain could be playing tricks on you
  • Critics of "eyewitness ghost sightings" suggest that limitations of human perception and ordinary physical explanations can account for such sightings; for example, air pressure changes in a home causing doors to slam, or lights from a passing car are reflected through a window at night.[67
    • Keyur EWSIS
      Keyur EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is saying that parnormal activity could be just everyday things, but your brain is too frightened to use logic.
Robin EWSIS

Maturity (psychological) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • By this definition, how an individual feels about himself is no more legitimate than how others feel about him, and so it is important that this individual gains a certain level of maturity as he grows older to earn the respect of others. However, maturity need not reflect one's actions in a social situation among well-known peers, as in these situations there is no need to establish a sense of maturity as once maturity is established, it by no means has to be a norm. Furthermore, one need not establish maturity on how others view their personality, because a casual observer cannot totally judge someone he or she does not know on a personal level.
    • Robin EWSIS
      Robin EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I belive this is true because a lot of people gain respect on the level of their maturity. Another reason is that I also believe that the sense of maturity comes from within thyself
  • maturity is not determined by one's age.
    • Robin EWSIS
      Robin EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      this is in my words because it is true maturity doesn't come from age and a lot of people don't accept that. It doesn't mean that i except this like if you're a 40 year old acting like 12 year old isn't right but you have to give the person time to grow
  • In fact, judge Julian Mack, who helped create the juvenile court system in the United States, said that juvenile justice was based on the belief that young people do not always make good decisions because they are not mature, but this means that they can be reformed more easily than adults.[2] However, the relationship between psychological maturity and age is a difficult one, especially when it comes to the law. Immaturity is often used to distinguish between adolescents and adults, and there has been much debate over how to tell if someone is mature, especially regarding social issues like abortion.[3]
    • Robin EWSIS
      Robin EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I wonder why the juvenille system hasn't worked for most adelecents because more children find it "Cool" to go to juvenille prison rather than being a punishment so they purposely do things to get in with the in crowd even if it means messing up their future
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  • However, for legal purposes, people are not considered psychologically mature enough to perform certain tasks (such as driving, consenting to sex, signing a binding contract or making medical decisions) until they have reached a certain age.
    • Robin EWSIS
      Robin EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      My father also says this too. He says that im to young to drive and to worry about my school work and to keep in my studies. My mom is more protective than my dad she says that i don't need to be focusing on girls and other nonsense.
  • Maturity is a psychological term used to indicate that a person responds to the circumstances or environment in an appropriate and adaptive manner. This response is generally learned rather than instinctual, and is not determined by one's age. Maturity also encompasses being aware of the correct time and place to behave and knowing when to act with appropriate emotion for the situation.
    • Robin EWSIS
      Robin EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I also find this important because it explains what maturity is and what is it known as
  • Psychologist B.W. Roberts explains that in an explicit model of personality, one's personality must be viewed from both the perspective of the actor and the perspective of the observer. Therefore, one's maturity is not measured solely on introspection, but by how others view one's maturity as well, in a feedback loop.
    • Robin EWSIS
      Robin EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I'm not really sure what this paragraph is explaining
    • Robin EWSIS
      Robin EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      please help
  • Maturity is something of personal character, or how one acts in stressful or difficult situations, because then a person's true ability to react to a situation can be seen. Fake social interactions are often misjudged as many people rely on outward appearance to mask inner strengths/weaknesses so as to present a simpler version of oneself to the world.
    • Robin EWSIS
      Robin EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I under stand this because all guys i know change their attitude around just to impress a girl. Me i don't have to do that i could just be myself and still have a girl like me
Veronica EWSIS

Astrological sign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Each sign is associated with one of the classical elements (fire, earth, air, or water) and one of the three qualities or modalities (cardinal, fixed, or mutable). It is also associated with an area of concern: personal, social, or universal.
    • Veronica EWSIS
      Veronica EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      Just a little information on aspects in personality that are affected by the ideas in astrology. For example, concerns that you might have under a certain sign.
  • Each sign is associated one of the classical elements (water, fire, earth and air.) [3] Fire and Air signs are positive or extrovert, masculine signs; while Water and Earth signs are negative, introvert, feminine signs.
    • Veronica EWSIS
      Veronica EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I wonder how they formed decided these ideas regarding the elements?
  • A common feature of all three traditions however, is the significance of the ascendant or rising sign, namely the zodiac sign that is rising (due to the rotation of the earth) on the eastern horizon at the moment of a person's birth.
    • Veronica EWSIS
      Veronica EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      A person's life and personality is affected directly by the day he or she was born.
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  • According to astrology, celestial phenomena reflect or govern human activity on the principle of "as above, so below", so that the twelve signs are held to represent twelve basic personality types or characteristic modes of expression.
    • Veronica EWSIS
      Veronica EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is important because it gives information on where these ideas come from. With this I could probably dig deeper into the history of astrology to find out more.
  • Personal Signs - Aries, Taurus, Gemini, and Cancer - are principally aware of and concerned with individual concerns. Interpersonal Signs - Leo, Virgo, Libra, and Scorpio - are principally aware of and concerned with social and societal concerns. Transpersonal Signs - Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces - are principally aware of and concerned with humanitarian and existential concerns.
    • Veronica EWSIS
      Veronica EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I wonder if I could interview people to compare how accurate these descriptions are.
  • Wood and Metal are elements alongside Earth, Fire and Water. In addition, the elements also govern various aspects of one's personality, and are assigned to various other things such as directions (North, South, East and West), colours, seasons and planets.
    • Veronica EWSIS
      Veronica EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      There are five elements that govern a person's characteristics, interests, lucky colors, etc, in Chinese astrology.
  • Unlike the Western or Indian zodiacs, the Chinese zodiac signs are not derived from constellations, and are not assigned to sections of the ecliptic. Instead, Chinese astrological signs operate on cycles of years, lunar months, and two-hour periods of the day (also known as shichen).
    • Veronica EWSIS
      Veronica EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This shows why Chinese astrology differs so much from Western and Indian astrology.
  • Metal: The metal person is rigid and resolute in expression and intense, with strong feelings. The direction associated with Metal is West, and the season is autumn, which makes it the fixed element for the animal signs Monkey, Rooster and Dog. Water: The water person is a good communicator and persuader, intuitive and sympathetic to others and good at conveying feelings and emotions. The direction associated with Water is North, and the season is winter, which makes it the fixed element for the animal signs Pig, Rat and Ox. Wood: The wood person has high morals, is self confident, expansive and co-operative, with wide and varied interests. The direction associated with Wood is East, and the season is spring, which makes it the fixed element for the animal signs Tiger, Rabbit and Dragon. Fire: The fire person has leadership qualities, and is decisive, self confident, positive and assertive. The direction associated with Fire is South, and the season is summer, which makes it the fixed element for the animal signs Snake, Horse and Sheep. Earth: The earth person is functional, practical, solid, reliable, organized and methodical. The direction associated with Earth is the Centre. Some Chinese astrologers associate Earth with late summer.
    • Veronica EWSIS
      Veronica EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I know that Chinese astrological signs have counterparts in Western astrology. So, I'm wondering how the traits of the Chinese signs compare to their Western counterparts.
  • These are known as Exaltation (see below), Triplicity , Terms or bounds, and Face or Decan , which together are known as describing a planet's Essential dignity, the quality or ability to give of one's true nature.
    • Veronica EWSIS
      Veronica EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is important because now I have some traits and times that I can compare with a person's actual personality at that time.
  • ^ "Astrology Zone with Susan Miller." Susan Miller 1998-2007. astrologyzone.com about Fire signs http://www.astrologyzone.com/tools/fire.html ^ "Astrology Zone with Susan Miller." Susan Miller 1998-2007. astrologyzone.com about Earth signs http://www.astrologyzone.com/tools/earth.html ^ "Astrology Zone with Susan Miller." Susan Miller 1998-2007. astrologyzone.com about Air signs http://www.astrologyzone.com/tools/air.html ^ "Astrology Zone with Susan Miller." Susan Miller 1998-2007. astrologyzone.com about Water signs http://www.astrologyzone.com/tools/water.html
    • Veronica EWSIS
      Veronica EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is a link to a site that gives more information on traits for a given sign and the history of astrology
LeandroA EWSIS

Meaning (linguistics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • This type of semantics is contrasted with communication-focused semantics where understanding the intent and assumptions of particular speakers and writers is primary as in the idea that people mean and not words, sentences or propositions.
    • LeandroA EWSIS
      LeandroA EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      this differs from other branches of semantics because generally semantics are associated with making people look like idiots but this demonstrates that this specific branch is associated with finding meaning without going in so deeply
  • the good or bad associations we make with words
    • LeandroA EWSIS
      LeandroA EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      i think this is important because it puts a huge idea into simple wording and shows a philosophy put into a pysics style. the sentence on its own shows a human word game where we associate words with other words that show taste or distaste in a subject
  • Meaning as intent seems to be the oldest use of the word and goes back to Anglo-Saxon and still exists in German as an association made with the verb "meinen" as to think or intend
    • LeandroA EWSIS
      LeandroA EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      its strange to think the meaning of meaning has changed over time i guess it's sort of strange that meaning went from think to associate.
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  • persuasion more an aspect of rhetoric and deception rather than judging people, positions and philosophy more by weight of evidence or legitimate argumentation.
    • LeandroA EWSIS
      LeandroA EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      the author suggests that persuasion is not convincing people but more deceiving them to get what you want andchanging their ideals
  • The field of semantics is often understood as a branch of linguistics, but non-idealized meaning as a type of semantics is more accurately a branch of psychology and ethics.
    • LeandroA EWSIS
      LeandroA EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      this is strange to me i've thought that even though semantics has some deeper undertone it's a branch of literature, but (at least the non-idealized part) is a branch of psycology, which is a nice twist.
MelissaB EWSIS

Christmas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Christmas[2] or Christmas Day[3][4] is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that commemorates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.[5][6] The date of commemoration is not known t
    • MelissaB EWSIS
      MelissaB EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This importtant to know what christmas is and wherethey think that it comes from so you have a feeling of where it comes from and were the ideas come from
  • Although traditionally a Christian holiday, Christmas is widely celebrated by many non-Christians,[1][10]
    • MelissaB EWSIS
      MelissaB EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      If it is a a christian holiday then how has it become more celebrated by non christans and the customes have been adopted. Why do they say that all christans celebrate christmas when some don't
  • some of its popular celebratory customs have pre-Christian or secular themes and origins. Popular modern customs of the holiday include gift-giving, music, an exchange of greeting cards, church celebrations, a special meal, and the display of various decorations; including Christmas trees, lights, and garlands, mistletoe, nativity scenes, and holly. In addition, Father Christmas (known as Santa Claus in North America, Australia and Ireland) is a popular mythological figure in many countries, associated with the bringing of gifts for children.[11]
    • MelissaB EWSIS
      MelissaB EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      Let me break this down there are some customs in christmas and there are some new customs that have been added in resent years and there arew some old customs that have gotten new looks to be mor apealing in modern time such as santa clause.
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  • Becaus
  • heightened economic activity among both Christians and non-Christians, the
  • gift-giving and many other aspects of the Christmas festival involve
    • MelissaB EWSIS
      MelissaB EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I feel like this is important because this is what christmas is about now gift giving.
    • MelissaB EWSIS
      MelissaB EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I feel like this is important because it seems that this is what christmas is about now gift giving.
  • holiday has become a significant event and a key sales period for retailers and businesses.
    • MelissaB EWSIS
      MelissaB EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is important to understand why it is such an important holiday to the economy of some countries and why they try to make it more secular now.
  • in others, Christian minorities or foreign cultural influences have led populations to observe the holiday. Major exceptions, where Christmas is not a formal public holiday, include China, (excepting Hong Kong and Macao), Japan, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Thailand, Nepal, Iran, Turkey and North Korea.
  • Around the world, Christmas celebrations can vary markedly in form, reflecting differing cultural and national traditions. Countries such as Japan and Korea, where Christmas is popular despite there being only a small number of Christians, have adopted many of the secular aspects of Christmas such as gift-giving, decorations and Christmas trees.
Yanira EWSIS

Homophobia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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    • Yanira EWSIS
      Yanira EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is important because it talks about Homophobia.This paragraph explains what Homophobia is about, it says that homophobics are very anti-gays they are scred to socializing with gays and they like to disscriminate against them or individuals percieved to be homosexuals.
  • [A] phobia about homosexuals….It was a fear of homosexuals which seemed to be associated with a fear of contagion, a fear of reducing the things one fought for — home and family. It was a religious fear and it had led to great brutality as fear always does.[8]
    • Yanira EWSIS
      Yanira EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      Let me break this down for you, this sentence is explaining how and why people are against homosexuals, one of the reasons could be religion its a very serious thing because its a sin to be a homosexual but its no reason to discriminate against them.
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  • nd Related Health Problems). For some, homophobia is a non-clinical term.[27] David Hall contrasts homophobia with heterosexism, which he des
Michael Harris

Concussion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Concussion, from the Latin concutere ("to shake violently")[1] or the Latin concussus ("action of striking together"),[2] is the most common type of traumatic brain injury
    • Michael Harris
      Michael Harris on 09 Dec 09
       
      A concussion is basically a violent collision that has to do with the brain. It is not a plesant feeling.
  • Treatment of concussion involves monitoring and rest.
    • Michael Harris
      Michael Harris on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is important because if a concussion is treated this way there would be no deaths or paralysis.
  • Repeated concussions can cause cumulative brain damage such as dementia pugilistica or severe complications such as second-impact syndrome.
    • Michael Harris
      Michael Harris on 09 Dec 09
       
      Repeated concussions can lead to lots of brain damage. That could lead to memory loss or even paralysis. Many people have terrible lives and miss out on a lot of things.
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  • Due to factors such as widely varying definitions and possible underreporting of concussion, the rate at which it occurs annually is not known; however it may be more than 6 per 1,000 people
    • Michael Harris
      Michael Harris on 09 Dec 09
       
      How many people in the United States have had or had concussions?
  • Common causes include sports injuries, bicycle accidents, car accidents, and falls
  • Concussion may be caused by a blow to the head, or by acceleration forces without a direct impact.
    • Michael Harris
      Michael Harris on 10 Dec 09
       
      A concussion can be caused by a heavy blow to the head, not anywhere esle. They blow must occur in the head area.
  • Cellular damage has reportedly been found in concussed brains, but it may have been due to artifacts from the studies
    • Michael Harris
      Michael Harris on 10 Dec 09
       
      Have Doctors done anything to fix the cellular damage in the brain?
  • A debate about whether structural damage exists in concussion has raged for centuries and is ongoing.
    • Michael Harris
      Michael Harris on 10 Dec 09
       
      This is important because I think that agruements are the reason that most things are discovered. Without conflict and resolution how are you going to discover anything?
  • Headache is the most common MTBI symptom.
  • A group of experts called the Concussion in Sport Group met there and defined concussion as "a complex pathophysiological process affecting the brain, induced by traumatic biomechanical forces.
    • Michael Harris
      Michael Harris on 15 Dec 09
       
      Is this the first defintion of the sports concussion?
  • neuroimaging
    • Michael Harris
      Michael Harris on 15 Dec 09
       
      What does neuroimaging mean?
  • According to the classic definition, no structural brain damage occurs in concussion;
    • Michael Harris
      Michael Harris on 15 Dec 09
       
      This basically means that back in the days Doctors didn't believe that when a concussion occured the brain was also damaged structally
  • concussion may involve a physiological or physical disruption in the brain's synapses.[17]
    • Michael Harris
      Michael Harris on 15 Dec 09
       
      This is important because it opens eyes to the public on what happens to the brain when a concussion occurs.
  • Definitions of mild traumatic brain injury
    • Michael Harris
      Michael Harris on 15 Dec 09
       
      Why are there so many definitons of concussions?
JackeyQ EWSIS

Global warming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • The most commonly discussed measure of global warming is the trend in globally averaged temperature near the Earth's surface.
    • Munaza EWSIS
      Munaza EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is impotant, many people do not know that the temperature of the earth is cahnging significantly.
  • An increase in global temperature will cause sea levels to rise and will change the amount and pattern of precipitation, probably including expansion of subtropical deserts.[7] The continuing retreat of glaciers, permafrost and sea ice is expected, with warming being strongest in the Arctic. Other likely effects include increases in the intensity of extreme weather events, species extinctions, and changes in agricultural yields.
    • Munaza EWSIS
      Munaza EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      The temperature is affecting not only regular temperature but also changes in the agriculture facilities. It is merans that food industry prices as well as food companies will "sky rocket", because of temperature changes.
  • Political and public debate continues regarding climate change, and what actions (if any) to take in response. The available options are mitigation to reduce further emissions; adaptation to reduce the damage caused by warming; and, more speculatively, geoengineering to reverse global warming. Most national governments have signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
    • Munaza EWSIS
      Munaza EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      Politics is making the Climate Chnge issue, unimportant, I beleive that Govermnets are just "selling their image", so they would look good. There are many, many policies pacts that have been made in order to "control Clmiate Change/ Global Warming". When will there be a policy that actually help the meniviroment?
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  • Human activity since the Industrial Revolution has increased the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, leading to increased radiative forcing from CO2, methane, tropospheric ozone, CFCs and nitrous oxide. The concentrations of CO2 and methane have increased by 36% and 148% respectively since the mid-1700s.[23] These levels are much higher than at any time during the last 650,000 years, the period for which reliable data has been extracted from ice cores.[24] Less direct geological evidence indicates that CO2 values this high were last seen about 20 million years ago.[25] Fossil fuel burning has produced about three-quarters of the increase in CO2 from human activity over the past 20 years. Most of the rest is due to land-use change, particularly deforestation.[26]
    • Munaza EWSIS
      Munaza EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      Industrial Revolution was bound to happen, people would live in the stone age for the rest their lives. When the Industrial Revlotion did occur things did not look bad, as of 2002 and futher did the climate change was becoming a issue to looked upon as an issue.
  • If the atmosphere is warmed, the saturation vapor pressure increases, and the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere will tend to increase. Since water vapor is a greenhouse gas, the increase in water vapor content makes the atmosphere warm further; this warming causes the atmosphere to hold still more water vapor (a positive feedback), and so on until other processes stop the feedback loop
    • Munaza EWSIS
      Munaza EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      The atmosphere is warming up, there is no way for stoppiong the warming up but there is a way of slowing this down or going green
  • When ice melts, land or open water takes its place. Both land and open water are on average less reflective than ice and thus absorb more solar radiation. This causes more warming, which in turn causes more melting, and this cycle continues.
    • Munaza EWSIS
      Munaza EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      The Ice is melting. If you look at the The cold continent of Antartica, the ice caps are melting there. The North and the South Poles are melting. The sea levels are rising and inhabitants such as polar bears and Penguins are getting affected. The sea levels are afftecting Island Nations as well as sea bordering nations.
  • Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans since the mid-20th century and its projected continuation. Global surface temperature increased 0.74 ± 0.18 °C (1.33 ± 0.32 °F) between the start and the end of the 20th century.
    • Mei EWSIS
      Mei EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      basic information about global warming.
  • However, warming is expected to continue beyond 2100 even if emissions stop, because of the large heat capacity of the oceans and the long lifetime of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
    • Mei EWSIS
      Mei EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      people are using air conditioner in the summer and the gases come out of air conditioner are bad for the o-zone.
  • Temperature changes vary over the globe. Since 1979, land temperatures have increased about twice as fast as ocean temperatures (0.25 °C per decade against 0.13 °C per decade).
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I think this sentence is important because this shows that global warming is causing the earth to get warmer. This changes things lik melting of ice bergs which can lead to rising sea level and cause major changes.
  • The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes that most of the observed temperature increase since the middle of the 20th century was caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases resulting from human activity such as fossil fuel burning and deforestation.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This is important because it descibes why and how the temperatures all around the world are going up. This also shows that as we get more technology, we are destroying the earth more and more.
  • The IPCC also concludes that variations in natural phenomena such as solar radiation and volcanoes produced most of the warming from pre-industrial times to 1950 and had a small cooling effect afterward.
  • The uncertainty in this estimate arises from the use of models with differing sensitivity to greenhouse gas concentrations and the use of differing estimates of future greenhouse gas emissions.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I think this means that no one can predict what would happen or how much emissions we produce. Less is the best, but none is great
  • The greenhouse effect is the process by which absorption and emission of infrared radiation by gases in the atmosphere warm a planet's lower atmosphere and surface.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This means that how much emissions we would make is how much global warming we create or how much we would make our own doom.
  • Clouds also affect the radiation balance, but they are composed of liquid water or ice and so are considered separately from water vapor and other gases.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I wonder if this can also help since it can cool down the face of the earth and also it can help by reflecting solar light back into space as it makes it's way through the atmosphere.
  • Global dimming, a gradual reduction in the amount of global direct irradiance at the Earth's surface, has partially counteracted global warming from 1960 to the present.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      This means that global dimming helps by reflecting the warm sunlight away from earth so that we can keep it cool itstead of hot.
  • Observations show that temperatures in the stratosphere have been steady or cooling since 1979, when satellite measurements became available.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I wonder if this can really help out since it has really little effect, while we release tons of gas into our atmosphere.
  • Warming is expected to change the distribution and type of clouds. Seen from below, clouds emit infrared radiation back to the surface, and so exert a warming effect; seen from above, clouds reflect sunlight and emit infrared radiation to space, and so exert a cooling effect.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I think this is important since it might trap heat, but it relfects even more heat out than it traps. It also helps cool the earth, but trapping those gases in can harm us since those gas can be toxic.
  • Measures including water conservation,[99] water rationing, adaptive agricultural practices,[100] construction of flood defences,[101] Martian colonization,[102] changes to medical care,[103] and interventions to protect threatened species[104] have all been suggested. A wide-ranging study of the possible opportunities for adaptation of infrastructure has been published by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.[
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I wonder if we would really need to evacuate earth if there is no possible answer for saving our lives and the earth as well.
  • Geoengineering is the deliberate modification of Earth's natural environment on a large scale to suit human needs.[106] An example is greenhouse gas remediation, which removes greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, usually through carbon sequestration techniques such as carbon dioxide air capture.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 09 Dec 09
       
      I think this is important because if we do have to evacuate the earth, then we would need to bring this information to our new planet so that we can preserve that planet and hopefully learn from our mistakes.
  • In 2007–2008 Gallup Polls surveyed 127 countries. Over a third of the world's population were unaware of global warming, with developing countries less aware than developed, and Africa the least aware. Of those aware, Latin America leads in belief that temperature changes are a result of human activities while Africa, parts of Asia and the Middle East, and a few countries from the Former Soviet Union lead in the opposite belief.
  • Geoengineering is the deliberate modification of Earth's natural environment on a large scale to suit human needs.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 15 Dec 09
       
      This means that geoengineering is the study of changing the environment of earth to suit human needs. This is like constructing more land or to shape the lands so that buildings can be built or changing the land so that it can be used for vegetation.
  • one study suggests that projected rates of extinction are uncertain.[80]
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 15 Dec 09
       
      I wonder will this be true since there are many theories of when the world will end like the upcoming 2012.
  • United States President Barack Obama has announced plans to introduce an economy-wide cap and trade scheme
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 15 Dec 09
  • Measures including water conservation,[100] water rationing, adaptive agricultural practices,[101] construction of flood defences,[102] Martian colonization,[103] changes to medical care,[104] and interventions to protect threatened species[105] have all been suggested. A wide-ranging study of the possible opportunities for adaptation of infrastructure has been published by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
    • JackeyQ EWSIS
      JackeyQ EWSIS on 15 Dec 09
       
      I think this is important because this is our means of survivial if anything happens to our planet earth or what we might have to do in the future to prevent anything from happening again.
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