Panahi argues to her numerous audiences, including parents, women and employers, that not only do attractive people do better in the workplace, but they are also more intelligent, better looked after as children, and lead an altogether happier life. ... In fact, attractive people lead overall better and happier lives than average looking people. While happiness may be an abstract term that is not easily defined, Panahi's supporting arguments of why beautiful people are "happier with life" make her statement difficult to argue with. ... Not only does mean that they have the added...

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By constructing montages of various daily life images of the Russians, he was able to draw realities that are unnoticed by the imperfect human eyes. ... In short, Vertov has created Kino-eye to observe movements in the lives of Russians which then was effectively made into montages to be inscribed and defined within the context of another. This creation of rhythmic montage about movements of lives is then the analysis of social state as labor and proposal of new perception as ideology. ... The story is, rather, candid and presented in the way the real Russian daily lives were. ... Vertov'...

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) occurs after an exceptionally traumatizing episode in a child's life. ... It is even estimated that half of America lives with depression, and a large portion cannot legally purchase a cigarette (which, by the way, have been clinically proven to increase anxiety and depression by thirty percent in a six year study of juvenile smokers). ... Along with the damaged neurotransmitters, a teen will feel overall hopelessness, irritability, and a general loss of libido in life. Not to be confused with anxiety, which is more symptomatic of panic attacks and fe...

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The inordinate spike in the teen and adolescent presence online is both staggering and continuing as we introduce more and more social media sites into daily lives. ... This infinite social circle has a litany of possible negative effects on adolescent social lives, but all of those can significantly affect how a teen defines "friendship". ... The "tethered self" is one who is so dependent on others' lives that they receive their values and form their own identity based on others, a characteristic that we saw was indicative in the socially forming years of 12-14. FoMO ...

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Capital punishment is not only immoral and unethical but it doesn't matter who has done the killing because when life is taken by another human it is wrong. By killing a human being the government lessens the society's value of life and also contributes to the growing opinion today that certain individuals are worth more than others. When the value of life is lessened under certain circumstances such as the life of a murderer, what is stopping others from creating their own circumstances for the value of one's life such as race, class, religion, and economics? ... But what p...

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Examples abound of people with high intellectual ability who live their lives very foolishly and of people of ordinary intelligence who live their lives very well. ... In another long-term predictive study, Felsman and Vaillant (1987) followed a group of 456 inner-city men from early adolescence to middle life. ... The evidence clearly indicates that intelligence, as conventionally measured, is often unrelated to practical problem solving or to success in many important life endeavors. ... One cannot help but be impressed, when observing students in such a situation, with the degree to which s...

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The eminent psychiatrist, Viktor Frankl, while suffering numerous hardships in his life as a prisoner of war in a Nazi work camp that included, being isolated from the rest of the world including his family. Along with the prospect of facing death at the hands of his captors, began to question the meaning of his existence and the meaning of life in general. Frankl eventually came to the conclusion that people derive meaning from their lives as either as a result of their suffering, their ability to love another, and their work (Frankl, 2011). ... Including longer life expectancies for the elde...

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Politics functions so as to allow individual members of the community (as opposed to simply citizens) to achieve a life of justice that is a life directed toward the "good" and to undergo a personal development that strives for moral fulfillment. ... "The state came about as a means of securing life itself, it continues in being to secure the good life" and it is in the role of securing the good life that the state enables man to be truly complete. ... Nevertheless, common interest too is a factor in bringing them together, in so far as it contributes to the good life of each." ... Aristo...

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Hence, in this given situation, ending the life of an inmate to save the life of an innocent is seen as the morally superior action. In the view of a rule utilitarian however, ending the life of any human being, whether a criminal or an innocent, is inherently wrong due to the very nature of this action. In this example act utilitarianism can be argued to be the more sound argument since people naturally seek out the action resulting in the greatest pleasure or happiness, which in this case involves the sacrifice of criminals to save the lives of innocent citizens. ... Act utilitarianism can ...

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Poverty stricken families or individuals live their lives daily dealing with this problem and find it difficult to maintain their livelihood and has disrupted their view on the factors of economy. ... Housing situations based on the amount of individuals in the household whose only supported by a sole income may benefit from this and make their lives better off but this target group does not satisfy poverty as a whole. Financial instability by poor life choices and decision making contributes to this groups economic downfall and left homeless at its extreme product. ...

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Kyla Bender-Baird's book, "Transgender Employment Experiences: Gender Perceptions and the Law," is an insightful compilation of the transgender community's employment life and experiences with critical analysis on the politics behind bylaws governing gender rights and its implications in the real world. ... This form of covert discrimination greatly affected not only their personal lives, but also the people they consider as family. ... The anxiety created by these events caused a great deal of stress and adverse health consequences, prompting transgenders to quit their careers a...

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On the word of London (1982/2015), "Birth control has been an important matter in the lives of humans since the beginning of time, the first contraception devices used in the ancient Egypt were sponges that were used as vaginal barriers to stop the sperm from reaching the egg, these barriers were concocted from a mix of crocodile dung, honey and sodium carbonate used to block the flow of sperm from fertilizing the egg among many others" (The History of Birth Control section, para.17). ... Payne (2015) states that, "Women didn't regard birth control as a top priority because of the high ...

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Through religious ritual and practice, people "make sense of the world, reach decisions and organize their lives," which was evident during my visit to the Hindu Temple in Flushing, Queens. ... I was mainly interested in the way religion is lived out in the community and the role it plays for the everyday lives of devotees, as many popular definitions of religion fail to account for the personal aspects that come with ritual and practice. ... While it was interesting to learn of God's numerous forms and their purposes, I desired a more personal account from a devotee; I wanted t...

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Masculinity, first, stands for societies in which men are supposed to be assertive, tough, and focused on material success; women are supposed to be more modest, tender, and concerned with quality of life. The opposite pole, femininity stands for societies in which both men and women are supposed to be modest, tender, and concerned with quality of life. ... Therefore, in terms of Eisenstein's argument that women's girl bodies determine democracy; free from violence and sexual abuse, free from malnutrition and environmental degradation, free to plan their own families, free to not hav...

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Not only does being a good speaker benefits an individual in his professional career, but also in his personal life. ... This opinion cannot be true since knowledge on its own is usually insufficient for an employee in performing to one's potential in the professional life. ... To conclude, although there are many objectives that a university has, the most important objective is to prepare students for the professional life. Preparing student for the professional life not only requires an investment in knowledge, but also in character development, experience and mental abilities. ... Stu...

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Political life, they felt, had ceased to be the urgent and tragic think, it had once been; it had become a polite comedy. ... The ideal they sustained was the ideal of a polite and polished world in which, men of quality, that is, for no others counted would be ashamed to be cruel or gross or enthusiastic, in which the appointments of life would be spacious and elegant, and the fear of ridicule the potent auxiliary of the law in maintaining the decorum and harmonies of life. Voltaire had in him the possibility of a passionate hatred of injustice, and his interventions on behalf of persecuted o...

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The Bush- Cheney administration reasoned that enhanced interrogation techniques were considered safe, legal, and effective and they would be used to obtain information necessary to save lives (Locopino). ... All of these harmful psychological effects prove that enhanced interrogation techniques are not "safe" since most of these detainees will be scarred by these torture methods for the rest of their lives. ... In a real life example of the negative effects of enhanced interrogation techniques, nine detainees at US naval station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GTMO) were studied. ...

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Vaudeville programs "have reflected, and sometimes anticipated, the life and fashions of the times" and "the vaudeville managers find these fads profitable, because of the theatergoer's desire for something new or novel" ("History of," 1926). For just the cost of a cheap seat ticket (usually nickel-dime), patrons had the opportunity to escape their ordinary mundane lives to experience and marvel at performances entirely new due to the weekly changing program. ...

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The theory of Human Nature, according to Hobbes, derives from the basis that human appetites and aversions exclusively govern human life, driven by three principle desires: preservation of life, enjoyment of physical pleasures and comforts, and lastly, acquisition or maintainability of power. As a consequence of our appetites and aversions dictating our lives, we are inevitably brought in to this state of nature by means of three principle causes contributing to conflict: competition, diffidence, and glory. ... The underlying forces that dictate human life through these appetites and aversions...

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This is a helpful tool for general concentration, focus, memory and an important skill to have in all aspects of life. ... Mindfulness, meaning simply "paying attention', can help us experience life fully, in the "Now", so that every moment of every day we feel truly alive and connected to our present reality, and life does not just pass us by in a blur or a flash. ... This close attention and awareness can help us to fully appreciate, enjoy and make the most of every moment, allowing us to notice the wonder and beauty of life around us, and also help us to make calmer and...

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The fact that Meursault believes "one life's as good as any other"" (Camus 28) decreases his moral responsibility in the killing, as the character does not perceive life to be significant enough for the violation of justice. ... However, Meursault's individuality has allowed him to come to terms with this, as he "laid open to the benign indifference of the world"" and realized that "Nothing, nothing mattered and I knew very well why"" (Camus 76), demonstrating both his knowledge of the implications of his character and his complete liberation from life, death, and the opinions of tho...

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And it doesn't stop there, school uniforms are usually dresses for girls trousers for boys, and so it goes on throughout our lives. The media, social relations, work and rules of institutions all seem to have ideas about what is and what is not appropriate behaviour for both genders, these play a very big part of our lives and social constructivists believe have a very big influence on us when constructing our identities and also what paths we take in life, from career making decisions , personal relationships to child rearing and expectations of our futures. ...

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Although sleep deprivation is a common theme in the lives of many students, the amount of sleep deprivation varies from school to school and PERS is unique in its efforts by tailoring the program to the specific needs of each individual team. ... Conflict of motivations is typically where self-regulation comes into play, student athletes want to participate in the social scenes of college life but also need to be concerned with health and performance. ... Self-regulation is structure which mimics the life of student athletes who live by a tight schedule set by advisors and coaches. ...

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As Melvin Richter notices, there were three ways in which Tocqueville delineated liberty as a concept: " first, in terms of the benefits produced by the political life of a free government; second, in his distinction between democratic and aristocratic liberty; and third, in his rhetorical inclination to praise liberty as a good in and of itself, a good which can be understood only by those who have experienced it, and the supreme value of which cannot be determined by its consequences"9. However, it is the first type, liberty "in terms of the benefits produced by the political...

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Tradition in this case refers to the heritage of struggle and triumph that has characterized men and women's lives and their writings throughout history. ... In order to accomplish this, she would need to break away from the preconceived notion that society had placed on her as a woman and seek out a means of education, financial stability and most importantly, she would need to experience life without the criticism and harassment from society, thus freeing her mind to write, and by doing this she would procure the status in society worthy of some acknowledgment from her male counterpart...

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