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Intuition
Words: 1374 - Pages: 5.... If one of these is important it is suddenly brought to your conscious attention. Perhaps you are playing a computer game and you suddenly recognize the voice of the company president coming down the hall. Even though you are strongly focused on the game, the recognition of that voice destroys your concentration as it is brought to conscious attention.
This same pattern of recognition process is happening in another way. "Your experiences as an unfolding sequence in time are continually being compared to previous sequences to see if there is some important relationship. If one of these is important enough it is brought to conscious attention .....
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Boxing - A Safe Sport
Words: 675 - Pages: 3.... opponent does not count. A punch that knocks a boxer to the mat receives no more credit than a regular blow. A knockdown is scored as a single punch and does not necessarily make the boxer a winner of that round. When scoring this way, there is little emphasis on inflicting pain. Head guards are mandatory in the United States and in major international competitions. Form-fitted mouthpieces are also required and must be worn at all times; if it falls out, it is replaced immediately. Two boxers are usually matched up to their ability or skill level so to keep the bout fair. Also a boxer is never placed in a position where he will get i .....
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Differences And Similarities Of Liberalism
Words: 1927 - Pages: 8.... “...law of nature to govern it, which obliges
everyone; and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but
consult it...”2 The state of nature also includes inequality
...since gold and silver, being little useful to the life of a
man in proportion to food, raiment, and carriage, has its value
only from the consent of men, whereof labour yet makes, in
great part, the measure, it is plain that men have agreed to a
disproportional and unequal possession of the earth.3
In Locke's state on nature there are also three distinct problems. First
there is no established settled known law. .....
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Peer Pressure
Words: 724 - Pages: 3.... me.” This could be harmless pressure to try something like a new movie, or a new brand of cookies. It could also be pressure to abuse illegal drugs. is often used in harmful ways. (Doe, John) Teens at a party want to fit in. Many find it is very hard to say no when their peers are doing drugs. It may seem easy to say no, but when a teen feels pressured and wants to fit in, most teens try the drugs in the end. Another form of is reverse psychology. This is making it look good for you although it’s bad. If someone changes sides all of a sudden, a teen may change to the other side as well thinking it was their own idea. Greed .....
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Cigarettes: The History
Words: 716 - Pages: 3.... in the nineteen fifties there were some
scientific tests that had taken place involving mice and the correlation
between cancer and cigarette smoke. A top executive from Liggett & Myers
(F.R. Darkis) Who had seemed excited about the project, wanted to perform
tests on mice to see whether or not the cigarette’s from Liggett & Myers
Also known as the Chester Company would cause cancer in mice. All of the
studies that had taken place were kept as a secret and did not go outside
of company walls, although if the studies had proven to be negative
Liggett & Myers would have launched a massive advertising campaign
revealing the results of the t .....
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The Idatarod
Words: 868 - Pages: 4.... to Nome, stretching over 1,000 miles of icy, snow-covered
ground. The Iditarod was begun in the 1960's when people
tried to restore tradition to Alaska. It was first run to
commemorate a trip that took place in 1925 to deliver
medicine to Nome. The race has two routes, the Northern and
the Southern. In even-numbered years, the Northern route is
used and in odd-numbered years, the Southern route is used.
The Iditarod is the hardest and toughest dogsled race there
is. Sometimes the mushers get so tired, they hallucinate.
What makes the race so demanding? Three features: time,
temperature and dista .....
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What Is Zen
Words: 3551 - Pages: 13.... goal of seeing the world just as it is, that is, without the mind being cluttered by thoughts and feelings. This attitude is called “no-mind”, a state of consciousness where thoughts come and go without leaving any trace. Unlike other forms of Buddhism, Zen holds that such freedom of mind cannot be attained by gradual practice but must come through direct and immediate insight. Zen students prepare themselves to be receptive to such answers by sitting in meditation (Japanese za-zen) while they simply observe, without thought, whatever may be happening. The Zen belief is that nature cannot be grasped by any system of fix .....
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Youth Violence
Words: 1425 - Pages: 6.... peer groups, television, schools, and your personal factors are the main reasons. According to Joy G. Dryfoos, “Children who demonstrate antisocial behavior come from very non-supportive families at two extremes: either the family is repressive and abusive, or it seriously neglects the child from the early years on” (71). Parental neglect is a strong predictor of violence in a child, and parental rejection is the most powerful predictor. “The closer the child’s relationship with his parents, the more he is attached to and identified with them, the lower his chances of delinquency” (Hirschi 71). Neighborho .....
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Cultural Anthropology
Words: 3044 - Pages: 12.... field experienced significant growth. This was due to the “globalization of business activity and the increased awareness of the importance of culture for business,” (Laabs 24). is the study of existing people and corporations find this information useful in trying to understand human behavior within their own organization. “Business anthropologists have been studying the corporate world for years, on such varied topics as how to encourage more creativity or how best to integrate multicultural learning techniques into an organization’s training program,” (Laabs 25). Most anthropologists who work in the corporate environment .....
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Corcopare Day Care Centers
Words: 564 - Pages: 3.... the situation. To find a good babysitter the mother must first, go to an agency and ask for a certified babysitter; second, the mother and the agency would have to set an interview date with the babysitter; third, interview the babysitter and examine her references. This could be difficult and time consuming if the mother is working. If day-care is provided by the employer the mother wouldn't miss work. Knowing that the day-care center is within the worksite it would give the mother comfort. The mother would be aware that the babysitters at the center are qualified for the job.
In order for a company to be prosperous the employees must .....
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