...The media and womens body image Its been argued that the western culture is a culture so consumed by image that those with fame give praise for being thin and disapproval for being fat, birthing a generation of women and girls that are often extremely self conscious about their appearance and body image. Media images of the unattainable thin body can be found almost anywhere. There has been continual interest in women’s body image throughout the years. Is there truth in the fact that women’s self-esteem and eating patterns are affected by what a woman sees in the media? Have this been researched enough to show the link between poor body image and the media’s portrayal of women and could this research allow for successful interventions to be evaluated and implemented. Could and intervention lead to fewer cases of anorexia and bulimia and could this lead to increased self-esteem and a more positive body image amongst women? The question many people want to know is if this is the case, where did these stereotypes come from exactly? Is it from the movie, television industry, fashion and beauty magazinesor is it from social and cultural influences , or maybe its just something we learn naturally. Does it really affect women and adolescent females selfworth, or does it go beyond that, leading to serious medical conditions? This paper explores the different factors that influences women body image and if the media is soley responsible for how adolescents and women view their body...
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...People see pressures on their body shape and what to eat from almost everywhere. The media, their family and friends, their job and even activities they do for fun. Views on what a healthy body looks like has evolved throughout the years and what body shape is acceptable to have has been changing with it. America’s response to the pressures of body shape has been to change diets and blame a lot of it on the food they eat. Frank Bruni and Mimi Nichter speak to a lot of the pressure facing kids growing up especially those who are considered to be overweight. Bruni, who has been overweight for the majority of his life, spoke of some of the struggles he faced growing up and how the world views are changing on what is acceptable for even kids to...
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...of San Agustin Presented by: Aira Jane Marie B. Panerio BS Tourism Management 2 September 2012 INTRODUCTION This paper explains the reasons why we should study the history of the Ningas Cogon Attitude of Filipinos and the unrestrained choice for Procastination. Definition of terms: Ningas Cogon- Origin We often hear the term“ningas cogon” in Filipino culture. At times, it is often used when describing news headlines, current scandals, or Filipino traits. But what does the term really mean? And where did it come from? How does it actually occur in Filipino culture, and why? Definition of ningas cogon or procrastination The term “ningas cogon” is actually derived from the word cogon, which refers to cogon grass, a tall, green, thin type of grass that grows through large fields and easily catches fire. Because cogon grass is thin in texture, any amount of flame brought close to it can cause a quick and wild fire. The next thing you know, you are left with an empty field of dead and burned grass. The reason people use the term ningas cogon is because it refers to the fact that people show fervent interest in a new topic (like the wild fire), but also lose interest just as quickly (like the cogon grass that burns out rapidly). Oftentimes, people describe ningas cogon as procrastination, as it refers to the fact that people tend to show immense interest in new topics, and then procrastinate by failing to follow through with the...
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...Is Dracula a Stereotype? According to Dictonary.com a vampire is, “A preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.” Dracula fits into that definition of a vampire almost perfectly because vampires are essentially dead people that came bad to live to drink other people’s blood and that is exactly what Dracula does in the story. Dracula makes people think that vampires have to be all the exact same way. It kind of set the way for modern day television and movies. Although Stoker didn’t create the concept of vampires, he expressed how they looked and acted more than how they were described before. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the main character is not a stereotype but over time television and media has made it a stereotype in works such as The Vampire Diaries. The first thing people think about when they hear vampire is that they drink lots of human blood. Blood is what vampires need to get their energy to do everyday tasks and activities. In the eighteenth chapter of Dracula, Renfield explains to Mina that “The doctor here will bear me...
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..."In the first two seconds of looking –in a single glance – they were able to understand more about the essence of the statue than the team at the Getty was able to understand after fourteen months . . . Blink is a book about those first two seconds." Gladwell begins his introduction with the story of a kouros – an ancient Greek sculpture of a young naked male – that was acquired by the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1983. Kouroi are very rare. As a result this particular kouros was being sold for $10 million. Because of the hefty price tag, the Getty Museum was very careful when testing to see if the kouros was a forgery. However, after 14 months of analysis, the Getty determined that the kouros was in fact real, and bought the statue. Many scholars did not agree that the kouros was real. To them, something about the statue didn’t look right. When Thomas Hoving, the former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, looked at the statue the first word that came to his mind was “fresh”. When Angelos Delivorrias, director of the Benaki Museum in Athens, first laid eyes upon the statue he felt a wave of immediate disgust. For a long time the validity of the kouros was hotly debated. Finally, the Getty’s case began to fall apart. As it turned out, a lot of the documents used to prove the statue’s authenticity were forged. Also, as experts began to examine the statue in great detail, they came to the realization that it used a hodgepodge of styles from many different places...
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...is all powerful then he is able to change and eliminate evil. If God is all knowing then he has full knowledge of all evil that occurs in the world. If he is all good then he wants to create a freedom from evil. But, evil exists. So, if evil exists then God isn’t all powerful, all knowing and/or all good, or God does not exist. FT: Without God, there would be no problem of evil. God created all things, so God created evil; natural and moral. S: What do you mean by natural and moral evil? Are their different types of evil? JH: Moral evil is a wickedness that is one person inflicting evil onto another person or onto one self. FT: God created people so that means he indirectly is responsible for the creation of moral evil. How is someone who created moral evil worthy of praise? JH: We will get to that question. First I will explain natural evil....
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...Mark Anspach WHY DID ISABELLE CARO DIE? Mixed messages in an anorexic model's demise. It was a shocking one-two punch: first anorexic model Isabelle Caro died in a French hospital, then the distraught mother killed herself. Coming so soon after her daughter's November death, Marie Caro's January suicide has reopened the debate about the causes of anorexia. Is imitation of ultra-thin models to blame – or are girls like her stunted by clinging mothers who won't let go? In interviews and a celebrity memoir, Isabelle didn't hesitate to blame Mom for wanting her to stay a child, yet she herself will be remembered as the skinny model who denounced the fad for skinny models. In an unsettling way, anorexia became her ticket to stardom. Isabelle Caro won fame by posing naked for a controversial 2007 advertising campaign about the dangers of anorexia sponsored by Italian fashion label Nolita. Timed to coincide with the unveiling of spring-summer collections on the Milan catwalks, the campaign was conceived as a wake-up call to the fashion industry and a warning to girls who might be tempted to imitate impossibly slim models. The sight of Isabelle's emaciated frame was supposed to show that extreme thinness is repulsive, not sexy. "The message is clear," Isabelle said at the time. "I have dry, sore skin, sagging [breasts], the body of an old woman." Alas, the message was not clear at all. Pictures of the 20-something's wizened body and big green eyes turned up on so-called "pro-ana"...
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...Have you ever just had a bad hair day? When you woke up and no matter what you did, you couldn’t get it to lay right? Well I am here to tell you about a hair product that could end your bad hair days forever. Affordable, quality products are often kept secret. They blend in with other fancy named products and often go unnoticed. My sister in law has been a hairstylist for 17 years and has used and sold this product to almost every client she has had. Today, we will look at a hair serum that can help you achieve a salon quality hairstyle right in your own bathroom, with your own fingertips, at a much cheaper cost. First, I want to tell you why you need this product. According to the Milady Standard Textbook of Cosmetology, the average growth of hair is around ½ inch per month. Many people don’t see this hair growth because environmental factors often cause the hair to break off at the ends. Your hair needs some type of protection against these environmental factors. It is one of the first things that people notice about you. It is the first thing that we either compliment, or sit back and silently notice how bad it looks. Most of us have made at least one bad first impression, or been embarrassed because of how our hair looked when we’ve met someone for the first time. Whether it be a prospective date or employer, we have all experienced this. Many hair smoothing products are very overpriced. They leave clean hair looking greasy, while it feels weighted down and looks like it...
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...in 2005 by British-Canadian Journalist Malcolm Gladwell, focusing on our ability to ‘’Thin Slice’’. He explains through this ability we are able to determine what is truly important from a narrow experience, suggesting our spontaneous decisions are often better than the ones we consider. Using several engaging examples, he warns however that this ability of ours is challenged by personal likes, dislikes and overload of information, and is in our best interest to train our first impression to understand this reality through experience. The lack of scientific research in Blink also suggests that it is anecdotal, but Gladwell accepts this reality himself and thoroughly explains every point he makes in regards to this single flaw. Drawing scenarios that practice this rapid cognition from science, advertising, medicine and many others, he is also able to directly engage the reader’s subconscious by random screening and thought provocation. Malcolm Gladwell’s theory brings awareness to the power of our unconscious decision-making and proposes various strategies that offer a solution to its fallacy, maintaining his veracity in the research presented despite the lack of scientific method. Malcolm Gladwell’s theory brings awareness to the power of our unconscious decision-making. Decisions made quickly can be every bit as good as decisions made cautiously. A critical part of rapid cognition, “Thin-slicing” is the ability of our unconscious to find patterns in situations and behavior...
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...Semester One Mid-semester Examinations, 2015 MGTS1201 Computer-based Information Systems Venue Seat Number ________ Student Number |__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__| Family Name This exam paper must not be removed from the venue ____________________ _____________________ First Name _____________________ School of Business EXAMINATION Semester One Mid-semester Examinations, 2015 MGTS1201 Computer-based Information Systems This paper is for St Lucia Campus students. Examination Duration: 60 minutes Reading Time: 10 minutes Exam Conditions: For Examiner Use Only Question Mark This is a School Examination This is a Closed Book Examination - specified materials permitted During reading time - write only on the rough paper provided This examination paper will NOT be released to the Library Materials Permitted In The Exam Venue: (No electronic aids are permitted e.g. laptops, phones) An unmarked Bilingual dictionary is permitted Calculators - No calculators permitted Materials To Be Supplied To Students: 1 x Multiple Choice Answer Sheet Rough Paper Instructions To Students: Please answer all multiple choice questions (MCQ) in the MCQ answer sheet provided. Please answer all short answer questions in the space provided within the examination paper. Please ensure you write your student number and name on the MCQ answer sheet...
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...after the purchase of coconut oil to your dog, do not expect to be fluent. It pretty solid, kept under 75 degrees, just like your average lard or butter. But unlike that may soon become rancid butter, coconut oil last up to two years, courtesy of its high levels of saturated fat which makes it slow to oxidize. Coconut oil has had a bad reputation because of this, though. Several health organizations have warned people about the risks of consuming large amounts of coconut oils because of their levels of saturated fat. In 1980 and coconut oil in 1990 was seen less and less because of its...
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...Sartre’s Bad Faith Sartre’s says that a man is free and responsible for himself. Many people can agree and many disagree, but Sartre’s has many good points in thinking this way. With freedom comes responsibility is a well-known saying. Which is basically part of what Sartre’s is trying to explain? Freedom is existence and source of all values. We are free to do what we want, but the things we do and the way you act determines your qualities. Each of us is responsible for everything we do because we are free to make our own decisions and choices. We are our choices and within everything we do we make a choice. Therefore, if you chose to do anything or whatever you have chosen to do, you are responsible for that choice. Even if you don’t choose, you have “chosen” to not choose, so you did still make a choice. You can only either chose sincerity or self-deception which is to be or not to be. According to Sartre’s, Bad faith is not accepting freedom and responsibility and the outcome of them. One of the main forms of bad faith believes in God. Humans use religion to escape from the reality of human situations. They try to escape because they can’t accept or deal with the consequences of human responsibility. Humans have to make decisions and live with their decisions; not God, nature, nor society has anything to do with it. Good faith is living in reality and accepting the fact that God does not exist. Presidential candidate Herman Cain was accused of sexual harassment. He claims...
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...while emphasizing the concept that healthy people are thin. In the present century, it’s so hard not to be confronted with messages viewing ‘fatness’ as undesirable (Sakata, 1998). The bad news accompanying this belief is that it eventually reaches to the children and is bound to affect them...
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...Summary The city of Seabreeze, located in California, was once a prosperous city because of the coastline location. Due to the decline in the real estate market, the city experienced a decrease in property tax revenues. People are spending their money in other areas and less in tourism and retail activity. As a result, this generated less sales tax revenue. To offset the budget deficit, the California Legislature passed a bill requiring cities to transfer 20% of their gross property tax revenues to the state. The city is looking for ways to save money and one of those areas is technology. It is impossible to eliminate technology such as computers all together because it’s a big part of the city daily operations. One of the potential options is virtualization of city’s physical servers, storage devices, and end user computers would result in significant savings in cost to the city of Seabreeze. Benefits of Virtualization Virtualization is defined as a technology that uses software to run multiple applications and operating systems on one or more physical host servers all at the same time. Within the host server is comprised virtual computers known as VM (Virtual Machines) are running the operating systems and applications similar to a physical PC. VM are setup as virtual servers and virtual desktops. Below is an example how a virtualization server operates. Example of Virtualization Server One of the benefits of virtualization is consolidation of servers...
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...with the temp service – what will she be doing and where? She lands a job at Isadore Weintraub’s accounting firm where she will be a receptionist 5) What is her boss’ name? How is he characterized? Are you, as the reader supposed to like him? Isadore Weintraub, a nervous, shifty-eyed man with thin, mousy hair with horn-rimmed glasses. I personally would like him because he seemed very laid back 6) As the reader, you find out that her ex-husband is trying to get back into her good graces…what is he doing? He began sending her gifts, red roses, money, etc. She kept the money 7) Contemplate why Nancy feels herself wanting to go back to Aldo? Does she realize that it would come to no good? She found his handwriting in the greeting cards to be sexy and kept his money when he sent it to her which shows signs she still loves him 8) Her sister makes the comparison that Aldo is like a train and Nancy a “dumb cow” on the tracks. Is this a fair assessment? Did she need to hear this from someone? Yes very much fair because Aldo is nothing but trouble for her. And she most definitely needed to hear it. 9) How does the title “Orbiting Izzy” play into the story? Why do you think that the author chose it? She was always describing Izzy in a...
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