Article 26 Where Fat Is a Mark of Beauty In a rite of passage‚ some Nigerian girls spend months gaining weight and learning customs in a special room. “To be called a ‘slim princess’ is an abuse‚” says a defender of the practice. By Ann M. Simmons TIMES STAFF WRITER AKPABUYO‚ Nigeria—Margaret Bassey Ene currently has one mission in life: gaining weight. The Nigerian teenager has spent every day since early June in a “fattening room” specially set aside in her father’s mudand-thatch house
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BYE BEAUTIFUL SUMMARY TABLE Page Reference | Events | Techniques | Themes | Purpose | 1 – 2 | Prologue: Family’s and Frank’s reaction to Billy’s death | Italic’sThird Person | | Creates suspense | 5 – 6 | Lansings’ car journey | Similes :HeatPersonificationAdjectives | Family roles in 1960s established | Creates a sense of heat and isolation | 7 – 9 | Meet Bill Read | DialoguePersonificationSymbolism :” shriek of the cockatoos” (9) | | Reference to politics (Menzies) provides historical
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Radio Movie Analysis Autism is generally accepted that it is caused by abnormalities in the brain structure or function. In many families‚ there appears to be a pattern of autism or related disabilities supporting the theory that autism has a genetic basis. Some of the characteristics of an autistic child are‚ does not babble or coo by 12 months‚ does not gesture or say a single word much less can speak two word phrases by 12-24 months of age as the child grows he or she may have difficulties
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based on a news article that was published by The Boston Globe in January 6‚ 2002 called "Church Allowed Abuse by Priest for Years." The group that did the research and published this article was called "Spotlight"‚ which is where the name of the movie came from. Tom McCarthy who was the director of this film made Spotlight so well that it has won almost twenty-seven awards from all over the country and even from different countries all over the world and also was also nominated for thirteen different
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A Wandering Mind Is an Unhappy Mind Matthew A. Killingsworth* and Daniel T. Gilbert nlike other animals‚ human beings spend a lot of time thinking about what is not going on around them‚ contemplating events that happened in the past‚ might happen in the future‚ or will never happen at all. Indeed‚ “stimulus-independent thought” or “mind wandering” appears to be the brain’s default mode of operation (1–3). Although this ability is a remarkable evolutionary achievement that allows people to learn
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Riley‚ an athletic and goofy young girl‚ was born in Minnesota. As an infant‚ Riley had two main emotions: Joy and Sadness. As she grew older‚ Anger‚ Fear‚ and Disgust developed. These emotions acted as people who worked inside Riley’s brain to guide her through her surroundings as she grew up. For example‚ fear kept Riley safe by making her aware of the possible danger around her as she played and disgust kept Riley away from potentially poisonous foods. From a young age‚ Riley developed five important
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Haushalter‚ G.D.‚ 2000. Financing policy‚ basis risk‚ and corporate hedging: evidence from oil and gas producers Hentschel‚ L.‚ Kothari‚ S.P.‚ 2001. Are corporations reducing or taking risks with derivatives? Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 36‚ 93–118. Howton‚ S.D.‚ Perfect‚ S.B.‚ 1998. Currency and interest-rate derivatives use in US firms Jin‚ Y.‚ Jorion‚ P.‚ 2006. Firm value and hedging: evidence from US oil and gas producers Kim‚ Y.S.‚ Mathur‚ I.‚ Nam‚ J.‚ 2006. Is operational hedging
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Intro to Humanities “Sankofa” Why have African Americans forgotten their roots? “In this bright future you can’t forget your past.” Sweet‚ simple‚ and to the point was this quote said by Jamaican reggae artist Bob Marley. The major theme of this movie is returning to the past to understand your future. In the beginning of the film the protagonist starts off as Mona‚ a self-centered model oblivious to her surroundings‚ and its importance. She stood on the very ground where many of our ancestors were
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wakenings Part 1: In the movie Awakenings‚ a man named Dr. Malcolm Sayer applies for a job at a hospital in The Bronx‚ New York. As he’s being interviewed it’s obvious that he’s nervous and not comfortable around people. His resume shows how in the medical field‚ he’s mostly spent his time doing research and experiments but never working with humans or psychological problems. The manager hires him anyways and he gets right to work. They give him a patient named Lucy who has been in a catatonic
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Semiotic analysis of the film ‘Dharm’ The story line of the film ‘Dharm’ follows the life of Pandit Chaturvedi‚ a highly respected‚ learned and religious Brahmin‚ who lives with his wife Parvathi and daughter Vedika‚ in Benares. His life takes an unexpected turn after he adopts an abandoned baby boy (who was brought into the house by his daughter) and raises him as his own son. The boy‚ who is named Karthikey‚ fills Pandit Chaturvedi’s life with joy and happiness. However‚ this happiness is short
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