The body needs a minimum of 20 minutes of sun a week to make enough vitamin D to stay healthy. The body cannot obtain enough Vitamin D from the food we eat so it needs to create it from sunlight exposure. A shortage of Vitamin D can cause problems such a rickets. So‚ except in special cases‚ some sun is good for most people. Over exposure can lead to bad sun burns and‚ in the worst case‚ melanomas (skin cancer). Overall‚ too much time in the sun is bad because you get first degree burn
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The Aztec stone of the sun is ¨Carved from a single piece of porphyry and is weighed at 20 tons¨. (American National Museum of History) The Aztec stone of sun’s symbols relate to the Sun and the Sun’s role in Aztec belief. (American National Museum of History) Even through the disk is not really a functioning calendar it is also referred as the calendar stone. (Cartwright)The stone was discovered in December 1790 in the central plaza of Mexico City. (Cartwright) The artist carved the Aztec calendar
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truth is a luxury. When one speaks the truth it does not require any effort and it is the honest opinion of an individual who is not petrified of the result of the action. The author‚ R.K. Narayan‚ reveals through irony in the short story‚ “Like the Sun”‚ that candor ultimately has pleasant and unpleasant consequences. Sekhar encounters unpleasant consequences as he told the absolute truth to the people around him. The problems arouse when he determined to tell the outmost truth throughout the
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all of my concerns‚ cares and worries wash away with the outgoing waves. As I stroll along I can feel the soft smooth sand beneath my feet. I am taken in by the soothing atmosphere that surrounds me. I let myself absorb the intense rays of the sun on a scorching summer day. I am calmed by the sounds of the ocean; the regular pounding of the waves restrain all of my worries. As I sit in my chair I can see all the sights of summer; children building sand castles along the ocean’s edge‚ to my right
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However‚ in The Art of War Sun Tzu states that disobedience is necessary and of greater value within a culture‚ an empire or a society. This is as a consequence of the relationship between a general and the king who has appointed‚ which correlates to the foreknowledge of the general and the overall knowledge of the figure of power. The fact that disobedience is utilized as a method by such figures of power makes it a cultural asset and becomes a value within the culture. Sun Tzu affirms that disobedience
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The Sun Also Rises: Long Form I. The Author The Author of this novel is Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway was born on July 21‚ 1899 and died on July 2‚ 1961. He was an American author and journalist‚ which relates to the book because in The Sun Also Rises the protagonist‚ Jake Barnes‚ is a journalist. He was also an ambulance driver in World War I which ties in with the book as well because Jake was a World War I veteran. Another thing that ties in the book from his personal life is that he was wounded
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characteristics and values in which that particular society admires. There are many different cultures and separate values that coincide with each culture. In the United States‚ we seem to look at athletes like Michael Jordan as a hero. In China‚ Sun Tzu is an integral part of their culture and considered a military genius and philosopher. Finally‚ in the Greek mythological culture‚ Hercules is thought to be a hero and is one of the most well known characters in Greece. All of these people have
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the beach. The sky can be a tremendous breath talking moment when arriving at the beach. Looking into the translucent sky and seeing a flawless life ahead always brings a smile to my face. My eyes then absorb the blistering rays the sun has to offer. As I see the sun set it turns the sky into a magnificent ray of colors‚ with light and dark oranges‚ pinks and highlights of red. As if a great painter has just thrown all his colors in to the sky to make one enormous master piece. When I view the marvelous
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to make wars moral and were able to instill discipline in the battlefield. Sun Tzu explains that there is a strict discipline within their military. Sun Tzu clearly states that there are certain rules to follow during a time of war “a city‚ although isolated and susceptible to attack‚ is not to be attacked” (Tzu 113). This quote is saying that although a city is isolated and attackable one should not touch cities‚ Sun Tzu says this because it is not morally right and justified to attack a city with
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The term despair means ‘the complete loss or absence of hope’ which is what South Side Chicago mirrored in the novel A Raisin in the Sun. Just by looking around you could tell that all hope was lost when there’s widespread poverty on Chicago’s South Side. Also by taking a look around the Younger home you can see it in the faces of people -- and the furniture?! On the first few pages opening Act I‚ Scene I‚ the text says “Now the once loved pattern of the couch upholstery has to fight to show itself
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