THE MANY FACES OF A FRIEND We all have friends. We call them by different names. Regardless of the term we use‚ a friend to us is someone that is dear and important because of the many roles he or she performs in our lives. Though our parents and siblings are the most significant persons‚ the relationship we have to a friend is unexplainable and indescribable. Sometimes we are even more comfortable with a friend rather than our parents‚ brother or sister. Among our friends‚ we have someone whom
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The Swastika’s Many Meanings The swastika is the oldest religious symbol known to the human race and is widely recognized in various cultures all across the world. The swastika has been used over 3000 years and is even older than the Ankh which is a symbol used by the ancient Egyptians (History of the Swastika‚ by Jennifer Rosenberg). The word “swastika” originated from India‚ meaning well-being. It was and still is used by many different cultures symbolizing life‚ power‚ strength‚ peace‚ the sun
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As we live in a global economy we can no longer rely on the clothing labels promising a product made in Italy or elsewhere. Products are produced wherever the costs are the lowest whereas the quality stays the same or is even better. It is not surprising that the production of coats is no exception to this international trade phenomenon. A documentary video‚ which we have seen during the lecture of the international marketing class‚ shows impressively how international trade functions and how businesses
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women often are forced to find different ways to deal and cope with the oppression. Alice Walker examines these layers of abuse in marital and family relationships on a young African American woman forced into an abusive marriage in her book The Color Purple. It is through this abusive marriage that Celie comes to the realization that she must fight back against the oppression if she ever
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and tastes music. They teach us girls how to use make-up properly and shop for the deals. A mother isn’t always the being who gave us life‚ but could be the one who proves herself a role model on how to live. A maternal presence can be made up of many women filling the gaps of a dead or absentee birth mother. We saw an ideal example of this very definition of a maternal presence in action in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. The narrator Scout lost her mother long before she was old enough to
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known safe currents within electrical components. Resistors are coated with paint or enamel‚ or covered in molded plastic to protect them. Because they are often too small to be written on‚ a standardized color-coding system is used to identify them. The first three colors represent ohm value‚ and a fourth indicates the tolerance‚ or how close by percentage the resistor is to its ohm value. This is important for two reasons: the nature of its construction is imprecise‚ and if used above
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Slavery occurred amongst many nations‚ ethnic groups and tribes but none like black slavery that occurred in the Americas. Black slavery‚ by far‚ was one of the cruelest‚ most brutal‚ demolishing slavery that ever existed. Taken from their land of Africa and forcefully being brought to the Americas in chains tied around their hands and feet as prisoners has had to be one of the most frightening‚ disturbing catastrophes of a black slave’s life. To simply go from a familiar language‚ custom‚ tradition
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Science of Hair-color The science of hair color is related to my everyday life‚ I deal with coloring hair every day at the salon. I am very familiar with how this process works; from just adding highlights‚ to an all over color and even color corrections for clients. There are many things you have to take into consideration before doing a color service; the condition of the hair beforehand along with what the client would like the outcome to be. Most of the time it is simple but occasionally
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Selective colour in a photographic image influence the perception of the viewing audience in the sense of manipulating the emotions seen in the imagery observed? With that said‚ do photographs loose that exact emotion when seen in black and white? Color is defined as “the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object‚ usually determined visually by measurement of hue‚ saturation‚ and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue” (quoted from http://www
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When people are lonely and bored‚ they tend to reflect on their lives and the issues they have. This is precisely what happens in Sinclair Ross’s "The Painted Door"‚ where the author explores adultery‚ a topic which was taboo back in the thirties‚ the time when the story takes place. This is a story about a woman named Ann‚ who‚ ironically‚ discovers her true feelings for her husband‚ John‚ by cheating on him with his best friend‚ Steven. John decides to invite Steven‚ so that the latter would keep
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