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    One last key area of research that has appeared in relating self-regulation to video games‚ concerns that of pathological gaming or personal gaming addiction. Pathological gaming is often seen in much the same light as to how pathological gambling is viewed in the DSM‚ in the sense that they are viewed as a set of addictive behaviors (Liau et al.‚ 2015a). This obviously presents a concern for a number of people who play video games‚ or parents who let their children play games‚ in hope that they

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    Susana Jensen Effective Writing 4/4/2011 Fashion Faux Pas for the Socially Aware "Every generation laughs at the old fashions‚ but follows religiously the new" (21)‚[*] says Henry David Thoreau‚ in regards to one of the many societal values that he believes to be “trivial.” Throughout WaldenThoreau examines several different concepts and elaborates on his own ideologies in contrast with those of society. In “Economy‚” he plays around with the idea that society has adopted fashion as being

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    Thoreau and Emerson both believe in the citizens. Without the citizen that follows the law‚ government won’t exist and the society can’t function. Thoreau believe that citizen can take action to improve unjust government and Emerson believe the citizen can change the society if they believe in themselves to take action. They both believe in action is required for changes to happen. Both authors criticize their fellow citizens for going along with a government that doesn’t decide their action through

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    Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Transcendentalism In my essay I would like to provide an overview of Transcendentalism and its times. My other goal is in this paper to introduce Ralph Waldo Emerson’s most important essay: The American Scholar. To achieve these goals‚ I have separated the parts of this theme. After a detailed introduction in the first section‚ I determine what Transcendentalism really is. In the next section‚ I would like to write about the connection between Nature and Emerson’s way

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    RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is an Indian conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mumbai‚ Maharashtra‚ India. Reliance owns businesses across India engaged in energy‚ petrochemicals‚ textiles‚ natural resources‚ retail‚ and telecommunications. Reliance is the third most profitable company in India‚ the second-largest publicly traded company in India by market capitalization‚ and the second largest company in India as measured by revenue after the government-controlled

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    Ralph Waldo Emerson illustrates his disdain for the narcissism and coldness that he experienced in urban life and speaks of his yearning for a world which is much more naturalistic and nurturing. In this poem‚ Emerson uses figurative language such as personification‚ metaphors‚ and similes to show the virtues of the simpler life to which he is returning. Emerson paints a picture of the peace and beauty of nature as opposed to the cold isolation and harshness of the city. Emerson begins the poem

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    Moore ’s father points out. In the poem Silence‚ Moore addresses when facing a father who manipulates the powers language confers‚ she needs to convert the powers to her own restraint on silence as her father recommends. This work has long been read as a sincere appreciation of a father ’s dictum; however‚ critics have taken a different approach and perspective to the poem. Instead of a keen and sincere appreciation of her father ’s statement‚ Moore‚ through Silence‚ rejects the father ’s uses of

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    Henry Thoreau -- Civil Disobedience Historians‚ philosophers‚ and authors have spent decades contemplating the relation between government and citizens. Though the question sparks many thought s‚ it is rarely met with sufficient answers. However‚ a theorist known as Henry Thoreau has offered many works that have shown deep insight on viewing man as an individual instead of a subject‚ through analyzing the ways citizens should live out their lives. Thoreaus most famous work Civil Disobedience

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    table where were rich food and wine in abundance‚ an obsequious attendance‚ but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away from the inhospitable board. The hospitality was as cold as the ices." - Henry David ThoreauWalden‚ or Life In The Woods Truth vs. Fortune In Jon Krakauer’s nonfiction book Into The Wild the main character is Chris McCandless a young man who is extremely smart and who seems to have everything going great in his life. There is only one thing

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    to interpret‚ characterize‚ and associate what seems to be singular things or‚ at least‚ singular groups of things. Understanding the process of being as compared to the process of becoming and distinctly separate concepts for Plato‚ Pieper‚ and Thoreau and are directly related to that capacity of understanding. For Plato (384-322 BC)‚ the physical things of the world must‚ of necessity‚ have bodily form. They must be both visible and tangible‚ yet their state of being-ness is not the same thing

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