Day: April 19, 2010
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The Connection Between Mind and Body
Mind/Body – What is the Connection Since the dawn of man, it has been puzzling as to why we have thoughts in our mind and how our body functions. What is the connection between the mind and body? This has dumbfounded man and this has been a problem in philosophy and psychology.
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Understanding Food Addiction As The Neurophysical Cause Of Obesity
ABSTRACT Obesity is a very common condition in our society. In the United States, obesity is second only to tobacco as the leading cause of preventable death, and the gap is growing closer every year. Obesity has become an epidemic today. How and why can a person eat so much food until their very life…
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The Growth of Alternative Medicine
The Medicine of the Future: The Growth of Alternative Medicine in Society Alternative medicine is a very general term whose definition can be quite controversial. It includes many holistic techniques for preventing and treating illnesses. Acupuncture and many other therapies have long been a part of Asian cultures and have recently integrated into the Western…
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Queen Hatshepsut A Female Pharaoh
Queen Hatshepsut a Female Pharaoh Ancient Egypt has a long illustrious history. A compelling reason why it was one of the earliest civilizations has to be its geographic location. Situated on the northeastern tip of the African continent; bordered on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, the east by the Red Sea, and to the…
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Christian View on Spirituality
The Bible gives a very different definition and view of spirituality. In 1 Corinthians 3:3 it tells us that “for you are carnal minded still. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?” To be carnal is to behave like men, thus its opposite…
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My Favorite Possesion
My favorite possession is a guitar. I cannot live without it. The reason why I love it so much is that it’s been hand made from my great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather. This guitar means the world to me. Why does it mean so much? Well, it has our family…
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“The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien
“The Things They Carried”, written by Tim O’Brien, refers to the burdens, both seen and unseen, that soldiers in the Vietnam War carried everyday. These burdens were many and varied emotional, physical, mental and personal. Some were short term and some are still carried today, even after thirty years.
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How fair is fair trade?
How fair is Fair Trade? Fair Trade started as an alternative to free trade, focusing on socio-economic situations of producers in the Third World and dismissing the self-regulation of the free market by fixing prices for Fair Trade produce.
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Was King John a Failure?
The question that I am trying to answer is “was King John really a bad king”? There are many views on this topic and different pieces of written evidence on this subject, some written in the time of King John. In this essay I will try to explore the different documents and arguments that discuss…