The "healthy" sun kissed glow may be pleasant, but we are defeating the purpose of looking healthy in the long run. It all started over 400 years ago when Copernicus declared that the sun was the center of the universe. Throughout history the human race has based their life on this object that gives life, but cultures have changed over time and the sun's symbol has shifted from a nutrient to a question of someone's appearance. ... Compare the skin on the back of your hands to your butt, if it's never seen sun. ... Wrong, skin cancer is the number one risk of receiving concen...

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The History of Cosmetics The word "cosmetics" comes from the Greek word kosmetikos meaning "skilled in adornment" (Sage 33). ... This process eventually evolved into the use of cosmetics as a form of sun protection. The children, as well as the adults, would use hydro silicate of copper to counteract the harsh rays of the sun (Angeloglou 19). ... The henna was rubbed into the hands and dried in the sun to produce the desired orangey-brown hue (Castleton 154). ... The mixture of the oils, steam room, and pools provide excellent skin purification (History www). ...

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A Raisin in the Sun Title - A Raisin in the Sun Author - Lorraine Hansberry Genre - Drama Copyright Date - 1958, 1986 by Robert Nemiroff, as an unpublished work 1959, 1966, 1987, 1988 by Robert Nemiroff Setting - The setting was after WWII and the present (1958), in the south side of Chicago. ... She wants the family to learn about their history, and she strongly believes that learning about their past could help the family make a decision about the money. ... Similarities in Characters, Setting, Plot, or Theme to other Books I have Read - A book that is similar to A Raisin ...

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The Masks of Ancient China Most cultures have their roots in mythology. The Western culture explains the creation of humans with the story of Adam and Eve. The Indian culture believes that creation is part of a cycle with no beginning and no end. As opposed to the Western culture beliefs that "man ...

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For the first time in history, mime, music and dancing were all sensibly combined to tell one story. ... Unlike any other production before this point in history, Ballet Comique de la Reine cost several million francs and was considered a great political and social success. ... His title was "Sun King- which was derived from the role he played in The Ballet of the Night which he first performed at the age of fourteen. ... As the Sun King aged, he grew thicker' and put his performing to a halt. ...

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Japanese cultureThe small island country of Japan is rich in a culture that has developed over thousands of years. It is very difficult to analyze another culture without some knowledge of that culture first. During my two year residency in Japan, my eyes were opened to the culture of Japan and its ...

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A Persecuted Name: Faulkner's Jesus and Jesus of Nazareth When thinking about history, most people can conjure up some knowledge about the history of Black Americans and Jesus of Nazareth. Manual labor under harsh conditions and a controlled living in society are two ideas that most people associate with the history of black slavery. It is also well known that the white, old south plays a significant part in the history of the Black American's struggles. ... That Evening Sun, by William Faulkner, calls to mind many ideas of history. ... Just the name infers some correlation ...

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HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL For many years, people have been listening to rock and roll music, and not knowing where it originated from. ... That night in Memphis, rockabilly was born, in Sun Records. ... Some of the other "Sun Artists" as some called them were: Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Charlie Rich, Johnny Cash, and Roy Orbison. One cannot write a report on the history of Rock and Roll without writing about the show totally devoted to Rock and Roll. ... The girl group time represents an important part of the early days of rock and roll as well as the history of women in well know...

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The history of April fools day or also know as "All fools day- had started in France around 1582 the result of a reformation of the calendar form the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar by pope Charles IX . ... Unfortunately, the cycles of the sun and moon do not synchronize Well. ... Bison, blue unicorns, biped beavers, and most notably winged beings that resembled humans he dubbed (Man Bats) the edition flew off to the newsstands and thousands of believers were ready for this new finding befo...

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Aristotle thought that the Sun was a fiery ball that moved around the Earth, and then about 100 years later Aristarchus came up with the theory that it wasn't the Sun that moved around us, but us moving around the sun. ... The way we measure distance in space is in Astronomical Units (AU's) within relation to the sun. ... Kepler's First Law: Each planet's path around the Sun is and ellipse, with the Sun at one focus of the ellipse. ... A planet moves fastest when its at the nearest point to the Sun (called the perihelion) while it moves most slowly at its farthest poi...

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History/Nile River/Maat To be able to relate to the future of our lives, we must first define an in-depth analysis of the word history. ... This method reveals history as a science. ... History can also be defined through the perspective of other cultures. ... For instance, the sun-god Ra was believed to travel across the sky daily in a boat. ... Maat ensures balance and rebirth (from the sun rising to the sun setting) giving order to all values. ...

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INTRODUCTION Since man's initial curiosity about the history of his earth, much has been discovered about the way the earth moves and changes, including its climate. ... This mystery is the cause of the several eras of ice that have appeared many times throughout earth's history. ... This essentially locked up the Carbon Dioxide so that it could not hold the sun's radiation closer to the earth. ... Therefore, if winter occurs when the earth is far from the sun, temperatures are colder that usual" (Imbrie 1986, pg. 83). ... Imbrie writes: Croll believed that ice ages a...

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While there would be numerous things that happen I believe that future American History students would be read about events such as, The scandals of Clinton Presidency, The United States war with Iraq, and terrorist attacks on the September 11, 2002. ... Finally, in the present time we get to see the positive and negative reactions from the decisions made by our forefathers what could we do today to help ensure a favorable history for the next generation? ... I feel that each of these would be carried onto the history books of the future because of their impact on the American society....

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One positive aspect was that women were voting for the first time in history. ... The Sun Also Rises was Hemingway's first major novel published in 1926. ... The Sun Also Rises is a novel by Ernest Hemingway portraying the mentality of the youth of the 1920's. ... In The Sun Also Rises Lady Brett Ashley has numerous affairs. ... In The Sun Also Rises the group travels to Pamplona, Spain to watch the bull fights and to attend the Bacchanalian celebration. ...

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In the world today, there has been no society found where women dominate over males (Stearns 14). Civilization's entire history has been based upon masculine traits and how they affect society. Some say this may be because the fertility of women was always put in such high esteem by early religion...

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For hundreds of years chemists knew that some colors are bleached in the sun but had made no distinction between heat, air, and light. ... Angelo Sela, around the same time period, noticed that powdered nitrate of silver is blackened by the sun. In the 1720s, Johann Schulze discovered that exposing saturated chalk with nitric acid that contained some silver to the sun made it change color. ...

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That mark later transformed into a scar which will never leave Chinas history. ... During 1911 Sun Yat-sen was the leader of the Chinese nationalist party and in control of the south. ... He joined Sun's nationalist army for a short stint of six months. ... That mark later transformed into a scar which will never leave Chinas history. ... He joined Sun's nationalist army for a short stint of six months. ...

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The history of astrology dates back thousands of years. ... Astrology is an apparent relationship between the movement of the Sun, Moon and planets and life on Earth. ... The first mention of the issue of astrology is in Act 1, scene II, by Gloucester: "These late eclipses in the sun and moon portend no good to us. ... Visible, total eclipses of the sun are rare. Depending on their position in a particular chart, they can supposedly radically change the course of history. ...

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As the game grew as a collegiate sport, it began to receive more recognition as a national sport and in 1928, a reporter from the Baltimore Sun Newspaper called lacrosse "the fastest game on two feet"; which later came to be the slogan of the sport. ... Famous Baltimore Sun lacrosse columnist Bill Tanton said that, "In the beginning it was pure savagery...I still prefer field lacrosse." ... With the strike getting nasty, most of the players, led by the Gait twins, who signed the first substantial player contracts in lacrosse history, jumped to the new league. ...

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Global Warming Climate change is a part of the Earth's history. ... Another possibility is that the 0.9 degrees Fahrenheit increase is due to the sun's output. ... In the summer time, the temperature is increased by 7% because the Earth's orbit is closer to the sun at this time in the year. ... Stimulating cloud formations can increase clouds concentration to either reflect or absorb the radiation from the sun. ... Solar energy is the most powering because the sun's rays are very promising. ...

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Throughout the history of time art and architecture has become an inspiring and chronological interpretation of the vast skill and proficiency that is required to represent and embody period of time. ... "The Nile, together with the sun, also shaped their essential beliefs." (Honour and Fleming, "Ancient Egypt," page 65) The Egyptians believed greatly in Ra, or the sun God. ... The Egyptians believed that proximity to the sun or the sky would help you to become closer to God and to your eternity. ... Males were generally shown with dark skin, a social status and power that was the product of b...

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Throughout history many classes of people have used music as a form of revolution. ... An example of one of these songs would be the Quitting Time song which goes like this Ooooh, the sun going down, And I won't be here long, Ooooh, the sun going down, And I won't be here long. ... This song inspired workers to work until the sun went down. ... In conclusion, music has always had a great impacts on mankind in fact music has a major part of revolutionary movements throughout history. ...

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Ramses II did not get the nickname Ramses the Great' for no reason, he contributed exceedingly to Ancients Egypt's History through his buildings and wars with the Hittite king. ... Ramses II surfaced as the greatest Egyptian builder in history. ... The orientation was exact so that the rising sun at equinox lighted straight through entrance to illuminate three of four gods. ...

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In Lorraine Hansberry's drama, A Raisin in the Sun, various characters struggle to find their place in the world, as well as their passions and heritage. ... Beneatha Younger is a young woman growing up during a difficult era in American history. ...

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This is one of the main reasons why the Egyptians built more temples than any other ancient culture in history. ... A sacred temple was always to be built on the west side of the Nile River, which was the closest to the rising sun. ... The ancient Egyptians built many temples during the course of their period in history. ... The entrances of temples symbolize the horizon along with the decreasing height throughout the temples symbolizing the cycle of the sun, rising in the morning and setting at night. Text has also been discovered suggesting the importance of the sun god and the solar jou...

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