Dear Editor, After analyzing Radley Balko's article, "What You Eat Is Your Business," I would like to give my explanation of why this article should be posted in the next edition of "The Shorthorn." ... "What You Eat Is Your Business" provides sufficient reasons and evidence to support the argument that Balko states in his article. ... The article "What You Eat Is Your Business" begins by giving short background information about Balko informing that Radley Balko is a policy analyst with the Cato Institute. ...

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They dash within you intensely when you feel as if a spider is strolling down your neck or when you misconceive a twisted tree branch for a snake. They gush through you gently when your newborn looks your way or when you see any affectionate scene. When you inspect an exquisite artwork or recall an amusing literary line, they bring you warmth. ... For example, we experience disgust due to the physiological changes like high skin temperature and queasiness in the sight of any disgusting scene like vomit. ... Emotions were also described by Department of Veterans Affairs psychiatrist Leslie Bro...

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When somebody tells us an interesting story we usually like to talk about it. ... He makes of himself throughout this story a person that people could classify as "social and simple" by the way you feel active interaction in the way he speaks and the correct language he decides to use to make the reader feel comfortable. ... "Well, here's the kicker part, probably by now many of you have that one vacation near to the end she doesn't come home to see Phill," (Gary Gildner, page 215) I liked this phrases he used because it just makes the reader feel connected in a way to the narrato...

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Contextualizing the historical event means to provide a deeper understanding of the circumstances and concepts surrounding the event, how and why someone acted in a particular way, an understanding of bias from different perspectives, and most importantly feeling the emotions of the characters to grasp how the circumstances was like and thereafter understanding the reasons behind their actions. ... I like historical fiction because it is useful in allowing readers to understand the context of a historical event well. ... You would not be able to understand much of the story nor appreciate th...

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For example when you hear a ringer go off, you automatically reach for your phone even though it may have been the person who could have been two seats away from you. You naturally go for your phone because of the responses you have gained before such as: a text message, a like on Facebook, or a retweet on Twitter. Because you have been conditioned to respond to the sound of the ringer your heart beats a little faster and your brain tells you to pick it up. ... If they can't call you, you're out. ... " So what happens when your phone does not ring or you don't get that like...

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Graham Greene once said, "Grief and disappointment are like hate: they make men ugly with self-pity and bitterness. ... A superficial reading of this memoir concludes that the work is beautifully, emotionally, and honestly written; even so, Didion's hollow tone in the memoir and the ornate and subdued dictions make the work looks rather like a reference book about grief rather than a memoir. ... Just like what psychiatrist Elizabeth Kubler-Ross said, "You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again, but you will never be the s...

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"How's it going, are you feeling okay? You don't seem like yourself, are you positive you're doing alright? If somethings going on you know you can talk to me, no judgement involved.... How to recognize if you are depressed? ... You feel constantly sad or burdened, or you lose interest in all activities, even those you previously enjoyed. ...

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Like many other diary writers, James' decision to write a little every day was in hope that it might "bring relief as an outlet to that geyser of emotions, sensations, speculations, and reflections which ferments perpetually within my poor old carcass for its sins," (Edel, 25) for her inner turmoil was motivated by a desperate sense of isolation. ... A direct example of this is when James' refers one of Emily Dickinson's poems in her diary, while explaining how she had been asked by her doctor if she'd ever been written for the press like her famous brothers: Ho...

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The listener is put in the position of the person experiencing change, the "I" and the person causing the change the "you" as the father singing to his daughter. ... This is conveyed by the quote "till that day you came along, my heart was empty like the soul was missing from a song" which stresses his love and importance for her. ... The girl has also given the persona the direction he was searching for which has changed his emotions from despair to fulfilment, this is expressed through the repetition of "I love you" and "hey little girl". ... The soft music accompanying the lyrics cre...

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As Gellhorn's account guides her audience through the compound she momentarily relents her objectivity and expresses her distaste with the words "In Dachau, if you want to rest from one horror, you go and see another". As she does so, she and her guide are joined by a Polish priest who, like her guide, was also a prisoner here. ... In her closing paragraph, however, she makes a powerful personal statement "For surely this war was made to abolish Dachau, and all the other places like Dachau, and everything that Dachau stood for, and to abolish it forever"...

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To belong is to feel as though you are a part of something. ... Poet Peter Skrzynecki uses various language techniques throughout his poems to portray the idea that you have to earn belonging. ... Family is the great identifier in this poem, illustrated by inclusive languages of collective pronouns; "left us wondering," "we lived like birds of passage," "whose track we would follow," "from our doorstep" and "daily we passed." Further images of bonding are "nationalities sought each other out distinctively like homing pigeons." ...

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I like not that,' in order to make Othello comment on the situation. ... No, sure, I cannot think it, That he would sneak away so guilty-like, Seeing you coming.' ... This line also highlights the purity of and sympathy that Desdemona harbours which further inclines the audience to like and sympathize with her. ... In order to convince him, she says, 'I wonder in my soul/ What you would ask me that I should deny,/ Or stand so mammering on.' ... She says, 'Shall I deny you? ...

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"It's not easy being quiet and good, it's like hanging on the edge of a bridge when you've already fallen over, you don't seem to be moving, just dangling there, and yet it is taking all your strength". ... The sentence, "Huge dark-red flowers all shining and glossy like satin." gives the reader an image of gorgeous, soft peonies in full bloom just before the petals "burst and fall to the ground". ...

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It may seem very festive and exciting but as the day goes by people leave and at the end of the day it's just you. ... "People do get lonely Especially when they're deprived of seeing someone they care about" (44:05) And although Grant goes to visit Fiona every day, it does not have the same affect if the person you go to visit doesn't even recognize you. ... Narcissus flowers are typically found in the beginning of Spring, but since he was able to find them in the midst of February, "you must've spent a fortune" (45:10) This shows that Grant is very car...

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He puts his heart and soul into these letters with things such as "every day you make me feel like the girl I was when you first turned on the lights and woke me up and we started this adventure together" (Jonez). Although he may expel his emotions into these letters as if they were his own, his job is ultimately setting him up for failure and solidifying one of Berger and company's theories in Ways of Seeing in which you have to see something before you believe it. ... Once you add any sort of technology to your relationship, your feelings or the sincerity behind them is lesse...

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Facts such as these make you think about how different it is than the standard model of the human —classical economics and neoclassical economics that have been used for decades. ... People are more likely to choose a bottle of wine that costs five dollars if someone told you it costs fifty dollars. ... Society and other psychological factors also play a big role in our choices, which leads to irrational decisions like buying an expensive car even though a cheaper one is all you need. ...

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To be truly good at defending something I think that you have to have emotional attachments to it that will force you to go the extra mile. ... If, for three years you do not change from the ways of your father, you can be called a real son" (1:11). ... Like the philosopher kings, Confucius's gentleman would ideally rule their city. ... No matter how smart you are there are certain matters of the sole and heart that cannot be reasoned. ...

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When you have a strong emotional reaction hormones are secreted and bodily chemistry is altered, when this reaction is strong a physical reaction will be equally the same. ... Studies have shown that you first have an emotional experience then bodily expression follows. This is known as: stimulus (S) produces emotion (E) and leads to a response (PR), so basically if you are sad and you smile you will feel happier. ... Last, the psychophysiologic reaction of organs of special sense, including disorders like chronic conjunctivitis. ...

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In the second stanza HE begins with the dawn of a new day in which the poet uses imagery to make the reader perceive the beginning of the day with an orange sky, the aftermath of the storm is slightly exaggerated as the poet describes the mountains as having shifted places, the wind is causing lightning which is twitching, contracting and spreading all over the sky for which the poet uses a metaphor "like the lens of a mad eye". ... The wind again picks up speed and is now so powerful that the fields start quivering and the sky seems like it may vanish any moment with a bang. The win...

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Though initially beast-like in concerning himself solely with his survival, the creature almost immediately develops human emotions, including compassion, envy, and anger. ... Like a newborn, the creature concerns himself only in physical needs, dedicating entire days to mollifying his hunger pangs. ... As Frankenstein deplores the creature after he makes his request, he simply replies "You are in the wrongand, instead of threatening, I am content to reason with you.... He is much like a child in this sense, and is utterly dejected when his care for the DeLacys is not reciprocated. Much l...

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Uproars like surges in redundancy, oscillations in the cost of fundamental commodities, and double income families on lifestyle and wages, are all major issues in everyday life. ... Old age is a period when you have shrinking prospects and you begin to recognize transience. ...

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Many people would agree that there a numerous features that make him such a complex and fascinating character like; his procrastination, role playing, youth, sexual identity, his social status, the tragic hero and the context in which he is part of. ... With Ophelia he changes from the lover to the cruel abuser, "Get thee to a nunnery" With Gertrude he is the loving son, "I shall in all my best obey you, madam." and with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern he is the joker. ... He returns back to the self critic, calling himself a "coward," :"john-a dreams" and "pigeon-livered" He is truly disgusted a...

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There is more to social intelligence than being able to understand a persons thoughts and feelings in a situation because you have to be able to put your thoughts and feelings into perspective as well. ... This is something that can happen frequently and become overlooked when you are dealing with the same person and situation repeatedly. ... Literature much like social media can give us an insight on not only other peoples situations but how they would use their social intelligence in that situation. ... Social intelligence is not only how you act when others are looking and around but it can...

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Marijuana affects mostly the brain, a lot of people smoke it to get "high" or "stoned" but the high of marijuana is nothing compared to harder drugs like cocaine or heroine, it is more like a mellowed out feeling that can make a person feel somewhat lazy. ... From my personal experiences I would say that depending on what you are doing marijuana can be a better time than getting drunk and marijuana is also much less harmful than alcohol. ...

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For any student, like Angelou, a graduation is meant to be an uplifting, proud, and significant moment in one's life. ... It is obvious to the readers that the citizens of Stamps, Arkansas viewed the graduation day less as a ceremony, and more like a holiday. ... Furthermore, Angelou provides a simile to describe the change in feeling: "Like a river diminishing to a stream and then to a trickle" (27). ... Maya Angelou's story reflects perseverance and grace, by ignoring the hatred one can undergo in life, and finding the love you have for yourself. ...

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