In Father Returning Home, Dilip Chitre gives an account of the ordinary life led by modern man, classically represented here as a father and breadwinner of his family. ... He imagines he is at home as his "eyes fade homeward". ... However the description of his "weak tea" and "stale chapatti" breaks this illusion; this man is alienated at home too. ... His only companions at home are his book that he reads during dinner, his radio that accompanies him when he goes to sleep, and his own shadow- which sets him contemplating when he goes to the toilet about the patho...

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Children are considered the possessions of their parents until they reach the age of eighteen, therefore they are held accountable for any actions the teens end up taking, whether or not they are at home or away from home. ... Sleeping habits are something that worsens as children move away from home, whether it be staying up to do homework and complete tasks, or whether it be staying out and partying all night, parents are most likely to have faced straining sleeping habits at least once in there life, and probably have overcome them. The parents who keep in touch with their children and ch...

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My first month working at that job was also hard because I would get out like around 11 and I would get home around 12 and I wouldn't go to sleep until like 2am in the morning because I would stay up getting my homework for school finished but when I got my first pay of 200 I felt very satisfied because I had worked very hard for that money and I learned what value of the dollar meant and I started to save up my money instead of spending it. Having that job and going to school was hard because I wasn't used to going to sleep late and in school I would always fall asleep 3rd period in...

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Throughout Homer's The Iliad, Hera's unwavering determination and resourcefulness from the poem's start to finish is a testament to the goddess's character. ... A brazen Hera next travels to the god of Sleep, with whom she resorts to bribery in order to secure his powers. ... Here Hera exercises her power of marriage and in exchange for Sleep's help in sedating Zeus so that Poseidon can continue aiding the Achaeans. ... Sleep, though skeptical at first, also eventually agrees to help Hera trick Zeus. ... Nonetheless, Homer's The Iliad would not be nearly as proli...

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The Campaign to End Child Homelessness states that over 1.6 million American children go to sleep without a home of their own each year. ... They worry they will have no place to live, have no place to sleep or worry that something bad will happen to their family. ... To help the homeless children in our society, people can begin to get more involved with developing programs and shelter homes specifically designed for children. ...

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If one were to witness a person in this high crime area sleeping in broad daylight in a public location, one might infer that the person were on drugs, that they were passed out from drug use, or that they were a drug addict. The assumption is based on knowing that the area is notorious for crime and drug use which causes a person to make the inference that the person sleeping isn't just napping and enjoying the sun, but that they are on some kind of drug. If in fact the sleeping person were on drugs, then the inference would be considered proper. However, if the person were simply sleepi...

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This is especially true of "The Whole Town's Sleeping" by Ray Bradbury. ... "The Whole Town's Sleeping" reveals a society where women are weak, fragile and vulnerable, They were the victims of violence inflicted by men, and had to constantly be alert and wary, guarding themselves from any possible danger. ... Though she starts of "just not afraid" it is soon turned into panic and she admits her inferiority ("If I get home safe I will never go out alone, I was a fool"), conforming to the patriarchal ideology on the innate weakness of women. ...

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There are many examples of making high tech home medical devices a part of our everyday lives. ... It is a comfortable, machine washable garment that can be used during normal everyday activities at work, home, play and during sleep. ... The technology is also being used to help researchers find a correlation between panic disorder and anxiety, as well as in the study of sleep disorders. ...

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Its funny because that's not what any of the women really want to do, they complain about sleeping alone without a strong man, but they managed to get them to throw down their swords and come home for sex. ...

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Private information such as email addresses, home addresses, phone numbers and more can easily be posted to the public. ... Excessive time on the screen can cause headaches, sleep deprivation, and gradual damage to the eyes. ... Excessive time on the screen can cause headaches, sleep deprivation, and gradual damage to the eyes. ...

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This is difficult because change in behavior can mean any number of things: depression, trouble at home, difficulty in school, or just puberty. From an educator's perspective, a change in classroom performance or behavior, chronic absenteeism or lateness, or the physical signs like glassy and bloodshot eyes, sleeping in class, excessive fidgety behavior, buying a paper off of the internet such as this one, or weight gain or loss. ... In these cases, the symptoms of the stress or difficulties at home or in gangs may cause a change in behavior that can help an adult to intervene before the...

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I have actively participated in environments such as the Emergency Room, Medical Surgery floor at a hospital, a nursing home and an Outpatient Clinic to provide care, treatment and education to patients. In addition, I have been exposed to the healthcare profession as the family member of a loved one who receives these medical services as my dad suffers from various health conditions such as Melanoma, Diabetes, Fibromyalgia, and Obstructive Sleep Apnea. ... I am extremely fortunate to have a similar support system at home. ... I volunteered with a group of students at a local nursing home. ....

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It affects the way a person eats and sleeps, the way one feels about oneself, and the way one thinks about things. ... Key indicators of adolescent depression include a drastic change in eating and sleeping patterns, significant loss of interest in previous activity interests, constant boredom, disruptive behavior, peer problems, increased irritability and aggression (Brown, 1996). ... Many go home to an empty house with no one to talk to about their day at school. Once the parent's arrive home it may be time for soccer practice, baseball practice, or gymnastics class. ...

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Young children were not getting the education they needed in order to get better paying jobs for when they were older, and most kids were too tired by the end of the workday to be taught by their parents at home. ... Since life at home was hard for families that lived during this time, many workers lacked enough sleep and the proper nutrition necessary to be alert while on the job; one wrong move could put a workers life at risk. ... Public education, limiting child labor, and safety in work environments were three of the most important reforms made during the time of the Industrial Revolution...

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The Giersons" home represents a shift from old to new by having both past and present qualities. ... The town quickly and secretively does away with the smell of the home like it does with the old viewpoint of women. ... When Emily dies, the town enters the home, "which no one had seen in forty years, and which would have to be forced"(80). ... She recovers only when another man, Homer Barron, enters her life to take care of her. ... Even after Homer's death, she sleeps next to his dead body and leaves an "indentation of [her] head-(81) next to his. ...

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With the infamous potato famine wreaking havoc back home, the United States, having far better economic opportunities than Ireland, became home to the largest independent female migration in American history. ... In addition to factory jobs, Irish women also worked in mills and took up domestic work in American citizens' private homes. ... Imagine living in shacks, with a mere few feet between you and all neighboring shacks, sleeping on dirt floors with nothing but some bedding between you and the earth. ... Although not all followed this way of living, some Irish immigrant families adopt...

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We pass by these very indifferent animals and watch as they sleep in their cages, seeming not to care and simply "fatigued with indolence". ... In the last two stanzas we can see the conflict between the jaguar and the bars that keep it from its real home, and despite the fact that it is physically in a cage; it is not in one mentally. ...

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I am a peculiar person, I decided to look for all kind of information about drugs and one of my friends, who smokes cannabis which he cultivates at home, told me that I had to read a really interesting article about criminal gangs related to drugs and farmers in Colombia. ... One of the most salient things she told me about this was that some pills like Transilium, Prozac or Valium kill more neurons in your brain than cannabis and, of course, this kind of medications creates an incredible dependence and I would like to add that there are many people, above all women in their 50s who are addict...

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Behavioral indicators could be self destructive, withdrawn and/or aggressive behavior, arrives at school early or stats late as if afraid to be at home, chronic runaway (adolescent), complains of soreness or moves uncomfortably, wears clothing inappropriate to weather, bizarre explanations of injuries. ... The behavioral signs are regularly displays fatigue or listlessness, falls asleep in class, steals food, begs from classmates, reports that no caretaker is at home, frequently absent or tardy, self destructive. ... Behavioral symptoms could be habit disorders (sucking, rocking, biting), anti...

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During the time when both Dracula and Nosferatu were created, Europeans, namely the British, were terrified of the prospect of having their home country invaded by a foreign, mysterious country. ... Murnau also stirs empathy within the viewer for not only the plight of protagonists, but also the deaths of several inhabitants of the town, fortifying the relationship between the audience and what they see as home (Bremen). The fact that Bremen is rather small when compared to London adds the aspect of vulnerability to home, while also introducing the theme of predation, with Bremen being a small...

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"The Odyssey" is a 12,000-line poem, written in 800BCE by celebrated Greek poet Homer. It tells the tale of the Greek warrior, Odysseus, and his perilous journey home following the sack of Troy. ... He is seen as the archetypal hero, loving husband and father whose only wish is to return home. ... When Odysseus returns, Penelope discloses that she never 'thought of betraying his gigantic bed with its wondrous bedpost by sleeping in it with any other man.' ... There are two sides to every story and it was refreshing to read and examine another version of Odysseus ill-fated journey ho...

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On a literal level, "Christabel," by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, is a tale of the chaste heroine who unwittingly brings peril into her home in the guise of the beautiful and mysterious stranger, a story not unlike many other supernatural tales of the era. ... Christabel is troubled, then relaxes and even smiles in her sleep. ... Geraldine, however, does awaken refreshed: "belike she hath drunken deep/Of all the blessedness of sleep!"....

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Exposure to television violence, both on fictional programs and news reports, makes the world seem like a frightening place and can lead to nightmare and sleep problems (Psychiatric Times). ... For many parents, realizing that their child spends more hours a week watching television than attending school, playing with other children, or in any other activity except sleep is enough to raise concern. ... Is this how we do things at home? ...

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This became such a cluster mess that it was reported by the New York Times in 1978, that Con Ed could not successfully support the city that never sleeps power efficiently and by night fall the entire Con Edison Electric System shut down completely on July 13th, at 10:25pm (Blackout Legacy). ... It was reported by the New York Times that 75 to 80 stores for 8 blocks were looted and communities in Bush wick, Brooklyn there was excessive amounts of arson and more than 25 homes still burning down by the time the sun came up. ... Personally If I didn't do this I honestly couldn't be a...

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It's also used in TV sets, video accessories, and home wireless routers. ... Satellite technology is utilized in most homes as cable companies utilize satellite technology to transmit signals delivering cable television programming to homes across the world. Telephone services use this form of wireless technology to deliver phone services to both cell and home phones. ... For example doctors are able to monitor patients vital signs, conditions such a sleep apnea remotely. ...

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