the fictional Sherlock Holmes induced himself with cocaine or heroin to get his brain working. People inducing themselves with drugs is not that new as it turned out. One of the theories of cave painting origins is that a shaman, in other words a spiritual guru of the Stone Age, would climb into a cave and put himself into a trance (with chanting or possibly by smoking/lighting herbs and waiting for the fumes to strike the brain) and paint his visions. He painted what appeared to him in the dark
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Clint Cave POLY SCI Prof. Fitzpatrick 4/23/13 Term Paper Final Country: Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago is a developing nation in the Caribbean composed of two islands. The islands gained independence from the British in 1962. The country is one of the most prosperous in the Caribbean, largely as a result of petroleum and natural gas industries. Tourist travel is mostly to the smaller of the two sister islands, Tobago. Tourist facilities are widely available. Calypso music and steel
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Ghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhj, In the beginning it was dark and cold. There was no sun, no light, no earth, no solar system. There was nothing, just the empty void of space. Then slowly, about 4.5 billion years ago, a swirling nebula, - a huge cloud of gas and dust was formed. Eventually this cloud contracted and grew into a central molten mass that became our sun. At first the sun was a molten glow. As the core pressure increased, and the temperature rose to millions of degrees - a star was born. Through
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moderation. Jetsunma also believes that mental suffering is controllable, it is all about attitude. Jetsunma incorporates this into her life by never taking the darker sides of issues, alway the brighter side, just like she did when the snow covered her cave. Jetsunma took her beliefs and put them into 2 books: Into The Heart of Life, and Reflections on a Mountain Lake. These novels are physical representations of everything Jetsunma has been through and wished to pass on. She writes in her book Reflections
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an environment where resources are limited, so the loss of eyes was advantageous from the perspective of energy conservation (2). The second theory suggests that losing sight does not impose any cost to the fish as they can’t see anyway due to the cave environment (2). As originally stated by Darwin “As it is difficult to imagine that eyes, though useless, could in any way be injurious to animals living in darkness, I attribute their loss solely to disuse” (2). Darwin suggests the eyes may have disappear
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a subject matter. Ralph Eugene Meatyard uses a narrative format to portray exactly what he wants to be seen in his photographs “Untitled” ca. 1960 and “Romance (N.) from Ambrose Bierce #3” from portfolio 3 ca. 1964. Susan Sontag’s ideas of Plato’s Cave and Allan Sekula’s idea of possible meaning; will relate to what Meatyard is depicting throughout his photographs. He uses masks to universalize each individual. He sets his photograph in areas and scenes that are appealing to him; that will add context
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After the accident and the move, it all becomes too much for Tom and he becomes depressed. His depression and exclusiveness justifies his social alienation because he always went to “the darkness of the cave”. The author uses a metaphor in this sentence because Tom is not actually going to a cave, Burke is implying to us that everywhere
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must bring to me the Ultimate Diamond of Olympus. I long anxiously to have it in my possession. If you go to the Olympus Cave and get it and bring it back, I will love you for the rest of our immortal lives." Aphrodite explained. When the sky turned dark and the clouds blurred away, Hephaestus set out to get the Ultimate Diamond of Olympus. He got out a map and looked for Olympus Cave. Meanwhile, the next day, Aphrodite was looking for someone else to help her obtain the Diamond of Olympus. Fortunately
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CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION I. Brief History Many theories have been postulated to account for the origin of the people inhabiting the mountain regions of the Philippines. The Land Bridge Theory claims that the Philippines was part of the Southern Asia Mainland and the Northern Luzon maintain tribes that came through these bridges during the last glacial period between 1200 and 1500 B.C. Contradictory to these assumptions is the Wave Migration Theory, which occurred thousands of years
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