... The necessity gift is one that always seems like a really great idea to your mother or grandmother, but which is invariably a big yawn to unwrap. Let's be realistic, how excited is anybody likely to get over a dozen pairs of matching socks, a hairbrush, winter gloves or underwear? Slipper Sox, new sheet sets and toothbrushes also qualify. After unwrapping such a gift, a person is likely to exclaim: "Gosh, you shouldn't have!" And mean it. The Token Gift The Token Gift might be received from almost anyone. Though it seems like an intimate friend or close relative wouldn't stoop so low, experience proves that token gifts take up where imagination and/or mone ...
... the screen. If you don't mind that, as I don’t, then you're fine. Most short movies benefit from these inconspicuous blemishes, as they give life and movement to your film. I would only recommend the bucket method for Super 8mm, as 16mm is much harder to work with in a bucket. It is thicker and will scratch more, and needs more chemicals since you are working with double the amount of film. What you need is: A bucket, a pair of gloves, and a dark room. The dark room can be a bathroom with all the windows taped up. Light leaks in a room can totally destroy film, giving it a foggy appearance, thus making it foggy in the audiences mind also.You also need D-19 De ...
... family is ruled by the eldest, and therefore in the colonies of the family the kingly form of government prevailed because they were of the same blood. As Homer says: Each one gives law to his children and to his wives. For what each thing is when fully developed, we call its nature, whether we are speaking of a man, a horse, or a family. Besides, the final cause and end of a thing is the best, and to be self-sufficing is the end and the best. Hence it is evident that the state is a creation of nature, and that man is by nature a political animal. And he who by nature and not by mere accident is without a state, is either a bad man or above humanity; he is like the ...
... Both companies receive all revenue from the service they run. After all of this, there is no money left for the Hartford Whalers (Swift & Arace, 1+). The reason why these three companies keep all of the revenue from the Civic Center can be blamed on Richard Gordon, the former owner of the Whalers who did not want the city of Hartford to run the Civic Center. In 1993, the state decided to negotiate a new lease with the Whalers. The state of Connecticut did not want to run the coliseum so they hired three private companies to take this job. These companies would only run the Civic Center if they could keep all of the revenue from the service they controlle ...
... the commitment of marriage, and only within the context of marriage. In this one verse there are two very important principles: Marriage is to be the ONLY context for sexual intimacy. Eve was Adam's wife - not his girlfriend, his mistress, or a casual acquaintance. He was married to her. Children are to be conceived ONLY within the sexual intimacy of marriage. When Adam and Eve had sex, they created a baby. Now certainly that doesn't mean that the first time they had sex they created Cain. It means that the outcome of their sexual relationship was a child. Those two statements of principle about marriage may seem obvious, but most of the world doesn't live by the ...
... an official's decision can change the outcome of the game. How can we possibly ask someone to make a judgment on something that they barely saw in the first place? In 1996 league officials decided to give Instant replay a try-out in some preseason games. This trial version was not the same animal as it previously had been. It had several modifications: the referee will directly review the play in question using an on-the-field monitor (under the former system an official in the press box had the last word); the time allotted for reviewing a play will be limited to two minutes (that eliminated annoying long breaks that only served to confirm the first decision); also ...
... to be done. The reason Thomas Jefferson was so moral was because he understood morality and was able to recognize immorality. We all need to step back and learn from ourselves. Everyone should examine their own faults and try to change them. We all know stealing is wrong, but some of us do anyway. We need to ask ourselves why and then understand we need to stop. Other people may think that is stimulated by immoral leaders. This is partially true. Leaders like Bill Clinton need to be moral to set a good example. But American citizens need to ask themselves: “Who elected him to office, twice?” The answer: a society of generally immoral people. The transition ba ...
... to two years for wrapper leaves) and closely watched. Cigarette tobacco is grown for quantity; not necessarily for quality. No regard is given to the aroma and smoke of the different types of tobacco. The only type of tobacco grown is fast- maturing strains they can get to the market quickly. Careful and attentive raising is non existent. The leaves are quickly dried and thrown into boxes for shipment to the rolling factory. Fine cigars are hand rolled, whereas all cigarettes are machine rolled. Including the type and quality of the leaf, rolling is the ultimate judge of whether a cigar is good or bad. Cigar companies go to great pains to be sure they hi ...
... are the strangest, for men seem to not want to touch one another at all. For example, If a man is sitting on a bench at a bus stop and another man comes and sits down next to him, they will never touch. Not even friends at a bus stop touch, except for the very occasional high-five or handshake. In cafeterias, they sit sown as far away from each other as possible, and they talk without looking at their friend or moving towards them. Shopping malls are a different story altogether. When men go to shopping malls together, usually it is to look for "chicks". Out of sight of a girl a man will walk a casual distance away from their friends. Yet, when a girl is ...
... know that we must also protect there habitats. This is where they find food, water, shelter, and a place to have their young. Even if they are not hunted, animals will die out if these necessities cannot be met. In this century, loss of habitat has been one of the main caused of extinction (pg 8, Silverstein). People share the country and the planet with all the other creatures that live here. As human population grows, people spread out into areas that once were wild, and they compete with animals for living space. Mort times than not the animals lose in this battle. People cut down forests for lumber, clear fields for farms, and fill swamps to ...
