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VICES  

Many consider things such as compulsive shopping, frequent text messaging, hours playing video games and overeating to be vices or bad habits. Others consider them to be "soft addictions."

Here is a guide to the most expensive habits people can have. Use this article to help you avoid huge costs associated with these addictions.

A new study has finally shown what happens in the brain that leads to a loss of self-control, not only that, it shows that once a person looses control, they are unable to get it back on their own.

An article arguing for the legalization of marijuana and prostitution in the United States.

Personal vices

While many people perhaps don't care what other people know about them--another large segment of society are too aware of handwriting analysis, how people can read it, and worry endlessly that their vices can be exposed to any stranger well-versed in the process...

What's your vice? Cigs, whiskey, sweets? Know any seniors with vices? Are they in nursing homes? Do we really have the right to keep them from things that give them pleasure?

There may be a simple explanation for Britney Spears'recent bizarre behavior. During her 24 hour stint in rehab in Antigua, the Pop Princess engaged in one of her lesser known vices: Peter Pan peanut butter.

Numerous studies have found that slow, gradual changes to your diet are the ones that are the easiest to stick with. Besides, some of your "vices" have actually sneaked some health benefits into your revelry. Here are 5 ways how.

The United States offers its citizens a vast variety of freedoms. People have the freedom to vote for their leaders, the freedom of speech, the freedom of religion, and also the freedom to possess vices.

A long time ago, before the world was created and humans set foot on it for the first time, virtues and vices floated around and were bored, not knowing what to do.

Holden Caulfield from Salinger's Catcher in the Rye is a troubled nonconformist adolescent who finds himself hopelessly isolated from society. He tries to reach out to others for helps through his misbehavior and rude actions.

A review of one of the best selling DVD TV sets in history.

A re-review of the film Water, screened in the 30th International Film Festival, Toronto, and the endless controversies ensued after the screening, revealing the hypocrisies of the "Worldwide Indian Diaspora".

Cookie recommendations for celiacs and others on a gluten-free diet.

The World Wide Web continues to grow. Most Internet marketers already know what many people are just now learning. Targeted traffic is the key to Internet success. But paid-for Web site traffic is not for everyone.

Shakespeare's historical drama reveals how King Henry V was the precursor to the modern politician.

The character of Mimi from Puccini's opera La Boheme is traced through several stories by Henri Murger.

A review of HBO's great comedy series Mr. Show, Season Four, on DVD.

NOTEBOOK OF A RETURN TO A NATIVE LAND

While many spend a disproportionate amount of their pin money on cosmetic wonder products and big-promise tonics, beauty really can come from the inside. Skin that's dry, sallow in color, or prematurely aged can truly be revitalized through improved diet.

A woman stands before God to receive judgement one her life, but after seeing that it is impossible for passage to eternal bliss, what hope does she have?

Pre-training ourselves to be better companions will go a long way in securing lasting marital happiness.

At the highest level of corporate life ethics go out of the window.

A review of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and how it portrays the culture of the Roaring Twenties.

My nice new boyfriend had a dark side, and that dark side, fellas, was called baseball. Oh, dear, I was dating a guy.

Buying a horse is difficult enough without wading through all the abbreviations and jargon included in classified ads for different horses. Here is a guide to all of these obscure terms so that your search will be much easier.

An analysis of three movements for social change in 20th century America: the Progressive movement, the New Deal labor movement, and the Civil Rights movement.

The influence of Thomas Paine's Common Sense is certainly evident in the writing of the Articles of Confederation, with both being an obvious reaction against the tyranny of an overbearing government.

Analysis of Michel de Montaigne's essay "On Repentance," which states that individuals should act as their own judges of right and wrong. Author disagrees with this concept and supports with modern examples.

"When politicians and clergy rage against the evils or pornography, I think they miss the point entirely... To have 99.9% of all adult films portray both men and women so poorly, to mislead the audience, is the real evil here."

The Catacombs of Rome served primarily for burials and commemorative services for the dead, both Jewish and Christian. To the contrary, there is no evidence to support the romantic notion that Christians or even Jews worshipped in the catacombs.

Although some divergences do occur, Hitchcock's rendition of Daphne Du Maurier's romantic suspense novel compliments her story in classic Hitchcockian style.

Whoa, was I excited when Val Kilmer was to appear in this exciting new film with the limited release. My bias for the man as an actor after his potrayal of Doc Holiday in Tombstone, and roles in films previous, lept me to the theatre pronto.

Once again, composer John Williams provides Star Wars creator with a brillliant, enduring score, but Sony Classical could have done a better album. At least a bonus DVD was included, though.

A one day trip to the West Rim of the Grand Canyon and The Hualapai Indian Reservation

This paper will examine Shakespeare's Othello using Post-Colonial literary theory as its touchstone.

While Greek learning affected all the subjects of the studia humanitatis, history and philosophy in particular were profoundly affected by the texts and ideas brought from Byzantium.

Socrates is able to match most or all of the other statesmen in Athens. Additionally, under his own definition of a good statesman, it is evident that Socrates is more than qualified.

Ten page paper for American Lit. describing Sarah Kemble Knight's famous Journal as an early gossip column.

Untouchable follows a day in the life of Bakha, an 18 year old Bhangi boy. Written by Mulk Raj Anand in 1935 the fictional story is set in the outcastes' colony outside of an unnamed town during the British occupation.

Handicapped or disabled visitors might find they need to find the rental agencies that promote handicapped accessibility.

It's a testament to the talents of the cast and crew of Sigmund and the Sea Monsters that children still find it entertaining 30 years later.

during the 1920s and 1930s Prohibition outlawed the manufacture, sale and consumption of alcohol in the United States. Once Prohibition was repealed, legal businesses produced alcoholic beverages and paid income taxes on their profits.

The effects of the Vietnam War can be felt generations after the conflict as demonstrated by films like Three Seasons, White Badge and The Beast.

This article discusses the trend of home-schooling and describes the pluses and minuses of the practice.

Nothing exemplifies the contradictions of American culture like pornography.

Recently I was asked to describe a positive, life-changing event - a "dare to be fabulous" moment. Of all that I've experienced (so far), the following anecdote is by far the most memorable.

Is someone else's snoring ruining your life, or at least your sleeping life? Are you ready to find another bedroom and/orbed partner? Well, don't despair. There is hope at the end of the sleepless tunnel, both for you and the significant snorer in your l