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    The Ecstasy of War Summary Barbara Ehrenreich’s The Ecstasy of War deliberates that it is not instinctive human nature that transitions men into warlike individuals; it is a mental and physical transformation that one goes through to become the ideal soldier. She justifies that aggression,by itself, cannot be the main conclusion to the transformation. Moreover, it is caused by the events and procedures in preparation prior to the actual battle. In order for soldiers to be successful in war, one

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    Ecstasy was created by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912. Before drug form it was known as “MDMA.”In 1953 it was used by the US Army in psychological warfare tests, and then came back in the 1960s as a drug that was used to “lower inhibitions.” It wasn’t until the 1970s that it started being used as a party drug. The party drug called most of the time called Ecstasy but has many other names, most of the time comes in a pill but can also be injected or taken in many other ways. The liquid form

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    Sometimes, when I was little, I would daydream as I watched my mother sew dresses and prepare meals. I would just sit on a little wooden stool quietly and look up to the ceiling with my head swaying, and I would dream. I usually thought up stories about the day I would be knighted, or sometimes I would imagine how one day, I would rescue the princess who was singing away at the top of the tower. Not once did I dream of becoming a blacksmith. Since I was a mere ten years old I began training, watching

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    The rest of the day was anticlimactic compared to lunch. I cooked steaks out on the grill and we had a quiet dinner on the patio. Over dinner, the girls talked about Monday’s beach trip. That night when we got into bed I was ready for action, my cock was aching all day waiting to fuck Karen. Something was different about Karen that night, she now sported a shaved pussy. “When did you get a shaved pussy?” “Tracy did it tonight when we showered.” “You mean you and Tracy showered together.”

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    The Agony and the Ecstasy The movie version of, The Agony and the Ecstasy, is based on a book, with the same name, written by, Irving Stone. It is about the biographical story of Michelangelo and the troubles he encountered after Pope Julius II urged him to paint the Sistine Chapel. It was during the time when Michelangelo was creating the marble tomb that would become Pope Julius II’s final resting place, when he was commissioned by Pope Julius to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, which

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    life seems monotonous, God is ever present. Catholicism, as depicted by life at the convent, is characterized by a relatively simple life, complete with hard labor an absence of personal materialistic goods or possessions. In the book, Mariette in Ecstasy, the Sisters of Crucifixion spend a good amount of their days working, but spend the

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    happiness in his Ted Talk. We listen to his ideas about flow and how we achieve this feeling of ecstasy when we are in Flow. He talks about this composer who enters this different reality when he is conducting. Mihaly wondered what made his feel this rush of ecstasy. Not everyone feels this rush when they compose, so what was it in particular that made him feel as if he didn’t exist? To feel this level of ecstasy you must be involved and engaged in a process of creating and challenging yourself. When you

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    Ecstasy In essence, drugs are poisonous. What determines their effect, good or bad, is the amount taken. When taken in small amounts, they act as stimulants; when taken in larger amounts, they act as sedatives; and when taken in even larger amounts – abuse – they become toxic and can even kill. Many drugs have a liability aspect: they affect how we think. They distort our perception of reality; consequently, making our behaviour odd, inappropriate, irrational, and sometimes destructive. Of course

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    The Ecstasy of Sculpture: A Comparison of Sculpture in Italian Baroque Art Focus Question: To what extent was the Italian Baroque art, specifically Bernini, a support for the Catholic-Counter Reformation compared to The Neoclassical era, not even a century later? A comparison of Bernini’s “The Throne of Saint Peter” and “Ecstasy of Saint Teresa”; and Antonio Canova’s “Amor and Psyche”. Michael Thiessen IBN: 000874-0212 Friday, March 20, 2015 Word Count: 2000 IB Art History─Period 5 Jamie

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    but it's also commonly referred to as ecstasy or MDMA, which stands for methylenedioxy-methamphetamine. Molly's usually taken in form of a capsule or tablet, but can be snorted as a powder or swallowed in liquid form. MDMA was originally used in the 1970s to help people who were in psychotic therapy. It has since then been said to have no medicinal use, and was therefore considered illegal by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration. Nowadays, ecstasy is used to aid PTSD (post-traumatic stress

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