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In fact, those who pursue wealth -- even if they do so successfully -- are generally less happy than those who do not pursue wealth. What is the cause and effect relationship between pursuing wealth and unhappiness? Interestingly, it is not materialism which causes unhappiness directly, but that unhappiness and materialism are mutually reinforcing mechanisms. He notes that people who have experienced true deprivation are those who, later in life, are the most materialistic -- for example, those who went through the Great Depression often were materialistic in later life. He then goes on to describe the evidence that insecurity breeds materialism, and that pursuit of materialistic goals fails to increase happiness, works against close interpersonal relationships, works against authenticity and autonomy, and works against the health and happiness of those with whom the materialistic people interact. He concludes with some broad suggestions as to individuals, families, and societies can break out of materialistic…

Desiree’s Baby by Kate Chopin. In 1893, this short story was published as “The Father of Desiree’s Baby” in a magazine. Madame Valmonde and Monsieur adopted Desiree for the reason she was found abandoned when she was just a little girl. As she grew older, she found the love of her life, Armand as they had so much love for one another. They had a child, and as soon as they had the baby, the relationship turned out to be bitter and complicated. After a few months passed, Armand and Desiree…

I hate my nose, my eyes are too small, I wish my lips were bigger, my ears are too big, I wish my stomach was flat, I wish I had abs, my face is too big, I’m too skinny, I’m fat. Do any of these statements ring a bell? These are some of the insecurities individuals could face at some point in their lives. You look in the mirror and all these physical flaws stand out and wishing you could change them is all you want but than realize how unrealistic that thought really is, so you move on with your…

Introduction The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines food insecurity as “limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways.”1 Nearly 12% of people living in Virginia are considered food insecure, and these rates are even higher in the southeastern portion of the state. The cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth have food insecurity rates close to 19%.2 Many of these…

The Target hack of 2013 resulted in the loss of 40 million people’s credit card numbers, and the loss of 70 million people’s email address, phone numbers, and more. The majority of retail stores focus on selling their products to consumers. The security for retails stores can receive very little attention. Target was working to increase their IT security by hiring Fireeye to install a 1.6 million dollar security system. The system would send Fireeye notices of any security breaches. Fireeye…

cookies are small files that websites store in the browser to allow faster browsing without having to re-authenticate every time you browse off their website and return. With these session cookies stored on their server, they can effectively impersonate the legitimate user and take over any accounts stored within those cookies. There are two types of XSS attacks, stored and reflected. Stored XSS attacks are commonly found on forums, databases and vulnerable websites with any form of comment area…

As Ascher explains “if the anxieties and insecurities aroused naturally by contemporary life were not enough to sell products, then these feelings were provoked and drawn out by the advertisement themselves (51).” This advertisement clearly states that you should always have a bikini body because “you never know”, you could end up on a beach. Anxiety is used in this advertisement by telling women you should always be prepared, just because you 're working doesn’t mean you couldn 't be put into a…

Holden’s repetitive speech patterns demonstrate that his inability to change his ways of constantly criticizing everyone ultimately reflects his depression and insecurity, which is rooted in his troubled experiences. Salinger does this to convey that someone’s painful experiences can be projected onto others and used as a mechanism of self defense and as a reflection of their own troubles. Holden consistently describes others as phony because he is insecure of his own social standing and is…

Six packs, steroids, growth pills, protein shakes, heavy weight lifting, sweating until you puke, plastic surgery… and literally killing yourself without any notice all for one goal: “The Ideal Body”. What is the ideal body? The ideal body is the body in which society is satisfied with. Have you ever come across the idea of how you could feel comfortable in your own skin? Now days, this is impossible. Boys are having insecurity issues, more than girls and this is creating a huge amount of chaos…

How I dealt with feeling terrible about myself is what led to these major traits. To further explain, competitive and insecure was a result from feeling directly bad about my lack of intelligence in my youth. Insecurity being a direct feeling from it and being competitive as a way to re evaluate my self worth. For my other traits it was simply a way to defeat my feelings of insecurity by reaching out and feeling useful to society in some way. It was also a way to combat the idea that one's worth…