Living

Most of us want to live a simple life. Unfortunately, the world we are living in right now does not readily meet our need for simplicity for we are walking on a path where luxuries offer us the greatest things that life could offer. As we all know, the standards of living varies from time to time and fitting in society really depends on how we perceive the world we are venturing right now and what the world gives us. So, how should we really live our lives? Should we live it on how we want it to be? Or should we live it according to how the world wants it to be? Well, the answer is both. We take all the opportunities and things that the world is throwing at us then, we use those things according to our just. But remember, keep it simple and the life you want will follow.

World Heritage as a concept generated from a competition has grown from focusing on distinctness to one that appreciates diversity and is now expanding to include living systems. This shift implies that more than a prediction-based assessment, monitoring of state of conservation and management has to respond to dynamic systems. Through the case of Majuli river island (located in India, in the northeastern state of Assam on the Brahmaputra River), this article explores how this changed approach is a logical next step and will encourage state parties to propose inscription of living and continuing traditions (cultural landscapes or Properties under criteria v, vi, ix and x).

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El presente ejercicio teórico toma como objeto de su estudio la risa dentro de la narración cinema-tográfica a partir de un fragmento escogido del filme de Pasolini, La ricotta (1963).
Para ello articularemos nuestro análisis en dos episodios: el primero dirigido al repaso teórico e histórico de la risa; el segundo, a la aplicación de las directrices metodológicas rescatadas del primero al análisis cinematográfico de nuestro caso de estudio.
Se trata de analizar el comporta-miento de la risa a partir de los elementos que componen la historia cinematográfica: los narrativos y los estilísticos. La finalidad del texto será la de estudiar la disyunción entre imagen fija e imagen movimiento tomando la risa como el punto de inflexión entre ambas.

Abstract:
This essay is based on the study of laughter in cinematic storytelling from a chosen fragment of Pasolini’s film, La ricotta (1963). This paper will be structured in two stages: the first one related to theoretical and historical overview of laughter, and the second one on film analysis taking in consideration the previous concepts underlined at the first stage.
That means to analyse the behaviour of laughter through the elements that are involved in the construction of a film story: narratives elements and stylistic elements. The aim of this essay is to study the relationship between still image and moving image, taking laughter as the turning point between those types of images.

Luxury Condominium Living Has Pro’s and Con’s

Luxury condominium living is quite different from owning a house. Owning a condo means your primarily responsible for the interior of your unit, and you share a bit of responsibility for the exterior and other amenities along with your fellow condo owners in your complex. Owning a house means you’re responsible for both interior and exterior which may sound like more work, but to know which choice is truly better for you, you need to look at all the pros and cons of luxury condominium living and make an informed decision.

Pros:

First, as stated earlier, you won’t be responsible for repairs to the exterior or common areas, at least not by yourself. As a condo owner, you pay dues which goes to fund repairs including siding, roofing, etc. You also don’t have to worry about the lawn, shoveling snow, or cleaning the gutters. The dues usually cover all exterior maintenance as well. The second benefit is as they say, “location, location, location”. Most condominium complexes are located in prime spots which are often conveniently near shopping areas, city centers, and restaurants. Being close to city centers and to major public transportation routes allows you to save both money and time on your commutes.


Luxury condominium living also offers affordable pricing. Most condos cost no more than a single family home, sometimes even less. Even first time buyers or single-income households should be able to find condos that they can afford. Security and safety is good too as you have plenty of nearby neighbors and many condos have security guards and/or buzzer systems which provide an even higher level of security for the owners. One of the favorite perks for condo owners are the amenities. Most condominium complexes have a swimming pool, gym, tennis courts, and sometimes other additional amenities such as shuffleboard courts for the older crowd.

Cons:

While luxury condominium living has a great many perks, there are also a few negative aspects that you need to be aware of. First, there is the community living aspect. Having shared walls with your neighbors means you may hear some noise from the units next to yours. Also, the common areas being shared may lead to a little more interaction with your neighbors than you’d like. Then there are the dues. While they do keep you free from worrying about exterior repairs and maintenance, they are regular monthly fees and won’t ever go away. Also, while the dues will keep any large “one-time” expenses to a minimum, there may be additional fees charges from time to time due to events that are unplanned for or unexpected.

Other “cons” of luxury condominium living include resale value as the condo sector is usually one of the first and often hardest hit when the real estate market experiences a decline. Every resident must adhere to a set of rules usually determined by the HOA (Home Owners Association). These rules aren’t too strict but can still result in fines if they’re broken and may affect things like pet ownership, limits to what can be put in your windows, limits on noise levels, etc.

Finally, condos can be limiting on both privacy and space. Due to your neighbors being in close proximity, you won’t have the privacy that a single family home would provide, and you won’t be able to add on to your existing condo. Your ownership is limited to your unit. With a single family home, you’d be able to expand as you like or need. So when you are deciding which way to go, consider all these pros and cons and then decide if luxury condominium living is right for you.

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Relying on a certain degree of abstraction, we can propose that no particular distinction exists between animate or living matter and inanimate matter. While focusing attention on some specifics, the dividing line between the two can be drawn. The most apparent distinction is in the level of structural and functional organization with the dissimilar streams of ‘energy flow’ between the observed entity and the surrounding environment. In essence, living matter is created from inanimate matter which is organized to contain internal intense energy processes and maintain lower intensity energy exchange processes with the environment. Taking internal and external energy processes into account, we contend in this paper that living matter can be referred to as matter of dissipative structure, with this structure assumed to be a common quality of all living creatures and living matter in general. Interruption of internal energy conversion processes and terminating the controlled energy exchange with the environment leads to degeneration of dissipative structure and reduction of the same to inanimate matter, (gas, liquid and/or solid inanimate substances), and ultimately what can be called ‘death.’ This concept of what we call dissipative nature can be extended from living organisms to social groups of animals, to mankind. An analogy based on the organization of matter provides a basis for a functional model of living entities. The models relies on the parallels among the three central structures of any cell (nucleus, cytoplasm and outer membrane) and the human body (central organs, body fluids along with the connective tissues, and external skin integument). This three-part structural organization may be observed almost universally in nature. It can be observed from the atomic structure to the planetary and intergalactic organizations. This similarity is corroborated by the membrane theory applied to living organisms. According to the energy nature of living matter and the proposed functional model, the decreased integrity of a human body's external envelope membrane is a first cause of the structural degradation and aging of the entire organism. The aging process than progresses externally to internally, as in single cell organisms, suggesting that much of the efforts towards the restoration and maintenance of the mechanisms responsible for structural development should be focused accordingly, on the membrane, i.e., the skin. Numerous reports indicate that all parts of the human body, like: bones, blood with blood vessels, muscles, skin, and so on, have some ability for restoration. Therefore, actual revival of not only aging tissue of the human body's membrane, but the entire human body enclosed within, with all internal organs, might be expected. We assess several aging theories within the context of our model and provide suggestions on how to activate the body's own anti-aging mechanisms and increase longevity. This paper presents some analogies and some distinctions that exist between the living dissipative structure matter and inanimate matter, discusses the aging process and proposes certain aging reversal solutions.