Need and Respect Essay

MichelGerges 18/11/12 â€Å" Respect is the key, they are many doors in life and basketball could be one but if you don’t get the key of respect then you will never get pass that door.† Many people that are trying to attract good things into their life have one major flaw. They do not respect what they seek. Our team desires to win and to succeed in the game of basketball but we do not the respect or mind set to do so. Respect is a very important factor in any sport. You must respect your teammates, your coach, the referee, the fans and your opponent. More importantly, you must respect the game. You must show up on time for games and practices and respect the rules of the game and the rules of the STM team. These rules were simple, the coaches did not ask for much from us. All they had asked for was for us to show respect for everyone on and off the court. Another rule was to be a leader, in a way which you wouldn’t let your teammates disturb other leagues that go on in the church such as other sports league. Show them the respect that we would want back in return. By not telling our friends to stop fooling around then we don’t show any leadership. Leadership is also a way to show respect. We didn’t show leadership when Mina had asked us all to calm down and to get our friends to stop disturbing the league. Mina has better things to do on his Saturday mornings but he decides every morning to get up early to help us even though we have been nothing but ungrateful children who just want to play around and not play real basketball or find out what it’s really like to have the heart for the game. Also, coming into practice late and walking in as if you own the place is unacceptable. It shows a lack of respect and self-discipline. We should treat this team as if it was a team outside of the church. Actually we should treat this with double the respect because this team is a privilege not a right. Not many of us have noticed that yet. Respect to me means being able to step in someone else’s shoes and take a look at life from a different point of view. Everybody has a story and a history we may never hear about, and we must be understanding and non-judgmental. It’s loving and caring for everyone around us, for we are all important pieces of the big puzzle that is life. This is what I think respect means but it means many different things to different people and we need to learn to have one common ground with each other. This will help us  to advance in life and succeed and this is the same thing with basketball. If we want to win games and win tournaments than we must have respect for all our coach and teammates. Mentally and physically. We need to sacrifice our body when working hard so that you are giving a hundred and ten percent on the court and not regretting it.

The Self in a Social World

L. I am but a mass of tanned skin, black-brown hair, intimidating eyes, relatively normal features, and limbs and extremities of regular length stuck onto a body of less than average height with a slight belly to match. I have never seen myself as physically fit, exactly, nor do I see myself as someone head-turning gorgeous like a lot of my friends are. There are a lot of things about me that I want to desperately change in a physical sense, because really, I am nothing above typical. Regular mood swings are a norm for me, hormonal imbalance or none, though I ant say I'm emotionally unstable.You might say I'm sensitive; I'm easily touched, easily ticked off, easily pleased, easily hurt. I tend to be intense and extreme with my emotions, and very vocal about it too. Without a venting outlet, my emotions may be easily displaced. My mood is often dangerous and difficult to control, like wildfire. Sometimes, I think of myself as a mirror; how I behave depends on the people I'm with. If h e's the shy type, I'm the shy type. If she's bubbly and talkative, then that's me as well. The only time this doesn't work is when the person I'm with is a loud and obnoxious ass.Normally when there are plenty of people I don't know, be it walking around the Magic complex or sitting in a classroom full of people I don't know, I'm very guarded and conscious of my actions, making me look cold and quiet sometimes. This stems from my intense fear of public embarrassment, I think. But once Vie settled in a little niche, especially with the people who are close to me, the loud, wild and sometimes shameless little monster inside of me comes out with a vengeance. He. I'm not exactly a socially-awkward person, nor am I totally socially-adept.I'm either mainstream nor hipster, trendsetter nor wallflower either. Truth is, I'm really just somewhere in between all that. And I like where I am. I'm not the type to be easily swayed by new trends, habits, practices and opinions, sans political opini ons because I am so pathetically apathetic on those matters. Only in recent years have I begun to be as friendly and cordial as I can to new people I meet. I often try to keep my mood and behavior in check when I'm with my friends as well, because even though they know about it, I don't want to show them the ugly side of me that I only how myself.Now, even if I didn't graduate as the class valedictorian and simply made it with a humble Honorable Mention medal, that hasn't stopped me from thinking of myself as fairly smart. I have intelligent parent's and relatives and I think that's influenced me plenty. I do read and write a lot. I pick up a lot of things from books and movies and my father to be able to do those well, so much that I was able to conquer my fear of public speaking. Although it doesn't apply all the time, I do pick up on things rather easily, making schoolwork lighter for me than most of my friends think so.Still, I don't think that highly of myself in this matter. I am not special, and again, nothing above typical. II. Physical: 1 . ) Physically fit 3. ) Attractive 4. ) Has dimples Emotional: 1 . ) Emotionally stable 2. ) Intense with her feelings 3. ) Short-tempered 4. ) Sensitive 5. ) Happy-go-lucky Behavioral: 1 Careful 2. ) Competitive 3. ) Energetic 4. ) Perfectionist Social: 1 Friendly 2. ) Sociable 3. ) May come off as intimidating and difficult to approach Cognitive: 1 . Above average 2. ) Intelligent 3. ) Witty 4. ) Competitive Ill.For the Physical aspect of the survey, to everything aside from the typical â€Å"average height, brown shoulder-length hair†, I say â€Å"WHAT? † I was honestly laughing at the number of people who responded with ‘physically fit' and ‘sexy, because not only is one of them awkward to read, I also don't find the other one true at all. I always berate myself for my thighs and my arms and my belly that seem to be growing a hundred miles per hour. The responses in the survey make me th ink one of two things: 1 . Maybe it's all in my head after all or 2. They're Just saying that because they don't want to make me feel bad. And to be honest, the second one seems a lot more plausible to me. Because, really, I can't see this body as ‘physically fit' at all. Other than that, almost everything else I read off the survey answers were pretty much things I'm aware of or I already knew about myself. It makes me think how transparent I really am of a person, even to people I haven't been friends with for over a year. This fact assures me somehow, and I seem to take it as a good thing.Since Vie always hated people who are fake and ‘plastic', two-faced people who only care about looking good in front of other people, it's good to know that people are seeing me as I really am, even the rough spots and the dark sides, and that I'm not one of those people I absolutely loathe. It's nice to know I haven't completely turned into the person I swore I'd never become. You'd probably expect me to say something like â€Å"This survey activity has opened my eyes and inspired me to change, etc. † but no, that's the exact opposite of what Vie realized.I realized that there's really nothing to change after all. I already like everything myself, my short-temperateness, my faux icy demeanor, and even my that. Lastly, I thank my friends who responded honestly to this survey. I got to see how other people saw me, something Vie always been curious about, and I learned, based on how fast I ran out of survey forms, how many people I actually consider as friends who also see me the same way. Also, based on the fact that I'm still friends with these people, I realized how much they've accepted me, despite all my shortcomings as a person and as a friend.

Environmental Determinism Related to Ancient Greece, Rome and Medieval Times Essay

Environmental determinism essentially means where you live has a direct correlation with how you live. Countries that need to focus on hunting and gathering cannot focus on other aspects of their society like military power, religion, technology and education. Geographic luck is another factor of environmental determinism. Geographic luck means that people have strong advantages to their lives because of where they currently live. Environmental determinism allowed countries to grow their military power and allowed them to enhance their weaponry, which was shown during the Peloponnesian War, the Punic Wars and the Viking Invasions. During the period of Ancient Greece, the Peloponnesian War showed military changes because of environmental determinism. After the Persian War, the Persian Empire was very weak (â€Å"Peloponnesian War. â€Å"). The Athenians saw this as a great opportunity to attack and take control of some very important land. Some of the land that they wanted to capture was called the Fertile Crescent and was very rich with many resources such as very rich soil which is opportune for growing crops, as well as large rivers of water for drinking (â€Å"Fertile Crescent. â€Å"). The Athenians were able to attack the Fertile Crescent because of environmental determinism. The land the Athenians were on allowed them to create a strong civilization early, which allowed them to grow their military power, which in turn also allowed them to defeat the Persians in the Persian War. Environmental determinism also allowed the Athenians focus on upgrading their navy to a high enough level that they could travel the long distance of attacking the weakened Persian Empire. Environmental determinism also factored into the primary reason the Peloponnesian War started. When the city states divided up between the Delian League and the Athenians, and the Peloponnesian League and the Spartans, in the agreement it stated that each side was to not get involved with the opposite sides affairs and the Athenians ignored that rule because of environmental determinism (â€Å"Peloponnesian War. â€Å"). Corcyra and Corinth were in a small war of their own and it was a Peloponnesian League matter, however, Corcyra had a large navy and Athens was afraid of Corinth taking this navy because they were a part of the Peloponnesian League, while Corcyra was still undecided on which side it was on. Environmental determinism factors into this because Corinth was powerful enough because of their developed civilization to make Athens worried, and Corcyra had a powerful enough navy that Athens was willing to start a war with the Peloponnesian League to start a war. At the beginning of the war, environmental determinism seriously affected the Athenians. Pericles, the most important general in Athens, decided at the beginning of the war to take a defensive strategy by keeping the army within the Athenian walls (â€Å"Peloponnesian War. â€Å"). He thought this would wear the Spartan army out to the point where they would retreat. The main problem with this strategy was that all of the Athenians crops were located outside of the Athenian wall. Athens still had a secret trade route which allowed them to eat, however they could not sell their crops and they had to keep buying crops so they were rapidly losing a large amount of money. The plan also backfired a second time, because the Athenians were hit with a plague which killed a third of their people in 3 years, including Pericles. Environmental determinism is shown because the crops had to grow there because the soil within the city was not rich enough and the Athenians could not grow crops outside the other side of the Athenian walls, because they were located right on the coast of the Aegean Sea (â€Å"Ancient Greece Map. â€Å"). Athens was hit by the plague before the Spartans because of environmental determinism as well. They are closer to where the plague started, which was in Ethiopia, where it then moved through Rome and the Persian Empire. In the next phase of the war, environmental determinism influenced the decisions of Athens and Sparta. One of the new leaders of the Athenian war party, Cleon wanted to be much more physical than Pericles was, and he saw his opportunity in Italy (â€Å"Peloponnesian War. â€Å"). The city state of Syracuse in Sicily was allied with Sparta and when they attacked a tribe called the Leontini, Cleon chose to help fight back. He chose to fight against Syracuse for the reason that he wanted to weaken the Spartans because their grain supply came from Syracuse. The Spartans used Cleon’s over-aggressiveness against him, by setting up a Spartan colony named Heraclea right near Athens. This forced Athens to make a decision of sending its troops to Syracuse and getting attacked in Athens, or not attacking Syracuse altogether. This goes back to environmental determinism again, because generals such as Brasidas of Sparta was able to come up with this plan, because the Spartans had a growing and strong enough colony that they did not need to focus on hunting and gathering and could focus on military matters. Focusing on military matters helped the Spartans again when the Athenians attacked the city state Boetia. This was important for the Athenians, because Boetia was a short distance away from them and did not want to get attacked, as well as they needed morale boost because they were losing the war, however the Spartans outsmarted them. When the Athenians were attacking and the fight seemed to be over, Boetia brought out their two hidden lines of cavalrymen and encircled the Athenians, and then routed them. In the final stage of the war, the Athenians were finally finished off because of environmental determinism. The Athenians sent 130 ships in one final effort to attack in Sicily (â€Å"Peloponnesian War. ). Because of environmental determinism however, the Syracusians were able to upgrade their navy with a new piece of equipment, which rammed the ships and damaged them on water, which made them not mobile and sink. In this battle the Athenians lost twenty thousand people, and that was enough for the Persians to get involved in the war and ally with Sparta. Environmental determinism takes a big part in this move, because the Persian army was now attacking from the east, while the Spartans were attacking from the west and the Athenians were conquered. Because of where Athens was situated, they could not even flee from the incoming attacks, because they were surrounded by the Persians coming over the water, and the Spartans coming by land. In conclusion, the Spartans were successful in defeating the Athenians by outsmarting them with new tactics that were studied and by defeating them with a stronger army, which they were able to create because of environmental determinism. Environmental determinism influenced other parts of history too, as shown in Punic Wars in the period of Ancient Rome. During the three Punic Wars fought by Rome and Carthage, Rome was successful because of military power and strategies they could develop because of environmental determinism. Before the Punic Wars started, Carthage extremely wealthy and was the most technologically advanced city in the region, as well as having the strongest naval power (â€Å"Punic Wars. â€Å"). Rome was very powerful as well with the biggest land army in the region. These two countries were allowed to become this advanced and this powerful because of environmental determinism. Both cities were so well developed and had such a strong way of life that they could focus on expanding their empires instead of worrying about if they were going to survive. In 264, there was a dispute in Sicily and both Rome and Carthage got involved and that was the beginning of the Punic Wars. Because of Carthage’s large navy, they were able to win many battles on water, however the Roman fleet were able to break their naval superiority, with allowed them to take Sicily as their own, making it their first overseas province. Carthage and Rome went to war over Sicily because of the land. The Sicilian land was very rich with its soil and natural resources, as well as having many wealthy cities and many major ports for trading. It was also located right between the capitals of Carthage and Rome. Rome and Carthage also wanted to go to war because of where they were located. Both cities were located on either side of the Mediterranean (â€Å"Ancient Rome Map. â€Å"). By defeating the other power there, Carthage or Rome could become the main power in the Mediterranean which would allow them to trade and make themselves even more powerful. So, because of environmental determinism and greed, the Punic Wars had begun. In the second Punic War, environmental determinism would urge Carthage to attack the Roman Empire once again. In 237 B. C, Carthage established a new base of influence in Spain under the powerful general Hamilicar Barca (â€Å"Punic Wars. â€Å"). After his death, his son Hannibal took command of the forces in Spain, and in 221 B. C, Hannibal took these forces and marched his army across the Ebro River into Saguntum. This was an important gesture, because Saguntum was under Roman protection which showed that Hannibal wanted to continue war against the Roman Empire. Carthage, using its ninety thousand infantry, killed as many as fifty thousand Roman soldiers, destroyed the Italian countryside and recaptured Sicily, but since the Romans have such a large infantry, this was not a large enough causality to faze them as they fought back. Rome pushed back and took all of Italy, as well as Carthage’s ties in Spain and North Africa. Environmental determinism played a role in many factors in this part of the Punic Wars. Firstly, the Roman Empire was able to bounce back so easily after losing fifty thousand troops because their population was so large and was still growing. This has to do with the fact that the land the Romans were on was very rich in resources and could maintain a large amount of people living there. Secondly, Carthage used a maneuver where they destroyed the Italian countryside. This was a smart move by the Carthaginians, because it stopped the Romans from getting some of their food supplies, as well as them losing a large sum of money, and the Carthaginians were able to do this maneuver before the Romans could stop them because they are located closer to the countryside than Rome is. In the third and final of the Punic Wars, the Romans used environmental determinism against Carthage to capture the Carthaginian power, money and land. Before the war started, Rome and Carthage had signed an agreement that they could not attack Rome or anyone else without consulting Rome, or else war would start again (â€Å"Punic Wars. â€Å"). This treaty was broken by Carthage, when they chose to attack Numidia, who was allied with Rome. Carthage was fending off the Roman army until the young general of Rome Scipio the Younger used environmental determinism to defeat Carthage. Rome launched a forceful attack on the harbour side of Carthage, and pushed the enemy troops towards their citadel. Carthage then surrendered after seven days and the Romans succeeded in destroying Carthage. This was important, because Rome destroyed a city that no one could defeat for 700 years, and the Romans were not done there as they later moved east and gained Macedonia. Environmental determinism allowed Rome to attack from both sides of Carthage and surround them, because Carthage was located right next to the Mediterranean Sea. The Roman Empire succeeded in becoming the main power in the Mediterranean because of military techniques, a strong army, and advantages of positioning because of environmental determinism. During Viking Invasions in the Medieval Times, the Vikings and Europe would experience cases in which environmental determinism aided them as well. During the Viking Invasions, the Vikings disrupted and benefitted many European countries because of environmental determinism. The Vikings began their raids in 789 A. D when Norwegian ships attacked Portland, located in the British Iles (â€Å"Medieval Maritime Culture. ). The Vikings then continued to raid Europe including Spain, France, Constantinople and England and find parts of Russia, Greenland, Norway and Canada. This is important because it shows how powerful and influential the Vikings were in Medieval Times, by finding new land and establishing it as a major trade centre, and converting whole countries to different religions as shown when they converted Greenland and Iceland to Christianity in 1000. Environmental determinism is shown in why the Vikings began to raid. The Vikings began to raid partially because of the terrible weather conditions that they were subject to in Scandinavia, as well as a lack of agriculture which led many Vikings to sail south in search of land. Because Scandinavia was farther away from the equator, this made the weather colder, which also allowed for fewer crops to grow. This was the main premise on which the Vikings began to head south. Environmental determinism also allowed the Vikings to have a large army which allowed them to attack many places with a high degree of effectiveness. The Vikings were able to sail in fleets of many hundreds of ships filled with 100 people each, because of environmental determinism. The Vikings developed themselves into a powerful people in Scandinavia which allowed them to focus on strengthening their people instead of keeping their population or army at the same level. This is much like what happened in the Peloponnesian Wars and the Punic Wars. The Vikings were also able to attack strong countries so well because of their advanced technology. The Vikings developed a ship called a â€Å"longship†, which was very fast and very agile (â€Å"Viking Timeline. â€Å"). They used these boats to travel quickly, allowing them to attack more people at a faster rate and gain more land. This along with their strong navigation system called â€Å"celestial navigation†. This was important because it allowed them to find land and capture it efficiently. The Vikings were able to invent these powerful and innovative ships and means of travel because of environmental determinism. The Vikings were a very civilized culture that were very strategic and very smart because of their way of life. Their way of life was so enhanced because of environmental determinism. The Vikings could not grow as many crops as countries that were closer to the equator, so they had to adjust to their surroundings accordingly (â€Å"Viking Timeline. â€Å"). For example, the Vikings of York were very close to a river, so they consumed a large quantity of freshwater fish. Around the year 1000, the Vikings used their innovative ways to develop a square rigged sailboat that they called the â€Å"knaar†. The knaar was used as a merchant ship that the Vikings used to form and trade with their colonies in the Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland. This was important because this allowed them to solve one of the problems that is caused by environmental determinism. The colonies the Vikings had were so far apart that it would take long periods of time to trade between them, or they would not trade at all, so the Vikings made the knaar to help solve this problem. This showed once again that the Vikings were ground-breaking with new technology during the Medieval Times. This technology along with their large military power allowed them to attack larger armies and successfully defeat them. The Vikings used environmental determinism as a reason to claim new land as their own by attacking and using their large armies, innovative weaponry, and navigation. They also solved their problem that environmental determinism caused by making their colonies too far away by adapting and creating new technology. In conclusion, in all three cases the main factors of the reasoning or victories of the winning sides were because of environmental determinism. Whether it was the Spartans defeating the Athenians because of new militaristic techniques combined with their strong army, Rome using Carthage’s positioning against them to conquer the Mediterranean, or the Vikings successfully defeating armies much bigger than theirs in Europe using new technology; environmental determinism was the main factor in success.

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Early childhood education - Essay Example This "Early childhood education " essay describes the prevailing problems and issues regarding child practitioners and how can early childhood programs support parents in facilitating the healthy, holistic development of their children.The panelists, composed of experts in various fields proposed a four-point plan, namely: (1) strengthening policies, raising and sustaining funding and building appropariate infrastructure; (2) improving education, training and development, improving compensation and providing career opportunities for practitioners; (3) delivering high quality, evidence-based and age-appropriate programs and practices for children; and (4) building strong partnerships with parents.Ontario is struggling with the decrease in number of effective and efficient child practitioners and this greatly affects the quality of education. The following reasons have been identified: ï‚ § Several practitioners do not meet the educational requirements needed to successfully address the demands of the practice and provide high quality early learning and care for children. ï‚ § Fresh graduates of early childhood education courses opt to work in jobs other than in regulated child care. ï‚ § Several practitioners will retire in the next 5 – 10 years and there are not enough new practitioners coming in to replace them. Research has provided evidence that the early years are most crucial in an individual’s development because it is at this time when early learning and experiences determine the quality of the child’s brain structure. ... arly years are most crucial in an individual’s development because it is at this time when early learning and experiences determine the quality of the child’s brain structure, disposition and well-being. Provision of a high quality early childhood program wherein positive, stimulating learning experiences take place contribute to the child’s self-confidence and positive attitude towards learning. These are qualities that lead to greater success in school and throughout one’s life. 4. How can early childhood programs support parents in facilitating the healthy, holistic development of their children? Early childhood programs should be able to accommodate the schedules of parents in planning events that require their presence. They can also extend the children’s time in preschools or day care centers to enable parents to work. Regular communication with parents regarding concerns about their children keeps them updated about their child’s progr ess. Also, early childhood programs provide adequate information to parents about things that can help them in implementing good parenting to their children. Article Review: Heyman, J., Barrera, M. and Earle, A. (2008) The Working Poor: Canada and the World, Policy Options. The article reports the state of child poverty throughout the world, and specifically in some countries of study. It discussed how child poverty is a lingering challenge that policy-makers face and has grown to be a global issue. The article claims that child poverty may be effectively managed if parents can succeed in working while caring for their children without fear of losing their livelihood. 1. How can families rise from poverty? Poverty may be overcome when individuals are given the opportunity to work and earn for a living. When parents’

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The development of information technology Essay The development of information technology presents attractive solution for businesses as they can develop and deliver better services to customers. This condition happens as the results of easier and simpler purchasing scheme like using web-based application (e-commerce), connectivity to multi suppliers, and faster product delivery. In many industries like manufacturing and hospitality, the adoption of information technology is undoubtedly important. Dell, a well-known computer manufacturer, for example, enables customers to design their own personal computers, which influence how Dell manages the order with some suppliers to fulfil the customer needs. Similarly, BMW, a luxury automobile manufacturer also presents similar feature. The information suggests that customers’ demands are diverse and require special attention to manage them. Concerning the initiatives to satisfy customers, this paper will elaborate discussion about the adoption of supply chain logistic management in business by selecting appropriate software applications that support logistics and supply chain management. The three vendors that are examined are Oracle, SAP, and Microsoft. 1. Background Logistics refers to management of corporate operations that involve acquisitions, storages, moving, and delivery of goods within the supply chain. Any barrier in supply chain will result in the late delivery of goods or deferred services. The situation suggests that logistics management is critical part in a company that determines the company’s success. Due to the importance of receiving raw material, processing, and delivering products; the discussion of logistics management evolve into supply chain management (SCM) that provide benefits for the company including faster time-to-market, reduced costs, and allow all parties in the supply chain to better manage current resources and plan for future needs. Concerning the logistics issue, this paper will discuss about the plan to acquire support from key stakeholders at SaveWithUs and users for a project to implement the application. The plan include information about who would be contacted, what information would be presented, and the type of support that would be sought. In addition, we will also describe about the chosen vendor, why the vendor was chosen, and a proposal to create a project to implement the application. 2. Design of Logistic and Supply Chain Management 2. 1 Needs Assessment and Support The basic need of establishing supply chain management is to lessen a company in managing process in order to ensure that the required materials and equipments are available when needed at the right time. Since supply chain management involves information technology, therefore, I would list some contacts that may support my implementation plan for supply chain management (SCM) software. The contacts are as following: Table 1 Contacts and Type of Supports Contacts Reasons to Contact Type of Supports Managements (CEOs/managers) Decision makers Agreement on put investment on SCM software to improve supply chain management Purchasing Dept Purchasing staffs become key people that involve in the supply process Justification that SCM application will lessen their jobs in managing supplies and inventories

Cosmetic Surgery for Cheekbones and Chin

Cosmetic Surgery for Cheekbones and Chin Significance of high cheekbones a prominent chin: Aesthetic point of view In the world of today, â€Å"selfie† has become kind of an obsession and being active on â€Å"social media† and showing off your so called â€Å"cool social life† has become an obligation! In such a world today, having been able to possess ‘attractive facial features’ is a must, be it men or women. It has been shown beyond doubt, that ‘facial symmetry’ is one of the benchmarks, by which attractiveness of a face can be recognized. However, there are found to be many other factors which are responsible for making a face look appealing. The face is the first thing that catches the attention of a passer by, friend or a foe. Who doesn’t want to look attractive? Nowadays, people use certain kind of beauty creams, wear makeup; so as to look appealing and presentable. In the world of today, your ‘persona’ with which you carry yourself, can get you brownie points in the field that you belong to! Having a good, magnificent and presentable personality is one of the most compelling things that can get you one step closer towards achieving recognition in your particular field. In order to look presentable, you ought to possess ‘attractive facial features’ as they say! Apart from these artificial beautifying measures such as beauty creams, makeup etc, there are some facial features that can make you look charismatic naturally. Having sharp facial features makes one look good and attractive. High cheekbones, wide-set eyes, a small nose and a prominent chin are believed to make one look appealing. Beauty does not have set parameters as such. It depends on how one perceives beauty. The Science of Attraction Researchers from a University at Sweden have propounded that our conclusions on whether we find someone charming may be as a result of hormones that we are exposed to in utero or at the time of puberty, our dependence on visual information, the way our brains advanced systems to identify/perceive/process different stimuli and/or our wish to transfer â€Å"attractive genes† to our progeny so that they might have higher chances of finding a mate and resultant reproductive conquest. As per an extensive research done by a University at Germany, the thing that everyone finds sexually appealing in the opposite sex is symmetry. This holds true for human as well as animal kingdoms. Faces having great degree of symmetry are classically believed to be more attractive and symmetry has been linked with good health and genetic quality. Distinct digressions from this mean are said to denote lack of general well-being or ill-health. It is of our good interest to mate with somebody with best possible genes. And this will in turn be transferred to our children, making certain that we have healthy kids, who will pass our own genes on for the generations to come. High cheekbones are the zygomatic bones in the face of primates, which in some people may be more notable than others, resulting in the upper part of the cheeks to protrude and form a line cut into the side of the face. High cheekbones, producing a symmetrical face contour, are quite common in fashion divas and is said to be a ‘beauty trait’. High cheekbones develop with age and denote that a woman is old enough to be able to reproduce. In case of males, prominent facial features like a strong jaw and chin, high cheekbones indicate high level of testosterone and are believed to be attractive physical characteristics in many cultures. Some fortunate people are naturally gifted with these attractive facial features while the others have to undergo certain procedures in order to be able to possess sharp facial features and look appealing. Let’s have a look at these varied treatments and procedures: Injectable Fillers: Filler injections are non surgical soft tissue fillers approved as medical devices by the Food Drug Administration (FDA). These are injected into the skin and help filling the lost volume of the skin. The most common areas that get exposed to these injections are the cheeks, cheekbones and chin. Hyaluronan (Hyaluronic acid) is the commonest constituent of an injectable filler. Juvederm Voluma: Juvederm Voluma with Lidocaine is the latest of the Juvederm range of injectable fillers produced by Allergan that is made up of hyaluronic acid gel and a naturally occurring substance in the skin. These are specially created to reinstate volume in the regions of volume loss. Also, due to its skillfulness it provides a definition to the jaw line as well. It restores deep volume loss and smoothes the mid-face. Revives sunken areas around the cheek region. Gives volume and a youthful contour/appearance to the chin. Juvederm Voluma can last up to 1 and a half year (18 months) which may vary from person to person. Individuals with facial volume loss as a result of ageing, sudden unexplained weight loss or certain problems like facial droop or asymmetry may assist from the treatment with Juvederm Voluma. Average length of filler injections is approximately 10 to 20 minutes per session, based on the individual and the amount being treated. These require minimal downtime, permitting patients to resume work and their normal activities directly following treatment. Cheek Chin Augmentation: Surgical Techniques Cheek implants or perhaps Cheek enlargement is a sort of plastic surgical treatment and that is accomplished as a way to highlight this cheeks while on an individual’s face. A plastic surgeon may perhaps place a great implant in the cheekbone for this purpose. These types of implants increase the projection in the cheekbones. Ripped or perhaps recessed cheek places may perhaps turn out seeking richer because of the added amount due to enlargement. Cheek Augmentation is mostly amalgamated using some other techniques including Face lift or perhaps face enlargement. Material used: Cheek implants may perhaps consist involving distinct sort of components. The most typical is solid silicone. Additionally, 2 additional options are generally high-density porous polyethylene, also known as Medpor, and ePTFE (expanded polytetrafluoroethylene), also called Gore-Tex. Shapes: Three different shapes: Malar – This kind of is probably the most common of them all. These types of implants are placed entirely on this cheek bone tissues. Due to that the cheeks become more prominent and â€Å"higher contour† sideways in the face. Submalar – These kind of implants usually are not intended to become positioned on this cheekbones. These are set up pertaining to supplementing this midface, especially when a person is having emaciated appearance or perhaps â€Å"skinny† physical appearance to this particular place. Combined – Extensive implants which might be useful for augmenting equally, this cheekbones plus the mid-face. Exactly how would be the Cheek Implants placed? An incision is made by a Facial Plastic surgeon inside upper oral cavity on the the top gum line and the implants are generally slid in the spot. Implants can be placed by means of doing the outside incision on the eye, but the drawback being, it could possibly build an apparent scar. Thats why majority of sufferers do not prefer this method. Although, this intra-oral (inside this mouth) technique will involve a much better danger involving contamination for the reason that oral cavity has a lot more number of microorganisms. Cheek implant surgical procedure is generally executed immediately after giving sedation or perhaps common anesthesia and it will take about one to two hrs. Patient generally recovers within 10 days. Chin Implants/ Chin Augmentation: Chin enlargement is performed with the help of Chin Implants. This is a sort of surgical treatment that may change/modify the basic structure in the face. This kind of change therefore allocates far better sense of balance to the facial features. This peculiar medical terminologies Genioplasty and Mentoplasty are used to indicate the addition and decrease in the material to a patients chin. This will lead to reduction in the chin height or chin rounding by osteotomy, or chin augmentation with the help of implants. This kind of surgical procedure is a lot of the times, executed before Rhinoplasty (Nose job), that assists in balancing the facial proportions. This process accentuates the real key characteristic in the lower part of the face by means of improving its shape, height, width and prominence. A lot of the sufferers are searching for addressing a poor or perhaps undefined chin which â€Å"blends into the neck† too much (microgenia). This can be of disquietude as it has more effect on the patient’s side profile which enables it to help to make this nose seem nastily larger and much more visible. As a issue involving simple fact, sufferers have seen the effective improvement in their facial outline from chin implants on your own, in lieu of considering a lot more complex course of action involving Rhinoplasty (Nose surgery). When we examine the patients face on the the front, aesthetic preferences will be determined by gender. A masculine chin is generally wider and square shaped, so that the face has resemblance to a rectangle or square. A feminine chin is mostly narrower, such that it bears resemblance with an inverted triangle. Chin enlargement is a relatively easy procedure for the affected individual while resulting in notable improvements in the delineation of the face. This sort of surgical procedure is mostly executed by the oral maxillofacial surgeon, plastic surgeon or perhaps otolaryngologist. What is the Procedure for placing Chin Implants? This surgical treatment can be executed in a surgeons clinic, a hospital, or perhaps the outpatient clinic. X-rays of the patient;s chin and face will likely be obtained. The doctor will certainly find out what part of the chin to operate upon, making use of these X-rays. If your implant is merely needed to round out the chin: The affected individual may be given general anesthesia (asleep and pain-free), or perhaps he/she may be provided with a medicine such that the place becomes numb, along with a medicine that will cause them to relaxed and sleepy. A cut is made, either inside the oral cavity or outside under the chin. And in front of the chin bone and beneath the muscles, a pocket is created. This implant is positioned inside. The cosmetic surgeon may perhaps use real bone tissue or perhaps fat tissue, or perhaps the implant made out of plastic, Teflon, Dacron, or perhaps newer biological inserts. The implant is generally affixed to the bone tissue using screws or perhaps sutures. Sutures are utilized for closing the wound. When the cut in inside the oral cavity, the scar is hardly visible. At times, there may often be the necessity to move few bony tissues: The course of action will likely be accomplished under general anesthesia. The cosmetic surgeon can make the incision inside the patient’s oral cavity along the lower gum. This provides entrance for the chin bone. Second incision through the jaw bone can be made if you use a chisel or a bone. This jaw bone is moved and wired or perhaps screwed in place. Closure of the incision is done using stitches and a bandage is applied. Because the surgical procedure is accomplished within the patient’s oral cavity, these scar problems won’t become apparent. The procedure will take around 1 to 3 hrs.