writing this piece‚ I have just finished watching an episode in “The Amazing Race Philippines” which gave me the idea how beautiful the places are in the Philippines like Boracay‚ Bicol‚ Palawan etc. This brought me back to this documentary film‚ Sacred Planet. In the film‚ the majestic creatures like giraffe‚ monkeys and birds give me a peaceful mind. The splendour of the oceans and mountains are so relieving to behold. “Everything has a spirit.” This is one of the lines I got from the documentary
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Khalil Karim 1/26/14 Imam Plemen Islamic Philosophy “A Sacred Place” A masjid‚ also known as a mosque‚ is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The first mosque in the world is often considered to be the area around the Kaaba in Mecca now known as the Masjid al-Haram. Muhammad went on to establish another mosque in Medina‚ which is now known as the Masjid an-Nabawi‚ or the Prophet’s Mosque. Built on the site of his home‚ Muhammad participated in the construction of the mosque himself
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Ten Sacred Objects Michelle Sanders Hum/105 August 1‚ 2013 Greg Jorge Ten Sacred Objects 1.) Fish are a symbol of luck in China. In fact‚ it’s traditional to serve fish at New Year’s dinner. The word fish‚ “Yu”‚ sounds like the word “wish” or “abundance” in Cantonese and Mandarin. 2.) Cows have long been sacred in India. They are protected animals under the Hindu religion. Hindus do not eat beef. In fact‚ most rural Indian families have at least one dairy cow which is
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For as long as I remember‚ I have been raised with a basketball hoop. This hoop stood firmly‚ looking down at the trees secured by patches of cement in my backyard‚ in my neighborhood‚ Dorchester. This hoop was my center of faith and tranquility surrounded by gunfires‚ shattering windows‚ car alarms. As a girl‚ I learned not to adventure any place else other than this hoop because going beyond its faded lines on the concrete is an unknown world full of hazards and danger. And when I did cross these
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Night Hoops‚ the book‚ is written by an author who includes sports in all of his published books. Carl Deuker is the author of Night Hoops. Carl Dueker is one of my most favorite authors‚ and I will continue to read his published books. In this book there are many themes such as; teamwork‚ dedication and friendship. Nick Abbott‚ the main character in the book is a sophomore in high school. He has a passion for basketball and deeply loves this sport with hard fought blood‚ sweat and tears. In my
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Hoop Dreams Paper The movie Hoop Dreams shows you the difficulties and obstacles that come in the way of dreams. Although it’s said that if you believe in a dream long enough it will come true‚ but in Hoop Dreams you are shown the harsh realities of the falseness of that statement. Then that the reality of a dream not coming true hits you like a brick wall. This movie shows the conflict perspective view showing how sports can be harmful because they make you believe that if you have a talent it
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Amylase is found in saliva and breaks starch into maltose and dextrin. This form of amylase is also called "ptyalin" /ˈtaɪəlɪn/[4] It will break large‚ insoluble starch molecules into soluble starches (amylodextrin‚ erythrodextrin‚ and achrodextrin) producing successively smaller starches and ultimately maltose. Ptyalin acts on linear α(1‚4) glycosidic linkages‚ but compound hydrolysis requires an enzyme that acts on branched products. Salivary amylase is inactivated in the stomach by gastric acid
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In the 4th chapter of the book‚ Sacred Cows make the best hamburgers‚ they talk about the Speed cow. The Speed cow is the manager or employee who never stops. They never feel accomplished and are always running at 110%. The book suggests to try running at only 90% and then see how much more productive you become. Less is more‚ slow down‚ take a break and enjoy life a little bit‚ you may be surprised at how much more you enjoy it. The Expert cow is all about not being a know it all. Sometimes having
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was wondering if you could get me a basketball hoop so I can play my favorite sport at home. Some of the reasons you should get me a basketball hoop is that I don’t like walking 5 blocks to go to the community basketball hoop‚ it can help me with exercising my body and doing a workout‚ and some of my friends can come over to my house to play on my very own basketball hoop. The reason that I don’t want to walk five blocks to the community basketball hoop is that sometimes there could be another person
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• The importance of conclusion cannot be ignored and it is one of the most important part of the sacred rhetoric. Just as a rhetoric without introduction is unskillful way of starting an argument‚ thus‚ likely to lose audience‚ the sacred rhetoric without conclusion will be awkward and incomplete. The purpose of all rhetoric is to produce a practical determination of the hearer’s will. The purpose of conclusion is to bind all heads of the discussion together and combine their strength‚ thus‚ to draw
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