Buddhism is a peaceful yet intriguing religious lifestyle that appeals to me. It is not so much a religion but a way of being‚ a path to learn by and not to be taught. Buddhism feels like a trek of life that provides path’s and routes that you can take by choice in order to reach enlightenment. And to me enlightenment is acceptance of you as a person and others thoughts and beliefs will differ from yours but you accept that. Buddhism is not a traditional religion where you need to pray to be saved
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Hungry for Reading As we all grow older‚ there are moments in our lives that are never forgotten. One of my favorite memorable moments was related to reading. A book based movie The Hunger Games taught me that reading can be enjoyable‚ habit forming and a great way to expand my vocabulary. “The Hunger Games” movie is based on the first book of a trilogy of science fiction novels written by Suzanne Collins. The book and movie are about a 16 year old girl name Katniss Everdeen‚ who lives in a post-apocalyptic
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were enlightened during around the Enlightened Age were actually absolute monarchs. The question here is where these monarchs lead by truly enlightened leaders or were they just using a scheme to promote themselves and to keep their positions. It is hard to tell which Catherine the Great is. To find out‚ you must look at her personality‚ situation‚ foreign policies‚ and economical‚ social‚ and political domestic policies. By looking at these‚ you can see she was‚ for the most part‚ enlightened to her
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Decker November 7‚ 2014 Foods For Healthy Living – Per. 2 Hungry For Change The waistline of America has become one of the biggest problems the country faces. With huge amounts of processed‚ unhealthy foods constantly being glamorized‚ the health of this nation is at risk. The First Lady has made it her primary goal though the Obama administration to try and fight obesity‚ mainly childhood obesity. The country needs to change. The film‚ Hungry for Change addresses these problems. The film goes into
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Catherine of Aragon born 1485 died 1536 Catherine was born into a family of royalty‚ of Kings and Queens. She was destined to be a Queen herself but it wasn’t her choice that she got to marry that was up to her father King Ferdinand and her mother Queen Isabel of Aragon‚ Spain. They talked to King Henry VII of England. A treaty was made‚ despite the age being a faithless one and Ferdinand he never kept an oath an hour longer than it suited him; but mutual interests by kinship might hold sovereigns
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in his book. The movie The Dictator shows the idea of West vs. the East. The East‚ in Edward’s book‚ is any culture or country that is not part of the Western countries‚ such as countries in the Middle East‚ North Africa‚ and Southeast Asia. The West or‚ as Edward Said calls them‚ the Occident‚ has this misconception and imagination of the East. The Occident views the East as a magical‚ exotic place‚ where the society is backwards and primitive. I argue that The Dictator constructs generalizations
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Everyone has desires‚ and one desire‚ love‚ is one for which most people crave. Pablo Neruda’s poem “I Crave Your Mouth‚ Your Voice‚ Your Hair‚” describes how someone is hungry for love. Other poets express this craving for love as fatal as others will tend to kill to be loved. In “Sonnet 43” by Elizabeth B. Browning and “Sonnet 116” by Shakespeare also express how powerful love can be. Although there are many differences‚ they share similarities with the devices they used to convey their messages
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The Downfall of a Dictator Ferdinand Marcos‚ the man who would be President: his was a story of success. It was a long‚ arduous climb to the highest office in land. He worked hard to achieve it. It was not an easy road – there were frustrations‚ obstacles‚ and public scandals along the way. But he made it. Despite seemingly irreversible defeats‚ he fulfilled what he promised his mother: “For every tear you shed now‚ there will be victory.” (People Power: The Philippine Revolution of 1986) Ferdinand
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Farmers & Hunters Feeding The Hungry In september of 1997 a man was driving to a birthday gathering when he saw a woman stopped on the side of the road‚ the man pulled over to see if he could help her when he got out of his truck he found a woman looking at a deer that was laying on the side of the road he asked if she had hit the deer and she replied no and asked him to help her load it into her car (“Donate Deer and LiveStock to Feed the Hungry”). The man helped her load the deer and informed her
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The Hungry Ocean Many people think that fisherman is one of the most male dominated‚ most dangerous professions and not suite for woman. However‚ Linda Greenlaw‚ the captain of the Hannah Boden‚ has proved herself that female can be a fisherman. She breaks the beliefs and superstitious that women are “Jonahs” (bad luck aboard boats) and also make the world realized that gender discrimination does not play a part on her career. As for being female‚ she says‚ "it hasn’t been a big deal. I never anticipated
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