Salt of the Earth

geographical wonders. Including a wide range of mountains in the north – no pun intended. On the border of Nepal and China lies the world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest. Along with that record India also holds one for having the highest mountain range earth, the Himalayas. Having such a vast area it is no…

Nirmal in his journal uses the metaphor of mohonas to bring together rivers of language: …the mudbanks of the tide country are shaped not only by rivers of silt, but also by rivers of language: Bengali, English, Arabic, Hindi, Arakanese and who knows what else? Flowing into each other they create a proliferation of small worlds that hang suspended in the flow. And so it dawned on me: the tide country’s faith is something like one of its great mohonas, a meeting not just of many rivers, but a…

It’s apparent people feel similarly about restaurants and bars as they do about retail establishments; this isn’t my house, so I don’t care. Parents with children are often the worst. They allow their little ones to tear up napkins, play with salt shakers, ketchup bottles, sugar packets, and all manner of behavior that at home would surely result in some level of reprimand. Worse yet, people often allow their children to run around the establishment, as though the servers are also babysitters…

Many of us fantasize about a great life, expecting it to be exactly the way we want it. After all, is it not the purpose of life to have a great time and to soar to the heavens while on earth? This is what many religious and self-help gurus have told us! And their recipe for the greatest life is a combination of prayer, gratitude and visualization. Do these three things and all you desire can be yours! But these well-intended wise men and women really need to wake up and smell reality! Sure,…

Hellenism, a religion that focused on the worship of gods who were descendants of the Titans, a group of superhuman beings who were defeated by Zeus, the leader of the gods, with the exception of one Titan Prometheus. He made creatures to fill the earth and was particularly fond of the humans he created, stealing fire from the Sun to give them ingenuity and creativity. Then he was punished by the gods, and men were punished by being given the first woman, Pandora; Pandora was tempted by a box…

(pH of 5.6-6.5) due to the reaction between H2O and dissolved CO2 which produces a weak carbonic acid, H2CO3. 1.2 Issue Acid rain is the result of water droplets in clouds absorbing sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides emitted from the surface of the earth as a result of both natural and man-made processes.…

reflects the waves off the underground rock structures to show the possible crude oil and natural gas that are present underneath. People use the ultrasensitive devices that is called as geophones to capture the sound waves as they echo underneath the earth. So by studying those echoes, petroleum geologists find to calculate the depth and the structures of the buried geological formations. Chevron's proprietary seismic imaging technology helped the company achieve an exploration discovery rate…

Stealing Lives Every year in the United States thousands of children lose their lives at the request of another individual. Before their first breath outside of the womb, babies are taken from this earth. Abortion is a serious problem in the United States, and all over the world. Removing a child from the mother’s womb causes death to the child and could cause serious injury to the mother. One person’s choice determines the life of another, without any possible fight from the baby. A pregnancy…

was taught my first lesson about it. The Plan of Salvation changed both mine and my family lives because we can live together forever, because of Jesus Christ. About a year after my family and I were baptized, we were sealed together forever in the Salt Lake Temple. Keeping that goal to always remember the Plan of Salvation has proven bring everlasting…

Diana Kim Mrs. Awad English 12 26 February 2014 Carl Sandburg: Poet of the People As a spokesperson for average, everyday people, Carl Sandburg was a gifted poet who captured the spirit of industrial America. Sandburg, who is a son of Swedish immigrants, was born and raised in Galesburg, Illinois. Forced to go work at an early age because of poverty, Sandburg spent six years working at a variety of jobs as he attended school on an irregular basis. Although he enrolled at Lombard College, he…