Located in Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum is a Buddhist figural sculpture titled Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara). The sculpture is on display in a room filled with Buddhist relics which have survived from China’s past. Guanyin, a bodhisattva (Buddha to be) is displayed next to Dashizhi, another bodhisattva type which shares the same wood carving and polychrome composition and rests on the same display plinth. In the gallery space, as in the religion itself, these two sculptures are aspects of the larger narrative...
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In the article “The Political Economy of Women’s Support for Fundamentalist Islam”, the authors (Bladyes & Linzer, 2008) state that religion is the major contributor of fundamentalists in the political economy. Women in Islamic religion are forced to tolerate some beliefs to be considered religious and respectful. Despite that other religious countries have become compatible with gender equality most of them still have beliefs concerning how citizens should be treated. Other Muslim states such as Egypt are still categorized by...
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Abstract Working with people of the Muslim culture can be very difficult if you do not know and understand their religion. They require specific cares tailored to meet the needs of their culture. Muslims would rather use home remedies and prayer to prevent or cure an illness rather than using prescription medications because they are not created by their God (Allah). It is important to understand this culture because it does affect the way that they care for themselves. Islamic...
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From being the most despised, oppressed, illicit religion to becoming one of the worlds most noticeable and practised religion in the world. After enduring 300 years of hostility, Christianity conquered and overcame social suffering and persecution as one emperor named Constantine the Great came to power. This dates back to the year of 272 CE when ‘Flavius Valerius Constantinus’ was conceived by Saint Helena empress of the Roman Empire. Constantine the great was one of Rome’s most powerful and successful...
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Gender has been a huge divider in society since time can remember. The way men were raised was completely different than how women were raised. Women were raised to be gentle and also how to be a housewife while men were the ones who were brought as being better than woman simply because they were stronger and could do more. Over the years some of those things have changed however women are still being mistreated and brought up in a...
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Abstract This philosophical research paper aimed to describe and find out whether being a student-athlete is worth the additional effort. The study analysed and evaluated this by comparing the positive effects and negative effects of student-athleticism. This was achieved by handing out questionnaires that garnered the opinions of current student-athletes and their perceptions and experience of student-athleticism and the impact it has on their lives. This paper supports the stand that being a student-athlete has a big positive impact to...
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Introduction A coach guides an athlete in a sport by evaluating the progression of the athlete, giving precise instructions and motivating them to do the best they can. However, there are such cases when an athlete needs more assistance to win a competition, a coach can be unprofessional. A coach may react to a certain degree which lead to an unethical conduct. Such behaviour is therefore unpleasant to certain companies, athletes and even parents of athletes. In this research, I...
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Sports are a great way for youth to engage in the nature and their surrounding or environment. By studying the history of sports, we can learn about the social changes we have gone through in the past, as well as the transformations that sports in itself has undergone (Sports and Child Development, 2016). During our youth, we develop skills to help us be successful in life. Young people develop crucial skills and characteristics when playing sports and interacting with their...
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Introduction Leadership is when a group of people are motivated by an individual to reach a similar goal and capacity. “Leadership is about taking initiative and influencing those around you” (Kotter international, 2012). In order to be effective as a leader you have to be able to inspire others. Effective leaders are committed to building a team who want to achieve a common goal. As a leader, you need to nurture your strengths and those of the individuals that you...
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INTRODUCTION Life has many surprises and challenges, but sometimes we just have to follow through the many different things life throws our direction. Some people go out of their way to escape the many challenges they might have to face. You know, that’s okay because that’s why there are people out there willing enough to help them out. When you take time to understand someone’s struggle and the situation they are in then you will only understand them. It doesn’t...
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Ecology is the scientific study of the relationships between organisms and their environment. – Ernst Haeckel Ecology is a branch of biology that include interactions between organisms and their biophysical environment as well as with the members of the same and other species. It includes the relations among all the biotic and abiotic components of the environment but tends to exclude the context of human behaviour and civilization. The science of ecology has complex roots pertinent to three levels of...
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In today's day and age, the options for end of life care are countless and include nursing homes, at home hospice, live-in aides or visiting nurses and family support to name just a few. Most approaches regarding end of life care are often similar and include palliative care, living wills, aid-in-dying, “full code” and “DNR” in hospitals. Some people might argue that with more choices, deciding on an option can become overwhelming for either the patient or the family. The...
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Abstract Today, the every education faculty is going to take aid of ICT for meeting the current challenges in the world. Social Science is also achieving its goal through the application of Information and Communication Technology. The Modern trends in Social sciences are not effective without use of ICT. Teaching is the purposeful imparting of information or skills or both to another individual or to a group of individual. The role of teachers is significant for information and communication technology...
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Pride carries a broad variety of connotation among differing people. Pride can represent someone’s whole self worth or simply be another set of syllables in the English language. Pride may be someone’s support to get up every morning, and it is the backbone to their entire personality(Compound). Pride can represent whatever you need it depict, but everyone’s perspective is up for interpretation. Pride is capable of being an individual’s segway to propel a long lived goal or be the reason...
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Imagine Japan as a tree, towering and powerful. The most overlooked are the roots, as they are typically unseen by the human eye. Pushing past the reservations, roots are a vital part of the survival for a tree; without the roots, there would be no nutrients, no stability, no peace. Japan set a precedence of adaptation and harmony with coexisting beliefs. Shintoism is as old as the birth of civilization on Japan and changed by the beliefs of Taoism, Confucianism,...
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Description of Case and Major Issues Humans used salt for thousands of years but known as a mineral around the 20th century. Salt had been used for thousands of applications worldwide, in the USA it was primarily used for highway dicing, and as an input into the chemicals, food-processing, water-treatment, and agricultural industries (Henderson et al., 2009). Compass Minerals International, Inc a public company and a leading producer of minerals, including salt, magnesium chloride, sulfate of potash, and other plant...
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Throughout the Middle Ages of the 5th through 15th centuries, the Holy Catholic Church has plagued Europe as one of its most corrupt powers in Europe’s history. Many issues regarding the Church had caused lost trust and power in the people. During the Protestant Reformation, many people rose up against the ideas of the Catholic Church including reformers such as John Wycliffe, Martin Luther, and John Calvin. The impact they had on Christianity forever shaped the different outlooks on the...
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Non-farm businesses play a significant role in the rural economy, and its relative contribution to household employment and income continues to grow in the African continent (Haggblade et al., 2010; Costa and Rijkers, 2012; Fox and Sohnesen, 2016). In this research, Heckman two-step selection procedure was employed to investigate the effect of non-farm activities on household total income. The first stage is the estimation of bivariate probit model and marginal effects for participation in non-farm activities. The second stage estimation...
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Introduction Hassan and Bhat (2012) noted the main reason for education is to lay a solid foundation for personal development and to enhance learning in a self-directed manner. Students motivation is essential for quality education. When students are motivated, they are happy to learn and engage in academic activities which could lead to success. Students can be motivated by their teachers, peers, content of a lecture, process of learning, environment etc. and demotivated by lack of funds, interest, unfulfilled psychological...
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Introduction Language is one of the core aspects that facilitates communication across humans. Thus language learning among young learners hold a suitable positions across the societies. Early English language learners go through a wide range of challenges and complications in their initial stages. The availability and complexity of these challenges are based on individual capabilities of a learner and thus is different for different sets of learners (Thomson et al. 2017). Although, with sufficient care and recommended solutions, these challenges...
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Reliability is the foundation of trust, therefore it is the base of friendship and relationships.When forming long lasting relationships, one searches for someone consistent and trustworthy. It is important to have those foundations when putting faith in someone or something. Similar to relationships, if the Bible is not reliable or accurate, how could one trust and use it in everyday life? The Bible can be known as a reliable document because of its historical and scientific accuracy, its relevance in...
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Service is a word that we always use in our daily lives. It acts as an important role in many businesses and is a leading indicator to measure customer loyalty. Service is a kind of product that is not physical and not tangible such as some medical care and food delivery. These are the things that people cannot touch or feel. Kolter (2000) suggested that a service is an act or performance that one party can offer to another that...
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Covid-19 pandemic was caused by SARS-CoV-2 which was first identified in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China in December 2019. The virus spreads between people especially when people are in close content with the person who is affected by it. When people cough, sneezes, or breathes heavily, this virus can be spread from an infected person’s mouth. Besides that, there are other high risks where people can get the virus by not practicing social distancing and the virus enters their body...
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Religion in India is identified by the diverse existence of religious practices and beliefs. The preamble of Indian Constitution clearly states that India is a Secular State. Citizens have Right to choose their religion. Personal Laws are used to regulate matters regarding marriage, divorce, maintenance, etc for Indian Citizen. However, these laws are criticized for Gender inequality and biased attitude. The most criticism for being biased is received by Muslim Personal Laws. There has been the core controversy between personal...
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Introduction Today in Melanesian societies, the marriage and family life issues has been arising due to rapid changes in the settings of traditional culture, modernization and Christianity that has been affecting society and cultures. This essay will be focused on Melanesian traditional marriage and family life inculturation. The term inculturation according to Crollius stated “they express rather an extrinsic relationship between the Christian life and message and a given culture” (Crollius, 1995). In simple understanding, according to Sybertz and Healey...
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Social media is a platform that keeps growing every single day. It is a complex platform that is used by millions of people and at this point, it is hard to even imagine a life without social media. Social media is a platform where people get to connect with anyone from around the world with just a click. This is now a platform where people post about themselves or their businesses and connect with others they know personally and even...
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Books reveal the mystery of human life, creativity, and understanding. Without books, life would appear impossible, as reading is the guiding manual of existence. Books have the power to explore the past, present, and future. They, never die and exist to play an essential role in our lives. They educate curious hearts, enhance characters, and nourish the mind. The book Prevailing Worldviews of Western Society Since 1500 purposefully encourages readers to evaluate his or her understandings of the world through...
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Introduction Based on my readings Divorce is a widely spread phenomena around the world that is remarkably impacting the society. Juvenile are the almost impacted due to several factors. As well kids are affected socially, emotionally, and physically. Can you predict how many separation cases are happening among the world each day? Or can you guess the number of cases in each country? In fact it is a massive and unbelievable number globally and locally in various countries. Based on...
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Abstract For a professional athlete, the risk of getting injured is a liability that comes with the job, and most will sustain at least one performance haltering injury in their athletic career. Given the high risk of injury that comes with being a professional athlete it is understandable the huge amount of interest in factors that have the ability to reduce the risk, as well as faster recovery time, nutrition being one of them. This literature review examines the different...
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Repression affects the decisions we make in many aspects of life. For instance, a memory that is so revolting it can be retrieved in the subconscious and maybe after a few years later the memory may appear again into the consciousness. Furthermore, many legal scholars test the validity of repressed memories for evidence. They gained support for repressed memory theory, different factors offer examples of horrific experiences of little children whose minds cannot handle severe trauma and who, in turn,...
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