A focal issue in Albert Wendt’s novel Leaves of the Banyan Tree is the influence of Christianity on Samoan culture. Leaves of the Banyan Tree opens in the small village of Sapepe during the 1930s. Traditional Samoan culture is on the decline and according to Sefrosa Carroll’s article “Weaving New Spaces: Christological Perspectives from Oceania (Pacific) and the Oceanic Diaspora” “western theologies” are the primary reason. The “papalagi” have intertwined their western values‚ particularly capitalism
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Auto biography of a Tree I am a tree‚ tall and imposing‚ standing all alone near the campus of a temple. My life is ever so interesting as‚ I see a huge spectrum of society‚ funny gestures of people‚ and hear all kinds of conversation of the devotees who pass by me. I was not always so huge. As is true of all living beings I was also a long time back‚ a young sapling with this huge tree within me. At that time I looked fresh and beautiful as all other beings who are young‚ but‚ at that time I was
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Dillon Etherson Period 3 22 October 2010 Analytical Essay The poem “A Tree Telling of Orpheus” by Denise Levertov is an interesting poem that explains how a man with such a beautiful voice and such skill on his lyre that his crazed fans tore him limb from limb. His talent was so rich and amazing that even the trees would uproot themselves from the ground and follow him. It’s an inspirational story that tells the reader that with practice and dedication anyone can train their voices and stretch
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stands a tree beside a river. It is an ancient tree‚ standing tall against the sky. On its bows grow lush green leaves of thousandth generation. At its base‚ grey roots pile on top of one other like an old man’s beard. A cicada lies on top of a root with its legs pointing uselessly at the sky. An ant happens to walk by. Upon seeing the cicada‚ it promptly turns around to tell its family of the dinner it found. The ant traces its steps and arrives at a tiny hole at the base of the tree. Many other
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PROJECT PROPOSAL PROJECT TITLE: Tree planting and raising seedlings for Parubanga community Youth Group‚ Amuru District‚ Acholi‚ Uganda. IMPLEMENTING AGENCY: Tic-Ber Community Youth Group (TBCYG) CBO DURATION: 1 Year (Estimated Commencement Month is Aug 2010) ESTIMATED COST: USD 75‚000 PREPARED BY: Project Director‚ TBCYG DATE OF SUBMISSION 23rd July 2010 TABLE OF CONTENT 1. PROJECT OVERVIEW 2. PROJECT JUSTIFICATION 3. PROJECT DETAILS a. Goals and Objectives b. Clientele c. Methodology
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planting a mango tree Steps 1. ------------------------------------------------- 1 ------------------------------------------------- Select a large‚ ripe poly-embryonic mango from your local market. Ask the grocer for assistance if you are unsure of which type of mango to select. ------------------------------------------------- 2. ------------------------------------------------- 2 ------------------------------------------------- Eat the mango‚ or remove all existing fruit‚ until
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LEGEND OF THE COCONUT TREE Long ago there was a Chamorro family belonging to the Achote tribe. The family had a beautiful young daughter who was admired by everyone in the tribe. One day the girl became very thirsty. She wanted to drink the juice from a special fruit. Everyone tried to find the fruit she described but to no avail. Soon the girl became very ill and died. The father buried the girl on a hill over looking the village. He placed a beautiful headstone on her grave and the people covered
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Nowadays‚ while film producers tend to make films about loves relating to materialism‚ pure loves obviously become rarer and more appreciated than ever before. Under the Hawthorn Tree‚ the latest work by director Zhang Yimou based on the same- named novel of Ai Mi‚ brings about a belief of a pure and unmingled love‚ even though it is set in dying days of Chinese Cultural Revolution. The film beautifully tells the story of a high- school student‚ Jingqui who has a troubled family background: her
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High-Impedance and Low-Impedance Restricted Earth-Fault Transformer Protection Casper Labuschagne‚ Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories‚ Inc. Izak van der Merwe‚ Eskom Enterprises Abstract—Restricted earth-fault (REF) protection on a transformer is a subject for which there has been little attention and‚ compared to other types of protection‚ very little literature exists. Depending on the method of transformer earthing and fault location‚ some transformer earth faults result in only a small increase in phase
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Clintons Fault For 9/11 The Clinton administration was at fault for the 9/11 attacks. During the course of his presidency‚ Bill Clinton had more than a single chance to catch those responsible for the 9/11 tragedy. During his term of 8 years‚ Clinton had seen a fair share of terrorist attacks‚ all of which were quickly forgotten. Clinton not only sparked the attack on the World Trade Center‚ but he may very well have sparked hatred towards the United States by many of the Middle Eastern countries
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