India’s Sacred Cow by Marvin Harris The cultural practices of other people often seem strange‚ irrational‚ and even inexplicable to outsiders. In fact‚ the members of the culture in question may be unable to give a rationally satisfying explanation of why they behave as they do: they may say that "the gods wish it so‚" or that "it is always done that way." Yet a fundamental assumption of social science is that no matter how peculiar or even bizarre human cultures may appear‚ they can be understood
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The Institute of Ismaili Studies “A Changing Religious Landscape: Per spectives on the Muslim Exper ience in Nor th Amer ica” Azim Nanji* Abstr act In the last half of the twentieth century‚ Muslim communities in North America have been increasingly recognised as an established minority rather than a ‘mere exotic presence’. Their ‘encounters’ with their host communities have been multidimensional and consist of a diverse set of experiences. This article explores three dimensions through which Muslims
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The telecommunication infrastructure of Singapore spans the entire city-state. Its development level is high‚ with close accessibility to the infrastructure from nearly all inhabited parts of the island and for all of the population‚ with exceptions. As of 2005‚ there were almost 90 million phone lines in Singapore‚ close to 47 million of which also served other telecommunication devices like computers and facsimile machines. Underwater telephone cables have been laid that lead to Malaysia‚ the Philippines
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Storytelling is very important in indigenous cultures. Traditions are passed down orally through the generations. Stories include an explanation of the genesis of the earth and members of the tribes place in the universe. Some tribe histories have been lost because the entire tribe was killed by war and disease. Drumming is believed to bring to people close to the unseen powers. In some tribes it is believed that these storytellers have the ability to speak to the spirits‚ ancestors and Supreme
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Hestia‚ Hephaestus‚ and Me My Goddess match is Hestia. Her story is that she is the eldest daughter of the Titans Rhea and Chronos. Like the rest of his children‚ Chronos ate her upon her birth‚ but she was eventually regurgitated by him when Rhea tricked him into swallowing a stone rather than baby Zeus. Hestia stepped down from her position on the Olympic counsel‚ giving up her seat to Dionysus‚ to become the goddess of the hearth and she kept the hearth lit at Mount Olympus. As one of the Three
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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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of how all of the Americans are cared for‚ there are common components that make each version of the healthcare system a whole. The following will describe the basic service components and why they are necessary to make a healthcare system complete. The first of these basic components is Primary Care. Primary Care is defined as a basic level of health care provided by the physician from whom an individual has an ongoing relationship and who knows the patient ’s medical history. Primary care services
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A productive working relationship can be defined as one that is productive in the terms of supporting and delivering work and that of the whole organisation. The people involved are those you are expected to work with they maybe people from all over the organization and those from “partnership” organizations. My Person Specification requires me to work at Level Two for Interpersonal Skills that is to “work collaboratively with people in teams‚ sections‚ directorates and partner organizations”. At
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This paper will discuss the relationship between the foundation of Orthodoxy and the Canon. It will discuss the events and people that had roles in the development of the canon as well as the councils convened to resolve controversy. It will briefly touch on the Eastern and Western branches of the church. Scholarly articles and the Bible will be used to prove the truths and facts. Orthodoxy and Canon will be defined to aid the understating of their relationship. The Canon is defined as
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The relationship between salmon and trees is that they truly need each other to live a safe and healthy life. Salmon needs clean‚ fast-moving streams to breed‚ that will clear the streams for the need of a healthy forests. Every part of a tree participates in enriching a stream for the aquatic life. In fact‚ the falling leaves provide food and shelter necessary for aquatic insect populations‚ which feed next year’s young salmon. Tree roots stabilize stream banks to slow erosion and protect the clean
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