ordinary mundane objects are their functions. There are many different appearances and uses for the Tung. Every single Buddhist related ceremony would not be considered complete without a Tung. Historical evidence reveals that the use of the Tung in Thai culture dates back thousands of years. The Tung was used by the reigning‚ present ruler of the era to show his nationality‚ and by the blue-collar worker to represent his status in government. The legend of the beginning of the Tung in Lanna Kingdom
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James Warren Jones commonly known as Jim Jones was an American cult leader. He was the founder of Peoples Temple which is infamous for mass murder suicide in 1978 November where 918 members of his cult lost their live. It is estimated that nearly 300 innocent children were murdered at Jonestown‚ almost all of them by cyanide poisoning. He was seen as a very charismatic man by his followers and he attracted people who were feeling isolated for whatever reason. Majority of his followers were African
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The New Jim Crow The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness‚ by Michelle Alexander‚ is a book about the discrimination of African Americans in today ’s society. One of Alexander ’s main points is the War on Drugs and how young African American males are targeted and arrested due to racial profiling. Racial profiling‚ discrimination‚ and segregation is not as popular as it used to be during the Civil War‚ however‚ Michelle Alexander digs deeper‚ revealing the truth about
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Jim Valvano was just some Italian kid from Queens New York who played college basketball for Rutgers University as a point guard from 1964-1967. In 1967 Valvano was able to lead his team to a third place finish in the NIT tournament‚ this is where Valvano’s leadership skills came to surface. Valvano then started his coaching career as the freshman head coach and an assistant coach on the varsity team. From there he became the head coach at John Hopkins University for 1 season‚ Arguably his greatest
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Case Study: Luen Thai‚ Polo Ralph Lauren‚ and Ruentex The key issues that affect the Luen Thai‚ Polo Ralph Lauren‚ and Ruentex‚ are already common problems within the apparel industry dynamics. In the industry‚ the idea of collaborated end to end management of the supply chain was more of a theory than what was actually being done. Supply chains had been designed for mass manufacturing. Business processes sometimes operated in silos and had very limited technology that did not allow for very
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Uy Ngo 7th period 10/6/2012 SILK ROAD VS SAHARAN TRADE ROUTES The Silk Road and the Saharan Caravan trade routes had many differences and similarities in their development and the impact on the civilizations they made. They were comparable and diverse in many areas of society such as: the development of the empire and how it all began‚ architecture and writing that was developed‚ and the spread of religion throughout the region between 300 BCE – 600 CE. The Silk Road developed between 300 BCE
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Angelique A. Auman English 10 Mr. Swenson November 9‚ 2014 “A Pair of Silk Stockings” by Kate Chopin The short story “A Pair of Silk Stockings” by Kate Chopin was a good example of what a single parent experiences in her daily life. Mrs. Sommers was a mother that puts her children before herself. She came across a decent amount of money but was captured by her own desires and forgot about her children. In “A Pair of Silk Stockings” the tone seems to be depressing at first then to exciting then
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After giving us a better understanding of the geography of the Silk Road‚ Foltz dives into the different religions that one would come across on the Silk Road and the impact that was made. Foltz starts with one of the oldest religions‚ Zoroastrianism‚ and supplies the fundamentals on Iranian and European religions. Buddhism traveled from India to China along the Silk Road spreading the word and the beliefs of the religion along the way. Temples and sanctuaries were established‚ schools were built
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through the cracks above me. I slowly tilted my head‚ trying to figure out where I was. It looked like a small cave or something. The last thing I remembered was diving behind a pile of rocks before a grenade went off and my world exploded. My name is Jim Golemafi and I was an ex-army commander recruited to fight in the Afghanistan war. As my eyes slowly started to adjust to the dark cave‚ I carefully scanned each corner‚ hoping this wasn’t some animal’s hideout‚ or worse‚ the Taliban’s. In the very
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Desperate loss and hopelessness fill so many homes. It is all too common to hear about a father walking out the door‚ a mother broken and defeated‚ and the children suffering through it all in fear and abandonment. Feelings such as these are found in Jim Stevens’ poem "Schizophrenia." The poem shows the conflicts that exist within the house. However‚ the crisis that the family is experiencing is not expressed directly‚ but indirectly‚ through the house. By personifying the house in every aspect‚
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