Fellow Word Shakers‚ When I started reading the book‚ Night Hoops by Carl Deuker‚ I was very bored. I felt like I wasn’t relating to the characters and the plot was moving too slowly. I questioned whether I should start a new book; however‚ I persevered just like Nick‚ and I am very grateful that I stuck with it. After reading Night Hoops‚ I have developed a new mindset on how I should pursue my goals no matter what impediments obstruct my ability to reach them. Nick‚ the protagonist‚ always
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The Sacred Economics by Charles Eisenstein’s explores the history of money and gift in society. It convincingly demonstrated to me that :- "The more you give‚ the more you get in present and afterlife" Eisenstein clearly explained that "gift" don’t have to be in the form of money‚ it can be the old clothes you donate to the orphans‚ the willingness to help your colleague to finish his/her report‚ your presences when someone is down in their life being a shoulder to cry on and so forth without expecting
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Sacred space and making the world sacred‚ is an extract from theorist Mircea Eliade’s 1987 book The Sacred and The Profane: The Nature of Religion. Mircea Eliade’s argument is that there is no such thing as a homogeneous space‚ even for the non-religious man. He presents this argument that all religions share something in common‚ by identifying the difference between the sacred and the profane it gives us a meaning of life. According to Eliade‚ “Where the sacred manifests it-self in space‚ the real
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three full courts all have baskets of different heights: one at eight feet‚ one at eight and a half‚ and one at nine and a half. From dawn to dusk on weekends and from 3:00 to 8:00 on weekdays‚ games are played. In Chico‚ there is no better place to hoop. Ya see‚ on eight-and-a-half-foot baskets everybody can create. Pretend that you’re Larry Bird‚ Charles Barkely‚ Magic Johnson‚ Cheryl Miller‚ and‚ of course‚ Michael Jordan. Anything is possible: twenty-foot fadeaways‚ reverse gorilla dunks‚ alley
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CD Music player‚ Kids Hawaiian Luau Party CD and 1 hula hoop per child. According to the music‚ children are encouraged to move hula-hoop at a high‚ middle and low level and to do the traditional hula-hoop movements. Children can stay in their space for some of the dance movements and can move into other space when they swing a partner. Children have to remember and follow the counts‚ appropriate steps and movements to synchronise the music (PE Central‚ 2015). The indoor environment is a preferable
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SUMMARY Charles Eisenstein is the author of Sacred Economics: Money‚ Gift‚ and Society in the Age of Transition which talks about a new system considered as a resolution to the present global disaster that divulges the true reason why money and the economy are said to be sacred. The motive of the book is to express the sacred façade of money and human economy‚ as an endemic possession that involves distinctiveness and connectivity‚ distinct for their irreplaceable status‚ and connected‚ because they
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The movie Hoop Dreams traced a poor young talented African American named Arthur Agee from grade eight to college. Arthur hoped to play professional basketball in the future to help his family to escape poverty. Despite the fact that his family background and the neighborhood he lived in‚ disadvantaged him to pursue his goal in many ways. Firstly‚ Arthur is determined to play professional basketball‚ in order to help out his family. Secondly‚ his ability to adapt difficult circumstances played a
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leaning on the wall biting my nails. Well‚ I would have been if I wasn’t shaking so much. The Hoop Shoot event only came once a year‚ and I wanted to participate. The competition takes place in a high school basketball court. Students that make it shoots as many balls as they can through the hoop. The person that makes the most wins. Basketballs were thrown at the hoops as students tried out for the Hoop Shoot; only five girls and five boys made it for each grade level. Josie threw the ball-it went
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Lorenzo de Medici Film Analysis: Hoop Dreams (1994) Written by Ann Kelsey Cinema of the Real: Documentary Films Paolo Grassini December 5‚ 2012 The 1994 Documentary‚ Hoop Dreams‚ directed by Steve James‚ is a masterful display of human drama. The story-line is so captivating and theatrical that it seems crafted from fiction. The Documentary boasts cinematic techniques and private investigating that rivals most film of this time period. The film follows the high school careers
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Moss May 30‚ 2013 Sacred Spaces Sacred or Holy places are found throughout different cultures‚ past and present events that have been marked throughout the world. Some of these places have landmarks of some kind of architecture or symbols. I believe sacred places are not always marked but have true significance to the person. A sacred place is a place that is use by many but; some people are lacking those kinds of places like people that have anger problem. Some lack that sacred place and maybe if
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