The youth theme this year comes from one of my all time favorite scriptures 2 Nephi 31:20‚ which reads “Wherefore‚ ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ‚ having a perfect brightness of hope and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore if ye press forward‚ feasting upon the word of Christ and endure to the end‚ behold thus saith the Father: ye shall have eternal life.” I love the direction this verse gives us. How do we press forward with a steadfastness in Christ? I have been thinking
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parvaitins to a riverbank‚ pond or a common large water body with the Thakuwa fruits‚ etc to make the offerings (Aragh) of milk to the setting sun. On the final day of Chhath Puja‚ the devotees‚ along with family and friends‚ go to the riverbank before sunrise‚ in order to make the offerings (Aragh) to the rising sun. The festival ends with the breaking of the fast by the parvaitins and friends visiting the houses of the devotees to receive the prashad. The Chhath has so much importance that even millionaire
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In the article "What Obama Hopes To Accomplish Before Leaving The White House" The Onion uses accomplishments and fails from President Barack Obama’s two terms as president and puts a lighthearted spin on them using horatian satire. In this piece Barack Obama is putting together a frivolous to-do checklist to complete before he leaves office. The article takes many accomplishments of Barack Obama during his presidency and uses it in a humorous context. This draws on the audience’s pathos and
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I enjoyed watching this Ted Talk by Dalia Mogahed. It was a beautiful speech The reading on Arab Families gave me a lot of insight about the Arab culture. The main two topics that interested me was language and family structure. I have a friend who is Muslim and he let me know how family is the main concern in the Arab societies. He also informed me that the men are allowed to have up to four wives if they desire to. However‚ he said if the men fear that they cannot be just to all then they should
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The theme is the main point‚ or underling purpose within a story. The tone of a story is how the writer reflects their attitude and feelings. The setting is where and when the story takes place (Abcarian‚ Klotz‚ & Cohen‚ 2016). “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ has a theme of revenge. Montresor plans to get revenge on Fortunato by careful planning and trickery (Poe‚ 2016). “Nothing Gold Can Stay” is a short poem by Robert Frost. The theme is that nothing that is good‚ will last
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sun never sets. I dream of strange lands where the sky is strange to me. I dream of landscapes that are new and strange‚ I dream of lands that only I have ever seen. I dream of travels around the globe‚ looking at a new sunset every day‚ at a new sunrise every morning. I dream of crawling through tiny spaces and looking at the small beaches no one ever visits‚ at the sand no one ever treads on. I wish to wake up every morning not knowing the road will take me‚ not caring about where I might end
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rotates w-e ~The position of Earth’s axis is fixed in respect to the North Star ~Tropics-warm low latitude areas near equator ~Polar Regions- Cold‚ high latitudes‚ surrounds poles ~Direct/ indirect rays affect amt solar energy‚ temps‚ time b/t sunrise and sunset‚ daylight hours ~Greatest angle toward or away from sun-solstice (Dec. 21 and June 21) ~23.5* below equator Tropic of Capricorn; north is t o cancer ~66.5* bellow equator Antarctic Circle; north is arctic circle ~June- N has longer
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Yin-Yen: There are many different accounts of Darius’s rise to the throne but the most important came from both Darius and Herodotus. Both accounts state he killed Smerdis‚ son of Cyrus‚ and claimed the throne with assistance of 6 other nobles. Darius claimed in his Behistun inscription that the supposed Smerdis was actually an impersonator called Gaumata‚ a Magian. Darius therefore stated that he was restoring the kingship to the rightful Achaemenid house. However‚ according to Herodotus‚ Smerdis
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The Red Balloon’s (Lamorisse‚ 1956) opening shot has a mise-en-scene that focuses on the start to the young boy’s morning as he approaches the early sunrise of the streets of Paris with his school bag in hand. Along his way he stops to enjoy the simple pleasure of petting the cat sitting on the sidewalk before he descends down the stairs to continue on his way. The opening shot presents a shallow focus as the camera’s main view is that of the boy‚ cat‚ and the top of the stairs. The background of
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Scattering of Light | The scattering of light is an important observation in our daily life. The way light scatters off molecules in the atmosphere explains why the sky is blue and why the sun looks red at sunrise and sunset. This is because of the scattering of light. | | | Tyndall Effect A beam of light or laser‚ invisible in clear air or pure water‚ will trace a visible path through colloidal particles. This is known as the Tyndall effect after its discoverer‚ the 19th-century British
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