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    Muslim Islamic religion based on Quran "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "one who submits to God". Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable.[2] Muslims also believe that Islam is the complete and universal version of a primordial faith that was revealed at many times and places before‚ including through the prophets Abraham‚ Moses and Jesus.[3] Muslims maintain that previous messages and revelations have been partially changed or corrupted over time‚[4] but consider the Qur’an to be both

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    level of stress‚ fear and so many other emotions that are traumatic. In 2010 an earthquake and tsunami occurred in Chile that affect nearly 3 million people that left so many displaced without food‚ water‚ shelter and peace (García‚ Rovira‚ Zurtia‚ Martel and Reyes‚ 2010). Researchers conducted a study to see the impact religion and spirituality had on them as a

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    to me though Hindu eyes... Brahmin expressed not only in gods but in humans‚ animals‚ tees‚ in a handful of earth‚ for everything has a trace of divine in it...The individual soul touches upon the word soul like a well reaches for the water table. Martel 61 the Hindu belief that the individual soul is connected to the worlds soul reflects pi’s ability to adapt to his physical and spiritual elements of the vast pacific ocean. Islam-a monotheistic faith based on the revelations of Muhammad as the

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    would never of made it alive. He prayed for God to let him repeat the same routine everyday without any trouble. Night: fitful sleeping and prayers. This shows that even the fifth prayer of the day is still as important to him as the first one is. (Martel 211) Pi believes that prayer affects a person’s life dramatically. At last‚ Pi learned that zoo animals are very territorial. Zoo animals do not attack other humans or animals because they are hungry. They attack because it invaded the animals territory

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    mind…Richard Parker licked his nose‚ groaned and turned away" (Martel 281). Without the mask that Pi had on‚ he probably would not have lived through the lifeboat experience. It had saved his life from being destroyed by Richard Parker by showing a fake side but enough to make the tiger leave him alone. "But enough was enough. I had suffered so much. I was so hungry. There are only so many days you can go without eating" (Martel 280). This is what drove Pi to come out and go out against the

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    Psychoanalytic theory is probably known to be the origin of any other psychological theories in the science field of Psychology. It consists of unique views‚ developed by psychologist Sigmund Freud‚ that captures the attention of all people worldwide. Sigmund Freud had observed and studied every type of behavior conducted by a specific group; from that‚ he concluded his own theory of how all mankind act in the real world and why. His approach towards behavior states that every person has an unconscious

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    “French Canada: the rise and decline of a ‘church-nation’” by Sylvie Lacombe covers the influence the Canadian Catholic Church had on French-Canadians from the early nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth century. It explores how the failed Upper Canada rebellions led to British parliamentary control over the French via the Act of Union in 1840.  This enabled the Catholic Church to take over several provincial social institutions which came to influence nationalistic ideas and values.  Thus‚

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    Student Safety and University Liability Case Analysis U10a1 Introduction Student safety and University liability are major issues of concern for all institutions of higher education. In many instances‚ students and parents allege institutional liability for injuries or character defamation that result from negligent student behaviors‚ on and off campus. Then‚ there are the instances in which a party‚ other than a student‚ is at fault. Each of the cases presented below represent a variation of

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    trick.. A pearl of water appeared”(Martel 87). This determines the action Pi took in order to have water. Getting to know how to open the water can wasn’t the only thing Pi had to do in order to survive. Since Pi did not know how long he would be stranded‚ math became vital to his survival. For example he thinks‚ “According to the instructions‚ each 500gram carton was suppose to last one survivor three days. That meant I had food to last me- 31 times 3- 93 days” (Martel 91). This shows the strategy Pi

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    everyone they know and don’t know is out to get them just like that monster in the horror movie. There is no found cause‚ but according to Janelle Martel from www.healthline.com‚ researchers believe that

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