...A Universe Within A Universe: The Traditional Skidi Pawnee Earth Lodge Among the most proficient star watchers in North America were the members of the Skidi Band of the Pawnee Tribe. The Skidi Pawnee originally lived in the Great Plains region of the Platte River, Loup River and the Republican Rivers located in Nebraska. The Skidi were keenly aware of the stars and the planets. They watched them nightly for guidance throughout all their lives. Furthermore, the stories of the stars and the oral traditions of the people instructed them on the rituals of planting, hunting, harvest and worship. The movement of the stars and their positions in the sky directed Skidi’s day-to-day lives. Consequently, the stars were their timekeepers and served as a calendar. The Skidi relied on them entirely to keep track of...
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...officer in your lodge? Every year a handful of new Officers accept the job of being a officer in the lodge. Usually when a man begins in the lineup, he starts at one of the lower chairs such as Pursuivant or one of the Masters of ceremonies. This gives the man the opportunity to begin at a slower pace and to begin observing and learning all of the lodge work. The various lodge stations and places are setup in a order of increasing work. As you begin there are only a few small requirements and by the time you become Master you will be proficient in every part of the lodges workings. Unfortunately, the new officer often does not realize the amount of work and commitment that it takes to become a lodge officer. Sitting on the sidelines we can easily take for granted the work of the floor officers, especially when a lodge meeting runs smoothly and without error -- the work often looks effortless and may even be incorrectly assumed as being "easy". We must understand that there is much work and time involved in becoming an officer with many hours of work and preparation that goes in to the work we see on the floor. A well oiled lodge officer will not only know all of the ritual words but which direction to turn, and all of the queues he needs to know. Frequently we see new officers join the officer lineup and either drop out very shortly after or fail to make the advancement to the next chair for proficiency reasons. It is often assumed that the lodge officer will advance...
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...Inipi, the Lakota Sweat Lodge Ceremony Shawn Peverill ANT351: Anthropology of Religion, Magic and Ritual Instructor: Katie Bojakowski July 23, 2014 Inipi, the Lakota Sweat Lodge Ceremony In this paper, I will be conducting research at a fellow Spiritual Leaders ceremony his name is Ed Fox, He has a sweat lodge built on his property in which I will be participating in. The Lakota sweat lodge ritual, or Inipi, is a familiar aspect of Lakota religion, incorporated and appropriated from reservations to urban areas, from traditional native ceremonies to New Age religion (Pickering, K.1999). I have spoken to him and gained his permission to describe the events of this ceremony. First the fire is to be built around the stones to be used, each of the first seven stones are blessed with tobacco along with a prayer conducted by the chosen individual to build the ceremonial fire. The ceremony itself consists for four rounds. In this ceremony, I will ask him why he has chosen this path and accepted the responsibility of the people’s lives that come to his ceremony. Also, if he feels that the creator speaks through him, or if he feels he is just a messenger for the creator. In this ceremony I will be interviewing the men of the ceremony since this will be a “Men’s Lodge”, there is also a woman’s lodge going at the same time but men are forbidden to attend because it is said that woman have more power than men since they have the power to give...
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...The Native American mythmakers weaved the traits and values they revered into the myths they wrote. Within every myth evaluated in this essay (Earth on Turtle's Back, When the Grizzlies Walked Upright, and The Navajo Origin Legend) the ideals the tribes held dear shine through. Each myth shows the human traits valued clearly and thoroughly. The qualities in nature selected to represent the traits of humanity the individual tribes valued paint an excellent picture of the ideals and great respect for nature held by them. The Earth on Turtle’s Back is perhaps the clearest in reflecting desirable human characteristics in nature. In the myth, a woman from the Skylands falls down to the expanse of water below. When she falls the animals in living in the water immediately go to her aid, flying her down gently and going deep underwater at the risk of their lives to bring some Earth up for her to live comfortably. None of the animals, regardless of how great, were able to bring the Earth up...
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...drifting defenselessly through space after a breakdown in their boat. The story delineates the last considerations and discussions of the group parts as they face their passing. The storyteller intensely ponders his life and feels he has fulfilled nothing beneficial. His last thought is a wish that his life would at any rate be worth something to another person. Eventually, the storyteller is burned as he falls through Earth's environment and shows up as a meteorite to a kid in Illinois. The Other Foot talks about Defaces has been colonized exclusively by dark individuals. When they discover that a rocket is originating from Earth with white voyagers, they initiate a Jim Crow arrangement of racial isolation in countering for how white individuals have treated blacks through the years. At the point when the rocket arrives, the explorer lets them know that the Earth has...
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...Down Global Climate Change, says a US carbon tax wouldn't slow down global climate change, because based on mainstream estimates, of the approximately three degrees Celsius of global warming that is being projected to occur between now and the end of the century as a result of human related carbon emissions, the U.S. contribution will only be about 0.2°C, or about seven percent of the total warming. A carbon tax would harm the economy, reduce economic growth, and hinder job creation. Plus it would just enhance America's overspending problem. We are already in debt and a tax would just make it worse. Carbon hurts the Earth on land, in the ocean, and in the atmosphere. Every action of a modern life involves using fossil fuel, therefore emitting carbon, so the only way to get any change is to send a price signal through the matrix; we should plead a carbon tax. Our Earth is dying exponentially and we must put forth effort to slow down the death of the only thing we...
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...Susu You Professor Michael Blitz Alternate Worlds 2 October 2013 Movies’ scene I saw from the past has directly affected my thought sometime. I always imagine what happen in the movies is really happening in the real world. The most affective one was this scene where a guy threw his banana skin on the floor when he finished eating it. After a minute a passenger walked by, he steps on the banana skin while he was reading, then he lost his balance and fall down on the ground hard, where his head hits on a huge rock. He died when he was in the hospital. This scene makes me very uncomfortable when I eating banana. I always feel like very time I threw away a banana skin, I will kill a person on the street. At the same time when I see someone eating it or seeing a skin on the floor will also make me think that way. One day I realized its true. This is really happening in the real world. Banana has turn into an evil fruit. They try to revenge because we keep eating them. This will bring a big consequence to the world, because non-living thing started killing people for revenge, human population will start decreasing because we need the nutrients from the fruits, so people need to eat them it daily basic to keep sickness away from them, but at the same time they don’t know every time they finishing eat a banana, a person in the world will die. So in next ten years, human population will be decreasing on a big amount of portion. In end we...
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...GEOGRAPHY STYUDY GUIDE William Morris Davis- father of American geography, Light year- a unit of distance equal to the distance that light travels in one year Terrestrial planets- Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, The terrestrial planets in our Solar System are also known as the inner planets because these planets are the four closest to the Sun. Jovian planets- known as gas giants. There are four Jovian planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. These four planets also comprise the outer planets. Solar systems- comprises the Sun and its planetary system of eight planets Rotation- when a planet or moon turns all the way around or spins on its axis one time. The axis of rotation is an imaginary line going from the north pole to the south pole. Revolution- earth goes around the sun once a year Tropic of Cancer- also referred to as the Northern tropic, is the circle of latitude on the Earth that marks the most northerly position at which the Sun may appear directly overhead at its zenith Tropic of Capricorn- It is the southernmost point on Earth where the sun's rays can be directly overhead at local noon. It is also one of the five major circles of latitude dividing the Earth Contour lines- a line on a map or chart joining points of equal height or depth Often shortened to contour The weather elements- Insolation- is a measure of solar radiation energy received on a given surface area and recorded during a given time Electromagnetic spectrum- is the range...
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...Warming LIB100, Maurice Broadwater Professor Kahn Fall 2012 Topic: Is Global warming is a fact or fiction. Thesis: Scientific research states that global warming is happening because the earth temperature went up by 1.4 degrees. Selection and Evaluation of Sources: For my first source I used the website article from the NY times. I found this website article by searching the internet search engine Google using the following terms Global Warming. I chose this website article because it argues that global warming is increases as long as emissions increase. The website article is current because it was updated on Jan 8, 2013. It is authoritative because at the bottom of the page is has a legit contact us. The purpose of the website article is to give a better insight to whoever wants to know the facts about global warming using known facts. For my second source I used the Periodical written by Stephan Battersby from the Academic search premier. I found this periodical by searching the Academic Search Premier using the following search terms, Global warming. I chose this periodical article because it argues that even if emissions from earth was reduced, global temperatures would still rise which supports my thesis that global warming is happening because the earth temperature went up by 1.4 degrees. The periodical is current because it was sourced on 9/22/2012. It is authoritative because it the author is a consultant for New Scientist based in London. The...
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...Courtesy of the Merriam-Webster dictionary, environment is the circumstances, objects, or conditions by which one is surrounded. Acts against the environment causes the ozone layer to deplete. The ozone layer is defined as a region of the upper atmosphere containing relatively high levels of ozone, located mostly within the stratosphere. The ozone absorbs large amounts of solar ultraviolet radiation, preventing it from reaching the Earth's surface. When the ozone layer is depleted, it caused the greenhouse effect, a slowdown of the rate at which the earth loses heat, resulting in an increase in the earth’s temperature like a greenhouse. Acid rain is another side effect of harming the environment. It is a by-product of nitrogen oxides or sulfur oxides mixed with rain. In order to reduce the harm that humans inflict on the environment, people can learn to save energy in their homes. When washing clothes, using warm or cold water is better than using hot water. Fluorescent lights should be used if possible. In addition, leaky faucets should be fixed. The cooks should consider using the stove top rather than the oven. During the hot seasons, remember to keep the windows and doors shut while running the air-conditioner. Clean water is a finite source that is rapidly disappearing. To help keep water clean, people should minimize chemical use such as fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides. Those substances become dangerous once they reach a body of water. If it has to be used,...
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..."Skyfall" by Adele This is the end Hold your breath and count to ten Feel the earth move and then Hear my heart burst again For this is the end I've drowned and dreamt this moment So overdue I owe them Swept away, I'm stolen Let the sky fall When it crumbles We will stand tall Face it all together Let the sky fall When it crumbles We will stand tall Face it all together At skyfall That skyfall Skyfall is where we start A thousand miles and poles apart Where worlds collide and days are dark You may have my number, you can take my name But you'll never have my heart Let the sky fall (let the sky fall) When it crumbles (when it crumbles) We will stand tall (we will stand tall) Face it all together Let the sky fall (let the sky fall) When it crumbles (when it crumbles) We will stand tall (we will stand tall) Face it all together At skyfall [x2:] (Let the sky fall When it crumbles We will stand tall) Where you go I go What you see I see I know I'd never be me Without the security Of your loving arms Keeping me from harm Put your hand in my hand And we'll stand Let the sky fall (let the sky fall) When it crumbles (when it crumbles) We will stand tall (we will stand tall) Face it all together Let the sky fall (let the sky fall) When it crumbles (when it crumbles) We will stand tall (we will stand tall) Face it all together At skyfall Let the sky fall We will stand tall At skyfall...
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...All opportunities promote Social & Environmental Responsibility Google has tried their best to promote the social in all activity and as Google is the big search engine in the world. Google is famous in supporting the environmental responsibility by encouraging the campaign on the global warming. Also Google has tried their best to protect the environment and drive everyone’s attention to care about the environment as well. All opportunities promote Social & Environmental Responsibility Google has tried their best to promote the social in all activity and as Google is the big search engine in the world. Google is famous in supporting the environmental responsibility by encouraging the campaign on the global warming. Also Google has tried their best to protect the environment and drive everyone’s attention to care about the environment as well. Always Considering the Economic Multipliers Google is the service that has financial turnover more than thousand billion. The company has spent a lot of money on their marketing and features in order to be the best in this kind of service. As there are serious financial crisis in the world nowadays, Google has try their best not to fail in the trap of world economy. Always Considering the Economic Multipliers Google is the service that has financial turnover more than thousand billion. The company has spent a lot of money on their marketing and features in order to be the best in this kind of service. As there are...
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...The idea and concept of a God can be seen as different from Aristotle’s Prime Mover. The first issue is that Aristotle’s Prime Mover, or God, is said to know only Himself and, therefore, not know about the Earth we inhabit or have any plan for us; He is also unaffected by us. This differs greatly from the God of the Old Testament (OT) and Jewish belief. This is because He willingly created the Universe and was aware of creating the Earth and man in his own image. The God of the OT also involves himself in human activity and displays his power to those described in the Bible. Another issue is that the God of Judeo-Christian belief is an imminent one. God’s creation was a special act of creation; God gave humans a special role in his creation and the relationship between God and humans is set up involving rules that must be obeyed by the humans. Aristotle’s Prime Mover on the other hand is impersonal and transcendent. The Judeo-Christian God is also not entirely immaterial as shown in the Bible; God first walks in the Garden of Eden and then secondly incarnates himself into the human Jesus. This is very different compared to Aristotle’s Prime Mover which is described as spiritual energy rather than being able to perform anything physical. There are similarities however between Aristotle’s Prime Mover and the Judeo-Christian God, one such being that both of them are shown to of created the universe or world for a purpose. Aristotle believed that the universe was a purposeful place...
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...corporations to be more “green,” but the unfortunate fact is that the progress is not enough to undue over one-hundred years of industrial waste and consumption, waste and consumption that is only growing. Indeed, how can the problem be the solution? The world’s population is on the rise: “More than six billion people currently inhabit the planet, and by the year 2050 this number is likely to grow to more than nine billion.” A growing population will only put a greater strain on the Earth’s all ready life support systems. Greater environmental degradation is beginning to make a palpable mark on the earths climate, with rising average temperatures and seas levels, and these effects will only magnify if business continues as usual. Of course, a technologically sophisticated society, such as ours, might be able to reinvent itself in a way that extends the carrying capacity of the earth and can support the growing population of the human species. The possibility of living within the limits of the Earth’s support systems is available to humanity; the only question is just how does humanity go about reinventing itself to live within those limits. Some have suggested that that corporations can be...
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