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Karma

At the absolute base, karma states that a good action causes a good effect, and that a bad action causes a bad effect. Depending on one’s views karma may be ensured by divine intervention or just the operation of nature. I lean toward the latter. Karma seems to work at least partially through a chaotic system. It is similar to the way the weather works. The main point here is that the transfer of good is sensitive to initial conditions i.e. the butterfly effect. A good effect tends to cause a good action. The same way a bad effect tends to cause a bad action. Think of how you act when you feel good. Do you smile? Do you try to be more understanding of others. Smiling is a good example. people tend to copy the motions of others. When one smiles it often causes others to smile. These chains of cause and effect will last forever. Meaning that the actions you have now will affect beyond your lifetime. The more interactions someone with another, the more each will be affected by each other. One can also indirectly affect a person by affecting someone that that person interacted with. Often karma is associated with free will. While one does make one’s own decisions, those decisions are strongly influenced by other’s actions. Because we do not all interact with everyone, this leads to places where there is more good than other places. Consequently, your actions and destiny are affected by where you are born.

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Comparison of "Balm in Gilead" and "Homesickness"

The play Balm in Gilead reminds me of the Song Homesickness by Despot. They both seem to create a similar atmosphere. Homesickness describes a place with lines that say, “This is the land of ‘How's your day?’ ‘None of your business,’” “Cry me a river and I'll piss you a puddle,” and “Never gotta see the sidewalks crack to form tombs /Street light filaments pop trying to cover up the wounds.” In the same way Balm in Gilead the characters are looking for comfort, Despot says you’re, “sucking a picket fence dream.” Once more, Homesickness is similar to Balm in Gilead, which gives a feeling of hopelessness by repeating scenes. Homesickness gives a feeling of hopelessness with the line, “And leave the light on for something that never comes,” as well as others.

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How to Make People Say "oh..." at the End of Hangman

Jodhpur is the best word for hangman. To begin, I would like the address the letter “j”. This letter is actually about as common as the letters “x” and “q” when it comes to forming individual words. The order of letter usage from most frequent to least frequent is ESIARNTOLCDUPMGHBYFVKWZXQJ. However, The exact order is dependent on which dictionary is used to find a letter’s commonality. Though people do not always guess with the exact order in mind, they try to mimic it. Thus, I shall aswell when choosing the best word for hangman, seeing as how I do not know which letters people guess most often. Next on the agenda are the two vowels, “o” and “u”. This is the disadvantage to the word. People generally guess the vowels first, knowing that there is at least one vowel per syllable. Thankfully, these are the least common vowels. (Discluding “y” which only counts sometimes.) So hopefully the guesser will pick the other vowels first. “d” is about in the middle just as it is about in the middle of the word Jodhpur, which is nice I guess. Now it should be noted that there is an uncanny silent “h” directly in the middle of the word. (which syllable should it be included in?) This makes the letter extremely hard to guess, because the guesser looks for letters that would make a smooth sounding word; “dh” does not seem very smooth. “hp” also doesn’t seem very smooth incase you were wondering. Jodhur. Where did the “p” go? Down my leg. The “r” is ,however, a disadvantage. It is one of the most common letters. This is well made up for by the lack of common letter combinations and word parts. By the way Jodhpur is the second largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. If you are worried about this being called cheating, You may use Jodhpurs, which are tight fitting trousers commonly used for horse riding. However, this adds a letter that also happens to be very common.

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