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  The Salt of The Earth by Charlene K. Smith
In the ancient days of the Bible the disciples were called by Jesus "the salt of the earth," and later carried out by the Romans, during baptismal ceremonies by placing a few grains of salt on the child's tongue.
Major salt deposits found near Syracuse provided one of the main reasons for the construction of the Erie Canal, which opened in 1825.
Natron salt is a combination of sodium bicarbonate and sodium chloride, and was obtained from the Natron Valley in the Western Desert (Wadi El-Natron).
www.iit.edu /~smart/smitcha1/lesson1.htm   (641 words)

  
 SALT OF THE EARTH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Salt of the Earth was made independently by several victims of the Hollywood fllist that resulted from the notorious hearings of the McCarthyite House Un-American Activities Commission in the late forties.
Salt of the Earth impressively counterpoints the strike itself and the relationship between a striking Mexican-American miner and his wife.
Salt of the Earth, 25 years after the ugly controversies of its birth, remains a taut and moving achievement and a milestone of American political expression.
film.society.tripod.com /nzffs/bib-salt-of-the-earth.htm   (1365 words)

  
 History of Salt
Salt taxes were one of the complaints leading to toppling China's Imperial government in the early 20th Century and remain important in China today.
French kings developed a salt monopoly by selling exclusive rights to produce it to a favored few who exploited that right to the point where the scarcity of salt, and the gabelle, the salt tax (1 2 3 4 5), was a major contributing cause of the French Revolution.
Salt was produced between 1790 and 1860 in Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri by boiling brine in salt furnaces.
www.saltinstitute.org /38.html   (2945 words)

  
 Hodges: "Blacklisting of Salt of the Earth"
Hodges believes "Salt of the Earth" serves as a window on the political culture of the cold war that sheds light on what he calls the Radical Movement Culture of American Communism and its relationship to the institutional Communist Party USA.
Also of crucial importance, is that there was no real leadership on these issues of the type that the CP had provided on progressive issues in its popular front days of the 1930s, because the CP had adopted a hard-core sectarian approach that drove away all but the most die-hard of radicals.
In a way, "Salt" was an attempt to resurect the old popular front approach and build a broad-based coalition in support of progressive values.
www.cmu.edu /coldwar/hodges.htm   (812 words)

  
 Salt on the Earth - Winter 2004
It keeps most salt confined in the highway corridor, though at least one study has shown that Chicago and other urban areas are effectively enveloped in a cloud of salt dust during the winter.
Runoff from the salt pile entered the bog and caused a dieoff of bog plants such as tamarack trees, red maples, and sphagnum mosses, which were replaced by more salt-tolerant plants such as narrow-leaved cattails.
High salt levels are known to change the composition of invertebrate communities in lakes and springs, but most mammals and fishes are believed to tolerate raised salt levels fairly well.
chicagowildernessmag.org /issues/winter2004/salt.html   (1909 words)

  
 Daily Bible Study - Salt Of The Earth
Salt was, and is, found along the shores of the Dead Sea (in photograph) where it could be gathered in evaporated areas and along the cliffs.
Salt was also used as an antiseptic (gargling with a mild salt water solution is still one of the best treatments for a minor sore throat) by the Israelites.
"The salt of the earth" was used to describe pure character, free of the contamination of sin.
www.keyway.ca /htm2002/salt.htm   (182 words)

  
 Books in Review: Salt of the Earth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Salt of the Earth: The Church at the End of the Century.
Salt of the Earth likewise presents, among other things, a global overview of the situation of the Church at the end of the second millennium.
There is a fine little section near the end of Salt of the Earth entitled "Church, State, and Society." Here the Cardinal considers the separation of church and state, tracing it back to the Christian response to the Roman Empire.
www.firstthings.com /ftissues/ft9802/reviews/williams.html   (1454 words)

  
 The Suppression of Salt of the Earth - James J. Lorence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Salt of the Earth, based on the true story of a New Mexico zinc miners’ strike, can easily be rented or purchased today on video.
Salt of the Earth was the inaugural film project of the Independent Productions Corporation (IPC), formed in 1951 by a small group of Hollywood Communists who were convinced they could circumvent the industry’s fllist by working outside of the studio system.
During the 1960s and 70s, Salt of the Earth was rediscovered and embraced by America’s New Left and became a staple of labor rallies, campus film clubs, and art houses.
www.culturevulture.net /Books/Suppression.htm   (974 words)

  
 Salt of the Earth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The book tells the story of salt throughout world history: how it was made, how it was traded, how it was used, and the effect the salt industry has had on villages, cities, and regions.The book starts and ends in China, first describing the brine wells a...
Salt of the Earth (The Acquisition of the Holy Spirit in Russia Series, Vol.
Salt of the Earth: Christianity and the Catholic Church at the End of the Millennium : An Interview With Peter Seewald
www.freeglossary.com /Salt_of_the_Earth   (701 words)

  
 Salt of the Earth Labor College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Salt of the Earth Labor College was founded in 1993 as a school for working people interested in struggling for a better future.
Later this fall, Salt of the Earth Labor College will present a discussion on the labor and environmental movements and the need for a bigger and bolder people's movement that fights for both strong democratic unions and a healthy planet.
The fall semester will close on Nov. 17 with a showing of Salt of the Earth, the classic working-class film for which the school was named.
www.pww.org /past-weeks-2001/Salt%20of%20the%20Earth%20Labor%20College.htm   (456 words)

  
 Washingtonpost.com: In Krakow, Salt of the Earth
Wieliczka, which is expected to wind down its mining operations by 2005, has been producing salt for the past 700 years and once accounted for a quarter of Poland's annual revenue.
As the "green" (actually charcoal gray) salt was removed, miners crafted statuary, staircases and even furniture from the material most readily at hand.
The tons of salt were excavated by thousands of men and hundreds of horses.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/travel/feed/a60504-2000jan2.htm   (451 words)

  
 Salt of the Earth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Our appetite for salt and the meanings we attach to it have linked the ages.
Salt literally gives us life, and reminds us of the origins of all life in the primordial sea.
Although it is essential to many modern industrial processes, the basic methods of producing salt haven't changed for centuries — boil, evaporate, mine.
www.smithsonianmag.si.edu /smithsonian/issues99/jan99/salt.html   (240 words)

  
 Oxfam's Cool Planet - On the Line - Mali guidebook - history I - Salt of the Earth
The salt is carried on camels from Taoudenni [in the far north of Mali] to Timbuktu, a journey of about 700 miles.
In a salt train, each camel carries four slabs of salt, each weighing about 25 kilos.
The salt is deposited in layers and the layers can extend for 5-10 metres and they are up to 10 centimetres thick.
www.oxfam.org.uk /coolplanet/ontheline/explore/journey/mali/salt.htm   (359 words)

  
 Salt The Earth | lawrence.com
Salt the Earth was completed via drummer Nick Haxton, who cemented the band's sound with a steady and furious style.
Salt the Earth began slowly, cutting its teeth on Lawrence's house party scene and carefully crafting material that mattered.
Salt the Earth's stage velocity was captured to brooding perfection on its self-titled debut, issued independently within months of the group's formation.
calendars.lawrence.com /bands/26   (583 words)

  
 SALT OF THE EARTH
SALT OF THE EARTH is the heartwarming biography of Hieromonk Isidore (1814–1908), the great Elder of Gethsemane Hermitage in Russia.
He was one of those whom Christ called the salt of the earth (Matt.
In SALT OF THE EARTH, both the life and personality of Elder Isidore have been captured with remarkable clarity by the Elder’s spiritual son, New Martyr Paul Florensky (†1937).
www.sainthermanpress.com /catalog/chapter_seven/salt_book.htm   (311 words)

  
 Salt Of The Earth
Made during the height of the McCarthy era by a group of fllisted filmmakers who were among the best and the brightest Hollywood talent of the day, Salt of the Earth is a powerful and emotionally charged feature length film.
Salt of the Earth is based on a 1950 strike by zinc miners in Silver City, New Mexico.
In addition to the complete film, the Salt of the Earth CD-ROM provides film lovers with the screenplay in English, Spanish, French, and German, along with background material on the making of the film, the Hollywood fllist, the filmmakers, and the original strike.
www.hepdigital.com /sote-cdrom.html   (266 words)

  
 Preach The Word - The Sermon On The Mount Pt1: The Salt Of The Earth
In the Old Testament the prophets were the salt of the land of Canaan, but now in the New Testament these apostles would be the salt of the earth.
But in Palestine, the type of salt that they had could be diluted, or even adulterated - so if you came along and put a load of water in the salt, and mixed it all up, that wasn't good enough to preserve meat.
We want to be the salt of the earth, and we pray that through us that You would overflow Your blessing to a dying world.
www.preachtheword.co.uk /transcripts/sotm01.html   (4460 words)

  
 Salt of the Earth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the New Testament phrase, see Salt of the earth.
Salt of the Earth is a 1954 film which tells the story of a long, difficult strike by Mexican-American miners against the Empire Zinc Company in Bayard (near Silver City), New Mexico in 1950-1951.
A Film Back From the Blacklist: 'Salt,' Restored And Rehabilitated, by Lee Hockstader, Washington Post: March 3, 2003.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Salt_of_the_Earth   (424 words)

  
 Salt Of The Earth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The expression "salt of the earth" probably came from the fact that common salt improves the taste of a lot of foods.
Just as the salt improves the flavor of many foods, a person who is the salt of the earth improves the lives of those around him.
You can be the salt of the earth, too, just by living the Oath and Law.
www.scoutxing.com /scoutmaster/scmin017.htm   (168 words)

  
 Salt the Earth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Salt the Earth would like to thank our family, friends, and fans for coming to our shows and supporting us and the Lawrence scene.
Nick is the backbone for Salt the Earth and we are glad to have him back.
Salt the Earth delivered a solid set of brooding, emotional hard rock.
www.geocities.com /mattmorgus1   (713 words)

  
 Salt of the Earth: August 2007
Hunger, housing, homelessness, parish organizing: Salt of the Earth has covered it all in its previous incarnation as a print journal reviewing Catholic social teaching and parish-based organizing for social justice.
Salt of the Earth is published by the Claretians.
For more information about Salt of the Earth or to seek reprint permission, contact: Salt of the Earth, 205 West Monroe Street, Chicago IL 60606, or call 312-236-7782.
salt.claretianpubs.org   (576 words)

  
 Reviews: The House of the Lord (LDS Temples)
But as a visual history of the Salt Lake Temple, with insights and commentary from scholar and Apostle Talmage, it is quite a treasure.
On 16 September 1911, the Salt Lake Tribune published an account of certain individuals who had secretly taken pictures of the interior of the Salt Lake Temple and who had attempted to sell them to the church.
Thirty-one of the photos were of the interior of the Salt Lake Temple, accomplishing one of the main goals of the book: to defuse the sensational claims of Florence Bossard.
www.signaturebooks.com /reviews/house.htm   (3479 words)

  
 Not The Salt Of The Earth
Major companies dry salt in massive kilns where temperatures approach 1200 degrees F. This alters the chemical structure of salt as sodium chloride is lost into the air and transformed into a gas.
The majority of the salt has great commercial value and is sold for industrial use.
The properties of mined salt and sea salt are: 84 different mineral elements.
www.ezinearticles.com /?Not-The-Salt-Of-The-Earth&id=257551   (689 words)

  
 Salt of the Earth: Christians in Palestine
Salt of the Earth is a film in nine chapters documenting the trials and tribulations of Christian families living in modern day Palestine, a "Labor of love " by husband and wife team Marthame and Elizabeth Sanders
Salt of the Earth documents the lives of nine Palestinian Christians living in the northern West Bank.
Filmed in nine chapters, upon completion Salt of the Earth will be available as an educational resource in Sunday schools, Bible Studies, small groups, and other organizations and individuals interested in learning about life in the Holy Land today.
www.couplescompany.com /Features/Inspirations/SaltEarth.htm   (1569 words)

  
 Salt of the Earth - Multimedia Collection
One of the most gripping, controversial films ever made was created in a small, New Mexico mining town with a largely nonprofessional cast.
The year was 1953 and the film, Salt of the Earth, still strikes a resonant chord in the hearts of the millions of people who have flocked to its message of human dignity and freedom.
In a startling anticipation of social changes still decades away, Salt of the Earth made an eloquent plea for economic and sexual equality at a time when these issues had yet to hit the front page.
osulibrary.orst.edu /video/film74.html   (178 words)

  
 Salt of the Earth: Contact
Salt helped to organize an event on January 25, 2002 to examine and reflect upon the Christian basis of Martin Luther King's work through worship and a panel discussion on the prophetic vision of Rev.
On November 16, 2001, Salt and the Interfaith Alliance for Justice organized a house meeting for evangelicals to discuss prayerfully the implications of the war in Afghanistan and the role of the Christian and the fellowship of believers in responding to violence and conflict.
Salt of the Earth drafted a statement immediately after the September 11 attacks, offering the hope of reconciliation in Jesus Christ to the nations.
www.yale.edu /salt/01-02.html   (453 words)

  
 CD Baby: RICK SCHELL: Salt Of The Earth
Salt Of The Earth makes you want to move, and moves you as well.
The songs on Salt of the Earth are as good as anything you will hear on today's commercial radio, and in fact, Loneliest One and Precious and Blessed are better than most of the cookie cutter hits radio has to offer.
Salt of the Earth is more than just a title track.
cdbaby.com /cd/rickschell   (2288 words)

  
 filmjourney.org : Salt of the Earth
A couple of nights ago, I had the pleasure of attending a benefit screening and discussion of Salt of the Earth, a 1954 fllisted film depicting a miner's strike, and the proceeds went to two unions representing the 71,000 grocery workers currently on strike in Southern California.
This rare Salt of the Earth screening was co-sponsored by a number of Green Party chapters and Laemmle Theatres.
In some ways, Salt of the Earth is a more dramatic example of fllist filmmaking fought in the trenches of this country.
filmjourney.weblogger.com /2004/01/27   (893 words)

  
 Salt of the Earth
The answer — the reason "the very soil lost its virtue" — is that heavy irrigation in a hot, dry climate leads to a gradual accumulation of salt in the soil.
Rising salinity first forced the Sumerians to switch from wheat to barley, which can tolerate more salt; by about 1800 B.C. even barley could no longer be grown in southern Iraq, and Sumerian civilization collapsed.
In the 19th century, when Europeans began to visit Iraq, it probably had a population less than a tenth the size of the one in the age of Gilgamesh.
www.commondreams.org /views03/0808-05.htm   (850 words)

  
 Organa > Salt of the Earth
Made during the height of the McCarthy era by a group of fllisted filmmakers who were among the best and the brightest Hollywood talent of the day, Salt of the Earth is itself a powerful and emotionally charged feature length film.
Salt of the Earth is based on a 1950 strike by zinc miners in Silver City, New Mexico.
In addition to the complete film, the Salt of the Earth CD-ROM provides film lovers with the screenplay in English, Spanish, French, and German, along with background material on the making of the film, the Hollywood fllist, the filmmakers, and the original strike.
www.organa.com /salt.html   (392 words)

  
 Salt of the Earth - Study Starters - DiscoverySchool.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Salt of the Earth - Study Starters - DiscoverySchool.com
The Great Salt Lake in Utah is the remains of a much larger lake that formed over 1 million years ago during the ice age.
As the climate became drier, the lake continued to evaporate.
school.discovery.com /studystarters/facts/histearth_saltofearth.html   (120 words)

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