...will touch on the cultural significance of her work, and reflect whether her work is considered economically successful. Lastly, we will cover the cultural values enforced and challenged by this story. Margaret Mahy, is a well know New Zealand children’s and young adult author, she has written many books covering fictional characters with strong personalities and supernatural strengths. She has a collection of over 40 novels, 20 collections of short stories and 100 picture books. The Seven Chinese Brothers, was published in the late 90’s, has been considered a national classic and an all-time best seller. Her books stand out from the rest by elaborating and spicing it up with more ironic humor and action than ever. She give you’re a life lesson in each story she tells, although brothers they are all different and special in their own ways. They will learn how to work together to save each other lives, and to me that is the biggest test of love. How the pieces fit together most short story are not of life lessons, although they tell stories in their own way. Short stories usually have a fully developed theme and can be significantly shorter and less details than a novel some have real-life details others are fictional and purely for entertainment. This book is fictional and reaches readers as a touching and heartwarming act of selfishness. It teaches each reader that working together can conquer any obstacle put in your way. Cultural significance simple put means the aesthetic...
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...3. | Tan Chiu Ling | BG13110503 | HE20 | 4. | Yeo Kai Yuan | BG13110575 | HE20 | SUBMISSION DATE: 29th April 2016 1. The accountant has stated in the footnote to these financial statements that the accounts ‘constitute special-purpose financial statements’. a) What are special-purpose financial statements and how are they different from general-purpose financial statements? Special-purpose financial reports are different from general-purpose financial statements as it is a set of financial statements that are prepared using a special purpose framework to cater to the particular needs of specific users who intends to use it. It is not intended to be view by the public, and therefore have a very limited use for anyone other than the intended users. General-purpose financial reports however, provides fundamental and detailed information on the entity. The major differences between the 2 types of report is the special purpose framework. Special-purpose are usually for the use of internal users such as managements. It incorporates any type of financial report prepared to fulfil that purpose. Reasonable structures may go from a schedule of numbers to a full set of financial statements prepared using double-entry books of account. Special-purpose financial statements are quicker and cheaper to prepare then general purpose and it may demonstrate that...
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...the passages in a recognised English translation, but with reference to the original Arabic text. In the examination passages will be set in both Arabic and English. Candidates should demonstrate knowledge of the original as well as the translation. Appendix 1 lists the passages for examination in 2013. These are reviewed each year and may change. 2. The history and importance of the Qur’an Candidates should study: • the revelation of the Qur’an to the Prophet between the years 610 and 632 • the account of the compilation of the Qur’an under the Rightly Guided Caliphs • the major themes of the Qur’an as contained both in the passages set for special study and in other similar passages • the use of the Qur’an in legal thinking, and its relationship with the Hadiths, consensus (ijma‘ ) and analogy (qiyas) • its significance as the basis of all thought and action in Islam. 10 Cambridge O Level Islamiyat 2058. Examination in June and November 2013. 4. Syllabus content 3. The life and importance of the Prophet Muhammad Candidates should study: • the main events of the Prophet’s life from his birth to his call to prophethood • the main events of his activities in Makka and his experiences with his opponents • the main events of his activities in Madina, his leadership of the community there and his conflicts with the Makkans and others • his actions and character • the importance of his actions as...
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...1 1 The Art of Significance – A Book Report Brandon Heimericks Webster University 2 2 What is Significance? Significance can only be defined when compared with a very similar, and often mistaken for word like success. The author defines the difference between the two as, “success is getting what you want and finding happiness on a superficial level. Success is achieving goals-without having much purpose behind those goals. Success is crating the life you want-but leaving no legacy and making no difference in the grand scheme of things. Significance is a higher state of happiness and fulfillment beyond the merely successful. Attaining significance means becoming aware of your purpose and working hard to bring that out in the world.” (Clark, p.4, 2013) When we think of the difference between the two, and we want to use real life examples to bring this to life, the author explains this in real world terms that we can understand. When using a doctor as an example, “significance is the difference between your average physician who has succeeded academically and graduated from a recognized medical school, and that rare doctor who travels to a developing country, and performs cleft lip/cleft palate surgery on children, seeking no money, recognition or glory.” (Clark, p.5, 2013) But, realistically we can infer that significance is much more than about the present. Instead, significance is about what legacy we choose to leave on this earth. Regardless of whom we...
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...Introduction L on Fuller made an impressive observation in his response to HLA Hart’s Holmes Lecture . His observation was that “Throughout his discussion Professor Hart seems to assume the only difference between Nazi law and, say, English Law is that the Nazis used their laws to achieve ends that are odious to an Englishman.” Though Hart and Fuller completely agreed about the odiousness of the ends that the Nazis pursued and the disgusting means through which they pursued them: racial discrimination, war crimes, genocide and torture. However, Fuller thought that there were important aspects of misrule by the Nazis that needed special attention by jurists and legal philosophers. He said that continuous violations of principles of legality...
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...GUIDELINES TO DETERMINE ASSET IMPAIRMENT AND REPORTING OF INSURANCE RECOVERIES ASSET IMPAIRMENT STEP 1: Identify “Potential” Impairments to Capital Assets The first step in the process is to identify “potential” impairments to capital assets. Identifying “potential” impairments to capital assets may not necessarily lead to recording an impairment loss. Refer to Step 1 of Exhibit 1 for a detailed decision tree. How is asset impairment defined? As stated above, GASB Statement No. 42, paragraphs 5 and 6 define asset impairment as “a significant, unexpected decline in the service utility of a capital asset.” • Significant: The events or changes in circumstances that lead to impairments are not considered to be normal and ordinary. • Unexpected: At the time the capital asset was acquired, the event or change in circumstance would not have been expected to occur during the useful life of the asset. • Decline in service utility: A reduction in the usable capacity that at acquisition was expected to be used to provide service, as distinguished from the level of utilization. o The current usable capacity of a capital asset that is less than its original usable capacity due to normal wear and tear and expected decline in useful life is not considered to be an impairment; however, impairing events or changes in circumstances that reduce usable capacity may indicate impairment. o Decreases in utilization and existence of, or increases in, surplus...
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...photograph? To determine whether or not the above image has semiotic potency, one should be equipped with a basic knowledge of semiotics. According to Gill Branston, the author of The Media Student's Book, Semiotics "is a theory of signs, and how they work to produce meanings, or the study of how things come to have significance. This includes signs devised to convey meanings (langage, badges) as well as 'symptoms' (as in 'thats' the sign of swine flu'). (Branston 12) Potency is an evaluation of strong or weak, which in this case involves the strong or weak signs of semiotics that appear in the image. At first glance, a viewer may notice 2 noticeable subjects of the image. There is a vehicle, and there is young man next to the vehicle. This image although not an advertisment, does advertise an event or a special moment to the viewer. Upon viewing the image, a viewer would notice that the young man is not wearing casual clothing. He is dressed in formal wear. A deeper study of what he is wearing is where semiotics would start to show. He is wearing a button down, a belt, chinos, leather shoes, a watch, and a bow-tie. These material objects signify a generic image. These objects put together usually triggers the thought process that somebody wearing these things is going to a special event, possibly a graduation, a date, a wedding, or something of importance. That was a basic...
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...Informed consent is a critical component of sociological research. Discuss the significance of this principle and its relevance for research practice in New Zealand. Informed consent is a critical component of sociological research because of the significance with this principle. Informed consent is about the respect and protection for research subjects. It is not simply signing a form, but entails informing the subject about the purpose of the study, potential risks or benefits and the details of the procedure that they will be participating in. The significance of this procedure within sociological research is that it provides sufficient information so that the participant can make an informed decision about whether or not to begin or continue participation. Gaining informed consent from the individual in the research is an essential element of ethically valid social research, because it will prevent a negative outcome such as the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. The purpose of this study was to monitor these men until death; as a result the autopsy would then disclose how syphilis took over the human body (reference book). The 600 African American men, 399 with Syphilis and a remaining 201 who did not have the disease were not informed on the details of the research or give informed consent to what they unfortunately encountered. Penicillin became available as a cure for this disease however this was withheld from the subjects of this research. If informed consent was a part of...
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...International Journal for Cross-Disciplinary Subjects in Education (IJCDSE), Special Issue Volume 3 Issue 2, 2013 An Analysis of Adult Education Programme in Lagos State: Implication for Policy Implementation Saula Ayinla Shamsideen Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education Otto-Ijanikin, Lagos, Nigeria Abstract The research work investigated the analysis of Adult Education Programme in Lagos State: Implication for Policy Implementation. Three null hypotheses were formulated for the study and the instrument that was used for the study was questionnaire. A descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The sample included 100 respondents randomly selected from adult learners and instructors. Data was analyzed using frequency table, percentage and Chi-square. Based on the results of this study, conclusion was made that constant monitoring and supervision would add value to implementation and Governments are encouraged to pay special attention to Adult Education programme as a channel for lifelong Education. 1. Introduction The National Policy on Education provides for Adult and non-formal education as an instrument par excellence for lifelong education [3]. The goals of adult and non-formal education to include providing functional literacy and continuing education for adults and the youths, provide education for different categories of completers of the formal education system to improve their basic knowledge and skills, provide in-service, on-the-job, vocational and professional...
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...great significance. This theme and its significance, though it can be seen in many novels, can be specifically analyzed in the Russian novels Eugene Onegin, Fathers and Children, and Anna Karenina. Reading has a way of influencing people, although, these characters may not even realize or change intentionally. Characters such as Tatyana, Onegin, Oblonsky, Anna, Nikolai, Pavel, and more all read, though to different extents and different types of literature, and in some way are influenced by the literature that they read. This influence can be in the way the act, the opinions they form, social trends they follow, the way they perceive the world, and much more. Basically, reading and the role of literature shape their lives; this can be in the social values they believe and hold to be true, the way the look at people, and the emotions they develop (or don’t develop). This is also significant within the time period of Russia or world of these characters set by the author. From a young age, Tatyana was not like others girls her age. She was not interested in dolls and talks of fashion and clothes or playing girlish games, but rather, she preferred to spend her time reading. Specifically, she favored romances and this caused her to be a romantic. After overhearing a group of women gossiping at the ball, Tatyana glances at Onegin and is reminded of the heroes from her romance novels. “She wanders with her borrowed lovers, Through silent woods and so discovers, Within a book her heart’s...
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...material; material is primary and eternal. Wang Fuzhi (1619–1692) was a Chinese philosopher of the late Ming, early Qing dynasties. Wang Fuzhi inherited and further developed the materialism of his predecessors and established the system of Simple Materialism. He believes that the world is material; material is primary and eternal. Zhu Xi (1130 – 1200) was a Song Dynasty Confucian scholar who was the most influential rationalist Neo-Confucian in China. His synthesis of Neo-Confucian thought long dominated Chinese intellectual life. He assigned special significance to the The Four Books and emphsized on the investigation of things (Gewu), and the synthesis of all fundamental Confucian concepts. Zhu Xi (1130 – 1200) was a Song Dynasty Confucian scholar who was the most influential rationalist Neo-Confucian in China. His synthesis of Neo-Confucian thought long dominated Chinese intellectual life. He assigned special significance to the The Four Books and emphsized on the investigation of things (Gewu), and the synthesis of all fundamental Confucian concepts. Huang Zongxi (1610 – 1695) was a Chinese thinker during the latter part of the Ming dynasty and the early part the Qing Dynasty. Huang was well-known for being one of the first Neo-Confucians to stress the need for constitutional law. He also openly advocated the belief that ministers should be openly critical of their emperor; and that rulers held a responsibility to their country. Huang Zongxi (1610 – 1695) was a Chinese thinker...
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...Describe the Tanakh, Torah, and Talmud, and name at least one other Jewish text, noting each text’s significance in religious practice. The Tanakh is an acronym that was put together to describe its three sources Torah instruction or law, Nevi’im which means prophets and ketuvi’im which means writings. The writings that make up the Tanakh were believed to have been initially compiled by the men of the Great Assembly. Judaism believes that Tanakh happens to represents God’s teachings to man and was actually written by God. The Torah contains an account of the creation of the world. Gods special call to Abraham which was the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses. The Torah is by far the most important part of the Tanakh because in addition to including the important stories it also details the commandments God gave the Jewish people threw Moses. The Torah is carefully handwritten in Hebrew calligraphy. The Tanach is the Hebrew Bible that contains all the variety of life itself. Its books touch all aspects of life such as history, laws, behavior, prayers, advice and so on all every part of the Tanach is written is Hebrew expect for one part of it and that’s the Book of Daniel which is written in Aramiac a language used by Babylonians at the time of Daniel’s Captivity. The Talmud is considered to be second to the Torah. It is traditionally referred to as Shisha Sedarim which is also Hebrew is known as the six orders of the Oral Law of Judaism. The Talmud has two components...
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...students that will be identified of having a disability. As for other students will be identified of having disabilities after they enter into the school district. “No single list of symptoms describes students with physical or health impairments; however, some conditions, such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy, asthma, are associated with such disabilities”. Because a student has a disability and is special needs, as a future educator it is very important to go beyond any labels that are but on the student and take into consideration what the needs of the individual student is and apply the right strategies, and teaching them the way they will learn. Within this essay it will go over the Special education team (SPED) and what their roles with working with students with PHI. Along with creating an SPED team the essay will also address the impact that PHI has on students learning within school. This will include an interview with a special education teacher. Special Education Team (SPED) When working with students with any kind of disabilities or impairments there needs to be a special education team set into place for each individual student. The SPED team that is mentioned within this essay works with students that has physical and health impairments. The first people within the SPED is the parents. The parents play a critical role within their child(s) education. I mentioned parents first because parents are the ones that are the best advocates for their child(s). Who knows...
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...10.) The Phoenix, a well known mythical bird, belonged to Egypt. One legend stated that it lived for 500 years, but it faced death by burning itself on a huge fire. However, it was not the end, as The Phoenix came to life again by rising from its ashes. Legend says that the ashes have great significance as it could bring the dead back to life again. Some legends say that the birds cry is a very alluring sound. The reference of Phoenixes has been made several times in most of the historical tales of different cultures. The concept behind the legend of The Phoenix gives us all a lesson about life after death. The Phoenix was a very beautiful creature and its glowing and radiant appearance distinguished it from all other birds. Some people believed...
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...Critical Thinking: Independent Book Reflection *Use this space to review and consider the choices your author made. Nearly every choice is for a purpose; so reflect on and muse over his/her choices! Write your OWN, brief, yet descriptive plot summary (overall or structure summary for certain nonfiction pieces). The main character Beatrice lives in a future Chicago in where people are divided into factions based upon their personalities. Abnegation, for the selfless, Amity, for the peaceful, Candor, for the honest, Dauntless, for the brave, and Erudite, for the intellectual. When it comes time for the choosing day, Beatrice discovers that she is Divergent, a very special case in where a person is no set faction. After surprising her family with the choice of dauntless, Beatrice is sent into the initiation protocol for the faction. Starting with jumping onto a moving train. From that moving train she then must jump off of that train onto a roof, then down into a pitch black hole. After that part they must go through three initiation trials which she goes through and is injected with this serum thing that the eurdites activate to take control of the dauntless, all except the divergents who are surprisingly revealed to us that four and tris’ (Beatrice’s dauntless name) mother are. Then all of the action starts to kick in. We have death all around us. To get to the final control room to stop this brainwashing experience tris loses her mother and father. But after all that is...
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