...Released in 1992 in celebration of the 500-year anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ historic journey, 1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts the explorer’s discovery of the “New World” and his attempts to create a Spanish colony there. While there are some historical inaccuracies as well as fictional situations in the movie, it is still useful for providing an important historical summary of Columbus’ voyage in a dramatic manner that draws in viewers. In the film, Columbus believes that sailing west will provide a new route to the “earthly paradise of China” (1492: Conquest of Paradise). His request for funding is denied by the Spanish council, but after a rich investor agrees to help him, Queen Isabella I approves the trip. Lying about the length of the trip to his crew, Columbus sets sail for “honor, gold and the greater glory of God” (1492: Conquest of...
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...II BY Andrea Gearing Cumming, Georgia August 17, 2012 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION--------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 MICHAEL SERVETUS EARLY LIFE-------------------------------------------------------3 BRIEF SUMMARY OF MICHAEL SERVETUS WORKS-------------------------------6 THE TRINITY AND MODERN SCHOLARSHIP-----------------------------------------9 MICHAEL SERVETUS THEOLOGY------------------------------------------------------10 CONCLUSION---------------------------------------------------------------------------------14 BIBLIOGRAPHY------------------------------------------------------------------------------17 INTRODUCTION The first time I was introduced to Michael Servetus, I was a student at Liberty University. I had never heard of this important figure in History. At any rate, I had begun to find ways to learn more about him. It was on a Wednesday night, one week before the night of my church Bible study that I had to submit a discussion board question of Michael Servetus in church history. I arrived at Bible study with Michael Servetus in my spirit. When I arrived at church my pastors opening statement was: "In 1553, Michael Servetus was burned at the stake for what I am going to teach to you tonight." His statement really captured my intellect. I really didn’t remember much that was said that night because I was in shock. The Spirit or fire of the spirit was working within my heart. Several questions came to my...
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...The Witches Hammer or Malleus Maleficarum was a new term for me. I knew of the Burning Times but I had no clue that there a document as the Witches Hammer. Perhaps a misconception other may have is that this type of travesty can never happen again. As we have seen in the past with the persecution of the Jewish people and many others…this kind of thing can happen again. We must see to it that it does not happen again. In summary, I have learned that the Witches Hammer /Malleus Maleficarum was a book that Kramer and Sprenger decided to write to instruct people in power how to interrogate and torture…mostly women… in order to get them to confess to being witches. It is interesting to note that as Hatcliff cites in The Magical Circle School Resource Library, Sprenger was denounced in the Inquisition in 1490. I have filed this away as yet another way humanity can mistreat humanity. I have also filed away how women rose up and took back there power. I learned a lot from this...
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...climate that permeates the society of today it is often difficult to imagine the trials and tribulations that early translators had to face. Some translators were simply too educated and ultimately, their life work led them to their downfall at the hands of those who would not accept change. These forces conspired to undermine the efforts of those who were driven simply by curiosity. As Jeremy Munday points out: Any translation diverging from the accepted interpretation was likely to be deemed heretical and to be censored or banned. An even worse fate lay in store for some translators. The most famous examples are those of the English theologian-translator William Tyndale, and the French humanist Etienne Dolet, both burnt at the stake. (23) No other work has revolutionized the English-speaking world as the Bible. The Bible is an endless source of controversy, it is the book that has had the most impact on the way we interpret languages, they way they interact with each other and the interpretation and misuse that has plagued its existence. Religions spread either as a result of a blatant lack of traditions in a culture or...
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...The Spanish Inquisition In 1469, the marriage of Ferdinand V of Aragon to his cousin Isabella of Castile united the two most powerful provinces of Spain (Hauben, 23). During this time, Spain was becoming one of the wealthiest nations in the world. Much of Spain’s wealth was contributed by the Jewish population, which was very successful during this time period because of Christian church laws against usury, which is an illegal practice of charging unfair rates on loans. Prejudice against the Jews and strong feelings of anti-Semitism had also grown during this time, especially after a riot on Ash Wednesday (March 15,1391), started by a Spanish archdeacon named Martinez. Martinez called out to all Spanish citizens to “purge themselves of the filthy Jews”. Martinez incited his congregation to riot. The crowd moved enmasse towards the Juderia (Jewish quarter). Some of the participants were captured by the police and flogged or beaten, but that was not enough to stop the mob. Although they did not succeed that day to destroy the Jews, the feelings that Martinez had evoked lay simmering until June 6th when the mob sacked the Juderia of Seville. It is believed that the victims numbered in the hundreds, if not thousands (C. Roth, 1964). The estimated number of victims for the riot is said to be a little over one thousand. After this ordeal, a number of Jews, called conversos, professed themselves as Christians to escape persecution. Many Christians were questioning the validity of...
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...VANITA YADAV C.V. BAXI CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FAILURE AT SATYAM “Why do you want to quit Satyam,”1 the panel member asked the 30-year-old employee being interviewed. Satyam Computer Services Ltd (“Satyam”) was India’s fourth-largest computer services company; however, many employees had left and applied for new jobs after news of a US$1.4 billion corporate fraud at Satyam became public in December 2008. 2 Satyam’s governance failure had severely shaken its stakeholders and the global business community, and the business press worldwide referred to Satyam as “India’s Enron”.3 Satyam was listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) in 2001 and on Euronext Amsterdam in 2008. 4 It boasted a large number of clients, including many Fortune 500 companies.5 The founder of Satyam Computer Services, B. Ramalinga Raju (“Raju”), was a highly regarded entrepreneur and an eminent fixture at prestigious corporate events in India.6 In 2007, he was honoured with the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, yet a mere two years later, on 7 January 2009, Raju made the calamitous confession that he had falsified accounts on a grand scale over a long period of time. His shocking announcement sparked a big debate over whether India possessed adequate guidelines for corporate governance. 7 How did Raju commit a fraud of such magnitude? How could a successful company, twice awarded the Golden Peacock award for corporate governance excellence collapse in such a manner? 8 Where did the internal...
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...LIBERTY UNIVERSITY THEOLOGICAL CRITIQUE: FOUR VIEWS ON HELL A THEOLOGICAL CRITIQUE SUBMITTED TO DR. ROBERT WETMORE IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE THEO 530 LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BY PETER J. FILIPIAK SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................1 SUMMARY.............................................................................................................1 CRITICAL INTERACTION...................................................................................2 The Literal View...........................................................................................2 The Metaphorical View................................................................................4 The Purgatorial View....................................................................................5 The Conditional View..................................................................................6 CONCLUSION........................................................................................................7 BIBLIOGRAPHY....................................................................................................9 Introduction Four Views on Hell is a book edited by William Crockett in which...
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...Budgeting Albert Salcido BUS 630 Managerial Accounting Professor John Kuhn August 13, 2012 Budgeting How do companies stay afloat while they are spending money and it appears that no money is coming in? Every year companies have dedicated departments that are looking at what is called a Master Budget for every part of the company. Many managers are retrieving records or historical data to help set the budget in their areas. “A budget is a quantitative plan for acquiring and using resources over a specified time period” (Noreen, 2010, p. 288). Many individuals across America have and live by an annual budget that they set for themselves each year. Budgets can be very difficult and tiresome to build each year but they have to be done. Once a budget is established by the manager or the company, it is used to compare spending that is occurring through-out the year (Noreen, 2010) Even though budgets are not always accurate, managers use budgets to help operate a company efficiently because they coordinate work operations, and they help communicate managements plans. Planning the Budget First, managers use budgets to help operate a company efficiently because they coordinate work operations. According to Noreen (2010) “Budgets are used for two distinct purposes-planning and control (Noreen, 2010). A company set goals with budget in mind and then the budgets are used to achieve these goals. The first stage of the budget is to plan for what is going to happen for the...
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...CONTROLLING NOISE AND AIR POLLUTION FROM TRAFFIC: A CASE STUDY 1. INTRODUCTION Pollution is defined as the introduction into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take form of chemical substances or energy, such as nose, heat or light. Pollutants, the components of pollution, can be ether foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants. Pollution can kill plants and animals, it may be muddy landscapes, poison soils, waterways, noise, air, etc. People are also regularly harmed by these pollutions. Long-term exposure to these pollutions may lead to any diseases such as lung cancer. Chemicals that accumulate n top predators can make some species to eat for humans. In fact, more than one billion people lack access to clean water these days and 2.4 billon don’t have enough clean sanitation, putting them at risk of contracting deadly diseases. 1.1 Objective of the Study This study aims to examine the problem of noise and air pollution from traffics in the wake of its all effect on the life of the people by planning on how to control pollution at source to the maximum extent possible with due regards to technological achievement and economic viability as well as sensitivity of the receiving environment. It also aims to minimize adverse effects of nose and air pollution by selecting suitable locations for the establishment of new industrial projects. 1.2 Statement of the Problem Associations has...
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...Executive Summary The Walt Disney Company (TWDC), together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with four business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment and consumer products. This executive summary summarizes the issues surrounding The Walt Disney Company based on its globalization efforts into a multinational corporation, its business power related to the exportation of “American imperialism”, its business ethics related to its theme parks and resorts, and its corporate governance problems under former CEO Michael Eisner. Many blame these kinds of changes in company values and mission to Michael Eisner. Globalization efforts made by The Walt Disney Company would prove costly when it made bad decisions based on naïve assumptions of the cultural acceptance of Mickey Mouse into Japan and France. Tokyo Disneyland emerged as the most profitable theme park, but with TWDC having no stake in the company; and Disneyland Paris, backed heavily by TWDC, had to be restructured only after two years of opening. Domestically, theme park safety had been compromised, all in the name of profit. An embittered declaration for Eisner’s resignation came in 2003 by ousted board member Roy E. Disney, nephew of Walt and last remaining active family member at TWDC, and his trusted friend, Stanley Gold, who resigned the board. Ultimately, Roy Disney helped lead a Disney shareholder...
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...the island. When they return, Ralph declares that they must light a signal fire to attract the attention of passing ships. The boys succeed in igniting some dead wood by focusing sunlight through the lenses of Piggy’s eyeglasses. However, the boys pay more attention to playing than to monitoring the fire, and the flames quickly engulf the forest. A large swath of dead wood burns out of control, and one of the youngest boys in the group disappears, presumably having burned to death. At first, the boys enjoy their life without grown-ups and spend much of their time splashing in the water and playing games. Ralph, however, complains that they should be maintaining the signal fire and building huts for shelter. The hunters fail in their attempt to catch a wild pig, but their leader, Jack, becomes increasingly preoccupied with the act of hunting. When a ship passes by on the horizon one day, Ralph and Piggy notice, to their horror, that the signal fire—which had been the hunters’ responsibility to maintain—has burned out. Furious, Ralph accosts Jack, but the hunter has just returned with his first kill, and all the hunters seem gripped with a strange frenzy, reenacting the chase in a kind of wild dance. Piggy criticizes Jack, who hits Piggy across the face. Ralph blows the conch shell and reprimands the...
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...The Emancipation Wars Overview Above all of the acts of resistance towards slavery, non – violent and violent, there were three rebellions in the British West Indies that stood out. Those three were the Bussa Rebellion in Barbados, Easter 1816, the Demerara Revolt in Guyana, August 1823, and the Sam Sharpe Rebellion in Jamaica which took place in December 1831. The order in which the three rebellions occurred was similar; it was influential as well as extensive. Among all three rebellions there was one common factor. It was a time in which ameliorative proposals (gradual improvement in the slave’s way of life) were being made in Britain. This gave way to widespread rumours that there were measures taking place in metropolitan Britain to grant slaves their freedom but planters were withholding them (Emancipation Rumours). In all three cases this rumour aided in the agitation for freedom and precipitated rebellion. While some historians use these rebellions to make the case that slaves emancipated themselves, others are less liberal. None, however, deny that these later rebellions were pivotal to the passing of the Emancipation Act August 1, 1833. Bussa/Barbados Rebellion 1816 Unexpected The Bussa rebellion of 1816 was not that expected as it is believed that slaves began to plan the rebellion soon after the House of Assembly discussed and rejected the imperial Registry Bill in November 1815 (Beckles 90). This Bill called for the registration of colonial slaves...
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...know for her struggles to win the crown and keep her country free among other things. She was with Julius Caesar, Roman general bearing him a son. Additionally she won the protection of Rome through an affair with Mark Anthony, and had three children with him. A lesser-known fact is that Cleopatra was highly educated and possessed an impressive intellect, being a student of philosophy and international relations We move now to the Victorian times and start off with Joan of Arc. Joan came from a peasant family, became a French heroine by leading the army of Charles VII. She captured and put on trial for witchcraft and fraud. She eventually just convicted wearing male clothes, an offense against the Church, sentenced and burned at the stake. Her legend grew and she became canonized in 1920…Saint Joan of Arc. Another woman during this era was Catherine de Medici, born into the influential Medici family of Florence, Italy. Catherine married into politics to Henri, Duke of Orleans, who later became...
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...ROLE OF AUTOMOBILE SECTOR IN INDIA ON AIR POLLUTION & REMEDIESTAKEN BY THE INDUSTRY AND THE GOVERNMENT REPORT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES COURSE, TERM VI UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF PROF. SURYANARAYANAN, FACULTY AT XAVIER INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP, BANGALORE SAMUEL N ISAIAH 137, BATCH 17 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. | Topic | | Prologue | | Introduction | | Vehicular Pollutants & Environmental Effects | | Health & Environmental Effects of Vehicular Pollutants | | Green Vehicles in India | | Challenges for Green Vehicles | | Opportunities for Indian Automotive Industry in Green Vehicles | | Bibliography | PROLOGUE The growing cities, sharp increasing traffic, trajectory growth, rapid economic development and industrialization, and higher levels of energy consumption has resulted in increase of pollution load in the urban environment. It is also accepted that automobiles have emerged as a critical source of urban air pollution specially in the developing world. Realizing the gravity of the problem, steps are being taken to introduce better technologies, better technologies, better fuel quality, shift to environment friendly fuels, and mass transit system for the control of environmental pollution in urban areas. Not only the central and state governments, but even automobile manufacturers in India have been developing strategies for mitigation measures to improve the urban air quality and make the cities cleaner...
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...Mixing Law and Medicine: A Lethal Combination Abstract “First do no harm” is the foundations that medical practices are based on, but there times in which the lines are blurred and physicians must question their ethical, legal and moral participation in procedures. Physician participation in executions of convicted criminals is explored in this paper. The history of the death penalty, including the early involvement of physicians is surveyed. The pros and cons as well of the legal and ethical grounds for medical professionals are weighed ultimately present the necessity for qualified medical professionals to carry out state sanctioned executions regardless of one’s position on the death penalty. Outline I. Introduction a. Thesis- Even though physician’s participation in the implementation of court ordered executions are in direct violation of the fundamental directive of the Physician’s Code of Ethics, “First, do no harm…,” it is a necessary product of the practice to ensure a “good death” for the convicted. II. History and Development of Capital Punishment a. Primitive Forms b. Physician Involvement in capital punishment progression c. Federal Government Intervention d. Current participation state statistics III. Medical Code of Ethics History IV. American Medical Association (AMA) a. AMA stance b. Acceptable actions c. Unacceptable actions V. The Physician’s Argument a. Same motivations- different point of view VI. Other Ethical...
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