...Day 1 Day 1 There is a tiny flame flickering in the west of Russia, near Ukraine. Only 50 Adyghe believers hold the light for 120,000 of their Muslim countrymen. Their forbearers once embraced Christianity, but they became converts to Islam through the intermingling with the people of neighboring countries where they fled for their lives in the 1860s. More recently Islam was completely accepted when they instituted sharia law. They are rich in outreach, having been adopted by several churches. They have a New Testament and Children’s Bible translated into their language, the JESUS Film, and literature in their language. But still, there has been no church planted. The few Adyghe believers attend a Russian Baptist Church and are being assimilated into the ranks and culture of the Russians rather than flowering in their own setting. This limits the outreach to their own people. * Pray that the veil will be lifted from the eyes of the Adyghe people. * Pray also that they will see the truth and put their faith in Christ alone. * Pray that the Lord will send long-term missionaries to form relationships with the Adyghe, and that key leaders will be raised up among the Adyghe people who will boldly proclaim the gospel. * Pray that God will use Christians in Ukraine to reach out to the West Circassians. Day 2 Day 2 Isolated! That is how the Aghul people are described in the Joshua Project website. They live in a very mountainous region. Where there are mountains...
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...children before bedtime. They contain valuable messages that are commonly ignored. In Maria Tatar’s piece, “An Introduction to Fairy Tales,” she explains how much we need fairy tales in our lifes. Fairy tales give us a special feeling of excitement, happiness, joy and safety. These things are a really big part of why people read fairy tales and why they love them so much. Maria Tatar explains how Fairy tales affect us, and how the change our personalities, actions and our character. Although Fairy tales is something almost all kids read when they were children, they seem to fade away, be forgotten and get treated as childish things. Maria Tatar mentions that when people grow, they forget about how strong fairy tales can be and the messages they hold. Fairy tales can bring more than just messages, they can bring back happy memories, it could be a flash back of the time when your mother read you the story of “Sindbad”, sad memories, of the time you read a fairy tale with someone that passed away that you cared about. These stories help people feel peaceful, calm, happiness and joy. But fairy tales don’t always seem to be perfect. They tend to send wrong messages to children and Maria Tatar points out that,” fairy-tale characters always seem to be lying, cheating, or stealing their way to good fortune.” (Paragraph-10, Pg. 309) These things most parents don’t want their kids growing up down, but we seem not to notice them because how they get covered up with different things...
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...must be himself. Just maybe, not his true self. Similar to that of the controversy surrounding the topic of child abuse, there is a variety of ways that people look at the relationship between Dave and his father in this film. This can be explained by the many different perspectives that people use, but that would be too easy of a reasoning for why it is difficult to discriminate the sanctity of their father-son bond. It is most likely that this is because the viewers are not allowed to see a preview of what their relationship had been like preceding the start of the film. Viewers are only exposed to this pair’s individual story after the uptake of Dave’s new Italian persona, thus a reason for such controversy since there is no base knowledge of how they used to behave in each other’s presence before Dave acquired this new personality. Since there is no known difference in behavior to observe, it has to be assumed that their relationship has been unchanged aside for a new element of Dave for his father to verbally deface. This form of verbal abuse, no matter how insignificant in some viewers’ eyes, could be a possible cause for the integration into the false reality Dave found himself in during the movie. Just like the Stepmother in Cinderella, Dave quite possibly used this element as a “defense against the helplessness she felt along the way” (Schectman). This idea established in Schectman’s article reasons that people tend to find an outlet to deal with their unmet needs. With that...
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...and turned him into a celebrity overnight. This, however, was just the beginning. Nureyev, a Russian dancer known for his ground breaking contributions to the world of ballet, spent the remainder of his life tearing down barriers and reinventing male ballet technique. What he brought to dance was a new role for men. No longer would men be just the frame holding or accentuating the picture of the female as the centerpiece. Nureyev continually worked to challenge the techniques of modern ballet dance by updating the most sacred of classics. He even made history by partnering with a woman twice his age, prima ballerina abssoluta, Margot Fonteyn. Due to his outspoken nature and willingness to taunt the rules of Soviet Communism, Rudolf Nureyev was convicted, in absentia, of treason (assigned traitor number 50,888) against the state under Soviet article N43 in April of 1962 . The intent of this paper is to take a deeper look into the complex and colorful life of Rudolf Nureyev: a man who pushed the limits during a time in the Soviet Union when the limits were not supposed to be pushed and a man who forever changed the world of ballet. In order to gain a better understanding of the man who challenged “Mother Russia,” one must start at the beginning of his unique life story. Nureyev was born Rudolf Hametovich Nureyev on March 17, 1938,...
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...Shakespeare used the Venus allusion to show Hermia’s devotion to Lysander. Shakespeare used an allusion to Tartar’s Bow to show that Robin’s hasty and frivolous ways could obstruct other’s well being. As for Titania, Shakespeare used an allusion to Neptune to prove that Titania was a good friend, who was selfless and caring towards other, and that she ultimately deserved to continue having “sole custody” over the Indian Boy, as opposed to her husband. On closing thought, Salman Rushdie reveals that “A little bit of one story joins onto an idea from another, and hey presto, . . . not old tales but new ones. Nothing comes from nothing” (Haroun and the Sea of...
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...Chechens, Tatars, and Kalmyk’s were among the nationalities that were deported during this horrendous time in Russian history. The film begins with a young boy traveling with his grandmother and father to go visit the grave of his grandfather. He then proceeds to ask his grandmother why there are two death dates on the grave. This question leads to a flashback which follows the life of Daud, the young boy’s grandfather. Throughout the film, Daud constantly evades persecution by fleeing into the mountains which begins after the arrest of his father. He marries Seda, who then also flees with Daud to similarly avoid persecution. The two struggle with not being able to return to their village. However, this saves them from the destiny of the other Chechens in the village. Instead, Daud and Seda act as witnesses to the horrific destiny of the other villagers. Daud intervenes in the situation and ultimately because of this, lets the real story of what happened become known. Many of the more memorable scenes in Ordered to Forget depict shocking and unethical treatment of the Chechens during the Soviet regime. However, none of the characters of the Soviet regime seem to take responsibility for orders except to state that it was ordered by Stalin himself. It seems as if these excuses are to hide some darker impulse of mankind. This film ties into A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich in a number of ways. The treatment of the people that they are deporting relates to the way that the...
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...Symbols and allegories are used to promote a deeper engagement with morality, discuss this statement in light of The Snow Queen and Thumbelina and by Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen promotes a resounding meaning of morality throughout his fairy-tales, (1), as eighteenth century author Schiller stated “deeper meaning resides in fairy tales told to me in my childhood than the truth that is taught in life.” (2) He is able to present various morals specifically targeted towards children by using an intricate web of symbols throughout his tales. The underlying roots of Andersen’s tales could be ascribed to Christian ideology and teachings which are depicted in the Bible. The symbols are used individually in order to implant Christian ideas subtly in the mind of the child reader which otherwise may be concepts which are too large for the young reader to grasp. Andersen also uses his tales as allegories for Bible teachings. They stand as “metaphorical representation(s)” (3) of various Christian teachings, mirrored as they are written in the Bible. The symbols and allegories used allow a deeper engagement of the text and explore morality issues in hopes of educating young children in terms of Christian morality. Critic Ruth Eshbaugh remarked upon Andersen’s work that “there is no real evidence he is trying to teach spiritual lessons in any of his works.” (4) However in disagreement with this statement I have explored the symbols and allegories that Andersen uses to...
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...affected by the Soviet famine of 1932–33, with 37% of the total population dying. he Kazakhs probably began using this name during either the 15th or 16th centuries. There are many theories on the origin of the word Kazakh or Qazaq. Some speculate that it comes from the Turkish verb qaz (to wander), because the Kazakhs were wandering steppemen; or that it derives from the prototurkic word khasaq (a wheeled cart used by the Kazakhs to transport their yurts and belongings) Language the Kazakh language is a member of the Turkic language family, as are Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Tatar, Uyghur, Turkish, Azeri, Turkmen, and many other living and historical languages spoken in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Xinjiang, and Siberia. Kazakh was written with the Arabic script during the 19th century, when a number of poets, educated in Islamic schools, incited revolt against Russia. Russia's response was to set up secular schools and devise a way of writing Kazakh with the Cyrillic alphabet, which was not widely accepted. By 1917, the Arabic script was reintroduced, even in schools and local government. In 1927, a Kazakh nationalist movement sprang up but was soon suppressed. At the same time the Arabic script was banned and the Latin alphabet was imposed for writing Kazakh. The native Latin alphabet was in turn replaced by the Cyrillic alphabet in 1940 by soviet interventionists. Today, there are efforts to return to the Latin script. Over the centuries of their existence K. developed their own...
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...The Crimean war is one of the most memorable and significant wars fought in 19th century Europe. It was a conflict that affected all of Europe from a geographical standpoint since Russia came to war with Britain, France, and Turkey after the decay of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire called upon the aid of the British and French to help them in repelling the Russians, who wanted to expand their geopolitical interests as well as financial dependence. The result of every war has its winners and casualties, who suffer the consequences of the aftermath. Russia strived to gain territory in its attempt for even greater European conquest, but failed and lost its dominating title and leading position in Europe as well as Asia. The Crimean War is a pertinent historical event that marked Russian attempt to conquer in order to become a dominant hegemony in Europe and where the outcomes of the war geographically changed Europe as well as affected people’s nationalistic/identity beliefs. Often times named one of the bloodiest battles, yet technologically advanced wars of the nineteenth century; the Crimean war was a vital event in European history. It was a conflict where Russia lost to an alliance of France, the United Kingdom, the Ottoman Empire, after Russia’s attempt to expand commercial and strategic designs as the Ottoman Empire was slowly deteriorating . The fall of the Empire would allow Russia to gain control and obtain the Dardanelles, as well as naval access to the Mediterranean...
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... Over time, the sexist message in Disney movies has become less apparent, but it has never disappeared; it is merely buried within a classic fairy tale that the “magic of Disney” has transformed into a sexist lesson. Naturally, these movies must not have a traumatic affect on little girls. Parents are not actually harming their daughters by allowing them to indulge their fairy tale fantasies. Not according to Jack Zipes, leading expert on fairy tales and German professor at the University of Minnesota, the movies have “a type of gender stereotyping . . . that has an adverse effect on children, in contrast to what parents think . . .. Parents think they’re essentially harmless – they are not harmless” (Giroux, “Roared” 103). Maria Tatar, Harvard folklorist, also sees harm in the movies since “[Disney] capitalizes on the worst part of fairytales” placing the focus on the material world and removing the cunning and intelligent roles that the females once played (Healy). However, these messages surly must not be intentional, and they are open to interpretation, right? Not according to Mary Beech, director of franchise management for Disney Consumer Products, who admits that the company does not merely want their viewers to watch the...
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...Donnie Tatar University of Michigan HSM544: Health Policy and Economics As the newly appointed chief of staff I have been tasked with responding to a proposal for reducing Medicare expenditures by enrolling participants in HMO. I understand that we have some key questions must be addressed and that we must justify our position on either economic efficiency or equity grounds. Outlined below are some of the questions that must be answered in order address this issue properly. Is Medicare in a state of crisis? Are you aware of the various policies that are being enacted from each state to state regarding the qualification of Medicare? Medicare is funded by the federal government and each state is responsible for operating the Medicare program as well as the local Medicaid programs. However, premiums have increased for Medicare and also, the coverage has changed in the past few years requiring people to purchase additional supplemental Medicare policies - this is difficult for elderly that have fixed incomes. If the elderly are unable to purchase Medicare, they will go uninsured. The Medicare system is double-funded. It is funded by the taxpayer (federal dollar) as well as the premiums being collected. But, in being double-funded, the coverage is still not as high as most private insurance companies making them appear with less quality. Are radical measures necessary to preserve the program? This is a very interesting question and you will have to take a more subjective...
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...provisions with International Accounting? A. International Accounting is saddled with the responsibility of preparing and presenting financial statements that provide financial information about the financial position, financial performance, and changes in cash flow of a global business; and shows the result of management’s stewardship of resources in their care. These financial statements are useful to a wide range of users across the globe in making economic decisions. Financial statements comprises of a balance sheet, a profit and loss account, a statement of changes in equity, a cash flow statement, and notes comprising a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory notes (IAS 1). The accounting report is a major way of getting a picture of what a company is doing and how it has been performing over the years (Walton and Aerts, 2006). The information in these financial statements, quantitative and qualitative in nature, should be simple, clear, and easily understood by all users. The users includes individuals, group of investors, or financial institutions who need to determine the liquidity , profitability, and viability of the enterprise; customers who need information to access the ability of the enterprise to produce goods or provide services on a continuous basis; employees who need information to determine the stability and profitability of the enterprise; government and their agencies who need information in order to be able to regulate activities...
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...Introduction There are many things to be said about Russia, the biggest country in the world. With a rich history and proud people it has shaped todays world in many ways. As a former host of communist USSR, Russia today is considered to be a democratic country. The Russian flag consists of three horizontal stripes. The top stripe is white, the middle one is blue, and the bottom one is red. Russia’s current flag was adapted on August 21, 1991. Even though nobody is quiet sure what the colors in Russian flag represent, many speculate that Russia’s flag design is based on the concept of the Dutch flag. Historians believe that Peter the Great created Russia’s flag when he visited Netherlands in 1699. At the time Peter the Great was learning about shipbuilding and saw the need for Russia to have a naval flag as well. While his design of the flag was similar to the Dutch one, he used Russian colors. In 1883 this flag was adopted as the civil flag. In 1917, after...
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...Country Analysis: Russia MBA Fall 2015 International Management in Sport and Entertainment Table of Contents Country Analysis: Russia 1 Introduction 1 Economic Environment 1 Political and Legal Environment 2 Culture 2 Conclusion 6 Country Analysis: Russia Introduction Russia is the world’s largest nation, covering 6,5 million square miles, with a population of 143 million people recorded in 2014. Russia borders European and Asian countries as well as the Pacific and Arctic oceans. In order to make a decision, concerning the market expansion of an organization into Russia, the economic environment as well as the political and legal environment will be analyzed with a focus on the cultural aspects. Economic Environment Russia is one of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), which are projected to be the fastest growing emerging economies, with a combined GDP of $16 trillion. With a GDP of $2.6 trillion, Russia is a leading exporter of natural gas and oil and is the fifth largest economy in the world. Services are the largest sector of the economy and accounts for 58 percent of the GDP. The most important segments in services include wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods. This represents 17 percent of total GDP; public administration, health and education (12 percent); real estate (9 percent) and transport storage and communications (7 percent). Industry contributes...
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...development and the nature of the Byzantine institutions (church and state), social and urban life, and cultural achievements? Answer: Byzantine art is the term commonly used to describe the artistic products of the Eastern Roman Empire from about the 5th century until the fall of Constantinople in 1453. (The Roman Empire during this period is conventionally known as the Byzantine Empire.) The term can also be used for the art of states which were contemporary with the Byzantine Empire and shared a common culture with it, without actually being part of it, such as Bulgaria, Serbia or Russia, and also Venice, which had close ties to the Byzantine Empire despite being in other respects part of western European culture. It can also be used for the art of peoples of the former Byzantine Empire under the rule of the Ottoman Empire after 1453. In some respects the Byzantine artistic tradition has continued in Greece, Russia and other Eastern Orthodox countries to the present day. The finest work, the most elegant, and the most accomplished technically, was, naturally enough, associated with the Byzantine capital, Constantinople, which was the very hub of the civilized world from the foundation of the city as capital around 330 till its conquest by the Turks in 1453. But there were other great centers too. In Rome, Milan, Ravenna, and elsewhere in the West works of the greatest importance that were in no way provincial were executed in the early years of Christendom, though little of quality...
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