...This quote was taken from the IV letter written by John Huss was to the College of Cardinals while he was in exile from Prague in 1411. This quote perfectly reflects Huss’s clear conscience and his concerns about the repercussions of the church’s wrongdoing. By saying “I have full confidence for myself in the mercy of God” he indicated that he was convinced that God was in his side. In other words, he believed that what he thought against selling indulgences was what God thought about the issue. He was practically saying, this is what my heart tells me is right, so God may support my perspective. It is important to note that one of the main objectives of Huss writing this letter was to appeal to the Christian senses of the readers and the...
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...Changes in Perspective Alan Paton in Cry, the Beloved Country depicts the complexities of a relationship between a wealthy white male and a poor black priest. The first two parts of this novel shows how people are afraid of change and the last part depicts how they overcome the fear through forgiveness and reconciliation. Paton presents fear at the beginning of his book through Stephen Kumalo’s actions. Kumalo was scared to open the letter from Johannesburg and was even more scared to leave Ndotsheni because it meant change. “Deep down the fear for his son. Deep down the fear of a man who lives in a world not made for him, whose own world is slipping away...” (Paton 44) - this quote from when Kumalo was leaving Ndotsheni for the first...
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...entity. The images and quotes were handpicked to emphasize the doubt almost all characters had of someone or something else. The collage itself has a spray painted background representing the oppression of information and illegal covert operations that are plentiful in the novel. The main text is written with a black background, symbolising classified information. “We're the only nation on earth to ever use atomic weapons on other human beings.” (p.446) This quote is very interesting, as Christopher Boyce says this to his interrogator after Boyce was arrested. Boyce was asked if he had any regrets for his actions, and Boyce tells him that the United States is the one that needs to feel regret. This is major mood shift, as Boyce was excited to work with Top Secret information, yet his whole view changed, and he mistrusted the United States government. The image is the mushroom cloud from the nuclear bomb detonated by the United States on Hiroshima, Japan. This complements the quote as it gives a visual to see, and realize the horror that happened in Hiroshima that ill-fated day. “You can't leave here tonight free of it all anymore than I can. Did you really think you could?” (p.348) When Christopher Boyce has enough of espionage and selling state secrets, he tells his Soviet handler Boris, that he wants out. Boris reminds Boyce that he came to him and not vice versa, and now Boyce is too far down the trail, and that there is no turning back now. This quote emphasizes the mistrust...
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...provides. I phrased it as being in “protective custody. ”This chapter goes on to ask you to list the times when God has given you rest and provisions in the midst of problems. The next entry into my journal has to do with the chapter called Forgive with both hands. In this chapter we are asked how many times we find ourselves playing the part of an unmerciful servant. This is from the story in Matthews 18:23-35. The take away for me was to treat others the same way that I want to be treated and to learn forgiveness, true forgiveness. Lastly, the chapter entitled True Reconciliation. Reconciliation I have learned is not a choice bit a mandate. It is defined bringing us back, to wipe the slant clean. In conclusion, this behavior change project has been a journey that I shall continue. This journey is a life long journey that I have found has been substantiated with research the health benefits of spiritual time. While researching for this project I stumbled across this quote by Remen “Helping, fixing, and serving represent three different ways of seeing life. When you help, you see life as weak. When you fix, you see life as broken. When you serve, you see life as weak. When you serve, you see life as whole. Fixing and helping may be the work of the ego, and service the work of the soul. ...
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...The Residential school system in Canada was a system devoted to providing a disciplined based ideal that promoted the rejection of the aboriginal culture in favor of the then dominant white European population. The teaching strategies that were encouraged ranged from pulling children as young as six away from their parents to mental, physical and sexual abuse. The Residential schools were run by a variety of participating church organizations, which received funding from the Canadian government. The funding was based on a per aboriginal basis therefore it was in the best interests of the churches to enroll as many aboriginal students as possible. The schools were run in almost every province in Canada from 1860-1884 and claimed to be promoting religious and cultural assimilation. However, the cruelty that was experienced by many young aboriginals in the residential schools emphasizes the differences between the aboriginal societies and the European dominant society making complete assimilation impossible. The imposition of residential schools on First Nations children has led to significant loss of indigenous languages, and this language loss has led to further cultural losses for traditional First Nations cultures in Canada. The earliest known date opening of a Residential school was in 1840, located in Manitowaning, Ontario. The school was the Wikemikong Indian Residential School, it closed in 1879. The last Residential school to close was La Tuque Indian...
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...Case study- The Collapse of Barings Bank 1. What was Nick Leeson’s strategy to earn trading profits on derivatives? The play here was very simple – trading futures on the Nikkei 225 as the underlying. The Nikkei 225 was traded as a future on both the SIMEX and the Osaka markets. There were always known to be differences between the two markets which could be arbitraged. The idea was to exploit the differences between the 2 markets , and execute in the cheaper market on client orders. This would then allow Barings to net a profit as they execute in the cheaper market but quote the client the price in the more expensive market. The underlying idea was of course to always be long one and short the other. Leeson was long Nikkei 225 futures, short Japanese government bond futures, and short both put and call options on the Nikkei Index. He was betting that the Nikkei index would rise, but instead, it fell, causing him to lose $1.39 billion. 2. What went wrong that caused his strategy to fail? Nick Leeson’s strategy failed because the Nikkei 225 index kept falling while he continued to bet that it would rise. On the 17th of January 1995 a huge earthquake struck Kobe in Japan. The Nikkei plummeted putting Leeson’s positions under a lot of stress. The Nikkei plunged to 17950 by the end of that week and Leeson started recording big losses. Leeson’s solution was however to ask for extra funds from London to meet his margin calls and continue trading. His view was that the move down...
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...As I read through A Raisin in the Sun again, I found a decent amount of allusions to the Bible. And after a little bit of reading in my own Bible, since I don’t know enough about it to just assume, I found out what those allusions meant. First, the phrase “30 pieces and not a coin less!” (page 118) is an expression Beneatha uses when Carl Lindner is around discussing with Walter about buying the house. The quote, found in Matthew 26:15, explains how Judas sold Jesus as a slave and betrayed him for money. This would relate to how Walter has the choice to sell their house, which would be betraying his family, or not accepting the offer, which would be his moment of moral reconciliation. Also, found in Genesis 2:7-21, Beneatha references Adam...
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...COMPARING RESULTS Researchers Elaine Henry, Stephen Lin and Ya-Wen Yang evaluated the difference between financial results under U.S. GAAP compared to IFRS. Their results show that convergence between U.S. GAAP and IFRS is occurring. Using 2004 to 2006 reconciliation disclosures, the authors found that the calculated difference between shareholders’ equity under U.S. GAAP and under IFRS declined from 2004 to 2006. In addition, the difference between U.S. GAAP and IFRS reported net income during this period also declined but remained significantly different. Pensions and goodwill appeared to be the dominant reconciliation items. Reconciliation amounts varied by industry and country, raising questions about consistency between region and industry. Additionally, more than 70% of the companies examined in 2004 through 2006 had a higher return on equity under IFRS compared to U.S. GAAP. The 2007 SEC elimination of the IFRS-to-U.S. GAAP reconciliation for non-U.S. companies with securities listed in the United States suggests a need for users of financial statements to be aware of the potential for differences resulting from the two sets of standards. “The European-U.S. ‘GAAP Gap’: IFRS to U.S. GAAP Form 20-F Reconciliations” was published in the June 2009 issue of Accounting Horizons. ECONOMIC IMPACT Researchers Holger...
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...LIBERTY UNIVERSITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY The Theology of the Emerging Church: Unorthodox Theology of the Revisionists Stream of the Emerging Church Developed from Culture Submitted to Dr. Richard Elligson, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of the course THEO 510 D13 Survey of Theology by Ray Ruppert May 7, 2014 Table of Contents Introduction...................................................................................................................................... 1 Definition of Emerging.................................................................................................................... 2 Emerging from Modernism.................................................................................................... 2 Emerging from Culture.......................................................................................................... 3 Emerging Theology................................................................................................................ 4 Comparing Revisionists Theology with Orthodox Theology....................................................... 5 Identify with the Life of Jesus.............................................................................................. 6 Transform the Secular Realm................................................................................................. 8 Conclusion.............................................................
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...were more centralized narratively then others in particular. A sugarcoated version of the Aboriginals history, British Colonies exploration and the evolution of a young Australia, are considered the primary tales narrated. Starting out with a large horse and man scene which spoke strongly to the tourist market specifically Americans, this was perceived as a stunt to attract viewers to Australia along with scenes involving Australia’s beaches, outback territory and high ratio of animals throughout the ceremony. The connection and reconciliation between the white girl who represents a young Australia and the aboriginal man spoke to the multicultural unity acted out in Eternity. Previously was the awakening of nature after a bush fire in which the arrival of a new era was presented. As the British settled “productively” in Australia, the new world appears to be bursting with progressive new life, and a soon to be unity under the southern skies. The quote used to wrap up the ceremony, “two cultures intertwined sharing...
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...INDEPENDENT READING BOOK PROJECT Student name: Daniel Period: 3 Title of the Book: The Five People You Meet in Heaven Author: Mitch Albom Genre: P hilosophical fiction Pages: 1196 Publishing Company: Hyperion Books Copyright date: 2003 Standards:Reading 2.0; Writing 2.2 I. Describe the protagonist (main Characters) of your book. The main protagonist is an old man named Edie. Edie is a thick, squat, old man with white hair, and a limp. He is kind and bighearted with children. Eddie has worked at Ruby Pier as a maintenance worker for almost all his life. Eddie was a caring and compassionate man but he did not show these emotions. Eddie was 83 years old when he died attempting to save a little girl from a falling rollercoaster cart. Eddie thought his life was a waste. He is sad, bitter, depressed, lonely and regrets his life. Eddie had a rough childhood and he went to war where he eluded death and got injured. He died and went to Heaven where he met five people who helped him understand his life and appreciate it. II. Describe the conflict of your book (Include whether it is an internal conflict, external conflict or both. Support your claim). There were many conflicts in this novel, but the most important was an internal conflict. Eddie lived most of his life at Ruby Pier. He never went anywhere except when he was at war. E ddie dies believing that his life was not worth anything...
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...the abolition of slavery. Lincoln articulates the cause of the war, slavery, in the saying “These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war”. Throughout the speech, he outlines American slavery as the harrowing offense that God wills to remove for the well-being and future of slaves. Lincoln insinuated to the common base the North and the South share, particularly religiously, as he asserts “Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God.” Lincoln amplifies his speech by using allusions from the Bible, such as, “The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether” and “Woe unto the world because of offenses.” These moral citations associated the Union with the Confederacy, recalling them of their mutual principles and spiritual intentions. With the endorsement of these quotes, Lincoln aimed to establish a sense of national...
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...I never thought that the day would come when we would stand as “Kings among Kings.” No individuality, no selfishness, no color, no regrets, no anger, no disagreements, no pain, no shame and lots of hope. I never thought that “one million plus” strong black men could dare to come together from all over the United States with one purpose and one passion; atonement and reconciliation. Black October, The Missing Moment occurred in Washington, D.C. on October 16, 1995. This was a mission called Million Man March; led by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, of the Nation of Islam; on the National Mall. WE (Black Men) were all equal leaders that day of the original Million Man March. It was a significant moment in African American history, a “Missing Moment.” History has shown us time and time again that true change engages momentum when we experience a “defining moment.” As we continue to embrace the “defining moment” changes are destined to occur without much additional effort and progress will be realized. It is at this time we can look back and call the change that occurred as a defining moment, a pivotal moment, “Black October - The Missing Moment”...
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...wife of an Army officer.” In this sense, she has been immediately defined by her marital status and by her European name. The article does, to its credit, add later that her “Indian name” is Zitkala-Sa – other newspaper clippings I found did not even do that – but the phrasing makes it seem like Gertrude Bonnin, née Simmons, is her true name, and the name “Zitkala-Sa” is a side note. It might simply be to identify her to a white readership, but it raises the question that I intend to research further: how much did Zitkala-Sa herself come to accept her European name, and with it, her American identity? Her writings discuss her reconciliation with her Indian identity, but not with her American one. In her activism, she could have insisted on being called Zitkala-Sa, seeing how, according to her writings, most, if not all, of her “Americanness” had been forced upon her. Perhaps she chose not to, accepting her European name as a way to forge an inroad with audiences that might not accept her under the name “Zitkala-Sa,” similarly to how female academic writers during the time would have to publish under male pseudonyms to gain any...
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...National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) in 1944. He organized boycotts and strikes to fight for voting rights and equality for black South Africans. In 1956, Mandela was arrested for treason. The ANC was banned in South Africa in 1960. In 1964, Mandela was sentenced to life in prison for fighting apartheid. After spending 27 years in prison, Mandela was released in 1990. Upon his release, Mandela worked to repeal apartness and stop the growing violence in South Africa. He also helped establish multiracial elections which would occur in 1994. For his work, Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. In 1994, South Africa held its first truly democratic, non-racial election and chose Nelson Mandela as its president. Mandela championed reconciliation, the peaceful resolution of grievances after decades of repressive laws against black South Africans. Without Mandela's guidance, South Africa might have lapsed into a bloody civil war. Nelson Mandela died on 5 December 2013, at the age of 95. He died because of lung infection after a long illness. He spent his entire life working for equality...
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