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m | Amendments to the easement law which went into effect in January of 2011 states that “the nonagricultural qualities that will be protected by the easement are inherent to the easement property”, meaning that non-agricultural qualities such as open space character may also be taken into account. If the landowner donate... | 33 | English | female | Bachelor's | Lab tech | N,N,N,N,N |
m | Excessive rangeland vegetation (especially annuals) degrades the habitat through shading and resulting litter accumulation, as well as dense vegetation inhibiting the lizards' mobility and disrupting their camouflage. Human caused habitat loss, primarily from conversion of rangeland to agricultural use, collecting fo... | 33 | English | female | Bachelor's | Lab tech | N,N,N,N,N |
m | In recent years, more and more people have become interested in preventing extinction of plants and animals and maintaining the health of the environment, both for reasons of personal interest and because ecosystems provide many valuable services to humans (providing oxygen and fresh water, clean air, etc.). There are... | 33 | English | female | Bachelor's | Lab tech | N,N,N,N,N |
m | A 2003 capture study in southeastern Colorado found that lizards were active at air temperatures of 21 to 42oC (average 30oC) with the greatest number captured between 29 to 31oC. The study also found that the dominant cover types were grasses (46%) and bare ground (43%). The remaining cover came from litter (5%), fo... | 33 | English | female | Bachelor's | Lab tech | N,N,N,N,N |
m | This would require some other preparations like handraising or otherwise habituating the animals to people so they wouldn't be totally stressed out by being moved in and out of the enclosures. Handraising them would also allow them to be fed the target grass species from a young age to hopefully influence their food ch... | 33 | English | female | Bachelor's | Lab tech | N,N,N,N,N |
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Additionally looking at the grassland area on the USDA Web Soil Survey website it appears that much of the area is made up of Diablo-Olivenhain complex (clay and cobbly loam) with 9 to 30 percent slope; the adjacent hillsides are largely fine sandy loam with 30 to 70 percent slope. In this picture the oval on the left... | 33 | English | female | Bachelor's | Lab tech | N,N,N,N,N |
m | Characteristic plant species include Stipa, Artemisia, and Festuca species. Native animals include many species of rodents (voles, mice, lemmings) wolves, foxes, polecats, and the critically endangered saiga antelope. Bodies of water in the steppe are important migratory stops for birds. Some of the rare bird species ... | 33 | English | female | Bachelor's | Lab tech | N,N,N,N,N |
m | However, upon further investigation, it appears that San Diego County has placed a moratorium on new Williamson Act contracts due to not receiving as much money as expected from the state to compensate for the decrease in property taxes.
Landowners in rural San Diego County have many options to use their property fo... | 33 | English | female | Bachelor's | Lab tech | N,N,N,N,N |
m | The farmer must then keep abreast of changes to the program, and can obtain information about regulations and compliance, using the Plan Handbook which is downloadable for free from the USDA's website.
As described in the Introduction, many of the species likely to be living in the Potrero area fall into the Wildlife I... | 33 | English | female | Bachelor's | Lab tech | N,N,N,N,N |
y | The church performed Santeria rituals, including those involving animal sacrifice, and the city enacted health codes to stop the practice, as a guise for outlawing the church outright. In Hialeah, the city’s intent was clear: the ordinances were found to pertain specifically to the ritualistic practices of the church.
... | 34 | English | female | JD/Law degree | Attorney | N,N,N,N,N |
y | If a negotiation is suffering due to a stereotype, especially one regarding an attribute as immutable as gender or race, then the target of the stereotype needs to be strong enough to remove themselves from the negotiation, rather than forging ahead at all cost.
Up to the late twentieth century, surrogacy without ph... | 34 | English | female | JD/Law degree | Attorney | N,N,N,N,N |
y | From their story, it seems that Sarai (later called Sarah) and Abraham were willing to do whatever it took to have children, including the use of Hagar, Sarai’s maid, as a traditional surrogate. In other words, surrogacy is nothing new.
One of the newer trends in surrogacy legislation is using vital records to track... | 34 | English | female | JD/Law degree | Attorney | N,N,N,N,N |
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Culture plays a significant role in any negotiation. Culture can be defined as much by what it is not as what it actually is and what it signifies. Culture is not homogenous, nor is it a specific thing. It is also not singular or uniform. Statements such as “all Russians are stubborn” or “all Japanese are accommodatin... | 34 | English | female | JD/Law degree | Attorney | N,N,N,N,N |
y | Cultures produce atypical personalities without exception, and woe to the negotiator who does not anticipate both potential situations. It is indeed a fine line to walk in terms of sussing out your opponent’s tactics, but gaining appreciation for an individual’s values within the scope of his culture (both national and... | 34 | English | female | JD/Law degree | Attorney | N,N,N,N,N |
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However, by removing a surrogate’s right to be compensated, she is in fact, exploited. Women are socialized in Western civilization to be inherently altruistic, placing the needs of others before their own. When confronted with the potential to be a surrogate for a family member, a woman may feel greater obligation t... | 34 | English | female | JD/Law degree | Attorney | N,N,N,N,N |
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Yesterday morning I woke up feeling like I’d been run over by a Mack truck. Even though I’d slept about 7 hours, I felt like I hadn’t had any sleep at all. The morning was easy - I got Jedi Girl off to school and then Jedi Baby and I hung out on the couch watching Dora The Explorer. (I must admit, I dozed a little.... | 34 | English | female | JD/Law degree | Attorney | N,N,N,N,N |
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Still problematic within this construct is the Law of Placing. In a severely patriarchal hierarchy such as the FLDS, a minor girl might not be able to express a right of refusal to marry if her father or the elders or prophet within the church decides she is to enter into an arranged marriage. Expansion of the ongoin... | 34 | English | female | JD/Law degree | Attorney | N,N,N,N,N |
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It also seems that surrogacy is embraced by a growing portion of society. There are open discussion fora on the Internet for both surrogates and those who are researching the process. There are also children’s books on the subject, including Hope and Will Have a Baby and The Kangaroo Pouch. These books can be used ... | 34 | English | female | JD/Law degree | Attorney | N,N,N,N,N |
y | California in particular has had significant influence on the rights of homosexuals in general, and specifically became the latest state to recognize the individual rights, respect and dignity of homosexuals, and to afford protection from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Plural marriage was also se... | 34 | English | female | JD/Law degree | Attorney | N,N,N,N,N |
y | Further, social stigma against surrogacy has eroded, so the time is ripe for codifying that which is already happening. If the goal of the state is to ensure the health, safety and welfare of its citizens, its protection should not be second-guessed in this arena.
Since it is the service of pregnancy that is being ... | 34 | English | female | JD/Law degree | Attorney | N,N,N,N,N |
y | Since family codes now actively work toward offering a level playing field for all children regardless of their parents’ marital status, and apply a “best interest” standard when making decisions for all children, it seems incongruous to apply a different standard to something as important as a vital record.
Furthe... | 34 | English | female | JD/Law degree | Attorney | N,N,N,N,N |
y | In doing so, citizens are empowered with a clear understanding of their rights and government is removed from any unnecessary intrusion into the private lives of the citizenry. By normalizing that which is now seen, at least by some, as deviant or strange, we can allow for greater freedom, understanding, diversity and ... | 34 | English | female | JD/Law degree | Attorney | N,N,N,N,N |
y | If a surrogate is lucky, her jurisdiction has comprehensive legislation which covers her rights and responsibilities, as well as those of the intended parents, such as Illinois or Texas. For example, the Illinois Gestational Carrier Act states specifically what is and what is not allowed, and the circumstances under w... | 34 | English | female | JD/Law degree | Attorney | N,N,N,N,N |
hh | I have always been a sort of a “daddy’s girl”. He would take me on motorcycle trips and let me go with him and my brother on racing events. I used to rollerblade in the shop showroom with my best friend when I was young. Looking back I can’t believe that he allowed me to do that! How that must have affected his bu... | 28 | English | female | Bachelor of Arts | Housewife | N,N,N,N,N |
hh | Its focus is clearly to evangelize to those who are not saved and in peril and suffering. It is the testimony of one girl who experienced everything hellish a young teenager could but then was converted to Christ through a Teen Challenge ministry. The article has a strong appeal to women who are being abused, on drug... | 28 | English | female | Bachelor of Arts | Housewife | N,N,N,N,N |
hh | The account of the flood might have split, like a fork in the road, down two separate paths: the first path is of peganistic cultures who serve more than one deity, and the second path was the monotheistic culture since the time of Abraham.
The flood story in Gilgamesh and the biblical account of Noah and the flood ... | 28 | English | female | Bachelor of Arts | Housewife | N,N,N,N,N |
hh | Because of my natural ability to adapt easy, I surmise that I interact with peoples of other cultures very well. And also I do not interact well with people of my own culture. I might interact well with missionaries and travelers; but with most mid-western peoples who are through and through ‘red, white, and blue’ I... | 28 | English | female | Bachelor of Arts | Housewife | N,N,N,N,N |
hh | He often goes off on tangents and then will abrasively recover from them- all the while using improper grammar. At the conclusion of the article he states, “Back to where we began. Isolation. Its pain and its hurt [sic]” (7). He tries to conclude with the theme of isolation but it doesn’t really fit the true and in... | 28 | English | female | Bachelor of Arts | Housewife | N,N,N,N,N |
hh | This mission is carried out through publishing inspirational features that focus on contemporary issues, biblical instruction and devotional guides, Christian news, and conversation pieces with Christian believers. More than 17, 000 individuals have reported making commitments to Jesus since 1997 through reading the ... | 28 | English | female | Bachelor of Arts | Housewife | N,N,N,N,N |
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In twenty years time, TPE has changed dramatically. In fact, it has changed so dramatically that its very purpose in production and mission has changed. Their current mission statement is:
It is interesting to note that in their mission they use such a broad term as “inspirational features”. Their target audienc... | 28 | English | female | Bachelor of Arts | Housewife | N,N,N,N,N |
hh | I have become molded and shaped so rapidly these past few years it’s hard to place it. I am married to a Filipino. Because of this I do not consider myself as a “missionary” because living in the Philippines is not my mission; it is my home. I started my acculturation when I was fourteen on a mission’s trip as stat... | 28 | English | female | Bachelor of Arts | Housewife | N,N,N,N,N |
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How are you, my reader, affecting those around you according to your culture? How is your country affecting other cultures? If we, the Christian subculture of America do not learn how to shift and change with the tide of culture we are in a dangerous place of loosing our effectiveness on society. I hope that you, ... | 28 | English | female | Bachelor of Arts | Housewife | N,N,N,N,N |
hh | It is true that Muslims are a very devout people; they are devout to their religion and to their cause. But the lie behind their cause is that Muhammad himself took people by force. And for anyone to believe that Islam is not a hostile religion is foolish. They truly believe in Jihad, and people, America especially... | 28 | English | female | Bachelor of Arts | Housewife | N,N,N,N,N |
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A couple of pages later Noll remarks about a platform made by other researchers that says, “evangelicals—bereft of self-criticism, intellectual subtlety, or an awareness of complexity—are blown about by every wind of apocalyptic speculation and enslaved to the cruder spirits of populist science.” (Noll, 14) Yes! Ye... | 28 | English | female | Bachelor of Arts | Housewife | N,N,N,N,N |
hh | “Burke was convinced that the ultimate motivation of all public speaking is to purge ourselves of an ever-present, all-inclusive sense of guilt [sic]” (332).
It is Sunday night at a small, rural, Assemblies of God church. The Holy Spirit is moving and for the length of the entire service the congregants have been ... | 28 | English | female | Bachelor of Arts | Housewife | N,N,N,N,N |
hh | What?! Honestly, what?! I can’t understand it when read by its meaning (scandal). The cross was a disgrace against public morality? In the sense that Jesus’ own people turned against him and hung him, tortured him, maybe so. But it was in fact that exact action that saved humankind; it is the point that Jesus wa... | 28 | English | female | Bachelor of Arts | Housewife | N,N,N,N,N |
hh | Many of the articles are lengthier than its 2007 counterpart and there are less pictures and advertisements in the 1987 edition as well. Numerous authors failed to have a focused article. They often strayed on tangents of topics concerning whatever platform they were passionate about. One such author, R.L. Dresselha... | 28 | English | female | Bachelor of Arts | Housewife | N,N,N,N,N |
hh | My generation of girls became so fixed with waiting that we identified ourselves with finding the right man.
Starting my years at Central Bible College was wonderful. Why CBC? Well, I was taught that if I were to be a missionary I should consider a Bible College instead of a secular college. That thinking is a dir... | 28 | English | female | Bachelor of Arts | Housewife | N,N,N,N,N |
hh | My goal is to discuss and come to a theory of why the Story of the Flood found in Gilgamesh similarly compares to the Biblical Noah account.
The Noah account of the flood can be found in Genesis 6:9-9:28 of the Old Testament. Herbert Wolf, author of An Introduction to the Old Testament Pentateuch, writes, “The firs... | 28 | English | female | Bachelor of Arts | Housewife | N,N,N,N,N |
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Almost four years ago I took a course in Islam at CBC. One of the main topics of heated discussion in the class was whether or not Islam is a hostile religion. I believe that the question is even more relevant today than ever before. Looking back on the events since 9/11 I have personally observed mass media go fr... | 28 | English | female | Bachelor of Arts | Housewife | N,N,N,N,N |
hh | Although this research did find two specific instances where Burke’s guilt-redemption cycle applied to the text, the theory itself may not be the best choice in further study concerning Pentecostal language in Today’s Pentecostal Evangel. Perhaps a more appropriate theory would be social movement or a more specific wo... | 28 | English | female | Bachelor of Arts | Housewife | N,N,N,N,N |
hh | But this is not his only angle. He then transitions very abruptly into a defensive style of writing concerning his own personal use of up-beat music.
So while he condemns rock and roll he defends his use of up-beat music and all in the name of God. This is also a form of the guilt-redemption cycle Kenneth Burke th... | 28 | English | female | Bachelor of Arts | Housewife | N,N,N,N,N |
hh | His writing style remains the same; he used a biblical passage to go into a platform that is loosely related. He used the miracle of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead to talk about fear of dying. This time Dresselhaus is more bold in his ‘how-to’ style of writing and clearly states that if a person were to follow ... | 28 | English | female | Bachelor of Arts | Housewife | N,N,N,N,N |
h | Any improvements to a country's health information system, while expensive up-front, will make provider monitoring much easier later on. It is recommended that Namibia set up a national health information system before implementing a pay for performance model.
In addition, the desired outcomes and targets must be de... | 31 | English | male | pursuing a Master's of Public Health | student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
h | In addition, According to N Hakamies, “Although material and human resources are significant constraints on agencies, the main challenge is to tackle ideological, managerial and policy barriers, and those related to donor influence.” Finding funding for family planning services continues to prove difficult for NGOs, ... | 31 | English | male | pursuing a Master's of Public Health | student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
h | There are many ways in which a scheme can often become a financial disaster. Firstly, when rural insurance is developed, the risk pools the insurance organize from are often smaller, leading to a decreased risk pool. This puts the insurance organization at an immediate disadvantage, as the ability to pay out for all... | 31 | English | male | pursuing a Master's of Public Health | student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
h | Other frequent interventions to halt the spread of communicable diseases include vector control, sanitation and waste disposal, and the provision of safe food, in the hopes that those services will ease the spread of disease.
In armed conflicts that interrupt infrastructure and displace citizens, the first goal of ... | 31 | English | male | pursuing a Master's of Public Health | student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
h | That being said, there are some pitfalls of the pay for performance model that should be considered in the implementation phase of an HIV/AIDS-based bonus model in Namibia in order to be successful.
Firstly, it is important that the performance measures that are rewarded are 1) based on research done on current level... | 31 | English | male | pursuing a Master's of Public Health | student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
h | In addition, the only aid group they allowed to enter the region was the ICRC. For these reasons, it was clear that they needed the mobility the MHUs afforded them to ensure basic services were offered to as many citizens in the occupied areas as possible.
The point above is reiterated multiple times in Du Mortier... | 31 | English | male | pursuing a Master's of Public Health | student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
h |
Equity in healthcare refers to the even distribution of access and services across a given group. Inequality and inequity are not necessarily the same thing. If inequality, among say the rich and the poor are due to financial or time constraints (i.e. the poor cannot afford certain services) it can be said that it... | 31 | English | male | pursuing a Master's of Public Health | student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
h | Before discussing the relationship between equity and efficiency, it is important to discern between the three types of efficiency:
Technical efficiency is maximizing outputs based on a given level of resources by ensuring the proper mix of resources (vaccines, equipment, drugs, and so on).
Economic efficiency consist... | 31 | English | male | pursuing a Master's of Public Health | student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
h | Was this situation an aberration, or can health status continue to improve event during armed conflict within a country? Devkota and Teijlingen think that the lessons learned by analyzing Nepal's approach towards health systems during civil war can indeed be applied elsewhere, and for good reason. At the end of the ... | 31 | English | male | pursuing a Master's of Public Health | student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
h | In addition, service-specific strategies mean healthcare professionals can be trained or separately for multiple different vertical programs, reducing the time available to treat patients. As can be seen vertical programs cause redundancies that often lead to a decrease in health sector efficiency.
Health system res... | 31 | English | male | pursuing a Master's of Public Health | student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
h | Nepal was embroiled in a bloody civil war from 1996 until 2006. Surprisingly, however, they are still on track to meet 16 of the 19 Millennium Development Goals by 2015. While they are unlikely to meet the reproductive health targets, some of the goals Nepal is on track to meet include under-five and maternal mortal... | 31 | English | male | pursuing a Master's of Public Health | student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
h | This support often is vertical and often doesn't take the full IDP situation into account. In fact, over 50% of African countries did not mention their IDPs in their HIV National Strategic Plans and Global Fund proposals indicating a lack of awareness of the need to build capacity for this portion of the population ... | 31 | English | male | pursuing a Master's of Public Health | student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
h | What is so intriguing about is the fact that during a ten year conflict within the country from 1996-2006, there was improvement in 16 of 19 Millennium Development Goals at the same time. This goes against traditional thinking, that during conflict health indicators will regress. Are there lessons that can be take... | 31 | English | male | pursuing a Master's of Public Health | student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
h | Firstly, when developing a plan, it is important for the donors and those implementing the project to look to success stories to see what can be learned. There are plenty of cases of successful projects, perhaps most notably the development of community-based health insurance into the national healthcare financing pl... | 31 | English | male | pursuing a Master's of Public Health | student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
h | As IDP camps tend to be located in remote, marginal areas, there typically is no easy supply route to avoid stock outs. In Iraq in 2006, for example, only about 30% of clinics reported an adequate supply of essential drugs.
A second major issue, and one that has long-term post-conflict implications, is of doctor... | 31 | English | male | pursuing a Master's of Public Health | student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
h |
The rate of neonatal and infant mortality in Indonesia remained rather static for the last ten years. While the country is on track to meet many of the Millennium Development Goals, such as the water and sanitation targets, the rates of improvement for child and maternal health are woefully short of the improvements... | 31 | English | male | pursuing a Master's of Public Health | student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
h | As stated by Du Mortier and Coninx:
Du Mortier and Coninx go on to say that in their experience, patients will likely refuse transport to a clinic due to fears about where they are going and their ability to return to their families, but the option to receive further treatment is important for the clinic to be vie... | 31 | English | male | pursuing a Master's of Public Health | student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
h |
Between 2000 and 2006 there were 30 communicable disease outbreaks in 14 different conflict-affected countries, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ebola, Marburg, monkeypox, cholera, plague) and the Sudan (meningitis, relapsing fever, hepatitis E, ebola, cholera). The most common diseases in the Sudan ... | 31 | English | male | pursuing a Master's of Public Health | student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
ff | The pianist represents the woman who is stronger than Edna, able to “soar above…tradition and prejudice.” Indeed, about Riesz, Arobin says, “I’ve heard she’s partially demented.” Edna replies, “She seems to me wonderfully sane” (106). Edna finally decides that she will never be happy in a life role that “feed[s] up... | 41 | English | male | Bachelor Arts | Tutor | N,N,N,N,N |
ff | Therefore, she gets no support from her husband in her endeavor to deviate from social norms. Finally, the narrator connects Edna’s awakening to her act of inhabiting a separate house:
The narrator previously makes an overt reference to the “law of society” (29), for something as trivial as how to wear... | 41 | English | male | Bachelor Arts | Tutor | N,N,N,N,N |
ff | She’d rather flagrantly flout convention and make no shrewd plans or excuses for herself. The narrator presents us with the result of an awakening that combines awareness with rebellion. We are told that Edna is “casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world”... | 41 | English | male | Bachelor Arts | Tutor | N,N,N,N,N |
ff | In fact, the figure we call “Jesus” actually had a name during his own life that was pronounced “Yeshua.” Even the changing of his name became established and passed on.
Much of the conflict within Christianity in the following centuries centered around the authority of the church institution and the pope, and... | 41 | English | male | Bachelor Arts | Tutor | N,N,N,N,N |
ff | This seems to verify the symbolism in Edna’s acts of visiting resorts, and the tropical oceanic environment of the Gulf Coast seems to be the catalyst of her awakening. She figuratively likens herself to a bound vessel freed to “drift” the ocean (56). (I assume the narrator is relating Edna’s metaphor).
Adel... | 41 | English | male | Bachelor Arts | Tutor | N,N,N,N,N |
ff | The figure we now call Jesus gathered a following of Jews, who would later call themselves followers of “The Way.” From 30 – 50 C.E., the twenty years following the execution of Jesus by the Romans for sedition, there formed a new sect within the synagogue of Jews, the Nazarenes. The Nazarenes accepted non-Jews into... | 41 | English | male | Bachelor Arts | Tutor | N,N,N,N,N |
ff | Paul also laid the groundwork for a doctrine further developed and spread by John Calvin in the sixteenth century: Predestination. This thinking also survives widely today, and holds that everyone is born with no choice about where they are headed in an afterlife—that the elect have been selected for heaven and othe... | 41 | English | male | Bachelor Arts | Tutor | N,N,N,N,N |
ff | The separation between Edna and her husband and therein between Edna and popular convention as well, is represented by her moving into her own house, but the most symbolic act of her rejection of the status quo occurs after dinner one night. Edna throws her wedding ring to the floor and earnestly tries to crus... | 41 | English | male | Bachelor Arts | Tutor | N,N,N,N,N |
ff | There are a great many examples throughout the Bible, but the bottom line is that Christianity has never had a problem with downplaying ideas even though they exist in scripture. In fact, the books called Maccabees are a part of Catholic bibles but don’t exist in Protestant ones. Also, the book Song of Songs is a pa... | 41 | English | male | Bachelor Arts | Tutor | N,N,N,N,N |
ff | Both works of literature contain representations of identity that the protagonists explore, respectively, through conflict.
Mademoiselle Riesz represents a working rejection of convention, a portrait of the Edna that could be should she defy the role of devoted mother and wife which is expected of her. Part... | 41 | English | male | Bachelor Arts | Tutor | N,N,N,N,N |
ff | It is fair to mention that Eastern Orthodox Christianity did break away from Catholicism and therefore Protestantism as well, as early as 1054 C.E., officially. One of the dividing issues was Eastern Christianity’s emphasis on personal deification in contrast to Western Christianity’s emphasis on atonement and salvat... | 41 | English | male | Bachelor Arts | Tutor | N,N,N,N,N |
ff | He did say that to become righteous could be difficult (such as for the rich), and that some would not succeed at it, but not that it is completely out of our hands.
Undoubtedly, there were already Christians in history, just as there are some considered “liberal” today, who argued for and currently contend for... | 41 | English | male | Bachelor Arts | Tutor | N,N,N,N,N |
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The teachings of Jesus and the beliefs he held during his lifetime were immediately left behind in the development of Christian thought that moved forward after his life. If we look at this history in broad strokes, we see a trend of Christianity straying farther and farther from its origin. It seems that tod... | 41 | English | male | Bachelor Arts | Tutor | N,N,N,N,N |
ff | He readily buys into the state of mind that scouts are physical go-getters, men who can survive in any element. These are people who master life, and are esteemed by others (this means girls, too). The manual equates scout attitude with prosperity, specifically American-style prosperity. Although much of adolescenc... | 41 | English | male | Bachelor Arts | Tutor | N,N,N,N,N |
tt | When Pentecostalism struck the movement came in two waves: Pentecostalism and Neo-Pentecostalism (New Pentecostalism). Each had its own leaders and founders to establish it as a new movement.
Wesley wrote A Plain Account of Christian Perfection and it is eleven observances on the doctrine of second definite work of G... | 28 | English | male | Post Grad | Teacher | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
tt | She is the only character with the insight to see the future and the ability to change it. The south could only be saved if it were to accept both African Americans and women. Dilsey is the unification of the south, African Americans, and women. Dilsey is the only choice for a savior in the novel.
Dilsey is the only ... | 28 | English | male | Post Grad | Teacher | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
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Dream-land is one of Edgar Allan Poe’s self-proclaimed better poems. In “Dream-Land” Poe uses the term “Thulé” in lines 6 and 56 which Mabbott traces back to Virgil. Virgil used the term in reference to an island north of Britain which the Greeks considered the edge of the known world. It is certain that Virgil did u... | 28 | English | male | Post Grad | Teacher | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
tt | The effect of Faulkner’s form is that of a Rubik’s Cube, there are many different sides of the novel that line up based upon how you manipulate the story. Time and Memory are the two central pieces that drive every other theme in the story.
The best way to dissect the methodology of the form is to separate the opposi... | 28 | English | male | Post Grad | Teacher | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
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Poe was exposed to the works of Gothe and the similarity between Goethe’s “The King of Thule” and Poe’s “Dream-Land” should not be over looked. “The King of Thule” provides a wonderful back drop to “Dream-Land”.
Many of us have seen World War II films; some of us were alive to experience it. The bravery and fearles... | 28 | English | male | Post Grad | Teacher | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
tt | Martin Luther eventually decided to separate from the church in the early 1600’s and start his own sect of religion. It is not my place to decide if he did the right thing based on his circumstances, but I cannot say that I would have done differently. What I can and must say is that this was the beginning of the innum... | 28 | English | male | Post Grad | Teacher | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
tt | He invested so much of himself within the ideology that it was easier for him to take his own life than to progress past the idea.
The individual flow of time is an important note on each of the characters understanding of life. However Faulkner added another element of time to the story that changes and develops the ... | 28 | English | male | Post Grad | Teacher | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
tt | Poe, for one, is so commonly replicated in television shows that it is almost not worth mentioning. In his article His affect on cinema is one of the most interesting things to note. Entire movies have been constructed from themes and characters that he created. Some of the better movies have adapted ideas and characte... | 28 | English | male | Post Grad | Teacher | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
tt | They taught of the moment of miracle, financial healings, faith as a power, spiritual warfare, anti-intellectual, and involved with new revelations (which could not necessarily be proven). Branham was viewed to be the prophet of the Neo-Pentecostal generation. At the same time however he prophesied some things such as:... | 28 | English | male | Post Grad | Teacher | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
tt | This text was written during the reign of the grandson of Owain son of Urien or also known as Owain Gwynedd. This would be the reason for the glorification of Owain over Arthur. This is the reason that Owain would be able to defeat Arthur, the great warrior king, in a game of strategy. It was not an insult to Arthur so... | 28 | English | male | Post Grad | Teacher | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
tt | Most critics hold to the time somewhere around early 1200s because of the naming of Owain and some of the other characters. This dating of the text would make The Dream of Rhonabwy the latest addition to be included in the finalized Mabanogion. This dating of the text would also put The Dream of Rhonabwy in the time wh... | 28 | English | male | Post Grad | Teacher | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
tt | In all the description of the warriors there is no description of their armor, only the clothes and scarves.
Rhonabwy and his guide get to Baddon hill, the site of Arthur’s most famous battle. Arthur is sitting aside Bedwini the Bishop, who witnessed Arthur pull the sword from the stone. The only problem with them be... | 28 | English | male | Post Grad | Teacher | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
tt | The clues are properly spread throughout the story but the reader may not pick up on all of the meaning until the detective reveals all. Dupin gives a reveal in each of the detective tales but there is a moment of revelation in almost every Poe story. Cooney echo’s this theme in the movie; however, he adds more than on... | 28 | English | male | Post Grad | Teacher | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
tt | Quentin loses all hope in the future and in turn drives himself to the point of suicide. Dilsey, in stark contrast, is characterized by the Christian values of faith, hope and love. Her section takes place on Sunday and is charged with Christian images and the idea of forgiveness and rebirth. Quentin’s section was a do... | 28 | English | male | Post Grad | Teacher | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
tt | Each of these characters play their part of Cooney’s interpretation of the human psychological makeup.
Cooney takes the idea of a psychological detective story from Poe’s work “The Mystery of Marie Roget”.
Similarly in Cooney’s movie there is very little happening in the real world, all of the action is taking place i... | 28 | English | male | Post Grad | Teacher | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
tt | In this alter call he began praying/prophesying over everyone, and as he progressed in the prayer line he found himself standing in front of a larger black lady. He stops for a moment puts his quarter folded hanky over his mouth and looks intently into her eyes. As he spoke to her this lady broke down and began to cry,... | 28 | English | male | Post Grad | Teacher | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
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From this point, I can use a fake Facebook profile I’ve created to add her (A few friendly tips: browse Mafia Wars and Farmville groups, you’ll find hundreds of people advertising themselves for friends in an attempt to gain more ‘neighbors’ or ‘mobsters’, and at first glance, anybody will think you simply have 400 l... | 23 | English | male | Some college | Student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
l | This only serves to perpetuate negative stereotypes, portraying Americans as overweight slobs who live and die on their sofa-beds, their only physical activity being a button press to change channels. This is a baseless lie. Of course exceptions exist, but the unified image of an entire nation of people into a simple ... | 23 | English | male | Some college | Student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
l | They continue to become less and less a tool of democracy to govern and appease the people than they develop into a lobbying tool used to pad the pockets of big-business leaders. They also begin to heavily influence media and news outlets, which forces those institutions who wish to stay in business to ignore scandalou... | 23 | English | male | Some college | Student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
l | The shadow-journalists hired by the government’s PR department were led on a three-hour staged tour through the premises of three prison camps, including Camp Delta, Camp V, and Camp X-Ray. The result of these guided tours: a bevy of positive spin within the mainstream media outlets, and major television broadcasts tha... | 23 | English | male | Some college | Student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
l | I will take my future into my own hands and shape it according to my own high standards, never again feeling like a slave to the claustrophobic, monotonous nightmare of high school.
“It’s pretty hard to live when someone steals your identity and cleans out your bank account.”
If I so desired, I could ruin your life. ... | 23 | English | male | Some college | Student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
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The standard misconception of equating a typical high school experience with post-schooling success is an exercise in flawed logic. When a student feels unmotivated by the offered curriculum, it should be the duty of his counselor to help him seek new avenues of expression and education. This is not merely a hypotheti... | 23 | English | male | Some college | Student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
l | It begins the moment that complacency takes over and it becomes unreasonable to be emotionally, mentally, or physically invested in the world that exists beyond the mall doors.
Step 1: Exterminate every single living teenager in the world (for maximum efficiency, substitute the word ‘world’ with ‘universe’).
Step 2: ... | 23 | English | male | Some college | Student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
l | I have been able to scientifically establish that they are so shallow and ignorant that they honestly cannot handle the responsibility of taking any meaning out of a story that isn’t neatly handed to them on a silver platter. Ambiguity, obscurity, irony, innuendo; these are devices used by clever and intelligent writer... | 23 | English | male | Some college | Student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
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According to the nation’s top scientists (as seen on PBS’ Pulitzer Prize winning ‘Inside the Teenage Brain’), the teenage state is nothing more than another stage of child development. While a child is in the womb, he or she undergoes substantial changes of brain development at an incredibly rapid pace. This phenomeno... | 23 | English | male | Some college | Student | Y,Y,Y,Y,Y |
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