➢ Christianity: a story-formed community Like the rabbits in Watership Down‚ Christian communities are “story-formed communities” because Christians are people who have been and are being formed by the stories of the Scriptures that culminate in the story of Jesus ➢ Scripture: a community-formed text The converse is also true: the Scriptures are “community formed texts.” The Scriptures were formed out of communal experiences of God that were “handed over” (traditio) from one generation
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trying to grope for answers in an ever changing environment‚ the light at the end of the tunnel seems far away and a dim one at that. Regardless of the concepts that will or will not be around three years from now‚ one thing is certain‚ the degree of COMPLEXITY is increasing by the day. Healthcare Payors are facing the following points of pain: 1. Managing increasing medical costs and balancing customer satisfaction 2. Reducing operating back-office costs 3. Complying with HIPAA standards
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Compton‚ S.G. & Hawkins‚ B.A. (1992). African fig wasp communities: under saturation and latitudinal gradients in species richness. .Journal of Animal Ecology. 61: 361–372. Cornell‚ H. V. (1985). Local and regional richness of Cynipine gall wasps on California oaks. Ecology. 66: 1247–1260. Cornell‚ H.V. (1999). Unsaturation and regional influences on species richness in ecological communities: a review of the evidence. Eco-science. 6:303–315 Cornell‚ H Cornell‚ H.V.‚ Hughes‚ T.P. & Karlson
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The cooperative movement in Kenya and its potential for enhancement of ICT livelihoods By Samson O. Gunga‚ Chair of Department of Educational Foundations‚ University of Nairobi‚ Kenya‚ e-mail: gungasamson@yahoo.co.uk ABSTRACT The viability of ICT for the enhancement of human livelihoods is an idea that needs no overemphasis. The potential of ICT in the improvement of lives is a human-given that is yet to be fully realized in developing countries in general and Kenya in particular. One of the major
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Imploding the Miranda Complex in Julia Alvarez’s How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Jennifer Bess The article of Jennifer Bess who is an assistant professor of Peace Studies at Coucher College in Baltimore‚ Maryland‚ starts with a quotation from Alice Walker’ s book The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart: A diary like this‚ with so many blank pages‚ seems to reflect a life permeated with gaps‚ an existence full of holes. But perhaps that is what happens when one’s experience
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PDF hosted at the Radboud Repository of the Radboud University Nijmegen This full text is a publisher ’s version. For additional information about this publication click this link. [http://hdl.handle.net/2066/19547] Please be advised that this information was generated on 2012-12-04 and may be subject to change. Communication and Collaboration in Virtual Teams Did we get the message? Gaby Rasters 2004 Copyright: 2004 by Gaby Rasters Cover design by H.T.L Janssen ISBN: 90-9018652-2
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DCA funds supported IATI Theater’s "Todo Vanguadia Mainstage Series" of 5 Latino plays that represented our mission to highlight the complexity & contradictions‚ richness & depth‚ the wonders & cruel radiance of the myriad experiences among Caribbean & Latin American cultures. All 5 plays were presented at our newly renovated theater space in the Lower East Side. It was a total of 55 performances in our 50-seat performance space‚ to a total audience of 2‚932 people‚ at the easily accessible prices
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changing world‚ and a capability that is relatively rare in the business environment. The ‘strategic leader’ is an expert professional practice or role with a certain (high) level of managerial competency and complexity in leading others. Two quotes will serve here to give a flavour of the complexity of the role. The first reflects the common‚ limited view of strategic leadership…‚ “… a substantial influence on the effectiveness of an organization.” Gary Yukl‚ Leadership in Organizations the second
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channel for each circumstance can mean the difference between the success and failure of a communication attempt. The textbook‚ Organizational Behavior‚ Fourteenth Edition‚ Chapter 11‚ (Robbins‚ 2011) displays ten Communication Channels‚ discusses the richness and leanness between those channels‚ and gives suggestions on how to choose the correct method for different situations. This paper will discuss three communication scenarios and one person’s opinion on the best communication channel to use for each
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In Chinua Achebe’s acclaimed novel‚ Things Fall Apart‚ there are various themes which make up the complexity and richness of the story. Although it is a work of fiction‚ Achebe touches upon contemporary issues involving Africa and colonialism. Colonialism is defined as political control over another country. Often this means exploiting its resources and tampering with the precious culture of the people. Post-colonial Africa is still trying to recover‚ by trying to adapt a mindset of what it truly
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