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    Religious Art

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    For my creative task in which we were asked to create an original work of religious art for one the major world religious traditions‚ I decided to choose Christianity because it appealed more to me than the other religions stated. As my main theme in my artwork I chose Good and Evil‚ which turned out to be quite a good key religious theme in my artwork. My artwork is in the form of a drawing. The biggest inspiration for my art piece comes from Gustave Doré’s interpretation of “The Temptation of Jesus”

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    Indonesia Tradition

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    going to write and describe the death ceremony rituals that happened in Tana Toraja. Writer hopes this paper will help people to know more about this sacral ceremony which only happened in Indonesia. BACKGROUND Everything that has life will be facing the death‚ no matter what happens. Everybody could not avoid the death. Death is like the end of human beings life’s rotation. This is why people always think that funeral –death ceremony– is an important thing to do‚ because the death means end of

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    Or in Jesuit Tradition

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    I. Underlying issues or major ideas and concepts Doctor Salwa Ammar a faculty of Le Moyne College (one of 28 sister institution in the United States and more than 100 Jesuits universities worldwide) attempt to describe the teaching of OR/MS as a natural part of the Jesuits tradition in education and to construct a case why and how OR/MS found a natural home within the Jesuit Education‚ The author was frequently asked “What‘s an operating research professor doing in a nice‚ liberal arts school like

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    Aboriginal Traditions

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    Lesson 6: The Aboriginal World View There are numerous details included in the essay that indicate that the author is Aboriginal. For example‚ in the leading sentence of the essay‚ he states that he was “born on a trapline” and learned to speak Cree as his first language. This clearly shows right from the start that he was raised in an Aboriginal environment. The fact that he lived on a trapline also demonstrates the hunter-gatherer way of life that many Aboriginals lead in order to utilize the

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    Contemporary Satire

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    Contemporary popular usage often uses the term "satire" in a very imprecise manner. While satire often uses caricature and parody‚ by no means are all uses of these or other humorous devices‚ satiric. Refer to the careful definition of satire that heads this article. Stephen Colbert satirizes an opinionated and self-righteous television commentator on his Comedy Central program in the United States.Stephen Colbert’s television programme The Colbert Report is instructive in the methods of contemporary

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    Religious Organization

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    ecclesia An ecclesia is a professionally trained religious organization governed by a hierarchy of leaders that claims everyone in a society as a member. Membership is not voluntary; it is the law. Consequently‚ considerable political alignment exists between church and state officials‚ so that the ecclesia represents the official church of the state. Ecclesiae formerly existed in England (the Church of England) which remains the official state church)‚ France (the Roman Catholic Church)‚ and Sweden

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    Western Civilization

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    Romans took up the concept and applied it to the western half of their empire. Asia—or the East—was similarly a geographical innovation of the Greeks and Romans. Asia was that land that belonged to non-Greek cultures of Asia Minor‚ particularly the Persians. The Romans‚ too‚ regarded lands east of Greece as Asia. The name was retained and applied to other cultures beyond the Turkish peninsula such as China and India. Although what we refer to as “Western Civilization” began in the area that today we

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    The Contemporary Reader

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    Mirror‚ on the Web.” The Contemporary Reader. Ed. Gray Goshgarian. 10th ed. New York: Pearson‚ 2010. Print. Epstein‚ Joseph‚ “The Culture of Celebrity.” The Contemporary Reader. Ed. Gray Goshgarian. 10th ed. New York: Pearson‚ 2010. Print. Traister‚ Rebecca‚ “Return of the Brainless Hussies.” The Contemporary Reader. Ed. Gray Goshgarian. 10th ed. New York: Pearson‚ 2010. Print. Wolpert‚ Stuart‚ “Crafting Your Image for Your 1‚000 Friends on Facebook.” The Contemporary Reader. Ed. Gray Goshgarian

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    Contemporary Leadership

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    Contemporary Leader Most common contemporary leadership models include charismatic‚ transformational and transactional leadership. Transactional leadership is based on an exchange of service for various kinds of rewards that the leader controls‚ at least in part (Leithwood‚ 1992) Transactional leaders should be able to identify the rewards that would motivate their followers in order to achieve their goals. Transactional leadership focuses on the rigid hierarchy of the company and that there must

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    Contemporary Ballet

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    Contemporary Ballet Ballet is a formalized kind of performance dance which originated in the Italian Renaissance Courts of the 15th century and further developed in France‚ England‚ and Russia as a concert dance form. One of the genres of ballet is Contemporary. It is defined as a form of dance that is influenced by both classical ballet‚ modern dance‚ lyrical‚ and jazz (Wikipedia). It takes its technique and is used of point work from classical ballet‚ although it permits a greater

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