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    fulfil their obligation to the Spirit are slowly cleansing their own soul of their sinful desires. ’Measure the width of the river to cross’ is step two of Interpretative Journey for New Testament letters. The biblical audience and modern day interpretations of the scriptures in Galatians form the proverbial river that we must measure in order to cross. The biblical audience found themselves in a fight between the flesh and the Spirit. We in modern times also have the same battle to overcome. The

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    people happy; criticisms are the opposites. Individuals tend to get angry when others make negative feedback‚ but be likely to accept positive feedback. However‚ negative feedback is not all harmful and pernicious. Criticism could be divided into two categories: constructive criticism and destructive criticism. Pervious research has focused on negative effects of destructive criticism which produce greater anger and tension and indicated that people who received destructive criticism would be more

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    Columbus Day‚ a holiday dedicated to the famous explorer for his achievement of arriving in the New World. We construct plays‚ arrange parades‚ and have erected monuments of Columbus to praise him for his discovery; for he had triggered the wave of European interest in the Americas. When it comes to the roots of Columbus’s arrival in Hispaniola‚ most people think that he arrived on an island with primitive natives who gladly gave up their land to him…without so much as a complaint. Only recently

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    Public transport is a fantastic idea. It’s cheap‚ it’s accessible‚ it’s safe‚ it’s quick and it’s better for the environment. If this is the case‚ then why is it that it’s still vastly underutilised by the general public? Well‚ the description above is wrong. All of these positive statements have actually turned public transport into a nightmare. Whilst on public transport‚ all I feel is misery and anguish at the prospect of the journey continuing and wondering why I left my car at home. The worst

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    A number of organisations and individuals have criticised aspects of the ’Green Economy’‚ particularly the mainstream conceptions of it based on using price mechanisms to protect nature‚ arguing that this will extend corporate control into new areas from forestry to water. The research organisation ETC Group argues that the corporate emphasis on bio-economy "will spur even greater convergence of corporate power and unleash the most massive resource grab in more than 500 years." Venezuelan professor

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    |   | Merit pay is used to reward successful performance and is based on the amount of funds released by the Finance Department. Larger merit increases are awarded to those who consistently exceed performance standards. Increases are not granted to employees whose performance has been rated unsatisfactory overall. In accordance with LKY Group of Companies guidelines‚ supervisors recommend whether an employee should receive any increase based on annual performance review and the amount of increase

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    In the book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer‚ Chris McCandless starts a new life for himself in the values he thought were worthwhile and pursued the ideals that he felt were important. McCandless distanced himself from his family‚ invented a new name‚ and created a new life as Alexander Supertramp. His irrational actions brought Chris McCandless many criticisims‚ however it is these actions of self reliance that helped to test his independence. We are always in the same routine everyday and look

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    This page intentionally left blank A HISTORY OF FEMINIST LITERARY CRITICISM Feminism has transformed the academic study of literature‚ fundamentally altering the canon of what is taught and setting new agendas for literary analysis. In this authoritative history of feminist literary criticism‚ leading scholars chart the development of the practice from the Middle Ages to the present. The first section of the book explores protofeminist thought from the Middle Ages onwards‚ and analyses the

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    In The Chosen‚ Potok describes the Jewish culture during the period of World War I. Beginning with the affluence of Polish Jews before the war‚ Potok established a circle of relationships. In the book‚ there are three main relationships. The first one is father-son‚ between Danny and his father‚ Reb Saunders and between Reuven and his father‚ David Malter. The relationship between Reuven and Danny is the second main relationship in The Chosen. The third main relationship is Hasidism verses Zionism

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    Female voices in classic literature are rarely allowed to be heard as they should‚ especially in a society like Shakespeare’s‚ where women are expected to make children and hot meals and not much more than that. While Shakespeare does take drastic steps forward in allowing such prominent female characters as Gertrude and Ophelia‚ he fails to make them strong or independent‚ and therefore an example for women everywhere. If it were not for the horrible mistreatment of Ophelia and the horrible misunderstanding

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