Historical Background of Paul The Apostle Letter to Philemon Author – Apostle Paul 1. Family Heritage Paul was born in Tarsus‚ the capital of Cilicia‚ a Roman province in about 5 A.D.‚ which is in present day southeast Turkey. Thus‚ he was born very close to the time that Christ was born. His circumcised name was Saul but it is believed that he was also given the name “Paul” in his infancy to be used by him when in the Gentile world. In Greek‚ “Saul” is “Paul” or “Paulos”. It was usual at the time
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CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction A growing amount of economic activity is taking place on the Internet. As a result‚ electronic payment displays a boom although paper based payment methods still dominate the payment system. Electronic Payment or on-line payment is a form of financial transactions that are made without the use of paper documents such as cheques or notes (“A consumer’s guide of electronic payments”‚ 2001). At present‚ business organizations‚ consumers and
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The Impact of a Disadvantage Socioeconomic Background There are some concerns here at the Prestigious School of Atlanta regarding the behavior of an eight grade student who is now the subject of disciplinary actions which has yet to be determined. The student comes from a disadvantage socioeconomic background; he is very active and can be difficult to quiet down at times. He was caught beating up another student and the principal has determined the student best interest is to remain at the school
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The academic performance of any child cannot be separated from the home background in which the child grows up. A healthy home background offers emotional security to a child. Agholor (2005)‚ This investigation that has adopted refined measure of family‚ influences have tended to show that they are related more strongly to academic outcome‚ than global measure of family background. The impact of family background on the academic achievement in
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Literary Background African Literature Despite the ignorance of most so called "literati" to the domain of African literature‚ African literature in fact is one of the main currents of world literature‚ stretching continuously and directly back to ancient history. Achebe did not "invent" African Literature‚ because he himself was inundated with it as an African. He simply made more people aware of it. The Beginnings of African Literature The first African literature is circa
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Company Background & Product Analysis 1.1 Briefly provide a background discussion on your company and their products/services. Identify which product you can have chosen to analyze and why? What category of new product is it? Nokia‚ the world’s largest mobile phone maker. It is the world leader in mobile communications‚ driving the growth of the big mobility industry. Nokia is dedicated to increasing people’s lives and productivity by providing easy-to-use and secure products like mobile phones
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CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction In this advanced world of technology‚ many new ideas are continuously emerging that are very helpful to lighten the burden of people especially to those who are busy. Due to phenomenon‚ technology geeks come up with the idea of “Online Shopping”. An understanding of consumers’ needs and factors influencing their behaviors and intentions when shopping online is a valuable tool in creating effective interactions. Consumers may interact
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approach‚ a key issue many organizations face is empowering their employees. Empowerment is defined for purposes of this paper as the ability of employees to " . . . use more judgment and discretion in their work and to participate more fully in decisions affecting their working lives." (Potterfield‚ 1999‚ p. 2). This paper includes an analysis of the theoretical background of empowerment and why it is important to the teams-building process‚ a brief discussion of empowerment procedures (including
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NORTHERN NIGERIA: BACKGROUND TO CONFLICT Africa Report N°168 – 20 December 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................... i I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1 II. COMMUNITIES‚ ISLAM AND COLONIAL RULE ................................................... 2 A. THE PRE-COLONIAL ERA...................
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Background to the Global Financial Crisis John Cavanagh September 1998 [pic] On the day that this paper was initially drafted‚ September 11‚ 1998‚ media soundbites trumpeted crashing commodity prices‚ the collapse of Brazil’s currency‚ and the growing crisis in leadership in the United States‚ Japan‚ and Russia. That day’s financial pages revealed that in the preceding 24 hours‚ stock prices plunged 15% in Brazil‚ 10% in Mexico‚ 7% in Spain‚ 5% in Italy‚ the Netherlands and the Philippines
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