110 December 4th‚ 2012 The New Orleans Saints: Taking Their City Back February 7th‚ 2010. Super Bowl XLIV. Four years post Hurricane Katrina. As smoke cleared from “The Who” halftime concert‚ Thomas Morstead‚ the kicker for the New Orleans Saints‚ set to kick the ball off to the Indianapolis Colts to start the third quarter. With the Saints down 10 to 6‚ and Indianapolis’s Chad Simpson standing in his own end zone ready to return the kick off‚ Saints Head Coach‚ Sean Payton‚ called one of
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unless they’re brought to attention‚ they influence us dramatically in the way we interpret particular artworks. The two pieces I chose that‚ in my opinion‚ are examples of the communication of mood through basic principles in art are “Lamentation of Saints and a Donor”
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“The power to wage war is the power to wage war successfully” (Evans Hughes‚ Charles). In 1846 the United States and Mexico went to war against each other over disagreements mainly regarding the area of Texas. Mexico claimed the war was to protect its territorial integrity while the United States claimed the war was an act of self defense. In the Just War Theory actions and intentions of warring nations are upheld to a standard of justification. This Theory attempts to provide parameters of acceptable
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into question. Using The Life of Saint Sergius and Letters of the Crusaders Written from the Holy Land‚ this essay will argue that religion is a foundational aspect in people’s lives which enables them to pick out the parts of religion that benefit them the most in certain situations‚ giving them validation‚ regardless if their actions are inconsistent with the religion’s ideals. A lack of faith allows people to easily recourse to godless measures
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Perla: The spiritual healer The novel Still Water Saints written by Alex Espinoza takes place in a city called Agua Mansa. The character Perla Portollio is a women who owns her own Botanica Oshun. It’s a very popular place in agua mansa that a lot of people in her neighborhood visit for remedies‚ spiritual advice‚ and healing. She is described as a women who is “A santa‚ a divina‚ a medium‚ prophet and healer” (3). She’s well known for her work and is very good at what she does. There’s many people
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What are the four most important financial statements? Briefly describe each Much success in today’s business world is tied in with numbers in the form of accounting and financial statements. Being able to understand and properly read these statements is a critical component in truly knowing a business and properly assessing its overall financial performance. Financial reporting is the issuance of written documents in the form of the financial statements by the companies to the shareholders
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Is just war theory compatible with humanitarian intervention? Just War theory is generally divided into three parts: Jus ad bellum‚ jus in bello and jus post bellum. For the purposes of this essay I will be focusing mainly on jus ad bellum whilst referring also to jus in bello. Jus ad bellum has six requirements‚ namely just cause‚ right intention‚ proper authority and public declaration‚ last resort‚ probability of success and proportionality. To assess whether Just War Theory (JWT) is compatible
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president‚ a teacher discourages him from becoming a lawyer‚ because Malcolm is black‚ and teaches him racist propaganda. Malcolm leaves Michigan because he knows that he cannot escape the limiting racial identity that society imposes on him. In the Harlem underworld‚ Malcolm remakes himself in the lawless and isolated image of the black hustler. His few interactions with whites are shallow and exploitative: he uses his white girlfriend Sophia for status‚ just as she uses him; he bootlegs liquor for
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Graham Brugger Dr. Graham Boondock Saints Boondock Saints is a violent film in which two Irish Catholic brother seek vengeance* on Boston Mafia members. In this film the brothers are portrayed as the extremely good vigilantes that destroy evil. The two brothers do respect the laws of society to the most part‚ but are evil annilaters**‚ whom believe they have received a message from God to kill all evil and purify the city of Boston. The film consists of the “purifications” of the brothers and
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Saint Thomas Aquinas was a theologian and philosopher born in Italy in the year 1225. He created many different arguments to validate his belief that God did indeed exist. Those arguments are still used today in the debate of God’s existence. The first argument Aquinas created is the “Argument from motion.” This argument was based on the fact that objects in motion had to be set in motion by a different source. An object could not set itself in motion. Therefore‚ the world could not have simply
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