burning and it was getting harder and harder to breathe. I started to repeat over and over in my head as if in a chant‚ you can’t stay here‚ you can’t stay here." Good morning teachers‚ judges‚ and fellow students. Today I would like to speak about Triumph through Tragedy. What you just heard was an actual account of a tragedy that unfolded in a tiny community of North Harbour‚ St. Mary’s Bay‚ many years ago. In the early morning hours of June 19th‚ 1980‚ the Lineman’s of North Harbour experienced
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Thomas Alva Edison United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931) Andrew Carnegie United States industrialist and philanthropist who endowed education and public libraries and research trusts (1835-1919) John. D. Rockefeller John Davison Rockefeller (July 8‚ 1839 – May 23‚ 1937) was an American oil magnate. Rockefeller revolutionized the petroleum industry and defined the structure of modern philanthropy
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Truth alone Triumphs Here is a famous Sanskrit saying to which I’d like to add my perspective. Sanskrit Verse: "Satyam eva Jayate" Meaning: Truth alone Triumphs The phrase ’Truth’ in this context refers to righteousness‚ integrity‚ and morality. No matter what‚ Dharma will finally be achieved. Even when the dark forces seem to take over the world‚ a new hope will rise from nowhere and restore the law of dharma. I’m sure StarWars fans will completely agree with me... Remember Kurukshetra
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It is often stated on our website that our school puts the greatest emphasis on actual practice and direct experience‚ instead of simply theoretical knowledge and the development of opinion. In the divine science of theurgy there is much to learn and study‚ it is true; but in the end‚ only direct experience can ever serve as the vehicle which carries the aspirant towards God. In order to create the proper conditions required to cause these experiences‚ spiritual practice (called “askesis”) is
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The New Deal and it’s Triumph The 1930’s were a time of despair‚ poverty and distress and those who lived during this time believed it would be better to die‚ than to continue to live this way. When Franklin D. Roosevelt came into office in 1932‚ the United States was in the most disconsolate moments of the Great Depression. However‚ he brought with him a promise‚ a promise to make things better through a series of reforms he was planning on implementing known as the New Deal. In the first
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April 12‚ 2013 Triumph of the Will: the Art of Propaganda Although Leni Riefenstahl has denied her 1935 film Triumph des Willens (translated to Triumph of the Will) was made to be a Nazi propaganda film‚ several techniques she used while making the film strongly suggest otherwise. The editing of the film is the most obvious of these techniques as many scenes such as Hitler’s arrival are used to impose feeling of anxiousness in the viewer as well as to display the absolute power of the Third Reich
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Travis L Seay July 26‚ 2005 Review of The Triumph of Conservatism: A Reinterpretation of American History‚ 1900-1916‚ by Gabriel Kolko. In The Triumph of Conservatism‚ Gabriel Kolko argued that the Progressive Era was in fact a conservative period. It emerged‚ he wrote‚ from the efforts of a business community which concerned itself with attaining economic “stability‚ predictability‚ and security”—i.e. a system of rationalization which would guarantee sustained profits and which would
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Claiming Anishinaabe: Decolonizing the Human Spirit by Lynn Gehl is a simple and extraordinary book that has the power to inspire. Gehl shows the reader through her immense amount of research‚ introspection‚ and will to fight against Canada that not only is Indigenous knowledge important to compare with Western philosophy‚ but so is the fact that everyone has the right to achieving mino-pimadiziwin‚ or‚ the good life. I enjoyed reading this book as it educated me about the changing lifestyle Aboriginals
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1. Goal in life: My goal in life is to be able to influence other people’s lives in a positive way. I hope to have an impact in somebody’s life like my uncle has in mine. He has taught me so much about life and most of my beliefs come from him. If I have even one person I help out in my entire life‚ then I will be the happiest person in the world. Hopefully I can help influence many people’s lives through my job‚ I hope to be a very successful engineer after graduating from Columbia University.
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Courage‚ Loyalty and the Human Spirit “Lord of the Flies” is a thought-provoking novel‚ written by Nobel Prize winning author William Golding; about a group of British schoolboys who get stuck on an isolated island‚ and try to fend for and manage themselves; with catastrophic results. As the tale progresses‚ it becomes very clear that courage‚ loyalty and the human spirit are much more significant than human brutality as themes in the novel. In the face of human brutality‚ many characters show courage;
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