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    The Rosary

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    different prayers that can be recited while holding each bead. These sets- One bead followed by a group of ten- are called decades. The word rosary‚ comes from Latin and means “garland of roses”‚ the rose being on of the flowers to symbolize the virgin Mary. According to research‚ if you were to ask what object is most emblematic of Catholics‚ they would probably say “the rosary” There are several prayers routinely said as part of the rosary. These are the Apostles Creed‚ Our Father‚ Hail Mary

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    The chosen vessel

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    The Chosen Vessel The short story‚ “The Chosen Vessel”‚ which is written by Barbara Baynton‚ deals with topics like superstition and religion‚ and is showing the deadly consequences of these. The young woman‚ which name throughout the story remain unknown‚ spend most of her time alone with her baby. Her husband works as a shearer and stays most of the time in a shed 15 miles away. She spends her days taking care of the cow and calf. The family lives in a house near a creek and a track run by

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    Madonna in a Church is a small oil panel on oak by Flemish painter Jan van Eyck. Madonna in a church was made between c. 1438-1440. Van Eyck has been traditionally credited with the invention of painting in oils‚ and‚ although this is incorrect‚ there is no doubt that he was the real master of the technique. The use of oil paints is very significant in this artworkʼs luminescent quality and presentation of space. The artist creates a new relationship between the viewer and the picture. There is an

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    agency agreement

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    This Agreement made on the 20th February‚ 2011 BETWEEN : MAURICE WARD NETWORKS Ltd. Suite 6‚ Wickhams Cay 1‚ PO Box 3085‚ Road Town‚ Tortola‚ British Virgin Islands Represented in the convent by their duly authorized Overseas Agency Director: Robert W Shelton AND : EXPOBANGLA LOGISTICS LTD. Richmond Concord (2nd FL.) 68 Gulshan Avenue‚ Gulshan-1‚ Dhaka‚ Bangladesh Represented in the convent by their duly authorized Director: Lawrence Gomes WHEREAS:

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    Das Nibelungenlied

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    this epic‚ it is apparent that there are many symbols and abstract representations of the struggles and obstacles of that time. In Das Niebelungenleid‚ Princess Kriemhild is a parallel figure to the Virgin Mary. As a precious and valuable figure to Siegfried‚ Princess Kriemhild symbolized the Virgin Mary’s valuability and preciousness to the church. As Siegfried fought for honor and approval‚ he fought for more than just the princess. Siegfried’s courage and leadership is a reflection of the many

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    Owen vs Henderson

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    for the motherland. Henderson recounts an incident where she tends to a wounded soldier‚ displaying a motherly characteristic consistent with other female war poets. The soldier is identified as a divine being and the nurse caring for him as the Virgin Mary. In the final stanza‚ Henderson compares women’s sharing of the soldiers’ pain to Mary’s sharing of Jesus’ pain on the Cross. Although she thereby acknowledges the suffering of the soldiers‚ the metaphor claims their sacrifice was a honourable

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    Edvard Munch's Madonna

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    Madonna is the popular title given to a composition by the Norwegian expressionist painter Edvard Munch. Munch painted several versions of the composition‚ showing a bare-breasted half-length female figure‚ between 1892 and 1895‚ using oils on canvas. He also produced versions in print form. Werner Hofmann suggests that the painting is a "strange devotional picture glorifying decadent love. The cult of the strong woman who reduces man to subjection gives the figure of woman monumental proportions

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    figures is an array of fruit hang overhead. While retaining strong iconography of the christian imagery before its time‚ Crivelli’s Madonna and Child with Two Angels changes some of those details in order to focus on the divine-human duality of the Virgin and Christ. The figures’ placements and positions indicate the extent of each one’s divine nature or humanity — the closer they are to the viewer‚ the closer they are to our human world. The angels‚ being not of this world are in the background

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    A British airway was the worst rated airlines in 1981 and was called Very Troubled airlines with severe losses‚ bad quality‚ overstaffed and very near to bankruptcy. But with the Survival Plan Initiated by John King‚ the chairman in 1981 changed the image and turned failure into success. The things which he did was simple following the SWOT analysis by analyzing the internal and external factors leading to failure and dissatisfaction. By 1990 British Airways was converted into a profitable entity

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    vision is something that is seen or heard‚ and for which there’s no explanation‚ it’s likely that not everyone sees it but only one person or even a select group. A known example of this is the Virgin Mary being seen in the 1980s at in Medjugorje where a young girl appeared to see an apparition of the Virgin Mary‚ and through the next 3 days a few others saw her too. Imaginative visions are when a figure is seen in a dream or a state of unconsciousness. The person who sees the vision is aware that

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