In the year 1137 Abbot Suger of St. Denis‚ France envisioned something different for his church. The churches which had been built with Romanesque architectural style were very difficult to light because of the structure of the churches. The nave walls needed support from without so the windows of the churches had to be eliminated. Suger wanted to rebuild the choir of the abbey church of St. Denis with light that would flood the church as if the light came directly from Heaven‚ so he began painting
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Caribbean Island of St. Lucia Caribbean Island of St. Lucia St. Lucia (Loo-sha) is a volcanic mountainous island deep in the Caribbean. The island of St. Lucia is approximately 623 square kilometers (roughly three and a half times the size of Washington‚ DC). The climate is tropical‚ and the main source of revenue for the island is generated by the banana trade‚ with tourism coming in a close second. St. Lucia gained its independence from British rule in 1979 after many years of being ruled
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Assessment Task 2: Early educators of the Deaf in Australia. Sister Mary Gabriel Hogan (Ellen Hogan): Unfortunately because of poor records kept at the time there are a few different dates of Ellen Hogan’s actual birth‚ but it was in August 1842‚ 1843 or 1844 in Dublin and died November 25th 1915‚ then put in her final resting place at Sandgate Cemetery‚ Newcastle. Her parents were John Hogan and Mary McMahon. When Ellen was either 7 or 8 years old she caught Scarletina (also known as Scarlet
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ST. AUGUSTINE’SPHILOSOPHY OF LOVE St. Augustine’s philosophy of man reconciles and brings together to anadmirable synthesis and harmony the wisdom of Greek philosophy and the divine truths contained in the scriptures. In common with Greek ethics‚ its being eudemonistic in character‚ as it makes happiness the end-all and the be-all of human living; but Augustine tells us with the Bible that this happiness can be found in GOD alone. The summumbonum which is Plato’s and Aristotle’s concept of
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Bridging the gap Summary ‘Bridging the gap’ talks about the challenges of cross-cultural communication by Warren Troob . He thinks that cross-cultural communication is very important for expanding business‚ and therefore business people need to prepare adequately. Secondly‚ he argues that every culture has it is own meaning‚ customers and values. In addition‚ he claims that people are used to their way of doing things‚ so they are be inflexible when other people does different way with them
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to Richard VanDerBeets‚ author of the article "Mary Rowlandson‚" Mary White Rowlandson holds a secure if modest place in Colonial American literary history as author of the first and deservedly best known New England Indian captivity narrative (266). The written account of her captivity‚ entitled The Soveraignity of Goodness of God‚ Together with the Faithfulness of His Promises Displayed; Being a Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson‚ made her one of the first American
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Mary Shelley was born on August 30‚ 1797‚ becoming a distinguished‚ though often neglected‚ literary figure during the Romanticism Era. Mary was the only child of Mary Wollstonecraft‚ a famous feminist‚ but after her birth‚ Wollstonecraft passed away (Harris). Similar to Mary’s book Frankenstein‚ both her and Victor’s mothers die when they are at a very young age. Mary’s father was William Godwin‚ an English philosopher who also wrote novels that would inspire Mary in the late years of her life (Holmes)
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The Gospel of Mary inspired the monologue of Mary Magdalene as Jesus’ sister. To me‚ it became clear that Mary had known the secrets of Jesus and Jesus treated her the greatest‚ since they were siblings and best friends‚ not lovers. I took the connection I had made and used it as the association of Mary Magdalene in the gospels. Mary Magdalene traveled with Jesus when he proclaimed the Kingdom of God‚ she was present with the mother of Jesus during his crucifixion‚ and she was present at the tomb
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Mary has been working for a university for almost 25 years and is now approaching retirement. She wants to address several financial issues before her retirement and has asked you to help her resolve the situations below. Her assignment to you is to provide a 4-5 page report‚ addressing each of the following issues separately. You are to show all your calculations and provide a detailed explanation for each issue. Issue A: For the last 19 years‚ Mary has been depositing $500 in her savings account
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Extract from St Patrick‚ Confessio This passage of the Confessio relates to an accusation made against Patrick when he was aged about fortyfive that he was unworthy of an office in the church. The whole passage is anything but clear: What was the ‘sin’ he refers to? Why did they consider him unworthy of office? Where and by whom was the challenge brought? Was Patrick physically present at a trial‚ and indeed what was the outcome of the challenge? All we can say is this: before he was taken captive
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