...discoveries that were possible after detection of radio waves from space and how they changed our understanding of Universe. 2. The Earliest Evidence for Life Review the earliest evidence for life on Earth. What form does the evidence take and where is it found. Discuss the controversies relating to some of this evidence and give your conclusion on the earliest date at which we can be confident that life was present on Earth. 3. Atmosphere Evolution on Rocky Planets Compare evolution of atmosphere on Earth, Venus and Mars, and explain differences in current atmospheric conditions on these planets. Describe how the Earth’s atmosphere helped life to originate, survive and develop, and how has life affected the atmosphere over time. 4. Life in Extreme Conditions Explain what extremophile life forms are and where they are found on Earth. In view of what we have learnt about extremophiles discuss the possibility of extraterrestrial life in different places of our Solar system. 5. Key Space Missions Choose ONE of the following space missions and give an account of the mission describing the challenges it had to overcome and the mission’s achievements. Describe in particular how it has influenced our understanding of the possibilities of past or present life in the solar system. o The Viking dual orbiter/lander mission to Mars. o The Galileo orbiter/probe...
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...A Life Mission Marjorie G. Rizzo Southeastern Louisiana University College of Nursing and Health Sciences NURS 333 September 28, 2015 LIFE MISSION 2 A Life Mission Choosing to pursue a career in nursing represents the commitment I have to live in accordance with my values. A nursing career constitutes a large part of my overall mission in life. A mission that acquires more dimensions as I learn more of what nursing entails. Experiences and Decisions My experiences have taught me the wisdom of living my life in a manner that provides me with the things that give my life meaning. Experience has taught me to make decisions based upon my values. Challenges Life presents challenges that require either creating a way to change the circumstances that present themselves or adapting to those circumstances. In the process of changing and adapting, I learned that I can use the strengths, skills, and creative thought processes I’ve developed and to apply these skills to other areas in my life. Direction I have moved towards different careers based upon my natural talents and inclinations, but found that they left me unsatisfied. I realized the dissatisfaction was due to the lack of altruistic components in the fields I was pursuing. I researched different career options and decided that nursing encompassed all the things that have meaning for me. Mission Statements My personal mission in life is in line with my view of life as a continuous growth process. At the core of my...
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...Evaluating Mission Statements Three examples of Human Services Organizations are : 1. The United Way of America 2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 3. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Their Mission Statements are given below along with the webpage link : The United Way of America http://national.unitedway.org/about/missvis.cfm Mission Statement : To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities. CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) http://www.cdc.gov/about/mission.htm Mission Statement : To promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation http://www.aspe.hhs.gov/info/orgmission.shtml Mission Statement : The Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) advises the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on policy development in health, disability, human services, data, and science, and provides advice and analysis on economic policy. ASPE leads special initiatives, coordinates the Department's evaluation, research and demonstration activities, and manages cross-Department planning activities such as strategic planning, legislative planning, and review of regulations. Integral to this role, ASPE conducts research and evaluation studies, develops policy analyses, and estimates the cost and benefits of policy alternatives under consideration...
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...from something or move forward towards something for their greater good. And, as Vishen says in the course, intuition helps you tap into the knowledge outside of your physical senses. It's important, and this course helps you understand why and how to use it. Helps you use creative visualization for the things you want in life. There is a technique in becoming limitless that is meant to help you attract the things you want most into your life. It's a form of creative visualization, and I found the process to be uplifting and exciting. Interestingly, I've found that I've already attracted/created a few of the things I was visualizing into my life, and I fully expect the other things - that are taking a little longer to 'cook up' - to show up in my life. Makes you happier: This site, Be Happy Tips, was created to help others be happier by exposing some tips, ideas, and content that can do so. And, I firmly feel that Becoming Limitless is one of those tools that will help you become happier in life. You will learn blissipline, which is 'the discipline of ensuring you are in a state of bliss on a daily basis'. You should feel more optimistic about your day and your life. You should feel more connected to the world and the people in it. You should worry less and do more. Those are just some of the things I experienced from Becoming Limitless and I truly think you will...
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...THEOLOGY OF MISSIONS PAPER Jonathan Hudgins GLST 500 September 8, 2013 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 OLD TESTAMENT MISSIONS.....................................................................................................2 NEWTESTAMENT MISSIONS.....................................................................................................4 NATURE OF GOD AND MISSSIONS..........................................................................................5 MISSIONS AND THEOLOGY......................................................................................................6 MOTIFS OF MISSION THEOLOGY............................................................................................8 CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................... 9 BIBLIOGRAPHY 11 INTRODUCTION There is evidence from the beginning of the Biblical text starting in Genesis, to the conclusion of the text with Revelation that God desires for man to fulfill His call for missions. The story of missions begins with around four thousand years ago when God calls Abraham. The Scriptures offer a clear explanation of the original calling of Abraham. God commands Abraham, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.” (Genesis 12:1 ESV) Genesis 12:1-3 signifies an assurance whose completion extends throughout the Scriptures, it is the original representation...
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...fatal without the right training to do so. The main character in the movie Interstellar is cooper, and even though he accepts the mission to go outside of our solar system to explore another sustainable planet he states, “We used to look up in the sky and wonder about our place in the stars. Now we just look down and wonder what’s wrong with our place in the dirt.” He knows leaving his family behind to go up in space is not a good idea and rejects the mission initially. Yet he is tricked into the mission by Doctor Brandt who persistently insisted that Cooper is the only man with the right training that is able to lead the mission. Along with that point, Doctor Brandt knows about the fast-forwarding time in the places that he tells Cooper he needs to visit. He also tells Cooper about the twelve people already sent up to do a similar mission, and explains that they are all okay. That was also another lie as Doctor Brandt is deceiving the whole movie. Brandt states that if Cooper does not go on the mission he is essentially single handily killing mankind, and says his children will be saved when he gets back. Cooper believes Brandt and accepts the mission. The time is one hour on a certain planet is seven years on earth. There is not a chance that they would be able to collect enough data and bring it back in time for Cooper’s children to be saved. Life on another planet is not worth the constant struggle of not knowing if you’re even going to make it to a new planet let alone get...
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...Conceptualizing a Business Maribel’s Motivation Team is a brand new company into the marketplace. It is vital for any business to have an effective vision and mission statement. For an organization to be successful it is important it know what it wants to achieve in the future and what the organization itself is about. Tough (2007) says, creating a vision and mission statement is a method to communicative these ideas to yourself, customers, employees, and to the world.” The vision and mission statements consist of the values of the business and how they plan to operate. These methods will assist to establish the planned direction that Maribel’s Motivation Team will take. Business and services Maribel’s Motivation Team is a company that will help others achieve his or her goals in life. People need motivation to accomplish its goal in life. A winner is a winner by willing to do something a loser is not willing to do. To be a winner the person needs to be willing to feel uncomfortable in a new situation. This company will also offer additional information to the customer’s goal and guide him or her to the right person or company that is able to help the customer. This will be a long process, but with time and dedication anything is possible. For example, if someone always has been overweight his or her whole life, and at the present time needs motivation and help to lose the weight Maribel’s Motivation Team would help them. Maribel’s Motivation Team will provide the...
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...Sixteen years into my life I have had a lot of ups, downs, and maybe a few loops just like a roller coaster, but all these things have defined who am I today. The best thing that has ever happened to me has been my family traveling to Mission Beach, San Diego, California every summer since I was two years old. For about fourteen years now five other families and mine have been going to Mission Beach for the same week, we all stay near each other. This has been the best thing in my life because no matter what is going on at home we always have this week to look forward to. This is not the only week that we travel to Mission, but it has become a tradition within all of our families and I could not imagine my life without it. In Mission I have...
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...importance of a strategic plan for the success of the defined business. The defined business, in the instance for Life Time Fitness, the importance of a strategic plan is undisputable. In Crafting & Executing Strategy: The Quest for Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases Arthur A. Thompson, Jr., A.J. Strickland III, and John E. Gamble (2009) state that “a company’s strategy is management’s action plan for running the business and conducting operations” (Thomson, 2009). Additionally to further clarify that a company’s strategy is all about how management intends to grow the business, how it will build a loyal custom and competitive competitors, how each functional piece of the business will be operated, and how performance will be boosted. Any organization without these defined factors will not succeed because all aspects of the business would be out of sync and could potentially take actions that would be counterintuitive to the success of the company as a whole. As the Healthy Way of Life Company, Life Time (NYSE: LTM) delivers the certified professionals, comprehensive businesses and incredible destinations that help people positively change their lives every day. The Company's healthy way of life approach enables its customers to achieve their health and fitness goals by engaging in their areas of interest — or discovering new passions — both inside and outside of Life Time's distinctive and large sports, professional fitness, family recreation and spa destinations. Today,...
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...Theology of Missions Paper GLST 500: Liberty University Spring 2016 Introduction Theology of missions is one of the most significant and enduring aspects of the Christian faith. The theology of missions is about witnessing and bringing the word of Christ to others and is a foundational aspect of individual religious works as well as the works of fellowships, worshippers, and the whole of Christianity. "Mission [is] 'looking beyond', being involved in God's worldwide adventure with people from many culture" [1]. As exciting as the ideal sounds the importance of mission is foundational in a changing context of faith, as more and more people step away from traditional religious worship and multiculturalism and ecumenical ideals stress transition in the faith [2]. Thus, through this paper, I will discuss the relevance of missions within the Old Testament and the New Testament, how the nature of God relates to missions, some key themes of the theology of missions and how mission theology relates to missionary, church leaders and lay people not in fulltime ministry. Old Testament and New Testament “The mission of God lies behind the whole of the Old Testament as well as the New Testament and the particular task which we call missions today” [3]. In the Old Testament, God is a sending or missionary God. In Mark 16:15-16 (NIV), God said, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved…”. Just as Saul did, in 1 Samuel...
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...Description of organization Jewel’s Rescue mission is a Non-profit, Non-denominational Christian organization meeting the needs of less fortunate in the county of Merced through emergency short and long-term rehabilitation services. The program will also serve as a rescue mission for some displaced pets. Jewel’s Rescue Mission was established because of the love and compassion of one woman. As long as I can remember, Jeweline (Jewel) P. Mays opened her home and heart to people and pets of all lifestyles. Her love for Christ kept her humble and prosperous. She rarely missed a day of cooking a hearty meal. Every meal cooked was large enough to feed a small army. There was seldom a day that a stranger was not at our table. Jewel would always save the scraps for animals. All who knew her knew Jewel throughout the community as,”Mom”. In 2006, Jewel was diagnosed with a rare illness. Physicians informed us the illness would end her life within three years. That news never discouraged her, and her faith in God never waivered. Although her wind capacity was getting shorter as they day went on, she continued going to church until she was no longer able to endure the air outdoors. With all of this going on her life, she kept feeding the hungry and helping those who needed help mentally, spiritually, sometimes physically and financially for the better part of those three years. Towards the end of her life, she was still concerned about a few she had not been able to help in the past...
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...Mission Statement Making a life choice at a later age, such as changing to a new career field, can be wrought with anguish and confusion as well as excitement and anticipation. Knowing that this decision may change the routine, future, and even financial status of the individual and family members, either temporarily or for a lifetime can be daunting. Once that decision is made, and by putting into perspective the reason for selecting the career choice with the use of a mission statement, one can put the ideas in an order that can be understood and provide a direction for that goal. The purpose of a mission statement is to provide one with a purpose, by declaring desired values, in order to meet a need (Radtke, 1998). Addressing these areas not only addresses the purpose, but also can provide inspiration, commitment, innovation and courage to the author (Radtke, 1998). Following is the author’s mission statement and the explanation of that statement. Mission Statement will show dedication to the continual growth in new knowledge and adapting of acquired knowledge as it relates to the healthcare industry and information technology. Primarily, providing patient advocacy and the education and care of the patient in a changing healthcare environment through one’s competency, leadership skills, management skills, and diversity. Explanation Purpose The purpose, as it relates to this mission statement, is the dedication to continual growth in new knowledge and the adapting...
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...DEFINITIONS Mission A mission is a statement of the reason or reasons for the existence of the organization, the ultimate purpose the organization serves in society, and the boundaries within which it operates. A mission is one of the four key building blocks of an organizational plan. The other three are vision, goals, and strategy. A mission sets direction and defines the boundaries, both of which are critical to the organization's effectiveness and success. Vision Outlines what the organization wants to be, or how it wants the world in which it operates to be (an "idealized" view of the world). It is a long-term view and concentrates on the future. It can be emotive and is a source of inspiration Values Beliefs that are shared among the stakeholders of an organization. Values drive an organization's culture and priorities and provide a framework in which decisions are made Values include beliefs and attitudes that guide behavior and relationships with others. They are often unspoken as well as difficult to universally define. BEXIMCO Pharmaceuticals Mission: “We are committed to enhancing human health and well being by providing contemporary and affordable medicines, manufactured in full compliance with global quality standards. We continually strive to improve our core capabilities to address the unmet medical needs of patients and to deliver outstanding results for our shareholders.” Vision: “We will be one of the most trusted, admired and successful...
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... English 102 03 September 2011 Greg Mortenson’s Educational Mission in Life There are a few occasions in a person’s life that can change them forever. The book, Three Cups of Tea, authored by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Reling, focuses on Greg Mortenson’s journey from an adventurous free spirit to a man on a crusade to bring education to the people of Pakistan and Afghanistan. In the United States, education is taken for granted because every child has a Right to Education. Mortenson was faced the reality of poor education in other countries when stumbling upon a village in Korphe and promised to make a difference in the education of children in the Middle East. He believed through education, the violence and bloodshed taking place in that region of the country will eventually stop. Mortenson’s educational vision evolves throughout the book as he overcomes personal barriers through life changing experiences, trials and tribulations, and the expression of his political views of education which pave the way to better life for people by teaching children. Mortenson’s empathy and spontaneous nature was expressed early on by climbing a tall mountain in honor of his sister’s death. Through a series of events, he ended up lost at a location that would ultimately change his life forever. Having originally been taken in to rest from his hike, Mortenson’s compassionate nature shine and his focus in life begin change. Mortenson was in a poverty stricken village known as...
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...Imagine yourself in a situation where you’re given a mission to lead a large group of soldiers and you get ambushed by the enemy forces. How would you then lead your soldiers to safely complete the given mission? After researching Lieutenant Robert G. Cole and his actions that lead him to a Medal of Honor, I came to an ideal of how I would handle an occurrence like this. Therefor I will summarize the situation and action performed by Lieutenant Cole, next, discuss the Warrior Ethos he presented, and finally, learn the Army Values he represented. Lieutenant Cole was a part of the 101st Airborne Division. On June 6th 1944, Cole parachuted into Normandy where him and 75 of his me men captured an exit on Saint-Martin-de-Varreville. This captured position near the beach allowed American soldiers to come ashore. On June 10th, Cole led his battalion down a long exposed road in single file order from St. Come-du-Mont through Carentan to capture German territory. During their march, they took heavy fire from German artillery, machine guns and mortars. Instead of turning around and fleeing he had his soldiers advance to their destination by slowly crouching and crawling across the battlefield....
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