...Devin Brumfield Maldonado/Period5 English 2 5 November 2013 Adam and Eve…or Adam and Steve? The following is a persuasive essay that argues two points: whether same-sex marriage is wrong and whether it is not. Before this essay is started out, here are a few interesting facts on homosexuality and same-sex marriage. The Netherlands was the first nation to legalize same sex marriage (in 2001). Same sex marriage is outlawed in 76 countries as of 2013. These are just a few out of the ma ny facts about homosexuality/same-sex marriage. This essay has several key points to why same-sex marriage is okay. Same sex marriage/attraction is not a sin and the Bible and history is wrong about the definition of ‘traditional marriage’, it does not affect heterosexual values/attraction, it increases the number of adopted orphans, I) Traditional marriage (same sex marriage isn’t considered a traditional marriage because its same sex) isn’t historically/culturally accurate a. The Random House Dictionary (circa 1970) defines marriage as “the state of being married”. Today, many Americans like to define marriage as “a bond between a man and a woman only”. Traditionally, Christians (who make up America’s religion census) oppose the concept of same-sex marriage because in the Bible it is viewed as a “sin”. Protest and posters that read “Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve” and “God hates fags” all because same sex marriage isn’t “traditional” marriage. The shocking thing is that it isn’t...
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...Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve Gay marriage Some may believe that gay marriage isn’t morally wrong; while mainly strong biblical based Christians (the opposing side) states it is; I am for the opposing side. The policy should not be changed in the states that are against gay marriage, and define marriage as between one man and one woman. In the other states and countries, the legalization of gay marriage still exists. Something should be done about this. Homosexuality is considered an Abomination My first argument is coming from Leviticus 20:13, where it states “a man shall not lie with another man as he would with a woman, and if he does, this act will be considered an abomination in the eyes of God.” When God uses the word “abomination” to describe this specific sin, he is using the strongest and most intense word that He can possibly use to describe what He really thinks about this particular sin. Homosexuality is not what God intended while creating this earth and its people. He created Adam, He then created Eve Male and Female he created them. When God created this earth, and then Adam, he then created a partner for him; he created Eve, not another Adam. This means that perfect partnership requires some level of difference as well as similarity so great to the point that Adam could cry out loudly, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh”. Sexual intimacy between a man and a woman is the normal method of male and female bonding (emotionally...
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...Fantasy universe – The Conductors Adam Conducting Skill, Brik Valephor Gather Orbs The will of the Orbs The City Actantial model: The Hollywood Model: Prelude: The floating city and its history. Presentation: About Adams life. Elaboration: Adam goes to the military. Finds out that he has powers for conducting. Point of no return: Adam joins the gathering team. Escalating of conflict: Adam finds out that Valephor is trying to use the stones for evil. Climax: Adam stops Valephor in a deadly fight. Fadeout: Peace and happy days. Teaser: The young Adam seeks into the gathering community to find adventure and new challenges, but he quickly finds out that he has a long way to go. The orb gathering teams are only for the best trained soldiers and the few lucky people who have the skills for conducting the orbs. Adam begins military training from scratch but despite that he spends most of his time in the cafeteria cleaning dishes. Brik, the lieutenant of the military unit doesn’t have big expectations for Adam, but to Brik's biggest surprise, does Adam discovers that he has skills for conducting orbs and is therefore asked to join the gathering team under Brik's command. Meanwhile at home a dark soul is beginning to take its shape, for Valephor is on the road to use the power of the orbs for wicked purposes. What is the setting? The earth is a dangerous place, it is full of flesh eating creatures and monsters. Because of that, the human race has found...
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...Bibl 105-B17 Vereen, Steve Genesis 1 starts off, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” which indicates that God is the source of the entire natural world. From this creation, we have day and night, land and water, heaven and earth. All the stars, moons, and planets are His design. Everything we see today is a result of that creation. All these things He created for His own pleasure. God desired to populate the earth. He did this with animals and humans. This means God also created man (and woman). All was flawless in the world. There was no death, no sin. Adam and Eve had a perfect relationship with each other, and with God. He had created them in His own image. He walked and talked with them frequently. He gave Adam complete control of everything in the garden, allowing them to eat “of every tree of the garden” (Gen.2:16, NKJV) except for “the tree of knowledge and evil” (Gen. 2:17, NKJV). As long as Adam followed this one rule, he and eve were welcome in the garden. This all changed when Eve allowed herself to be tempted by Satan while Adam stood idly by. At this point, all perfection came to an end. Death, both physical and spiritual, had entered the world. Adam and Eve had disobeyed God’s one commandment. They were thrown out of Eden, and separated from God. This one act has had massive impact on the entire population of the world ever since. The next generation, and all generations that followed, wasn’t immune from sin. The story of Cain and Abel...
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...What is accounting? 1. Bookkeeping 2. Users of accounting information 3. The accounting equation Assets = Fixed Assets + Current Assets • Fixed assets = Land & Building, Plant & Machinery, Furniture & Fitting, Equipment, Motor Vehicle & etc. • Current assets = Stock, Debtors, Bank & Cash Liabilities = Current Liabilities + Long Term Liabilities • Current liabilities = Creditor, Short term loan (less than one year) • Long term liabilities = Long term loan (more than one year) 4. Statement of financial position and the effects of business transactions 5.1. On 1 Sept 2004, John started in business and deposited £100,000 into a bank account opened specially for the business. John Statement of financial position as at 1 Sept 2004 £ Assets: Cash at bank 100,000 ====== Capital 100,000 ====== 5.2. On 3 Sept 2004, John buys a building for £50,000 paying by cheque. John Statement of financial position as at 3 Sept 2004 Assets £ Building 50,000 Cash at bank 50,000 --------- 100,000 ====== Capital 100,000 ====== 5.3. On 6 Sept 2004, John buys goods for £10,000 from Smith, and agrees to...
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...>> Anne Rudden: Good afternoon. My name is Anne Rudden, and I am here to introduce Adam Lashinsky, who is joining us as part of the Microsoft Research Visiting Speaker Series. Adam is here today to discuss his book, Inside Apple, How America's Most Admired and Secretive Company Really Works. Apple has created some deeply loved products, but even sophisticated business people don't understand how Apple does what it does. Adam will tell us more about some of their unique approaches to business. Adam Lashinsky is a senior editor at large for Fortune Magazine, where he covers technology and finance. He is also a frequent speaker and Fox News contributor. Prior to joining Fortune Lashinsky was columnist for the street.com and the San Jose Mercury News. Please join me in welcoming Adam Lashinsky. [applause]. >> Adam Lashinsky: Thank you very much. It's really wonderful to be here. I want to tell you straight off the bat that I'm doing this presentation on Power Point and running off of PC. A dirty little secret that I've been waiting to reveal until I got here is that I wrote the book on a PC in Word. So thank you. Thank you very much. I have to get some things off my screen. There we go. And one other sort of opening comment is that I know that a lot of people when they begin a talk ask people to turn off their telephones or to close their laptops. I would like you to do just the opposite. I'm assuming that if you are looking at...
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...According to Harvey, a man is made up of 3 components: who they are, what they do, and how much they make. Steve is absolutely correct (Genesis 1:28, Gen 2:15). God says, Let us make man. Then he gives him dominion over everything except one tree. A man is incomplete if he has no job, no place to live or doesn’t know his purpose. It’s not until Adam has all these things that God said, man ought not to be alone. A grown man’s job is not to maintain, his job is to multiply. You cannot be in the same place without making progress. Men are supposed to multiply and subdue the thing that is beneath them. Women are not beneath men. Men are supposed to subdue the thing that is crawling (snake). When you are a woman of God you should never beg for the attention of a man. The moment you crawl, you submit to that authority. When a woman comes to age, she has signs that she is becoming a woman. She grows from wearing training bra to a full bra. Her cycle begins and her body changes. A man doesn’t have those same kinds of changes. He is only affirmed of his manhood from the outside (peer pressure). Gen 3:1. You cannot be connected to a man who doesn’t know who to listen to. God gave the rules of conduct to Adam not Eve. The snake then went to the person who it knew didn’t have the code of conduct. Sometimes when the enemy can’t get to you, he will get to who you are sleeping with. Gen 3:6. You are too mature to just go on looks. If you are always caught up in looks, you...
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...with products and processes, always on the lookout for better. A job at Apple is one that requires a lot of you, but it’s also one that rewards bright, original thinking and hard work. None of us here at Apple would have it any other way.” Apple considers themselves perfectionists. Meaning that they work on one project until they have it just right. They have extremely strict deadlines that they absolutely must meet. Apple would rather scratch a product than release it early and not fully completed. Apples management style is about as simple as it can get. When it comes to making any final decisions, everything goes through one man, Steve Jobs. According to some people, Jobs is considered the “anti-Gates”. One of Job’s main personality qualities is perfectionism. For example, the development of the Macintosh took over three years, because of Steve Jobs obsession with detail. Jobs wanted everything to be in a sense, graceful. He scratched the idea of having a computer with an internal fan, because the fan was loud and gawky. In addition to removing the fan, Jobs also ordered his engineers to redesign the Macintosh’s motherboard to make it look more elegant. Some would also describe jobs as being a trailblazer, not a follower....
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...Assistant Melanie Specht ... Joshua's Senior Executive Assistant Cleo King Cleo King ... Realtor Michael Wong Michael Wong Aaron Lee Wright ... News Crew Geng Han Geng Han Kristin Miller White ... Townsperson / Driver Chanel Celaya Chanel Celaya ... Cate James Bachman ... Gill Wembley (rumored) B. Adam Baillio ... Timothy Ray Lui Ray Lui Byron Li Byron Li Teresa Daley Teresa Daley ... Loli Candice Zhao Candice Zhao Heather Danner ... Window Shopper (uncredited) Nesti Gee ... Window Shopper (uncredited) Matt Jones ... Window Shopper (uncredited) Logan Kimes ... Window Shopper (uncredited) Anna Li ... Hong Kong Resident (uncredited) Ron Shedd ... Grandpa (uncredited Produced by Michael Bay ... executive producer Ian Bryce ... producer Matthew Cohan ... co-producer Tom DeSanto ... producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura ... producer Brian Goldner ... executive producer K.C. Hodenfield ... co-producer Michael Kase ... co-producer Don Murphy ... producer Bennett Schneir ... executive producer Steven Spielberg ... executive producer Mark Vahradian ... executive producer Music by Steve Jablonsky Cinematography by Amir Mokri Film Editing by...
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...Apple Company Apple incorporation is an American company established in 1971 by Steve jobs and Steve Wozniak. The company’s headquarters are located in Cupertino, California. Apple Incorporation specializes in designing and developing computer hardware and software but has recently diversified into other consumer electronic goods. Apple Incorporation is the second biggest information technology company by revenue with an estimated revenue of US $414 billion. Apples’ success in the technological sector, stems from it’s; commitment in providing best computer and other electronic experience to its clientele by providing quality products from extensive innovation and creativity. This paper will examine some key ideas, strategies and concepts that this company employs in its operation that makes it a success in the information and technology industry. It will also discuss some of the lessons and ideas businesses need to incorporate into their operations, in order for them to realize success like Apple Incorporation. To begin with, Apple employs vertical integration and diversification strategy in its business operations. This strategy makes it hard for any other technological companies to compete with it. This is because this strategy makes apple to diverse its business operations but connect them into one big company (Adams, 2012). For instance, Apple has segmented its company into a software company, hardware company, retail company and services company. Most corporations...
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...become the leading brand for phones, laptops, and mp3s among other technological devices. Macbook, iPhone, iPad, and iPod, the inventions and properties of Apple, are dominating and influencing the mind of teenagers and even the elders alike with its advanced functions and applications that aren’t replicable by brands. Apple’s attainment in this century has led the people to wonder the reason behind its achievements. What kind of organizational and corporate structure does Apple pursue to possess the successes? How does Apple motivate its employees in the work environment? Some give credit to the innovator of Apple, Steve Jobs, whose unorthodox style of leadership is the foundation of the company’s management. Although Apple’s organizational structure, corporate culture may seem to be a new style of management, it is inherently a cultural approach. In addition, it is Steve Jobs who is at the top of the chain of command reinforcing cultural management through his leadership, pursuit of skilled employees, and his firm grounding of corporate culture. Apple is a US-based consumer electronics company known for its ability to come out with path-breaking products. The work culture, propelled by a passion for new products with no trepidation to challenges and obstacles, exemplifies its intense work ethics. The employees are seen as small teams working for the larger organization. With each division working on a special task, one team might be responsible for designing and testing the newly...
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...and some people just do not care or just do not want to talk about it. Homosexuality is on the rise in the United States as well as many other countries. Homosexuality and same sex marriages are rising; marriages are taking place. In the eyes of the church, God and many others this is a socially incorrect relationship. Throughout the United States and other countries, Homosexuality or same sex marriages defies the laws of Christianity and it is an immoral acts in Gods eyes and society. God created humanity to be fertile, Adam and Eve to be heterosexuals to populate the world with a heterosexual raise. Man and woman bodies symbolically as one flesh, to marry create children and their children to create children. How is homosexual to be a part of Gods plains. In Genesis 2:4 to 2:25 it states specifically that a man and woman, one flesh one body. Homosexuals raising a kid, which is not in the Holy Bible, in the Bible it reads Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve or Jane and Anne. Homosexuals raising kids this is sure to create a development issues in kids. How can a child identifies him or herself as who he or she is as person, being raised by homosexuals parents in a same sex marriage. A child needs heterosexual parents to learn from, providing separate love and support. How can to homosexuals male or female raise a child? In today’s society and not have an effect on that child. He or she would be...
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...Prologue. Ira Glass So Adam, where are we? Adam Davidson I recorded this at the Ritz Carlton in Lower Manhattan. It's a black tie dinner. It was just a few weeks ago. Ira Glass And you, by the way, are NPR's international business and economics correspondent? Adam Davidson That's right. I was there for my job. They're giving out awards for all these financial securities, including the one that nearly brought down the global financial system in the whole sub-prime mortgage crisis. Dinner Mc At this time, I'd like to ask all of our stars to please assemble over here on the left side of the stage-- Jim Finkel This guy is a legend. He's a granddaddy of our industry. Adam Davidson I'm sitting at this dinner with Jim Finkel. He's kind of nervous, because he's up for CDO of the year for the CDO he created, Monterey. Now, the CDO, that's what we're talking about. That's the financial instrument that was central to this global credit crisis we're in. Ira Glass And they gave awards for this? These guys are giving each other awards for doing that? Adam Davidson Let me just say that they were aware that there's a certain irony, giving awards to the instrument that almost destroyed the world economy. And they did consider canceling this year. But it's been a really tough year. It's been really gloomy for them. Jim Finkel Honestly, I know this sounds-- I was really happy to see there were no major suicides, people weren't jumping off bridges, there weren't a lot of personal...
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...Effective Counseling Adam Dollen Characteristics and Behaviors of Effective Counseling So you want to be a counselor. Well, being a counselor is not necessarily about having the desire or education to help people. Being a counselor is about utilizing that desire and education in such a way to teach people how to heal (Erford, 2014). Effective counseling is not some award which is given upon receiving a degree from a university. Effective counseling is the proper usage of your characteristics and attained skills to bring out the best in your clients (Erford, 2014). Effective Characteristics Effective characteristics are vitally important to the success of the counselor. They are a means of motivation and connection with a client (Erford, 2014). Without such the counseling relationship is ineffective and the client is left in the same state of wanting as they were before they came to see you. Let’s briefly look at a couple of effective characteristics in order to see the impact they have on the counseling relationship. Characteristic One Most people enter the counseling profession for a variety of reasons. Perhaps the greatest reason for becoming a counselor is the desire to help people (Laureate Education, Inc., 2010). For one circumstance or another, their many experiences in life have led them to desire to seek out people needing help. This desire to help is one characteristic of being an effective counselor. In our case study it is clear that Steve has the desire to help...
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...Medina Pashayeva 8491520 GEL/Jan12/1 Does Apple need “a great man”? After the death of Steve Jobs, management experts are wondering whether Apple will survive without Steve Jobs or not? This issue is also considered in the “InsideApple: Can It Thrive Without Steve?” article, published on the Forbes’ webpage where commentaries on the book of Adam Lashinsky “InsideApple” are provided. This article describes the aspects of the book regarding successful implementation of the “radical management system” by Apples’ incomparable leadership guru Steve Jobs. The article states that the author of the book, Lashinsky, based on the theory of organizations development, predicts an early death of Apple explaining that the company has entered the “path to senescence and death”. In turn, the author of the article, Steve Denning, specifies that “Apple’s future, therefore, depends on understanding the management principles Steve Jobs used to make it successful, while also recognizing his shortcomings. Those principles are eminently replicable business practices that, once understood, any firm can implement. It does not require “a great man”. Is it real that “any firm can implement” and does not require “a great man”? Does not Apple need Steve Jobs? When the “great guru” was fired in 1985, the situation in the company was not good enough; however, everything has changed since his return in 1997 and implementation of the strategy, which is still quite successful. Thus, CNBC reports that “Apple...
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