...The Applause of Heaven The Applause of Heaven easily becomes a step by step description of how to rebuild the believer’s heart. God is relentlessly in pursuit of his children and He desires to welcome them home with applause. Through the Beatitudes, Lucado hopes to convey this message to rekindle the love inside God’s children. Within the first couple of chapters, Lucado immediately introduces the bi-product of Christ’s reconstruction of the believer’s heart. He begins his series of insights by introducing the idea of the Sacred Delight. This Sacred Delight is a holy joy that comes from God and is the gift received when a person surrenders everything they have come to know and cherish. Lucado recognizes this shift and says it starts with, “a demolition of the old structure and a creation of the anew,” and explicitly interjects that, “the more radical the change, the greater the joy. And it’s worth every effort, for this is the joy of God,” (Lucado, p12). Lucado breaks down what the idea of the Sacred Delight means. He says, “Sacred Delight is good news coming through the back door of [one’s own] heart. It’s what [one had] always dreamed but never expected. It’s the too-good-to-be-true coming true,” (Lucado, p10). Lucado is an excellent narrator and uses his words to truly convey an idea in a multitude of ways. He even goes further than just simple illustrations to explain what makes this Sacred Delight so joyful. “It is sacred because only God can grant it. It is...
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...October 01, 2011 Remarks by the President at the Human Rights Campaign's Annual National Dinner Washington Convention Center Washington, D.C. 7:26 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. It is great to be back. (Applause.) I see a lot of friends in the house. I appreciate the chance to join you tonight. I also took a trip out to California last week, where I held some productive bilateral talks with your leader, Lady Gaga. (Laughter.) She was wearing 16-inch heels. (Laughter.) She was eight feet tall. (Laughter.) It was a little intimidating. Now, I don’t want to give a long speech. Cyndi Lauper is in the house. I can’t compete with that. (Applause.) But I wanted to come here tonight, first of all, to personally thank Joe for his outstanding years of leadership at HRC. (Applause.) What he has accomplished at the helm of this organization has been remarkable, and I want to thank all of you for the support that you’ve shown this organization and for your commitment to a simple idea: Every single American -- gay, straight, lesbian, bisexual, transgender -- every single American deserves to be treated equally in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of our society. It’s a pretty simple proposition. (Applause.) Now, I don’t have to tell you that we have a ways to go in that struggle. I don’t have to tell you how many are still denied their basic rights -- Americans who are still made to feel like second-class citizens, who have to live a lie to keep their jobs, or who are...
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...President Fidel Ramos, sir, salamat po sa tulong mo making me President; President Joseph Ejercito Estrada; Senate President Franklin Drilon and the members of the Senate; Speaker Feliciano Belmonte and the members of the House of Representatives; Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court; His Excellency Guiseppe Pinto and the members of the Diplomatic Corps; incoming members of the Cabinet; fellow workers in government; my fellow countrymen. [applause] No leader, however strong, can succeed at anything of national importance or significance unless he has the support and cooperation of the people he is tasked to lead and sworn to serve. It is the people from whom democratic governments draw strength and this administration is no exception. That is why we have to listen to the murmurings of the people, feel their pulse, supply their needs and fortify their faith and trust in us whom they elected to public office. [applause] There are many amongst us who advance the assessment that the problems that bedevil our country today which need to be addressed with urgency, are corruption, both in the high and low echelons of government, criminality in the streets, and the rampant sale of illegal drugs in all strata of Philippine society and the breakdown of law and order. True, but not absolutely so. For I see these ills as mere symptoms of a virulent social disease that creeps and cuts into the moral fiber of Philippine society. I sense a problem...
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...State of the Nation Address of His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III President of the Philippines To the Congress of the Philippines [Delivered at the Session Hall of the House of Representatives, Batasan Pambansa Complex, Quezon City, on July 23, 2012] Maraming salamat po. Maupo ho tayong lahat. Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; Speaker Feliciano Belmonte; Bise Presidente Jejomar Binay; mga dating Pangulong Fidel Valdez Ramos at Joseph Ejercito Estrada; ang ating mga kagalang-galang na mahistrado ng Korte Suprema; mga kagalang-galang na kagawad ng kalipunang diplomatiko; mga kagalang-galang na miyembro ng Kamara de Representante at ng Senado; mga pinuno ng pamahalaang lokal; mga miyembro ng ating Gabinete; mga unipormadong kasapi ng militar at kapulisan; mga kapwa kong nagseserbisyo sa taumbayan; at, siyempre, sa akin pong mga boss, magandang hapon po sa inyong lahat. Ito po ang aking ikatlong SONA, at parang kailan lang nang nagsimula tayong mangarap. Parang kailan lang nang sabay-sabay tayong nagpasyang tahakin ang tuwid na daan. Parang kailan lang nang sinimulan nating iwaksi ang wang-wang, hindi lamang sa kalsada kundi sa sistemang panlipunan. Dalawang taon na ang nakalipas mula nang sinabi ninyo, “Sawa na kami sa korupsyon; sawa na kami sa kahirapan.” Oras na upang ibalik ang isang pamahalaang tunay na kakampi ng taumbayan. Gaya ng marami sa inyo, namulat ako sa panggigipit ng makapangyarihan. Labindalawang-taong gulang po ako nang idineklara ang Batas Militar...
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...Martin Luther King, Jr. | | |3 April 1968 | |I’ve Been to the Mountaintop | |Memphis, Tenn. | | | | | | | | | | ...
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...Appointments Disclosures The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate ReleaseJanuary 05, 2016 Remarks by the President on Common-Sense Gun Safety Reform East Room 11:43 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Please have a seat. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Mark, I want to thank you for your introduction. I still remember the first time we met, the time we spent together, and the conversation we had about Daniel. And that changed me that day. And my hope, earnestly, has been that it would change the country. Five years ago this week, a sitting member of Congress and 18 others were shot at, at a supermarket in Tucson, Arizona. It wasn’t the first time I had to talk to the nation in response to a mass shooting, nor would it be the last. Fort Hood. Binghamton. Aurora. Oak Creek. Newtown. The Navy Yard. Santa Barbara. Charleston. San Bernardino. Too many. AUDIENCE MEMBER: Too many. AUDIENCE MEMBER: Too many. AUDIENCE MEMBER: Too many. THE PRESIDENT: Thanks to a great medical team and the love of her husband, Mark, my dear friend and colleague, Gabby Giffords, survived. She’s here with us today, with her wonderful mom. (Applause.) Thanks to a great medical team, her wonderful husband, Mark -- who, by the...
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...I stand here today because you have elected change. Too long has our nation been plagued by poverty, unemployment, discrimination, and many other problems our citizens face day-to-day. We are Americans, and it's time for us to act like it. (Applause.) Take a look at the person sitting next to you right now. Disregard the color of her skin. Disregard the cost of his clothes. All you need to know about that person is that she's here next to you, sharing the same goals and ambitions you have, wanting the world to change for the better. He is American, just like you, and that's all you need to know. An African American is an American. A Muslim American is an American. I am an American, and you are, too. (Applause.) Alone we can do little. Together...
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...smart, has no patient and he never knows how to get along with others. Also, he is a direct person and he protects all his friends, but in the depth of his heart, he yearns for appreciate and applause. These attractive characteristics are the reason to make him become popular. First, he is very smart and he likes to reasoning. Of course, as a detective, he should be smart enough to solve the cases. However, I remember the most is in the beginning he said” Afghanistan or Iraq” (Sherlock Season I) when he first meet John Watson. This simple sentence leads to the most remarkable characteristic of Sherlock Holmes. He meets John without a minute; he can infer the background of John Watson. At that time, John’s face is like” how do you know?” also can dedicate Sherlock’s...
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...Using Engagor, Excel and SPSS Statistical 22, we analyzed the e-business process support of Caterpillar on three social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Next pie chart shows how much firm generated content had been analyzed, setting up a certain time frame. In the following, both quantitative and qualitative insights are provided. Number of analyzed firm generated content Processes supported on social media In order to give a brief overview of the business processes supported by Caterpillar on several social media platforms, we used SPSS Statistics 22. The following pie charts and frequency tables result from our statistical deceptive analysis. Facebook - Caterpillar Inc. Looking at the pie chart and the frequency table of the Facebook page ‘Caterpillar Inc.’, we can conclude that the overall presence of Trade Processes (Authentication, Customer Service and Search) is rather obvious. With 66.7% of the business processes, content regarding Authentication Processes are most likely to be generated by Caterpillar on this social media platform. The fact that this page is the main Facebook page of this company can be a logical explanation for its Trade Process focused nature. Since these processes are rather customer oriented, it is wise to reach their customers via their established brand name and the most well-known social media platform. Furthermore, we also recognize a small amount of Decision Support Processes. In light of the previous explanation...
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...right. Helen can also promise to her friend that she will not disclose the stealing of paper by her friend to anyone; Promise right. It should be a fair competition between Helen and other students of her class. It’s unfair for other students who don’t have access to the final exam. If the other students get a chance of having a final paper before the Final, then everyone will have an equal chance to be considered a fair game else it will be an inequality towards other students. There will be a lack of justice if stealing of paper by Helen’s friend goes unnoticed. Helen will earn lot of respect from professor by showing virtue; truthfulness and rejecting the final paper from her friend. Being Truthful and honest, Helen will win lot of applause from professor and on the other side the professor or University will take appropriate actions to punish Helen’s friend for stealing the paper from mailbox. This will do proper justice to Helen for being honest and truthful and also indirectly to other students of the class. To Helen, there will be no point of receiving nice treatment from her friend. Though, her friend stole the final exam only to help sensitive Helen. Her friend deserved the respect of Helen and she also deserved a promise from Helen of keeping secret about the truth. Helen could convince her in keeping the final exam. She...
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...In J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, the protagonist, Holden Caulfield, adopts a cynical stance towards those people whom he views as phony. Two instances in which Holden becomes irritated by insincerity occur during his encounters with Ernie and the Lunts. A first example of a time when Holden becomes put-off by phony behavior occurs when he goes to a nightclub and listens to Ernie, a celebrated pianist, show off his virtuosity. Holden recalls, “Anyway, when he had finished and everyone was clapping their heads off, old Ernie turned on his tool and gave this very humble bow … it was very phony - I mean him being a big snob and all” (Salinger 84). Holden considers Ernie to be a phony because the famous pianist seems to be surprised by...
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...that was going to be played. He then got into his position and picked up his stick and began to conduct Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major. The music starts off slow and smooth as it felt like doves flying the sky in a Disney movie. About two minutes into the piece Ingrid Fliter begins to play her piano solo. While she was playing she looked so calm and poised. I tried to picture myself in the position and couldn’t stop laughing how horrible I would sound. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 had three movements Allegro, Adagio, and Allegro assai. The piece lasted about twenty five minutes and the end of the piece had me moving my fingers like I was conducted the orchestra. Once the piece was over the crowded erupted with a round of applause to the grinning face of the pianist Ingrid Fliter. She stood up and shook the conductor Hans Grafs hand and then both bowed to the audience. After that they both walked off...
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...Influential Speaker Commentary Political views aside, most can agree that Barack Obama is an influential and very effective speaker. He is able to inspire masses of people with his simple, yet articulate use of words. He always speaks with a sense of smooth confidence, yet never near the spectrum of arrogance. Most importantly, he is so effective because he accurately knows his audience before performing the speech. Obama is truly talented in his ability to make people identify with him, because the audience feels as if he walked a mile in their shoes. Interestingly, Obama is rarely seen reading a speech. The president is known to read from tele-prompters however the audience is unable to tell. It appears to the audience that Obama creates every speech on the spot, however he is somehow able to convey every point with extreme clarity, and free from any pauses. It is clear that Obama is a naturally talented orator, and that he has honed his skills through practice at Harvard, and throughout his political career. No matter what side of the political arena one may be on, seeing Obama speak live is a compelling experience, more so than past presidents. He is able to instantly connect with the audience with clarity and conviction. Obama is known by many as the people’s president, with his goal of strengthening the middle class, and opposing trickledown economics. He effectively communicates with the lower and middle class demographic because he radiates a feeling of humility...
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...can't allow her to discover my plan yet, the show must go on after all. She recognises I'm not MAN immediately. "So, is he passed out, or vomiting, or passed out in his own vomit?" She doesn't try to hide the disgust in her voice. She takes her acting seriously, as have all the others. "In his own urine as well." There's no reason why I can't joke, I even take some pleasure in being the last person to every hear her laugh. And she does. A spiteful cackle. We both hear the director call action, and she puts on a mask of fear and turns her face away from me and begins to fake cry, while I form my own of fury, her wrist still trapped in my grip. The harsh glow of the spotlight falls on us, the audience begins their welcoming applause. Oh how I adore their applause. The velvet curtain slowly begins to rise. Show time. **** "Please Victor! I never meant for this to happen. I promise you once upon a time I really did love you. But that was before I met Carlos." "You lie." I've studied my lines well over the past few nights. "You never really loved me at all." God these lines are horrible. Maybe I should go after the playwright next. Another joke, I'm on fire tonight. I give her a stage shove and she lands gracefully, but dramatically on the floor. By now I'm sure some people backstage have realised I'm not the lead, or perhaps not. Those type of people usually aren't the most perceptive. Only my talented GIRL realised. I definitely chose the right one. I stalk towards her and she crawls...
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...I sway back and forth anxiously as I stretch my fingers. I’ve never stretched my fingers before playing piano before, but it should help, right? I’m focused on keeping my breathing calm and steady. Breathe in, breathe out. Breathe in, breathe out. A finger tapping on my shoulder brings me back to reality. It’s my friend. “Good luck!” she wishes me. I nod my head and give her a little smile. “Thanks.” She must see the uncertainty on my face, because she gives me a reassuring hug and says, “I know you’ll do great.” As the girl preceding me struts off stage to applause and the emcees parade out to make a cheesy joke and announce my act for Lakeview Middle School’s talent show, my hands feel clammy, my fingers feel weak, and my heart is beating...
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