The Story of Abraham and Sarah (Children's Version) Once there was a man named Abram. One day the Lord came to talk to Abram, and Abram asked, "Who will have all my things when I die". God promised Abram and his wife Sarai that one day they would be parents, even though they were old and had no children. God wasn't sure that Abram understood. So that night He took him outside, and said, "Do you see all the stars that are in the sky"? When Abram looked up, the whole night sky was full of
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commanded to be circumcised as a "sign of covenant" between them and God (Gen. 17:10-11). God told Abraham his wife’s name was no longer Sarai, but now Sarah and will bear him a son named Issac. “I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you” (Genesis 17:7) “I will bless Sarah and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother os nations; kings of peoples will come from her.” (Gen. 17:15) *
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presented in the three texts. The one thing, that the three texts have in common is the theme; serving in the army. In text one, Why they serve, Sarah Palin tells her own story about her son, Track, serving in the army, and she tells about the feelings she has. She sees serving as a way to protect the idea of America, not just geographically. Sarah Palin is proud of her country and the unity, and she is proud of her son. She wonders for what reason some young men and women want to risk their lives
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------------------------------------------------- The Army In the first text by Sarah Palin – “Why they serve”, we heat about Sarah Palin and her son Track, who enlisted in the army. The main reason Track serves is family. He has a little sister, baby brother and a nephew, he wants to be a part of making the best possible world, which is safe and welcoming for them. The young American women and men who chose to defend America are not just defending a regular country. America is the only country
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Technology Too Powerful? The year was 1997. The date, August 4th. Skynet, a military computer system used as a global defense network, was activated and given command over all computerized hardware and systems belonging to the United States military. The system also had control over military bombers and the US nuclear arsenal. Skynet was created to eliminate human error and respond quickly to enemy attacks. The system taught itself and by August 29th, gained artificial consciousness. The operators
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Rochell Standish Commercial Analysis (FD) rstandish@ugf.edu Word Count: 1042 words ADVERTISING PERSUASION I viewed an American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) commercial which features Sara McLachlan and her song “In the Arms of an Angel”. The commercial urged viewers to donate $18.00 per month to help save the lives of animals and to provide medical care, food, and love to abused, neglected animals. If the viewer were to sign up in the next thirty
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Serving in the Army When reading these three texts about serving in the US Army, it gives three different views on how it is. In the first text by Sarah Palin, it is her son who enlist, to protect and serve his country, or ad she say in the text, he did it because of the younger generation in our family … he wanted them to grow up in a safe world. The most important statement she wants to give to us, is that we should not allow our kids to go in to war, and risk their lives, never knowing if
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African-American president or first female vice president, Sarah Palin. It was the time when economy was struggling. There were two costly ongoing wars of 8 years, subprime mortgage crisis had taken hold and the nation was hurdling towards recession. Senator McCain represented the status quo of Republican Party which was believed to be responsible for the crisis at the time. After coming in lead in Republican Primary, John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential Candidate. This choice had
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a person who breaks into computers, usually by gaining access to administrative controls (en.wikipedia.org). A 20 year old Tennessee college student named David Kernell broke into the Yahoo e-mail account of U.S. Vie Presidential candidate Sarah Palin. He accessed Palin’s personal e-mail account in September 2008, while she was running as a vice presidential candidate, and used Yahoo’s password reset feature to gain access to her mail. Several of her messages from her account were posted
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Serving in the Army When reading these three texts about serving in the US Army, it gives three different views on how it is. In the first text by Sarah Palin, it is her son who enlist, to protect and serve his country, or ad she say in the text, he did it because of the younger generation in our family … he wanted them to grow up in a safe world. The most important statement she wants to give to us, is that we should not allow our kids to go in to war, and risk their lives, never knowing if
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