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On the Incarnation of the Word
-Athanasius
Chapter 1
Creation and the Fall
(1) In our former book11i.e. the Contra Gentes. we dealt fully enough with a few of the chief points about the heathen worship of idols, and how those false fears originally arose. We also, by God's grace, briefly indicated that the Word of the Father is Himself divine, that all things that are owe their being to His will and power, and that it is through Him that the Father gives order to creation, by Him that all things are moved, and through Him that they receive their being. Now, Macarius, true lover of Christ, we must take a step further in the faith of our holy religion, and consider also the Word's becoming Man and His divine Appearing in our midst. That mystery the Jews traduce, the Greeks deride, but we adore; and your own love and devotion to the Word also will be the greater, because in His Manhood He seems so little worth. For it is a fact that the more unbelievers pour scorn on Him, so much the more does He make His Godhead evident. The things which they, as men, rule out as impossible, He plainly shows to be possible; that which they deride as unfitting, His goodness makes most fit; and things which these wiseacres laugh at as "human" He by His inherent might declares divine. Thus by what seems His utter poverty and weakness on the cross He overturns the pomp and parade of idols, and quietly and hiddenly wins over the mockers and unbelievers to recognize Him as God.
Now in dealing with these matters it is necessary first to recall what has already been said. You must understand why it is that the Word of the Father, so great and so high, has been made manifest in bodily form. He has not assumed a body as proper to His own nature, far from it, for as the Word He is without body. He has been manifested in a human body for this reason only, out of the love and goodness of His Father, for the salvation of us men. We will begin, then, with the creation of the world and with God its Maker, for the first fact that you must grasp is this: the renewal of creation has been wrought by the Self-same Word Who made it in the beginning. There is thus no inconsistency between creation and salvation for the One Father has employed the same Agent for both works, effecting the salvation of the world through the same Word Who made it in the beginning.
(2) In regard to the making of the universe and the creation of all things there have been various opinions, and each person has propounded the theory that suited his own taste. For instance, some say that all things are self-originated and, so to speak, haphazard. The Epicureans are among these; they deny that there is any Mind behind the universe at all. This view is contrary to all the facts of experience, their own existence included. For if all things had come into being in this automatic fashion, instead of being the outcome of Mind, though they existed, they woul ...
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The document discusses the necessary attributes of God that people must understand in order to exercise faith in Him. It outlines three things needed: 1) The idea that God exists, 2) A correct understanding of His character/perfections, 3) Knowledge that following His will leads to salvation. It then examines what revelations teach about God's character, including that He is eternal, merciful, gracious, consistent, and loves all people equally. Understanding God's excellent attributes strengthens faith by removing doubts about salvation due to human weakness and liability to sin.
God created humans with inherent value, but mankind has rebelled against God through sin. In Romans 2, Paul teaches that no one can claim self-righteousness or excuse their sins, as God will judge all people based on their deeds. Recent events highlight mankind's suppression of truth about God and sin. Funerals being held for aborted babies in the Netherlands show how sin distorts logic to excuse rebellion against God's law valuing life. Rising anti-Semitism in Europe coincides with growing Muslim populations, as fears are unconsciously expressed through solidarity with Muslims and antagonism towards Jews, similar to Stockholm Syndrome where victims bond with their abusers. All will be judged by God unless they repent and turn to Christ for salvation.
D oes everything is in gods control arthur dentKaturi Susmitha
This document is a sermon from 1706 by Arthur Dent arguing that God rules over everything, both generally and particularly, through His providence. It begins by discussing how some Christians are ignorant of basic doctrines like God's providence. It then seeks to prove two main points: 1) That Christ governs all things as well as God the Father through reason, examples from scripture, and biblical authority. 2) That God's providence governs all things generally and every specific thing particularly. It discusses and rejects various philosophical views that deny God's governance over some areas.
This document discusses natural disasters like tornadoes from a Calvinistic theological perspective. It argues that God, not nature or other forces, is fully sovereign and in control over all things, including natural disasters. It asserts that all humans are totally depraved and sinful in God's eyes, and so deserve judgment and punishment. The document suggests tornadoes and other catastrophes are a form of God's judgment on a sinful world, and that only through repentance and faith in Christ can people be saved from eternal punishment.
The document discusses the need to study the books of Daniel and Revelation more closely as we near the end of time. It emphasizes keeping attention focused on God and His law rather than human beings. It notes how God worked throughout history to humble human pride. The second part discusses various biblical passages about election, calling, and salvation through accepting Christ's righteousness. It stresses that true election is dependent upon continual faith and obedience to God's word. Overall the document examines theological concepts around judgment, salvation, and preparing for Christ's return.
Week 33 - Lectures on Faith - Lecture Third.pptxGlenMartineau
The document discusses the necessary attributes of God that people must understand in order to exercise faith in Him. It outlines three things needed: 1) The idea that God exists, 2) A correct understanding of His character/perfections, 3) Knowledge that following His will leads to salvation. It then examines what revelations teach about God's character, including that He is eternal, merciful, gracious, consistent, and loves all people equally. Understanding God's excellent attributes strengthens faith by removing doubts about salvation due to human weakness and liability to sin.
God created humans with inherent value, but mankind has rebelled against God through sin. In Romans 2, Paul teaches that no one can claim self-righteousness or excuse their sins, as God will judge all people based on their deeds. Recent events highlight mankind's suppression of truth about God and sin. Funerals being held for aborted babies in the Netherlands show how sin distorts logic to excuse rebellion against God's law valuing life. Rising anti-Semitism in Europe coincides with growing Muslim populations, as fears are unconsciously expressed through solidarity with Muslims and antagonism towards Jews, similar to Stockholm Syndrome where victims bond with their abusers. All will be judged by God unless they repent and turn to Christ for salvation.
D oes everything is in gods control arthur dentKaturi Susmitha
This document is a sermon from 1706 by Arthur Dent arguing that God rules over everything, both generally and particularly, through His providence. It begins by discussing how some Christians are ignorant of basic doctrines like God's providence. It then seeks to prove two main points: 1) That Christ governs all things as well as God the Father through reason, examples from scripture, and biblical authority. 2) That God's providence governs all things generally and every specific thing particularly. It discusses and rejects various philosophical views that deny God's governance over some areas.
This document discusses natural disasters like tornadoes from a Calvinistic theological perspective. It argues that God, not nature or other forces, is fully sovereign and in control over all things, including natural disasters. It asserts that all humans are totally depraved and sinful in God's eyes, and so deserve judgment and punishment. The document suggests tornadoes and other catastrophes are a form of God's judgment on a sinful world, and that only through repentance and faith in Christ can people be saved from eternal punishment.
The document discusses the need to study the books of Daniel and Revelation more closely as we near the end of time. It emphasizes keeping attention focused on God and His law rather than human beings. It notes how God worked throughout history to humble human pride. The second part discusses various biblical passages about election, calling, and salvation through accepting Christ's righteousness. It stresses that true election is dependent upon continual faith and obedience to God's word. Overall the document examines theological concepts around judgment, salvation, and preparing for Christ's return.
God created the entire universe, including the earth and everything in it, in just six days through the power of his spoken word. He formed the first man and woman in his image to rule over his creation. God uniquely created each person and knit them together in their mother's womb. The theory of evolution is rejected because its proponents deliberately deny what the Bible clearly teaches about creation and instead follow their own desires. True understanding of origins can only come by faith in God's revelation.
This is a study of Jesus being the true God. He is both the true God and eternal life. We can know Him and have what only God can give, and that is eternal life.
Jacob Boehmes Aurora. http://www.gloucestercounty-va.com So you think the New Age is new? Have you ever studied history to find it's anything but new? These books are all from the 17th century yet sound like they come from today. Nothing new under the sun. Visit us.
This document discusses arguments for the existence of God. It asserts that belief in God is universal and innate in human nature. While the Bible does not attempt to prove God's existence, it declares God as the creator based on his eternal power and divine nature being evident in creation. The document outlines several logical arguments including that everything must have a cause, the complexity of the universe implies an intelligent designer, and humanity's moral and spiritual nature points to a higher moral authority. It also argues that denying God leads to moral degeneration and that knowing God fosters holiness. Personal experiences of answered prayers, salvation, healings and fellowship with God provide the strongest proof of God's existence.
This is a study of Jesus as our body transformer. He will transform our bodies to be just like His in all His glory. We will finally be like Jesus for all eternity.
The Glory of the Lord in the Sanctuary Episode 12 Yom Kippur and the Latter R...JackieSparrow3
Those only who through faith in Christ obey all of God's commandments will reach the condition of sinlessness in which Adam lived before his transgression. They testify to their love of Christ by obeying all His precepts, including the one relating to the observance of the Sabbath, the seventh day of the week, the day that He blessed and sanctified, "because that in it He had rested from all His work 8MR 99.2
This document discusses arguments for the existence of God. It asserts that belief in God is universal and innate in human nature. While the Bible does not attempt to prove God's existence, it declares that God's eternal power and divine nature are evident in creation. The document outlines several common arguments, including that the universe requires a cause, displays signs of intelligent design, and humanity's moral and spiritual nature points to a higher being. It also argues that denying God leads to moral depravity and that knowing God fosters holiness. The best approach is to testify about how faith has enriched one's life rather than arguing with atheists.
This document discusses arguments for the existence of God. It asserts that belief in God is universal and innate in human nature. While the Bible does not attempt to prove God's existence, it declares that God's eternal power and divine nature are evident in creation. The document outlines several common arguments, including that the universe requires a cause, displays signs of intelligent design, and humanity's moral and spiritual nature points to a higher being. It also argues that denying God leads to moral depravity and that knowing God fosters holiness. The best approach is to testify about how faith has enriched one's life rather than arguing with atheists.
This document discusses the revelation of the "man of sin" or the "lawless one" within each person. It argues that this refers to our own lowered consciousness or mistaken identity that sits in the "temple" of our own being and claims to be God. It says we are moving from understanding based on the "outer court" and "holy place" to a "third realm" where this man of sin within will be revealed and overcome through Christ. The goal is for each person to realize their true identity as the temple of God and to overcome the false identity that has reigned since the fall, reconciling the divisions between people and bringing the "feud" within to an end.
This document discusses concepts related to leaving spiritual bondage and mediocrity, represented by Egypt. It suggests that even faithful Christians can find themselves trapped in various forms of Egypt. God calls his people to leave their personal Egypt through revelations and convictions.
When Israel left Egypt, they faced opposition from 10 Egyptian gods representing 10 excuses for staying in bondage. The document examines the first 3 gods - Hapi the river god representing dependence on people or things for life; Heket the frog goddess representing indecision about leaving Egypt; and Geb the dust god representing feeling insignificant. It suggests God judges these "gods" by plaguing the things people depend on to provoke their exodus from bondage.
Week 14 - Lectures on Faith Overview.pptxGlenMartineau
The three lectures on faith provide a general overview of God and the principles of faith. Lecture one discusses what faith is and how it is the first principle of the gospel. It establishes that without faith it is impossible to please God or receive eternal life. The lecture also touches on how mankind comes to know God through the exercise of faith.
John bigelow-THE-PROPRIUM-or-what-of-man-is-not-his-own-as-expounded-by-emanu...Francis Batt
This document is an introduction to "The Proprium or What of Man is Not His Own" by Emanuel Swedenborg. It discusses the concept of "proprium", which refers to viewing one's powers, possessions, or achievements as one's own rather than gifts from God. It warns that proprium leads to idolatry, selfishness, and blindness to others. It provides biblical examples to illustrate how proprium has manifested throughout history and been a source of evil. The introduction aims to establish proprium as the primary spiritual enemy that humanity must overcome to develop genuine spiritual life.
This document provides an overview of the first introduction of salvation and redemption in Genesis 3:20-21. It describes how Adam became a believer in God after being deceived by Satan and exercised faith in God's promise that Eve's offspring would defeat Satan. God made coats of skin for Adam and Eve, representing the first sacrifice and foreshadowing of Jesus' sacrifice to cover mankind's sin. The document explores how salvation requires faith from man but atonement from God's side, and how God graciously provided the covering for Adam and Eve's sin through an innocent sacrifice.
This document provides an overview of the first introduction of salvation and redemption in Genesis 3:20-21. It describes how Adam became a believer in God after being deceived by Satan and exercised faith in God's promise that Eve's offspring would defeat Satan. God made coats of skin for Adam and Eve, representing the first sacrifice and foreshadowing of Jesus' sacrifice to cover mankind's sin. The document examines how salvation requires faith from man but atonement from God's side through the substitutionary death of an innocent victim to cover sin.
This document provides a summary of how God has guided his people throughout biblical history by pointing his finger. It discusses instances from the Old Testament where God's finger was pointed, such as at Adam and Eve after the fall, at Noah to build the ark, and at Abram to leave his family and follow God. The document then focuses on the story of Lot, who separated from Abram and settled in Sodom and Gomorrah, which were sinful cities. God later rescued Lot and his family from those cities. The document suggests God continues to point his finger to guide people today.
Part 84 blessed are the eyes that can really see me! Ralph W Knowles
Part 84. Swallowed Up! As The Father Is Self Existent, So Has He Given To The Corporate Son! Releasing And Claiming Our True Birthright! Life In Himself! Blessed Are The Eyes That Can Really See Me! Sons Of Abraham, Come Out And Look Up! A Divine Intervention! A Metamorphosis Of Love! Blessed Are The Eyes That Can Really See Me!
PART B Please response to these two original posts below. Wh.docxsmile790243
PART B
Please response to these two original posts below. When
responding to these posts, please either expand the
thought, add additional insights, or respectfully disagree
and explain why. Remember that we are after reasons
and arguments, and not simply the statement of
opinions.
Original Post 1
Are human lives intrinsically valuable? If so, in virtue of what? (Is
it our uniqueness, perhaps, or our autonomy, or something else?)
To begin, I would like to remind us that being intrinsically valuable
means having values for just being us and nothing else. I believe
that human lives are intrinsically valuable in virtue of our
uniqueness. As a bio nerd, I would like to state the fact that there
are a lot of crossover events during meiosis, which create trillions
of different DNA combinations. Hence, from a biological
standpoint, without considering other aspects, being you is
already valuable because you are that one sperm that won the
race and got fertilized. On a larger scale, there are hardly two
people whose look and behaviors are the same in the same
family, unless they are identical twins. However, identical twins
still act differently and have differences (such as fingerprints).
Since we are raised in different families, we are taught different
things and have different cultures. In general, we all have
different genetic information, appearances, personalities, senses
of humor, ambitions, talents, interests and life experiences. These
characteristics make up our “unique individual value” and make
us so unique and irreplaceable.
I would also love to discuss how our diversities enrich and
contribute to society, but that would be a talk about our extrinsic
values.
Original Post 2
Are human lives intrinsically valuable? If so, in virtue of what? (Is
it our uniqueness, perhaps, or our autonomy, or something else?)
I believe that human lives are intrinsically valuable due to a
number of reasons. Firstly, human lives aren’t replaceable. You
can’t replace a human being with another just like you can
replace a broken laptop with brand new one. Part of the reason
why we tend to think this way is that we were nurtured with the
notion that there is, indeed, a special value to human life. This
could be in virtue of our uniqueness-- the fact that we are
sentient and capable of complex thoughts and emotions
separates us from any other species on this planet. From a
scientific standpoint, this is also one of the reasons as to why
humans became the dominant species in today’s age.
Moreover, human lives aren’t disposable. I think this is largely due
to us humans having the ability to empathize with others. We
understand that it’s morally inappropriate to take the life of
another individual even if they’re complete strangers because
they’re another human being like us who has their own thoughts,
values, memories, and stories. In a way, we have a strong
emotional connection to our own species. As .
Part C Developing Your Design SolutionThe Production Cycle.docxsmile790243
Part C Developing Your Design
Solution
The Production Cycle
Within the four stages of the design workflow there are two distinct parts.
The first three stages, as presented in Part B of this book, were described
as ‘The Hidden Thinking’ stages, as they are concerned with undertaking
the crucial behind-the-scenes preparatory work. You may have completed
them in terms of working through the book’s contents, but in visualisation
projects they will continue to command your attention, even if that is
reduced to a background concern.
You have now reached the second distinct part of the workflow which
involves developing your design solution. This stage follows a production
cycle, commencing with rationalising design ideas and moving through to
the development of a final solution.
The term cycle is appropriate to describe this stage as there are many loops
of iteration as you evolve rapidly between conceptual, practical and
technical thinking. The inevitability of this iterative cycle is, in large part,
again due to the nature of this pursuit being more about optimisation rather
than an expectation of achieving that elusive notion of perfection. Trade-
offs, compromises, and restrictions are omnipresent as you juggle ambition
and necessary pragmatism.
How you undertake this stage will differ considerably depending on the
nature of your task. The creation of a relatively simple, single chart to be
slotted into a report probably will not require the same rigour of a formal
production cycle that the development of a vast interactive visualisation to
be used by the public would demand. This is merely an outline of the most
you will need to do – you should edit, adapt and participate the steps to fit
with your context.
There are several discrete steps involved in this production cycle:
Conceiving ideas across the five layers of visualisation design.
Wireframing and storyboarding designs.
Developing prototypes or mock-up versions.
219
Testing.
Refining and completing.
Launching the solution.
Naturally, the specific approach for developing your design solution (from
prototyping through to launching) will vary hugely, depending particularly
on your skills and resources: it might be an Excel chart, or a Tableau
dashboard, an infographic created using Adobe Illustrator, or a web-based
interactive built with the D3.js library. As I have explained in the book’s
introduction, I’m not going to attempt to cover the myriad ways of
implementing a solution; that would be impossible to achieve as each task
and tool would require different instructions.
For the scope of this book, I am focusing on taking you through the first
two steps of this cycle – conceiving ideas and wireframing/storyboarding.
There are parallels here with the distinctions between architecture (design)
and engineering (execution) – I’m effectively chaperoning you through to
the conclusion of your design thinking.
To fulfil this, Part C presents a detailed breakdown of the many design
.
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God created the entire universe, including the earth and everything in it, in just six days through the power of his spoken word. He formed the first man and woman in his image to rule over his creation. God uniquely created each person and knit them together in their mother's womb. The theory of evolution is rejected because its proponents deliberately deny what the Bible clearly teaches about creation and instead follow their own desires. True understanding of origins can only come by faith in God's revelation.
This is a study of Jesus being the true God. He is both the true God and eternal life. We can know Him and have what only God can give, and that is eternal life.
Jacob Boehmes Aurora. http://www.gloucestercounty-va.com So you think the New Age is new? Have you ever studied history to find it's anything but new? These books are all from the 17th century yet sound like they come from today. Nothing new under the sun. Visit us.
This document discusses arguments for the existence of God. It asserts that belief in God is universal and innate in human nature. While the Bible does not attempt to prove God's existence, it declares God as the creator based on his eternal power and divine nature being evident in creation. The document outlines several logical arguments including that everything must have a cause, the complexity of the universe implies an intelligent designer, and humanity's moral and spiritual nature points to a higher moral authority. It also argues that denying God leads to moral degeneration and that knowing God fosters holiness. Personal experiences of answered prayers, salvation, healings and fellowship with God provide the strongest proof of God's existence.
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Those only who through faith in Christ obey all of God's commandments will reach the condition of sinlessness in which Adam lived before his transgression. They testify to their love of Christ by obeying all His precepts, including the one relating to the observance of the Sabbath, the seventh day of the week, the day that He blessed and sanctified, "because that in it He had rested from all His work 8MR 99.2
This document discusses arguments for the existence of God. It asserts that belief in God is universal and innate in human nature. While the Bible does not attempt to prove God's existence, it declares that God's eternal power and divine nature are evident in creation. The document outlines several common arguments, including that the universe requires a cause, displays signs of intelligent design, and humanity's moral and spiritual nature points to a higher being. It also argues that denying God leads to moral depravity and that knowing God fosters holiness. The best approach is to testify about how faith has enriched one's life rather than arguing with atheists.
This document discusses arguments for the existence of God. It asserts that belief in God is universal and innate in human nature. While the Bible does not attempt to prove God's existence, it declares that God's eternal power and divine nature are evident in creation. The document outlines several common arguments, including that the universe requires a cause, displays signs of intelligent design, and humanity's moral and spiritual nature points to a higher being. It also argues that denying God leads to moral depravity and that knowing God fosters holiness. The best approach is to testify about how faith has enriched one's life rather than arguing with atheists.
This document discusses the revelation of the "man of sin" or the "lawless one" within each person. It argues that this refers to our own lowered consciousness or mistaken identity that sits in the "temple" of our own being and claims to be God. It says we are moving from understanding based on the "outer court" and "holy place" to a "third realm" where this man of sin within will be revealed and overcome through Christ. The goal is for each person to realize their true identity as the temple of God and to overcome the false identity that has reigned since the fall, reconciling the divisions between people and bringing the "feud" within to an end.
This document discusses concepts related to leaving spiritual bondage and mediocrity, represented by Egypt. It suggests that even faithful Christians can find themselves trapped in various forms of Egypt. God calls his people to leave their personal Egypt through revelations and convictions.
When Israel left Egypt, they faced opposition from 10 Egyptian gods representing 10 excuses for staying in bondage. The document examines the first 3 gods - Hapi the river god representing dependence on people or things for life; Heket the frog goddess representing indecision about leaving Egypt; and Geb the dust god representing feeling insignificant. It suggests God judges these "gods" by plaguing the things people depend on to provoke their exodus from bondage.
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The three lectures on faith provide a general overview of God and the principles of faith. Lecture one discusses what faith is and how it is the first principle of the gospel. It establishes that without faith it is impossible to please God or receive eternal life. The lecture also touches on how mankind comes to know God through the exercise of faith.
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This document provides an overview of the first introduction of salvation and redemption in Genesis 3:20-21. It describes how Adam became a believer in God after being deceived by Satan and exercised faith in God's promise that Eve's offspring would defeat Satan. God made coats of skin for Adam and Eve, representing the first sacrifice and foreshadowing of Jesus' sacrifice to cover mankind's sin. The document explores how salvation requires faith from man but atonement from God's side, and how God graciously provided the covering for Adam and Eve's sin through an innocent sacrifice.
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This document provides a summary of how God has guided his people throughout biblical history by pointing his finger. It discusses instances from the Old Testament where God's finger was pointed, such as at Adam and Eve after the fall, at Noah to build the ark, and at Abram to leave his family and follow God. The document then focuses on the story of Lot, who separated from Abram and settled in Sodom and Gomorrah, which were sinful cities. God later rescued Lot and his family from those cities. The document suggests God continues to point his finger to guide people today.
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PART B
Please response to these two original posts below. When
responding to these posts, please either expand the
thought, add additional insights, or respectfully disagree
and explain why. Remember that we are after reasons
and arguments, and not simply the statement of
opinions.
Original Post 1
Are human lives intrinsically valuable? If so, in virtue of what? (Is
it our uniqueness, perhaps, or our autonomy, or something else?)
To begin, I would like to remind us that being intrinsically valuable
means having values for just being us and nothing else. I believe
that human lives are intrinsically valuable in virtue of our
uniqueness. As a bio nerd, I would like to state the fact that there
are a lot of crossover events during meiosis, which create trillions
of different DNA combinations. Hence, from a biological
standpoint, without considering other aspects, being you is
already valuable because you are that one sperm that won the
race and got fertilized. On a larger scale, there are hardly two
people whose look and behaviors are the same in the same
family, unless they are identical twins. However, identical twins
still act differently and have differences (such as fingerprints).
Since we are raised in different families, we are taught different
things and have different cultures. In general, we all have
different genetic information, appearances, personalities, senses
of humor, ambitions, talents, interests and life experiences. These
characteristics make up our “unique individual value” and make
us so unique and irreplaceable.
I would also love to discuss how our diversities enrich and
contribute to society, but that would be a talk about our extrinsic
values.
Original Post 2
Are human lives intrinsically valuable? If so, in virtue of what? (Is
it our uniqueness, perhaps, or our autonomy, or something else?)
I believe that human lives are intrinsically valuable due to a
number of reasons. Firstly, human lives aren’t replaceable. You
can’t replace a human being with another just like you can
replace a broken laptop with brand new one. Part of the reason
why we tend to think this way is that we were nurtured with the
notion that there is, indeed, a special value to human life. This
could be in virtue of our uniqueness-- the fact that we are
sentient and capable of complex thoughts and emotions
separates us from any other species on this planet. From a
scientific standpoint, this is also one of the reasons as to why
humans became the dominant species in today’s age.
Moreover, human lives aren’t disposable. I think this is largely due
to us humans having the ability to empathize with others. We
understand that it’s morally inappropriate to take the life of
another individual even if they’re complete strangers because
they’re another human being like us who has their own thoughts,
values, memories, and stories. In a way, we have a strong
emotional connection to our own species. As .
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Part C Developing Your Design
Solution
The Production Cycle
Within the four stages of the design workflow there are two distinct parts.
The first three stages, as presented in Part B of this book, were described
as ‘The Hidden Thinking’ stages, as they are concerned with undertaking
the crucial behind-the-scenes preparatory work. You may have completed
them in terms of working through the book’s contents, but in visualisation
projects they will continue to command your attention, even if that is
reduced to a background concern.
You have now reached the second distinct part of the workflow which
involves developing your design solution. This stage follows a production
cycle, commencing with rationalising design ideas and moving through to
the development of a final solution.
The term cycle is appropriate to describe this stage as there are many loops
of iteration as you evolve rapidly between conceptual, practical and
technical thinking. The inevitability of this iterative cycle is, in large part,
again due to the nature of this pursuit being more about optimisation rather
than an expectation of achieving that elusive notion of perfection. Trade-
offs, compromises, and restrictions are omnipresent as you juggle ambition
and necessary pragmatism.
How you undertake this stage will differ considerably depending on the
nature of your task. The creation of a relatively simple, single chart to be
slotted into a report probably will not require the same rigour of a formal
production cycle that the development of a vast interactive visualisation to
be used by the public would demand. This is merely an outline of the most
you will need to do – you should edit, adapt and participate the steps to fit
with your context.
There are several discrete steps involved in this production cycle:
Conceiving ideas across the five layers of visualisation design.
Wireframing and storyboarding designs.
Developing prototypes or mock-up versions.
219
Testing.
Refining and completing.
Launching the solution.
Naturally, the specific approach for developing your design solution (from
prototyping through to launching) will vary hugely, depending particularly
on your skills and resources: it might be an Excel chart, or a Tableau
dashboard, an infographic created using Adobe Illustrator, or a web-based
interactive built with the D3.js library. As I have explained in the book’s
introduction, I’m not going to attempt to cover the myriad ways of
implementing a solution; that would be impossible to achieve as each task
and tool would require different instructions.
For the scope of this book, I am focusing on taking you through the first
two steps of this cycle – conceiving ideas and wireframing/storyboarding.
There are parallels here with the distinctions between architecture (design)
and engineering (execution) – I’m effectively chaperoning you through to
the conclusion of your design thinking.
To fulfil this, Part C presents a detailed breakdown of the many design
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PART A You will create a media piece based around the theme of a.docxsmile790243
PART A:
You will create a media piece based around the theme of “alternative facts.
Fake News:
Create a
series of 3
short, “fake news” articles or news videos. They should follow a specific theme. Make sure to have a clear understanding of WHY your fake news is being created (fake news is used by people, groups, companies, etc to convince an unsuspecting audience of something. It’s supposed to seem real, but the motivation behind it is to deceive. As part of this option, consider what your motivations are for your deception).
Part A: should be around 750 words for written tasks (or 250 for each 3 part task)
PART B:
The focus for this assignment is to demonstrate a
clear understanding of media conventions
, as well as
purpose
and
audience
. Therefore, along with your media product, you’ll also be required to submit a short
reflection
detailing why you created your product and for whom it was intended. You must discuss and analyze the elements within your media product (including why & how you used the persuasive techniques of ethos, logos and pathos) as well as the other elements of media you used and why.
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Part 4. Implications to Nursing Practice & Implication to Patient Outcomes
Provide a paragraph summary addressing the topics implications to nursing practice and patient outcomes. This section is NOT another review of the literature or introduction of new topics related to the PICOT question.
You may find if helpful to begin each topic with -
Nurses need to know …
Important patient outcomes include …
Example
– please note this is an older previous students work and so some references are older than 5 years.
Be sure to provide the PICOT question to begin this post.
PICOT Question:
P=Patient Population
I=Intervention
C=Comparison
O=Outcome
T=Time (duration):
In patients in the hospital, (P)
how does frequently provided patient hand washing (I)
compared with patient initiated hand washing (C)
affect hospital acquired infection (O)
within the hospital stay (T)
Implications to Nursing Practice & Patient Outcomes
Nurses need to know that they play a significant role in the reduction of hospital acquired infection by ensuring by health care workers and patients wash hands since nurses have the most interactions with patients. Implementing hand hygiene protocol with patients can enhance awareness and decrease healthcare associated infection (HAI). Both nurses and patients need to know that HAI is associated with increased morbidity and mortality as well cost of treatment and length of hospital stay. Nurses and patients also need to know that most HAI is preventable. Gujral (2015) notes that proper hand hygiene is the single most important, simplest, and least expensive means of reducing prevalence of HAI and the spread of antimicrobial resistance. Nurse and patient hand washing plays a vital role in decreasing healthcare costs and infections in all settings.
References
Gujral, H. (2015.) Survey shows importance of hand washing for infection prevention. American Nurse Today, 10 (10), 20. Retrieved from hEp://www.nursingworld.org/AmericanNurseToday
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PART A
Hepatitis C is a chronic liver infection that can be either silent (with no noticeable symptoms) or debilitating. Either way, 80% of infected persons experience continuing liver destruction. Chronic hepatitis C infection is the leading cause of liver transplants in the United States. The virus that causes it is blood borne, and therefore patients who undergo frequent procedures involving transfer of blood are particularly susceptible to infection. Kidney dialysis patients belong to this group. In 2008, a for-profit hemodialysis facility in New York was shut down after nine of its patients were confirmed as having become infected with hepatitis C while undergoing hemodialysis treatments there between 2001 and 2008.
When the investigation was conducted in 2008, investigators found that 20 of the facility’s 162 patients had been documented with hepatitis C infection at the time they began their association with the clinic. All the current patients were then offered hepatitis C testing, to determine how many had acquired hepatitis C during the time they were receiving treatment at the clinic. They were considered positive if enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) tests showed the presence of antibodies to the hepatitis C virus.
Health officials did not test the workers at the hemodialysis facility for hepatitis C because they did not view them as likely sources of the nine new infections. Why not?
Why do you think patients were tested for antibody to the virus instead of for the presence of the virus itself?
Ref.: Cowan, M. K. (2014) (4th Ed.). Microbiology: A Systems Approach, McGraw Hill
PART B
Summary:
Directions for the students: There are 4 essay questions. Please be sure to complete all of them with thorough substantive responses. Current APA Citations are required for all responses.
1. Precisely what is microbial death?
2. Why does a population of microbes not die instantaneously when exposed to an antimicrobial agent?
3. Explain what is wrong with this statement: “Prior to vaccination, the patient’s skin was sterilized with alcohol.” What would be a more correct wording?
4. Conduct additional research on the use of triclosan and other chemical agents in antimicrobial products today. Develop an opinion on whether this process should continue, providing evidence and citations to support your stance.
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Potential negative reactions from others to an adolescent questioning their sexual identity or gender role could negatively impact their social environment, behavior, and self-esteem. As social workers, we can play a role in creating a supportive environment for these adolescents by educating families and communities, advocating for inclusive policies, and providing counseling and resources to help adolescents accept themselves and develop coping strategies.
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PART B
Please response to these two original posts below. When responding to
these posts, please either expand the thought, add additional insights, or
respectfully disagree and explain why. Remember that we are after reasons
and arguments, and not simply the statement of opinions.
Original Post 1
"What is moral relativism? Why might people be attracted to it? Is
it plausible?"
First of all, moral relativism is the view that moral truths are
subjective and depend on each individual's standpoints. Based
on this, everyone's moral view is legitimate. This can be attracted
because it sounds liberating and there is no need to argue for a
particular position. Moral relativism seems convincing in some
cases. For example, some people are okay with giving money to
homeless people, thinking that it's good to provide for the people
in need. Some people, on the other hand, claim that they can
work to satisfy their own needs. Moral relativism works well in
these cases because they all seem legitimate. However, there are
cases that moral relativism does not seem reasonable. For
example, child sacrifice in some cultures seems cruel and
uncivilized to most people. Hence, moral relativism is not
absolutely true.
Original Post 2
“Is your death bad for you, specifically, or only (at most) for others? Why
might someone claim that it isn’t bad for you?”
I'd start off by acknowledging what the two ancient philosophers,
Lucretius and Epicurus, outlined about death. They made the
point that death isn't necessarily bad for you since no suffering
takes place and that you yourself don't realize your own death. In
this way, one could make the claim that death isn't intrinsically
bad for you.
Another perspective I wanted to add was the influence of death
(both on you and others around you). Specifically, the event of
death itself may not be bad for you, but the idea of impending
death could impact one's life. Some may live freely, totally care-
free, accepting of death and enjoy life in the moment. Others may
be frightened by the idea of death that they live in constant fear
and hence death causing their mental health to take its toll. In
this way, I'd argue that death could, in fact, be bad for you. One
common reason for being afraid of death is the fear of being
forgotten. Not to mention the death of an individual certainly
affects others; death doesn't affect one's life but also all that is
connected to it. Focusing back to the point, it's clear that the
very idea of death directly affects the concerned individual. The
fact that those who live in fear of death are looking for legacies
and footprints to leave after they leave this world is telling of how
death could be arguably bad for you before it even happens.
PART A
Pick one or more questions below and write a substantive post
with >100 words. Please try to provide evidence(s) to support
your idea(s).
Questions:
• Do we have a duty to work out whe.
Part A (50 Points)Various men and women throughout history .docxsmile790243
Part A (50 Points):
Various men and women throughout history have made important contributions to the development of statistical science. Select any one (1) individual from the list below and write a 2 page summary of their influence on statistics. Be specific in detail to explain the concepts they developed and how this advanced our understanding and application of statistics.
Florence Nightingale
Francis Galton
Thomas Bayes
Part B (50 Points):
Select any one statistical concept you learned in this course and explain how it can be applied to our understanding of the Covid-19 pandemic (2 pages). You should use a specific example and include at least one diagram to illustrate your answer.
Please note: Your work must be original and not copied directly from other sources. No citations are needed. Be sure to submit this assignment in Blackboard on the due date specified.
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This document discusses urinary tract infections (UTIs). It begins with a matching exercise identifying structures of the urinary system. The second part addresses UTIs in more detail. It defines a UTI, discusses the microorganisms that cause UTIs and where they enter the body. It also explains common signs and symptoms of UTIs, as well as diagnostic tests and treatments. The document concludes by noting that UTIs are more common in women and describes some ways women can reduce their risk.
Part A Develop an original age-appropriate activity for your .docxsmile790243
The document describes developing two original age-appropriate activities for preschoolers. The first activity uses either Froebel's cube gift, parquetry gift, or Lincoln Logs and identifies two skills it develops. The second activity promotes the same skills but is based on the Montessori method. The summary describes each activity and notes two key differences between them.
Part 3 Social Situations2. Identify multicultural challenges th.docxsmile790243
Part 3: Social Situations
2. Identify multicultural challenges that your chosen individual may face as a recent
refugee.
• What are some of the issues that can arise for someone who has recently
immigrated to a new country?
• Explain how these multicultural challenges could impact your chosen individual’s
four areas of development?
3. Suggest plans of action or resources that you feel should be provided to this family to
assist them in proper develop
Part 3: Social Situations
• Proposal paper which identifies multicultural challenges that your chosen individual may face as a recent refugee.
• Suggested plan of action and/or resources which should be implemented to address the multicultural challenges.
• 2-3 Pages in length
• APA Formatting
• Submission will be checked for plagiaris
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Part A (1000 words) Annotated Bibliography - Create an annota.docxsmile790243
Part A
(1000 words): Annotated Bibliography - Create an annotated bibliography that focuses on ONE particular aspect of current Software Engineering that face a world with different cultural standards. At least seven (7) peer-reviewed articles must be used for this exercise.
Part B
(3000 words):
Research Report
- Write a report of the analysis and synthesis using the
(Part A
) foundational
Annotated Bibliography
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Part C (500 words): Why is it important to try to minimize complexity in a software system.
Part D (500 words): What are the advantages and disadvantages to companies that are developing software products that use cloud servers to support their development process?
Part E (500 words): Explain why each microservice should maintain its own data. Explain how data in service replicas can be kept consistent?
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Part 6: Disseminating Results
Create a 5-minute, 5- to 6-slide narrated PowerPoint presentation of your Evidence-Based Project:
· Be sure to incorporate any feedback or changes from your presentation submission in Module 5.
· Explain how you would disseminate the results of your project to an audience. Provide a rationale for why you selected this dissemination strategy.
Points Range: 81 (81%) - 90 (90%)
The narrated presentation accurately and completely summarizes the evidence-based project. The narrated presentation is professional in nature and thoroughly addresses all components of the evidence-based project.
The narrated presentation accurately and clearly explains in detail how to disseminate the results of the project to an audience, citing specific and relevant examples.
The narrated presentation accurately and clearly provides a justification that details the selection of this dissemination strategy that is fully supported by specific and relevant examples.
The narrated presentation provides a complete, detailed, and specific synthesis of two outside resources related to the dissemination strategy explained. The narrated presentation fully integrates at least two outside resources and two or three course-specific resources that fully support the presentation.
Written Expression and Formatting—Paragraph Development and Organization:
Paragraphs make clear points that support well-developed ideas, flow logically, and demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are carefully focused—neither long and rambling nor short and lacking substance. A clear and comprehensive purpose statement and introduction is provided which delineates all required criteria.
Points Range: 5 (5%) - 5 (5%)
Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity.
A clear and comprehensive purpose statement, introduction, and conclusion is provided which delineates all required criteria.
Written Expression and Formatting—English Writing Standards:
Correct grammar, mechanics, and proper punctuation.
Points Range: 5 (5%) - 5 (5%)
Uses correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation with no errors.
Evidenced Based Change
Leslie Hill
Walden University
Introduction/PurposeChange is inevitable.Health care organizations need change to improve.There are challenges that need to be addressed(Baraka-Johnson et al. 2019).Challenges should be addressed using evidence-based research.These changes enhance professionalism therefore improving quality of care and quality of life.The purpose of this paper is to identify an existing problem in health care and suggest a change idea that would be effective in addressing the problem. The paper also articulates risks associated with the change process, how to distribute the change information and how to implement change successfully.
Organizational CultureThe Organization is a hospice facilityOffers end of life care for pain and symptom managementThe health care providers cu.
Part 3 Social Situations • Proposal paper which identifies multicul.docxsmile790243
Part 3: Social Situations • Proposal paper which identifies multicultural challenges that your chosen individual may face as a recent refugee. • Suggested plan of action and/or resources which should be implemented to address the multicultural challenges. • 2-3 Pages in length • APA Formatting • Submission will be checked for plagiarism
Part 3: Social Situations 2. Identify multicultural challenges that your chosen individual may face as a recent refugee. • What are some of the issues that can arise for someone who has recently immigrated to a new country? • Explain how these multicultural challenges could impact your chosen individual’s four areas of development? 3. Suggest plans of action or resources that you feel should be provided to this family to assist them in proper development.
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Part 3 Social Situations 2. Identify multicultural challenges that .docxsmile790243
Part 3: Social Situations 2. Identify multicultural challenges that your chosen individual may face as a recent refugee. • What are some of the issues that can arise for someone who has recently immigrated to a new country? • Explain how these multicultural challenges could impact your chosen individual’s four areas of development? 3. Suggest plans of action or resources that you feel should be provided to this family to assist them in proper development.
Part 3: Social Situations • Proposal paper which identifies multicultural challenges that your chosen individual may face as a recent refugee. • Suggested plan of action and/or resources which should be implemented to address the multicultural challenges. • 2-3 Pages in length • APA Formatting • Submission will be checked for plagiarism
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Part 2The client is a 32-year-old Hispanic American male who c.docxsmile790243
Part 2
The client is a 32-year-old Hispanic American male who came to the United States when he was in high school with his father. His mother died back in Mexico when he was in school. He presents today to the PMHNPs office for an initial appointment for complaints of depression. The client was referred by his PCP after “routine” medical work-up to rule out an organic basis for his depression. He has no other health issues except for some occasional back pain and “stiff” shoulders which he attributes to his current work as a laborer in a warehouse. the “Montgomery- Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS)” and obtained a score of 51 (indicating severe depression). reports that he always felt like an outsider as he was “teased” a lot for being “black” in high school. States that he had few friends, and basically kept to himself. He also reports a remarkably diminished interest in engaging in usual activities, states that he has gained 15 pounds in the last 2 months. He is also troubled with insomnia which began about 6 months ago, but have been progressively getting worse. He does report poor concentration which he reports is getting in “trouble” at work.
· Decision #1: start Zoloft 25mg orally daily
· Which decision did you select?
· Why did you select this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
· What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
· Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #1 and the results of the decision. Why were they different?
· Decision #2: Client returns to clinic in four weeks, reports a 25% decrease in symptoms but concerned over the new onset of erectile dysfunction
*add Augmentin Wellbutrin IR 150mg in the morning
· Why did you select this decision? Support y our response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
· What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
· Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #2 and the results of the decision. Why were they different?
· Decision #3: Client returns to clinic in four weeks, Client stated that depressive symptoms have decreased even more and his erectile dysfunction has abated
· Client reports that he has been feeling “jittery” and sometimes “nervous”
*change to Wellbutrin XL 150mg daily
· Why did you select this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
· What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
· Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #3 and the results of the decision. Why were they different?
Explain how ethical considerations might impact your treatment plan and communication with clients.
Conclusion.
Part 2For this section of the template, focus on gathering deta.docxsmile790243
Part 2:
For this section of the template, focus on gathering details about common, specific learning disabilities. These disabilities fall under the IDEA disability categories you researched for the chart above. Review the textbook and the topic study materials and use them to complete the chart.
Learning Disability Definition Characteristics Common Assessments for Diagnosis Potential Effect on Learning and Other Areas of Life Basic Strategies for Addressing the Disability
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)
Dyscalculia
Dysgraphia
Dyslexia
Dysphasia/Aphasia
Dyspraxia
Language Processing Disorder (LPD)
Non-Verbal Learning Disabilities
Visual Perceptual/Visual Motor Deficit
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Part 2 Observation Summary and Analysis • Summary paper of observat.docxsmile790243
Part 2: Observation Summary and Analysis • Summary paper of observation findings for each area of development and connection to the observed participant. • Comprehensive description of the observed participant. • Analyzed observation experience with course material to determine whetherthe participant is developmentally on track for each area of development. • 4 Pages in length • APA Formatting • Submission will be checked for plagiarism
Part 2: Observation Summary and Analysis 1. Review and implement any comments from your instructor for Part 1: Observation. 2. Describe the participant that you observed. • Share your participant’s first name (can be fictional name if participant wants to remain anonymous), age, physical attributes, and you initial impressions. 3. Analyze your observation findings for each area of development (physical, cognitive, social/emotional, and spiritual/moral). • Explain how your observations support the 3-5 bullets for each area of development that you identified in your Development Observation Guidefrom Part 1: Observation. • Explain whether or not your participant is developmentally on track for each area of development. 4. What stood out the most to you about the observation? 5. Include at least 2 credible sources
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Part 2 Observation Summary and Analysis 1. Review and implement any.docxsmile790243
Part 2: Observation Summary and Analysis 1. Review and implement any comments from your instructor for Part 1: Observation. 2. Describe the participant that you observed. • Share your participant’s first name (can be fictional name if participant wants to remain anonymous), age, physical attributes, and you initial impressions. 3. Analyze your observation findings for each area of development (physical, cognitive, social/emotional, and spiritual/moral). • Explain how your observations support the 3-5 bullets for each area of development that you identified in your Development Observation Guidefrom Part 1: Observation. • Explain whether or not your participant is developmentally on track for each area of development. 4. What stood out the most to you about the observation? 5. Include at least 2 credible sources
Part 2: Observation Summary and Analysis • Summary paper of observation findings for each area of development and connection to the observed participant. • Comprehensive description of the observed participant. • Analyzed observation experience with course material to determine whetherthe participant is developmentally on track for each area of development. • 4-6 Pages in length • APA Formatting • Submission will be checked for plagiarism
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Part 2Data collectionfrom your change study initiative,.docxsmile790243
Part 2:
Data collection
from your change study initiative, sample, method, display of the results of the data itself, process, and method of analysis (graphs, charts, frequency counts, descriptive statistics of the data, narrative)
Part 3: Interpretation of the results of the Data
Collection and
Analysis, address likely resistance, and provide recommendations for continuing
the study
or evaluating your change study/initiative.
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Main Java[All of the Base Concepts}.docxadhitya5119
This is part 1 of my Java Learning Journey. This Contains Custom methods, classes, constructors, packages, multithreading , try- catch block, finally block and more.
LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
like India, rapid population growth and the emphasis on extensive resource exploitation can lead
to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
cover is essential for various planning and management tasks related to the Earth's surface,
providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
diverse human activities.
Accurate understanding of land use and cover is imperative for the development planning
of any area. Consequently, a wide range of professionals, including earth system scientists, land
and water managers, and urban planners, are interested in obtaining data on land use and cover
changes, conversion trends, and other related patterns. The spatial dimensions of land use and
cover support policymakers and scientists in making well-informed decisions, as alterations in
these patterns indicate shifts in economic and social conditions. Monitoring such changes with the
help of Advanced technologies like Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems is
crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
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Changes in vegetation cover refer to variations in the distribution, composition, and overall
structure of plant communities across different temporal and spatial scales. These changes can
occur natural.
How to Setup Warehouse & Location in Odoo 17 InventoryCeline George
In this slide, we'll explore how to set up warehouses and locations in Odoo 17 Inventory. This will help us manage our stock effectively, track inventory levels, and streamline warehouse operations.
Leveraging Generative AI to Drive Nonprofit InnovationTechSoup
In this webinar, participants learned how to utilize Generative AI to streamline operations and elevate member engagement. Amazon Web Service experts provided a customer specific use cases and dived into low/no-code tools that are quick and easy to deploy through Amazon Web Service (AWS.)
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering.pptxDenish Jangid
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
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This slide is special for master students (MIBS & MIFB) in UUM. Also useful for readers who are interested in the topic of contemporary Islamic banking.
A workshop hosted by the South African Journal of Science aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers with little or no experience in writing and publishing journal articles.
How to Fix the Import Error in the Odoo 17Celine George
An import error occurs when a program fails to import a module or library, disrupting its execution. In languages like Python, this issue arises when the specified module cannot be found or accessed, hindering the program's functionality. Resolving import errors is crucial for maintaining smooth software operation and uninterrupted development processes.
This document provides an overview of wound healing, its functions, stages, mechanisms, factors affecting it, and complications.
A wound is a break in the integrity of the skin or tissues, which may be associated with disruption of the structure and function.
Healing is the body’s response to injury in an attempt to restore normal structure and functions.
Healing can occur in two ways: Regeneration and Repair
There are 4 phases of wound healing: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. This document also describes the mechanism of wound healing. Factors that affect healing include infection, uncontrolled diabetes, poor nutrition, age, anemia, the presence of foreign bodies, etc.
Complications of wound healing like infection, hyperpigmentation of scar, contractures, and keloid formation.
Film vocab for eal 3 students: Australia the movie
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On the Incarnation of the Word
-Athanasius
Chapter 1
Creation and the Fall
(1) In our former book11i.e. the Contra Gentes. we dealt fully
enough with a few of the chief points about the heathen worship
of idols, and how those false fears originally arose. We also, by
God's grace, briefly indicated that the Word of the Father is
Himself divine, that all things that are owe their being to His
will and power, and that it is through Him that the Father gives
order to creation, by Him that all things are moved, and through
Him that they receive their being. Now, Macarius, true lover of
Christ, we must take a step further in the faith of our holy
religion, and consider also the Word's becoming Man and His
divine Appearing in our midst. That mystery the Jews traduce,
the Greeks deride, but we adore; and your own love and
devotion to the Word also will be the greater, because in His
Manhood He seems so little worth. For it is a fact that the more
unbelievers pour scorn on Him, so much the more does He make
His Godhead evident. The things which they, as men, rule out as
impossible, He plainly shows to be possible; that which they
deride as unfitting, His goodness makes most fit; and things
which these wiseacres laugh at as "human" He by His inherent
might declares divine. Thus by what seems His utter poverty
and weakness on the cross He overturns the pomp and parade of
idols, and quietly and hiddenly wins over the mockers and
unbelievers to recognize Him as God.
Now in dealing with these matters it is necessary first to recall
2. what has already been said. You must understand why it is that
the Word of the Father, so great and so high, has been made
manifest in bodily form. He has not assumed a body as proper to
His own nature, far from it, for as the Word He is without body.
He has been manifested in a human body for this reason only,
out of the love and goodness of His Father, for the salvation of
us men. We will begin, then, with the creation of the world and
with God its Maker, for the first fact that you must grasp is this:
the renewal of creation has been wrought by the Self-same
Word Who made it in the beginning. There is thus no
inconsistency between creation and salvation for the One Father
has employed the same Agent for both works, effecting the
salvation of the world through the same Word Who made it in
the beginning.
(2) In regard to the making of the universe and the creation of
all things there have been various opinions, and each person has
propounded the theory that suited his own taste. For instance,
some say that all things are self-originated and, so to speak,
haphazard. The Epicureans are among these; they deny that
there is any Mind behind the universe at all. This view is
contrary to all the facts of experience, their own existence
included. For if all things had come into being in this automatic
fashion, instead of being the outcome of Mind, though they
existed, they would all be uniform and without distinction. In
the universe everything would be sun or moon or whatever it
was, and in the human body the whole would be hand or eye or
foot. But in point of fact the sun and the moon and the earth are
all different things, and even within the human body there are
different members, such as foot and hand and head. This
distinctness of things argues not a spontaneous generation but a
prevenient Cause; and from that Cause we can apprehend God,
the Designer and Maker of all.
Others take the view expressed by Plato, that giant among the
Greeks. He said that God had made all things out of pre-existent
and uncreated matter, just as the carpenter makes things only
out of wood that already exists. But those who hold this view do
3. not realize that to deny that God is Himself the Cause of matter
is to impute limitation to Him, just as it is undoubtedly a
limitation on the part of the carpenter that he can make nothing
unless he has the wood. How could God be called Maker and
Artificer if His ability to make depended on some other cause,
namely on matter itself? If He only worked up existing matter
and did not Himself bring matter into being, He would be not
the Creator but only a craftsman.
Then, again, there is the theory of the Gnostics, who have
invented for themselves an Artificer of all things other than the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. These simply shut their eyes to
the obvious meaning of Scripture. For instance, the Lord,
having reminded the Jews of the statement in Genesis, "He Who
created them in the beginning made them male and female . . . ,"
and having shown that for that reason a man should leave his
parents and cleave to his wife, goes on to say with reference to
the Creator, "What therefore God has joined together, let no
man put asunder."22Matt. xix. 4–6 How can they get a creation
independent of the Father out of that? And, again, St. John,
speaking all inclusively, says, "All things became by Him and
without Him came nothing into being."33John i. 3 How then
could the Artificer be someone different, other than the Father
of Christ?
(3) Such are the notions which men put forward. But the impiety
of their foolish talk is plainly declared by the divine teaching of
the Christian faith. From it we know that, because there is Mind
behind the universe, it did not originate itself; because God is
infinite, not finite, it was not made from pre-existent matter, but
out of nothing and out of non-existence absolute and utter God
brought it into being through the Word. He says as much in
Genesis: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the
earth;44Gen. i. 1 and again through that most helpful book The
Shepherd, "Believe thou first and foremost that there is One
God Who created and arranged all things and brought them out
of non-existence into being."55The Shepherd of Hermas, Book
II. I Paul also indicates the same thing when he says, "By faith
4. we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God,
so that the things which we see now did not come into being out
of things which had previously appeared."66Heb. xi. 3 For God
is good—or rather, of all goodness He is Fountainhead, and it is
impossible for one who is good to be mean or grudging about
anything. Grudging existence to none therefore, He made all
things out of nothing through His own Word, our Lord Jesus
Christ and of all these His earthly creatures He reserved
especial mercy for the race of men. Upon them, therefore, upon
men who, as animals, were essentially impermanent, He
bestowed a grace which other creatures lacked—namely the
impress of His own Image, a share in the reasonable being of
the very Word Himself, so that, reflecting Him and themselves
becoming reasonable and expressing the Mind of God even as
He does, though in limited degree they might continue for ever
in the blessed and only true life of the saints in paradise. But
since the will of man could turn either way, God secured this
grace that He had given by making it conditional from the first
upon two things—namely, a law and a place. He set them in His
own paradise, and laid upon them a single prohibition. If they
guarded the grace and retained the loveliness of their original
innocence, then the life of paradise should be theirs, without
sorrow, pain or care, and after it the assurance of immortality in
heaven. But if they went astray and became vile, throwing away
their birthright of beauty, then they would come under the
natural law of death and live no longer in paradise, but, dying
outside of it, continue in death and in corruption. This is what
Holy Scripture tells us, proclaiming the command of God, "Of
every tree that is in the garden thou shalt surely eat, but of the
tree of the knowledge of good and evil ye shall not eat, but in
the day that ye do eat, ye shall surely die."77Gen. ii. 16 f. "Ye
shall surely die"—not just die only, but remain in the state of
death and of corruption.
(4) You may be wondering why we are discussing the origin of
men when we set out to talk about the Word's becoming Man.
The former subject is relevant to the latter for this reason: it
5. was our sorry case that caused the Word to come down, our
transgression that called out His love for us, so that He made
haste to help us and to appear among us. It is we who were the
cause of His taking human form, and for our salvation that in
His great love He was both born and manifested in a human
body. For God had made man thus (that is, as an embodied
spirit), and had willed that he should remain in incorruption.
But men, having turned from the contemplation of God to evil
of their own devising, had come inevitably under the law of
death. Instead of remaining in the state in which God had
created them, they were in process of becoming corrupted
entirely, and death had them completely under its dominion. For
the transgression of the commandment was making them turn
back again according to their nature; and as they had at the
beginning come into being out of non-existence, so were they
now on the way to returning, through corruption, to non-
existence again. The presence and love of the Word had called
them into being; inevitably, therefore when they lost the
knowledge of God, they lost existence with it; for it is God
alone Who exists, evil is non-being, the negation and antithesis
of good. By nature, of course, man is mortal, since he was made
from nothing; but he bears also the Likeness of Him Who is,
and if he preserves that Likeness through constant
contemplation, then his nature is deprived of its power and he
remains incorrupt. So is it affirmed in Wisdom: "The keeping of
His laws is the assurance of incorruption."88Wisdom vi. 18 And
being incorrupt, he would be henceforth as God, as Holy
Scripture says, "I have said, Ye are gods and sons of the
Highest all of you: but ye die as men and fall as one of the
princes."99Psalm lxxxii. 6 f.
(5) This, then, was the plight of men. God had not only made
them out of nothing, but had also graciously bestowed on them
His own life by the grace of the Word. Then, turning from
eternal things to things corruptible, by counsel of the devil, they
had become the cause of their own corruption in death; for, as I
said before, though they were by nature subject to corruption,
6. the grace of their union with the Word made them capable of
escaping from the natural law, provided that they retained the
beauty of innocence with which they were created. That is to
say, the presence of the Word with them shielded them even
from natural corruption, as also Wisdom says: "God created
man for incorruption and as an image of His own eternity; but
by envy of the devil death entered into the world."1010Wisdom
ii. 23 f. When this happened, men began to die, and corruption
ran riot among them and held sway over them to an even more
than natural degree, because it was the penalty of which God
had forewarned them for transgressing the commandment.
Indeed, they had in their sinning surpassed all limits; for,
having invented wickedness in the beginning and so involved
themselves in death and corruption, they had gone on gradually
from bad to worse, not stopping at any one kind of evil, but
continually, as with insatiable appetite, devising new kinds of
sins. Adulteries and thefts were everywhere, murder and raping
filled the earth, law was disregarded in corruption and injustice,
all kinds of iniquities were perpetrated by all, both singly and in
common. Cities were warring with cities, nations were rising
against nations, and the whole earth was rent with factions and
battles, while each strove to outdo the other in wickedness.
Even crimes contrary to nature were not unknown, but as the
martyr-apostle of Christ says: "Their women changed the
natural use into that which is against nature; and the men also,
leaving the natural use of the woman, flamed out in lust towards
each other, perpetrating shameless acts with their own sex, and
receiving in their own persons the due recompense of their
pervertedness."11
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Chapter 2
The Divine Dilemma and its
Solution
in the Incarnation
(6) We saw in the last chapter that, because death and
corruption were gaining ever firmer hold on them, the human
race was in process of destruction. Man, who was created in
God's image and in his possession of reason reflected the very
Word Himself, was disappearing, and the work of God was
being undone. The law of death, which followed from the
Transgression, prevailed upon us, and from it there was no
escape. The thing that was happening was in truth both
monstrous and unfitting. It would, of course, have been
8. unthinkable that God should go back upon His word and that
man, having transgressed, should not die; but it was equally
monstrous that beings which once had shared the nature of the
Word should perish and turn back again into non-existence
through corruption. It was unworthy of the goodness of God that
creatures made by Him should be brought to nothing through the
deceit wrought upon man by the devil; and it was supremely
unfitting that the work of God in mankind should disappear,
either through their own negligence or through the deceit of evil
spirits. As, then, the creatures whom He had created reasonable,
like the Word, were in fact perishing, and such noble works
were on the road to ruin, what then was God, being Good, to
do? Was He to let corruption and death have their way with
them? In that case, what was the use of having made them in the
beginning? Surely it would have been better never to have been
created at all than, having been created, to be neglected and
perish; and, besides that, such indifference to the ruin of His
own work before His very eyes would argue not goodness in
God but limitation, and that far more than if He had never
created men at all. It was impossible, therefore, that God should
leave man to be carried off by corruption, because it would be
unfitting and unworthy of Himself.
(7) Yet, true though this is, it is not the whole matter. As we
have already noted, it was unthinkable that God, the Father of
Truth, should go back upon His word regarding death in order to
9. ensure our continued existence. He could not falsify Himself;
what, then, was God to do? Was He to demand repentance from
men for their transgression? You might say that that was worthy
of God, and argue further that, as through the Transgression
they became subject to corruption, so through repentance they
might return to incorruption again. But repentance would not
guard the Divine consistency, for, if death did not hold
dominion over men, God would still remain untrue. Nor does
repentance recall men from what is according to their nature; all
that it does is to make them cease from sinning. Had it been a
case of a trespass only, and not of a subsequent corruption,
repentance would have been well enough; but when once
transgression had begun men came under the power of the
corruption proper to their nature and were bereft of the grace
which belonged to them as creatures in the Image of God. No,
repentance could not meet the case. What—or rather Who was it
that was needed for such grace and such recall as we required?
Who, save the Word of God Himself, Who also in the beginning
had made all things out of nothing? His part it was, and His
alone, both to bring again the corruptible to incorruption and to
maintain for the Father His consistency of character with all.
For He alone, being Word of the Father and above all, was in
consequence both able to recreate all, and worthy to suffer on
behalf of all and to be an ambassador for all with the Father.
(8) For this purpose, then, the incorporeal and incorruptible and
10. immaterial Word of God entered our world. In one sense,
indeed, He was not far from it before, for no part of creation
had ever been without Him Who, while ever abiding in union
with the Father, yet fills all things that are. But now He entered
the world in a new way, stooping to our level in His love and
Self-revealing to us. He saw the reasonable race, the race of
men that, like Himself, expressed the Father's Mind, wasting out
of existence, and death reigning over all in corruption. He saw
that corruption held us all the closer, because it was the penalty
for the Transgression; He saw, too, how unthinkable it would be
for the law to be repealed before it was fulfilled. He saw how
unseemly it was that the very things of which He Himself was
the Artificer should be disappearing. He saw how the surpassing
wickedness of men was mounting up against them; He saw also
their universal liability to death. All this He saw and, pitying
our race, moved with compassion for our limitation, unable to
endure that death should have the mastery, rather than that His
creatures should perish and the work of His Father for us men
come to nought, He took to Himself a body, a human body even
as our own. Nor did He will merely to become embodied or
merely to appear; had that been so, He could have revealed His
divine majesty in some other and better way. No, He took our
body, and not only so, but He took it directly from a spotless,
stainless virgin, without the agency of human father—a pure
body, untainted by intercourse with man. He, the Mighty One,
11. the Artificer of all, Himself prepared this body in the virgin as a
temple for Himself, and took it for His very own, as the
instrument through which He was known and in which He dwelt.
Thus, taking a body like our own, because all our bodies were
liable to the corruption of death, He surrendered His body to
death instead of all, and offered it to the Father. This He did out
of sheer love for us, so that in His death all might die, and the
law of death thereby be abolished because, having fulfilled in
His body that for which it was appointed, it was thereafter
voided of its power for men. This He did that He might turn
again to incorruption men who had turned back to corruption,
and make them alive through death by the appropriation of His
body and by the grace of His resurrection. Thus He would make
death to disappear from them as utterly as straw from fire.
(9) The Word perceived that corruption could not be got rid of
otherwise than through death; yet He Himself, as the Word,
being immortal and the Father's Son, was such as could not die.
For this reason, therefore, He assumed a body capable of death,
in order that it, through belonging to the Word Who is above
all, might become in dying a sufficient exchange for all, and,
itself remaining incorruptible through His indwelling, might
thereafter put an end to corruption for all others as well, by the
grace of the resurrection. It was by surrendering to death the
body which He had taken, as an offering and sacrifice free from
every stain, that He forthwith abolished death for His human
12. brethren by the offering of the equivalent. For naturally, since
the Word of God was above all, when He offered His own
temple and bodily instrument as a substitute for the life of all,
He fulfilled in death all that was required. Naturally also,
through this union of the immortal Son of God with our human
nature, all men were clothed with incorruption in the promise of
the resurrection. For the solidarity of mankind is such that, by
virtue of the Word's indwelling in a single human body, the
corruption which goes with death has lost its power over all.
You know how it is when some great king enters a large city
and dwells in one of its houses; because of his dwelling in that
single house, the whole city is honored, and enemies and
robbers cease to molest it. Even so is it with the King of all; He
has come into our country and dwelt in one body amidst the
many, and in consequence the designs of the enemy against
mankind have been foiled and the corruption of death, which
formerly held them in its power, has simply ceased to be. For
the human race would have perished utterly had not the Lord
and Savior of all, the Son of God, come among us to put an end
to death.
(10) This great work was, indeed, supremely worthy of the
goodness of God. A king who has founded a city, so far from
neglecting it when through the carelessness of the inhabitants it
is attacked by robbers, avenges it and saves it from destruction,
having regard rather to his own honor than to the people's
13. neglect. Much more, then, the Word of the All-good Father was
not unmindful of the human race that He had called to be; but
rather, by the offering of His own body He abolished the death
which they had incurred, and corrected their neglect by His own
teaching. Thus by His own power He restored the whole nature
of man. The Savior's own inspired disciples assure us of this.
We read in one place: "For the love of Christ constraineth us,
because we thus judge that, if One died on behalf of all, then all
died, and He died for all that we should no longer live unto
ourselves, but unto Him who died and rose again from the dead,
even our Lord Jesus Christ."12122 Cor. v. 14 f. And again
another says: "But we behold Him Who hath been made a little
lower than the angels, even Jesus, because of the suffering of
death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God
He should taste of death on behalf of every man." The same
writer goes on to point out why it was necessary for God the
Word and none other to become Man: "For it became Him, for
Whom are all things and through Whom are all things, in
bringing many sons unto glory, to make the Author of their
salvation perfect through suffering."1313Heb. ii. 9 ff. He means
that the rescue of mankind from corruption was the proper part
only of Him Who made them in the beginning. He points out
also that the Word assumed a human body, expressly in order
that He might offer it in sacrifice for other like bodies: "Since
then the children are sharers in flesh and blood, He also Himself
14. assumed the same, in order that through death He might bring to
nought Him that hath the power of death, that is to say, the
Devil, and might rescue those who all their lives were enslaved
by the fear of death."1414Heb. ii. 14 f. For by the sacrifice of
His own body He did two things: He put an end to the law of
death which barred our way; and He made a new beginning of
life for us, by giving us the hope of resurrection. By man death
has gained its power over men; by the Word made Man death
has been destroyed and life raised up anew. That is what Paul
says, that true servant of Christ: "For since by man came death,
by man came also the resurrection of the dead. Just as in Adam
all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive,"15151 Cor. xv.
21 f. and so forth. Now, therefore, when we die we no longer do
so as men condemned to death, but as those who are even now
in process of rising we await the general resurrection of all,
"which in its own times He shall show,"16161 Tim. vi. 15 even
God Who wrought it and bestowed it on us.
This, then, is the first cause of the Savior's becoming Man.
There are, however, other things which show how wholly fitting
is His blessed presence in our midst; and these we must now go
on to consider.