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My life as a teenager soldier girl struggling in Europe
No full textLondra, 19 marzo 2036, primo giorno di primavera.
Mi chiamo Hope e ho 34 anni. Sono arrivata in Europa per la prima volta nel 2016, quando avevo 20 anni... o quantomeno dicevo di avere quell'età...
Inizia così "My life as a teenager soldier girl struggling in Europe / La mia vita da giovane bambina soldato in Europa", un racconto dal futuro che ho scritto assieme a Blessing Igiehon e che è stato pubblicato sul n.26 - "Black Lives Matter: developments in de-colonising social work" della rivista Social Dialogue di International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW)London, March 19, 2036: first day of spring. My name is Hope and I am 34 years old. I came to Europe for the first time in 2016. When I arrived in Italy I was 20, or at least I said I am this age...
This is how "My Life as a Teenager Soldier Girl Struggling in Europe" begins—a story from the future told by a woman of Nigerian origin.
A "letter-story" co-written with Blessing Igiehon, it was published in Issue 26, "Black Lives Matter: Developments in De-Colonising Social Work," of the journal Social Dialogue by the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW)
Abraham, blessing and the nations: A philological and exegetical study of Genesis 12:3 in its narrative context
No full textThe meaning of Genesis 12:3 is much controverted. This study, considering the final form of Genesis, argues that it is in the first place a promise of security and greatness to Abraham and Israel, but that in its context, following Genesis 1-11, it also indicates a divine plan to extend blessing to all the earth's peoples. In receiving God's blessing, Abraham/ Israel act as models and/ or pioneers of blessing for others. God's actions remain free, but also invite appropriate human response. Examination of the near-parallels to Genesis 12:3a in Genesis 27:29b and Numbers 24:9b shows that they are concerned more with the security of the person blessed than with the possibility of others gaining blessing. Detailed discussion of the Hebrew niphal concludes that it normally has either passive or 'middle' force (and is very rarely reflexive). No 'middle' sense found elsewhere for the niphal plausibly fits and hence the niphal in Genesis 12:3 (and 18:18 and 28:14) ispassive: analysis of these passages in their contexts supports this grammatical conclusion. The hithpael in general this study argues to be usually 'middle' in force, though sometimes passive and occasionally reflexive. The hithpael of V"[n2 when used outside Genesis is probably a 'speech action middle', meaning 'utter blessing', and this sense fits Genesis 22:18 and 26:4: this is argued to be compatible with understanding the niphal as a passive. The semantics of are also discussed. 'Blessing' in the Old Testament essentially relates to divine bestowal of prosperity onto humans, though God grants humans in certain circumstances the privilege of invoking his blessing on others. (The sense of also extends to, for example, greeting and to praising God.
Resource abundance: A curse or blessing?
No full textIs resource abundance a blessing or a curse? Typically, in resource rich countries, domestic fuel prices are lower, and energy intensity of GDP is higher. But they have higher investment in R&D and fixed capital stock, larger foreign exchange reserves and more inflows of FDI. They also have lower budget deficits and lower inflation. These are conducive for long term growth. We also find that in resource rich countries, real exchange rate is generally higher, accumulation of human capital is slower and institutions are worse, especially if they were not strong initially, which are detrimental for growth.Resource curse, economic growth, inequality, institutions, real exchange rate, budget deficit, inflation, investment, industrial policy
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Blessing, Solomon Thomas, 1840-1928 : Confederate Service Record, 1902.
No full textThis service record is an account of military actions during the American Civil War by veteran Solomon Thomas Blessing dated from 1902.All descriptive lists and service records in this United Confederate (Civil War) Veterans manuscript collection believed to be based out of Robert E. Lee Camp #158 of the United Confederate Veterans (Fort Worth, Tex.).The Southwest Collection Manuscript Record can be accessed at the following URL: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ttusw/00119/tsw-00119.html1 leaf, 2 pdf pages.Battles mentioned: Gaines' Mill, Battle of, Va., 1862 ; Malvern Hill, Battle of, Va., 1862 ; Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862 ; Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862
Amazon retail culture a blessing and a curse for Scots island life
No full textFirst paragraph: E-commerce has irreversibly transformed our lives by giving us greater control over how, what, where and when we purchase. The further away an area is from traditional shopping regions, the more pronounced the impact, and nowhere have such changes been more in evidence than across the remote Scottish isles. Access this article on The Conversation website: https://theconversation.com/amazon-retail-culture-a-blessing-and-a-curse-for-scots-island-life-2255
Blessing for the nations and the curse of the law: Paul’s citation of genesis and deuteronomy in gal 3.8-10
No full textThis thesis is an interpretation of Paul's citation of Genesis and Deuteronomy in Gal 3.8-10. The promise to Abraham to bless all nations and the curse of the covenant are sun/eyed in the Jewish scripture. We argue that blessing for the nations is an important part of God's covenant purpose for Abraham's descendants from the start and that the curse is consistently connected with the motifs of failure to do all the law and of the abandonment of the Lord for other gods. This thesis then identifies and analyzes the various strands of the postbiblical Jewish literature that cite the promise of blessing for the nations and the curse of the covenant. An interpretation of Gal 3.8-10 is argued, in which the importance for Paul's argument of blessing for the nations and the curse on those who are disloyal to the Lord is stressed. Paul's call to preach the gospel to the gentiles and his defense of the truth of the gospel provide the context for the connection between the gospel and the promise to Abraham of blessing for the nations in Gal 3.8, a blessing which has always been God's purpose for Abraham's descendants. The interpretation of Gal 3.10 then builds on this insight. Those who are of works of the law are identified as the troublemakers who have preached another gospel to the Galatians and thereby they have been disloyal to God and his purpose for Abraham's descendants. Paul cites Deut 27.26 to support this assertion that they have been disloyal to God and therefore are under the curse. This interpretation of Gal 3.8-10 is supported by other traces of the same perspective on the gospel and the curse in Galatians
The theme of 'blessing for the nations' in the patriarchal narratives of genesis.
No full textThe universalistic promise expressed by a formula with the theme
"Blessing for the Nations" in the Old Testament is primarily
found in the patriarchal narratives (Gen. l2-35). This aspect
of the patriarchal narratives however has not been adequately
studied. Previous discussions of the theme, based primarily
on 12:1-3, and conducted within the framework of the Yahwist's
work, are shown to be inadequate in our survey in shedding light
on the positioning and significance of the theme in the overall
patriarchal narratives. The survey indicates a literary analysis
of these narratives could probably yield more positive results.
2. A. formulaic analysis shows that the niphal form is
used at the beginning of a
patriarchs career to express a
probationary, and the hithpael form to express a
reaffirmatory, relationship of the patriarch to the promised
universal destiny. Strikingly, the 'seed' plays a prominent
role in the destiny. The formula also serves to link the
patriarchs' calling to the primeval history and the history of
the early formative period of the Israelite people.
3. The Abraham story (Gen.12-.22) is encased by the theme. A
double-chiastic arrangement of the narratives (in two groups)
shows a movement of horizon from the particularistic to the
universalistic. The universal horizon of Abraham's initial call
(12:1-3), displaced in the first half of the structure, is
reaffirmed in the latter half. Gen. l6 stands out as the nadir
and turning-point of the overall story. The notices of Isaac's
birth are instructively "positioned' in the universalistic
sector of the double-chiasmus. Moreover, the formula is
pronounced in narratives which portray Abraham as reversing the
negative results of the key events in the primeval history.
4. The Isaac narrative (Gen. 26) is shown to be "demonstration-material" of the initial actualisation of the theme. The
narrative is coherently structured around an emphatic divine
command, a unique twin-promise, and Isaac's response in a series
of movements, climaxing in Abimelech's sudden visit to and
significant confession of Isaac's status. Gen.26 is also
shown to be a "quintessence" of the Abraham story and forms a
critique of and model for Jacob's understanding and actualisation of his destiny.
5. The theme is shown to underline the Jacob story (Gen.25-35),
especially in the Jacob-.Esau cycles. Jacob's character transformation and reconciliation with Esau are necessary pre-requisites
before the reaffirmation' of the universal destiny to him at
Bethel. Significantly, the creation mandate is re-issued to
Jacob-Israel the seed of Abraham and Isaac, when a. formula
pronouncement is expected.. Finally, Jacob-Israel is shown to
form a parallel with Abraham whose call also expresses Yahwehs
re-affirmation of his creational intentions for mankind
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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OIRAT'S BLESSING CULTURE
No full textThe video features three distinct blessings rooted in the cultural traditions of the Oirats. The first blessing pertains to the summer pasture, a crucial aspect of pastoral life for the Oirats. The second blessing showcased in the video is a wedding ceremony blessing. In Oirat culture, weddings are significant events, and blessings are bestowed upon the newlyweds to invoke happiness, longevity, and prosperity in their union. These blessings often draw upon traditional customs and beliefs, reinforcing the cultural values surrounding marriage and family. Lastly, the video includes a blessing ritual associated with snuff bottles. Snuff bottles hold cultural significance in Oirat communities for greetings, often used for ceremonial purposes more than actual usage.
Overall, the video highlights the diverse manifestations of blessings within Oirat culture, emphasizing their importance across various aspects of life. Additionally, it sheds light on the cultural richness and complexity embedded within blessing rituals, which serve as repositories of traditional knowledge, etiquette, and social hierarchy. However, it also underscores the challenges faced in preserving these cultural and linguistic heritage amid modernization and societal changes
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