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    his religious side, contrasting with his brother’s actions. However, he soon becomes an eccentric oddity, engaging in strange behaviours not understood by his family. The two brothers, who look remarkably alike, start sleeping with the same woman, Petra Cotes, who does not realize that they are two different people. Jose Arcadio Segundo soon ends all contact with Pera Cotes due to a disease he contracts from her. However, Aureliano Segundo decides to stay with her. The two have a very close…

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    heart to God and He will reveal who Christ is to you. Jesus continues in verse 18 “And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.” In Greek Peter is Petros and a rock is petra. Peter’s Aramaic name was Kephas, which means massive rock. Jesus said to him: “You…

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    2016, p.89). The concept of transformational and transactional leadership was first introduced by Burns on 1978 regarding to political leadership, and was being developed and elaborated by Bass on 1985. According to Burns (1978), Universitas Kristen Petra transactional leadership will focus on the proper exchange of resources (as cited in Judge and Piccolo, 2004), such as rewards and punishment system. While transformational leadership allows the “leaders and followers to raise one another to…

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    Katherine's almost simultaneously just over ten minutes ago. Get moving, quick!” They try multiple times to kill David, Petra, and Rosalind because they are different and a change to their definition of human. This shows that they violently try to stop any change that is occurring and they are resentful of David and his telepathic friends powers. In this quote a man tries to kill David, Petra and Rosalind ‘The man cannot have had a moment's doubt who we were, for even as he saw us he dropped his…

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    No one had ever asked me that before. “I’m a nurse. It’s my job.” “You’re… a Mahtali, aren’t you?” he asked, and I nodded. “What’s your name?” After a moment’s hesitation, I said, “Petra.” His eyes widened a little. Did he recognize my name? “Petra, you’re… the only Mahtali I’ve met… who cares.” He winced as he changed his position in the bed, and I repositioned the pillow behind his head. “You would rather... keep me alive than let me die.” I couldn’t meet his…

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    you. Now Superman might not be real, but our world is still full of heroes. From doctors who live like Wonder Woman, spending countless hours practicing for surgeries to firefighters willing to risk their lives battling uncontrollable blazes like Petra, there are heroes everywhere – you just need to know where to look! To be a hero, you don’t need to be a certain height and you don’t need a costume. All you need is to want to help the people around you. From scoring a soccer goal to guiding a…

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    Stephen King once said: “Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.” In this quote, Stephen King shows that it is up to the readers to determine how they will use the author’s ideas and themes and relate it to their life. After all, all authors write their books and portray their values in a manner where the reader has to discover what the book means to him and decide what those value truly means. An examination of the themes in Ender’s Game reveals that…

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    The deductive reasoning works at best when the statements used in the argument are true and the statements in the argument clearly follow from one another. The essence of deductive reasoning is drawing a conclusion from a given statement. If the given statement follows a conclusion from a hypothesis, then it is called valid deductive reasoning or the Law of Detachment. Law of Detachment If a⇒b is a true conditional statement and a is true, then b is true. Example 3.16: If ∠A and ∠B are…

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    Weeks passed and the leaves on the trees changed from a vibrant green to a crisp and fiery orange. Carlton traveled on-and-off while Audra learned the ways of the castle. She spent time in the kitchens with Petra and the other maids, and appreciated their hard work all the more. The women seemed much happier and relaxed with their new, reduced schedules, and Audra thought the food tasted better than ever. Audra also continued with her training. Rather than wait for Carlton to provide her with…

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    redemption of humankind through the Catholic Church, in a woman. This will allow for Petra to prove that one mistake by their gender is not enough to forsake them in the eyes of the Lord. In doing so, Jesus will prove that he is the true savior by forgiving the gender that created original sin. He will also promote his lifestyle and teachings, by accepting one of the largest groups of second class citizen. By entrusting Petra with the foundation of the Catholic Church he will be establishing the…

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