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One of the best places (if not THE best) I've stayed in during my stay in Japan. Bar downstairs has 100 yen shots and cheap beer. Was great as an icebreaker and I met a whole bunch of awesome people! Really social and unexpected as I was planning on having a quiet one that night! Location was fantastic as it was right next to the ferry and super easy to get to via JR. Close to convenience stores! Only thing is the "dorm" wasn't exactly a completely seperate room.
Thank you for your lovely comment!! You seem you had a good time at the bar here. We sometimes have a food event, so when you come back here again, let's cook something Japanese food together! We are afraid that bed rooms are not big area, but we try make it more comforable. Please come back anytime as your home away from home!
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Très propre, une ambiance excellente un personnel au top. Aj parfaite avec toit terrasse et vue sur le torii miyajima et l'embarcadère a 30s a pied. Rien a redire c'etait parfait. Ps: le personnel est assez friand des beignets vendus a côté n'hésitez pas a leurs en prendre ;)
Thank you for staying Backpackers Miyajima! We are really glad to hear that you enjoyed here in Miyajima. Other seasons are also nice to travel here, so please come back anytime! We are looking foward to seeing you soon!
- Анонимный
- Испания, Женский, 31-40
- Начинающий путешественник
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Good location next to ferry. Friendly staff. Just one shower per floor, so you need to queu. No hangers anywhere (shower, bed...)
Thank you for your comment. Hope you had a good time here. We are afraid that there is a shower room each floor. We will make sure that we tell about hot spring nearby the hostel to all the guests. Thank you for your advice. Safe trip!
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- Англия, Мужчина, 18-24
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Had a really great time here. Spent two nights in this hostel and have no complaints at all. Rooms were clean and well organised, the location is perfect (2 minutes walk from the Ferry terminal to Miyajima island), the staff is really friendly and welcoming and the atmosphere in the evening was amazing!! Definitely would recommend this place, and would stay again if I came back through Miyajima!
Thank you for staying Backpackers Miyajima and also your comment! We are so happy to hear that you had a good time here. Summer and Autum season are also beautiful and many things to do, so please come back anytime as your home away from home. We are looking forward to seeing you soon!
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Best place I've never try since I'm in Japan. All is perfect, a kind and nice staff always here for you, a great location near to Miyajima, all the rooms are cleans, beds are confortables. You can met a lot of travelers and you have a bar in the hostel if you want to drink something. When I was here, I've done a takoyaki party with staff and peoples and it was awesome. Definitely THE place to stay if you want to visit Hiroshima and Miyajima, you have to stay in this place !! it's an obligation
Hi!! Thank you for your happy comment for us!! So nice to hear that you had fun here. We remember that you were always smiling! Takoyaki party was fun for us as well. We appreciate your kindness during your stay. Here in Miyajima, Summer and Autum season are also beautiful and many things to do. So please come back anytime. We are looking forward to seeing you again!
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- Продвинутый путешественник
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Great location, easy to get to Miyajima. Staff was helpful and atmosphere great. Would stay there again
Thank you for your message! We are glad to hear that you liked your stay here. Summer and Autumn are aslo beautiful here in Miyajima, so please come back anytime as your home away from home.
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- Начинающий путешественник
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Amazing experience! Bar downstairs to meet people. Right beside the miyajima ferry. When I went there was 100 yen shots so it made the environment a lot more lively. I just wished I stayed there for longer!
Thank you for your lovely comment! Did you like the 100 yen shot? Yes, everybody loves that! It's easy to get drunk and make friends here, so we hope that you had fun here. This season is really beautiful but summer and autumn are also different in good way, so please come back someday.
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- Начинающий путешественник
- 9 отзывы
Top pour aller sur l'ile de miyajima car auberge tres proche de l'embarcadere. Auberge propre. Personnel aimable.
Thank you for your comment! We are so happy to hear that you had fun here in Miyajima. Yes, we are located very close from the ferry port so you might have been to the Island early in the morning. We wish you come back soon!
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So, As i was checking in i couldn't find my wallet which was a huge panic and guessed i had dropped it whilst visiting the shrine earlier in the day. The staff (especially Sake) were so helpful, they rang the police and what do you know the next day they found it! They were so kind and understanding, and without them my trip really would have been ruined! Beds were comfy with good privacy curtains, cool roof area and the breakfast pancakes were awesome. Thanks to everyone that helped me!
Hi! Thank you for your kind comment for us. You're more than welcome about your wallet. We were also relieved that it was founded. We hope you are having fun after here as well. Thank you for mentioning about the rooftop. It's still a bit cold though, the best season to stay there now. You can see wonderful fireworks from there during summer, so when you come back here someday, let's watch it together! Have a safe trip!
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I have nothing bad to tell you about this hostel. Very convenient location right next to the Miyajima-Ferries and Hiroshima can be reached by train in under 30mins. The staff is very helpful and fluent in english. The entire hostel is very clean and well kept. I had an amazing stay there.
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A Quieter National Signing Day for Texas
This time around Texas' National Signing Day was a mixed bag for fans.
After a 2016 haul so prolific it had Longhorn fans ecstatic, some cried foul on 2017's less stellar class, without a five-star player in sight and no last-second flip from a rival. One recruiting reporter dubbed it The Texodus, as high school stars fled the Texas border for Arkansas, LSU, and beyond. (According to ESPN, nine of the top 10 in-state recruits are leaving Texas.) Others realized that having local star quarterback Sam Ehlinger already enrolled, a top-ranked JUCO inside linebacker in Texas in Gary Johnson, and a whole slew of depth at offensive need positions like tight end and running back and—wowza—a kicker already on campus, might not be so bad, especially considering that those players from the vaunted 2016 class are now a year older and wiser.
One person who wasn't feeling any pain about Texas' class, ranked somewhere in the low 30s nationally, depending on the rankings, was first-year head coach Tom Herman.
"I'm proud of the calculated nature in which we put together this class," he said. "We are really excited where they fit the needs we saw on this roster. We recruit and sign kids at the University of Texas that we think can play for and win us National Championships. We don't sign backups at the University of Texas. We don't sign role players."
Herman mentioned the short time frame he had to recruit, and the fact that college freshman in Texas have grown to see four seven-loss Texas teams since their 10th birthdays, calling it "silly" to expect a top-10 finish. He promised a much better finish in 2017, however. "We are going to be there next year," Herman said. "Absolutely."
Herman continued, "There are a lot of three- and four-star guys that were undervalued as far as intangibles," mentioning Houston RB Daniel Young as the steal of the class and gushing over Ehlinger. He mentioned that no one, not even returning players, are on the depth chart yet when asked if Ehlinger will compete with the incumbent QB, sophomore Shane Buechele.
The biggest miss for Herman was stud Houston-area defensive end K'Lavon Chaisson, a top priority for the Longhorns who committed to LSU on Wednesday morning. Chaisson said that Texas was leading the race before his official visit to Baton Rouge on January 13th, and that he felt "more comfortable" with the coaching staff at LSU.
Regardless of rankings, Herman affirmed that the players he and his staff signed for 2017 are going to compete to start for the Longhorns right away.
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Conflict Theory Chapter 1 Social EssayWords: 1025 Length: 3 Pages Document Type: Essay Paper #: 50721109
This is where social distance comes in; the survey referenced by Parrillo (3-4) shows that non-ethnic Caucasian college student do not sense a social distance from each other, but when it comes to other Europeans, to African-Americans, Latinos -- and especially Muslims -- there is a gap in acceptance that falls into the category as social distance (4).
While colleges are supposed to be a microcosm of the greater society, looking more closely at academic settings reflects that students tend to associate more easily with other cultures and hence the social distance between African-American and Whites, and between Whites and Latinos, is not as great (perhaps because all share a goal of education while in the mainstream of society there are myriad goals that people from all ethnicities are seeking) (Parrillo, 6).
The conflict theory is based on the writing of Karl Marx, and it extols the idea that the elite and powerful in a society tend to exploit the masses; moreover, the conflict theory generalizes that there is natural tension, there are disagreements "…and clashes" as different groups struggle for limited resources (Parrillo, 11). In the case of Latinos, and Asians, the conflict theory applies because African-Americans have struggled for employment and along comes the immigrant that has worked in the fields but now he has become a citizen and wants a respectable job working at General Motors. And along comes an immigrant from Vietnam who also has become an American citizen and wants that $18-an-job at General Motors the same as the African-American does.
Marx posited that there is the ruling class and the subject class. So, the Latino, the Vietnamese man, and the African-American adult male -- these three are not trying to be part of the "ruling class"; they are the subject class but they want a piece of the American pie and hence the conflict theory is applicable as they all struggle for that better job to support their families. The iconic scholar Max Weber viewed the issue of class in economic…… [Read More]
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Conflict Theory/Globalization
A Worldwide Phenomenon and its Discontents
Globalization is ever present in today's world. It is found in our ability to speak with a person across the world in minutes, media coverage of distant lands and their strife, as well as constant outsourcing. Globalization is, thus, a phenomenon that is all around us, yet many do not truly understand what it means. Yet globalization means so much more than outsourcing and an increase in technology. This is a phenomenon, truly defined by the ongoing interconnectedness of the world. Yet this is not always positive. This paper will examine some questions as well as some sources that expand upon the above critiques.
The fist topic related to globalization are the on-going debates on whether a fence across the U.S.-Mexico border would be effective in curbing immigration in the United States. Various camps give pro and con arguments, some of which make sense, yet other, such as the fact that some may compare the fence to the Berlin Wall are completely missing the mark. I believe that putting up a fence would have a curbing effect on immigration, but I also believe in immigration, especially in the right of a person to pursue life, liberty and happiness, which is often one of the reasons why Mexican immigrants cross the border. While it is true that there is an overpopulation of this ethnicity in the U.S. this does not necessarily mean that putting up a fence will solve the problem, even if it curbs it a little.
However, I also believe that putting up a fence would curb the illegal activity coming from those smuggling immigrants into the United States, and would provide for a better streaming of people who deserve to be in the United States, i.e. people who are truly seeking…… [Read More]
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What is different between conflict theories and previous sociological theories are that it theorizes that society evolves based upon conflicts between its groups, rather than striving to mend rifts such groups. Although societal order and peace may be a good thing, it is not inherent to the human, historical condition -- or so suggests conflict theory. Its view of human nature thus tends to be cynical rather than positive or cohesive. It counsels one to "think of people as animals maneuvering for advantage, susceptible to emotional appeals, but steering a self-interested course toward satisfactions and away from dissatisfactions." (Collins, 1974, 56-61) Despite its negativism, the theory has proved a useful sociological tool for economists, because of its acceptance of scarce material resources as a driving human motivational factor, rather than internal psychology, as well as for analysts of criminal behavior, and other situations where human beings are in a state of polarized group vs. group conflict and disorder.
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Thus their poverty is not a result of their unwillingness to work or their unfortunate decisions. It is a result of the fact that they find themselves at the lowest end of the line in the struggle for resources.
Structural functionalism is based on the idea that society is a system. Its cultural, political, and economic parts work together in such a way that people are born into (or alternately fall into) a particular stratus of society and a kind of systemic force keeps them there. The poor and their labor are needed to make capitalistic society run profitably, and the poor adopt the cultural attitudes and beliefs about themselves and their place in society that make such a situation possible. The idea in this theory is not that there is a struggle which keeps people down, but that things just are the way they are in this system, and that if one wants to change it one must change the system itself.
Neither conflict theory nor structural functionalism offers much hope for the underclass to escape without major changes taking place. It seems that the old adage about the poor may be true after all. If society is viewed as either a product of a struggle in which there will always be losers or a product of its own making in which the economic losers play a necessary economic role, then the problem of poverty may be permanent.… [Read More]
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conflict theory and functionalism in a sociological context, I have chosen world trade as the topic, mainly the way developing and poorer countries and developed economies evolve and act in the world trade arena.
Conflict theory seems perhaps better suited to explain the contradictions in world trade and, even more profound, the differences that normally appear between developed and developing countries, especially in World Trade Organizations Ministerial Conferences, but also in general trade relations.
The tools and general trends that world trade operates with are liberalization and protectionism (protective measures). High import taxes and subsidies are among the most common protective measures and these have the role of protecting national producers against lower priced, more competitive products that may enter the country and may force the national producers into bankruptcy.
The industrialized countries generally aim at imposing global lower import taxes on manufactured goods. This would ensure them better export capabilities to third world countries, given the fact that manufactured goods from developed countries are generally more competitive, because of higher prices. So, the only chance for national manufactured goods from third world countries would be a price advantage over Western goods.
However, the price advantage is driven by the price level at which these goods are sold. The lower the import taxes, the lower the price that Western goods will be commercialized at and, as such, the lower the price advantage for manufactured goods n developing countries.
The agricultural products are somewhat in a different situation. Many developing countries produce much cheaper goods, but this would tend to suffocate national producers in United States and the European Union, for example, because they would not be able to compete with cheaper grains, fruits, etc. As such, developed countries use either import taxes or export subsidies that will allow for lower price for the producers at which they will sell and will thus protect national farmers by ensuring they stay in business. Over these two different sides of the problem conflict appear and conflict theory best explains this.
Indeed, we are facing a situation where "society and culture influences individual behavior" and where "each individual participant and its groups struggle to maximize their benefits"
. However, it is important to see, in our example, independent states as individual and the world trade arena as society.
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Employer/Employee Relationship Issues
The issue that the author of this paper will discuss is employer/employee relations. This issue is an important one for many different reasons. Firstly, the history of labor relations is really the history of civilized society. There has always been tension between the working class and their employers who frequently exploit them. As such, this is a timeless issue that is much more worthy for the author to address than some of the fleeting issues of technology or collegiate cliques that the author could have chosen to analyze.
The functionalist perspective is highly important to examining employer/employee relations. This viewpoint would maintain that relations between employers and their employees provides a critical function in society. Specifically, those who embrace a functionalist perspective would state that it is necessary to have a relationship for these two classes of people in order for society to properly function (Mooney et al., 2007). The core of that relationship is based on the fact that there are those who need to get work done, and their there are those who are willing to labor to complete that work in order to provide for themselves.
Furthermore, the two different roles in employee/employer relationships help to provide critical functions for society as well, those who adhere to this notion would argue. Employers function as a means of using jobs to those who need them. Granting jobs to those who need money is the explicit function that employers provision to society. Therefore, relations between employers and employees need to exist in such a way that employers can continue to provide this function. As such, employers are authoritarian in their role in the labor relations -- which is required of a society in which a certain function is needed to employ people.
Additionally, there are certain cultural ramifications that those who follow the functionalist perspective of society would attribute to employer and employee relationships. Specifically, training is frequently administered at different jobs in which employers teach employees the necessary skills to succeed. In this respect, employer/employee relations are providing another function for society: the means of disseminating knowledge and helping the very culture of society to progress through learning.
Those who approach the subject of employer/employee relations through the perspective of conflict theory would have a…… [Read More]
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How Each Theory Applies to the Family
Functionalism presents the family as one of many different but interconnected social institutions. From the functionalist perspective, each institution participates in the society with the shared goal of maintaining social order and stability. The family is one of many social institutions like church, government, and education systems. Stable norms related to family, such as the emphasis on two-parent households or extended families in some cultures, are suggested as being important to maintaining the overall structure and stability of society. Problems in society are related to the failure of one or another structure to conform to the ideals of its neighboring institutions. The functionalist is, of course, concerned about functions that the family serves for the greater society such as socializing children or ensuring social stability.
Conflict theory presents the family also as one of many interconnected social institutions. The difference between conflict theory and functionalism is…… [Read More]
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Developmental Theory, Critical-Conflict Theory and Ted Bundy
The Role of Behavioral Theory and Conflict & Critical Theory on Ted Bundy
There are many theories that can be analyzed in order to try and explain why crimes occur. Among these theories are development theory, conflict, and critical theories. These theories seek to explain behaviors that influence crime and criminal behaviors. While conflict and critical theories seek to explain why crimes occur based on an individual's role in society, developmental theory seeks to explain why crimes occur based on the development of an individual's persona. In the case of serial murder Ted Bundy, it can be argued that the application of developmental theory can explain his actions moreso than conflict and critical theories.
Conflict theory argues that "crime is a result of conflicting interests and values among members of a community; groups with less voice in a society are at risk for being treated as criminal when they behave according to their intents, especially when interests conflict with those in power" (Arrigo, 2006, p. 319). In order for conflict theory to be applicable, there must be a set of interests and values that are agreed to -- a social contract -- individuals within a society agree to abide by. These laws are intended to create a safe society and many times protect the rights of individuals that consent to living within a community. Ted Bundy's actions contradict these established laws and regulations. Bundy's crimes included rape, kidnapping, murder, and necrophilia (Bell, n.d.). The heinous nature of these crimes contradicts the values of many individuals that live within society. The punishment for these crimes is also considered so severe that being charged and convicted of any of these crimes will result in a long incarceration and possibly the death penalty. In Bundy's case, he received three death penalties in two separate…… [Read More]
Criminology Conflict Theory in the EssayWords: 3377 Length: 10 Pages Document Type: Essay Paper #: 30934209
Marxist ideas have also provided as a starting point for many of the modern feminist theorists. Despite these applications, Marxism of any variety is still a minority position among American sociologists (Conflict Theory, 2000).
Marx's sociology state that:
1. Particular forms of property, slavery, feudal landholding, and capital are upheld by the coercive power of the state. Thus classes formed by property divisions, slaves and slave-owners, serfs and lords, capitalists and workers are the opposing agents in the struggle for political power the underpinning of their means of livelihood.
2. Material contributions often determine the extent to which social classes can organize effectively to fight for their interests. These conditions of mobilization are a set of intervening variables between class and political power.
3. Other material conditions such as the means of mental production, determines which interests will be able to articulate their ideas and hence to dominate the ideological realm (Collins, 1974).
Marx was primarily interested in what determined political power, and only indirectly in what may be called a theory of stratification. He thought that:
1. The material circumstances of making a living were the main determinants of one's style of life. He thought that property relations were crucial for distinguishing between ways of supporting oneself. Class cultures and behaviors divide up along opposing lines of control over, or lack of, property were very important.
2. The material conditions that were used for mobilization as a coherent, intercommunicating group also vary among social classes. Another difference among class lifestyles stems from the differing organization of their communities and their differing experience with the means of social communication.
3. Classes often differ in their control of the means of mental production. This produces yet another difference in class culture where by some are more articulated symbolically than others, and some have the symbolic structures of another class imposed upon them from outside (Collins, 1974).
During the 1960's and early 1970s, the obvious gender bias of sociological inquiry was uncovered. Both theory and research in sociology had begun to focus on males and contributed to patterns of gender inequality. If one looks to the early thinkers of sociological theory, they were conspicuously quiet about gender issues, despite the fundamental facts that roughly one-half of the human population is female and that all patterns of social organizations have historically revealed a gender-based division of…… [Read More]
Functionalism vs Conflict Theory Theories EssayWords: 986 Length: 3 Pages Document Type: Essay Paper #: 14298815
Hence, class struggles exist all the time -- the world is not in equilibrium as functionalism points out (Demerath, 1996).
Functionalism is also premised on the fact that people have already achieved a consensus -- the consensus by which reality is to be constructed and this allows them to successfully define and fulfill their roles in the society. On the other hand, conflict is premised on the fact that consensus has not been achieved because it is still a matter under constant struggle (ibid).
Lastly, functionalism is also being charged as failing to account for social change which conflict theory satisfactorily addresses. To maintain that the society is in constant movement towards the attainment of social equilibrium or balance, the theory fails to address the ways and mechanisms by which the society is changing (ibid).
Which is better?
This brings us to the question of which theory is more effective in explaining the social world. The operative word in this crucial question is the term effective. For the purpose of this paper, let us adopt the definition of effective as being able to produce the desired effect (Merriam Webster Online Dictionary, 2009) -- the desired effect being the ability to explain the social world.
Putting in mind the above considerations, I believe that none of these two theories is better than the other or more effective than the other in explaining the social world. Allow me to substantiate this claim. By looking at similarities and differences, we can see that every theory is rooted in several assumptions about the social world. The diversity of the social world does not allow for a uniform observation and consequently assumptions about our social setting. This premise leads us to the fact that there will always be no one way by which we can best describe the society. Indeed, we have seen that both theories have their strengths and weakness; they…… [Read More]
Criminal Science Conflict Theory Marx EssayWords: 3370 Length: 10 Pages Document Type: Essay Paper #: 80200357
The idea is that, eventually, as standards of living rise in Mexico, Mexican consumers will be able to buy all of the same kinds of goods now regularly purchased by their neighbors to the north. In the meantime, in addition to lower labor costs, the agreement also gives American and Canadian concerns access to cheaper raw materials, and an additional, migrant or resident, labor force of Mexicans, upon which to draw in their own countries. Mexico, as well, tends have to fewer, and more laxly enforced environmental and labor regulations; lower healthcare costs, etc., that make the cost of doing business in Mexico a winning proposition for multinational corporations. (Buckley & Ghauri, 2004) Flexibility is seen as key in these multinational enterprises. Programs must be able to be implemented in a manner consistent with the demands of a constantly changing and growing global marketplace. The system employed must be adaptable to many different technologies. To lock in a single technology is to limit future opportunities. To be confined to a single market, or labor source, is to constrain opportunities for growth. One's options need to be kept open.
Yet, NAFTA has had its critics. The agreement has not been the boon for individual Mexicans that it was made out to be. Also, many Americans activists, and Non-Governmental Organization, or NGO's, are certain that hundreds of thousands of American jobs have been lost to competition South of the Border. America is bleeding manufacturing jobs at a truly alarming rate. The "virtual economy" of the multinationals, by allowing those with money to invest anywhere they are permitted to do so, and by permitting them to shift their resources as warranted, and so to make money by playing the market, has caused dramatic changes in the American domestic outlook, "As quicker and higher profits become the general expectation, management can use that expectation to justify further cuts in wages and worker benefits." (Peterson, 2003, p. 38) the effect of NAFTA, and of globalization in general, has thus been to the detriment of many American workers. The solid, lifelong…… [Read More]
Social Conflict Theory Public Policy EssayWords: 1212 Length: 4 Pages Document Type: Essay Paper #: 26637954
" (Feste, 2004)
The work of Crenshaw (1981) makes the suggestion that the occurrence of terrorism is most likely where the masses are passive and:
elite dissatisfaction coincides; when discontent is not generalized or serious enough to provoke the majority of the population to act against the regime, but a small minority without access to the bases of power that would permit overthrow of the government seeks radical change." (Crenshaw, 1981; in Feste, 2004 p. 46)
Generally, an event precipitates the act of terrorism that "snaps the terrorists' patience with the regime" rendering the actions of the government as being an injustice which cannot be tolerated making the terrorist act a decision that becomes acceptable on a moral level. (Crenshaw, 1981; p. 384)
Because al Qaeda is in the process of "building a movement to carry on an ideological struggle"... (Feste, 2004; p.47) it is impossible to direct practices with any type of conflict resolution as neither "neutrality nor objectivity can be located." (Feste, 2004; p.47) Furthermore, there exists between the parties "a great status differential" in that the United States is the only superpower in the world and al Qaeda is a "small, non-entity state" therefore the possibility of any type of negotiation is simply not present. The work of Mayer (2004) informs that what is needed and desired between those caught in such a conflict is: "...voice, vindication and validation: to air opinions and demands, rather than engage in collaborative dialogue with their enemy; and respect for their point-of-view, a kind of righteous recognition that justifies their prior action." (p. 12-13; cited in Feste, 2004; p. 47)
III. AMERICAN POLICY and STRATEGY for INTERVENTION
In order to ensure the ending of terrorism "a basic decision in American policy and the intervention strategy that accompanies it, would need to be faced..." (Feste, 2004) This would include addressing the grievance issues and governance: "...in societies experiencing terrorism in order to reduce the cause for violence or need for leadership protection and changing the conditions that allow terrorist to acquire so much power..." Or finally to bring about a change in the environment on the…… [Read More]
Weber's Class Conflict Theory Weber Defined 'Class' EssayWords: 1214 Length: 4 Pages Document Type: Essay Paper #: 88500718
Weber's Class Conflict Theory
Weber defined 'class' as having in common "a specific causal component of their life chances in so far as (2) this component is represented exclusively by economic interests in the possession of goods and opportunities for income, and (3) it is represented under the conditions of the commodity or labor market" (Kasler, 1988, p.15). Class position does not necessarily lead to class ideological stance or class-directed action. Communal class action will arise when the classes realize the motive and needs of the struggle. In these postulations, Weber was similar to Marx. He differed from Marx in supplementing the existence of a 'status group'. Status groups are classes that are linked together by a certain lifestyle and consumption pattern rather than on their specific place in society (such s 'bourgeoisie' or 'working man'), This consumption pattern accords them a certain status and causes these demarcated groups to structure differences between 'we' and the 'other'. There is alienation and a passive conflict characterized by the existence of social distance.
In a capitalist society, the economically up-and-coming individual may belong to this more 'privileged' status group, whilst, at the same time, an aristocratic and propertied owner may belong to that same group too although he may be penniless. Conflict may issue by people who are afraid of losing their status from their much-valued group.
Weber sees society as grouped not only into distinctive class settings but also into sub- and super- ordinate groupings and categories with conflicts occurring within these categories too. For instance not only does conflict (passive mostly) exist between bourgeoisie and working class as per classical Marxist perspective, but conflict may also exist within the particular layers of the status group with each striving to achieve and maintain his specific status within that group.
In American society, this may explain the 'haves' and the 'have-not's notion where, although demarcation and pressure of distinction as well as social restraint against assimilation of the various social strata is less than in Europe and certainly minimal when compared to historical tradition (of, for instance, Weber's period), certain demarcations still exist.
According to Weber, power consists in the influence of economics but he recognizes that a salaried employee (not necessarily, as per Marx, the owner of the firm) may…… [Read More]
Applying Functionalism Conflict Theory Symbolic Interactionism to Waitressing EssayWords: 951 Length: 3 Pages Document Type: Essay Paper #: 84745463
Sociology Waitress
Serving customers food and drinks is a fundamental function in restaurant operations. However, serving customers food and drinks constitutes the manifest function of a waitress. The manifest functions of the restaurant itself include feeding people and making a profit for its owner. The restaurant's latent functions include promoting the brand identity of its celebrity chef, and contributing to the quality of life in the community. Latent functions of a waitress depend on the restaurant and its organizational culture and mission. In this case, the latent function of the waitress is to preserve the restaurant's brand identity by maintaining a professional appearance and demeanor at all times. The waitress is like an advertisement for the restaurant, ensuring that the customers will return and spread the word to friends.
The functionalist views the job of server in a high quality restaurant as being integral to the working of the whole system. From the functionalist perspective, the waitress herself is not as important as her role, her function. She functions as an interface between the business and the customer. The owner of the restaurant rarely has contact with customers. When the owner does have contact with customers, it is usually in a public relations capacity. One of the roles of the waitress is also to perform public relations by maintaining poise during times of stress, ensure that all customers are happy when they leave the restaurant, and maintaining order within the restaurant by ensuring efficient communications between client and kitchen.
Without a waitress, a restaurant would function differently. It would likely function poorly, as there would be pressure on the cooking staff to continually deliver the food to the tables. The waitress's function helps to stabilize the entire organization and ensure that it operates with maximum efficiency. This is true from a profitability perspective, too, as the more efficient the restaurant is, the more likely (a) customers are to return because their experience was pleasant; and (b) the more table turnover takes place, therefore maximizing the number of diners that can eat in any given evening.
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Power-Conflict Theory Analysis of Power EssayWords: 5469 Length: 15 Pages Document Type: Essay Paper #: 9753957
One party may take power away from the other. One party may lose power. This interaction or exchange leads either to equilibrium between the wielders of power, or to disequilibrium and imbalance. One can take Coleman to be saying that power is an element of exchange (or retraction) within the field of conflict. It is like the goal struggled for between two opponents on a sports pitch. It includes also the devices and mechanisms by which that goal-oriented struggle progresses.
How do the dynamics actually play out then? From the beginning, Coleman speaks of "strategies and tactics employed" (p. 121). Power is no static element. It is a force that can be manipulated and wielded as if in contest. The situation of conflict manifests itself as the place where power is used. Those in conflict maneuver their power, whatever it may be, into positions of leverage. These maneuverings of power can be defensive or offensive. They can be cooperative or coercive. A lot is dependent on the availability of power given the social situation.
Here Coleman's description of potential power, or availability of power, is useful. He places the dynamics of power use in the context of resources. He writes frequently of "potential power," "resources for power," "tools available to influence one's environment," or "sources of influence." This calls attention to the situational factors surrounding the use of power. Power can only be used if there are available resources for its exertion. One cannot use a depleted resource. It is the situation, as Coleman sees it, that determines to a large extent what kind of and how many resources are available. For example, wealth is a resource. In a situation, one party may have wealth while the other does not. This may mean that the wealthy party has more resources at hand to influence the power dynamics. Wealth would be the potential pool that only one of the parties can use in conflict in this case.
Coleman's presentation aims at aiding the conceptualization of those who wish for a "constructive resolution" to conflict (p. 121). To this end, he designates a series of "principles of power-conflict dynamics" that are "grounded…… [Read More]
Emergence of Violence and Conflict Theory EssayWords: 1788 Length: 4 Pages Document Type: Essay Paper #: 47361564
Why do people engage in violence? It is so ingrained within society, yet we seem to not have a concrete understanding of what provokes it to the extent that recent events have shown violence can go. Violence has acquired several dimensions in the society and has become one of the leading causes of human conflicts that have spun over years and even decades. The quest to understand the main causes of violence is aimed at ultimately stopping the effects of violence to the community hence fostering more peace within the society. There are various factors responsible for the emergence of violence in the contemporary society, each of which re explored different by a number of perspectives. First, the literature review explores Marxist theories of violence and conflict within societies.
Marxist and Parsonian Conflict Theory
Ultimately, Marxism believes that class differences inherently breed class conflicts. More recently, here is the notion of conflict theory as being responsible for sparking violence within society. This school believes an explanation of conflict is that it is a natural part of life because there will always be contradicting social groups that hinder each other's progress of their own selfish objectives, thus leading to potential for violence. Parsonian conflict theory again adds to this with the notion that societies that allow the rule of elites will always be prone to conflict.
II. Similarities in Demonstration of Conflict and Violence
Clearly, the similarities between these schools demonstrate that conflict and violence arise when an elite group disadvantages the other contradicting groups within society. Both Marxism and conflict theory see conflict as arising from struggles between social groups when one takes too much power and abuses this power to the behest of the interests of other social groups. As tensions increase, violence builds and eventually erupts. Conflict and the violence that follows it is a direct cause of class differences, with tensions rising when…… [Read More]
The Application of Conflict Theory to Daily Life EssayWords: 981 Length: 3 Pages Document Type: Essay Paper #: 49081130
billion people on the planet, social and political conflicts are inevitable. No two people are alike, even when they are from the same family, let alone from the same ethnic, religious, cultural, or national backgrounds. Conflict theory is one of the most salient theories in the social sciences, because it brings together elements of sociology and psychology, and can be applied to almost every practical area of research including economics and criminology. Conflict theory originally evolved from the sociological theories of Karl Marx, who investigated the ways conflict between different social classes in any given society can lead to problems like alienation and disenfranchisement (Turner, 1975). Alienation and disenfranchisement in turn create the potential for deviant behavior and criminality, which is why it is important to understand conflict theory and how it impacts our daily lives. Conflict theory also illustrates the ways power structures and social institutions perpetuate themselves. For example, dominant groups create and maintain social norms and laws (Quinney, 2000). The "conduct norms" of less powerful groups often come into conflict with dominant culture norms, leading to the production of deviant or criminal definitions surrounding the everyday behavior of the individual members of these less powerful groups (Keel, 2008). For example, wearing a head scarf is considered normative in Muslim cultures but not in non-Muslim cultures. If dominant groups continue to create and maintain social norms and the laws that extend from those norms, minority and subordinate groups lack the opportunity or wherewithal to create meaningful change. Subordinate groups experience frustration from the inability to achieve upward social mobility or gain power in society, leading to intergroup conflict, miscommunication, and often to criminal behavior. Although modern democratic societies do their best to minimize social conflict through such things as welfare programs, affirmative action programs, and diversity training, an increasingly heterogeneous world makes conflict practically inevitable.
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Analyzing Sociology Social Conflict Theory EssayWords: 1442 Length: 4 Pages Document Type: Essay Paper #: 74094749
Sociology: Social Conflict Theory
The model of social conflict shows that the society has many forms of inequality which bring about social change and conflict. This kind of study centers on the types of inequality found in the society, along with the subsequent conflict between the fortunate and less fortunate.
Thus, this paper will look at the theory of Social Conflict and its past and present role in the society.
The introduction entails the terminologies used along with their definitions. The terms include sociological theories, and the word theory itself. There is also an explanation of their roles in various areas, mostly centering on Sociology. Additionally, this paper contains the main theories relating to the area of Sociology.
The following part looks into the theory of Social Conflict, including its contents, assumptions or perspectives as well as the developers and advocates of the theory.
The final part of this paper focuses on the theory of social conflict. It helps us understand how the theory is applied by giving an explanation of its role in society.
The theory of Social Conflict has a lot of significance when studying Sociology as it gives a clear explanation of how conflicts begin, and the reason for conflict in societies.
Social Conflict Theory
The term 'theory' is used to define an explanation of why and how the universe operates, or the way processes work. Theories about sociology try to give an explanation of the causing factors for certain behavior among groups, as well as the way societies change or operate in a particular manner. Social sciences such as sociology, economics and psychology have theoretical perspectives which they adhere to and use as their framework to help explain certain phenomena like the way groups are formed. Theories offer a lot of help in organizing an area of study; without them there would only be many kinds of people, individual kinds of behavior, or the many kinds of choices made by different individuals. Theories therefore help create overall themes through several specific kinds of decisions and behavior in societies (Goodfriend, 2003-2016).
Mooney, Knox and Schacht (2009) state that theories relating to sociology give us a variety of perspectives from which we look at our societies. The term 'perspective'…… [Read More]
Social-Conflict and Good Will Hunting Social-Conflict Theory EssayWords: 1221 Length: 4 Pages Document Type: Essay Paper #: 9516322
Social-Conflict and Good Will Hunting
Social-Conflict theory espouses the belief that that conflict is a basic aspect of life and can never be fully resolved. According to this approach formal agencies of social control merely coerce the disenfranchised to comply with the rules established by those in power. This paper will examine this perspective in light of the 1997 movie Good Will Hunting, written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and directed by Gus Van Sant.
Social-Conflict Theory
Social-conflict theory has its roots in the ideas of Karl Marx. Marx's conflict approach stresses a materialistic interpretation of social order. Marx felt that the way work is socially organized and the technology utilized in production have a strong impact on every other aspect of society. He maintained that everything of value in society results from human labor and viewed working men and women as engaged in making society and creating the conditions for their own existence.
According to Louis Kriesburg social conflict occurs when two or more parties believe they have incompatible objectives. Social conflicts arise when structural relations of an inequality are present. Issues such as political power, access to recourses, or ideologies can give impetus to social conflict.
One aspect of this point-of-view is to see laws as a tool of the powerful, to be used to maintain the status quo with regards to important social institutions. In this context social order rests upon the exercise of power through law rather than being the result of any consensus or process of dispute resolution. Those in power work ceaselessly to remain there and the structure which they impose on society, such as patterns of wealth building that they define as acceptable, or situations under which they authorize the exercise of legal power and military might, yields advantages they may exercise to impose their will.
According to Frank Schmalleger a social conflict perspective can be discribed by six…… [Read More]
Immigration Conflict Theory EssayWords: 1068 Length: 3 Pages Document Type: Essay Paper #: 11432326
Ethnic Groups
The Hmong are an ethnic group that spans the northern parts of Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Vietnam, Yunnan province of China, Myanmar and Laos. There are currently 226,000 Hmong in the United States, with the greatest concentration being in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area, with over 50,000 (MHS, 2009). Most of the Hmong in the United States have their roots in Laos.
During the 1970s, with the conflict in Southeast Asia, there was conflict in Laos as well, with a rising Communist movement. With the Cold War ongoing, and active conflict in Vietnam having just ended, the United States was engaged in Laos. The Hmong, an ethnic minority in that country, supported the United States in that conflict. When the Communists took over Laos, the Hmong fled, fearing retribution. Many first went to Thailand, but were granted refugee status in the United States in response to their contributions against the Communists. Most were settled in Minnesota, Wisconsin or California (Yau, 2005). Around half of the Hmong in the U.S. today are foreign born, and at this point the second-generation of U.S.-born Hmong is arriving. The latest arrivals came only in 2004, after having lived in limbo as refugees in Southeast Asia for many years, having been driven from their homes (Davey, 2004).
Within these areas, the Hmong would become the predominant Asian community. In California they settled mainly in Fresno, away from other major Asian centers like LA and San Francisco. The Hmong have remained in the places where they were originally settled, and have built up communities there. For older Hmong, transition to the U.S. has been a significant challenge (Davey, 2004) but younger generations are integrating to a higher degree. Women have become more prominent in leadership roles, for example, indicative of American cultural influence on Hmong society (Shah, 2011). Hmong have also become the community leaders for other, smaller Asian communities where they dominate (Shah, 2011). Power-conflict theory is interesting here because the Hmong community was basically transplanted wholesale into a handful of areas…… [Read More]


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John 14:1 Jesus said "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going." 5 Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?" 6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him." 8 Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us." 9 Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, `Show us the Father'? 10 Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. 11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. 12 I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it."
Easter 5 Year C : John 14:1-14
Democrats in the United States have a problem about who to support, because the policies of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and very similar., http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24063721.
So they have to resort to differences in character and personality.
Why should we trust in Jesus? Because of who He is, what He has done, and what He can promise with certainty.
He can promise a place in heaven. He has prepared a place in heaven for those who follow Him, v.2.
He is the only way to follow. His example, which was perfect. His teaching because it is memorable, practical and true. We are to follow His death and resurrection, dying to our old selves, rising to new life.
He is the truth. We can trust Him because He is true and speaks the truth, contra the Democratic Elections, e.g. Hillary Clinton's claims that she had been exposed to sniper fire in Bosnia in 1996.
We can and should trust in Jesus' words about salvation and who He is, and obey His teaching.
From verse 10 Jesus claims equality with God the Father. He says that if they can't believe his words this is backed up by the miracles he did.
He is the life. Next day his lifeless corpse would be taken from the cross. Three days later people began to encounter the risen Jesus. In forty days over 500 people saw the resurrected Jesus, 1 Cor. 15.
Jesus is alive. Jesus gives life who make him their way and their truth.
Last week we saw how Jesus gives abundant life, John 10:10. He gives eternal life. A quality of life, lived in a right relationship with God. A quantity of life, it lasts forever.
Jesus promises that his followers will do even greater miracles than he did. What can He mean? How can you beat raising someone from the dead or feeding thousands from a packed lunch? So, Jesus was clearly not talking about the wow factor.
Because Jesus disciples were and are numerous they were and are able to have a more widespread effect that He did during His earthly ministry. The greater thing that the disciples did, and that we disciples can do, is to spread the good news of Jesus . Three thousand people came to faith on the first Pentecost, Acts 2. What a miracle.
Every time one person comes to faith in Jesus it is a stupendous miracle. When someone makes Him their way, their truth their life it is fantastic. I have had the joy of seeing people come to faith and being transformed by their relationship with Jesus.
We all have something to contribute to that process. We can pray for people to trust in Jesus. We can pray that some one will be able to help them on the way. We can pray that we can help in some way. Even if we feel weak and inadequate God can give us the strength, the encouragement the words that we need to help people to trust in Jesus.
We can do great things by spreading the good news of Jesus in our prayers, our actions, and, even, our words!
Pray for people-
Who want to trust in Jesus.
Who want to help others trust in Jesus.
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Do It Yourself has been making the news recently. Nationally the television news carried stories that we were approaching the start of the Do It Yourself season, and the launch of a government safety initiative. Locally the Sentinel carried the story of the owner of a D.I.Y. store who objected to having his store closed on Easter Monday.
The Do It Yourself mindset extends to religion today. The theory is that if you believe in something sincerely then that is all that matters. But there have been D.I.Y enthusiasts who have drilled into what they thought was plaster and they have drilled through water pipes or electric cables. This has resulted in flooded homes, and electric shocks.
In today's gospel Jesus warns against D.I.Y. religion and claims exclusive access to God the Father. He says that his disciples should put their trust in God and in him, verse 1. Jesus is trying to reassure his disciples who were feeling insecure, shocked, and upset. They were insecure because after leaving their homes, families and jobs and following Jesus for three years he had told them that he was going to leave them ( 13:33,36 ). They were shocked and upset because Jesus had told them that one of them would betray him ( 13:21 ). Not only that but Peter was going to disown him three times before daybreak ( 13:38 ). Peter was the leader of the disciples, headstrong and brave. If he was going to deny Jesus three times then what terrible thing would prompt such a thing ? And how would the rest of them behave if Peter did this ?
So Jesus says - READ verse 1. He is telling the troubled disciples to keep on trusting in God and in himself. He is claiming equality and closeness with God. Something that is repeated in verse 7.
So we are to keep on trusting God and Jesus whatever may happen to us. When difficulties come some people may turn away from the Christian faith. Yet the Bible teaches us that true faith endures. That is how we know it is true faith. Jesus says to those of us who are facing difficulties today "Trust in God and trust in me."
Jesus goes on to say that he is going to prepare a place for his disciples before returning for them, verses 2 & 3. What does he mean by this ?
In the Middle East at this time the extended family would all live on the one site. Sons and daughters would have apartments that were separate from their parents, yet under the same roof.
Jesus uses this image when he says that there are many rooms in his Father's house. He is saying that there is plenty of room in heaven. So we shouldn't be scared of sharing the gospel for fear that it will get crowded !
Jesus is saying that he has to go to do this, a journey that will involve the cross and resurrection.
He is confident that his disciples will arrive in heaven. A confidence that doesn't derive from their own strengths or abilities. After all Peter would deny Jesus three times. Jesus' confidence was in his power working through and despite their weaknesses and failures. So Jesus leaving is actually to the advantage of his disciples, even though they would not immediately appreciate this.
Verse 3 is ambiguous. Jesus' return could refer to his resurrection and the way that this would place his disciples into God's presence. Because heaven is being with God and we can be with God now through what Jesus has done for us. It could also refer to the time when Jesus will return on the clouds, with angels, in power and glory to take those who are his to be with God the Father. I think both of these explanations can be held at the same time.
Read verse 4. Jesus has been teaching his disciples for three years. Preparing them for this moment. Surely they understand. But Jesus had been talking using figures of speech. When Simon Peter had asked his where he was going in 13:36 he had not directly answered the question, although in 14:2 he had said that he was going to his Father's house.
In steps Thomas. He is honest, uninhibited. There is no pretence with him. He doesn't care if he appears to be stupid. He wants the answer spelled out to him.
Read verse 5.
There is a shift in the conversation here. Previously it had been about Jesus leaving the disciples. In verses 6 & 7 it shifts to how they can go to God. Everything centres on the person and work of Jesus. Not on a religious formulae or rules in which we work our way towards God in our own strength. God has come to us. Revealed himself to us in Jesus. Enables us to respond to that revelation by his Holy Spirit.
It is about revelation response and relationship. Not rules and regulations.
Jesus said "I am the way".
Jesus way was to involve him going to the shame and pain of the cross the next day. This is the glory that Jesus refers to in 13:31 & 32. The glory or self disclosure of God is seen on a cross. It was a way though death to emerge victorious and alive.
As we follow Jesus our way will have disappointments and setbacks. Yet if we remain in Jesus. Trusting him and God then we know that it will be a way to victory and life.
About thirteen years ago we went to Italy on holiday. One day we went on a trip to Venice. There were many parties of people being shown around by guides and our guide had a multi-coloured umbrella that she held aloft so that we would be able to follow her and not get lost.
Before they were called Christians the first followers of Jesus were called people of the way. Like the guide in Venice those who follow must be going somewhere and following someone. Therefore Christians are those who follow the way of Jesus. Knowing and obeying his teaching. Trying to imitate him.
But Jesus is more than just a way to follow. He not only reveals the way but he is the way. He is the way in that he links God and man. It is only when we unite ourselves with him that he can truly become our way. It is about a relationship that is the way as well as the way to follow.
Note that Jesus says "I am the way". He then says "No-one comes to the father except through me." v6b. He is making an exclusive claim. There is no other way to God.
If we want to go to Stafford from here there are a number of routes that we could take. We could join the motorway and go that way. Or we could follow the A34 South. There is no route that is particularly correct. Each may have it's own virtues depending on the time when one travelled, and if speed, distance travelled, or views of the countryside were priorities.
Pilate said to Jesus "What is truth" as if it was something that was uncertain. We live in a society where many think that it doesn't matter what you believe as long as you believe it sincerely. Yet if I sincerely believed I could get to Stafford travelling North I would be wrong. That is unless I completed a very long journey over the North Pole !
So Jesus claims about himself are exclusive and centred on himself and his relationship with God.
Jesus says that he is the truth. This is in contrast to the lies of those who had him crucified. It is in contrast with Satan who is the father of all lies.
Jesus whole life is founded on truth. He never told a lie. He produces truth in those who truly follow him. If we are in Jesus we shouldn't lie. And we shouldn't need to lie because our security is in our relationship with him. Not in what we fabricate or cover up.
Truth not only involves imparting truth but also being trustworthy and faithful. John's gospel uses the word truth 39 times. This compares to twice in Matthew, four times in Mark and three times in Luke. At the start on his gospel John declares that Jesus is full of grace and truth ( 1:14 ) and that "grace and truth came through Jesus Christ" verse 17. So Jesus is the full of truth and the source of truth. This truth is not merely his teaching but it is about God revealing himself. Therefore, responding to him is more than an intellectual belief in his teaching. It is embracing his whole person. Jesus' truth is more than a truth to believe. It is rooted in the reliability of Jesus.
Jesus said that he is the life. This contrasts with the death he suffered the next day on the cross. Through his resurrection Jesus shows that he is not subject to death, but has made death subject to himself. Jesus has the power to give life.
Physical life : "Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made" ( John 1:3 ).
Spiritual life : "Now this is eternal life: that they may know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent." ( John 17:3 ). This is part of Jesus prayer for his disciples later that night. he is talking about a quality of life. Not just existing.
For many people life is about existing. Carrying on. Keeping going. But Jesus says that there is so much more to life if we live it with him and in him. We can enjoy a life lived with God today. We can have our present and our future rooted in heaven.
So Jesus is the life. More than a life to be received but a quality of life to be lived.
Someone recently came up to me and expressed a confidence in a life beyond death. There was a sense in which this belief was a Christian one and this person was looking to me to affirm this. I said I believed that when someone dies who has been a follower of Jesus then they go to be with him. Yet I believe that whilst many people have this view of life after death they have a watered down idea of what it means to be a follower of Jesus. They do not realise the radical nature of what it means to follow him. Either that, or they do, and chose to ignore it. They want to receive the life that only Jesus can give, but without living it.
David Watson, the evangelist, on the eve of his tragic death in 1984 said : 'The church is the only society on earth that never loses a member through death ! As a Christian I believe not just in life after death, but in life through death.'
As a clergyman I am sometimes asked to sign papers to declare that I know people, for example on Passport Applications. I am always happy to do this when I can, but sometimes I receive more unusual requests. For example I have been asked to sign an Application Form for a Gun Licence by someone who I did not know. They said that they knew Jack Holt as if this would make it O.K.!
Read verse 7. Jesus declares that if we really know him then we know God too. If we want to know what God is like then we should look at Jesus. Jesus says this to Philip in verse 9 after Philip has asked him to show us the Father. Jesus reveals God to us. He is the way to knowing God.
The disciples had been with Jesus for three years but the inference is that up to now they had not fully appreciated who he is. It had been a period of preparation. But this time is a watershed in their relationship with him. The word for "know" here is an intimate, personal one, rather than an intellectual or theoretical knowledge. This is the relationship that he wants everyone to have with him. Not a knowledge of him from a distance. Only when we have this close relationship with Jesus can we know his peace and security in troubled times. Only when we have this close relationship with Jesus can we know God personally today and have the confident hope that Jesus has prepared a place for us in heaven.
One of the things that Boy Scouts do, or used to do, is to lay a trail for others to follow. One of the signs used in this is a dot in a circle. This means 'gone home'. It was sometimes used by scouts who had got bored and didn't want to play any more.
If you look on the tomb of Lord Baden Powell, the founder of the Scout Movement you will find a dot inside a circle. Proclaiming that he has gone home.
Death is neither an end or a beginning. It is the continuation of a chosen road. We may join the road in different ways and at different times, but it is only one leading to God.
Lord Jesus, thank you for the eternal home that you have prepared for us.
Thank you for your promise to come and take us to be with yourself.
Help us to know you, to love you, and to follow you all the days of my life.
For your name's sake. Amen.


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Genetic Analysis of Lrp5 Function in Osteoblast Progenitors
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The low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (Lrp)-5 regulates osteoblast proliferation and bone formation through its expression in duodenum by modifying the gut serotonin–bone endocrine axis. However, its direct role, if any, in osteoblast progenitor cells has not been studied thus far. Here, we show that mice with a Dermo1-Cre-mediated disruption of Lrp5 in osteoblast progenitor cells have normal embryonic skeletogenesis and normal skeletal growth and development postnatally. Histomorphometric analysis of 3-month-old adult mice revealed normal osteoblast numbers, bone formation rate, and bone mass in Lrp5Dermo−/− mice. In addition, analysis of two osteoporosis pseudoglioma (OPPG) patients revealed a three- to fivefold increase in their serum serotonin levels compared to age-matched controls. These results rule out a direct function of Lrp5 in osteoblast progenitor cells and add further support to the notion that dysregulation of serotonin synthesis is involved in bone mass abnormalities observed in OPPG patients.


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Applications are available for the 2017-18 Fr. Brunner Peace and Justice Grants. Applications are due on the Feast of the Precious Blood, July 1.
Today we celebrate St. Joseph the Worker or the Third Monday after Easter. I have chosen this verse from the first reading for the feast of St. Joseph because of the heart connection. "Whatever you do, do from the heart as for the Lord."
We are counting down to the first Religious Brothers Day in the U.S., on May 1, the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, by sharing stories about our wonderful C.PP.S. brothers. Today's subject: Brother Santos Mateo, C.PP.S.
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