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Countdown to Victory: The Last... Day by day, the news got better as the Second World War wound down in Europe. Sixty years ago, CBC Radio brought home re... Go Glenn Gould: Variations on an ... He adored Arrowroot cookies, Barbra Streisand and animals. Go Canada's Earthquakes and Tsuna... Beneath our feet, Canada is constantly atremble. Go

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1 May 1881 – 10 April 1955) was a French Jesuit priest trained as a paleontologist and a philosopher, and was present at the discovery of Peking Man. He is also noted as a prominent mystic of the Catholic Church. Quotes[edit] Receive, O Lord, in its totality the Host which creation, drawn by your magnetism, presents to you at the dawn of a new day. I am far from denying the destructive and disintegrating forces of passion. The Phenomenon of Man (1955)[edit] Le Phénomène Humain (1955) We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.Paraphrased variant: We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. The Divine Milieu (1960)[edit] The world can no more have two summits than a circumference can have two centres. All the communions of a life-time are one communion. Quotes about Chardin[edit] Man occupies a special place in the Cartesian scheme. External links[edit]

Biography.com Singer, Music Producer, Songwriter (1961–) Roland Orzabal is an English musician, songwriter and record producer best known as co-founder with Curt Smith of the popular '80s pop band Tears for Fears. Talk Show Host, Football Player, Athlete (1971–) Michael Strahan is a former defensive end for the New York Giants, and co-host of the morning television program Live! With Kelly and Michael. Film Actor, Director (1963–) Johnny Depp is an award-nominated actor known for his portrayal of odd-ball characters including Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean. Game Show Host, Reality Television Star, Film Actor/Film Actress (1972–) Jenny McCarthy was named Playboy's 1994 Playmate of the Year and hosted MTV's 'Singled Out' from 1995 to 1997. Film Actor, Athlete (1972–) Dwayne Johnson became a film actor (2001's The Mummy Returns) after gaining fame with the World Wrestling Federation as "The Rock." Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Philanthropist (1926–) Lawyer, U.S.

19: Abraham Keteltas, GOD ARISING AND PLEADING HIS PEOPLE'S CAUSE - Political Sermons of the American Founding Era. Vol. 1 (1730-1788) Edition: current; Page: [i] Chronology: 1688–1773↩ Edition: current; Page: [7] Benjamin Colman Edition: current; Page: [8] Benjamin Colman (1673–1747). The sermon reprinted here was preached at the Thursday Lecture in Boston on August 13, 1730. Edition: current; Page: [9] Edition: current; Page: [10]Edition: current; Page: [11] For the Pillars of the Earth are the Lord’s, and He hath set the World upon them. 1 Sam. ii. 8. The words are part of a raptrous and heavenly song, utter’d by a devout, inspir’d and transported mother in Israel, upon a great and joyful occasion. Samuel, the rare and wonderful son of inspir’d Hannah, never outspake his lovely mother in any of his prayers or acts of praise. Great things are here said of God, and of his government, in the families and kingdoms of men; and such wise and just observations are made, as are worthy of deep contemplation by the greatest and best of men. In the praises of these she joys and triumphs, her heart was exalted and her mouth enlarged. 1.

Thomas Jefferson Biography Thomas Jefferson was a draftsman of the Declaration of Independence and the third U.S. president (1801-09). He was also responsible for the Louisiana Purchase. Synopsis Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, in Shadwell, Virginia. He was a draftsman of the U.S. Declaration of Independence; the nation's first secretary of state (1789-94); second vice president (1797-1801); and, as the third president (1801-09), the statesman responsible for the Louisiana Purchase. Early Life Thomas Jefferson, author of the American Declaration of Independence and the third U.S. president, was born on April 13, 1743, at the Shadwell plantation located just outside of Charlottesville, Virginia -- near the western edge of Great Britain's American Empire. Jefferson was born into one of the most prominent families of Virginia's planter elite. As a boy, Thomas Jefferson's favorite pastimes were playing in the woods, practicing the violin and reading. Political Beginnings Governor of Virginia Vice President

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ECOSOC Resolution 2007/25: Support to Non-Self-Governing Territories by the specialized agencies and international institutions associated with the United Nations (26 July 2007) The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) is a multilateral treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 16 December 1966, and in force from 3 January 1976. It commits its parties to work toward the granting of economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR) to the Non-Self-Governing and Trust Territories and individuals, including labour rights and the right to health, the right to education, and the right to an adequate standard of living. As of 2014, the Covenant had 162 parties.[1] A further seven countries, including the United States of America, had signed but not yet ratified the Covenant. The Covenant is monitored by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Genesis[edit] Summary[edit] Part 3 (Articles 6 – 15) lists the rights themselves.

Biblical Principles of Law: Law and Justice At the conclusion of the book of Ecclesiastes, the reader, having been exposed to the vanity of men's philosophies of life, is given one simple message: "Fear God, and keep His commandments: For this is the whole duty of man."1 Beginning with the latter part of the nineteenth century and continuing at a faster pace in the 1980's, a steady parade of legal scholars, judges, lawyers, and an ever-increasing vanguard of their fellow citizens in the Christian West, have ignored this wise biblical counsel. "Professing themselves to be wise," they have "become fools" by exchanging a heritage of a revealed law-order created by God, and accepted by their Christian forefathers, for an imaginary political power game invented by man. This deal - a trade of law for politics - has brought the once-Christian West to the brink of destruction. God made these rules - this law-order - knowable to man from the beginning, even before He revealed His law to Moses. Second, God created plant and animal life.

The Greatest Thomas Jefferson quotes Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. Was the government to prescribe to us our medicine and diet, our bodies would be in such keeping as our souls are now. I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. “Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits. No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him. I am not a friend to a very energetic government. The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

Canadian Bill of Rights Background[edit] Saskatchewan's Bill of Rights[edit] In 1947, Saskatchewan passed into law a bill of rights which was (and remains) unique. The Saskatchewan Bill of Rights covered both fundamental freedoms and equality rights. Saskatchewan's Bill of Rights is considered to have had formative influence on John Diefenbaker, who was from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Thirteen years later, Diefenbaker successfully introduced the Canadian Bill of Rights, in 1960.[4] Religious Institutional Influence[edit] Many religious organizations helped establish several human rights precedents before Canada's highest court. John Diefenbaker and a National Bill of Rights[edit] John G. In 1936 , four years before being elected to Parliament, John Diefenbaker began drafting his Bill of Rights. On March 16, 1950, a decade before the Canadian Bill of Rights became law, Diefenbaker, then a Saskatchewan MP, told a public forum why such a law was needed. Features[edit] See also[edit] References[edit]

Bill of rights Bills of rights may be entrenched or unentrenched. An entrenched bill of rights cannot be modified or repealed by a country's legislature through normal procedure, instead requiring a supermajority or referendum; often it is part of a country's constitution and therefore subject to special procedures applicable to constitutional amendments. A not entrenched bill of rights is a normal statute law and as such can be modified or repealed by the legislature at will. In practice, not every jurisdiction enforces the protection of the rights articulated in its bill of rights. Exceptions in Western democracies[edit] Australia is the only Western democratic country with neither a constitutional nor federal legislative bill of rights [1][2] to protect its citizens, although there is ongoing debate in many of Australia's states. List of bills of rights[edit] General[edit] Specifically targeted documents[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit]

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