Amid all the stories of tragedy and heroism on September 11, there is one tale that has yet to be told–the gripping account of ordinary men and women braving the inferno at the Pentagon to rescue friends and co-workers, save the nation’s military headquarters, and defend their country. Pentagon firefighters Alan Wallace and Mark Skipper had just learned the shocking news that planes had struck the World Trade Center when they saw something equally inconceivable: a twin-engine jetliner flying straight at them. It was American Airlines Flight 77, rushing toward its target. In his Pentagon office, Army major David King was planning a precautionary evacuation when the room suddenly erupted in flames. Arlington firefighters Derek Spector, Brian Roache, and Ron Christman, among the first responders at the scene, were stunned by the sight that met them: a huge flaming hole gouged into the Pentagon’s side, a lawn strewn with smoking debris, and thousands of people, some badly injured, stumbling away from what would become one of the most daunting fires in American history. For more than twenty-four hours, Arlington firefighters and other crews faced some of the most dangerous and unusual circumstances imaginable. The size and structure of the Pentagon itself presented unique challenges, compelling firefighters to devise ingenious tactics and make bold decisions–until they finally extinguished the fire that threatened to cripple America’s military infrastructure just when it was needed most. Granted unprecedented access to the major players in the valiant response efforts, Patrick Creed and Rick Newman take us step-by-step through the harrowing minutes, hours, and days following the crash of American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon’s western façade. Providing fascinating personal stories of the firefighters and rescuers, a broader view of how the U.S. national security command structure was held intact, and a sixteen-page insert of dramatic photographs, Firefight is a unique testament to the fortitude and resilience of America.
As a Kentucky diocesan priest, Fr. Pat Creed placed his life in service to the transformative power of the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church. To this service he has brought energy and intelligence, a commitment to community action and a wonderful gift for story-telling and preaching.Within a broad range of challenging topics, listeners are taken, by his surprising scriptural knowledge and pervasive sense of community, to a point in which each person's own life is brought into question. This 3 volume documentation of Fr. Creed's homilies is the culminating record of a lifelong evaluation of Vatican II.
After reaching high levels of public popularity in the 1980s and 1990s, political conservatism has become beset with criticism and disillusionment. As demonstrated by the 2008 election results, political conservatism has been blamed for an unpopular Iraq war, an economy nose diving into recession, and a barrage of high profile instances of corporate misbehavior. This crisis in the ideological identity of and public confidence in conservatism is partly due to conservatism itself. Contrary to the intellectual vibrancy that characterized the 1980s and 1990s, political conservatism in recent years has become complacent and dormant. It has been more focused on simply protecting political power than on reexamining its philosophical principles and policy prescriptions. Because of this failure to continually reexamine, conservatives have allowed their ideology to slip back into various ruts caused by certain historical deviations from the conservative creed. These deviations, beginning in the early twentieth century, mischaracterized conservatism as a special-interest defender of the wealthy and corporate class. The deviations also allowed conservatism to be miscast as a political creed that advocates aggressive U.S. intervention in the affairs of foreign nations. Perhaps because of all its successes, as well as the political influence it has been able to achieve, political conservatism in America has somewhat lost its foundational bearings. Its basic principles and ideological identity have been lost amidst the various political maneuverings and issues associated with partisan politics. Consequently, conservatives need to get their ideology back to a firm foundational setting, so as to allow it to once again provide a strong beacon of guidance to American society. In this book, Patrick Garry attempts to provide a clear definition and ideological identity to conservatism—an identity that not only connects conservatism to the past, but allows it to position itself for the challenges of the future. With a concise simplicity, Garry provides a definition of conservatism that relies on two fundamental propositions. Garry also argues that the focus of conservatism needs to be redirected toward the interests of the poor and disadvantaged. As Garry argues, it is conservatism and not liberalism that offers the best hope for the poor and disadvantaged to prosper in America. This new focus of conservatism will allow conservatism to flourish as a governing ideology.
Nieoficjalny poradnik do gry Assassin’s Creed: Liberation HD, został stworzony, aby umożliwić każdemu graczowi ukończenie gry w 100% w sposób bezproblemowy. Poradnik zawiera szczegółowy opis wszystkich sekwencji wątku głównego, zadań pobocznych, oraz informacje dotyczące walki, handlu, czy możliwych do zdobycia osiągnięć. W tekście opisane zostały m.in. zadania z serii ObywatelE, Przeciwnicy biznesu, Załoga statku, Wolni niewolnicy czy misje związanie z postaciami. Poza tym poradnik zawiera mapki z lokalizacją stron z pamiętnika, statuetek Majów, jaj aligatora, czy grzybów. Osoby nie mające dużego doświadczenia z serią Assassin’s Creedy powinny się również zainteresować szczegółowym opisem podstawowych mechanizmów rozgrywki: walki, handlu czy rozgłosu. Assassin’s Creed: Liberation HD jest konwersją wersji konsolowej, jednakże znacznie udoskonaloną i w niczym nie ustępującym poprzednim częściom z serii. Gracz prowadzi do działania dzielną Aveline de Gandpré, która walczy o pokój w kraju i wolność dla ciemnoskórych niewolników. Bohaterka prowadzi potrójne życie utożsamiając się z różnymi grupami ludzi, co warunkuje grze rozmaitość i umiejętność wykorzystania zalet każdej z persony. Poradnik do Assassin’s Creed: Liberation HD to: Szczegółowa i ilustrowana solucja ukończenia wątku głównego, Wykaz i opis dostępnych misji pobocznych, Wszelkie misje zawierają informację jak uzyskać pełną synchronizację dla każdej z osobna, Informacje o kostiumach, handlu i unikaniu rozgłosu, Mapy zawierające lokalizację ukrytych elementów w grze, Zestawienie wszystkich dostępnych osiągnięć. Poradnik do gry Assassin’s Creed: Liberation HD zawiera między innymi szczegółową solucję wątku głównego i zadań pobocznych. W opracowaniu nie zabrakło informacji o kostiumach i znajdziek – stron z pamiętnika, statuetek Majów, jaj aligatora czy grzybów. Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD – poradnik do gry zawiera poszukiwane przez graczy tematy i lokacje jak m.in. Sekwencja 9 – Alternatywne zakończenie (Wątek główny) Sekwencja 9 (Wątek główny) Sekwencja 1 (Wątek główny) ObywatelE (CitizenE) (Misje poboczne) Znajdźki główne (Znajdźki) Triki i sztuczki (System walki) Bronie (System walki) Przedmioty postaci (Znajdźki) Osobowości Znajdźki pozostałe (Znajdźki)
First published in 1988, The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God is still considered by many scholars to be the finest work on the Arian Controversy. Examining scholarly works on the Controversy and many original texts, Professor Hanson, provides a clear understanding of how the traditional and historic doctrine of God as the Holy Trinity reached its most mature and enduring form. The author is not primarily concerned to defend the orthodox position itself, but rather to discover and examine the formation of that orthodoxy. The history of the events - the Councils, the interventions of the Emperor, the rivalries of sees, the behaviour of bishops, the varying fortunes of the different schools of thought and their leaders - is interwoven with the progression of thought and doctrine during the sixty years of the Controversy. Professor Hanson sees the problem of the reconciliation of two concepts which were both part of the very fabric of Christianity - monotheism and the worship of Jesus Christ as divine.
Nieoficjalny poradnik do gry Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China oferuje komplet informacji potrzebnych do jej ukończenia w stu procentach. Główną część niniejszego poradnika stanowi opis przejścia wszystkich misji. W omówieniach poszczególnych etapów duży nacisk położono na prowadzenie działań z ukrycia, które jest możliwe dzięki sprytnej grze i wykorzystywaniu gadżetów bohaterki. Oprócz tego w solucji znalazły się między innymi informacje na temat miejsc zaliczania pobocznych zadań, trudnych przeciwników czy sekretów. Wszystkie dostępne znajdźki (punkty synchronizacji, fragmenty danych Animusa, skrzynie ze skarbami) zestawione także zostały w odrębnym rozdziale, pomagając w ten sposób w szybkim skompletowaniu pominiętych pozycji. Na dodatkowych stronach poradnika znalazły się także między innymi wskazówki odnośnie dostępnych poziomów trudności i zasad gromadzenia punktów oraz pełne zestawienie osiągnięć/trofeów. Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China to platformówka 2.5D będąca spin-offem popularnej serii traktującej o nieustannej wojnie pomiędzy templariuszami i zakonem asasynów. Zgodnie z tym co sugeruje tytuł gry przenosimy się tym razem do XVI-wiecznych Chin. W trakcie zabawy sterujemy asasynką Shao Jun, która wyszkolona została przez samego Ezio Auditore. Oznaczenia kolorystyczne użyte w poradniku: Zielony – Kolorem tym oznaczone zostały odnajdywane w trakcie gry sekrety, a mianowicie punkty synchronizacji, fragmenty danych Animusa oraz skrzynie ze skarbami. Brązowy – Kolor ten użyty został w tych miejscach, w których na główną bohaterkę czyhają poważne niebezpieczeństwa (pułapki, trudni przeciwnicy itp.). Pomarańczowy – Kolorem tym wyróżnione zostały lokacje gdzie możliwe jest wykonanie jakiegoś pobocznego (opcjonalnego) zadania. Poradnik do gry Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China pomoże ukończyć grę w 100%. Opisane zostały miejsca zaliczania pobocznych zadań, trudni przeciwnicy i sekrety. Ponadto – poradnik zawiera zestawienie osiągnięć oraz wszystkich dostępnych znajdziek. Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China – poradnik do gry zawiera poszukiwane przez graczy tematy i lokacje jak m.in. Sekwencja 1 – Ucieczka (The Escape) Sekwencja 6 – Poszukiwania (The Search) Poziomy trudności Sekwencja 3 – Port (The Port) Sekwencja 9 – Dawna przyjaciółka (An Old Friend) PlayStation 4 (Sterowanie) Sekwencja 2 – Powrót (The Return) Punktacja Sekwencja 4 – Łowca niewolników (The Slaver) Sekwencja 5 – Konsekwencje (Consequences)
A vivid account of the fourth-century controversy surrounding the divine status of Christ and the Holy Spirit. This is the story of that controversy: its protagonists, the involvement of imperial power, its theological twists and turns, and the many creeds and councils of this period, including the Nicene Creed.
Catechesis Taken in the sense of the act of teaching and the knowledge imparted by teaching, this term is synonymous with CATECHESIS and CATECHISM. Didaskalia, didache, in the Vulgate, doctrina, are often used in the New Testament, especially in the Pastoral Epistles. The word katechesis means instruction by word of mouth, especially by questioning and answering. New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia We cannot share what we ourselves do not have This quote was often shared by the founder of the Marian Catechist Lay Apostolate, Father John A Hardon S, J. one of the Twentieth Centuries foremost Theologians and Teachers of Traditional Catholicism. This profound teaching was the impetus for my years of studying our Catholic Faith. I ended my classroom Faith sharing with three years of RCIA; Rites of Christian Initiation for Adults, and am very much aware of its shortcomings, due primarily, to imposed time restrictions. Personal circumstances took me out of the classroom, but led to a very active internet ministry from home. This is a book of Catholic Catechesis, a term meaning instruction by word of mouth, especially in questioning and answering [From the Catholic Encyclopedia]. Through an active participation with the Catholic Answers Forum, [PJM], I was made of aware of an urgent need for supplemental instruction to what RCIA programs were able to impart. So I stared a free on-line course to fill in and add to, what RCIA did not have time to cover. We live in very challenging times, as society, and our government seem to have an agenda to destroy Christianity. Abortions, Divorce, and most recently same sex unions that we are told to call marriage, being legalized add to the confusion and the castration of Christianity. This book contains the Lessons from my course: Building Blocks of our Catholic Faith. It is a not a novel, but a series of Lessons introducing, and then proving, most often Biblically, what we Catholics believe and practice, supported with evidence that substantiates and affirms our Catholic Faith, as the One Founded, desired and guided by both Jesus [John 17:18-19] and the Holy Spirit [Mt. 28:18-19]. Mt. 28: 19-20 Going therefore, teach YOU all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded YOU: and behold I am with YOU all days, even to the consummation of the world. This same command applies to me and you. Each of is called to know, practice, share and live the fullness of our Catholic Faith. By Patrick J. Miron A member of the Marian Catechist Lay Apostolate
The Coming Winter is a work for pastors, by a pastor, about Paul, the pastor. The work seeks to integrate both a personal story of contemporary pastoral ministry within the rubric of Timothy’s story as a benefactor of Paul’s guidance in and through the epistle of 1 Timothy. The book seeks to guide the local church pastor through conflict management, polity, liturgy, and healing from woundedness.
A study of the development of doctrine surrounding the controversy of the 1930s in the Presbyterian church in America. Paperback 271 pages. Dr. Patrick Baskwell
Did Jesus rise from the dead? The question is one on which the truth of the Christian faith turns (1 Cor. 15). If Jesus did not rise, you may as well close down your church! In this volume, prominent Internet apologist James Patrick Holding and a team of Christian authors provide a series of essays defending the Resurrection as a historical event, taking on criticisms from every angle - from that which is scholarly to that which is plain lunacy! With this book, you'll be prepared to meet many of today's greatest challenges to the core event of the Christian faith. "Both the interested reader and especially the student of this subject should find many worthwhile discussions that are easily worth the price of the book." - from the Foreword by Dr. Gary Habermas
Stephen King is no stranger to the realm of literary criticism, but his most fantastic, far-reaching work has aroused little academic scrutiny. This study of King's epic Dark Tower series encompasses the career of one of the world's best-selling authors and frames him as more than a "horror writer." Four categories of analysis--genre, art, evil, and intertextuality--provide a focused look at the center of King's fictional universe. This book reaches beyond popular culture treatments of the series and examines it against King's horror work, audience expectations, and the larger literary landscape.
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