Beyond a gift of $ 10 million for peace promotion, Carnegie also encouraged the " scientific " investigation of the various causes of war, and the adoption of judicial methods that should eventually eliminate them.

He also provided a gift of a bag containing all winds but the west, which Odysseus's crew members unwittingly opened just before they were to reach Ithaca.

In Shaker society, a spiritual " gift " could also be a musical revelation, and they considered it important to record musical inspirations as they occurred.

Cyprian also laid great emphasis on the fact that any minister who broke with the Church lost ipso facto the gift of the Spirit which had validated his orders.

" It also uses sacred scripture in support of this practice, namely,, which states: " Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

Mu Bai, intending to give up his warrior life, asks Shu Lien to transport his sword, also referred to as the Green Destiny, to the city of Peking, as a gift for their friend Sir Te ( Sihung Lung ).

The United Church of Canada also allows same-sex marriage, and views sexual orientation as a gift from God.

Live drinking games such as Los Angeles-based " A Drinking Game " have also become popular, recreating films of the 80s in a " Rocky Horror " fashion, with gift bags, drinking cues, and costumed actors.

In the poem Carmen Campidoctoris, Babieca appears as a gift from " a barbarian " to El Cid, so its name could also be derived from " Barbieca ", or " horse of the barbarian ".

In Swedish, Norwegian and Danish, gift means " poison " but also " married ".

In Danish, Swedish and Norwegian, " gift " also means ' married ', in the sense ' given in marriage '.

This last comment seems to have been made by someone confusing the " gift of tongues " with the " gift of the interpretation of tongues, which is specified as a different gift in the New Testament, but one that can be given to a person who also has the gift of tongues.

Compare those to Norman hoguinané and the obsolete customs in Jersey of crying ma hodgîngnole, and in Guernsey of asking for an oguinane, for a New Year gift ( see also La Guiannee ).

Hephaestus also created the gift that the gods gave to man, the woman Pandora and her pithos.

" However, he also advocated that individuals give to each other their surplus property on the occasion that others have a need for it, without involving trade ( e. g. gift economy ).

Congress also debated whether the federal government had the authority to accept the gift, though with Adams leading the initiative, Congress decided to accept the legacy bequeathed to the nation and pledged the faith of the United States to the charitable trust on July 1, 1836.

Among the prevailing types of theories that attempt to account for the existence of love there are: psychological theories, the vast majority of which consider love to be very healthy behavior ; there are evolutionary theories which hold that love is part of the process of natural selection ; there are spiritual theories which may, for instance consider love to be a gift from God ; there are also theories that consider love to be an unexplainable mystery, very much like a mystical experience.

They also carried flags, gift bundles, medicine and other items they would need for their journey.

Sacrifice is in a sense a gift ( offering ) to God, but also involves the transfer of the offering from the everyday to the sacred ; those who eat meat are eating a sanctified meal, and God's share in this is the " pleasing odour " released as the offering ( incense or meat ) is burnt.

Ladbrokes Poker also operates a loyalty program for its online poker players where players are able to exchange their poker points for gift & prizes.

Mieszko I also appeared as " Dagome " in a papal document from about 1085, called Dagome iudex, which mentions a gift or dedication of Mieszko's land to the Pope ( the act took place almost a hundred years earlier ).

Usually this is achieved through a deed of gift, which also establishes copyright ownership that is critical for publication and archival preservation.

Tessa Jowell, Labour cabinet minister, embroiled in a scandal about a property remortgage allegedly arranged to enable her husband to realise £ 350, 000 from an off-shore hedge fund, money he allegedly received as a gift following testimony he had provided for Silvio Berlusconi in the 1990s.

During the 986 expedition against the Slavs, Otto III received the homage of Duke Meiszko I of Poland, who provided the German army with military assistance and provided Otto III himself a gift of a camel.

He appealed to ALA members to donate books and volunteer for service, and by June 1918 the association had purchased 300, 000 books, sent 1, 349, 000 gift books to camps, and distributed 500, 000 magazines .” In the time after World War I, the services of the Library of Congress towards the war effort provided a new outlook for the American public on the possibilities of what a successful library could accomplish.

In many species, this mud-puddling behaviour is restricted to the males, and studies have suggested that the nutrients collected may be provided as a nuptial gift along with the spermatophore, during mating.

Mr. Cannon was proud of his little town, and provided a fitting gift in appreciation: a small cannon inscribed with his name and date.

The Senior Common Room ( SCR ), which is used by academic and administrative staff, was provided by a gift from the nieces and nephews of Dr George Pearce Gould ( Principal 1896 – 1920 ).

The Collier Room was provided by a gift from Mr H H Collier who was a member of College Council for many years and the one who conducted the negotiations for the purchase of the site.

In general use, the phrase " to pay tribute " often means " to praise or laud ", whether or not an accompanying gift ( the historical understanding of " tribute ") is provided.

After the conquest of Heidelberg, the Protestant churches were closed, the university was closed, and at the request of Maximilian, the great library, the famous Bibliotheca Palatina ( 3500 manuscripts ), was presented as a Thank you gift to Pope Gregory XV for the 620, 000 guilders he had provided for financing of the campaigns of the Catholic League.

The tiara provided by the last was made from elements of former papal tiaras destroyed after the capture of Rome, and was given to Pius VII as a ' wedding gift ' to mark Napoleon's own marriage to Empress Josephine on the eve of his imperial coronation.

He refused a bribe from Louis XIV, but allowed his wife to accept a gift of 10, 000 crowns ; in 1670 he was the only minister besides the Roman Catholic Clifford to whom the first secret treaty of Dover ( May 1670 ), one clause of which provided for Charles's declaration of his conversion to Romanism, was confided ; and he was the chief actor in the deception practised upon the rest of the council.

Winston Churchill's identification document as an Honorary Citizen of the United States, provided as a gift from President John F. Kennedy.

As a gift from them, the production company provided a live audio feed to what would become Croatto's deathbed, it has been stated that Croatto smiled when the band requested a standing ovation to him, just before losing consciousness for the last time.

Gifts were also provided to the Kennedy Center from foreign countries, including a gift of 3, 700 tons of Carrara marble from Italy ( worth $ 1. 5 million ) from the Italian government, which was used in the building's construction.

The centre is to be named after Dr. Richard Homburg, who provided a $ 5 million gift to the project, the largest gift the university had received in its 205-year history.

" His lucrative contract providing steel to the Trans-Siberian Railroad came after he provided a $ 200, 000 " gift " to the mistress of the Grand Duke Alexis Aleksandrovich.

In 1961, Charles ' 26 and Marie Robertson provided a historic gift to expand and strengthen the graduate school as a place where men ( and later women ) dedicated to public service could obtain the knowledge and skills that would qualify them for careers in government service, particularly in the areas of international relations and affairs, upon graduation or later in their careers.

" The gift and the Foundation it funded were initially anonymous: the " X Foundation " provided the means to build Robertson Hall, greatly expand the number of graduate students in the M. P. A., M. P. P., and Ph. D. programs, and build a world-class faculty in multiple disciplines.

Each 1, 250 points accrued would earn the customer a $ 25 gift card, provided $ 1, 500 was spent each year.

Another important donor, Robert Ortenzio, provided the largest single gift by a living person in the history of the College, by giving $ 2 million.

Shiley's gift has provided the university with some additional, and more advanced, teaching laboratories than it had previously.