A David promoter with Goliath strength.

One David and Three Goliaths

When organisations commit themselves to work with urban poor communities, they are often faced with difficult choices. Should they confront and challenge the powers that determine and rule their lives or should they work around the problem and negotiate? What do they need themselves to be in a position of strength, should they choose the latter path? Can their interests be served if they choose...

Goliath grouper Epinephelus itajara sound production and movement patterns on aggregation sites

Sound production by goliath grouper Epinephelus itajara was characterized on 2 aggregation sites in the Gulf of Mexico off the southwest coast of Florida, which are likely to be spawning sites, based on the presence of fish with ripe gonads. Goliath grouper produced predominately lowfrequency single-pulse sounds with dominant frequencies around 60 Hz. Long-term acoustic recordings documented th...

Hereditary Gigantism-the biblical giant Goliath and his brothers

The biblical giant Goliath has an identifiable family tree suggestive of autosomal dominant inheritance. We suggest that he had a hereditary pituitary disorder possibly due to the AIP gene, causing early onset and familial acromegaly or gigantism. We comment on the evidence within the scriptures for his other relatives including a relative with six digits and speculate on possible causes of the...

Nephi and Goliath: A Case Study of Literary Allusion in the Book of Mormon

When authors use the rhetorical device of literary allusion, they not only teach through their own words but also attach to their own text meanings and interpretations from the alluded text. This is true of Nephi’s allusion to the account of David and Goliath in Nephi’s own account of his killing Laban, which allusion is generally of a thematic nature. A few of the main thematic parallels betwe...

CAN DAVID AND GOLIATH HAVE A HAPPY MARRIAGE? The Machiguenga People and the Camisea Gas Project in the Peruvian Amazon