...Humanities Salvador Alingas HUM/100 November 4, 2011 Beverly Smith Humanities The term “Humanities” comes from a Latin word humanus which means “human, cultured and refined” www.scribd.com. Generally, Humanities is the collective study of the human life itself- its condition, values and qualities. Humanities study brings us in contact with the human culture, history, philosophy, experiences and activities. It also includes the study of human expression through music, arts and design, music, dance, theater and literature. It is a multi-faceted subject, but academically, we refer to the humanities as the study of the arts. The study of the arts is the study of mankind, thus, is the essence of humanities. Studying humanities helps us to get a better understanding of our own existence. The humanities are the stories, ideas, visions and expressions of people from all walks of life. It gives us more knowledge about the different cultures of people from the different parts of the world. It helps us understand our own heritage and our history. It brings us back to the past and transports our visions and imaginations and helps us to look forward to the future. The study of Humanities teaches us how to be creative and gain new insights about the world that we live in. Last summer, my family and I went on a trip to Washington, D.C. for the first time. The city is known to harbor the world’s largest museum, The Smithsonian Institute. The institute consists of 19 museums, majority...
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...Ethical issue: Is it ethical for the hotel to organize trips to the “Red Light” area for the purpose of boosting occupancy rates? According to Act Utilitarianism, The affected parties are: * Hotel Management (CEO – Jeronimo) * The Red Light package may boost the occupancy rate of the hotel, giving the hotel a significant source of revenue, which will ease the pressure from the shareholders. (Pleasure) * It may damage the hotel’s reputation since it is likely, that from this moment onwards, the hotel will somehow be associated with the Red Light in the minds of potential guests. (Pain) * It might affect the work ambience in the hotel, as some employees might not agree with the strategy implemented. This might even serve as a potential danger to the female staff.(Pain) * Guests * The Red Light package may provide some of the guests with a more convenient means to visit Red Light district who would like to engage in such activities. (Pleasure) * But this might lead to some guests contracting sexually transmitted diseases, should they not know how to protect themselves. (Pain) * But this might be a problem to the other guests who have no interest in such a service and could be doubted on their intentions to stay in such a hotel. Hence, loyal customers might avoid the hotel due to its new reputation. (Pain) * This is also not good for those guests who book as a family, especially those with young children. They may get...
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...a group mind of sorts, and having access to all the word's information instantly from anywhere on the earth. This really would be considered magic in times past. So he thought, If he can do some of those things -- if he can advance technology, that is like magic and that would be really cool. The first serious product of Musk’s was PayPal. Initially, the goal with PayPal was create a conglomeration for financial services, so all financial services could be seamlessly integrated to work smoothly. They had a little feature, e-mail payments. Whenever they would show the system off, they would show the hard part, the conglomeration of financial services, which is difficult to put together. Nobody was interested. Then they showed people e-mail payments, which was easy to put together, and everyone was interested. So, the lesson was that it's important to take feedback from your environment. You want to be as closed-loop as possible. Going from PayPal, Elon starts to ask himself, what are some of the other problems that are likely to most affect the future of humanity? Not from the perspective, 'what's the best way to make money,' which...
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...learning, I can relate to the notion that the Lee experience is often compartmentalized without any connections between areas being made. For example, my courses in the School of Religion have taught me, among others things, how to engage in conversations with people over spiritual matters (aka evangelism or discipleship). In Global Perspectives, I learned how to relate to other cultures and be amongst a group of people on their own terms. Benevolence taught me to engage in a lifestyle of self-sacrifice towards others. It would seem as though all of these experience could easily be integrated, but when I traveled to Israel for my cross-cultural trip, there was little to no integration between the subjects. Rather than experiencing the culture, serving others, or ministering to people, the trip was primarily a sight-seeing adventure. While a trip to Israel may not reflect the Lee experience as a whole, the general tendencies are present on Lee’s campus. This is not to say that integration could not or did not occur prior to the implementation of this QEP, but integration was left to the students. Dr. Moore is right to say that integration is the hardest part and should therefore not be left up to the student to figure out. Removing some of the pressure from the students, however, and teaching students how...
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...community and became power houses in today’s engine search world. For this project I decided to choose from two that I am familiar with by volunteering with during my military tour in Korea, Habitat for Humanity, and the other is the profit organization we all use on a daily basis, Google. I will discuss each organization by giving a brief description of what each does and the ethical dilemma each company faced. I will also describe how each company dealt with their set-backs by outlining the legal, social or political outcomes that emerged after the actions were taken. Let’s begin with the non-profit organization I personally volunteered for back during my 2003 Korea tour when I was in the military. The Habitat for Humanity was founded in 1976 by Millard and Linda Fuller. Today, Habitat for Humanity is a true world leader in addressing the issues of poverty housing. This concept that grew into Habitat for Humanity International was born at Koinonia Farm, a small, interracial, Christian community outside of Americus, Georgia. Koinonia Farm was founded in 1942 by farmer and biblical scholar Clarence Jordan. The Fullers first visited Koinonia in 1965. They had recently left a successful business and an affluent lifestyle in Montgomery, Alabama to begin a new life of Christian service. At Koinonia, Jordan and Fuller developed the concept of "partnership housing." The concept centered on those in need of adequate shelter working side by side with volunteers to build simple, decent...
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...respond to the questions below. Ensure that correlations are drawn between your responses and concepts discussed in the e-text; * How does the company respond to the issue of social responsibility? In what kinds of activities does the organization participate? Do you think its activities are appropriate? Explain you answer; * Prepare a SWOT analysis of the selected company, including at least two strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats each; * Based on the concepts learned so far, provide your recommendation for turning the weaknesses into strengths and the threats into opportunities; * Be sure the reader knows where part II begins The mission of Southwest Airlines is “dedicated to the highest quality of customer service delivered with a sense of warm, friendliness, individual pride, and company spirit. Southwest is unique having a one sentence mission statement with an expanded mission to reach addressing their commitment to...
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...Stiestma 1 Greg Stiestma Chris Liss Humanities 8 April 12, 2015 Self-Guided Field Trip Today for my trip I ended up tagging along with my good friend Ron to a Church he recently started going to. The name of the Church we went to is called Shiloh Baptist Church located in Hayward, just a few minutes away from my house. Ron let me know that Shiloh Baptist is a predominantly African-American Church. Before we got there I let Ron know that I preferred to sit in the back because I felt that It would be more comfortable. And also because I could get a better view of the Church members and Pastor. We ended up arriving a few minutes late for the 11:00 AM service. By the time we walked in the Pastor was already speaking. The Pastor is Jesse L. Davis and he was speaking about how this Church has a purpose that God wants us to fulfill. The Pastor then prayed to God that if their is anyone here who doesn’t accept you as their savior may you allow them to get rid of all their excuses and accept you. After he said that I looked over at my buddy Ron and smiled. Even though Ron was the only one in there who knew I wasn’t Christian I definitely would say it was still the most uncomfortable thing that happened today. The Pastor then started talking about Acts chapter 1 verse 8. The verse is “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth”. Pastor Jesse also talked about Easter and...
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...LIVING ON A NEW PLANET LIVING ON A NEW PLANET 10/5/14 10/5/14 LIVING ON A NEW PLANET A global pandemic has threatened human existence as we know it. Virologists have determined that the threat cannot be contained and the only solution for the continuation of life, is mass exodus from planet earth. Nations around the globe have united and proposed a solution that would prove to be one of the largest undertakings in human history – colonizing a new planet. Symptoms of the virus consisted of skin rashes, bumps covering the patient and high fever eventually leading to death. The population of earth diminished exponentially over a very short period of time when the virus became airborne and reached around the globe. With no vaccination or cure, the only viable option was to move as many people which showed no signs of infection off planet. The closet habitable planet that would potentially be able to support human life is a planet known as Gliese 581c. It is approximately 20.22 light years away from Earth, 50% larger and has a mass that is 5.5 times larger than Earth. It has a surface temperature which would most definitely support liquid water. The planet is the third from its star, nearly 15 times closer than Earth is to the sun. One year on the planet is equal to 13 Earth days, a far difference from the 365 days per year that we are used to. The climate of Gliese 581c is relatively warm. With its distance...
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...carries his Son,” and 2 Corinthians 13:14, “…the fellowship of the Holy Spirit….” Now, how is this at all purposeful to human life? Well, in addition to God’s trinity, His divine image and identity is revealed to humanity through the interconnected postures of the Father, Son, and Spirit....
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...Two weeks ago I joined the Habitat for Humanity Club. The club’s biggest mission is to help construct homes for those who are in need of a stable, secure home. The club also takes part in the festival in Watkinsville. This festival is during the fall time, the club’s duty is to have a table and sell something meaningful to our club. The money that is fundraised at the festival goes towards the fees for the Spring break trip. Each year the club makes their way out of town to help construct a home for a family, constructed within a week. The festival helps us to become closer to reaching our goal of going out of town to build a home for a family. The club also takes part in putting together a 5k race for the town. I am looking forward to becoming a part of this club and reaching out to help the lives of others. The clubs first habitat for humanity build of the 2012-2013 school year took place in Athens. The volunteers had three tasks that they could help out with. One was to help put up the wood on the roof, another was helping to dig holes (literally), and the other was to mix concrete and put the concrete in the holes. The volunteers who felt confident on the roof got right to work. I began by unraveling electric cords and connecting them to the electricity. I then had to take the cords and take them through the house. Following that, a few others and I were assigned to dig holes. These holes were to be the posts for a porch. The sizes of the holes were probably 3x3x3 feet...
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...On October 11, 1968 the United States sent the first Apollo out into space with humans inside the rocket. The Apollo program is a program that NASA created that resulted in American astronauts making a total of 11 spaceflights and be able to walk on the Moon. Apollo 7 was one of the first ones to launch out into space with American astronauts inside. It was also the first manned test of the Command and Service Module. The CSM consisted of two segments: the Command Module, which was a cabin that housed a crew of three and equipment needed for returning; and a Service Module that provided propulsion. The Apollo 7 orbited the Earth 163 times and spent 10 days and 20 hours in space. Some of the missions that were to be completed during this...
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...commissioned the building of The Great Pyramid, which would become one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The Great Pyramid is built as a tomb from which Cheops or his spirit will ascend to the heavens and the sun God RA, who is believed to be the father of all things. The Egyptians believed that their body goes on in an afterlife. To the Egyptians the afterlife is a culmination of their lives work. The Pharaohs strive for a good afterlife and all of the people of the Pharaoh’s dynasty strive for and work toward that same goal. Part of what makes this civilization and culture so productive is the way they work for the unified causes of pleasing the Gods and having a good afterlife when they die. The people of Egypt believed that their good service and faith to their divine Pharaoh will help them to share in his eternity. The Great Pyramids are an important part of the Pharaoh’s journey to the afterlife and is decorated internally with prayers from the Book of the Dead along with everything the Pharaoh will need in that life. These particular pyramids are the...
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...proven success. JetBlue finally received their first A320 (of the 75 ordered) by the end of the first year (December 1999) and more than doubled their inventory in a few short years. In 2005, they were the first airline to receive the EMBRAER 190, another world class aircraft. After eight extremely successful years for the company, Dave Barger was named CEO and President of JetBlue on May 10th, 2007. Later that same year, in another first for the airline industry, “Complimentary in-flight e-mail and instant messaging services are introduced on aircraft BetaBlue” and then live internet streaming in 2013 (“History”, 2014)! They never stop innovating and improving; in 2014, they stepped it up even further by introducing the new “Next Generation Inflight Entertainment and Fly-Fi®” on their fleet of A321s (“History”, 2014). In October of 2010, JetBlue comes out with the campaign, “You Above All™” followed by the “Air on the Side of Humanity™” campaign in 2014 (“History”). The JetBlue Foundation was launched in December of 2013, where, in so many ways, they give back to the community—in air and on the ground. In an interview with CEO Christine Perkett of...
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...Paul Doiron is an American novelist best known for the writing of a series of very popular mystery thrillers – the Mike Bowditch series. He is a retired editor of the Down East: The Magazine of Maine where he served between 2005-2013 before he quit to pursue a full time career. Born and raised in Maine, he went to Yale University for his Bachelors in English before proceeding to Emerson College where he graduated with an MFA in Creative Writing. He is a member of the MAINE Humanities Council and the Maine Arts Commission. He is also a Registered Maine Guide and lives near a trout stream where he spends most of his time fly-fishing. Paul Doiron’s made his name with the Mike Bowditch series of novels. The first novel in the series was the 2010 published The Poachers Son, which went on to spawn many more novels since then. One of the most popular and critically acclaimed thriller novels out there, the novels have won nominations for and won many prestigious awards over the years. PAUL DOIRON AWARDS:...
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...1. David Neeleman's original strategic mission and vision is just simple, to bring humanity back to air travel. The reason why the company offers strategic and innovative services to its customers like offering wholesome entertainment, food and drinks on flight is to attract more travellers through its affordable airline passes. The company is simply customer-centric such that its first priority is the comfort and fun for its clients. Aside from that, Jet Blue Airways Corporation also reaches out to the public by being active into community service. Essentially, Jet Blue is committed to enriching the lives of children and supporting the communities they serve through their core values of caring, fun and passion. In connection, one of the best community services offered by the company is giving books to children of not wealthy parents in one of the cities in the United States. The unwritten mission statement of Jet Blue Airways Corporation is reflected in its core values and principles created and set by the company. In lieu of mission statement, Jet Blue Airways Corporation is presenting a strategic set of core values. These core values include safety, caring attitude, integrity, fun and passion. The company commits to safety as the first priority in all business operations. In order to do so, the company adheres to rules and regulations implemented by regulatory agencies whenever is needed. Maintaining high standards in a consistent manner is the primary goal of the company...
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