...literally avoid death from the moment you walk outside till the time you are supposedly safe at home. Imagine that you’re told -every day- by many people, who you love, that you’re a sin and that you will burn in hell. Imagine that -every day- the people you thought cared for you turn you away and threaten you if you don't change, for some people that is something they can never even begin to understand, but now imagine it happening to someone for their entire life. Being transgender is more than just a man or woman dressing up as the opposite gender, being transgender is having the gender assigned at birth differ than the gender someone actually is primarily based off of one's reproductive organs. Laverne Cox, a transgender woman and actress, gives a powerful speech during ‘Creating Change 2014’ (an organization that brings awareness to the LGBT community). She speaks on the violent injustices and police discrimination against the lives of transgender women of color, as a way to spread awareness of the inequalities of transgender within the LGBT community to those who feel...
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...Sunday service included the passing out of palm leaves to the congregation. The Palm leaves symbolize Jesus’ arrival into Jerusalem because people of his time offered them as sort of a welcoming path into their city. A practice that I found interesting from the Palm Sunday service was the fact that the Palm leaves could not be thrown away. After asking, I learned that the leaves had been blessed, so instead of throwing them away, the church kept and burned them to use as the ashes...
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...darkness and to grow rich as all men desire to do”. Anne Boleyn – The second wife of Henry VII, she promised Henry that if he married her she would produce a son. Instead she gave birth to Elizabeth I, she was soon beheaded by Henry. Catherine of Aragon – Henry VII first wife who gave birth to a daughter, Mary. She was divorced and replaced by Anne Boleyn. Charles V – The Holy Roman Emperor who was a devoted Catholic, he opposed to Luther’s teachings. He summoned Luther to the town of Worms in 1521 to stand trial so he could take back statements. Yet Luther refused, Charles issued the Edict of Worms and declared Luther an outlaw. Charles went to war with the Protestant princesses who followed Luther, ordering all the princesses to the city of Augsburg. There the princesses signed the Peace of Augsburg. Christina de Pizan – One of the first European writeres to question different treatment of boys and girls. She was highly educated for her time and one of the first women to earn a living as a writer. She produced many books and manual son military techniques. Desiderius Erasmus – A Christian humanist who wrote his most famous work The Praise of Folly. Erasmus believed in Christianity from the heart, not one of ceremonies or rulers. He thought that in order to improve society, all must read the Bible. Edward VI – The son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, he became King when he was nine years old. Too young to rule alone, so he was guided by adult advisors and only reigned...
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...“Alternative lifestyle” I have a close friend (I will call her Liberty) who is married to her partner (I will call her Justice). Who lives the daily lives of a married same sex couple? Although I am not homophobic I am thrown aback because I just don’t completely understand how two people of the same sex can be in a relationship. Then because it is not a relationship that is ordained by God I wrestle with the fact that people try to make something that clearly goes against God’s will correct. I am not however homophobic at all. Although I know a lot of people who are. Personally I believe in the concept of love the people and hate the sin. Too often this is an area so many fall short. I believe that there are so many times we overlook other sins and transgressions because they are not what we call bad. Forsaking there are no big or little sins. It becomes easy to excuse the liar, cheater, thief, fornicator, adultery, and gossiper...
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...Juxtaposition of White and Red What are colors? Why do we see them? How is it possible for our brain to make a connection with colors by having emotions? Color is part of the visible light spectrum and the reason colors appear is due to the pigment that is not absorbed by an object. The description of the reflection allows the eye to see the color and have the brain cells interpret the meaning behind that specific color. The effect of seeing and interpreting colors allows the human brain to cause an emotional response. Knowing that color is the base of how the human race judges and determines what to do next will help humans survive. A great example is when a tomato is bright red, our brain classifies it as ripe and ready for picking. But when the vegetable is green your brain convinces itself that the veggie is not ripe for picking to consume. When a teacher tells his/hers students to write an essay they are given a blank word document. The white page represents the new beginning of the student’s thoughts. Other times a blank page is represented as a thought that has yet to be composed, waiting for a start. Colors have various meanings in different cultures around the world. The most common representation of Red is evil or a sin. While White is commonly recognized as goodness and purity. Learning how dissidences of colors affect one’s emotion can help you show how you feel toward a loved one or help identify the meanings of color correctly. White: pure, new, seraphic...
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...The School of Athens Artist: Raphael Year 1509–1510 Type: Fresco Dimensions: 500 cm × 770 cm (200 in × 300 in) Location: Apostolic Palace, Vatican City The Holy Trinity Artist: Masaccio Year 1425 Type: Fresco Dimensions: 667 cm × 317 cm (263 in × 125 in) Location: Santa Maria Novella, Florence I started this project by searching the paintings that I will be analyzing. In the internet, I found a great painting from Raphael named The School of Athens (1509-1510) and from the text book Prebles’ Artforms by Patrick Frank, I found a painting from Masaccio named The Holy Trinity (1425) Both paintings fit in the Renaissance period where painters in Italy specifically wanted to have a re-birth in art. Renaissance is a period in the art history used to describe the re-birth of ‘the glory of ancient Greece” (Prebles’s , 2011); it occurred between the 14th and 17th centuries. Artists incorporated a sense of light and colors using new mediums. Also the use of the space and perspective was a major innovation of the time. These new innovations caused your eye to see in there dimension. Art in this period was mostly realized for commission or religious motives. In the Renaissance period, many artist occupied different places in society since it was dominated by associations which helped trades in society. All of these religious groups where connected to a patron saint and linked to their fellows making sure all have decent jobs. The School of Athens is characterized...
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...event was advertised as an “evening of spoken work and music by queer and trans performers of color, LGBTQ community resources, food and community building.” The event was sponsored by UCR’s Associated Students Program Board, Resident Hall Association, Diversity Initiatives, LGBT Resource Center, KUCR 33.3 FM, and by “Prism” of La Sierra University. The event did not start until around 7:30pm with performers such as Crystal Cheatham, J Mase III, Emotions, and Regie Cabico. When the event began, Rebecca Kem of La Sierra University took the opportunity to thank UCR for allowing the event to be made possible. Kem is the president of Prism, a gay and lesbian club, that cannot get permission from La Sierra University to grant them official recognition because of Seventh-day Adventist Church teachings on homosexuality. Due to this, LGBT students in this university do not have services they can rely to for help or acceptance. She explained to the audience that there are many students who do not count as the student body because of their sexual orientation and gender identity. Since La Sierra does not permit non-sanctioned clubs to be held on campus, UCR was more than willing to help students who are in search of resources that they can use and improve. Since the Adventist Church supports the values of the SDA Church, they turned down the club because they teach same-gender sexual activity is a sin, but same-gender sexual orientation is not. One of my favorite performers was the singer-songwriter...
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...Abstract If one takes a stroll down a metropolitan city, one is sure to see women carrying handbags worth quite a few thousand dollars or men driving the most lavish of cars. Present day society consists of a consumerist world that is constantly seeking validation through material items, affirmations, or any outside entity that does not fulfill the soul. Instead, the possession of these sought out desires creates fleeing feelings of satisfaction that fulfills the ego temporarily. This feeling of greed then controls the entire mind, and every action thereafter is an effect of the sin. Unfortunately, the consistent cycle of the desire for greed is due to society persistently marketing to people through the “biggest and best” product advertisements, social media, etc. The unpleasant feeling of never having enough is a feeling so common; society does not condemn it. It rather provides a by-the-minute news outlet and feeds its users through creations such as “news feeds”, renewing the cycle daily. It is through the use of constant streaming at the touch of a button that greed has become a sin that effects so much of the population. Once one allows for greed to consume them, one permits for his or her body to become the feeding ground upon which all other sins will engulf. Thesis: Greed is the tree that stems into all other branches of the deadly sins, as the desire and need to acquire someone else’s possessions or situations can create feelings of gluttony, envy, anger, lust...
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...I’m a member at St. Thomas Baptist Church; we have service every Sunday morning from 11:15 until 1:30 that afternoon. Last Sunday one of my old friends showed up and he joined the church, after the service was over with, he approached me and asked bible study as well as Sunday school. Once I shared the information with him about what our church has to offer, I coincidently found myself holding a conversation about Worldwide Views. I love Romans chapter 1-8 and that’s where I get a lot of information about my world view. The Natural World Roman’s 1-8 covers a lot of aspects of a Christian worldview such as, human identity, culture, the natural world, and human relationships. The apostle Paul wrote the epistle of Roman’s while he was in the city of Corinth, to me, it is the most important letter written within the New Testament. All people have done wrong, Paul wrote in (Roman 1:20) “There are things about him that people can’t see his eternal power and all the things that make him God, But since the beginning of the world those things have been easy to understand by what God has made. So people have no excuse for the bad things they do.” If everyone would just stop and take a moment and look around at the things in nature that can’t be explained from people or Science, we would all believe in God. For example, the ocean and rain, these things can’t be explained by humans. So therefore, people have no excuse for worshiping idols. Since the very beginning, God has shown his greatness...
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...I’m a member at St. Thomas Baptist Church; we have service every Sunday morning from 11:15 until 1:30 that afternoon. Last Sunday one of my old friends showed up and he joined the church, after the service was over with, he approached me and asked bible study as well as Sunday school. Once I shared the information with him about what our church has to offer, I coincidently found myself holding a conversation about Worldwide Views. I love Romans chapter 1-8 and that’s where I get a lot of information about my world view. The Natural World Roman’s 1-8 covers a lot of aspects of a Christian worldview such as, human identity, culture, the natural world, and human relationships. The apostle Paul wrote the epistle of Roman’s while he was in the city of Corinth, to me, it is the most important letter written within the New Testament. All people have done wrong, Paul wrote in (Roman 1:20) “There are things about him that people can’t see his eternal power and all the things that make him God, But since the beginning of the world those things have been easy to understand by what God has made. So people have no excuse for the bad things they do.” If everyone would just stop and take a moment and look around at the things in nature that can’t be explained from people or Science, we would all believe in God. For example, the ocean and rain, these things can’t be explained by humans. So therefore, people have no excuse for worshiping idols. Since the very beginning, God has shown his greatness...
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...unstable. If the god(s) didn't provide for welfare of the citizens, the people often held the king responsible, and deposed him. Ancient Mesopotamia was a region that contained several city-states, much like Italy during the Italian Renaissance period. Mesopotamia at this time did not have a centralized government but, instead, had many smaller regions with their own separate governments. The early kings ruled over only their own city-states. Lacking a centralized government and leader, the ancient region was prone to internal fighting among the kings for land and resources. The Mesopotamians believed their kings and queens were descended from the City of Gods, but, unlike the ancient Egyptians, they never believed their kings were real gods. Most kings named themselves “king of the universe” or “great king”. Another common name was “shepherd”, as kings had to look after their people. Sumerians: Gilgamesh (c. 2650 BC) - Gilgamesh was the 5th king of the Sumerian city of Uruk. He became known as a demigod with superhuman strength in later legends and tales such as the Epic of Gilgamesh. Akkadian Empire: Sargon the Great (reigned 2334 - 2279 BC) - or Sargon of Akkad, founded the world's 1st empire, the Akkadian Empire. He conquered many of the Sumerian city-states and united them under 1 rule. Naram-Sin (reigned 2254 - 2218 BC) - The Akkadian Empire reached its peak under his kingship. He was the first Mesopotamian ruler to claim to be a god. He was also the grandson of Sargon. ...
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...same-sex marriage is discrimination against minorities, protected by the constitution, and is not a sin according to Bible verses. Those against the idea argue homosexuality is a sin, marriage should be between a man and a woman, and same-sex marriage will weaken the institution of marriage. So which side is correct? And what side are you on? This essay will provide you with the facts about same-sex marriage so that you will be able to answer these questions and form an educated opinion on the topic. When arguing if homosexuality is wrong or right, religious arguments often quote scriptures. The problem with this is that the scriptures being quote have more to the meaning than homosexuality. For example, in Genesis 2:18-25 (NIV), when God created Adam and Eve, one of the biggest sayings is that “God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.” The first problem with using this saying is that it is true God created male and female, as this is the way you reproduce. The verse is not indicating that God created Adam and Eve as husband and wife. Another argument from this verse is that “God created our body’s to be used in a certain way, and we should not use them in any other way.” Well, God created our mouth and ears for communications, our hands to touch with. What about the deaf and mute community that, either born this way or due to an illness, is now this way? This community now uses their hands, intended to touch with not communicate with, for communicating in sign language...
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...Pablo Picasso that depicts five prostitutes in a brothel, in the Avignon Street of Barcelona. The controversial eye-catching painting now hangs in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Les Demoiselles d Avignon work represents a major milestone in the history of modern art. Picasso's controversial and powerful painting broke all traditional concepts and perspective of ideal beauty. It distinguished him from other artists and ushered in the new artistic movement of cubism. In the months leading up to the painting's creation, Picasso struggles with the subject -- five women in a brothel. In 19th century art, prostitutes played a significant role as they were regarded as subversive and disruptive to the social and sexual status quo . Picasso's awareness of this theme must be remembered when examining this work since it aided the painting in becoming the most important artwork of the century. The painting began as a narrative brothel scene on Avignon Street in the city of Barcelona where Picasso was a young up and coming artist. Here he created more than 100 sketches and preliminary paintings before his final design. Initially the painting had five naked prostitutes and two men, a patron surrounded by the women, and a medical student holding a skull, perhaps symbolizing that "the wages of sin are death. " The sailor seemed to be walking into this curtained room where the ladies stand and the woman on the far left now has the traces of having been that man entering the room...
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...historical and theological ties to Judaism and Christianity. All three religions worship the same God, acknowledge large parts of the same Bible and revere Adam, Noah, Abraham and Moses. And, as do Christians, Muslims regard Jesus as the messiah. In fact, Islam teaches that it represents the modern mainstream of a primordial, monotheistic religion that began with the earliest humans. Over millennia, the religion took form with the early Jewish prophets, was modified significantly by Jesus and finally shaped by Muhammad, the final prophet, who died in 632. Among Muhammad's most important acts was rejection of the old Jewish concept of a "chosen people." Instead, he taught that all people are born Muslim and that anyone -- regardless of color, nationality or social standing -- can join the Muslim community simply by submitting to God and reciting the words known as the shahadah: "There is no deity but Allah (God), and Muhammad is his messenger." Because of its powerful, cross-cultural appeal, Islam has won the hearts and minds of an estimated 1.6 billion people around the world, making it the second largest religion. Christianity has...
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...SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN Dr. Simon Croom An overview of the supply chain process and sustainable practices of a local producer and marketer of gourmet vegetables Final Project – Group No.5 Bogotá D.C., 13 de julio de 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. THE BEGINNING 3.1. Products 3.2. Market 3.3. Supply Chain 3. AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS 4.4. Covered crops 4.5. Open field 4.6. Hydroponics 4. CREATING VALUE THROUGH A SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN 5.7. Innovation 5.8. Social 5.9. Environmental 5. WATER USE OPTIMIZATION AND INNOVATION IN DEFRESCURA 5.1. DEFRESCURA and hydroponic systems 5.2. DEFRESCURA water foot print CONCLUSION REFERENCES DEFRESCURA: An overview of the supply chain process and sustainable practices of a local producer and marketer of gourmet vegetables 1. INTRODUCTION “Colombian consumers have become much more aware of the benefits of healthy eating habits. However, the extent to which they can act on that growing awareness is based, in large part, on income levels. Healthy options are simply more expensive than many less healthy options. In fact, demand for organic food is low among consumers in all income segments and it is not common to see organic products or healthy options on the shelves of most supermarkets and grocery stores. On the other hand, there has been increased demand among Colombian consumers for so called ethical...
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