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Texas Open–Carry Law Pros and Cons Texas is among the 46 US states that have permitted open carrying of handguns. This provision was passed into law in 2016 January 1. Before then, the citizens of Texas were obliged to abide by an order of carrying handguns secretly together with the valid Concealed Handgun License (CHL). From the time the open carry law was enacted, people have since been openly armed as long as they bear the latest License to Carry (LTC) that is issued to them by the state's…

Independence is a state of solitude, self-determination, and freedom that everyone will crave at least once in their lifetime. During the 1840 's, feminism was beginning to spread, yet it was still a struggle for women to obtain independence, especially for those who truly wanted it. Charlotte Bronte 's romantic fiction novel, Jane Eyre, is named after the main character who encounters the same conflict as the majority of the women in her time period along with experiencing love. For some people…

A detective – the one who solves the mystery of a crime, clever, wise, and knowledgeable. Yet detectives are not always the obvious type, as is exemplified by a both a novel and a series of short stories. In G. K. Chesterton’s Favorite Father Brown Stories, the wise detective is not a usual detective. As implied by his name, Father Brown was an English village priest in the 19th or 20th century, who ended up being the one to solve or lead another to solving a crime or finding the criminal.…

Germanic verses Christian Influence on Medieval Europe The middle ages was a time period of unprecedented change, hallmarking a new and revolutionary medieval Europe. During this age, Christian and Germanic influences both played a major role in creating and sustaining Europe. From England to the Holy Roman Empire to the edge of the Byzantine Empire, the impacts of both religion and culture were intermingled into Medieval European social structures, political powers, and daily life. However,…

to sin because they all lack God in some way and leave him spiritually unfulfilled for different reasons. Although Augustine did not have access to the Gothic Church, his focus on looking beyond Scripture to transcend his earthly self is not unlike Abbot Suger’s view of the rich Gothic art of St. Denis, such as the splendor of the reliefs on the gilded doors and the Anagogical window, as an earthly architectural metaphor for heaven. Augustine would, in turn, be more sympathetic to Suger despite…

Unfair The Central Park 5 case is among the many cases that have drawn attention to problematic facets of the American criminal justice system. The facts provided by Sarah Burn’s book, The Central Park Five and Adam Benforado’s book, Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice each declare that systematic failures are to blame for many miscarriages of justice. Moreover, Burn’s explains the circumstances surrounding the infamous verdict of the Central Park Five case while Benforado illustrates…

SPIRITUALITY Marie-fransline Marcelin April 5, 2016 Fnes 349 April 5, 2016 Introduction What is spirituality? Many people view spirituality differently, some people define spirituality as a connection toward God and others view it as a way of life. According to Webster dictionary spirituality is an equality or state of being concerned with religion or religious matters. In other word the state of being spiritual. Spirituality is someone’s personal search in life and finding greater…

“ Gregor Johann Mendel was born Johann Mendel on July 22, 1822, to Anton and Rosine Mendel, on his family’s farm, in what was then Heinzendorf, Austria. He spent his early youth in that rural setting, until age 11, when a local schoolmaster who was impressed with his aptitude for learning recommended that he be sent to secondary school in Troppau to continue his education.” ( information via bio.com) After Johann Graduated from the school in Troppua, he enrolled in a two year program at the…

Church began to revitalize some of its oldest traditions and to adjust them to meet the changing attitudes of European society. The Council of Trent, called by Pope Paul III, took place from 1545 to 1563. This meeting of cardinals, archbishops, abbots, bishops, and theologians met in Trent to discuss how to best combat Protestantism. The largest argument between these church leaders consisted of whether to compromise their doctrines to encourage the return of Protestants to the Church, or to…

Martin Luther was initially a typical Catholic monk, and his adversaries described young Luther as “a bright boy from a hard-working middle-rank family with a shrewd respect for education.” His recruitment into the monastery was rather unplanned and made with little reasoning. As a twenty-one year old student he was so terrified of thunderstorms, that when he was caught in one he “was so terrified that he vowed to St. Anne, the mother of Mary, that he would enter monastic life if he survived”,…