There are a couple of moments in my life that I had to face. When I lost my mother. She was beautiful, and she had an extraordinary will power. I haven’t see any other women like that again. She had cancer for 2 years. All of us in our family believed that she will overcome this problem. I felt like God was mean to me. When my mother was detected with cancer in 2010, one of her wish was to see mine and my brother’s marriage. So, my father made all the arrangements for the same and very soon we…
Major political, religious, and scientific ideologies through out time have greatly influenced Germans’ views and understandings of people of African Descent. Two major time periods that have played the biggest role were Medieval Germany and the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment. In this paper I will discuss how Medieval Germany played a role in shaping the first perspectives of Blacks through universalism. However it is important to note, this perspective has changed dramatically…
1. What trimester of pregnancy do you think is or will be the easiest for you? “I am in my second trimester at the moment. In the beginning, I was nauseous, very hormonal, dizzy all the time and was also very tired. However, in my second trimester, I am no longer nauseous now and my appetite has returned. She is beginning to push on my lungs which is now causing me to have a hard time breathing.” 2. How do you feel about how your body is changing during pregnancy? “I feel like I should be eating…
Contributions in Science & Writing (Laura Bandi) Science The Maya was one of the three ancient civilizations attributed to separately establishing the subject area of mathematics (Karam). The Mayans developed a vigesimal numerical system, meaning it was based on the number 20, most experts believe this is because humans have ten fingers and ten toes (“Maya Arts”). The main reason scholars believe the Maya used a base-20 system was to do calculations for their calendar system (Arellano 3).…
an original height of 481 ft, and with its original polished limestone outer layer, could be seen from the moon. In addition, architectural structures display a remarkable and impressive understanding of such advanced subjects as mathematics and astrology. Since they relied on the Nile and it’s patterns, Ancient Egyptians were very knowledgeable about the system within the stars. Many of their magnificent structures showcase a complex understanding of the world around them. For example, the…
The reason for epistemologists to believe inductive logic is that this method could provide a reasonable criterion of demarcation of empirical science. (Ladyman 2005) However, a theory is impossible to be verified by experience, or in other words, never empirically verifiable. If we want find a criterion of empirical science, we must admit that statement cannot be justified empirically. In Conjecture and Refutation, Popper(1963) took psychoanalysis as examples to point out the problem of…
Richards reports experiments in which he himself administered high doses of LSD to a poverty-stricken research volunteer that saw images of a Hindu God with many spiraling arms during his psychedelic experience. He found out because the young man, who was in his mid-twenties, pointed it out in a magazine he was looking through some time after the experiment at Richards office and it was exactly that, a Hindu rendition of the God Shiva. “Psychedelic research, however, does suggest that there are…
Ancient Egypt has contributed a variety of things ranging from, architecture, art deco, astronomy, astrology, and time to women’s liberation. Architecture is the most obvious one considering the pyramids and the fact that the complex design of the Kufu’s Pyramid is still undiscovered. Art deco in the twenties and thirties was modeled after the wooden furniture…
Hercules is known courageous acts and his god-like strength. Hercules was the son of an affair, between the Greek god Zeus and a human named Alcmene. Hera, Zeus wife was furious about the affair and hated Hercules because of it. Shortly after Hercules was born, she sent two serpents to his crib, as an act to kill him, but even as a baby he was able to strangle both of the snakes. Hera in her attempts to hurt Hercules, drove him mad, causing him to kill both his wife, Theben Princess Megara, and…
To honor the gods they participated in human sacrifice by ripping out and burning the heart, building pyramid temples, and by studying astrology and astronomy. The priests of this religion also held immense power in society at the time, and at the peak of Mayan society their religion was estimated to have about 2 million adherents. When the Spaniards arrived in the Americas the Maya’s religion…