Blog #7: 2nd Semester: Change

Recently we have just elected a new resident of The United States of America. This election has done much more than just elected the 44th president, rather, than a huge huge change occured, we broke the racial barrier. Barack Obama has become the first black president that the U.S has had. According Adam Nagourney, " But it was just as much strikingly symbolic moment in the evolution of the nation's fraught racial history, a breakthrough that would have seemed unthinkable just two years ago." (Nagourney, Obama Elected President as Racial Barrier Falls) It took many years for our nation to. Ross the racial barrier. But when we did, it was a tremoundus and emotional moment.

Blog #6: 2nd Semester: Hope

Hope may come in many different ways. It may come from a gift received or may come with just a simple thank you. I you were to feel down and someone came up to you and said "Thank You" for something you did for them, it will bring up your spirit because you feel that someone respects you and acknowledges your kindness. For example, a couple of years ago, my soccer team went to the championship game. In the start of the second game of the final, we were up 3-2. Half way through the game they scored two goals and they were up 3-4. All my teammates were giving up and saying that there was no way that we could win the game. But I had confidence in my teammates that they come back from the deficit and probably win the game. The second half started, and 15 minutes in we scored a goal and tied up the game. In the last 5 minutes of the game we got a PK in our favor, and we scored and ended up winning the game. So even though situations may be hard to overcome, if you believe and have hope, it may turn out for the best.

Blog #5: 2nd Semester: Religion

Since this blog has to do with religion, I've decided to blog about the Pope and the Catholic religion since I am Catholic. Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter. During the first centuries of the Christin Church, the Roman Capital became known as the center for the Roman Catholic's. The office of the pope is called the Papacy. In the Vatican City, the Pope is the Head of State. Popes in the earlier year of the start of the Pope, they helped spread Christianity until Pope Stephen II was forced to speak out to the Franks, which Started a close interaction with the rulers of the West. In earlier deaths of Popes, they would tap their head three times with a silver spoon calling their name each time. Now, the Cardinal Chamberlain then retrieves the Ring of the Fisherman and cuts it in two in the presence of the Cardinals. The deceased pope's seals are defaced, to keep them from ever being used again, and his personal apartment is sealed. The body then lies in state for a number of days before being interred in the crypt of a leading church or cathedral. A nine-day period of mourning follows the interment of the late Pope.

Blog #4: 2nd Semester: Gender Roles

Gender roles has played a critical role in the development of our country. But even though we have made progress there is still a small hint that men are the still the top dogs. In television, for example, according to Television and Gender Roles, there is a 3:1 ration in voiceovers for men than women. It is said that woman's voices are to sell laundry detergent and jewelry and are also used as sex objects and to sell beer. There is evidence that gender may influence the viewers and specially the young ones. Although the evidence is inconclusive there is still a stereotypical idea that genders are misleading. But nowadays, you may find women working in places were back in the day were "meant" to be places were only the male gender were supposed to work at. You may also find the men staying at home and keeping an eye on the children while the female go off and works rather than female staying at home and having to take care of the children.

Bibliography-

- Television and Gender Roles- http://library.thinkquest.org/17067/you/nfgender.html

Blog #3: 2nd Semester: Culture

China's culture is very different form many of our culture. The Chinese culture derive their values through both Confucianism and Taoism. They also believe in reincarnation or rebirth (Wikipedia 2.2). Some of the most known holy figures are the Buddha, Jade Emperor, and Guan Yin. One Chinese fortune telling rituals are still in use today such as the fortune cookie yo receive when you go to the Chinese restaurants (Wikipedia 4). the Chinese refer to their food as a form of art. In which it consists from sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch (Chinese Culture: Food Culture).


Bibliography:
-Culture of China: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_China

-Chinese Culture: http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/culture/

Blog #1: 2nd Semester: Naural Disasters

There are many different kinds of natural disasters that occur all around the world. One of the many different kinds of natural disasters that occur are earthquakes. According to Wikipedia, "Earthquakes by themselves rarely kill people or wildlife. It is usually the secondary events that they trigger, such as building collapse, fires, tsunamis and volcanoes, that are actually the human disaster" (Wikipedia 2.1.2) Earthquakes occur when the tectonic plates move into either a strike-slip or Thrust which causes the earth to shake. The most activity in volcanoes are in the West and East of the United States and Hawaii.


Bibliography:
-Natural Disaster: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_disaster

-Earthquake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake#Earthquake_fault_types