James Monroe: Early Years Born
Born on April 28, 1758, James Monroe was nurtured in Westmoreland County, Virginia by his Scottish father and his mother who was a descendant of Welsh. He had his early years of study, when he was 11 until he was 16, at…
Three Strikes Laws: Controversy, Impact, and Public Opinion
From the beginning, the three strikes in law in California was shaped by tragic, personal stories. Take, for example, the story of Kimber Reynolds who, on a summer evening in 1992, went out for coffee and cake with a…
Visiting an African Methodist Episcopal
Visiting an African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church
Introduction
The African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church – which has congregations in many United States cities – may be primarily composed of worshipers of color, but the Mission Statement of the AME Church asserts that the agenda is to "…minister to the social, spiritual, and physical development of all people." The AME Church evolved out of the "…spirit of the original Free African Society," which was and is to "…seek out and save the lost, and to serve the needy" (www.ame-Church.com). Moreover, the AME website points to the "Purposes" for which the Church exists: a) "make available God's biblical principles"; b) "spread Christ's liberating gospel"; and c) "provide continuing programs which will enhance the entire social development of all people" (www.ame-Church.com). The AME Church embraces Methodism for that denomination's system of "rules and regulations" (placing the emphasis on a gospel that is "plain and simple") and uses the Episcopal form of church government, with Bishops serving in executive and administrative roles.
Attending an African Methodist Episcopal Church
The service I attended on a recent Sunday morning was very interesting and enlightening. A man in his elderly years greeted me at the top of the steps into the church before I could pass through the open doors. I got a warm handshake and a smile, and "Welcome to our church my friend." I did feel welcomed. As I passed through the foyer I could hear singing and hand clapping which is the way this service begins. Before the actual formal service, the choir walks in step up to the alter and behind the alter to the choir pews, and all along they are singing and clapping hands in a kind of joyous welcome to the worship service.
Building Information Modeling: Concepts, Evolution, and Future
Recently, a lot of revolution has been taking place to bring change in the fabric of the audiovisual design and integration of business. Nasser (2010) noted that Building Information Modeling (BIM) is not a new innovation to the field of construction. It has been around for decades, even though the term BIM was introduced more recent by Professor Charles Eastman of Georgia Tech, who developed the first no-commercial BIM tool almost three decades ago and called it Engineering Data Model (EDM), when has undergone through a number of iteration (Nasser, 2010). In this paper, we evaluate the concept and application of Building Information Modeling (BIM).
Era Theodore Roosevelt, America\'s 26th
Theodore Roosevelt, America's 26th President, and Woodrow Wilson, America's 28th, both pursued a progressive political platform within their respective parties. Roosevelt's Republicanism digressed considerably from the…