Essays on Andres

Comparison and Analysis of the Case of the Exhibition of Andres Serrano and Andres Serrano’s Winning Piece (Piss Christ, 1987)

Comparison In the case of the rejection of Andres Serrano’s exhibition in Australia, there are concerns over Andre’ work ‘Piss Christ’ from several religious stakeholders. A representative of the Australian Catholic has requested the Australian Supreme Court to ban the image claiminghat it is a form a blasphemy that cannot be tolerated by Catholics across Australia. Supporting his arguments with the Summary Offenses Act, Dr. Pell mentioned that Andres Serrano’s work was obscene and indecent to be exhibited in a National Art Gallery. However, certain religious stakeholders on the other hand, believes that the photograph was a ...

One of the notable aspects that the patient should understand is that pernicious anemia is a nutritional disorder which then implies that they can play a key role to its management. The illness is primarily caused by the malabsorption of vitamin B12 coupled attributed to the severe deficiency of intrinsic factor (IF) (Annibale, Lahner, & Delle Fave, 2011). If the patient is essentially a vegetarian or does not usually use foods such as eggs, meat or milk, there is an elevated risk for development of pernicious anemia or colabamin deficiency. If the patient cannot change their dietary habits to help ...

The Institutional Affiliation

“The gift of fear” by Carlos Andres Gomez The gift of fear is a Tedx talk performed by Carlos Andres Gomez, a popular poet, speaker, writer, and actor. As a speaker and performer, Carlos won liking and admiration of masses, including students, young people, and adults. He talks about things that matter to everyone, about problems, or feelings, or states that are familiar to many people. The gift of fear is one of such stories, the story which many people were ashamed or afraid to tell, the story that touches and impresses.  At the beginning of the talk, the ...

Second Generation Interview

I interviewed my co-worker, who is a 25 years old Cuban-American named Andres Amadeo. Andres’s parents immigrated to America from Cuba about 42 years ago. However, the background of Cuba is still prevalent in his life of family today. He told that he was born in America, but his parents were born in Cuba, and he considered himself as Cuban, though he was proud of being an American. He mentioned that he liked his Cuban roots. He said that he was very happy to be Cuban as he could speak two languages, and he had knowledge of two ...

Abstract

The choice between breastfeeding and bottle (formula) feeding appears to be one of the fundamental decisions that await both new and expectant parents. Quite a number of health bodies including World Health Organization (WHO), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and also the American Medical Association (AMA), all recommend breastfeeding to be the appropriate choice for infants (Andres, Cleves, Bellando, Pivik, Casey, & Badger, 2012). Breastfeeding assists defend against several chronic conditions, prevent allergies, and protect against infections. The AAP, in particular, recommends that infants be breastfed exclusively for the first six (6) months following their birth. Beyond that, breastfeeding is ...

The issue of gender disparity is commonly discussed with people raising a concern about how women and men do not have similar opportunities. The world continues to evolve and women today have broken barriers in a number of male-dominated fields. However, there are still issues of disparity in fields of science and engineering. Most women who have pursued a career in STEM-related fields have not joined the science and engineering fields. The following is a look at the statistics showing the existence of the problem, followed by recommendations on how the issues can be addressed. Studies show that there ...

Introduction: Brief Look at FC Barcelona and Real Madrid

Spanish football is such a great phenomenon. It is through football that the Spaniards can express themselves regarding political agendas and culture. The Spaniards feel that it’s through football that most of their grievances can be adhered to considering Spain is a multi-national state. Having a look at the two prominent football clubs in Spain, which are, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, it is evident that Spain loves football. Talking of Barcelona, it owns its football academy referred to as La Massi. It is such a prominent academy having produced the likes of Carles Puyol, Cesc Fabregas, Xavi ...

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Color and texture are important attributes related to vegetable quality. The objective of this study was to determine the changes in quality characteristics, caused by cooking time, and pH (alkali and acid addition) in some vegetables. Four different vegetables — carrots, spinach, red cabbage and cauliflower — were analyzed for changes in color and texture associated to time of boiling, the effect of alkali (baking soda), and the effect of acid (vinegar and cream of tartar). Samples of each vegetable were prepared and treated for five minutes. Color change was measured visually and using the L*a*b* technique. Color and ...

The Impact and Effects of Power Politics of United States, China, & Japan Arising from South China Sea Conflicts on the Sovereignty and Socio-Political Fabrics of Philippines

Introduction

The South China Sea (SCS) is a partly enclosed body of water that connects the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is marked with several island attributes which are grouped into four island bodies-- the Pratas or Dongsha Islands in the northeast, the Paracels or Xisha Islands in the northwest, the Spratlys or Nansha Islands in the south, and the Scarborough Shoal or Zhongsha Islands to Paracels' southeast (Hayton, 2014). It is teeming with ...

 To date, in the fourteen Latin American countries, those in power are leftist politics (the issue what kind of leftism and the degree of radicalism it is about) will be discussed later. Regardless of all the uniqueness of the moment and the apparent dissimilarity of modern Latin American lefts with their predecessors, there is a clear tendency, which is characteristic for the Latin American model of development as a whole – a tradition of powerful leftist movements, the struggle for social transformation. Facing deep structural crisis, the continent came into a long strip of the struggle against the dictatorship, local ...

As early as elementary school, we are taught the water cycle. The simple cycle of evaporation that causes the clouds, the clouds rain on the land, the water is soaked up into the soil, lakes, and rivers only to travel back to the ocean and eventually become rain and snow again. It sounds like a simple process. However, much of California has been in drought for a while and everyone is suffering. Many cities ban the use of water outside, except on a specific day of the week. Neighbors turn each other in for water use. The rolling hills ...

Introduction

Nutritional status can be defined as the balance between the amount of nutrients taken in by a living organism and the amount of nutrients spent by these organisms in the process of growth, health maintenance. In order to analyze this aspect, we will take into consideration the following attributes; level of nutrients in the body, products of metabolism and the functional processes that they regulate. Nutritional status can be measured for both individuals and populations. For accurate measurements especially those used for clinical purposes, nutritional measurements are done for individuals whereas for research purposes, population measures are the most common. ...