What is Easter and what does it mean to you?

 

Easter Season

 

In Western Christianity, Easter marks the end of Lent, a 40-day period of fasting, repentance, moderation and spiritual discipline in preparation for Easter. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Easter Sunday. Eastern Orthodox churches observe Lent or Great Lent, during the 6 weeks or 40 days preceding Palm Sunday with fasting continuing during the Holy Week of Easter. Lent for Eastern Orthodox churches begins on Monday and As...

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Fast & Furious 7 one of the most anticipated films since the late Paul Walker has began putting things in place to get it completed. This was published on the CNN website - Paul Walker's brothers are helping "fill in small gaps" in "Fast & Furious 7" action sequences not finished before the actor's death, producers said Tuesday. Walker died in a fiery car crash during a Thanksgiving break in filming last November, forcing a halt to production.

"We had to take time to grieve Paul, th...

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I found this article online from godandscience.org and i find it very interesting so i decided to share it.

Many religions describe a being referred to as "God." Some of these religions describe the being God as one of many other gods created by more powerful gods or councils of gods. However, for the purpose of this paper, we are going to use the definition of God contained in the Bible. As such, God is the Spirit hovering over the waters of the primordial Earth—Creator of the univers...

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People always want to know what happens when someone die but there's only one group of people who really know what happens when you die: the dead. And since the dead won't be revealing their secrets anytime soon, it's up to scientists to explain what happens when a person dies.

Death, just like life, is a process, scientists say. The first stage of this process is known as clinical death. It lasts from four to six minutes, beginning when a person stops breathing and the heart stops ...

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Ecstasy or methylenedioxymethamphetamine, also known as MDMA is a synthetic creation that was patented by the German pharmaceutical company Merck. Considered for its potential as a diet pill, MDMA was soon dropped by Merck for reasons unknown. Virtually dormant until 1953, MDMA was researched-and used-by a former pesticide chemist named Alexander Shulgin. Shulgin was on a quest for the ideal psychoactive drug but was frustrated by the regulations and required trials mandated before a...

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The use of solar energy is getting very popular in most countries due to huge longer-term benefits, which includes increasing countries’ energy security through reliance on an indigenous, inexhaustible and mostly import-independent resource, enhance sustainability, reduce pollution, lower the costs of mitigating climate change, and keep fossil fuel prices lower than otherwise. 

 

Solar energy or heat from the sun is harnessed using a range of ever-evolving technologies such as solar ...

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The Samsung S5 release date is almost here and i know for a fact that Jamaicans are huge fans of the Samsung brand. On the other hand i don't like to follow the crowd...i like unusual and uncommon things plus i don't see any major changes that the Samsung S5 is bringing to the table it only has the most recent updates that all android phones are implementing and the camera features are not so impressive coming from a S4 I9506 Galaxy perspective.

 

Main Differences

-The S5 is a bit heavi...

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Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts, behavior, feelings and sense of well-being. Depressed people can feel sad, anxious, empty, hopeless, worried, helpless, worthless, guilty, irritable, hurt, or restless. They may lose interest in activities that once were pleasurable, experience loss of appetite or overeating, have problems concentrating, remembering details, or making decisions, and may contemplate, attempt, or commi...
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Despite been sentenced to life in prison for the August, 2011 murder of Clive 'Lizard' Williams, this biography shows how he started and rose to stardom showing less controversy.

Adidja Palmer started his career as a teenager in 1993 with his first recording "Love Fat Woman", released on Alvin Reid's label "One Heart", using the moniker "Adi Banton", an homage to Buju Banton. Palmer was later part of the three-member group "Vybez Kartel", keeping the slightly altered name after group spl...

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After watching the Impossible a 2012 disaster drama film based on the experience of María Belón and her family in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami i had to publish some information regarding a Tsunami. 

 

A tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, generally an ocean or a large lake. Disturbances above or below water all have the potential to generate a tsunami for example earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater expl...

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Skin whitening, skin lightening, and skin bleaching refer to the practice of using chemical substances in an attempt to lighten skin tone or provide an even skin complexion by lessening the concentration of melanin. This is very common in Jamaica and despite people knowing the danger of this practice there seems to be an increase island wide. The first person that will come to Jamaicans mind when they hear about skin bleaching is vybz kartel but this has been going on long before he s...

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April Fools' Day aka All Fools' Day is an informal holiday celebrated every year on April 1. It is widely recognized and celebrated in various countries as a day when people play practical jokes and hoaxes on each other. Some jokes are mild while some can be very serious because incidence have occurred where people actually get into fights over humor that has been taken a little bit too far.

United Kingdom

In the UK, an April fool joke is revealed by shouting "April fool!" at the recip...

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