When I was first asked to give a talk on mothers‚ since it would be mother’s day. I started wondering how Mother’s Day came to be. I was surprised to discover that Mother’s Day has a history longer than Christianity! Ancients celebrated Isis (Mother of the Pharaohs)‚ Rhea (Greek Mother of the Gods)‚ and Cybele (The Great Mother). The worship of these ancient goddesses is similar to the reverence we show to Mary‚ Jesus’ mother as these Mother Goddesses are often depicted with a baby in arms.
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Kazuo Ishiguro’s Remains of the Day gives an eloquent treatment of the issue of how a stoic English butler’s unemotional reaction to the emotional world around him is damaging and painful‚ and how he resolves to make the best of the “remains of the day”—the remainder of his life. Ishiguro explores some of the differences between the old English Victorian culture—that of the stiff upper lip‚ no show of emotion‚ and repression of personal opinion—and the no-holds-barred
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Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May. It commemorates all men and women‚ who have died in military service for the United States. Memorial Day has become less of an occasion of remembrance. Today‚ many communities celebrate the observance of this holiday by organizing parades and official ceremonies that honor those that have fallen. Americans also honor soldiers by visiting cemeteries and national monuments and other memorials by placing flowers and flags on graves. Others honor the
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Dorothy Day. Dorothy Day was a journalist by trade‚ as well as a social activist and an upstanding Catholic. Day was raised an agnostic‚ meaning her family did not practice a religion. However‚ she attended church services with friends. Dorothy found a sense of passion in the congregational worship of the church‚ and those close to her said she could have been an excellent preacher of the gospel. However‚ she felt discouraged by so many people who attended church only on Sunday and thought
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"The Remains of the Day"‚ winner of the 1989 Booker Prize‚ was written by Kazuo Ishiguro in 1989. Ishiguro had a typical English education with an immersion in Japanese culture. His fictions are remarked as “deal[ing] broadly with themes of self-deception‚ truth and the clash of public and private images of his characters”. In the Remains of the Day‚ he gives an eloquent dissection on the narrowed life of a stoic English butler who has spent thirty years in service at Darlington Hall‚ devoting everything
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de los Muertos” the day the deceased have divine permission to visit friend and relatives on earth and to share the pleasure of the living (Sayer‚ Chloë 8). The day of the dead is celebrated on November 1& 2 of every year known to be as All Souls Day. Introduced in the Mexican population by their Aztec indigenous ancestry known not to be afraid of death but to embrace it. Meso-American Indians have strong belief of the afterlife and the underworld that came after death. The day of the dead is celebrated
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BUSINESS PLAN For Bouncy Kids Child Development Center 2001 1 Table of Contents I. Executive Summary II. Introduction III. Industry Analysis IV. Organization V. Management/Human Resources VI. Operations VII. Marketing VIII. Assumption Page IX. Financial Documents X. Supporting Documents 2 Executive Summary Bouncy Kids Child Development Center will operate under a Christian philosophy that children need to be treated with warmth and respect. One major emerging trend in
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Labour Day On the first Monday of September every year‚ America positiveshonours pauses to honor its workers and the contributions they make to our nation’s strengths strength and prosperity. The notion thatworks its work is valued‚ and even noble‚ dates to the ancients. " Seest thou a man diligent in his labor? " the Book of Proverbs asks‚ . "He shows stands shall stand before Kings. " In the United States‚ the belief goes back well over a century. As a holiday‚ the Labour Labor Day celebration
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Jennifer Glasper English 3036 Monday‚ March 6‚ 2012 Professor: E. Chou Malgudi Days‚ R. K Narayan The tasks take one short story by Narayan that you have read and show that it has literary traits it has in common with other short stories by Narayan. In most of these short stories we can see that the theme is an important idea of the author. The themes that are seen throughout most of the stories written by R.K. Narayan are adversities‚ difficulties and overcoming those difficulties
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of Labor Day For other Labor Day information‚ visit our Labor Day 2011 page. Labor Day: How it Came About; What it Means Labor Day‚ the first Monday in September‚ is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength‚ prosperity‚ and well-being of our country. Founder of Labor Day More than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance
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