Earth Day Founded in 1970 as a day of education about environmental issues‚ Earth Day is now a globally celebrated holiday that is sometimes extended into Earth Week‚ a full seven days of events focused on green awareness. The brainchild of Senator Gaylord Nelson and inspired by the antiwar protests of the late 1960s‚ Earth Day was originally aimed at creating a mass environmental movement. It began as a "national teach-in on the environment" and was held on April 22 to maximize the number of
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Origins The earliest May Day celebrations appeared in pre-Christian times‚ with the festival of Flora‚ the Roman goddess of flowers‚ and the Walpurgis Night celebrations of the Germanic countries. It is also associated with the Gaelic Beltane. Many pagan celebrations were abandoned or Christianized during the process of conversion in Europe. A more secular version of May Day continues to be observed in Europe and America. In this form‚ May Day may be best known for its tradition of dancing the maypole
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Andrea DelVesco Works‚ D Period Due 8/25/10 A Novel Failure: The Unsuccessful Story of Tommy Wilhelm Seize the Day by Saul Bellow is a novella written about failure and bad judgment. The protagonist‚ Tommy Wilhelm‚ has made mistakes all his life by “invariably [taking] the course he had rejected innumerable times” (Bellow 19). He constantly frustrates his successful father who resides in the same hotel as Wilhelm by living in disarray‚ depending on drugs‚ begging for help and sympathy‚ and
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The Importance of Memorial Day Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who perished while serving in the military‚ a day to honor the soldiers who died while defending America. Our three day weekend in May is a wonderful time to get together with friends and family. To most of us‚ Memorial weekend it means no school/work and an extra day off. Memorial Day is so much more than a day off to have fun. Most students do not really even understand why they get school off; a lot of adult use
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“Valentine’s day” Valentine’s day is so overrated And over-hyped! A lot of people run around frothing‚ proclaiming their love and pledging their eternal allegiance to one another. Although it means different things to different people‚ many use this day for all the wrong reasons. I.e.: to show off‚ get free stuff‚ free meals etc-Etc. Ha. People even go as far as finding dates just for that one day. Crazy right? I know! When its about to be that time of the month everywhere is lit up with red
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The Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos in Spanish) is a holiday celebrated mainly in Mexico and by people of Mexican heritage (and others) living in the United States and Canada. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and relatives who have died. The celebration occurs on the 1st and 2nd of November‚ in connection with the Catholic holy days of All Saints ’ Day and All Souls ’ Day which take place on those days. Traditions include building private
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The Truth of Saint Valentine’s Day! | | One question seems to plague me this holiday season. Why do I hate Valentine’s Day? Why do I hate‚ despise‚ loathe‚ and many other creative verbs‚ Valentine’s Day? I feel as though this is a question that tugs at my very heart‚ or someone else’s heart‚ I keep forgetting which. I’m not sure where my despair of St. Valentines Day originates from‚ but I do know that it wasn’t anything seriously tragic or damaging. I wasn’t dropped in a rose patch as a
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Best Day It was Valentines day‚ which happened to be my favorite holiday of all times‚ but what made it so special this year is I got to spend it with who at the time I didn’t know would be the love of my life. Waking up that morning I had goose bumps. Just the thought of me knowing that we were officially going on our first date that night made me crazy. I didn’t even want to go to school that day because I wanted to make sure that I looked amazing for this night but I went anyway and I’m glad
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It seems there isn’t much on the net about Burmese Days that one can look over when getting ready to write an essay. I have provided one I wrote that is about 2 1/2 pages long and outlines some basic themes as well as analyzes the main character. Tell me what you guys think: Burmese Days by George Orwell is not a book that commonly comes to mind when one thinks ’"’Orwell’"’ but nevertheless it holds a distinguished place in his career as a writer. The novel revolves around the lives of a handful
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Erika lalonde July 11 2013 “ My Beautiful Laundrette” : Omar and Jonny’s Struggle For Freedom After watching “My Beautiful Laundrette”‚ I feel disappointed with conformist ideas of Britain’s society in 1980s. The film shows a love affair between English men that are different race‚ class‚ politics and ethnicity. Johnny and Omar sincerely struggle to form their personal identity under the control of Britain’s social sigma’s and relatives. Both Boys give up their freedoms as young adults
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