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    Department of Education (DepEd) has finally released the much-awaited Graduation Message 2013 by Secretary Bro. Armin Luistro‚ and you can find it below. School administrators are looking for this graduation message to be included in the program of their graduations and/or commencement exercises this 2013. See the full text of Bro. Luistro’s message as shared by one commenter of this blog: 2013 Graduation Message of Secretary Armin Luistro To our Dear Students‚ Parents‚ Teachers‚ Staff‚ Administrators

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    purpose. Now‚ does your view of your life‚ goals‚ and purpose rely directly upon what you believe the afterlife to be? Or do you not believe there is an afterlife and live only for today and what you have? Professor Ambrosio outlines what he refers to as the ‘genome’ of western culture in relation to the meaning of life. In order to approach this issue‚ he uses two characteristic ways in which the meaning of life has been pursued: the way of the hero and the way of the saint. The hero approach is

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    of story that is told about heroes and the kind of story that is told about saints. The hero always makes a decisive intervention when things are looking like they could go wrong. The hero always steps up and makes everything right. The hero is always the center of attention by contrast the saint is not necessarily a crucial character. The saint may be almost invisible easily missed‚ quickly forgotten. The hero and the saint are always at the periphery of a story that is really about God. The hero’s

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    call this time happy‚ and It angers me a lot‚ Because happiness is only earned through a great deal of wrought. You see‚ simple people can not experience this feeling they claim‚ Acquiring happiness is difficult‚ this is not just a game. You can not become happy from a gift or a song‚ Someone please stop this Christmas‚ can they not see their wrong? Aristotle could hear from his mountain the loud clanging bells And the Christmas dinners cooking‚ wafting their lovely smells. I NEED A PLAN TO STOP CHRISTMAS

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    In the above picture‚ we drew Saint Gelasinus at the moment of his conversion. Immediately after this miracle he proclaimed that he had become a Christian and was then dragged out of the theatre and stoned by his enraged audience. It is clear to us that Saint Gelasinus’ conversion was nothing short of a miracle‚ as he was a comedian‚ and on the day of his martyrdom he was actually performing a mockery of a Christian baptism. As he emerged from the fake baptismal fount he was a changed man‚

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    IDEAS AND TERMS A. Etymology Greek word‚ ‘eidos’ which means image Our mind contains ideas which are formed through our encounter with reality – with everything knowable through the human mind. Definition IDEA is defined as the representation of the essence of a thing in the mind. Expressed differently‚ an idea is a mental (intellectual) image or a picture of the object of the mind which is the result of comparison‚ reflection or abstraction. Being a representation of the essence of a thing in the

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    Research Paper: Final Draft Roman and Greek Culture Roman and Greek cultures have many differences‚ but also many similarities. Rome inherited most of their culture traditions from the Greeks‚ when the Hellenistic cities were conquered by the Romans; they liked the idea of a Greek lifestyle. This is how Greek lifestyle was incorporated into the Roman society. Greek art and architecture Roman art and architecture are very similar‚ but each has their own style. The following paragraphs

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    Describe the contributions of the Greeks and Romans to Western Civilization‚ explaining their accomplishments and the classical virtues they developed. The Greeks and Romans contributions to western civilization cannot be over stated. They were vital in many ways to future generations. Both through science the arts and the frameworks of future governments Greeks were one of the first great civilized societies in the Western area. They started like many societies at this time

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    civilizations (Attached) 3. Ages of early Greek mythology to Ovid ( Poet of Metamorphoses) a. Origin of humans: sacred clay (wise and rulers) blood of titans (murderous and criminals)‚ and stones(endurance) b. 4 ages as decline: Golden (peace)‚ Silver (seasons &farming)‚ Bronze (war)‚ Iron (mining‚ deforestation‚ crime). 4. Dominant and alternate cultural themes in the Iliad Audience: upper-class men Purpose: cultural propaganda. Greek Heros= models of courage & skill to men (what

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    There are many ways in which Greek culture and Roman culture can be compared. They also differ in their own way. What most people don’t already know is that the Romans borrowed much of their ideas from the Greeks‚ such as‚ Gods‚ Culture and most importantly Literature. For example‚ almost everyone knows the popular Gods of Greek mythology‚ like Zeus‚ Poseidon‚ Hades‚ Hermes‚ but what they may not know is the Roman equivalent to those Gods are Jupiter‚ Neptune‚ Pluto‚ and Mercury. In Greece‚ the gods

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