My dad married his high school sweetheart‚ Lisa Malee Erickson‚ on February 5‚ 1993. He had joined the Army Reserve and left soon after they were married to attend basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood in Missouri. I’m his first daughter‚ Christine Brianne Hill. I was born May 26‚ 1993‚ while he was in training. Daddy was given leave to come home and see his new baby daughter‚ but had to return just two days later. He completed his training two months later and returned to his wife and baby. He
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These excerpts from act 3 of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare shows a lot about the art of persuasion. This is due to many things that are said in both Brutus’ and Antony’s speeches at Caesar’s funeral. Despite this similarity‚ both of the speeches are very different from one another. While Brutus is trying to sympathize with Caesar’s fan while still trying to reason with them‚ Antony is very aggressive and mentions how Caesar didn’t deserve to be betrayed. In Brutus’ speech‚ he tries to reason
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read different pieces from people like Pericles‚ Aristotle and Dahl from those we learned what they think makes a democracy work. Pericles was the leader of Athens from 460–429 B.C. He developed a democracy based on majority rule. In “Pericles Funeral Oration” he describes Athenian
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For centuries‚ people have been arranging a funeral in one of two ways: burial or cremation. While this has been the normal practice‚ it is far from Earth-friendly. The last few generations have been committed to protecting natural resources more than ever. As these eco-friendly people begin to pass away‚ they look for a more natural way of dealing with their remains to limit the carbon footprint they leave behind. Vitt‚ Stermer & Anderson Funeral Home will always go the extra mile to meet the final
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Funerals are never a good thing. You can ask anybody and they will tell you the same thing. People that have never been to a funeral don’t understand how sad and demoralising they can be. I’ve been to two funerals and I’m going to tell you about one of them. This took place three years ago‚ when I learned that you should never take life for granted. When I wasn’t born yet‚ my grandpa was really active. He went fishing with my brother‚ shopping‚ and he even drove one of those huge pickup trucks one
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Pericles Funeral Speech: Hype or Truth Several philosophers and thinkers have graced Athens but none probably have described Athens as vividly as Pericles did with his funeral speech delivered in honor of the martyrs of the Peloponnesian War. This speech was given almost a year after the Peloponnesian War started and its purpose was to inspire both the citizens and the army of Athens. In his speech Pericles describes Athens as a flawless state when compared with its contemporaries. Pericles highlighted
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Both Pericles “Funeral Oration” and George W. Bush’s address to the nation after the 9/11 terrorist attack were given at times of grief and mourning. Pericles “Funeral Oration” was given in 431 BC after the end of the first year of the Peloponnesian War. Pericles gave this speech to pay tribute to the people lost in battle. Pericles was chosen to give the “Funeral Oration” by the city of Athens as he was a leading citizen of Athens‚ as he was an orator and general during the Golden Age. This was
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The company occupies about 12% of the market share in a fragmented but stable and highly predictable funeral services industry‚ in which the company growth primarily depends on the demographic situation. There are two growth opportunities within the industry: companies can either expand through acquisitions and takeovers of small firms‚ as the fragmented industry provides good conditions for that‚ or it has an alternative to increase revenues by rising prices. Such an option seems to be quite realistic
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The funeral was the prettiest thing. There was so many flowers and the bright colours. I recognized her clothing from the day she pulled all her saris out of her drawers. The smell of the candles burning took me to the India she had always talked about. It was
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I can’t tell you how many times Doe Doe asked whose funeral we were at‚ but it never seemed to become easier to tell her that it was her beloved husband’s. Not only was I not allowed to sit with my parents‚ but unfortunately I had the chance to sit beside some stuck up distant cousin who didn’t even know Papa. The hardest part of this whole agonizing week was watching Doe Doe’s face throughout the funeral realizing over again whose funeral it was. Even though it was one of the hardest days of my
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