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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It was a beautiful day and the beginning of fall around noon‚ to be precise‚ and I was on my regular lunch break. The birds chirped a melody of joy and the grass stood perfectly even and glimmered a dark satin green. It was a day I wanted to be to extra thankful for because of the beautiful surrounding natures had offered for the day‚ but unfortunately life had a curve ball to throw at me that would instead make me wish I was blind to everything in life. It hit me right in the face and wanted to
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Date: Name of the student: Friendship Day Hi good morning one and all we all know that we celebrated friendship day on Sunday I would like to speak about friendship day. Human beings are social creatures and have always valued the importance of friends in their lives. To celebrate this noble feeling it was deemed fit to have a day dedicated to friends and friendship. Accordingly‚ first Sunday of August was declared as a holiday in US in honor of friends by a Proclamation made by US Congress
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workers died fighting for all citizens‚ including minorities of: black‚ Hispanic‚ women and those 18 or older for the right to vote. We owe it to them‚ yourselves and future generations to be actively engaged. Louis L’Amour stated “To make democracy work‚ we must be a nation of participants‚ not observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain!” Although African-American slaves were freed in 1865 with the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution‚ they did
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my alarm clock sounded like a countdown. The first day of high school was only two hours away. I was excited‚ but a lot more nervous. I got out of bed‚ got ready‚ and then was on my way to the bus stop. All I could think of are the stories I heard about CIS being so horrible with all the strict teachers‚ the really hard tests‚ and of course being new doesn’t help either. Everyone feels very anxious and at the same time nervous about their first day of school. The ride to the school was only twenty
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of its work‚ it also works with other organisations to combat premature death and disability from cardiovascular disease. A red letter day (sometimes hyphenated asred-letter day or called scarlet day in academia) is any day of special significance.The term originates from Medieval churchcalendars. Illuminated manuscripts often marked initial capitals and highlighted words in red ink‚ known as rubrics. The First Council of Nicaea in 325 decreed the saints’ days‚ feasts and other holy days‚ which came
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Today was the most unfortunate day in my life. How could these bad things happen to me all the time? The incident happened in the morning. Karl gave Ned and mearideinhiscartothebank. Ihadtodropbytogetsome money. When we arrived at the bank‚ I went straight to the counter. Just as I finished everything at the counter‚ two men wearing masks entered the bank. To my astonishment‚ a woman screamed and BANG‚ a guard fell on the floor. He was covered with blood from the waist down. All the customers
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After reading the article That Day At Hiroshima‚ I can hardly image that just in one second‚ everything turned into black. Thousands of people died and thousands of people had to suffer in the rest of their lives. That picture is too cruel to thinking about. Since that thing really happened‚ we have to learn a lesson from it and not to let that tragedy happen again. First‚ we should against the nuke. Because it can bring a complete damage to a place as well as our humanbeings. We can see from
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responsibility. Our goal is to create a happy and healthy work environment where everyone can succeed. This code of conduct provides ethical guidelines in order to guide and empower us to make the right choices as individual and as a company. Code of Conduct: • Comply with the local laws‚ rules and regulations related to our business • Customer is always right • Protecting the local environment • Smoking is prohibited • Following the dress code • The use of electronic devices is not allowed during
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English 203.1 1 April 2013 Seize the Day The metaphysical poet‚ Andrew Marvell‚ wrote the poem “To His Coy Mistress‚” which is considered to be a seduction poem on the surface‚ but Marvell’s poem is about seizing the moment in life. Marvell uses figures of speech like metaphors‚ similes‚ and imagery to persuade the woman he loves to sleep with him‚ but he also wants to argue that life is short‚ and she should seize the day‚ both in life and sexually. The figures of speech that are in “To His Coy
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