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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"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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Chapter 46 (Justin Bieber’s POV – point of view) “SOMEONE!!! CALL 911!” I shouted with a panicking voice as I held my hand underneath Rachel’s head. She wasn’t moving. She was just laying there with her eyes closed. I sat at Rachel’s hospital bed while resting my head on the edge of it. She had been sleeping peacefully for the past 9 long hours. I was genuinely tired‚ but I wanted to be the first thing her eyes caught when she woke up. After all‚ this was undoubtedly my fault. I
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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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Cathey The Day of Yahweh The Day of Yahweh is the day that most people associate with a period of time or a certain day that will occur when God’s will and purpose for His world and for mankind will be fulfilled. Some people believe that the day of the Lord will be a longer period of time than a single day- a period of time when Christ will reign throughout the world before He cleanses heaven and earth in preparation for the eternal promise of all mankind. Other scholars believe the day of the Lord
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Teacher’s Day In India Since times immemorial‚ Indians have respected and idolized their teachers. Earlier‚ we used to call our teachers ’Guru’ and now it’s the contemporary ’Sir’ or ’Madam’. Nevertheless‚ the role of teachers has remained the same. They were‚ are and will continue to be our guiding light‚ creating conditions conducive to our overall development. We will always be thankful to them for their constructive support. It is as an expression of this gratitude only that we celebrate
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of Calcutta (1921-?) and Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics at Oxford University (1936–1952). Among the many honours he received were a knighthood (1931) and the Bharat Ratna (1954). His birthday is celebrated in India as Teacher’s Day on 5 September. Since times immemorial‚ Indians have respected and idolized their teachers. Earlier‚ we used to call our teachers ’Guru’ and now it’s the contemporary ’Sir’ or ’Madam’. Nevertheless‚ the role of teachers has remained the same. They
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Columbus Day When asked should Columbus Day be celebrated? The answer we get is yes because we have a holiday on Monday of the second week of October. Columbus Day is the celebration of the day Christopher Columbus apparently discovered America. If I was asked that question I would say most definitely we shouldn’t celebrate Columbus Day. First‚ he brought disease that spread around the Americas killing 9off the Native Americans. Second‚ most people think that by celebrating Columbus Day we are celebrating
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Devin Porter Journal #2 January 14‚ 2012 Describe a Perfect Day A perfect day can consist of things you like to do for fun or it can just be a day when you relax and sleep for many hours. My perfect day use to be just staying home from school and eating snacks or going out with my friends and hanging out but now a perfect day to me is spending the day with my girlfriend. Since school started we haven’t really had any time to spend together. When we are together we do a lot of couple things
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