Pericles’ Funeral Oration Why do we fight wars if they just cause death and sorrow? This famous speech was written by Thucydides‚ but given by Pericles sometime during Athens’ Pelponnesian War. This kind of speech was generally given at a mass funeral‚ to honor many who had died fighting in the war. Typically‚ funeral speeches at that time were very somber and mournful‚ but Pericles changed that. In this speech‚ he created this idea of national pride and faith in society‚ by using many hopeful
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As an aspiring Funeral Director‚ I chose to observe a Mass of Christian Burial Service. I have wanted to be a funeral director since I was in the first grade. While in middle school‚ I started working at a local funeral home‚ observing funerals and playing the organ. Doing this was a dream come true. I observed this service at Holy Name Catholic Church in Washington‚ D.C. where the father is Michael Briese. This service was for Mr. Richard N. Gray. Out of respect for the family‚ before attending
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LIVING ATE HOME AND LIVING AWAY FROM HOME Nowadays‚ most young people are choosing to live away from home. At some moment in life you have to decide between staying at home with your parents as you have always done or starting a new life alone that means being independent. At the moment that you want to make a choice between these two styles of life. You should know that living at home and living away from home has some similarities and some differences that you have to consider before
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BETTER HOMES & GARDENS REAL ESTATE Questions Interactive/Direct Marketing 11/3/13 What social media do you use? The main social media site that I use is Facebook. How and why do you use it? I use it to stay in touch with my extended network of friends. Social media allows me to stay up to date on what my friends are doing and also allows them to see what I have been doing. How might 1&2 above be different for a home buyer? Home buyers would most likely use basic social media services
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This paper will address what to consider when buying a new home and what affects like marginal benefit‚ marginal cost‚ strength of the economy‚ domestic economy‚ and international trade‚ can have on situations and the conditions when making a decision to purchase a home. The principles of economics can directly relate to the purchase of a house‚ because you must consider all the possible affects your decision might have and the principles do a great job at helping you be more analytical with your
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Five Advantages of Building a New Florida Home Thinking about relocating to a new neighborhood‚ city or state? The decision might be made for you thanks to a new job or family circumstances. But regardless‚ moving means deciding whether to build a new Florida home or buy an existing one. Building a new home or buying a resale both carry advantages and disadvantages. It’s smart to be open-minded about the possibility that finding your Florida dream home may require building it. And‚ that building
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Congratulations‚ you’ve found the perfect home to buy! Right about now‚ you are probably on information overload‚ and looking for resources to get everything ready. One of the most important steps you need to take after getting that ratified contract is to get the home inspected. Like most subjects on the internet‚ there is a ton of information about home inspections‚ and how to hire them. One source that is very underrepresented though is probably the best one out there: the home inspectors themselves. No‚ I’m
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Scissors Scissors are hand-operated cutting instruments made of regular steel‚ stainless steel‚ or more exotic materials in which a handle is fitted to its metal blades. Homes usually keep at least a pair of scissors for household use. Doctors use scissors to cut gauzes. Children use scissors with dull blades to cut papers. Dressmakers use sharper scissors to cut fabric. There are also times that the user got blisters on thumbs and fingers after doing an arts and craft project. Even though scissors
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tried to imitate Service Corporation’s strategy‚ prices for some funeral homes were eventually bid up to levels that made additional acquisitions uneconomic. Roll-up strategies consolidate highly fragmented markets where the current competitors are too small to achieve scale economies. Beginning in the 1960s‚ Service Corporation International‚ for instance‚ grew from a single funeral home in Houston to more than 1‚400 funeral homes and cemeteries in 2008. Similarly‚ Clear Channel Communications rolled
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owned over 1‚100 funeral homes and more than 400 cemeteries in the U.S. and Canada; it also owned 32 funeral homes in the United Kingdom. The company had come a long way since its modest beginnings in Canada‚ where Ray Loewen‚ the founder (and‚ until recently‚ chairman and CEO)‚ started out helping his father run the family funeral business in the late 1950s. During the last two decades‚ Loewen Group had grown explosively‚ mainly by acquiring small independent funeral homes and cemeteries in
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