Happy Birthday History August 3 is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in the calendar. There are 150 days remaining until the end of the year. Many different and interesting things happened on August 3rd. Some things that happened were my birthday and a couple historical things. The first thing that happened was in 1492. It was when Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos de la Frontera‚ Spain. Christopher Colombus was an explorer and navigator who was born in Italy. On the evening
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children playing joyfully on the rusted swings in the park. It was almost picturesque. There was not even a cloud in the sky‚ although I did feel obliged to go over to those happy children and warn them of the safety issues. It was my thirteenth birthday today. I was becoming a teenager‚ the adolescent that I had been dreaming of becoming‚ there was going to be a whole new set of rules. Yet the day would unfold not as I had either intended or expected. I went to the door and gripped the rounded door
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On September “99” My twin brother Michael A. Bates died in my arms at the age of seventeen. I had a dream the night before that something bad was going to happen to my brother‚ but when I woke up the next day and went into his room he was laying there; so I didn’t pay my dream any attention. Later on that evening my brother and I had made plans to go out to a couple of parties. Unfortunately we didn’t make it out because my brothers live was taken to street violence. My brother was robbed by a group
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Lil Wayne‚ Bubba Sparxx‚ and numerous other rappers that are apart of the elite Hip Hop industry specify their ideal body type through their music. On August 14 of 2012 the rapper‚ 2 Chainz released the single “Birthday Song”‚ in which his lyrics were “All I want for my birthday is a big booty hoe” describing his particular taste in women. 2 Chainz isn’t the only African American who prefers the stereotypical enlarged rear‚ in fact this has been a common trend since 1992 when the release of
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"The chief festivities occurred at Michaelmas‚ Christmas‚ Easter‚ and May Day. Of these‚ the first and the last were closely connected with the seigneurial system. On Michaelmas the habitant came to pay the annual rental for his lands; on May Day he rendered the Maypole homage which‚ has been already described. Christmas and Easter were the great festivals of the Church and as such were celebrated with religious fervor and solemnity. In addition‚ minor festivals‚ chiefly religious in character‚ were
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Eid al-Fitr is celebrated by Muslims after fasting the month of Ramadan as a matter of thanks and gratitude to Allah. It takes place on the first day of Shawwal‚ the tenth month of the lunar calendar. Eid al-Fitr is a happy celebration when people dress new clothes‚ visit their lovers‚ and go out for fun. People dress traditional clothes Thobe and Ghutra. Before Eid’s day‚ people go to tailors to sew new Thobe and buy a new Ghutra. The thobe is a loose‚ long-sleeved‚ and ankle-length garment
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Intro Ted’s anthology Birthday Letters a is skilful display of poeticism‚ offering his own person perspective on his dysfunctional marriage with Plath. Through confessional poems “Your Paris and “Sam”‚ Hughes offers a conflict perspective on Plath‚ persuading the reader that he was a victim of the marriage‚ suffering under Plath’s manipulative nature and mental instability. Your Paris Deals with appearance and reality and the truth that lies beneath the surface‚ however it is subjective as it
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Should the celebration of Black History Months still be relevant and necessary in society? The celebration of Black History Month should not still be relevant in society. The very few times a black person that changed history is mentioned is during this one month. Why should a race be secluded to one month of appreciation? And why is it being singled out‚ why not just appreciate it throughout the year as any of the other races? The very few times any black person that changed history is mentioned
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My Daughter’s Birthday I was almost nine months pregnant at the beginning of September‚ the summer coming to an end‚ but nonetheless‚ the bun in the oven was cooking on very high temperatures making me feel hot and miserable. As I waited in the doctor’s office for my weekly routine visit‚ I thought to myself‚ “I have two more visits left before I meet my sweet baby girl.” My doctor told me that due to the presumed size of my baby if I did not go into labor by the next morning‚ she was going
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Liturgical Leaflet for an Active Participation in the Celebration of the Eucharist 18 December 2011 4th Sunday of Advent Year B T Open Hearts Open our Hearts God’s to God’s Presence lives‚ filling them with hope and peace. But if we want to enjoy all these benefits‚ we must respond adequately to God’s presence in us. We do that by opening our hearts to Him with gratitude and eagerness‚ following the example of Mary Most Holy who declares her total availability to do whatever God wants
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