Australia Day is a public holiday held throughout the country on January 26‚ although celebrated as a wondrous occasion by many‚ it actually portrays the arrival of the First Fleet convict flotilla at Botany Bay‚ 1788. European settlers dispossessed the traditional owners of Australia‚ for this reason many Indigenous people refer to it as “Invasion Day” or “Survival Day.” As Professor Dodson agrees “We have to have a date that’s more inclusive than January 26.” The changing of the date of Australia
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GREGORIO CYRUS R.ELEJORDE FLORDELIZA C. NAVIDAD Professor Masterand Case Study l. Information Title of organization : Betlehem Day Care Center Foundation Incorporation (BDCCFI) Description: The Day Care Center is an outreach project of the Cebu Archdiocesan Prison apostolate (CAPA) For 14 years now. Location : White Road ‚ Inayawan
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Veterans Day‚ What Does it Mean to Me? Each day means something different everybody. Some people hate Mondays while others love them‚ and some people love Fridays while others hate them. The same goes for each holiday‚ Columbus Day‚ Christmas‚ Halloween‚ and Veterans Day‚ they each mean something different to everyone. Well‚ this is what Veterans Day means to me. This isn’t another day for us to get out of work and go easy on. This is a day that was made to honor and thank our veterans‚ the ones
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Should we ‘Tone Down’ ANZAC Day to be considerate of ethnic minorities in Australia? Of course not. But a substantial amount of Anglo-Australians believe that we should. This makes absolutely no sense at all. Why would anyone be offended by ANZAC day‚ we are remembering the brave men and women who have fought and died for this country‚ as well as the ones that continue to fight for our country overseas. I don’t see how anyone may be offended by that‚ except for maybe the Turkish or the Germans
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elderly people sitting in the mall‚ dressed up in black suits with medals covering them‚ selling poppies. Some wonder why they sit there all day‚ selling a simple red flower... Lest we forget... Remembrance day is defined as a commonwealth holiday that commemorates the men and women who lost their lives during the war. It’s observed at the 11th hour of the 11th day‚ of the 11th month‚ which is said to be when World War 1 officially ended. That was the first major war that occurred‚ killing over 9 million
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Halloween‚ a day of dressing in costumes‚ going door to door collecting candy and other treats. Watching scary movies going to “haunted” houses and traditional activities in fall such as hayrides‚ and even “haunted” hayrides. (True History of Halloween‚ 2008) We will be exploring a few different variations of Halloween. One from a religious view and another from the library of congress both very interesting. Following this you will learn how it crosses over to the Hispanic holiday “Dia
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For Labor Day weekend my family always does something special. Last year we visited my aunt in California and then this year we went up to the mountains and camp out for the weekend. When we first got up there we had to turn on the water and the power for the cabin and the trailer. After we did that we got everything unloaded and ready for the weekend. We got the heat going and the beds ready while we cleaned and setup the trailer for the stay. After about an hour we went to bed. The next morning
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hours: Lecture hours: Lecture Section: Lecture Location: Professor Joseph A. Petry 116 David Kinley Hall 333-4260 jpetry@illinois.edu Wed 10:15 – 11:15 M/W 3:00 – 3:50 (AL1); M/W 4:00 – 4:50 (BL1) AL1‚ BL1 141 Wohlers Hall Lab Time: Lab Days: Lab Location: TA Office Hours: TA Contacts: Head TA Varies by TA section Thursday / Friday 901 W. Oregon‚ Room 101 See Compass for schedule Yashar Heydari Meenakshi Ghosh heydari1@illinois.edu mghosh2@illinois.edu Kazuyuki Hashimoto
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About the book: The book "Burmese Days" was written by George Orwell and published first in 1934. Orwell took the inspiration for this first novel of his from the experiences he gained during his service as an imperial police officer in Burma in the late 1920s. There he was confronted with extreme forms of imperialism‚ causing racism and also chauvinism. These are also the main topics of the novel and although they are wrapped up in the story of a single man’s fate‚ John Flory’s‚ these topics
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land himself‚ where as others say he went evil on the natives‚ making them become slaves and made them do as he said. Well‚ there’s a whole other story waiting to be told. Once Columbus sailed off on his three ships‚ he set out to sea for about 36 days. Once there Columbus set down his flag‚ unaware of the people hiding behind the trees and plants of the area‚ watching his every move. While walking on a path Columbus probably spotted some Native Americans. He was in fact not greedy at all but since
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