Jeanette Flager: The Biography “So Grandma‚ tell me about your childhood‚” I asked. “Um‚ not good‚” she replied. “Tell me why.” My grandmother‚ Jeanette Flager‚ answered this way because of her stressful childhood. Moving several times while under a certain age can be hard. But‚ when those hardships passed‚ she was starting fresh with her family. Jeanette Alice Flager was born December 17‚ 1947‚ in Deadwood‚ South Dakota. She was the first of 7 kids. She moved from Deadwood to St. Onge‚ South
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At the centre of Buddhist ethical practice are the Five Precepts which hold the fundamental Buddhist values‚ inclusive of ethical and moral teachings that serve as guides to perpetrate righteous behaviour. Each of the Five Precepts produces its own virtues and are very important in terms of maintaining a devoted lifestyle. The first brings about compassion‚ the second generosity‚ the third contentment and genuine companionship‚ the fourth honesty‚ and the fifth clarity and awareness. The principal
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The Inescapability of the Fear of Death Humans are unique because they are conscious of their own ephemeral existence. Don Delillo uses White Noise to interpret the fear of death. Delillo uses the events of Jacks life to illustrate how people use different strategies to escape the reality of death. These strategies range from the drug addiction of his wife‚ to the zealot who turns to religion to even Jack’s strategy‚ alternate reality and/or loss of his reality. They use these strategies to
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THESEUS: Either to die the death or to abjure for ever the society of men. Therefore‚ fair Hermia‚ question your desires; Know of your youth‚ examine well your blood‚ Whether‚ if you yield not to your father’s choice‚ You can endure the livery of a nun‚ For aye to be in shady cloister mew’d‚ To live a barren sister all your life‚ Chanting faint hymns to the cold fruitless moon. Thrice-blessed they that master so their blood‚ To undergo such maiden pilgrimage; But earthlier happy is the rose distill’d
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that through serving the poorest‚ she was serving the God. Mother Teresa’s real name was Agnes Gonreha Bojaxhiu. She was born in Skopje‚ then in Albania‚ Yugoslavia‚ on 27th August‚ 1910. When she was only twelve years old‚ she decided to become a nun to spend her life for God’s work. And at 18‚ she went to Ireland and entered the congregation of sisters of Loretto at the institute of Blessed Virgine Marg. There Agnes took on the name Teresa’. There in that distant land she would get the call to
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prevention of illness and injury‚ alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response‚ and advocacy in the care of individuals‚ families‚ communities‚ and populations. Traditional nursing Before the foundation of modern nursing‚ nuns and the military often provided nursing-like services.[2] The Christian churches have been long term patrons of nursing and influential in the development of the ethos of modern nursing. Elsewhere‚ other nursing traditions developed‚ such as in Islam
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Mary mackillop INTRODUCTION/HISTORY Mary Mackilliop was born in Australia she was born on 15 January 1842 in Fitzroy‚ Melbourne‚ the eldest of eight children. Mary was attending at private schools but her father who had studied for the priesthood at Rome. To help her family Mary became in turn a shopgirl‚ a governess‚ and at Portland a teacher in the Catholic Denominational School of a small boarding school for girls. As she grew to womanhood Mary was probably influenced by an early friend
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Canterbury Tales were both remarkable pieces of literature that are key to the development of society. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a tale that represents the chivalric code‚ order‚ Christian virtues and respect. The Canterbury Tales‚ however‚ somewhat poke fun at the church and mock its workers‚ and is filled with lust and cockiness. Both of the works were written in the same time period. While they were written in the same time period‚ the two stories
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convent‚ the setting of the story‚ the Mother Superior informs Matthew that his wife is dead. He is not able to contain his new feeling of freedom and exalts his joy by smiling to his wife’s dead body right under the nose of the three flabbergasted nuns. Matthew then focuses on his self-contempt because he is bounded by social conventions. In the short story "Smile"‚ Matthew realizes that his wife and social conventions have prevented him from being a "man alive" and have condemned him to martyrdom
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Moon Has Set.” When the manuscripts were sent to Irish literary figures like Lady Gregory and Maud Gonne‚ they rejected them pointing out the absence of morality. The famous play portrayed a Nun leaving a nunnery to marry a rich man. Synge depicted the situations realistically without hypocrisy. In the play the Nun is purely fictitious‚ but critics say the rich man is Synge’s persona. All the emotions of his sad love affair come in this play. But catholic Ireland couldn’t accept the liberal attitude
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