PALM SUNDAY / PALASPAS Palm Sunday is an Easter celebration that commemorates the fulfillment of Zechariah 9:9 where Jesus makes his triumphal entrance into Jerusalem. The event took place one week prior to His resurrection‚ and it is a day that kicks off the Holy Week. But why the palms? The palms we now wave in our Palm Sunday celebrations represent the palms that were waved by the crowd and placed in Jesus’ path when he rode the donkey into Jerusalem. In many churches the palms are then saved
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By: Daniel Oswalt Billy Sunday For almost a quarter century Billy Sunday was a household name in the United States. Between 1902 when he first made the pages of the New York Times and 1935 when the paper covered his death and memorial service in detail‚ people who knew anything about current events had heard of the former major league baseball player who was preaching sin and salvation to large crowds all over America. Not everyone who knew of the famous evangelist liked him. Plenty of outspoken
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BALTHAZAR’S MARVELOUS AFTERNOON An analytical review By Kenny Beachmount Márquez’s story about a poor carpenter and his magnificent birdcage has been the object of much critique and the presumed underlying connotations of this fable-like tale have been subjected to such detailed scrutiny as to border on the absurd. When reading stories of this caliber‚ we are faced with two possible ways of assessing them. The first is of course a simple critique‚ the end result of which can be categorized into
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the fall: Pumpkin Spice Latte: Everyone’s favorite fall drink‚ pumpkin spice latte‚ can be made even more amazing by adding rye whiskey. Whip one up from scratch at home or visit your favorite coffee shop for a barista-made treat and sneak in some whiskey from a flask to enjoy this special treat.
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Afternoon tea Tea in England was initially served in coffee houses. Due to high taxation it was expensive‚ and only affordable for the very wealthy. Despite the cost‚ tea drinking became widely popular‚ and tea sellers such as Thomas Twining started selling dry tea‚ so that ladies who could not frequent the coffee houses could enjoy it. Tea was very valuable‚ and was kept by the lady of the house rather than in the care of the housekeeper. It was the lady of the house also who would serve the tea
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Claude Debussy composed the orchestral tone poem Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun in 1894 and was originally written by French poet Stéphane Mallarmé. Born in 1862 Claude Debussy was a French composer. Debussy wasn’t from a musical family‚ but he began piano lessons at seven years old and his parents supported him. Debussy was an extremely talented piano player and by 10 years old his talents entered him in the Paris Conservatoire where he would continue to study music for 11 years. Claude Debussy
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Afternoon of an American Boy When I was in my teens‚ I lived in Mount Vernon‚ in the same block with J. Parnell Thomas‚ who grew up to become chairman of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. I lived on the corner of Summit and East Sidney‚ at No. 101 Summit Avenue‚ and Parnell lived four or five doors north of us on the same side of the avenue‚ in the house the Diefendorfs used to live in. Parnell was not a playmate of mine‚ as he was a few years older‚ but I used to greet him
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own nature‚ status and role. The overall result of these shifts is to produce a literature which seems dedicated to experimentation and innovation. An undertaking in some postmodernist writings‚ evidently present in Marquez‚ Balthazar’s Marvellous afternoon is of the literature of the absurd- is to subvert the foundations of our accepted modes of thoughts and experience so as to reveal the meaninglessness of existence and the underlying ‘’abyss‚’’ or ‘’void’’‚ or ‘’nothingness’’ on which any supposed
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Guano islands Along the Peruvian coast is a string of rocky islands and peninsulas that are home to guanay cormorants‚ boobies‚ and pelicans. The birds leave the islands every morning to feed on the fish‚ especially anchovies‚ that are plentiful in the Humboldt Current. They return in the afternoon. There is no vegetation on the islands‚ so they build their nests out of guano and feathers‚ adding a new layer every year. By the time Europeans first saw the islands‚ the guano was more than 100 feet
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Behind the Music: Sunday Bloody Sunday During the four minutes and forty-two seconds I listened intently to Bono’s song‚ Sunday Bloody Sunday‚ many thoughts passed through my mind. Bono did a wonderful job of contrasting the 1972 Bloody Sunday Massacre with Easter Sunday‚ a peaceful day both Protestants and Catholics celebrate. While hearing U2’s uniquely created spin on the incident‚ I realized how sad and gruesome the day must have been. Bono’s parents were both of two different religions‚ Protestant
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