...On the day of Mrs. Sandra's Memorial Service, I didn't know if i could last. Mrs. Sandra was a very important person and inspiration to me, my family, and hundreds of other people. As we were walking to the building, I had so many thoughts whirling in my head. It felt like a hamster ball was turning in there! But one specific thought stood out to me like a sore thumb. I thought to myself, “I know Mrs. Sandra will love me whether she is here on earth, or in heaven with God.” Just the thought of that, made me feel like a million bucks because it's true, and Mrs. Sandra is a type of person that will love you no matter what. Soon the memorial service started, and it was hard to hold in the water works. When everyone started to say...
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...Veronica Fessel, 2.A Stenhus Gymnasium og HF 14/09/2015 9/11 Memorial - Stones and Bones In this essay, I will reflect on the design of The Memorial and The Museum and the article “Stones and Bones” from Adam Gopnik. In the article, there are a lot of different opinions about the 9/11 memorial and museum. Is the memorial just an ordinary public square at the end of a skyscraper, or is it a beautiful place to visit, when wanting to recall and show respect for the victims of 9/11? In august 2006, World Trade Center Memorial Foundation and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey commenced the project September 11 memorial and museum. In 2007 the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation was renamed National September 11 Memorial & Museum. The winner of the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition was Israeli architect Michael Arad of Handel Architects, who collaborated with Paul Walker. The Memorial park is designed as a forest of trees with two square “reflecting pools” in the center where the Twin Towers stood. All the way around the pools, the victims’ names have been engraved on the edges. The Museum is located within the archaeological heart of the World Trade Center site and tells the story of the lives of the victims through multimedia displays, archives, narratives and a collection of monumental and authentic artifacts. Stories from both victims of the 2001 and 1993 attacks are commemorated at the museum. Adam Gopnik is a Canadian American writer born in Philadelphia...
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...USA Tourism can serve as a vehicle for sustainable community development by contributing to equity and social justice. This happens as tourists learn about marginal groups through educational tourism, engage in development projects with host-area residents, undertake pilgrimages that bring greater meaning and cohesiveness to an ethnic identity, or encounter stories that transform their view of social injustice and spur further action to reduce inequities. Tourism planning can produce a sense of reconciliation when it brings historically divided groups together. An example is found in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, where a group of white and African American residents are collaborating to develop tourism projects designed around a narrative of reconciliation, while they use the process of tourism planning to work towards racial reconciliation within their community. This case illustrates strategies tourism planners employ and challenges they face when they envision tourism as more than merely a means of economic growth. Keywords: heritage tourism; Mississippi Delta; racial reconciliation; social justice; sustainable community development The advantages of tourism to rural communities are generally painted as economic: developing a tourism industry brings in ‘‘fresh’’ dollars, provides jobs and offers opportunities for local entrepreneurship (National Agricultural Library, 2008; World Travel & Tourism...
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...Ministry and Contextualization II | | Dr. D. Kortright DavisProfessorEvaluation of My Church Experience | Jacqueline D. Rooths 2/23/2012 Jacqueline D. Rooths 2/23/2012 I have attended five churches in my life. Born and baptized in the old Israel Baptist Church. During the height of the Civil Rights movement, my family transferred membership to the Church of the Redeemer Presbyterian church in Washington DC; we relocated to Long Island in my senior year of high school and we joined Memorial Presbyterian church. As an adult, I joined Hemingway African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) church and for the past 24 years, I have been a member of Union Bethel A.M.E church. I stood on the fringes of the first four churches, observing from a far, but by virtue of age and experience I have been intimately involved in the bowels of Union Bethel A.M.E. church. Each church denomination has their body of governance. The Baptist denominations follow congregational church governance in which each individual congregation is governed autonomously, free from the direct control of any other body. The Presbyterian Church has a democratic form of city and church government called "presbyterian," meaning "governed by elders." The Presbyterian Church is a connectional church, functioning on several levels, the first level being the local church. Local churches...
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...Award, Asian American Literary Award, Premio Speciale Dal Testo Allo Schermo, and South Bank Show Award for Literature. Was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Commonwealth Writers Prize, Arts Council England Decibel Award, Australia-Asia Literary Award, and Index on Censorship T R Fyvel Award. Was named a Book of the Decade by the Guardian and a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times. Reviews 'An artist of fantastic cunning... demonstrates what certain trumped-up laureates of post-modernity seem incapable of grasping: that it is possible to simultaneously address the byzantine monstrosity of contemporary existence and care about the destiny of one's characters... [a] resounding success... not unworthy of Nabokov.' -- The Village Voice (full review) 'Taut and accomplished... Changez's story, which seems to gush from him like blood from a wound, traces the self's shifting sense of itself against the rumblings of a rudely shaken world... Dostoyevskian.' -- San Francisco Chronicle (full review) 'Changez's voice is extraordinary. Cultivated, restrained, yet also barbed and passionate, it evokes the power of butler Stevens in Kazuo Ishiguro's Remains of the Day... brilliantly written and well worth a read.' -- The Seattle Times (full review) 'Some books are acts of courage... Extreme times call for extreme reactions, extreme writing. Hamid has done something extraordinary with this...
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...a country in the wake of the traumatic event, will be analyzed, each providing a unique contribution to the popular discourse. It will be argued that the interpretation of these images carry political undertones despite being created in part by the public, and that collectively they constitute a representation of an America which, although astonished, threatened and in mourning, remains unified. “9/11” refers to the attacks occurring on September 11, 2001, most notably on the World Trade Centre complex in New York, by plane hijackers associated with the Islamic fundamentalist group al-Qaeda. The complex was destroyed by the plane crashes and the fires that they caused, with the attacks claiming 2977 lives in total (9/11 Memorial). Jarvis describes the day as one where “the mundane ordinariness of daily existence – sleep patterns, habitual media consumption, commutes to work – [were] put “out of joint” with unpredictable suddenness”...
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...Corregidor as Dark Tourism: Basis for Designing Marketing Plan A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the School of Hospitality & Tourism Management of St. Dominic College of Asia A Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements Towards the Degree Bachelor of Science in Tourism Management Gocotano, Mary Abigail C. Sarte, Kimberly Anne A. APPROVAL SHEET In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Tourism Management, this thesis entitled “Corregidor As Dark Tourism: Basis for Designing Marketing Plan” was prepared and submitted to the School of International Hospitality and Tourism Management by: GOCOTANO, MARY ABIGAIL C. SARTE, KIMBERLY ANNE A. Approved by the committee on oral examination on April 16, 2015 with the grade of ________. DR. JONATHAN R. ADANZA Adviser ELEONOR D. AGUILANDO, MBA Panel Member Accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Tourism Management DR. ALEJANDRO D. MAGNAYE Dean ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This study would not have been possible without the guidance and the help of several individuals who in one way or another contributed and extended their valuable assistance in the preparation and completion of this study. First, to the creator above, for all the guidance and strength that He has given to us to finish this study and power to...
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...Apple L. English 101 9:00 am. - 10:15 a.m. Narrative September 12, 2012 “Chiqui” Right now, as I’m sitting in front of my computer, I glanced at a familiar face seemingly staring back at me. It’s a photo of my beloved pet dog, Chiqui, and memories of the past just came rushing to my mind. I remember a year ago, when my Mom and Dad came to visit me. I was so excited to finally see them since I moved from New York. On that day, before I pick up my parents from airport. I got a call from my close friend who takes care of our house and my little Chiqui in Cebu, Philippines. He’s hesitant to say on how he would say the news for me. The first line he told me, Apple it’s about Chiqui. When I felt from his voice that there is something wrong. He said to me, I’m sorry Chiqui is gone. I stop and my mind was blocked that I don’t know what to do. My mind sinks a lot of questions. My friend told me, Chiqui did not suffer. She died because of old age. I cried so much that I want to go back to my country and be with her. Until the time that I need to pick up my parents from the airport, when they saw me tears rolling down my cheeks, they taught it was tears of joy…. Then, I delivered the news, “Mom, Chiqui is gone just a while ago.” We both cried together. Our beloved pet and faithful companion passed away without us at her side.. It was so heartbreaking! It came as no surprise for me, however, because before we left a year ago from...
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...With reference to careful personal observations of the NIV some items became clear. Matthew and Mark says they all partook. All the accounts show the relationship between to the Passover. Paul is the only one that does not mention the betrayer or how the betrayer was identified. Paul only mentioned that on the night he was betrayed. This is likely more a reference to when rather than who. That being said though, he refers to Israel’s leaven and their failures to keep the Passover clean in earlier chapters. Paul does not mention Jesus taking communion with them in heaven. He instead focuses on the proclamation of the Lord’s death and its meaning until he comes. Luke and John mention the body posture at the table. Luke mentions the New...
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...Memorial Day ( originally “Decoration Day”) * First observed in May 30, 1868 * General Orders No.11 – Grand Army of the Republic * “Let no…neglect, no ravages of time testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic. If other eyes grow dull, other hands slack, and other hearts cold in the solemn trust, ours shall keep it well as long as the light and warmth of life remain to us”. General John A. Logan What does God require of us? * Read Micah 6:1-8 * Context for the book of Micah * Micah was a prophet during the period of approximately 742-687 A.D. * Contemporaries were the prophets Isaiah and Hosea * * According to commentaries, Micah emphasized the need for justice and peace. Throughout the book are prophecies about Jesus as the Messiah; He will be Israel’s King and ruler acting with mercy toward them. Micah emphasizes God’s hatred of * Unkindness * Idolatry * Injustice * Empty ritual * Micah wrote to warn of God’s judgment and to offer God’s mercy for those who would repent * Key Verse: 6:8 “He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. * Compelling words and beautiful concepts, but it is more than that: * The prophet, inspired by God, poses a rhetorical question: ...
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...Running Head: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH ARTICLE CRITIQUE Qualitative Research Article Critique Corey J. Ivany (MUN ID#: 009435660) Education 6100 Memorial University of Newfoundland Abstract This paper is an academic critique of a qualitative research article written by Karen Dorgan (2004) entitled: A Year in the Life of an Elementary School: One School’s Experiences in Meeting New Mathematics Standards. Throughout the course of the 1999-2000 school year, Dorgan observed and interviewed teachers who were members of the faculty of an economically and racially diverse elementary school in Virginia. The purpose behind the case study was to examine how the changes in the state Standards of Learning would effect pedagogical decision making, teaching and learning, and methods of instruction and evaluation. My evaluation/critique of this article is an holistic interpretation of the study as an example of a qualitative research project and is based on my understandings of this type of study from my involvement in Education 6100: Research and Design Methods from Memorial University of Newfoundland. My concern is to develop a systematic and analytical discussion based around the degree to which this case study exemplifies the characteristics of qualitative research. Qualitative Research Article Critique In her article A Year in the Life of an Elementary School: One School’s Experiences in Meeting New Mathematics Standards, Karen Dorgan (2004)...
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...as a religious group on as an ethnic group. Judaism traces its history back to the creation of mankind. The Jewish sense of history begins with the stories recounted in the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh. Biblical history begins with the creation of the world by as supreme deity, or God. Jewish history does not end where the Tanakh end, about the second century BCE. After the holy center of Judaism, the Temple of Jerusalem, was captured and destroyed by the Romans in 70CE, Jewish history is that of a dispersed people, finding unity in their teachings and traditional practices which where codified in the great compendium of Jewish law and lore, the Talmud. Although knowledge of the early history of the Children of Israel is based largely on the narratives of the Tanakh, scholars are uncertain of the historical accuracy of the accounts, Jews hold the Pentateuch, the five books of Moses” that appear at the beginning of the Tanakh, as the most sacred part of the scriptures. (Pg.248) | Monotheism: the central theme is that there is one Creator God, the “cause of all existent things.” (Pg.278)In early monotheism Scholars disagree on whether pure monotheism- the worship of a single God of the universe, exclusive of any other divine beings was practiced by the early patriarchs. Many names for...
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...arguments usually question or celebrate the transgressive potentials of the book (Giroux; Mendieta), or address issues of masculinity brought into the fore by their literary and cinematic representations emergent in the same decade (Tuss; Friday). However, few, if any, have addressed the literary aspirations of the text and its author. Although none of the approaches to the thematic concerns of Fight Club are unjustified, in the argument that follows I will suggest that conclusions drawn and critical judgments passed have been hasty, and not only failed to take into account the formal aspects of story-telling, but that the narrative features of Palahniuk’s text have largely went unexplored, and constitute a blind spot of the reception. Critics condemning or acclaiming the novel, and, indeed, many a cultic reader of Palahniuk ignored Fight Club as a literary narrative, and have inadvertently been repeating the catchphrases of the text, either reinforcing or trying to undermine what they have understood as their meaning. I see the significance of Palahniuk’s fiction and the literary event of Fight Club’s publication in somewhat different terms. Palahniuk’s emphasis and continued insistence on minimalism suggest that his fiction is properly understood as belonging to a literary tradition whose evaluation remains troubled and, for a large part, unsettled. Nevertheless,...
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...NOTES IN LIT II Literature under Spanish Colonialism (1893) 1565 * When Spain established their first permanent settlement in the Philippines. They place upon the on the Filipino people the Spanish Monarch and Roman Catholic Religion. Pueblos * (taga-bayan) Filipinos who settled where they were within easy reach of the power of the church and State. Hinterlands * (taga- bukid or taga bundok) are the Filipinos who kept their distance from colonial administrators and their native agents, staying close to the sources of their livelihood in the mountains. * The distinction were beyond indicating mere geographic origin and took an overtones of cultural snobbery as the effect of colonization seeped deeper into the consciousness of lowland Filipinos. Filipino * This name was reserved for Spaniards born in the Philippines, and everybody else who had only native ancestors was an “Indian”. Parish Priest * It was practically the only Spaniard who had direct contact with the Filipinos. * Became the embodiment of Spanish power and culture among the colonized populace, though their contact with him and the beliefs and values he carried, religion exerted a pervasive influence on the minds of Christianized Filipinos. Medieval Catholicism * These were presented by Friar began to be challenged by Filipinos who had by virtue of university education and come into the orbit of liberal minds in the 19th century Spain and Europe. * Also the literature of...
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...500 years? Why has the intercommunication, interaction, and interdependence of the peoples of the world become so much more intense during the past 500 years than they were in earlier ages? How and why did western civilization rise to global domination in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and how has the challenge of western power and cultural prestige affected the course of history of all the World's people? Finally a question that we should be asking throughout the semester: how have the patterns of world history over the past 500 years determined or affected 1) the way we now live and think, and 2) our prospects for peace, prosperity, and the "pursuit of happiness" in the coming decades? This course is NOT primarily a narrative survey of civilizations, dynasties, and nations. The history of humankind is more than the sum of the histories of particular countries or empires. The most important developments in history have not taken place merely within the boundaries of nations. Rather, large-scale patterns of history have unfolded in continental, hemispheric, or global settings, drawing peoples of different languages and cultures into common historical...
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