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- 1181: Hate Crimes
- ... drinking on a Saturday night. John William King, 23, was the trio’s unofficial leader, a foul-mouthed convicted burglar whose prison nickname was “Possum.” Shawn Allen Berry, also 23, was King’s former high school classmate and partner in crime. Lawrence Russell Brewer, 31, had served seven years on a cocaine conviction, released on condition he be treated for an undisclosed mental illness. All three had tattoos or personal items ... activities of hate groups, the three men who murdered Byrd match the stereotype of perpetrators of hate crimes. All three were going through tough times struggling to stay afloat: King, Brewer, and Berry were high school dropouts unable to hold a steady job, working variously as yard workers and lumber company employees, and they were about to be evicted from the apartment they shared (Pressley A9). According to the SPLC’s ... Muslims and Panthers urged in the wake of the murder (Bragg A17). Surprising to many, the town of Jasper did not erupt in racial conflict after the murder; instead blacks and whites joined together in prayer vigils, rallies, and discussion groups, showing the world that what happened in Jasper hurt and outraged all the town’s people, not just its blacks (Bragg A8). A community forced to experience that kind ...
- 1182: The Influence of Personal Experiences In Emily Dickinson's Poetry
- ... tyrant...”, and his home was often depicted as a “ gloomy prison” (Sewall 8). In fact, Emily's fear and awe of him seemed to dominate her life. Although he read aloud from his Bible, conducted prayer service in his home daily, and he educated his children in a strict Puritan way, he himself was not quite a believer. He delayed conversion until well into middle age, “...displayed no mark of singular ... of one of her poems. Unable to accept Heaven, she was left only with this brief world, which, without Heaven, seemed somewhat of a dreadful place to her. She wrote in a letter once a prayer for forgiveness for trying to enjoy life too much. “Knew I how to pray,” she wrote, “to intercede for your Foot were intuitive, but I am a Pagan” (Sewall 590), and then the poem: Of ... with previous lives, and gained a morbid equality, such as that described in this poem: ...there was a little figure plump For every little knoll - Busy needles, and spools of thread - And trudging feet from school - Playmates, and holidays, and nuts - And visions vast and small - Strange that the feet so precious charged Should reach so small a goal! “The cemetery is filled with the dead and under ‘every little ...
- 1183: Madonna
- ... wife’s death. The child resented her father’s betrayal and wouldn’t accept her step-mother authority. While going through tough times, Ms Ciccone developed a passion for the arts. Madonna acted in high school productions, but ultimately dance became her interest in her childhood life. In addition to being a cheerleader, Madonna took up ballet classes while attending Rochester Adams High School. She found a mentor in dance instructor Christopher Flynn, who introduced her to the world of spunkiness and sophistication at Detroit gay clubs. Madonna’s wild sexuality made her fly sky high! She went on ... the papers were taken back. Thirteen months later she put in a complaint of assault against her husband after a violent dispute. After trying to save there marriage after 3 years it failed.. Like a Prayer, had a lot to do with her life. The death of her mother (Promise to Try), Her experience with Sean (Till Death Do Us Part), (Oh Father), the mystery of Catholicism, all of these ...
- 1184: Mother Teresa
- ... to Teresa. She chose the name Teresa of the Little Flower, Therese of Lisieux. After professing her temporary vows, Teresa lived in Calcutta and served as a geography and history teacher at St. Mary’s school, run by the Sisters of Our Lady Loreto. She eventually became the director of studies at the school. Mother Teresa summed up her experience as, “The happiest nun at Loreto.” According to Teresa, September 10, 1946 was the “day of inspiration” for her. It happened while she was going on a train from ... war. Between 1991 and 1993 Mother Teresa’s health began to decline. Her failing heart caused her to collapse many times. Despite her health troubles, Mother Teresa continued to work. In 1994, at a National Prayer Breakfast, Mother Teresa spoke in front of President Clinton as well as thousands more. She gave a powerful speech affirming life and calling for peace that prompted President Clinton to thank her for her “ ...
- 1185: Male, Female, And Religion
- ... fairly quickly to a seclusion of women which seems quite at odds with what the Quran intended or the Prophet wanted. In early times, women participated fully with men in all activities of worship and prayer. Soon they became segregated, however, to the point where an often-quoted hadith attributed to Muhammad has him saying that "women pray better at home than in the mosque, and best of all in their ... the community women began to find the mosque, the common place of worship, less and less accessible. In general, women's participation in all activities are different than that of male participants, for example, their prayer does not necessarily follow the pattern of the regularized five times a day. Across the Islamic world one can find women spending long periods of time at shrine tombs, relaxing in a space in which ... women are regularly beat and killed for the slightest violations of the exaggerated regulations placed upon women such as attire. "Women and girls in areas controlled by the Taliban are not permitted to go to school or work. The windows of their homes must be covered or painted black. They can leave their homes only in the company of a close male relative, and only if they are completely covered ...
- 1186: Mohandas Gandhi and His Life
- ... values of Jainism, this included the practice of ahmisa (non-injury to all living things), vegetarianism, fasting, and tolerance of other cultures. Gandhi's teenage years were full of problems. He was not good at school, or in sports, he also missed a year of school at age 13, when he got married. Life got very stressful for him when his father became sick. He was forced to take care of him. To cope with is problems he started to smoke ... became independent shortly after the war in 1947. India, however, split into two different nations, Pakistan and India. A Hindu radical shot Gandhi to death on January 30, 1948, on his way to the evening prayer. Yet he died with freedom, peace, and love within his heart. Gandhi in his lifetime had accomplished what I think is almost impossible. He freed his country from an invader by using resistance without ...
- 1187: Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Biography
- ... s life. As his wife Eleanor remarked, "He always felt that this was his home, and he loved the house and the view, the woods, special trees...." He attended Groton (1896-1900), a prestigious preparatory school in Massachusetts, and received a B.A. degree in history from Harvard in only three years (1900-03). Roosevelt next studied law at New York's Columbia University. When he passed the bar examination in 1907, he left school without taking a degree. For the next three years he practiced law with a prominent New York City law firm. He entered politics in 1910 and was elected to the New York State Senate as ... but Roosevelt was elected governor." The Living Words Of Franklin D. Roosevelt By Bombay, Thacker & CO., Ltd., 1946. "He was an energetic and efficient administrator, specializing in the business side of naval administration." D-Day Prayer Of Franklin D. Roosevelt US Government Print Off, 1944. "He always felt that this was his home, and he loved the house and the view, , the woods, special trees...." Franklin D. Roosevelts Own Story ...
- 1188: The Causes for Child Abuse
- ... whole, not just children, could benefit from ending the system of violent child rearing that goes under the euphemism of spanking.” Murray A. Straus(Bender 31). Although Ohio Law Permits corporal punishment in the home, school and institution, excessive physical discipline is abuse (U.S. 35). What causes a parent or guardian to cross the thin line from discipline to abuse? It could be a result of the parent/guardian having ... abuse within today’s society, and unless recognized, acknowledged, and stopped by America’s people pretty soon every child in America will be abused as a child and will grow up to abuse their children. Prayer is the answer to many of our problems. When people pray they sometimes expect an immediate result or aren’t really opening themselves to God. But once we are able to really hear what God ... Child Abuse. The Developing Child. Cambridge Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1978. United States. Ohio Department of Human Services. Child Abuse and Neglect: GPO, 1989. The World Publishing Company. Webster’s New World Dictionary. Ed. Basic School. The Southwestern Company: Nashville Tennessee, 1966. Catechism of the Catholic Church. Mission Hills, CA: Benziger Publishing Company, 1994. Hopper, Jim. “Child Abuse: Statistics, Research, and Resources.” 24 July 1998: 19 pp. On-line. Internet. ...
- 1189: The Influence of Thoreau on Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.
- ... Harvard in 1837 and became interested in natural history, religion, and world literature. Thoreau taught briefly but was dismissed when it became known that he opposed corporal punishment. He and his brother founded their own school based on transcendentalist principles, but he still wanted to be a poet. His dream came true when Ralph Waldo Emerson invited him to come live with them in Concord. In Walden Thoreau wrote, “Why should ... Indians by British troops at Amristar; when the Government refused to admit their wrong doing, Gandhi organized a campaign of noncooperation. Indians in office resigned, government agencies were boycotted, and children were taken out of school. Throughout India the roads were blocked by Indians who refused to move even if beaten by the police. Like Thoreau, Gandhi was arrested, but the government could not hold him long, this time. Gandhi would ... how they deal with a man who cares nothing for sensual pleasure, nothing for riches, nothing for comfort or praise.” (UNESCO, p15) On January 30, 1948, as Gandhi was on his way to his evening prayer meeting, a Hindu fanatic killed him. More than the death of anyone else in modern times, Gandhi’s death was considered a catastrophe of global proportions. Some say his place in humanity was not ...
- 1190: Women In Western Religion
- ... Jewish life. Samuel C. Heilman writes: " . . .segregation is one of the symbolic absolutes in a shul (synagogue) which defines itself as Orthodox. The scope and nature of this sexual segregation, however, goes beyond moments of prayer" (Heilman, 69). He goes so far as to state that sexual segregation is part of the means by which orthodox groups identify themselves as Orthodox. The further away a community gets from Orthodoxy, the more ... into exclusion women in effect become totally barred from participation. Orthodox Jewish communities are also to a very large extent spatially segregated: the physical location of men's worship differs from women's. The main prayer area of a synagogue is divided into male and female sections, with the women's section behind the men's and separated by a mechitza, a partition. "This kind of separation is mandatory for any ... to standards far different from those applied to men. This discrimination pervades the life of any female: she is received with less joy at birth than a boy; she is less likely to go to school; she might be deprived any share of her family's inheritance; she is under continuous surveillance in order not to behave immodestly while her bother's immodest acts are tolerated; she might even be ...
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