Ona and Jurgis Rudkus, two Lithuanian immigrants who have just come to Chicago, are being married. They have veselija, or wedding, that follows the Lithuanian tradition. This celebration takes place in a hall near the Chicago stockyards, which is an area of the city called Packingtown - because it is in the middle of the meat-packing industry. Food, beer, and music are all part of this wedding. Hungry people standing in the doorway are even invited inside to eat. And, the musicians play badly but no one minds. The best part of the celebration is when the guests form a circle where the bride stands in the middle and each guest takes a turn dancing with her. At the wedding, many guests take advantage of the bride and groom by filling themselves
“How JROTC has prepared me to be a better citizen of the United states of America”. JROTC has prepared me to become a better citizen by teaching me how to use leadership skills and be able to cope with subordinates. It also has prepared me to be a better citizen by showing me what the 7 army values are and what they mean. Some of the army values are respect, honor, integrity, and personal courage. JROTC has showed me how to do things different from the way I thought things should be done and how to march and be able to keep a company and platoon together when marching. Since I know a lot about the JROTC I am able to help other people become better citizens like I was taught. I am also a better citizen because i have the discipline not to do certain things that I did before I took the JROTC class.
In regards to key developmental aspects of human growth in my life and as I integrate Erickson’s eight stages of development into my 48 years of life, I found that many of my transitional tasks were delayed, or not developed according to Erickson’s time frame. This might be due to the dysfunctional lifestyle, neglected childhood and promiscuous teenage years I had and it has taken me many years to develop my sense of identity, my sense of intimacy, and to change my behavior (Feldman, 2011). In the argument of Piaget he says that children at the age of three to five years think abstractly and this affects their motor
Small groups are the proper environment to develop and grow disciples of Jesus. The purpose of a small group is to develop sacrificial, relational, transformed people who can continue the cycle of disciple development. Small groups must be intentional, individual and missional. There are five primary passages that can be used to form a small group ministry philosophy. Each of these passages have accompanying principles that we can apply to our small group ministries.
Everyone has a special talent they can offer to the world. For Omar, baseball has always been his first true love. Twenty-year-old Omar Salinas is a junior at UT Arlington and is studying Interdisciplinary Studies. His father, Andres Salinas, pushed Omar to follow his footsteps and his legacy. As a first generation student athlete, Omar aspires to be a high school coach to train athletes to have a strong mindset.
Vicente-Martinez Ybor served an important role in shaping Florida into what it is today. Ybor was an entrepreneur who left his home in Spain at fourteen. He started a cigar factory in Florida in 1868 and later moved to Tampa. Ybor is best known for his financial growth in the west coast of Florida and the city named after him near Tampa. Ybor’s buisness practices made a direct impact on Florida
The readers are first introduced to the Rudkus family and their friends through the wedding of Jurgis and Ona. A short while after their marriage, they are eager to begin work to pay off their wedding debt. The characters appear optimistic and have a firm belief in the American Dream. Luckily, both Ona and
You have a beautiful name. I have a cousin name Vonda, and I thought she had a name that no one else had because it seems to be so unique. You are truly blessed to have eight beautiful children. I always believe in having a big family but was blessed with one. One day I would love to adopt children that need special care. You also have a particular call to teach our children, which is so excellent to teach. You also run an outreach which is a tremendous task to do, to reach the homeless and the underserved in your community. You are remarkable because you are doing what God has called you to do.
Esau was the first son of Isaac, the grandson of Abraham. Throughout his lifetime, he was married to black Hamitic women of which one of his wives was a black Egyptian woman the daughter of Ishmael named Mahalath aka Bashemath (Genesis 28:9). We should not forget that Ishmael’s mother and wife were black Egyptian women, and his Egyptian wife was the mother of all Ishmael’s children (Genesis 16:1, 3, 15-16; 21:21).
The story opens at the veselija, or wedding gathering of Jurgis and his wife, Ona. They have recently come from Chicago and are celebrating their marriage in a bar in their neighborhood. It is a depiction of a substantial social affair of glad Lithuanian individuals getting a charge out of an uncommon wealth of sustenance, liquor, and great circumstances. There is music, moving, singing, and a large number of similar things we would expect today at a wedding party. At the point when hungry individuals stand outside the door, it is Lithuanian custom to welcome them inside for their fill of
Frane selak is a great man,he survived death many times.The first time was a train fell off the tracks.someone poled him to safety Next he was in a plane and the door flew off and he flew out and landed in a big pile of hay. Pow! He got hit by a huge car it fell with frane selak in it, then it fell off the road frane selak grabbed a tree! His car exploded and he survived! Again. The next time his car exploded! With him in the car. The next time he got hardly hit by a bus 2 times! Then won the lottery. His hair was burned, his arm was broken. He had to get another car again and again and again and again. His leg was broke. over 25 people who were not as lucky in these 7 unfortunate things and
The winters are very hard in Chicago, and often the snow is so deep that the family has a difficult time getting to work. Jurgis comes to understand the hardships of his job and of his fellow workers. They are worked to the bone, and the companies do everything they can to speed up the work. Jurgis and Marija join the unions and soon become active members. In the summer, Marija's factory is given a leave of absence because there is not enough work to employ everyone, so the family begins to struggle even more with money. Old Antanas dies from sickness that he contracts in one of the factories, and Ona and Teta Elzbieta go into the workforce in order to help the family meet its financial obligations. Their work is difficult, and when Ona becomes pregnant, she is forced to continue working and given only a week off to have her child. She returns to the workforce too quickly and is beset with pain and sickness for the rest of her life. One day, Jurgis finds that Ona does not come home from the factory. When he finds her and questions her, he soon learns that she is being forced into sexual relations by
Today’s sports came from 3,500 years ago. They were influenced from one sport long ago that is still played to this day. The game ulama was the first known team sport and influenced all in today's age. The game was played a millennium before the first Olympic Games. This game was played by the Mesoamerican tribes in Central America. More specifically the Olmec, Mayan, and the Aztec tribes in Central America. The Aztecs called the game Tlachtli and the Mayans called it Pok a Tok. It is believed that this special game spread to Paraguay into present day Arizona. Ulama has very interesting background, religious standings, and incredible game play (Hill).
Oikos in Greek means family or household. Polis in Greek means city or city-state.. Oedipus destroyed is oikos when he went to Thebes. He was trying to avoid his fate that the prophet told him about. In turn, returning to his hometown and his real family. Oedipus also recognized polis when he became the king. He ruled the city-state of Thebes. Antigone only lived by oikos. She buried her brother even though she knew that Creon was going to punish anyone who defied his word. She didn’t care about what Creon or the rest of the city thought and buried her brother because he was family.
Aaron .E. Regier was born in Henderson Nebraska in 1919 along with his brothers, Alvin, John and Henry. His parents had moved into the town of Henderson a time way before him. He grew up there for his early childhood years and enjoyed it for the most part. In 1932 his family moved San Jose California where he attended a job a at a cannery. He worked in the cannery for most of his life and never had a job that required a higher skill set such as a teacher or doctor or anyone with a degree for that matter. Throughout his life of working in the cannery, Aaron became the male choir leader at his church as he was very gifted at singing. He enjoyed music and loved it passionately. He led the male choir at his church for many years. Aaron’s brother
Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori, has revolutionized three-dimensional art by methodically overlapping layers of paint and resin to create an optical illusion. The lengthy process requires days in-between each layers to dry. Mr. Fukahori uses a techniques that took him over eight years to master. He was inspired after he neglected his own pet goldfish for sometime, and was bewildered by the fishes willingness to survive. That moment marked a transition in not only his art career but his life as well. His fascination with goldfish began to expand resulting in a series of pieces he later named as the Goldfish Salvation.