Week of BLOG PRESENTATIONS
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Thursday, March 12, 2015
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Week 10 - Ireland's most world famous holiday
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Living in the USA for almost five years now, I realized that Americans just love to throw parties and celebrate any occasion. Every month is dedicated to one or more particular holiday(s) - with Christmas in December being the most valued. This month's holiday is a European one. It's St. Patrick's Day.
How many people actually know why it's celebrated though? My answer would be: not too many. So, let's take a look at St. Patty's history.
According to our favorite website Wikipedia ;), Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick, is a cultural and religious
celebration occurring annually on March 17, the death date of the most commonly-recognized patron saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick (c. AD 385–461).
Saint Patrick's Day was made an official Christian feast day in the early seventeenth century and is observed by the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion (especially the Church of Ireland), the Eastern Orthodox Church and Lutheran Church. The day commemorates Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland, as well as celebrating the heritage and culture of the Irish in general.
Celebrations generally involve public parades and festivals, and the wearing of green attire or shamrocks. Christians also attend church services, and the Lenten restrictions on eating and drinking alcohol are lifted for the day, which has encouraged and propagated the holiday's tradition of alcohol consumption.
In the United States, more than 100 St. Patrick's Day parades are held across the country; with Boston and New York City being the home of the largest celebrations.
Saint Patrick's Day was made an official Christian feast day in the early seventeenth century and is observed by the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion (especially the Church of Ireland), the Eastern Orthodox Church and Lutheran Church. The day commemorates Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland, as well as celebrating the heritage and culture of the Irish in general.
Celebrations generally involve public parades and festivals, and the wearing of green attire or shamrocks. Christians also attend church services, and the Lenten restrictions on eating and drinking alcohol are lifted for the day, which has encouraged and propagated the holiday's tradition of alcohol consumption.
In the United States, more than 100 St. Patrick's Day parades are held across the country; with Boston and New York City being the home of the largest celebrations.
Did you know that more than 34 mio. U.S. residents claim Irish ancestry? That's more than seven times the population of Ireland. If you want to read up on more interesting facts about St. Patrick's Day, check out this graphic.
Monday, March 9, 2015
Week 9 - Oops, where did time fly?!
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What day is it? And, what time? The weekend already passed? Oh no!! We all know this feeling. The feeling of "Wait, wasn't something due today/yesterday/the day before yesterday"?
YES!!!
Whoops, I guess I missed the deadline for last Friday's blog. Not a good thing in professional journalism - at all. So, I am lucky that this is "only" a college class that is part of my journey, and everyone makes mistakes.
However, I didn't want to miss this entry because I greatly looked forward to talking a bit about time travel - a really cool way of moving from one place to another. We all experienced it last weekend. You don't believe me? Oh come on, I know you did (unless you were on a different continent than North America).
March 8, 2015 was when all people - yes, including YOU - on this continent traveled from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. in the blink of an eye. Whaaaat? Yeah, some folks refer to this way of traveling also to daylight saving time. :)
Daylight saving time here officially began Sunday. It was invented to conserve energy and to make better use of sunlight. All clocks had to be set one hour ahead. Daylight saving time will end at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, and that's when clocks will "fall back" an hour again.
In Germany, for example, the same procedure will happen on March 29. Why three weeks later than in North America, you wonder? Germany follows the rules of the European Union (EU) regarding the start and end times and dates for summer time. The period extends each year from the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in October.
If you would like to know a bit more about "time traveling" check out this website!
YES!!!
Whoops, I guess I missed the deadline for last Friday's blog. Not a good thing in professional journalism - at all. So, I am lucky that this is "only" a college class that is part of my journey, and everyone makes mistakes.
However, I didn't want to miss this entry because I greatly looked forward to talking a bit about time travel - a really cool way of moving from one place to another. We all experienced it last weekend. You don't believe me? Oh come on, I know you did (unless you were on a different continent than North America).
March 8, 2015 was when all people - yes, including YOU - on this continent traveled from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. in the blink of an eye. Whaaaat? Yeah, some folks refer to this way of traveling also to daylight saving time. :)
Daylight saving time here officially began Sunday. It was invented to conserve energy and to make better use of sunlight. All clocks had to be set one hour ahead. Daylight saving time will end at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, and that's when clocks will "fall back" an hour again.
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In Germany, for example, the same procedure will happen on March 29. Why three weeks later than in North America, you wonder? Germany follows the rules of the European Union (EU) regarding the start and end times and dates for summer time. The period extends each year from the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in October.
If you would like to know a bit more about "time traveling" check out this website!
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