His Girl Friday

On March 29, 2016, I had the opportunity to tour the facilities of the Bermuda Electric Light Company, commonly known as BELCO. I chose this company because I was interested in seeing how marketing and advertising communications fits into the electrical and engineering business. I was met by Linda Smith, who is the Senior Vice President of Corporate Relations. Mrs. Smith works for BELCO’s parent company called the Ascendant Group. She is responsible for the marketing, communications and the…

the sculpture the main thing, which would catch their eye would be the dead face of Jesus Christ. His…

then go their separate ways basking in the glow of the warm, memorable day. You see, there were no hurries on this leisurely holiday. But today, Thanksgiving has been hastened, or ignored altogether, due to a powerful shopping force known as, “Black Friday”. Far too many have replaced the tranquil holiday…

Andrew Leonard’s “Black Friday: Consumerism Minus Civilization” explains how Black Friday has gone too far in American society. He states that the nation has gone mad with Black Friday and companies know that people are so chaotic that they use the craziness as a tactic to lure customers in. Leonard has found videos and commercials online that are created to be crazy. Although Leonard knows Black Friday has unethical qualities, he does remind the reader that it is a huge day for the U.S economy.…

Duck hunting can be very frustrating to serious hunters. An example could be, a week ago Wednesday, when big numbers of ducks were in the Los Banos Complex and averages were well up in most refuges. At the Santa Fe Club near Gustine, limits were the rule as it was in most private clubs. And then Saturday, the bigger influx of birds were gone, possibly due to heavy rain prior to the shoot day. My son Bill, and Steve Hinze, of Aptos, shot at the Santa Cruz Club Saturday, and bagged limits of…

A seemingly newborn superstition, the fear of Friday the 13th can find its origins in the 1800’s (Pappas, 2012). As most of Medieval England being under the Church 's rule, Friday was also considered to be an unlucky day as Jesus died on a Friday (Pappas, 2012). Similarly, 13 had a long history of being unlucky, with the 13th man at the Last Supper being the one to betray Jesus (Conradt, 2009)…

Artist Frank G. Applegate captures the essence of Native American ritual in his painting Hopi Snake Dance, circa 1923. While the origins of the Hopi snake dance precede written records anthropologists have described it as an elaborate prayer for rain, in which reptiles are gathered from fields and entrusted with the prayers of…

Christian and had not actually witnessed directly. Also, many people already have an understanding of these events that come from their own religious beliefs. The trial itself all began with one simple “crime”. The crime was when Jesus stood up for his beliefs and decided to do the right thing and drive out the merchants and all of their sacrifices out of the Temple. Jesus stated in Matthew 21:13, “My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers”. According to…

my boyfriend, Trevor, to go eat dinner at On the Border. We also went and saw the movie The Night Before. After that, Kaylee and I went back home to relax and sleep before Wednesday. Kaylee and I had to be back to the Bucs Arena on Friday by 8:30 A.M. The Black Friday sale started at 9:00 A.M. From 9 to 11 everything in the cove was marked 20% off, and from 11 to 1, everything in The Cove was marked 10% off. The 10% off went through the night for the game, but we closed down The Cove at 1:00…

attended services at the First Congregationalist Church. Later in his life, he converted to Catholicism for his second wife, Pauline. Many sources say that although he labeled himself under a religion for the entirety of his life, his writing reveals that he was an atheist in actuality (Kershaw, "Ernest Hemingway’s Religion and Political Views"). Hemingway’s experiences with religion are illustrated in the short play, “Today is Friday.” In the play, symbolism is used through characters and…