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For an appetizer, I would serve hummus; carrot sticks and strips of red peppers for dipping in the hummus; assorted cheese slices; and marinated tomatoes and red peppers. The hummus is vegetarian yet contains enough protein to satisfy the appetite of the vegetarian. Hummus is also gluten-free, as it contains no flour. Chickpeas have fiber to balance out the carbohydrates in the beans, and the vegetables and cheeses also reduce the glucose spike of what is already a 'slow burn' carbohydrate. Although many hummus recipes do contain some fat, this problem can be solved for the fat-free dieter by using a low-fat recipe such as a low-fat vegan chickpea hummus from the Low Fat Vegan Chef. The vegetables are not green. The cheese will be cut in thin enough slices so the low-fat dieter can remain within his or her 'fat budget.' The kosher…...

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References

100% cornmeal cornbread: Gluten free. (2011). Plan to eat. Retrieved:

 http://www.plantoeat.com/blog/2012/06/100-cornmeal-cornbread-gluten-free/ 

(Oil-free) low-fat vegan chickpea hummus. (2012). Low Fat Vegan Chef. Retrieved:

 http://lowfatveganchef.com/oil-free-low-fat-vegan-chickpea-hummus-recipe/

The store also offers a singing turkey to anyone who spends over $100.
The Thanksgiving promotions at the local cafes and restaurants however are the most interesting. One is offering a ready-to-go Thanksgiving dinner and tickets for a family of four to see the latest Harry Potter film at the local max theatre. How is Harry Potter related to Thanksgiving? The local cafe owner dodged the question and said the motivation was to get the kids in a family to get their parents to buy the $79.99 bundle of the Thanksgiving Feast so they could all go to see the latest Harry Potter film at the high-quality max theatre. asked him how sales were going. He said it was brisk and the tickets had to be made transferrable to other films as many of the parents weren't into Harry Potter, they wanted to see another film instead. Outside of…...

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It is impressive from a purely promotional standpoint to stand back and watch their selling strategies unfold and how well orchestrated they are. From e-mail blasts, to inserts in our local newspaper, to the hand-outs and one store even hired a greeter just for the holidays, the promotional strategies are all aimed at driving up foot traffic. One local store is offering $25 in gift certificates for every $150 spent in the store in one visit before Thanksgiving. This is designed to capture all the shopping done for the big feast many families are planning to have at home.

Another approach stores are taking is to use all available senses to get the customer completely into the experience of the holiday before they buy anything. Using scents and smells, and offering free samples of pumpkin cookies and cider, staying open longer hours and stocking the front of their store with Thanksgiving decorations, the local drug store has transformed itself into a celebration of the holidays. This store is offering free prescriptions for six months if a person moves from their existing pharmacy to this one. They are also offering gift certificates for anyone who buys over $100 of decorations and items for the holidays. The store also offers a singing turkey to anyone who spends over $100.

The Thanksgiving promotions at the local cafes and restaurants however are the most interesting. One is offering a ready-to-go Thanksgiving dinner and tickets for a family of four to see the latest Harry Potter film at the local Imax theatre. How is Harry Potter related to Thanksgiving? The local cafe owner dodged the question and said the motivation was to get the kids in a family to get their parents to buy the $79.99 bundle of the Thanksgiving Feast so they could all go to see the latest Harry Potter film at the high-quality Imax theatre. I asked him how sales were going. He said it was brisk and the tickets had to be made transferrable to other films as many of the parents weren't into Harry Potter, they wanted to see another film instead. Outside of that one glitch the promotion was wokring. The Harry Potter Thanksgiving Bundle did not include a wand however for ease of carving, I asked. Another one of the more interesting promotions was for a tour operator that had coordinated with a Las Vegas hotel to offer package travel to Las Vegas leaving at midnight on November 24th and lasting until Sunday night the 28th. They were marketing the travel package to married men as the "Mother-in-Law Escape Holiday 2010" playing up the chance to have a romantic weekend in Las Vegas with their wives instead of being anchored down to boring relative get-togethers. I called to check on how sales were and they were sold out. No doubt this program resonates with couples who want to freedom to spend their free time as they choose.

MACARONI AND CHEESE FOR THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY 3Macaroni and Cheese for Thanksgiving Holiday!Outline1. What meals have traditionally been popular during Thanksgiving holiday?2. Which dish do you prefer during Thanksgiving?3. Are there variations in as far as the preparation of this meal is concerned?4. Could the meal be deemed a healthy food choice?DiscussionThe Thanksgiving holiday is a time for us to be jovial and thankful for the various blessings that have been bestowed upon us. We all celebrate Thanksgiving in different styles and formats. However, central to this particular holiday is Thanksgiving dinner! Traditionally this has consisted of a wide variety of foods and delicacies including, but not limited to; roast turkey, pumpkin pie, dinner rolls, mashed potatoes (Hallinan, 2019). My favorite dish over the last few Thanksgiving holidays has been Macaroni and Cheese. This happens to be not only a sumptuous choice of meal, but also a healthy one!To give a…...

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References

Harvard School of Public Health (2020). Cheese.  https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/cheese/ 

Heart Research Institute – HRI (2023). All About Carbs.  https://www.hri.org.au/health/your-health/nutrition/all-about-carbs 

Hallinan, P.K. (2019). How to Celebrate Thanksgiving! Holiday Traditions, Rituals, and Rules in a Delightful Story. Sky Pony

At the same time, the retelling of a memory or indeed of any story requires a huge amount of details to be left out. That is, just as it is impossible to retell a memory (or tell a story) with true objectivity, it is impossible to tell the "full" story of any given incident. There is simply too much that goes on in any given incident to be recaptured and accurately retold in a concise manner, and in addition there may be many conflicting details that seem to have opposing effects on the overall perception of an event. Each memory/story is necessarily retold from a certain more narrow perspective. In the case of Vowell's essay, this perspective is the basic understanding of her family that she provides in the opening paragraphs of her story; only the incidents that relate to this perspective are included in her telling.

Knowing that this limitation/narrowing…...

After all, should not all people be outraged when a child is beaten to death?
However, my grandfather's death brought up issues that the family had failed to address. Some of my mom's siblings mourned my grandfather, though he had not been a regular part of their lives for a period of more than 20 years. They complained that my step-grandmother had deprived them of the opportunity to get an apology from their father. My mother disagreed with her siblings, firmly believing that her father had had almost a quarter of a decade to apologize to them and had failed to do so; he was the one who gave up his chance to apologize. When her siblings decided to file a wrongful death suit, my mother backed away from the dispute. She told her kids that she had made a choice years before between happiness and having her father in…...

Thanksgiving
Cultural Implications of Thanksgiving, Then and Now

How did the first Thanksgiving affect the culture of the time and also how does it affect our culture today?

The first Thanksgiving Day celebrations were not necessarily held on the same day of each year. Rather they were proclaimed by various ministers and governors to celebrate specific events that might include items such as a particularly good harvest or some sort of military victory (Smith, 2003). However, the first pilgrims' also understood that they needed to increase their population in order to survive in the new world and they must increase the immigration trend to the new land. It was this understanding that lead to the first dramatizations of the Thanksgiving holiday. During this period, the tales of feast were meant to make the promise of this new world more appealing to those who were considering migrating from the fear of religious persecution among…...

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Works Cited

Schmidt, L. (1991). The Commercialization of the Calendar: American Holidays and the Culture of Consumption,. The Journal of American History, 887-916.

Siskind, J. (1992). The Invention of Thanksgiving: A ritual of American nationality. Critique of Anthropology, 167-191.

Smith, A. (2003). The First Thanksgiving. Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture, 79-85.

Wallendorf, M., & Arnould, E. (1991). "We Gather Together": Consumption Rituals of Thanksgiving Day. Journal of Consumer Research, 13-31.

Abstract
Here is presented a descriptive essay on autumn.  It describes the essence of the season, what makes it unique and so different from the other three.  It tells why it is the season of poets, the season of prayer, and the season of Thanksgiving.  Autumn represents the harvest—not just of the fruit of the fields but also of life itself.  Autumn is the time in which man turns his mind to his own final end, to his own mortality, and yet maintains hope for good things to come.

Introduction

What is it that makes autumn so special?  Perhaps it is that autumn is the season of poets.  Keats wrote his ode “To Autumn,” describing it as the “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.”  Hopkins penned “Spring and Fall,” with all the emphasis on the latter as he asked to the young girl to whom the poem was dedicated:  

“Márgarét, áre you gríeving

Over Goldengrove…...

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References

Lincoln, A. (1863). Thanksgiving Proclamation. Retrieved from

Little, B. (2018). What is Thanksgiving? Retrieved from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/11/151121-first-thanksgiving-pilgrims-native-americans-wampanoag-saints-and-strangers/

Newland, M. R. (1999). All Hallow’s Eve.  Retrieved from https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/culture/catholic-contributions/all-hallow-s-eve.html

http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/thanks.htm

Introduction Turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing and pumpkin pie. These are the things that come to the mind of most people when they think about Thanksgiving—and that’s fine. Many major holidays and cultural traditions do revolve around food as a form of significance and celebration. Food is such a major touchstone for many nations, ethnic heritages and cultures and for good reason. Food is a major human biological event; it sustains life and health, is enjoyable and is a massive part of major economies. However, thanksgiving is so much more than a rich meal and expressing fleeting sentiments of gratitude. The following paragraphs will explore all the angles you can take when exploring thanksgiving, particularly ones that offer a more non-traditional approach to the holiday. After reading this article, you should have lots of fodder to create the best thanksgiving essay with a more unique perspective than your peers. 



Thanksgiving Meaning
The meaning of…...

gamut of subjects related to American history. The underlying themes of the course included race, class, gender, and power. Books such as Lies My Teacher Told Me and Zinn's People's History of the United States present a more rounded overview and analysis of historical events than what is typically offered in public school textbooks or in popular media. Modern resources ranging from newspaper and magazine articles to film and documentary productions help to round out the student's understanding of American history. The course shows that history is written by the victors, which paints a skewed and heavily biased version of events. The time has come to revise American history textbooks with a more truthful portrayal of how historical events unfolded. History has shaped, and his shaped by, sociological factors like race, class, gender, and power.
Race remains one of the most important topics in American history, culture, society, and identity.…...

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Works Cited

Allen, James and Littlefield, Allen. Without Sanctuary. Film retrieved:  http://withoutsanctuary.org/main.html 

Drum, Kevin and Gilson, Dave. "Charts: 6 Big Economic Myths, Debunked." Mother Jones. December 2011. Retrieved online:  http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/10/charts-economic-myths-jobs-deficit-taxes 

Gilson, Dave. "Charts: Who are the 1%?" Mother Jones. Retrieved online:  http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2011/10/one-percent-income-inequality-OWS 

Gilson, Dave. "Only Little People Pay Taxes." Retrieved online:  http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/04/taxes-richest-americans-charts-graph

NEW ENGLAND TRADITIONS grew up in a family who moved from Boston, Massachusetts to San Diego, California. Needless to say, Thanksgiving has always been an interesting blend of staid New England cooking, blended with some laid-back California traditions with a baby-boom mother mentality of frozen and canned foods as part of the tradition.
My mother learned traditional New England cooking from her mother, and so we still ate a lot of "pot roast" and "New England boiled dinners" complete with over-boiled cabbage and corned beef, for Sunday dinner. My mother still made real Boston baked beans and brown bread for occasional Saturday night suppers, too.

Thanksgiving was always a big deal in our house, even though the rest of the family was back East, and there was only us to celebrate the day. Sometimes we would invite friends who also did not have family in San Diego. Sometimes we would go to…...

Prayer
Although the historical meaning of the Thanksgiving Holiday has become somewhat trivialized, focused more on turkey and cranberry sauce and the beginning of the Christmas shopping season, I believe our family is one of the few that feels deeply in their souls the essence of being grateful. The tragedies that have befallen all of us are tragedies in which we all shared; not one of us here to day was or is spared from the pain that came from the loss of dad and Todd. The fact that we are now all here together, gathered in the presence of God, is no small miracle. Tragedies like ours are enough to tear apart families. Often the damage done is irreparable. Yet somehow through the grace of our Lord we have been able to transcend and to overcome.

On this Thanksgiving I would like to evoke the positive memories of my father…...

Education Scenario
Response from District Superintendent

Bill James

How did the parents' letter make you feel? Be candid in your response.

How did I feel when reading this belligerent letter? My first impression after reading half way through the letter was, here is a member of (or an ideological believer in) the Tea Party and the school's multicultural programs give him a perfect opportunity to rage against immigration. Reading all the way through, and reading it a second time, it is apparent that the father has a chip on his shoulder because he served in combat missions and now that he is out of uniform he believes he has the right to rage against what he feels is too much attention paid to other cultures / subcultures in America.

He can say that he was in the service with others of different nationalities and ethnicities -- and therefore he can't be labeled a racist…...

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Works Cited

Fram, A. (2010). Hispanics Face Most Discrimination In U.S. (Poll). Huff Post Politics.

Retrieved October 1, 2013, from  http://www.huffingtonpost.com .

ISLLC Standards. (2008). ISLL standards that help define strong school leadership. Retrieved October 1, 2013, from http://www.schoolbriefing.com.

Merced County Public Schools (2010). Multicultural Education Plan. Retrieved October 1, 2013,

"Now I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is bound to keep the whole law. You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace. For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait for the hope of righteousness. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any avail, but faith working through love" (Galatians 5:2-6). Those who become circumcised because they believe that this brings them closer to the true faith are profoundly in error; they do not understand the purpose and true intent of Christ's spiritual teaching and Christ's abhorrence of 'following the rules' rather than the heart as a source of spiritual grace.
Blessing/Praise

Paul's Letter to the Galatians places a great deal of responsibility upon…...

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Work Cited

Paul's Letter to the Galatians. (1998). PBS. Retrieved August 29, 2011 at  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/maps/primary/galatians.html

On the June 23rd, thanksgiving mass alone, over 600 people attended. Since hearing of Father Peter's departure, the Holy Cross Church has been inundated with calls from concerned and disappointed parishioners on the subject of who will replace him.
The community is disturbed because of the need for continuity between current and past policies. Father Peter has done so much work to help Holy Cross, but his mission is far from accomplished. Holy Cross is at a loss to understand why the transfer occurred at this time, given how many years of service Father Peter has committed to this specific location. While we understand the need for cost-saving and consolidation, the 'at risk' nature of the population served by the Church and its increasing numbers suggests that this is not the right time for such a move.

It must be stressed that the desire for Father Peter to remain in his…...

SEX: Male [X] Female [ ]
AGE: 18-30 [ ] 31- 45 [X] 46 and over [ ]

PLACE OF BIRTH -- Westminster, Colorado

US or Europe [X] W. Indies & Caribbean [ ] L. America [ ] Asia [ ] Africa [ ]

LENGTH OF RESIDENCE in the U.S.: Less than 5 years [ ] 5 to 10 years [ ] More than 10 years [X]

PRESENT NATIONALITY: American

RACIAL/ETHNIC IDENTITY: White

EDUCATION Up to 8th 9th to 12th Some college orgrade [ ] grade [ ] college graduate [X]

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FAMILY MEMORIES

I grew up in Northglenn, Colorado, a suburb of Denver. I have lived here my entore life except for two stints of college. I grew up in a lower middle-class family. My parents divorced when I was 3 years old. Both parents agreed not to drag it out through the courts, and came up with shared custody where we would switch off and on. Every…...

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1000-Word Brainstorming Session for Catchy Thanksgiving Family Tradition Titles

Introduction

Thanksgiving, a widely celebrated holiday, is not only about feasting and giving thanks but also about family traditions that create lasting memories. Whether it's a unique dish, a festive game, or a heartfelt ritual, these traditions add a special touch to the Thanksgiving celebration. To capture the essence of your family's treasured tradition, a catchy title is essential. Here's a comprehensive brainstorming session to guide you in crafting the perfect title.

Section 1: The Essence of the Tradition

Begin by considering the core element of your family tradition. What makes it special and unique?....

Consistent prayer and fasting can deepen your relationship with God in several ways 1. Discipline and commitment By consistently setting aside time for prayer and fasting, you demonstrate discipline and commitment to your relationship with God. This can help strengthen your faith and dedication to following His guidance and will. 2. Intimacy and connection Prayer and fasting create a space for you to connect with God on a deeper level, expressing your deepest thoughts, emotions, and desires to Him. This can foster a sense of intimacy and closeness in your relationship with God. 3. Spiritual growth and transformation Through consistent....