possibly one of his most famous quotes: "My fellow Americans‚ ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what can you do for your country." This was followed up by‚ "My fellow citizens of the world‚ ask not what America will do for you‚ but what together we can do for the freedom of man." Exactly 44 years after Kennedy’s Inaugural address‚ it might be worthwhile to revisit the implications of this statement. Can it be said that it is quite the liberal glorification that we are often led
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Poem in Your Pocket Day originally began in April of 2002 in celebration of New York City’s National Poetry Month. The Mayor of New York‚ along with the Departments of Cultural Affairs and Education‚ introduced Poem in Your Pocket Day to the residents of New York City. Residents were encourage to select a poem‚ carry it with them throughout the day‚ and share it with others. In 2008‚ the entire country was encouraged by the Academy of American Poets to join the poetry day making it a national celebration
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Andrade was interviewed by a state probation officer and reported that every time he gets out of jail he always seems to do something stupid (Katsh‚ William Rose 219). "The defendant admitted committing the offense. The defendant further stated he went into the K-Mart Store to steal videos. He took four of them to sell so he could buy heroin. He has been a heroin addict since 1977. He says when he gets out of jail or prison he always does something stupid. He admits his addiction controls his
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Three Strikes and You’re Out By Natalie Belyea May 7‚ 2013 Prepared for Mr. Ian Barrimond The state of California in 1994 passed the “Three Strikes and Your Out” law. This law sentences a third offence felony offender to a mandatory 25-years to life sentence. Although crime rate have dropped in California there are those opponents to the law who feel in certain cases that the sentencing is too harsh.
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Do not ask what your country can do for you‚ ask what you can do for your country "We have to labor‚ and to work‚ and work hard‚ to give reality to our dreams. Those dreams are for the world‚ for all the nations and peoples are too closely knit together today for any one of them to imagine that it can live apart. Peace has been said to be indivisible; so is freedom‚ so is prosperity now‚ and so also is disaster in this One World that can no longer be split into isolated fragments." A true patriot
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To Fall In Love With Your Company Just imagine that your employees choose to give their incentive bonus back to the company to help pay down the corporate debt‚ or show up at 6 a.m. Sunday morning for a nonmandatory quarterly meeting. Even more than that‚ how awed you are to see off-duty salaried employees wash and clean the company’s facilities. Getting Employees To Fall In Love With Your Company written by Jim Harris is definitely a book that helps you to turn your company into the type of place
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You Can’t Control your Reputation! Epictetus‚ a slave turned philosopher‚ was interested in the idea of inner peace from a young age. After being freed‚ he wrote a book detailing the journey to inner happiness‚ “The Manual”. In this text‚ he states that the only things that you can control are the things within your mind. In order to reach inner peace‚ you must accept that some things are out of your control and you cannot change. The only thing you can do is respond to what others do unto you
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In the article “You Can Grown Your Brain”‚ the author makes a clear connection stateing‚ with research‚ that the brain can grow with the right “exercise”. The author elaborates what this exercise might be to his audience. Since the article is mostly informational but simply written‚ it is targeted towards those whom‚ with the authors help‚ wish to improve their own IQ. In the beginning the author says the brain is a muscle‚ intelligence is more complex than labeling someone as smart or dumb. It
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CAN AN ANIMAL BE YOUR FRIEND? Is it possible to have as your best firend‚ your pet? For many years‚ the relationship between animals and man has been close; because they have shared the evolution of life. And it is in this evolving where man‚ through the domestication of animals‚ has found in them the best companionship. Although animals have earned a place in the hearts of humans; this does not mean that human qualities should be attributed to them or to be treated as human‚ nor to be considered
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latest issues and/or repurchases of equity and/or debt of YOUR Company. a. Explain how owner’s equity could be affected by the choice of equity or liabilities. Use some ratios to illustrate. 1. The dividend payout ratio is 23.7 %( 159/671). Dividend payment can vary from different companies. For growing companies‚ they tend to reinvest using their equities so the dividend payment may be very low or even zero‚ but Beiersdorf is a mature company‚ so it has a high dividend payout ratio. Nevertheless
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