“GROWING OLD IS NOT FOR SISSIES!” Bette Davis‚ Actress (1908 – 1989) One of my favorite actresses of all time was Bette Davis. In the year that she died‚ her last public appearance was on the Johnny Carson Show. I happened to see that show and I saw Johnny ask her if she had any words of wisdom for folks that might be watching to remember as they age. She unhesitatingly said‚ “You tell them that growing old is not for sissies!” Wow. That sage advice has stuck with me for all these years. And
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Mary E. Jimoh Black History Month Speech February 1‚ 2014 Langston Hughes In honor of Black History Month‚ I’ve selected Langston Hughes as the figure I would write about‚ because through his poetry; Hughes displayed to America‚ the world through the eyes of African Americans living in Harlem‚ in the rough 1920s. The poet‚ lyricist‚ author‚ playwright‚ and social activist‚ was born on February 1‚ 1902‚ in Joplin Missouri‚ to James Hughes and Carrie Langston
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Nutrition Month Celebration Last July‚ Life College has a celebration for Nutrition Month. The program runs like this: In the morning‚ the students have a food fair‚ each level decorated their booth and sell cuisines. Elementary students sell nutritious food like fruit salad‚ pancit‚ eggs and etc. assisted by their parents. 1st year class was assigned to cook Seafood cuisines‚ 2nd year for Asia cuisines and 3rd year for World cuisines. While the food fair is on going‚ chosen grade 1to 4 students
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Throughout America’s music history‚ the use and abuse of illegal drugs has been widespread‚ and some great musicians’ lives have been utterly devistated and ruined by drugs. Often times it seems as though‚ in studying their histories‚ many musicians are falsely led to believe that if they use certain drugs‚ their playing will improve‚ or become more creative. Many great musician’s lives have been tragicly cut short because of their drug use‚ and God only knows where some of them would be today had
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Case 72 Swan-Davis‚ Inc. Bond and Stock Valuation Swan-Davis‚ Inc. (SDI) manufactures equipment for sale to large contractors. The company was founded in 1976 by Tom Stone‚ the current chairman‚ and it went public in 1980 at $1 per share. The stock currently sells for $15‚ Stone owns 14 percent of the shares‚ and other officers and directors control another 13 percent. The industry is cyclical‚ and competition is strong‚ so profits are some-what unstable. Tables 1‚ 2‚ and 3 provide historical
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Mahdi Issa Mr. Recker L.A.II 24 January 2014 The Month of the Century Purpose: To show how people are now and how they acted before during the month of Ramadan Its different every year. The time for Ramadan goes back two weeks from the last year. So that way‚ over time‚ fasting can be easy and hard.The real question is though‚ how hard is it to fast from food and water for 11-18 hours depending on the season? Not that hard‚ so why is it so important? It is said that one good deed is multiplied
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Background John Davis (16 September‚ 1936 – 17 October‚ 1999) was an Australian sculptor‚ renowned and celebrated as the pioneer of Environmental art‚ and as an Australian player in the modern art movement: Arte Povera. Arte Povera was an Italian artistic movement introduced in the 1960’s‚ a time of civil unrest‚ in which artists took to political radicalism‚ attacking the morale and value of the government and major industries‚ challenging whether art‚ as an expression of emotion and thought‚
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“Finding Month of the Year effect in Indian Stock Market” The aim of practical study is mainly an implementation of knowledge achieved through the learning theories. As a part of curriculum of 2nd year‚ I have done grand project on Month of the Year effect in Indian Stock Market. The project culmination of my efforts and to dedicated work. In this project I have started from the monthly share price. Really this project enhanced my knowledge substantially‚ as I tried to cover almost each and
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Katie Davis wrote the New York Times Bestseller Kisses from Katie in 2008 to share how her life changed from growing up in an affluent neighborhood in Brentwood‚ Tennessee to moving to Uganda at the age of eighteen to become a missionary. My view on the world has changed drastically after reading this book mostly because I can relate to the beginning of her story as she begged her reluctant parents to allow her move to Uganda to serve the less fortunate. I also have been tasked with the same trials
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Discuss how your investigation of the generic conventions of poetry has influenced your understanding of at least one poem that you have studied in this unit. Our knowledge of the generic conventions used in poetry influences our understanding of the text. “The Firstborn”‚ a poem by Aboriginal author Jack Davis‚ enables the reader to determine the poem as a graphic protest about the extinction of and discrimination against the Australian Indigenous people‚ and the loss of their ethnicity‚ as their
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