There is more to life than just having everything What use is a sword if you use it to peel apples? What use is a boat if you sail in it in a swimming pool. And what use is a life you waste it chasing worldly illusions? History remembers those who do‚ not those who have. You can possess all the wealth in the world and yet be the poorest of all. For man’s identity stems from his emotions and his characters‚ not his mortal possessions. Of course‚ in today’s materialistic world‚ where success
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Philippine Regional Specialties Filipino dishes are known to be delicious‚ savory and mouth-watering. There are many choices of Filipino dishes from all over the Philippine archipelago. Each region or province has its unique varieties of foods. Northern Philippines In Ilocos region‚ most of their specialties are seasoned with fermented anchovies. Ilocos is famous for its Pinakbet- a mixture of several vegetables such as squash‚ okra‚ eggplant‚ bitter gourd and string beans cooked with bagoong
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Patient Information: Patient: Sue Li Age: 20 Ethnicity: Asian American (a) What cultural considerations are important for you to remember while you interview Ms. Li? When conducting the interview and asking about pain‚ depression‚ abuse‚ etc…‚ keep in mind that culturally‚ Asian Americans are generally stoic and tend to hide depression‚ pain‚ and mental illness. Therefore‚ watching for signs and body language as well as affect will be the better way to go than just asking. Be sure to ask about traditional
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Last Updated: Tuesday‚ 18 July 2006‚ 16:36 GMT 17:36 UK E-mail this to a friend | Printable version | | China plan to protect environment | Pollution problems have grown along with China’s economy | China plans to spend 1.4 trillion yuan ($175bn) over the next five years on protecting its environment.The sum - equivalent to 1.5% of China’s annual economic output - will be used to improve water quality‚ and cut air and land pollution and soil erosion.China has some of the world’s most polluted
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Act 11 Characters Asian Mother Asian Son Joseph Mary Wise Man1 Wise Man 2 Wise Man 3 Narrator: It was too late. The water broke‚ and Mary was going into labor. The Asian mother appeared inside the barn just in time and spotted the Mo-pad on the inside of the barn wall. Asian Mother: Push‚ honey‚ push. Narrator: Mary pushed and screamed and pushed. Asian mother: Before you push‚ take a deep breath and then push. Narrator: Mary took a deep breath and pushed as hard as she could. Finally‚ the baby
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Nature Is All In this essay‚ I will come to grasp the conception of nature in broad scope to show the impact on the dimensions of cultural life. Its impact needs to be approach through pluralistic ideals as nature in itself is an all inclusive term. While some would argue the specificity of certain natural phenomena as the only “nature”. I will say that nature is indeed everything that exists outside the existence of the mind and how the mind perceives things. This ideal will pragmatically
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Dr. Patricia Cove Jeremie Lagace ANGL 1163: Introduction to English II Essay #1‚ Winter 2013 Edna St. Vincent Millay‚ “Love is Not All” Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink Nor slumber nor a roof against the rain; Nor yet a floating spar to men that sink And rise and sink and rise and sink again; 5 Love can not fill thickened lung with breath‚ Nor clean the blood‚ nor set the fractured bone; Yet many a man is making friends with death Even as I speak‚ for
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ASIAN AMERICANS The first Asians to move to the western hemisphere were reportedly Chinese Filipinos settling in the area of Mexico. Filipino sailors settled in the United States in the mid 18th century around the area which would be Louisiana. About a hundred years later‚ in an effort to make up for the shortage of African slaves‚ Europeans brought over people in virtual slavery from China‚ India and the Philippines (Ancestors in the Americas). They brought these Asian slaves to the Caribbean
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Vincent Millay’s poem “Love is not all” the persona conveys that love is not essential to survival‚ but that she would sacrifice everything in her life in order to preserve the love she shares with her significant other. 2. This poem is a sonnet which means it contains fourteen lines. It is written in iambic pentameter which includes five sets of unstressed and stressed syllable lines. Sonnets include three quatrains (four lines) and one couplet (two lines) that all have an independent idea. It can
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In William Carlos Williams’ poem “Spring and All‚” he uses vivid images and metaphors to compare nature to those who endure a deadly disease while quarantined in a contagious hospital. The piece of land surrounding the hospital has been tainted by the dead of winter‚ which is used to represent those who lost their lives due to the sickness. Then the speaker describes the appreciated transformation the land begins to show‚ as winter slowly turns into spring. The dead piece of land beginning to show
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