Unlike what Gladwell had proposed in his theory that success is not merely dependent on individual’s hard work‚ Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin insists that success is solely based on that. In many of the events that are described in the autobiography‚ Franklin‚ presents the story he believes have shaped him while subtly mentioning the qualities he possessed. To Franklin‚ all of his success was based on himself and one quality that he implicitly states that he had possessed
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Well‚ summer reading is quite self-explanatory but maybe where you come from‚ you didn’t have to do it. Summer reading is basically where the county provides a list of books and depending on your Lexile score‚ a test we took at the end of the year‚ you would choose six books to read during the summer. Summer reading was for all students from kindergarten to 12th grade. In elementary and middle school I felt a sense of obligation and I would have my parents get me all the books I needed and I
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Old Testament Lecture Judaism History/Origins/Traditional view • Tanak: Law‚ Prophets‚ Writings • An account of the Israelites’ relationship with God from their earliest history until the building of the Second Temple (c. 350 BCE). • Israelites struggle with their faith in God and attraction to other gods. • Originally henotheists‚ each nation had its own god‚ but that their god was superior Torah: • Written Torah‚ given to Moses. Book of Moses‚ Pentateuch • Oral
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Old Ironsides The poem “Old Ironsides” by Oliver Wendell Holmes was written to remember the US Naval ship the USS Constitution‚ nicknamed “Old Ironsides.” It also had another purpose of saving and preserving the battleship. It has a structure in which the first stanza is referencing the past‚ the second stanza the present‚ and the third stanza the future. This structure helps the reader to understand what is going on in the poem and grasp the tone and theme by allowing the reader to follow the
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During May in my 4th grade‚ we decided to go to Turkey. When I went back to Turkey‚ it was better than ever. All my family went except for my father. We went for two months‚ and it was the best experience ever. I couldn’t meet up with many of my old friends‚ but I didn’t really
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relative. Credit: Copyright Natural History Museum‚ London/Mark Witton Paleontologists think that they may have identified the earliest known dinosaur‚ which was no bigger than a Labrador retriever and lived 243 million years ago‚ during the Triassic Period. This is 10 million years earlier than the previously oldest known dinosaurs‚ and could change researchers’ views of how they evolved. The scientists published their findings in the journal Biology Letters. Some scientists‚ including the authors
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“If u ever feel like giving up‚ always remember why you keep holding on” Around 32 years ago‚ on the 11th of August‚ I was born in the lovely city of Christchurch‚ New Zealand to Leonie and Craig Hemsworth. My mother worked as an English teacher while my dad worked as a social services counselor. I was also blessed with two brothers‚ my elder brother Luke Hemsworth‚ and my younger brother Liam Hemsworth. My life in New Zealand was relatively short as my family and I migrated to Australia to continue
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When 10-year-old Amelia Mary Earhart saw her first plane at a state fair‚ she was not impressed. "It was a thing of rusty wire and wood and looked not at all interesting‚" she said. It wasn’t until Earhart attended a stunt-flying exhibition‚ almost a decade later‚ that she became seriously interested in aviation. A pilot spotted Earhart and her friend‚ who were watching from an isolated clearing‚ and dove at them. "I am sure he said to himself‚ ’Watch me make them scamper‚’" she said. Earhart‚ who
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Of course‚ the very fact that the piece derives from a body performance could be argued as a form of autobiography in itself. What is interesting about the performative element of “Fidget”‚ however‚ which in itself is a hugely exhausting durational piece‚ comparative to that of a condensed Tehching Hsieh “ordeal” of rigorous constraint or control over the body‚ is that it appears almost completely absent from the final work itself. The text remains the only documentation of the performance‚ and
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Evaluation Report on Project STRENGTHENING OF EXISTING OLD AGE HOMES AND ESTABLISHMENT OF 3 MORE HOMES IN PUNJAB DIRECTORATE GENERAL MONITORING & EVALUATION PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB December‚ 2012 P&D Department‚ 4Civil Secretariat‚ Lahore‚ Punjab Ph: +92(42)99214489‚ Fax: +92(42)99214491 www.dgmepunjab.gov.pk
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