Your Excellency‚ Ladies and Gentlemen‚ I am sure you don’t need reminding why we are all here this evening. It is to celebrate the 60th birthday of Arthur Aidan who I am proud to call my best friend. It is no exaggeration to say how much he deserves to be admired as a great man (applause). He has succeeded in everything that is important in life: love‚ career‚ family‚ friends and all this without forgetting to enjoy himself. After a happy childhood growing up in Paris ( I will spare his
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because it’s meant to happen. That’s why we forgive people even if they hurt us. We love people who don’t love us. And we smile despite every painful crash in our hearts. At the end of the day‚ lessons we get are answers to our decisions. Happy Birthday Jesus Christ :* Merry Christmas to all. Godbless :) Good Night Sweety :"> In life‚ we always search for answers because we want to prove to ourselves that we made the right decisions but the truth is we can’t search for what’s not there. Things
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Not the Ordinary Birthday Celebration It was the morning of February 20th‚ 2007‚ my great grandmother’s birthday! The agenda for the day was to first finish packing up the house because move in day for our new home was just hours away. Once that was all done and the truck was locked and loaded us as a family would head to TGI Fridays to celebrate my great grandmother’s birthday as we did every year since her passing. TGI Fridays was where we had her last birthday dinner before she passed;
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Throughout history‚ on my birthday‚ June 12th‚ there have been many turning points that have altered the course of events. Such turning points include; Jon of Arc leading the French army in attacks that changed the progression of the Hundred Year’s War in 1429‚ Anne Frank receiving her famed diary on her 13th birthday in 1942‚ and President Reagan requesting President Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. Although there were many events to choose from‚ I chose these three for the following reasons
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A Birthday - Christina Rossetti Context Christina Rossetti - Born in 1830‚ known for acerbic (sharp direct and outspoken) love poetry‚ vivacious (attractively lively) ballads (poem in short stanzas) and nursery rhymes. Became a devout Anglo-Catholic when she was about 14. Poem - Written when Rossetti was 27yrs old in 1857 and expresses the tremendous joy and excitement you feel when you meet the one you love. Title - A Birthday; celebration‚ spiritual rebirth‚ ambiguous misleading title
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An Analysis of “Happy Birthday‚ 1951” “Happy Birthday‚ 1951” is a 20th century short story by American author Kurt Vonnegut. In this short‚ but moving tale‚ we see the efforts of an old man to raise a young boy on the tail end of the Second World War. Contrast and characterization are used in this story to illustrate how people are products of their environment Characterization plays a large part in “Happy Birthday‚ 1951”. With the aid of this literary device‚ we are able to understand what
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he slowly closes his eyes‚ running his hand over the aged skin of his face. This old man‚ he wasn’t there to experience the carnage‚ the curse of that grim night‚ even so‚ the story was so vivid in his mind. “Creighton‚ will you come and help me to my chair?” He beckons a young boy to take hold of his arm‚ eyes still closed. He can hear the soft thumping of footsteps against the polished stone floors‚ a small and
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RICHARD ROGERS Richard Rogers‚ Italian-born British architect noted for what he described as “celebrating the components of the structure.” His high-tech approach is most evident in the Pompidou Centre (1971–77) in Paris‚ which he designed with the Italian architect Renzo Piano. Profound knowledge of building materials and techniques Artistic effect Clear echo of a building’s program Means to make architecture more productive for those it serves Energy efficiency and sustainability
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Topic Proposal Kurt Vonnegut "Happy Birthday‚ 1951" Kurt Vonnegut wrote many short stories on war and peace‚ a series of which was compiled into "Armageddon In Retrospect‚" by his son Mark Vonnegut. The short "Happy Birthday‚ 1951" portrays the aftermath of cultural devastation and its effects on the generation raised amidst such upheaval. A young boy and an old man struggle for survival surrounded by a city in rubble. (Let’s suppose the city is Dresden‚ Kurt Vonnegut loved to write about the
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“Birthday Box” By Jane Yolen “I was ten years old when my mother died”. This story is about the birthday present that Katie’s mom gave her this is by Jane Yolen called “Birthday Box”. She learns that life is empty if you don’t fill it. The little girl (Katie) and her mom are alone ( because her dad left ) and celebrating her birthday and she get’s to the last present and she asks “Who’s is this?” and then “V. Louise closed mama’s eyes‚ran her hand across mama’s cheek‚and turned
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