Honors 15 September 2014 The Worst Birthday Ever I’ve had my fair-share of bad birthdays‚ but there is one that tops them all by a long shot. In order to understand the happenings in the story to come‚ you must know a few things. My younger brother‚ Austin‚ had been sick a few days prior to this particular day. Austin had a high fever‚ a cough‚ and a drippy nose. Worst‚ or best of all‚ depending on how you look at it‚ he was constantly sleeping! By nature‚ my mother was worried about him. She was
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Capstone Primary Source Paper: Fourth of July Celebrations The fourth of July‚ also known as Independence Day‚ is a United States federal holiday honoring the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It proclaimed that the thirteen American colonies deemed themselves a new nation‚ known as the United States of America‚ and no longer were to be ruled under the British Empire. However‚ this national holiday would never have existed if one of the most important wars in history never happened
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To our beloved principal‚ Mr. Robert E. Guttierrez‚ my fellow teachers‚ students‚ visitors‚ everyone‚ a very pleasant afternoon to all of us. On this 31st day of October 2014‚ we are gathered altogether here in this place to celebrate a very special day for the world‚ especially those countries that are members to this organization including the Philippines. And this is called‚ the UN or the United Nations. The United Nations Organization was founded: first‚ to maintain international peace and security;
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LETTER OF BIRTHDAY WISHES Dear Aslam‚ Hope this letter finds you and your family in best of health. Let me remind you that you are going to be a year older on your birthday and I am writing to wish you millions of blessings and happiness. You are a remarkable buddy of mine and I remember the great time we spent together in school and college. On this very special day‚ I pray that your every wish will come true. I know you well and I assume that you would have arranged a wild celebration party on
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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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Information on all 6 Poems. Full Bright Scholars • This poem is about when he first saw Plath • Use of first person‚ draws us in. painstaking his own memory • "Where was it‚ in the strand? A display"- Questioning his memory. • "A picture of that year’s intake....."- Follows up with a series of statements. • "You" become the addressee • Very tightly Structured • Veronica Lake- actor • "Your Veronica Lake bang. Not what it hid"- Plath had a scar on her face
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Journal #3 I stood on the porch with my hands in my pockets. My eyes focused on the two story white house in front of me. Today was my best friend’s Ben’s Birthday and in celebration of it‚ we were throwing a big surprise party. Ben was turning 18 so it was important we make this night unforgettable for him. I began walking down the brick pavement to the front door‚ excitement bubbling up inside me. I have been looking forward to this party for weeks. I knocked on the door and in less than 30
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Happy 30th birthday. Hopefully‚ by now you are a millionaire and have the submarine you’ve always dreamed of having. Even if you’re not a millionaire‚ I still hope you’re having a happy birthday. Are Mom and Anthony Isaac coming to your party? Oh‚ Anthony Isaac! That little bundle of joy aka “hiccup” aka your little brother‚ will now be 17 years old. On your 30th birthday‚ he will be older than you are today. That will be weird. Everything about him will probably be weird. He is a weird baby and
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Independence Day Celebrations‚ 15th August 2011 Freedom is often taken for granted‚ misunderstood and sometimes misused by some of us. If we go beyond the limited political meaning of the word and examine it further‚ freedom means the absence of fear and the right to make choices. Freedom is about ownership‚ responsibility and self-control. This is how we understand freedom at Indus and this spirit of freedom was celebrated at Indus on the 64th Indian Independence Day. In the words of Swami Yogananda
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The Three Sisters Summary Act I Act I takes place on May 5th of an unspecified year‚ in an unspecified provincial town in Russia. It is the twentieth birthday of Irina‚ the youngest of the sisters mentioned in the play ’s title. It is also the one year anniversary of the death of their father‚ Colonel Prozorov‚ who moved his family there from Moscow eleven years earlier. Irina and her older sisters‚ Olga and Masha‚ receive visitors‚ members of the military battery that is assigned to the town.
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