Good morning Mrs Njapha‚ teachers‚ parents‚ students and to the class of 2016. It is really an honor for me to be addressing you at your speech day function today. When Mrs Lategan asked me to be the guest speaker at this function I was initially pretty nervous was I going to be funny‚ interesting or inspiring. Afterall the last time I spoke at a public function was at my sister’s wedding and considering they were family it wasn’t a tough crowd to please. Standing here on the podium gives me an immense
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China Figures ’It’s those little figures‚ sir. In the middle of the table. The little china figures. Ten of them‚ there were. I’ll swear to that‚ ten of them‚’ sputters Mr. Rogers as he realizes that after the deaths of Marston and Mrs. Rogers’ deaths‚ the number has been reduced to eight. Both the Ten Little Indians nursery rhyme that is framed in each bedroom and the Indian china figures that are the centerpiece for the table are symbols that are used by the murderer to describe his disposal of
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For My outside event I chose to watch the film Hidden Figures. Within this film it has shared the story of Dorothy Vaughn‚ Mary Jackson‚ and Katharine Johnson‚ were three amazing African American women who were able to cross boundaries that seemed impossible of the late 1950’s-ealry 1960’s of the south. These three brave women had crossed racial‚ gender and career oriented boundaries that were placed in front of them. They were able to accomplish more then our textbooks didn’t tell us about the United
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A common theme throughout many different societies is the recognition of a divine figure. Interactions between the people and this figure vary depending on how the figure is perceived. Three compelling examples of this are found in the myths of ancient Rome‚ the Mayans from the Americas and the Hebrew Bible. Each relationship is unique‚ yet due to the authority a divine figure demands‚ similar aspects are perceivable. The gods of Rome were revered because of their immortality and supernatural abilities
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Marchetta‚ there are many representations of how fathers are portrayed in this novel. Question. Marchetta’s believes that a positive fatherhood figure is essential within a Childs life such as Michael Andretti helping his daughter‚ Joesphine Alibrandi achieve her emancipation. Marchetta contrasts Michael against negatively representations of fatherhood figures such as Senator Barton and Francesco Alibrandi. In the beginning of the novel‚ Marchetta represents Michael as an imperfect father who is
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Area of some rectilinear figures Area of a Triangle : 1/2 x Base x Heights Area of Equilateral Triangle : Sqrt(3)/4 x (Side)2 Area of a Triangle - Hero’s formula : Sqrt{s (s - a) (s - b) (s - c)} where 2s = a + b + c. Area of Rectangle = Length x Breadth Area of a Square = (Side)2 Area of Four Walls = 2 x height (Length + breadth) Area of Rhombus = 1/2 x (Products of Diagonals) Area of Trapezium = 1/2 x (Sum of Parallel Sides) x (Distance between Parallel lines) Area of Parallelogram
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Public Figures and Private Lives Publicity; it is umently a big deal. Everyone wants to be a celebrity. They want to be a famous actor‚ singer‚ etc. However‚ the real idea people need to be thinking about is‚ are you willing to give up your privacy and freedom? Once one becomes known to the public so does their entire life‚ whether one likes it or not. Take a look at Britney Spears; there is nothing about her life that is not public. Should this be a bad thing? Or should these public figure have
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After reading several different poems‚ "The Great Figure" really stood out to me. Although the poem is short in length‚ I feel like it has a story hidden within each word‚ phrase and verse. The poem is about someone seeing the number 5 on a fire truck‚ in the rain‚ as the truck is racing through the city. The image connects the to the poem and also tells the same story as the poem. In the image‚ the number 5 appears three time in three different sizes. The different sizes creates the illusion
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Santiago as a Christ Figure In The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway‚ there are many comparisons between the main character Santiago‚ who is often called the old man‚ and Jesus in the Bible. For someone who is familiar with the Bible and then reads this story‚ the similarities are easy to pick up on. Many debate if Hemingway did this intentionally of if it was weird similarities that just happened to be there. A few of these similarities include characteristics of Santiago and of Jesus‚
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Geiss 1 HIST 2111‚ Wolf Benjamin Franklin Writing 9/22/09 Benevolent Leader for a Virtuous Nation There were many people that helped contribute to the Enlightenment‚ but the most prominent American leader was a well-know political figure named Benjamin Franklin. The Enlightenment‚ also called the Age of Reason‚ was period of time when people tried to justify life in terms of scientific theory and rationalism. “The Enlightenment was responsible for inspiring revived interests in education
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