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When it comes to firsts, Michelle Obama seems to break new ground every day. Of course, being the first black first lady is at the top of the heap. But she’s first in many other “first lady” categories, too.
As the media assesses her husband’s first 100 days in office tomorrow, we look at the mark she has made in her short time in the White House:
Tallest: Mrs. Obama is tall (5-foot-11), but she’s not the tallest first lady in American
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Apr 28 2009
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Inspirationals.
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The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box.
“There are 5 things you need to know,” he told the pencil, “Before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be.”
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“One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in Someone’s hand.”
Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish Korner".
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Published: Sunday | February 1, 2009
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Tyrone Reid, Staff Reporter ..
ANOTHER FEATHER was tucked neatly into the already well-decorated hats of Maurice William Facey and Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart yesterday, as the University of Technology (UTech) conferred honorary degrees on both men.
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The conferment of the Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) on Facey and Stewart was attended by many of the movers and shakers of corporate Jamaica, as well as senior Cabinet ministers and other high-ranking public officials.
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After the conferment ceremony, Facey told The Sunday Gleaner that the honour would have a place on the top shelf of his trophy case.
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“I am ecstatic!” he said, adding that it was certainly one of his greatest achievements.
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Feb 04 2009
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The term black aviation describes a historical fact: For the first half-century of powered flight, blacks flew in segregated circumstances. The story of black aviation is one of breakthroughs against restrictions. First, such isolated pioneers as Bessie Coleman overcame the entrenched discrimination of the time. Coleman’s brief career as a stunt pilot inspired a generation of black youth. Even so, at the time of Lindbergh’s historic flight to Paris in 1927, only a few blacks had become aviators. Racial prejudice excluded most.
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In the 1930s African Americans formed flying clubs to promote aviation in the black community. The clubs made it possible for African Americans to participate in aviation: Their members trained pilots and mechanics and promoted aviation through publications, lectures, and even air “circuses.” These air shows drew the curious with promises of “aerial acrobatics, rolls, turns, spins, ribbon cutting, crazy flying.” In 1933 and 1934 the long-distance flights of C. Alfred Anderson and Dr. Albert E. Forsythe displayed both flyers’ skills while appealing for equality in aviation. In Los Angeles William J. Powell set up the Bessie Coleman Aero Club and wrote his visionary book Black Wings, which urged black youth to choose careers in aviation. In Chicago Cornelius R. Coffey established the Coffey School of Aeronautics, served as the first president of the National Airmen’s Association, and built an airstrip in an African American community. Both Powell and Coffey recognized that blacks would need technical skills to advance in aviation.
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Feb 04 2009
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Tags: accomplishment, attitude, challenge, conversation, dream, encouragement, freedom, friends, God, happiness, information, inspiration, joy, life, link, love, philosophy, spirit, truth, wish, world
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All stories copyright 2008 Bob Perks
Today’s message:
“Sometimes”
By Bob Perks
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“It is how I was raised. Now that I look back
I see how limiting that was and wonder how much
more I could have accomplished,” he said.
“What’s stopping you now?” I asked.
It was a simple word but in his childhood it
was more of a philosophy.
Sometimes.
I watched that day as two men played cards in
a nearby park. It was a warm, sunny day blessed
with an occasional breeze just when you needed it.
I saw it as the kind of day I would rather be resting
in a lounge chair in my yard with a cool drink within
reach. Eyes closed, baseball cap tilted slightly
over my eyes to shade them from the sun.
Here I was, walking in the park perhaps in search of
the perfect tree to sit under while watching the
world go by. It is another one of my favorite
things to do; watch the world go by.
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Jan 16 2009
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One woman laughs about the time she took her 14-year-old daughter and
her daughter’s best friend to a Peter, Paul and Mary concert. They
were all fans of “oldies” music from the 60’s and 70’s and felt lucky
to get front row seats. When they returned home, her daughter said,
“During the show, we looked back and saw hundreds of little lights
swaying to the music. At first we thought the people were holding up
cigarette lighters. Then we realized that the lights were the
reflections off all the eyeglasses in the audience.” (Thanks to
“Reader’s Digest”)
My eyesight isn’t what it used to be, either. But as Helen Keller (who
could neither hear nor see) said, “The greatest tragedy in life is
people who have sight but no vision.” Maybe I should be more concerned
with my vision than with my eyesight.
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Nov 23 2008