TODAY’S QUOTES

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One  joy

scatters  a  hundred  griefs.

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- Chinese Proverb

Comments (0) Apr 15 2012

Smilin’ … Stylin’ … Caring and Sharing !!!!

Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", "DID YOU KNOW", Inspirationals.
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Michelle Obama attends a St. Patrick's Day reception at the White House on March 17, 2011

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As the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama has become a role model in the awareness arena for healthy eating, sharing her  homegrown recipes via her cookbook. Next celebrity chef?  She has also become a fashion icon and has been named by Forbes Magazine as the eighth most powerful woman in the world.

 

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Michelle Obama appears on the

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Michelle Obama speaks at the Democratic National Committee's Women's Leadership Forum, May 19, 2011.

First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the Democratic National Committee’s Women’s Leadership Forum in Washington….

 

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Michelle Obama speaks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Oct. 17, 2011

First lady Michelle Obama speaks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, during an event to honor schools that met the first lady’s goal to double the number of participants in the HealthierUS School Challenge in year.

 

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Michelle Obama attends cultural performances in Brasilia, Brazil, March 19, 2011.

Michelle Obama attends cultural performances in Brasilia, Brazil….

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Michelle Obama introduces President Barack Obama at a DNC fundraiser at Gotham Hall, New York

Michelle Obama introduces President Barack Obama at a DNC fundraiser at Gotham Hall, New York-

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Michelle Obama gestures before introducing her husband President Barack Obama at a DNC fundraiser at Gotham Hall in New York. She’s mingled barefoot among Aspen’s elite, stirred a Vermont utility executive to tears and bucked up disenchanted New Yorkers. The 2012 presidential campaign is well under way for Michelle Obama, and the first lady is promising to put herself into the election effort like never before. More than a year from Election Day, she is hauling in millions in campaign cash and sketching a portrait of her husband drawn with an intimacy that no one else could duplicate.

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Michelle Obama delivers a commencement address for the Quantico Middle/High School in Quantico, Va., June 3, 2011.

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Michelle Obama speaks to children at Christ Church College in Oxford, England.

Michelle Obama speaks to children at Christ Church College in Oxford, England.-
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Michelle Obama speaks to children from Elizabeth Garrett Anderson school in London as they visit Christ Church College in Oxford, England.

 

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Comments (0) Dec 18 2011

Miss Global Jamaica Pageant 2010

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The Reigning Queen

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Miss Global Jamaica 2010  Shereen Sterling

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Jamaican medical student Shereen Sterling (centre), winner of the Miss Global International 2010 competition, is flanked by second runner-up Marlene Lim (right) of Malaysia and Maria Isabel Figuera (first runner-up) of Venezuela on Sunday night’s final at the Grand Palladium in Hanover, Jamaica

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Shereen Sterling was born in the parish of St. James on May 16, 1987. She was born a Jamaican and remained one ever since. She attended Catherine Hall Primary School located in Montego Bay, St. James. It was evident that she had many talents to portray.

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Shereen started high school in 1999 at 11 years old where she immediately found herself in various clubs that shouted her personality.  Shereen represented her school proudly as a track athlete, a singer (JCDC Festival and conferences), to name a few. She found her leadership qualities at an early age by being able to complete whatever task was given to her and being able to motivate her team body. While being so active in school she was also active in her community.

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Shereen started Montego Bay Community college in 2007  and maintained great academic and extra-curriculum track records. Shereen was elected class representative and student council representative in her 1st year of college. She was an active member of the school choir and the ecology club and also did voluntary service in the Physiotherapy Department at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay. Shereen received a scholarship award from the Rotary of Montego East during her second year of college in 2008. Shereen graduated from Montego Bay Community College with distinctions and an Associate’s Degree in Natural Sciences.

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Shereen is currently studying full-time at the University of the West Indies. Shereen spends her

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Comments (2) Oct 07 2010

First Lady Michelle is Knocking ‘em Dead in London

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While President Barack Obama met world leaders to tackle the global financial crisis, Mrs Obama launched a charm offensive in London.

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British and American reports have focused on the President’s packed schedule, but have also given prominent billing to the First Lady’s glamorous and ever-changing wardrobe.

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She dazzled spectators during her first appointment on Wednesday in a mint green silk skirt and embellished cardigan from her perennial favourite US high street chain J Crew, and cut an elegant figure in a black and white dress, pearls and a black coat for the evening’s formal dinner.

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Comments (0) Apr 02 2009

Messages for the Soul

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                 Let’s all remember to take the time to LIVE!!!!

       A friend of mine opened his wife’s underwear drawer and picked up a
                           silk paper wrapped package:
                  ‘This, he said - isn’t any ordinary package.’
       He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box.
       ‘She got this the first time we went to New York , 8 or 9 years ago.
         She has never put it on , was saving it for a special occasion.
        Well, I guess this is it. He got near the bed and placed the gift
        box next to the other clothing he was taking to the funeral house,
                his wife had just died. He turned to me and said:

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Comments (0) Feb 11 2009

A Knock at Midnight

Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", "Jamaica ~ Land Of Paradise", "LOVE is LOVELY", "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM", Inspirationals.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.

A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.

Clayborne Carson and Peter Holloran, ed.s
(New York: IPM/Warner Books,1998)
© The Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr.

 
In this book under the chapter “American Dream”  and in paragraph 13 you will find
“The other day Mrs. King and I spent about ten days down in Jamaica.  I’d gone down to deliver the commencement address at the University of the West Indies. I always love to go to that great island which I consider the most beautiful island in all the world. The government prevailed upon us to be their guests and spend some time and try to get a little rest while there on the speaking tour. And so for those days we traveled all over Jamaica. And over and over again I was impressed by one thing. Here you have people from many national backgrounds: Chinese, Indians, so-called

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Comments (0) Feb 11 2009