Posted: under "When You're Down to Nothing God's UP to Something", Advice & Tips, Inspirational Poetry, Inspirationals.
Tags: advice, age, aim, anxiety, belief, bliss, care, check, cheer, Christ, color, colors, comfort, day, depression, determination, direction, duty, encouragement, era, example, faith, family, friends, friendship, funds, goal, God, happiness, hope, inspiration, instruction, instructions, insurance, Jesus, job, journey, joy, King, labor, learning, life, light, Lord, love, man, money, moon, new year, others, path, perception, period, perseverance, relaxation, rest, road, role model, Savior, smiles, star, stress, success, sunset, sunshine, task, time, tips, tour, travel, trip, vehicle, war, winner, wishes, woman, work
“Seize the Day, greet the sun, welcome the moon, wish upon a star!”
- Annie Danielson
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“DON’T QUIT”
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When things go wrong as they sometimes will
When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.
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Life is odd with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out.
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow,
You may succeed with another blow.
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Success is failure turned inside out,
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Jan 01 2012
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW", General Poetry, Inspirational Poetry.
Tags: America, bravery, citizen, country, courage, determination, earth, faith, flag, freedom, glory, God, government, honor, humanity, inspiration, integrity, justice, liberty, life, loyalty, man, Memorial Day, nation, price, pride, principles, spirit, strength, woman, world
Yankee Doodle/Patriotic Poetry
I Am The Flag
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I am the flag of the United States of America.
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I was born on June 14, 1777, in Philadelphia.
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There the Continental Congress adopted my stars and stripes as the
national flag.
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My thirteen stripes alternating red and white, with a union of
thirteen white stars in a field of blue, represented a new
constellation, a new nation dedicated to the personal and religious
liberty of mankind.
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Today fifty stars signal from my union, one for each of the fifty
sovereign states in the greatest constitutional republic the world has
ever known.
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My colors symbolize the patriotic ideals and spiritual qualities of
the citizens of my country.
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My red stripes proclaim the fearless courage and integrity of American
men and boys and the self-sacrifice and devotion of American mothers
and daughters.
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My white stripes stand for liberty and equality for all.
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My blue is the blue of heaven, loyalty, and faith.
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I represent these eternal principles: liberty, justice, and humanity.
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I embody American freedom: freedom of speech, religion, assembly, the
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May 31 2010
Posted: under "A TASTE of the TROPICS", "DID YOU KNOW", "Jazzy REGGAE ~ Irie Riddim", "LOVE is LOVELY", "SMILE" Jamaica ~ "Once You Go --- You Know", "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM".
Tags: aid, appeal, artist, belief, Caribbean, contribution, country, courage, determination, donation, empathy, encouragement, faith, family, fund, gift, government, Haiti, heart, hope, humanity, inspiration, island, Jamaica, Jamaican, life, link, love, money, music, musician, nation, neighbor, performance, reggae, relief, resilience, strength, sympathy, tribute, version, video, world
Caribbean’s version of “We are the World” for Haiti….
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Enjoy . . . . !
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“OUT OF MANY . . . ONE PEOPLE”
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Posted: under "A TASTE of the TROPICS", "DID YOU KNOW", "Jamaica Labrish Korner", "Jamaica ~ Land Of Paradise", "SMILE" Jamaica ~ "Once You Go --- You Know", "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM".
Tags: African, America, appreciation, arts, awards, black, blacks, Canada, Caribbean, celebration, celebrity, cemetery, challenge, college, color, colors, committee, community, contribution, country, creativity, critic, culture, dancer, determination, development, doctor, earth, education, environment, era, family, festival, friends, friendship, genius, ghost, global, globe, gold, government, governor, guidance, heritage, history, honor, icon, identity, influence, Jamaica, Jamaican, Kingston, land, legacy, legend, life, medal, mentor, merit, mind, Miss Lou, nation, orator, order, period, prime minister, Professor, quest, recipient, research, resilience, respect, Rex Nettleford, service, success, theatre, time, universe, university, voice, wishes, world, writer
Hello world, it is with profound sadness that I share the fact that our esteemed friend, Professor Rex Nettleford passed away on February 2nd…..
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PROFESSOR Rex Nettleford, one of Jamaica’s brightest sons and a cultural icon, died in the George Washington University Intensive Care Unit last night, six days after he collapsed in his hotel room in Washington and four hours before his 77th birthday.
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Nettleford, who suffered a massive heart attack, was admitted to the hospital’s intensive care unit and placed on life support. He never regained consciousness and finally passed at 8:00 pm.
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Nettleford… was an international icon and quintessential Caribbean man.
He was in the US capital to participate in a fund-raising gala for the University of the West Indies (UWI), where he was vice-chancellor emeritus.
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Last night, a medical report signed by Dr Christopher Junker of George Washington University said that the life support was terminated in keeping with Professor Nettleford’s wishes.
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“Mr Nettleford has been under our care at the George Washington University Intensive Care Unit for catastrophic brain injury following a cardiac arrest,” Dr Junker said. “After
Posted: under "SMILE" Jamaica ~ "Once You Go --- You Know", "Welcome to JAMrock ~ JAMAICA ~ NO PROBLEM".
Tags: America, athlete, awards, bliss, brilliance, bronze, champion, climate, competition, conditions, confidence, contribution, determination, effort, event, finalist, finals, game, goal, gold, happiness, intelligence, Jamaica, Jamaican, joy, medal, Penn Relays, performance, pride, record, school, season, silver, sports, success, team, track, university, victory, winner
Ristananna’s brilliant runs secure golden double for Edwin Allen
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Published: Saturday | April 25, 2009
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PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania:
Edwin Allen High School turned in a magnificent display to record double victories while capturing Championship of Americas titles at the Penn Relays at the University of Pennsylvania, Franklin Field, yesterday.
The quartet of Nikita Tracey, Amoy Blake, Shashawna French and Ristananna Tracey clocked 3:41.25 to lead their team to victory in the girls’ 4×400 metres relay.
Holmwood (3:41.72) and Manchester High 3:41.76 finished second and third, respectively, while Vere Technical, the other Jamaican team in the final, was disqualified.
Edwin Allen was aided by a brilliant anchor led from Ristannana Tracey, who found extra gear in the last 60 metres to go by leader Petra Fantry of Holmwood and Natoya Goule of Manchester.
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Second brilliant effort
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She clocked 54.1 seconds on her anchor leg, her second brilliant effort, following that in the 4×800 metres.
Ristananna was duly named the Most Outstanding high school female relay athlete of the meet.
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Apr 25 2009
Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish Korner".
Tags: achievement, ambition, career, caregiver, community, determination, distinction, dream, education, faith, family, goal, God, health, helper, honors, humility, Jamaican, journey, lesson, life, Lord, midwife, nurse, opportunity, parents, perseverance, sacrifice, siblings, success, time
Midwife delivers career switch at 45
Published: Monday | March 16, 2009
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If life begins at 40, as is the mantra of the archetypal career woman, Verona Grant-Brissett strapped up to get in the game just after the opening whistle had blown.
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But time has never been on her side.
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A topsy-turvy life from serving as a pre-teen surrogate mother and cleaning floors to survive meant sacrificing her dreams early on. Later, Grant-Brissett was told she was too old to don her whites and become a nurse. Guess who’s laughing now?
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Mar 16 2009