REFLECTIONS OF A MOTHER

( What a mother would say )

I GAVE YOU LIFE BUT CANNOT LIVE IT FOR YOU



I CAN TEACH YOU THINGS BUT I CANNOT MAKE YOU LEARN.



I CAN GIVE YOU DIRECTIONS BUT I CANNOT BE THERE TO LEAD YOU



I CAN ALLOW YOU FREEDOM BUT I CANNOT ACCOUNT FOR IT



I CAN TAKE YOU TO TEMPLE BUT I CANNOT MAKE YOU BELIEVE



I CAN TEACH YOU RIGHT FROM WRONG BUT I CANNOT ALWAYS DECIDE FOR YOU



I CAN BUY YOU BEAUTIFUL CLOTHS BUT I CANNOT MAKE YOU BEAUTIFUL INSIDE



I CAN OFFER YOU ADVICE BUT I CANNOT ACCEPT IT FOR YOU



I CAN GIVE YOU LOVE BUT I CANNOT FORCE IT UPON YOU



I CAN TEACH YOU TO SHARE BUT I CANNOT MAKE YOU UNSELFISH



I CAN TEACH YOU RESPECT BUT I CANNOT FORCE YOU TO SHOW HONOR



I CAN ADVICE YOU ABOUT FRIENDS BUT CANNOT CHOOSE THEM FOR YOU



I CAN ADVISE YOU ABOUT SEX BUT I CANNOT KEEP YOU PURE



I CAN TELL YOU THE FACTS OF LIFE BUT I CANNOT BUILD YOUR REPUTATION



I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT DRINKS BUT I CAN’T SAY “NO” FOR YOU



I CAN WARN YOU ABOUT DRUGS BUT I CAN’T PREVENT YOU FROM USING THEM



I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT LOFTY GOALS BUT I CAN’T ACHIEVE THEM FOR YOU.



I CAN TEACH YOU KINDNESS BUT I CAN’T FORCE YOU TO BE GRACIOUS.



I CAN WARN YOU ABOUT SINS BUT I CANNOT MAKE YOU MORAL.



I CAN LOVE YOU AS A CHILD BUT I CANNOT PLACE YOU IN GOD’S FAMILY.



I CAN PRAY FOR YOU BUT I CANNOT MAKE YOU WALK WITH GOD.



I CAN TEACH YOU ABOUT GOD BUT I CANNOT MAKE GOD YOUR LORD.



I CAN TELL YOU HOW TO LIVE BUT I CANNOT GIVE YOU ETERNAL LIFE.



I CAN LOVE YOU WITH UNCONDITIONAL LOVE ALL OF MY LIFE AND I WILL ALWAYS..

Our mother is truly a Gift of God

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CHARLIE CHAPLIN

The following biography is from Wikipedia.org “The Free Encyclopedia.”

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Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977) was the most famous actor in early to mid Hollywood cinema, and later also a notable director. His principal character was "The Tramp": a vagrant with the refined manners and dignity of a gentleman who wears a tight coat, oversized pants and shoes, a derby or bowler hat, a bamboo cane, and his signature square mustache. Chaplin was one of the most creative personalities in the silent film era; he acted in, directed, scripted, produced, and eventually scored his own films.

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Biography

He was born in Walworth, London, England to Charles, Sr. and Hannah Harriette Hill, both Music Hall entertainers. His parents separated soon after his birth, leaving him in the care of his increasingly unstable mother. In 1896, she was unable to find work; Charlie and his older half-brother Sydney had to be left in the workhouse at Lambeth, moving after several weeks to Hanwell School for Orphans and Destitute Children. His father died an alcoholic when Charlie was 12, and his mother suffered a mental breakdown, and was eventually admitted to the Cane Hill Asylum near Croydon. She died in 1928.

Charlie first took to the stage when, aged 5, he performed in Music Hall in 1894, standing in for his mother. As a child, he was confined to a bed for weeks due to a serious illness, and, at night, his mother would sit at the window and act out what was going on outside. In 1900, aged 11, his brother helped get him the role of a comic cat in the pantomime Cinderella at the London Hippodrome. In 1903 he appeared in Jim, A Romance of Cockayne, followed by his first regular job, as the newspaper boy Billy in Sherlock Holmes, a part he played into 1906. This was followed by Casey's Court Circus variety show, and, the following year, he became a clown in Fred Karno's Fun Factory slapstick comedy company. According to immigration records, he arrived in the USA with the Karno troupe on October 2, 1912. In the Karno Company was Arthur Stanley Jefferson, who would later become known as Stan Laurel. Chaplin and Laurel wound up sharing a room in a boarding house. Stan Laurel returned to England but Chaplin remained in the USA. His act was seen by film producer Mack Sennett, who hired him for his studio, the Keystone Film Company.

While Chaplin initially had difficulty adjusting to the Keystone style of film acting, he soon adapted and flourished in the medium. This was made possible in part by Chaplin developing his signature Tramp persona, and by eventually earning directorship and creative control over his films, which enabled him to become Keystone's top star and talent.

His salary history suggests how rapidly he became world famous, and the skill of his brother, Sydney, at being his business manager.

1914: Keystone, worked for $150 a week

1914-1915: Essanay Studios, of Chicago, Illinois, $1250 a week, plus $10,000 signing bonus

1916-1917: Mutual, $10,000 a week, plus $150,000 signing bonus

1917: First National, $1 million deal — the first actor ever to earn that sum.

In 1919 he founded the United Artists studio with Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith.

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Best Motion Picture of the Year

Atonement

Juno

Michael Clayton

No Country for Old Men

There Will Be Blood

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MUSIC

Atonement

The Kite Runner

Michael Clayton

Ratatouille

Once

Enchanted

August Rush

Enchanted

Enchanted

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Directing

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Juno

Michael Clayton

No Country for Old Men

There Will Be Blood

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Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

Persepolis

Ratatouille

Surf's Up

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Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

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"Elizabeth: The Golden Age"

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"Away From Her"

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"La Vie en Rose"

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"The Savages"

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"Juno"

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OSCAR 2008-ACTORS IN A LEADING ROLE

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"Michael Clayton"

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"There Will Be Blood"

Johnny Depp
"Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

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"In the Valley of Elah"

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"Eastern Promises"

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Fan dishes out $3,000 for Shakira's bra!

Wed, Feb 13 05:55 PM

London, Feb 13 (ANI): One Shakira fan showed just how big an admirer he was when he forked out a whopping 3,000 dollars just for her bra.

Another admirer dished out a whopping 14,000 dollars for his lucky chance of meeting the Colombian pop sensation and receiving front-row seats at a future show in Toronto.

These two bids were among the highest offered for 40 items that Shakira donated to an Internet auction for her Bare Feet Foundation, which is building a school for impoverished children in northern Colombia.

One more popular item of the curvy lass, a shiny lavender skirt with turquoise-and-coral beading that she wore while singing 'Hips Don't Lie' has fetched more than 1,000 dollars.

All the items belonged to the star's 2007 "Oral Fixation" tour. Still up for grabs is an electric Fender guitar and an acoustic Taylor guitar, both having the 31-year-old singer's autograph.

The auction has raised 76,000 dollars in total.

"It was a phenomenal success. We had bidders from 10 countries," the Sun quoted Eric Gazin, president of Auction Cause, as saying. (ANI)

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Early Oscar Contestants 2008

'Atonement'- What's the Buzz?The adaptation that doesn't pale in comparison to the original; it's also earning good marks for co-stars Keira Knightley and James McAvoy. Don't count Keira out for Best Actress short list, the film for Best Picture.

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Oscars '07: Worst Looks

Kirsten Dunst

Now, we are no fashion professionals -- and we do appreciate the originality of your outfit, Kirsten -- but forgive us for asking: Should an Oscar gown look so much like a little girls' nightshirt? A very fancy Chanel Couture nightshirt, mind you, but a nightshirt nonetheless.

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Oscars 2008 - Celebrity nominees reactions

Johnny Depp

Best Actor, 'Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'

"My sincere thanks to the Academy for this kind nomination. It is both an honor and a privilege to be aligned amongst such ability. My endless gratitude also to Tim Burton and the entire cast and crew of 'Sweeney Todd,' without whom I would not be here today." -- ET Online

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Lakshmi Narayan Mittal

Lakshmi Narayan (or Lakshmi Niwas Mittal) (लक्ष्मी निवास मित्तल) (born June 15, 1950) is a London-based Indian billionaire industrialist, born in Sadulpur village, in the Churu district of Rajasthan, India, and resides in Kensington, London. He is the richest man in the UK and the fifth richest person in the world, with a personal fortune of US$51.0 billion according to Forbes magazine.

The Financial Times named Mittal its 2006 Person of the Year. In May 2007, he was named one of the "100 most influential people" by Time magazine.

Early years

Lakshmi spent his first years in India , living with his extended family on bare floors and rope beds in a house built by his grandfather. His family was from humble roots; his grandfather worked for the Tarachand Ghanshyamdas Poddar firm, one of the leading industrial firms of pre-independence India. They eventually moved to Calcutta where his father, Mohan, became a partner in a steel company and made a fortune.

He graduated from St. Xavier's College in Calcutta (Now known as Kolkata) with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Business and Accounting in 1969.

Career

Lakshmi Mittal began his career working in the family's steelmaking business in India, and in 1976, when the family founded its own steel business, Mittal set out to establish its international division, beginning with the buying of a run-down plant in Indonesia. Shortly afterwards he married Usha, the daughter of a well-to-do moneylender. In 1994, due to differences with his father and brothers, he branched out on his own, taking over the international operations of the Mittal steel business, which was already owned by the family. Mittal's family never spoke p

Today

ublicly about the reason that caused the split.

Since 2005, Mittal has been the richest person residing in the United Kingdom. He is the President of the Board of Directors and CEO of ArcelorMittal; ArcelorMittal is the world's largest producer of steel, with assets in France, Belgium, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, South Africa, Poland, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Canada, Bulgaria, United States, Trinidad and Brazil. On July 13, 2005 it was announced that he had donated £2 million to the Labour Party, and on January 16, 2007 it was announced that he had donated a further £3 million

Charity

After witnessing India win only one medal, bronze, in the 2000 Olympics, and one medal, silver, at the 2004 Olympics, Mittal decided to set up Mittal Champions Trust with US$9 million to support 10 Indian athletes with world-beating potential.

For Comic Relief 2007, he matched the money raised (~£1 million) on the celebrity special BBC programme.

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