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    overwhelming adversity‚ what gives me the cause to hope? Ever since I was little I have been competitive in all different levels and types of sports‚ many of which I have stared right into the face of adversity. Injuries‚ family problems‚ and being strewn out between 400 miles of highway between Tennessee and Georgia have given me plenty of reason to give up on my sports…my true passion and desire. Did I give up? Did I let the face of adversity tear me down? No. I let my desire to persevere build me

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    whether to make others happy or to find our own pleasure. From my perspective‚ I believe that to do things to fulfill other people’s happiness is of greater importance than to satisfy ourselves. To begin with‚ we are living in an interrelated world‚ in which every living thing has strong connection with each other. Thus hardly can an individual survive without the community‚ he will perish‚ sooner or later‚ so pleasing others with joy by giving them a hand is regarded as a noble act. In the wake

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    Dangers of Police Pursuits January 2006 Abstract Debate rages over whether high-speed pursuits are justified. And consensus is growing among local and national law enforcement for the need for stricter controls to dictate when‚ where and why police engage in such potentially deadly car chases. The written pursuit policies of 47 state law enforcement agencies and the nation’s 25 largest cities were subjected to comparative analysis. Qualitative analysis of the policies focused on factors justifying

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    The Futile Pursuit of Happiness "The Futile Pursuit of Happiness" by Jon Gertner was published in September of 2003. It is an essay that discusses the difference between how happy we believe we will be with a particular outcome or decision‚ and how happy we actually are with the outcome. The essay is based on experiments done by two professors: Daniel Gilbert and George Loewenstein. The experiments show that humans are never as happy as we think we will be with an outcome because affective forecasting

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    The Pursuit of Happiness "Money can’t buy friends. But you can afford a better class of enemy." (Mancroft‚ Lord). In my opinion this quote holds great relevance in reference to the article “Money and the Meaning of Life” by Bill Taylor. The first paragraph in question raises a few interesting questions. “How is it that brilliant people with more money than they’ll ever need allow their hunger for even more money to cause them to lose everything?” (Taylor‚ Bill)‚ the author asks. Later then referring

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    Audience Pleasures Pleasures of relatiblilty- The IT Crowd is set in an office building and follows the daily lives of the IT department within this company. This is relatable to the target audience‚ who would be young adults- middle aged‚ and therefore working also‚ and would probably we able to relate to working collectively with a team ‚ and the individual unique characters within the department. For example‚ the contrast between the people working on the top floor of the building‚ compared

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    “Tell us about yourself” – Tips for answering this interview question No matter what kind of job you’re after‚ you will be asked to talk about yourself in the interview. This allows the company to evaluate whether your professional and personal qualifications are suited to the job. This is your opportunity to make a positive impression. It’s important that you spend the time talking about your qualifications and present yourself in a positive light. Avoid repetition and practise This should

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    Addiction and the Future of Pleasure Addiction is a term that’s tossed around lightly. Many people use it every day to describe their strong desire or liking for something such as coffee‚ candy‚ or sports. Although most people believe they understand the meaning of addiction‚ the real concept of it is rooted deep inside the brain. Defining addiction isn’t as easy as the understanding of how much you love sports or the fact that you can’t go a day without coffee. The only way to truly define addiction

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    The Pursuit of Happyness The Pursuit of Happyness Movie is a real life story based on Chris Gardner (role play by Will Smith) who used to work as a bone-density scanners salesman. A bone-density scanner works like X-rays but is portable and of course‚ more expensive. Gardner spends all his life selling these scanners and although he has made it‚ the time lag between his sales is long and slowly erodes his relationship with his wife who eventually leaves him as he could not afford to pay for bills

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    What is life‚ but the pursuit of happiness? It’s written into any human rights document and has a place in every democratic state’s declaration of state. “Life‚ Liberty‚ and the pursuit of Happiness” is a well known and used phrase today. A happy human being is a productive human and if we are all to get along in this world we all need to chip in somehow. Contributing so that we might all have a happy and fulfilling life. Sadly‚ though happiness is seen as a basic human right by many‚ it is one

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