people first brought their own music to America and soon it all began to merge to make western country music‚ than blues‚ rock n’ roll‚ and pop music. A song that describes the American roots of the rustic life is “Proud Mary” by John Fogerty‚ from the Creedence Clearwater Revival band. “Proud Mary” was written 47 years ago (1968) in California. The way the song came about was quite interesting. During 1967 Fogerty was trying to withdraw
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Do I make you proud? We all wanted to make our parents proud of us. All parents wanted their child to finish their studies and be a professional but not all are lucky to pursue it because of financial incapability. Now‚ I just wanted to share this famous line of a song entitled “Do I make you proud?”. I’m never been the one to raise my hand‚ that was not me and now that’s who I am because of you I am standing tall. My heart is full of endless gratitude. You were the one‚ the one to guide me through
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INTRODUCTION I currently work in the Education sector‚ working in a Customer Service role as Supervisor to a team of 2 job sharers. One is leaving on completion of his Masters to join a government body (I have not included him in the study)‚ but in order for the team to be successful and efficient I would like to develop knowledge and skills to identify development needs and planning for achievement. Acquiring these newly acquired skills will enable me to plan for the new member of the
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4DEP Activity 1 Title: The HR Profession Map and how it is used Introduction - An explanation on how the HR professional can develop skills and behaviours to be an effective professional in their role‚ or achieve higher through self assessment. 1.1 HR Profession Map (HRMP) The CIPD HR profession map is a tool to assist HR practitioners to asses what level they are working at. The four bands of professional competence define the contribution that professionals make at every stage of
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significant in the story Just be Yourself is growing up and finding what you want you love to do and want to do. I chose this because that is what is going on in my life right now‚ I am trying to find what i love and want to do when i grow up. You should find what you like not what others like. “It’s about exploring yourself and finding out who you really are on your own terms and in your own way‚” This quote is trying to explain that you need to evaluate yourself and find what you internally want
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Death‚ be not proud: Death‚ be not proud Death‚ be not proud ©2011 eNotes.com‚ Inc. or its Licensors. Please see copyright information at the end of this document. The Poem Holy Sonnet 10 (in a series of nineteen) gets its traditional title from the first four words of the poem‚ in which the poet issues a challenge to death that it should not boast of its conquests of people nor take pride in their fear of it. The poet depicts death as a force that is supposed to be “mighty and dreadful” because
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Every person at some point in their lives has compared themselves to someone‚ whether it was a co-worker‚ a best friend‚ or even a complete stranger; we’ve all done it. But my question is why? Why does a person choose to torture themselves this way? Has one ever remembered a time when they compared themselves to someone for something they didn’t have and felt good about it afterwards? By doing this foolish act we are relinquishing our joy that we had possessed inside ourselves for our own achievements
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Do You Really Know Yourself? Throughout time great philosophers have pondered the question of what knowing your self is. Philosophers like Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Alcibiades have somewhat of a similarity when it comes to identifying one’s self. However‚ there are the differences that lead up to the explanation and what individuals believe the self is. Socrates focused on the ‘good life’ and stresses the fact that to know how to live we need to know who we are. Under Socrates‚ the founder of philosophy
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God. There are lots of traits of the Filipinos that are to be proud of. And I am one of them‚ one of the “They”. I am a Filipino‚ a proud one. And you‚ I suppose‚ are one too. I just can’t think why we‚ Filipinos are not proud of our nationality‚ our country. Why we‚ choose other products than ours‚ because in our mind things made locally are ‘CHEAP’ which is totally not true‚ we are makers of world class items. We should be proud of our country. Don’t you know that we‚ Filipinos‚ are admired
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How To Cheer Yourself Up When You’re Down Got the colder weather‚ sour relationshops‚ no money‚ poor health‚ plain ol’ down ’n dirty blues? Try some of these strategies to blow away those dark clouds and let the sunshine into your life again. 1) Dance! Put on your favourite music‚ turn it up loud and dance! This is guaranteed to make you feel good. If you are unable to dance‚ don’t let that stop you having fun - sing at the top of your voice instead. 2) Smile! Force yourself to smile even if
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