Happy Mardi Gras! It seems we’ve just finished planning and shopping and cooking and giving for Valentine’s Day and now another big food day descends upon us‚ that of Mardi Gras! Many people associate Mardi Gras with New Orleans Jazz bands‚ parade krewes‚ and overall hedonistic behavior. I’d say that’s about right. Shrove Tuesday‚ Pancake Tuesday‚ Fat Tuesday‚ (or in French‚ it’s Mardi Gras)‚ and Carnival. Whatever one calls it‚ it adds up to a day‚ for some‚ of pure debauchery. For most‚ it’s
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What makes me a Malaysian? Malaysia is a constitutional monarchy in south-east Asia consisting thirteen states‚ and three federal territories. The country is separated by South China Sea into two regions. There are Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysia Borneo (also know as east Malaysia).and also the former shares a border with Thailand to the north‚ with Singapore lying at its southern tip. Moreover‚ halfway up the peninsula on its eastern side is Kuala Lumpur‚ the nation ’s capital. Contingency
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Employees who like where they work will help the company make more money. Sears conducted an 800-store survey that showed the impact of employee attitudes on the bottom line. When employee attitudes improved by 5%‚ customer satisfaction jumped 1.3%‚ consequently increasing revenue by one-half a percentage point. Seeking ways to motivate and build worker morale pays dividends to any business or organization. The motivated worker is more committed to the job and to the customer. In order to attract
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What Makes Me Smile A smile is a delineation of happiness. Many quotes about smile are said by social activists such as “Wear a smile‚ one size fits all”‚ “Everyone smiles in the same language”‚ “Smile increases your face value” and so on. These quotes innovate people to keep smiling in melancholy. Smiles and doves are intimation of peace. Many things make people smile. It includes peers‚ closely related people‚ comedy shows‚ jokes
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What makes me tick ? The question “What makes me tick?”‚ seemed a simple one at first‚ as we were just told to write about our hobbies and passions which I found illogical as this was meant to be a creative task. After some deeper thought and deliberation the idea hurtled toward me! It sent me into an uncontrollable spin‚ head first‚ down an endless well of alien self reflection. I have never pondered about the question of what makes me tick. I had to contemplate me‚ down to my core and all its
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The statement “that which does not kill me‚ makes me stronger‚” has become a very well-known and powerful quote in American culture. It has even inspired new forms of the quote as well as songs. The song “Stronger” by Kelly Clarkson states that “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger‚ stand a little taller‚ doesn’t mean I’m lonely when I’m alone‚ what doesn’t kill you makes a fighter…” She is singing exactly what this statement is about. Kanye West also wrote a song titled “Stronger‚” that uses
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Alex Brown Dr. Sobatka POP 1 Section 3 31 August 2013 What Makes Me‚ Me A little over twenty years ago‚ my grandparents decided to move out to a little town called Huntsburg. They bought twenty-eight acres of field that had a farm house on the far end off of a dirt street called Stillwell Road and thus the “Martin Complex” was born. They have four boys‚ my dad and his three brothers‚ who all currently have houses on the property. My house consists of my parents‚ Bill and Lisa‚ my sisters‚ Katie
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Three events that made me the person today are when I got kidnapped in Guatemala‚ when I got into middle school‚ and when I played soccer for the first time. I was about 18 months when I got kidnapped. When I got kidnapped it was a impacted my life. I was about 18 months when this happened. My mom went to buy some cake and I followed her. That’s when a coca-Cola truck stopped and took me and when my dad went to go find me an old man told him that he saw a coca-cola truck take me. They found the
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My Most Important Decision On November 19th 2005‚ a day after having surgery‚ I was diagnosed with sqamous cell carcinoma cancer. I would compare receiving the news to going to the dentist and being numbed. However‚ this numbed my whole body. For twenty minutes I rushed through all kinds of thoughts and emotions – shock‚ anger‚ why me‚ sadness. After the twenty minutes‚ I made a big decision. I decided to live. I decided that all of the emotions and thoughts I was experiencing were not supporting
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asked to write about 15 things in my life that are important to me many values come to mind such as home‚ work‚ myself‚ a significant other‚ and this world we live in. there is obviously much more than 15 things that are important to me in my life so I will just give you brief explanations of each subjects. Home Three of the most important thing to me in my home environment would have to be my family‚ friends‚ and my town as a whole. My family is very important to me due to the fact without them
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