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    ALL PRAISE BE TO GOD I HAVE GREAT PLEASURE IN THIS WONDERFUL EVENING IN WELCOMING OUR CHIEF GUEST MR. OR MRS........ WHO HAS KINDLY CONSENTED TO BE THE CHEIF GUEST OF OUR ANNUAL DAY ‚AND ALSO REALLY HAPPY TO WELCOME OTHER DISTINGUISHED GUESTS WHO ALSO CONSENTED AMIDST THEIR TIGHT SCHEDULE TO SHARE EVERY MOVEMENTS OF THIS WONDERFUL FUNCTION WITH US ‚AND ALSO WELCOME OUR CORRESPONDENT‚ ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER ‚ PRINCIPAL‚ TEACHING AND NON TEACHING STAFF. IN TODAY’S CELEBRATION OUR MAIN HEROES ARE

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    The Pursuit Of Happyness BY DENISE LING The Pursuit of Happyness Directed by Gabriele Muccino Runtime: 117 minutes I believe this movie gives hope to many lives‚ as it delivers a clear message to the society that anyone can fulfill their dream with a determined will. Chris Gardner (Will Smith) is a salesman and invests his entire life savings in portable bone-density scanners. He demonstrates them to doctors and tries to sell them. While he is able to sell most of them‚ the time lag between the

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    The Pursuit of Perfection Perfection is a much glorious quality‚ yet is completely unattainable. The desire for perfection stems from a desire to be happy‚ to live in an ideal existence and complete. And it could be imagined‚ disguised‚ poorly emulated‚ and foolishly impersonated. It’s because we do not have a distinct notion of what perfection truly is‚ and when a person attempts to be ’perfect’‚ they are usually transforming into seemingly perfect to their own perception. And‚ one will never

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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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    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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    Social stereotypes and Happiness The Pursuit of Happyness 11/21/2012 Instructor: Prof. Kristin Little Author: Tareq Naseer Alsamarh Social stereotypes and happiness The story of the movie The Pursuit of Happyness directed by Gabriele Muccino portrays a family who struggles with finding enough money to pay taxes and afford living expenses. The movie takes a place in San Francisco during the 80s. The two main characters are the father Chris Gardner and his son Christopher‚ Will Smith

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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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    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 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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    Abstract Emerging from Bourdieu’s cultural capital theory‚ many sociologists found a relation between cultural capital and Habitus‚ the effect they have on children’s educational attainment‚ and how it’s brought about from class differences in societies. Although Bourdieu focuses mainly on the importance of class and class cultures in impeding children’s negotiation of process of schooling (Lareau 1987)‚ his findings portray how cultural resources can be used to perpetuate their position of privilege

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