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    Money isn’t the source of making someone happy. Happiness is achieved by people accomplishing their goals in life and becoming successful. In the book‚ The Great Gatsby‚ the main character Jay was dedicated to being rich‚ but that wasn’t his goal. In order to reach his goal in life and be truly happy he needed to be with the one person he loved and that was Daisy. Similar to this idea in the book‚ The Wolf Of Wall Street‚ Jordan Belfort the main character always wanted more and more as he could never

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    Undoubtedly‚ changes in the economy affect the society‚ however we should think whether the economic growth brings benefit in terms of wealth and well-being. Economy is an integral part of society‚ because it defines actions that give rise to the production‚ distribution‚ exchange and consumption of goods and services. I would like to focus on the national economy in terms of economy in the UK. Economists to measure economy growth and well-being individual members are looking at the level of GDP

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    Incompatibility of Happiness and Truth In Brave New World‚ Aldous Huxley portrays a society with predestined social caste‚ lack of emotional relationships‚ and willful dissolution found in a hallucinogenic drug. In the present day World State‚ ones life long potential is designed and blueprinted into embryos. Social standing and credentials are defined and programmed into set castes. Each caste defined and taught to know and understand a set definition of personal satisfaction and happiness. John the

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    the clothing we need. I guess now would be a good time to tell you about the types of homes we live in. We cannot build permanent homes because we move around. Our houses are temporary‚ and because we move around we have limited personal possessions. Our shelters are

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    What is happiness? Their could be a hundred definitions to any one person. The dictionary defines it as feeling or showing pleasure or contentment. It also says it is being lucky or fortunate. Each person has their own way to define happiness. For me happiness is a celebration such as‚ a graduation‚ a wedding‚ or the birth of a new child. When I was seventeen‚ I dropped out of high school. For me this was not a good choice‚ and as time went on I regretted not finishing school. In 1999‚ five years

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    (In Tagalog‚ the surveys of Social Weather Stations‚ or SWS‚ use “talagang masaya‚” “medyo masaya‚” “hindi masyadong masaya‚” and “talagang hindi masaya.”) Conventionally‚ the upper two categories are Happy‚ and the lower two are Unhappy. Thus happiness and unhappiness get measured at the same time. Out of every five adult Filipinos‚ four are happy and one is not. That is probably a little over the world average‚ for those who go for international contests. For me‚ what matters more is progress

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    The word happiness resembles success to me. Happiness is a significant word than the term hustle. Success does not necessarily mean obtaining money‚ or having enormous houses. Happiness can be defined as being joyful in any of your momentous parts of your life. Happiness can lead you in acquiring splendid experiences throughout your life. Those wonderful experiences can guide you in finding and accomplishing your passion. There is no necessity for stressing and hustling your way out to success. When

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    Happiness is defined as being pleased or delighted about a particular thing. The ability to be in control is defined as authorities. Happiness is one of the three unalienable rights of life. There are many things that make a person happy. These things range from‚ a personal object‚ a close relationship with a person or an idea. Yet‚ happiness is not a solid state of mind. It must be developed over time and is based on the decisions made in one’s life. Many people question whether we can control our

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    In the last few decades‚ scientists has started to look for a new technology in materials which they called it “smart materials “that can provide the building and environment with new developments and technologies that would move the architecture to higher level of technology and provide solutions for the existing and continuing problems. This paper will provide an overview of the exact understanding of smart materials‚ types and characteristics‚ the proposed smart products and the applications of

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    COST OF MATERIALS An important area of materials accounting is the costing of materials requisitioned from the storeroom for factory use. The unit cost of incoming materials is known at the time of purchase. The date of each purchase is also known‚ but the materials on hand typically include items purchased on different dates and at different prices. Items that look alike usually are commingled in the storeroom. As a result‚ it may be difficult or impossible to identify an issue of materials with

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