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It’s the spookiest time of the year, yet again. Jack-o-Lanterns, Nightmare Before Christmas, Dracula, and all the other classic creep-taculars that pop up by the end of October, typically remind everyone that, yeah, it is Halloween. But why do we even celebrate it, and how did it all start? The most probable answer is because Philippines is one of the largest Christian country in the world and in the liturgical year, October thirty first is the time that we dedicate to remembering the dead.…

“Big deal. Death always comes with the territory...” (“Richard Ramirez”). These were the words of serial killer Richard Ramirez moments after he was convicted of killing thirteen people (“Richard Ramirez”). Richard Ramirez was a troubled child who lived with his parents and four siblings. His father was often violent and abusive, causing Ramirez to frequently run away from home. Due to distance between Ramirez and his family, he became close with his cousin, Mike. Mike was a soldier for the…

potatoes in every dish possible, like classic or sweet potato casserole, sweet potato-squash casserole, cornbread stuffing with sweet potato and squash, sweet potatoes, harvested mashed potatoes, browned butter mashed potatoes, maple sweet potato cupcakes, cornflake-pecan-and-marshmallow topped sweet potato casserole, mashed sweet potatoes with cumin, caramelized onion-and-gorgonzola mashed potatoes, au gratin potato casserole, roasted sweet potato-and-onion tart, sweet potato gratin, and worst…

7) Services that Walmart provides its customers include financial services (money orders, prepaid cards, credit cards, money transfers, check cashing, and bill payment), clinical services (medical and vision services), VUDU movie streaming service (online movie and television streaming), automotive services (automotive maintenance and repair services), and health insurance services (Walmart, 2016). 8) Walmart also collects fees from its Sam’s Club members, which contributes to its total revenue.…

There are various definitions for the word nudge, sometimes it’s a physical nudge with the purpose of gaining someone’s attention, or it can be an accidental nudge by bumping into another person or thing. A nudge can also be a mental push, a push or nudge of encouragement, whether it be to make the ethical decision, or just make the decision that an authority figure (individual that wants to alter behavior or choices), wants to encourage individuals to choose. Everyone has been nudged in at…

What is my life all about? Why am I living in a world that is a hamster wheel of birth, work and death? What is it that makes my heart sing and how could I live by my own standards? And, most importantly, why am I not listening to that inner voice that keeps trying to warn me when I’m about to do something stupid. Every few years I would find myself practically homeless, broke, hungry, trying to hang onto whatever strands of a human existence I had left. I had a hole within me that was so vast…

In order to make food more affordable and feed a growing population, food companies add harmful chemicals and hormones to speed growth and increase production. This is a an epidemic because everybody is exposed to different kinds of chemicals and food chemicals are the most common. Due to increase in cost for maintaining our food healthy, adding chemicals and hormones drops the price, but has negative affects to the human body internally when consumed. Many different chemicals are added into…

Not Just another Lake House Our family lake house is full of fun and gregarious laughter all summer long. Ever since I have been old enough to remember, I have spent the bulk of my summer weekends on mile marker number 3. This is where my grandparents have owned a lake house since I have been alive. My dad and grandparents have owned homes at the lake since the late 1960s, so it is no shock that I have also acquired a taste for wanting to leave the populace and noisy city and head out…

Walt Disney started off as a farm boy drawing cartoon pictures of his neighbour’s horses for fun. When he was older, Walt tried to get a job as a newspaper cartoonist, but was unable to find one and ended up working in an art studio where he created ads for newspapers and magazines. Eventually he grew to work on commercials, became interested in animation, and eventually opened his own animation company which has become one of the most successful businesses in the world. Walt Disney's childhood…

sweetest message I received. Although, Olive Garden wouldn’t be my first choice restaurant for my birthday dinner but it was my husband’s favorite place to eat out. After making a birthday breakfast, which ended up being pancakes with honey syrup and cupcakes, I decided to spend the rest of the day making myself presentable for dinner. Since it would be a torture for little Tommy to go everywhere his mother needed to go, I dropped him off at his grandmother’s house. My first stop was the Bella…