A holiday is a day designated as having special significance for which individuals‚ a government‚ or a religious group have deemed that observation is warranted. It is generally an official (more common) or unofficial observance of religious‚ national‚ or cultural significance‚ often accompanied by celebrations or festivities. Contents [hide] 1 Etymology 2 Regional meaning 2.1 Australia‚ Canada‚ UK 2.2 U.S.A. 3 Types of holiday (observance) 3.1 Religious holidays 3.2 Northern Hemisphere winter
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Benefits of Online Social Networking While there are risks inherent in online social networking‚ there are also many potential benefits. Social networking can provide opportunities for new relationships as well as strengthening existing relationships‚ whether your kids’ friends are close to home or across the world. It’s important to be vigilant when your kids are getting involved in online social networking‚ but it’s also good to encourage positive relationships through various avenues‚ including
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become more productive‚ competitive thereby raising quality of goods‚ services and the worlds living standard. Secondly‚ several companies from the more developed countries have already ventured to establish foreign operations or branches to take advantage of the low cost of labor in the poorer countries. This kind of business activity will provide more influx of cash or investment funds into the less developed countries. However‚ one cannot deny the negative effects which havederived from globalization
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Another disadvantage Judith had to endure was the inability to make her own decisions‚ including but not limiting‚ rights to the money which she had collected‚ and the husband in which she would marry. Woolf expresses the weight of Judith’s opinion about her marriage‚ “Soon‚ however‚ before she was out of her teens‚ she was to be betrothed to the son of a neighboring wool-stapler.”(47). Woolf explains what would happen if Judith were to refused the arranged marriage‚ “the daughter who refused to
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Advertising can be regarded as having two separate functions‚ one of persuading and one of informing consumers. Against some who claim that persuasive advertising using irrational means is moral as long as the product or service it represents is good or useful‚ this paper argues that by denigrating human reason such advertising is always immoral. On the other hand‚ advertisements which present information in a straight-forward and truthful way are always moral no matter what they advertise; indeed
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they use the Internet more often than they really need. Surfing on the net becomes more important than meeting with friends or going to the classes at the university and the reality they start to live in is the virtual reality. Another important advantage of the Internet is that it has become the most easily accessible and the best resource collection. It is used for the research purposes not only by the university students but also by the children from primary schools as
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who can realize the following : (i) In the politics of our country the student-factions play extremely important role in the national politics. Naturally if AL withdraws them from the field‚ other political parties would enjoy the consequential advantage. Even some of their student leaders may join other parties with the objective of taking revenge. (ii) Unquestionably there is need for the students to learn politics such that they can love the people and the country‚ which is the first step of
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Recently due to internet growth‚ lots of medical digital images are being shared between medical experts and hospitals for better and more precise diagnosis‚as well as for research and educational purpose and also for many other commercial and non-commercial applications. In modern times now‚ all the integrated health care systems like Hospital Information System (HIS) and Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) allow easy distribution of medical imageswherethe whole or the region of interest(ROI)
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This essay is related to the process of Fracking and its implications on the Karoo. It will provide a background on exactly what Fracking is and how the process is carried out and also how and to what extent the process will affect the Karoo. Knowledge gained from the environmental economics course will be used and various factors and arguments will be weighed and taken into consideration with the goal aimed at reaching an evidence based decision as to whether Fracking should or should not be allowed
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Discounting is reducing the selling price of goods. Many retail stores use this method to try to sell more products and gain more profits. The advantages and disadvantages of discounting have brought a drastic debate. Some supporters believe that it has noticeable benefits‚ while others suggest that it perhaps does more harm than good. In this essay‚ I will review both the comments for and against discounting goods to boost sales. The advocators encourage discounting goods to attract more consumers
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