Community Book Festival According to the United States Census Bureau (2013)‚ Queens‚ New York‚ has an estimated population of 2.2 million people living in this growing region. With a large population like this‚ it would be an ideal place to promote reading by conducting a book festival for the community. Not only will the book festival promote reading among all age groups‚ but also‚ it will address the economic changes in the community in an effort to keep threatened libraries of Queens open.
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1. I am asked to compute the before-tax Net Present Value or NPV of a new ski lift for Deer Valley Lodge and advise the management there of the profitability. Before I am able to make this calculation there are a few calculations that I will need to make first. First the total amount of the investment‚ this will be the cost of a lift itself $2 million plus the cost of preparing the slope and installing the lift $1.3 million. Thus the investment amount for one lift is $3.3 million. Next I
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traditionally participated in a cycle of ritualized events and festivals. Historically‚ European life consisted of festivals like Carnival and Mardi Gras‚ along with common‚ daily rituals like charivari‚ or riding the stang. Some festivals kept people happy and allowed them to unwind while others provided order and punishment. Different religious beliefs resulted in different opinions on certain festivals and rituals. Additionally‚ rituals and festivals helped people to temporarily escape social identities
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holidays or festivals. Credibility Statement: I feel confident in discussing one of the many festivals celebrated by my relatives. I have researched many articles and read biographies on the founders of this unique festival of flowers. Purpose Statement/Position Statement/Preview of Main Points: My purpose here today is to inform you of a Dutch festival held throughout the United States and other countries but most specifically of the one closest to my heart…the Tulip Time Festival held annually
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My Favorite Chinese Festival The Mid-autumn is my favorite Chinese festival. It always falls on the 15th day of August‚ but this year is on 29th September. “This wonderful tale is a depiction of a Chinese family coming together and preparing to celebrate the moon with a nighttime picnic that embraces their Chinese customs with glowing lanterns and includes traditional dishes‚ such as the moon cakes‚ pomelos‚ and tea.”(LIN 94) A few days before the festival‚ everyone in the family will help to
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great rivers‚ the Tigris and Euphrates in Iraq‚ and the Nile in Egypt. People had settled in Mesopotamia by 7000 B.C. and the First Dynasty of Egyptian rulers was founded before 3000 B.C.‚ implying a much earlier period of occupation in the Nile River valley and delta. To protect themselves and channel the forces of nature‚ people living near the rivers created new technologies and forms of political and social organization. The geographical similarities were that both civilizations resided on banks of
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(Singapore) Art‚ culture‚ and society; these three elements are closely linked. These three elements affect one another in one way or another. There is often a conflict of interest between the artist‚ the audience‚ and the government body. The artist’s aim is to express art freely. The audience’s aim is to view art in forms that are not offensive to them. The government’s aim is to mitigate the conflict of interest between the two parties by implementing policies and restrictions to art pieces that
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HUNG TEMPLE FESTIVAL IN VIETNAM Vietnam is a country with long and rich cultures. Festivals are important facts of the year which vary from different ethnic groups. There are so many festivals held through a year: Do Son Buffalo Fighting‚ Mid Autumn‚ and Lunar New Year‚ etc. As for me‚ one of the most important sacred is Hung Temple Festival. The festival begins with a palanquin procession performed by three villages of Co Tich‚ Vi Cuong and Trieu Phu. The procession carries bamboo elephants
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Day. Or in Japan‚ Tango no Sekku ‚which occurs on the fifth day of May is their Children’s Day. In my country - Vietnam‚ the fifteenth day of August in lunar calendar is the Children’s Day‚ also called Mid-Autumn Festival‚ is the second important occasion in Vietnam. Mid-Autumn Festival is the time for parents to play with and catch up their kids. Parents often tell many stories to their kids on this holiday. The most popular story is about “ the moon man and his banian tree”. The banian tree had
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Sta. Cruz Festival (April 26) -Barangay Isla -The Santa Cruzan was a novena procession commemorating St. Helena’s mythical finding of the cross. St. Helena was the mother of Constantine the Great. According to legends‚ 300 years after the death of Christ‚ at the age of 75‚ she went to Calvary to conduct a search for the Cross. After some archeological diggings at the site of the Crucifixion‚ she unearthed three crosses. She tested each one by making a sick servant lie on all three.
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