Tomorrow is the Dionysia festival. This will be my third one since moving here to Athens four years ago. I plan on attending the newest tragedies being performed at the theater of Dionysus. I heard that Sophokles is introducing one this year. It is called Oedipus Rex. Tomorrow should be an interesting day. Elaphebolion 2‚ 426 Today was a wonderful day. The day began with an early start. I woke up and adorned myself with my finest peplos. I left my home for the festival and immediately headed for
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’The three-day weekend by law.’ Lower transportation costs. Less money spent on facilities and overhead. Increased teacher and student attendance. And...higher test scores? New research suggests‚ perhaps that the four-day school week not only doesn’t hurt student achievement‚ but seems to help! The four-day school week has some appeal when budgets are tight‚ especially in rural districts where students and teachers may travel a long way to get to school. In America schools in 17 states have four-day
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24th‚ 1860‚ when she finally had something worthwhile to write about. The sun was high and Becca awoke. Today was the Jonesville Annual Harvest Festival. Rebecca arose to put on her dress and walked downstairs. She couldn’t wait to spend the night with her two beaux‚ Alex and Charlie. After daily chores were finished‚ Becca retrieved a horse and wagon from the barn. Becca and her mother‚ Sarah Case‚ would ride into town without her sisters because of the rumors of Gypsies. Becca’s mother parked the
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ground shot up. The bullets stop and all you hear is sirens and screams. The evening of October 1st 2017 a country music festival was playing with Jason Aldean headlining. A man named Stephen Paddock fired a gun into the crowd from his hotel room on the 32nd floor at the Mandalay Bay hotel. 59 people have been confirmed dead and over 500 have been reported injured either from the shots or being trampled by the running
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Millbrae Art and Wine Festival The Millbrae Art and Wine Festival is an annual Labor Day weekend festival that takes place on Broadway street in a small town thirty minutes away from San Francisco. The Millbrae Chamber of Commerce decided to organize the first festival in 1970 because they believed that the festival revenue could save the chamber office from having to shut down due to insufficient government funding. Since then‚ the Millbrae Art and Wine Festival has become the most important tradition
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The Vietnam War‚ this war raged from 1955 to 1975. Many opposed the war they were known as “hippies”. The war helped empower the hippy movement and made it stronger then ever. Let’s explore what started the war‚ how it shaped America and why it was such a big deal. What caused this war? It was the drive to get power and stop communism. America believed all Communism was bad and should be abolished while the Soviets believed it was great and should be used everywhere. North vietnam supported the
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Burning Man: A Ticket to Free Expression August 27‚ 2012‚ you and your friends pile into the care and you drive until you finally reach nowhere‚ also known as Black Rock Desert. Burning Man‚ a week long experience of art‚ exploration‚ freedom‚ and expression. When attending Burning Man there are not many rules‚ only a select few that are enforced. One of the enforced rules of Burning Man is that you leave the land the way you found it. If you bring it you take it. Volunteers stay weeks after Burning
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With respect to differences and similarities‚ the two events share the host community although Stereosonic Music Festival extends to Melbourne‚ Sydney‚ Perth and Brisbane. The participants for the two events are artists while the media play the role of promoting the events. The two events involve ticketed entry purchases or receipt with the sponsors providing essential services and resource. The sponsors of the two events seek intangible and tangible benefits for their sponsorship where BankSA and
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DOCUMENTARY – STEVE JOBS: BILLION DOLLAR HIPPY‚ BBC RESEACH QUESTIONS – based on Steve jobs and Apple MARKETING THE BRAND 1. How has apple marketed itself to the world? How has it continued with its vision over the 25 years that it has been in business? At the conference‚ Jobs introduced the new generation of computer with Macintosh. The computer had interactive graphic and mouse. Moreover‚ it promoted the brand of Apple as the pioneer of computer technology. In other words‚ Apple changed
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Summary Description of the festival Haineken Open’er Festival is the largest musical event organized in Poland since 2002. It is organized by Alter Art with the cooperation of the city of Gdynia‚ and the main sponsor of the festival is the producer of Haineken beer. Open’er will take place from 3 to 6 July in Gdynia in Poland. Finance Required Opener total cost is estimated to about 5 million pounds. Festival expenditure covers three main areas: management‚ costs of festival and promotion. The largest
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