has shown that reciprocity is an important motivating factor for charitable donations among young professionals today (Filo‚ Funk and O’brien‚ 2010). Reciprocity involves an individual giving to charity because he or she has benefited from‚ or anticipates benefiting from‚ the charity ’s central activities. Research has also suggested motives related to inherent needs of donors such as self-esteem and the need to help others (Ritzenheim‚ 2000‚ as cited in Filo‚ Funk and O’brien‚ 2010). 1. Serve
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Problems with standardized testing: it might cause children to fail! Standardized testing has been hailed as the solution to many school performance troubles‚ and condemned by others as the very cause of them. To measure the capability of the students via any assessment tool‚ most importantly‚ we need to know are we measuring the right thing the right way. People argue that the use of an objective instrument is necessary to measure performance. Because of this concept‚ standardized testing sounds
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VALUES AND LIFESTYLE OF THE “HIPPIES” Origins and Beliefs of the Hippies. The 1960s counterculture movement was comprised of the baby boomers who had grown into their teenage and young adult years in the 1960s‚ so they were often found in large numbers. The people involved were youths of America who were typically Caucasian‚ white‚ and middle-class‚ with ages ranging from fifteen to twenty-five. However‚ the conformity and peaceful times of the 1950s were not enough for their children‚ who were ambitious
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Lynnette Terh The Putrajaya Flower and Garden Festival is Malaysia’s largest Flower and Garden Festival to date. The venue for this event is at Lakefront Precinct 2‚ Putrajaya in Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia‚ from 25 August to 2 Septemer 2007‚ and is held in conjunction with Malaysia’s 50th National Day Celebration and alongside the 44th International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) World Congress. The floral displays by local and international designers and landscape architects are truly awesome
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Festivals in the Philippines 1. BULAKLAKAN FESTIVAL January 01 / Muntinlupa City‚ Metro Manila (45 minutes from Manila) Annual procession‚ parade of flowers and costumes. 2. COCONUT FESTIVAL January 11-15 / San Pablo City‚ Laguna (2 hours from Manila by land) A grand mardi-gras celebration which pays homage to Laguna Province’s most ubiquitous crop. 3. CARACOL FESTIVAL January 19 / Glorietta 4 Park‚ Makati City‚ Metro Manila (30 minutes from Manila ) "Caracol" is Spanish for
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The Osun Festival There are many Festivals in Nigeria‚ some of which date to the period before the arrival of the major religions in this ethnically and culturally diverse society. Does anyone know about The Osun Festival in Nigeria? The early history of the Oshogbo people is founded on mythical and spiritual beliefs‚ along the lines of the traditions of the Yoruba people. The Osun River goddess is credited with the founding and establishment of Oshogbo town. Some accounts describe her as Oso-Igbo
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[pic] 42nd ANNUAL WORLDFEST-HOUSTON FILM FESTIVAL TO SHOWCASE DOCUMENTARY “FOOD FIGHT” Houston‚ TX (Mar. 18‚ 2009) —The 2009 WorldFest-Houston proudly presents Food Fight as part of its award-winning documentary side bar. Food Fight is a fascinating look at how American agricultural policy and food production developed in the 20th century‚ igniting a California food movement that sparked a tasty‚ counter-revolution. The documentary dishes up topics including sustainable produce‚ farmers markets
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The Times last Sunday‚ were exposed to it? There is plenty of blame to go around — a company trying to save a buck‚ timid regulators and weak laws. The main responsibility lies with the employer‚ which repeatedly invoked the specter of competition from Chinese manufacturers as an excuse not to spend money to protect its employees. When state inspectors told company officials to ventilate fumes to the outside‚ they bought pedestal fans instead and often turned them off. When inspectors demanded respirators
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there are different types of festivals celebrated in Christianity. they are Christmas‚ palm Sunday‚ Easter‚ good Friday. Christmas is celebrated on the 25 of December and Christians celebrated it for the birth of Jesus the son of our father. palm Sunday is celebrated because Jesus had enter into Jerusalem. good Friday is celebrated for the death of Jesus. Easter is celebrated for the Crucifixion of Jesus.13 Maundy Thursday Christians remember this as the day of the Last Supper‚ when Jesus celebrated
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”Weekend” by Fay Weldon In the short story we are introduced to a family taking their weekly weekend trip to their cottage in the countryside. For the most part‚ the story takes place at the cottage itself‚ and here we get a good insight into the family’s‚ and especially Martha’s‚ life. The themes in this story are old vs. new norms and traditions relating to gender-roles within marriage and society. From the beginning the 3rd person narrator introduces us to Martha‚ a middle-aged woman of 38
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