D iwali is a 5 day festival‚ celebrated to mark the triumph of good over evil. It is observed each year at some point during mid-October to mid-November in many countries such as India‚ Singapore‚ Malaysia‚ and Nepal‚ or where there are large Indian communities living such as in Canada‚ Britain‚ and New Zealand. Diwali is also known as Deepavali‚ the "deep" meaning "light" or "lamp"‚ and "avali" meaning "row" This "row of lights" is represented by lighting lamps everywhere during Diwali. The thirteenth
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41-year-old man from Bhopal India. Mr. Sofat came to the United States with his father‚ mother‚ and brother in 1979. When Sayad and his brother were told they were moving to America by their parents Sayad said "it brought anxiety to our hearts wondering how we would get adjusted to our new home". Upon arriving in America Mr. Sofat found himself elated and still a bit nervous with the new environment. “The moment we stepped off the airplane in the land of opportunity my brother and I looked at each other
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for many people‚ you may not hear a lot of people talking about it but it is happening every night to millions of people all over. There are many ways to fight insomnia or at least try to make it less severe on your self. Here are a few examples on how to try and fight insomnia‚ if these do not work then there are many more for you to try. First question‚ what is insomnia exactly? It is a constant loss of sleep‚ causing severe sleep deprivation. There are three major categories of insomnia. First
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L. Robert Kohls opens his book‚ Survival Kit for Overseas Living‚ with a preface that reminds its reader that even if you have chosen to live your life up until now within your own culture and/or social groups people in today’s world are expected to know and be able to function within society at an intercultural level of acceptance and unity. The purpose of this book is help Americans to see what intercultural skills we already have‚ those that must be developed to ‘survive’‚ and to become aware/more
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Major challenge faced by Nike in the next five years Nike always gives their customers more than just good sports gears. As the company notes on its website (www.nike.com)‚ “Nike has always know the truth‚ it’s not so much the shoes but where they taking you” Nike care much about its customer to live as their bodies. Nike not just promotes sales but it promotes sports for the benefits of all. However‚ as we can see from (Vogel‚ 2012)‚ Nike has faced some challenge when they are putting their efforts
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Studying overseas is an amazing experience. But for others the experiences had been different some ways or even regretted. Studying overseas is an important part of making decisions where they’ll be living and how to study in another country. Nowadays‚ students are eager to study overseas because they feel studying in a different country is better than studying local of our country. They have their own reason to study locally or abroad. Studying local or abroad has its own advantages and disadvantages
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Executive Summary The company strategy that Nike uses is an ingenious one. A strategy that founder Phil Knight thought of while still in school at Stanford. Instead of paying Americans to put together Nike’s shoes‚ Knight thought that it would be a better idea to take manufacturing plants overseas to places where labor is much cheaper than in the U.S.‚ places like Taiwan and South Korea. With 86% of its products being produced in one of those two countries and Nike employing a large number of people who
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Nike’s mission statement is simple: To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world. If you have a body‚ you are an athlete. (NIKE) Nike originated because of two men‚ Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight. Bowerman was the Track and Field coach at the University of Oregon‚ while Knight was one of his runners. Bill Bowerman wanted to design shoes for his runners that would maximize their performance. Upon Graduating‚ Knight felt that high performance running shoes could be produced in
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families have sent their children overseas to study. The idea of going overseas for the education is an exciting prospect for many people. But while the overseas education may offer some advantages‚ it is probably easy to bring some disadvantages because of the difficulties a student inevitably encounters living and studying in a different culture. Then‚ what are the pros and cons of overseas education? The main advantage of overseas education is academic ones. Overseas education offers many good foreign
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Overseas study – a common tendency in Vietnam but is it as good as it looks? 1. Introduction Recent years witnessed a increasing of number of study overseas. Especially after Vietnam joining WTO‚ students have more and more tendency to study abroad. The Vietnamese economy magazine provided the figure of 50 000 – the number of student study overseas count until 2007. In U.S‚ the amount of visa issued for Vietnamese student increase 54%‚ while in Canada rise significantly 90%. They can
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