For my event I attended the Black Swamp Arts Festival back in September. This festival was over a whole weekend and it was filled with eclectic styles of art and music. Walking through the festival and seeing the different booths made me feel like I was in a whole new world sometimes. The art was gorgeous‚ some of it was funny and amusing‚ and others were moving and were very deep. The musical portion of the weekend is where I found my most memorable events that I believe related to this class in
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Mary Political Economy January 10‚ 2010 Do Sovereign Wealth Funds Pose a Security Threat to Western States? Sovereign wealth funds have been on the international economic scene since the middle of the 20th century. The Kuwait Investment Authority‚ for example‚ was created in 1953. (Lyons‚ p.25) However‚ until lately they had gone either unnoticed or ignored by the majority of political commentators. Several factors have brought them to the center of attention in economic and political
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Officially on falling on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month‚ the Dragon Boat Festival is also known as Double Fifth Day. While many stories regarding its origin abound‚ the most popular and widely accepted version regards Qu Yuan‚ a minister during the Warring States Period (475 - 221 BC) Legend of the Dragon Boat Festival’s Origin At the end of the Zhou Dynasty‚ the area we now know as China had fallen into a state of fragmentation and conflict. While the Zhou dynasty had ruled for several
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LAMU CULTURAL FESTIVAL Case Study 1 “Describe the cultural product” Submitted at the IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems and Azerbaijan Tourism Institute by Lala Hasanova Submitted on: 25.12.2012 Content General Information 3 Lamu as a UNESCO’s Word Heritage 4 Lamu Cultural Festival as a cultural product 5 Lamu Cultural
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organization called the True Colors Fund has trained and educated members of communities much like even yours on the subject of LGBT youth homelessness. True Colors Fund was founded in April 2010 by Jonny Podell‚ Cyndi Lauper and Lisa Barbaris in order to put a stop to homelessness in LGBT young people. In addition to educating the public‚ they have held a number of fundraisers‚ such as Pizza 4 Equality and the annual Home for the Holidays concert. True Colors Fund does many things to raise general
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Festivals in Jharkhand Sarhul is a festival where Shaal tree and leaves play an important role. Sarhul is celebrated during the spring season when the Shaal trees get new leaves. Shaal flowers are brought to saran sthal (the sacred place) and pahan propitiates the Gods. The priest is called Pahan and he distributes shaal flowers to every villager. The shaal flowers represent the brotherhood and friendship among villagers. It is believed that the earth becomes fertile after this festival as such
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Methodology & Decision Analysis for Business (RMDAB) Assignment 2 Literature Review TOPIC: MUTUAL INVESTMENT FUNDS IN INDIA Student Name: Sangawar Pratik Shankar Batch: MFBD51217A FIN: G1190040U Table of Contents: 1. Background…………………………………………………………Pg.3 2. Literature Review on Mutual Investment Funds…………………....Pg.7 3. Conclusion…………………………………………………………Pg.21 4. References…………………………………………………………Pg.23 Background
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versus for-profit healthcare and organizations For-profit and not-for-profit hospitals generate revenues through daily operations. For-profit hospitals are able to generate funds through issuing stocks while non-for-profit hospitals do not have this ability. Accordingly‚ non-for-profit hospitals can issue tax-exempt bonds and can accept tax-deductible contributions. Non-profits were created with the intention of servicing the needs of the poor. This subsequently led to non-for-profit
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Amagansett assignment 1. In a competitive world‚ every organization that wishes to survive‚ has to try improving its product/service to suit customer’s (internal or external) requirements and satisfies his needs. The idea is to recognize‚ analyze and systematically and constantly improve processes. Information system’s central role is transforming data to information by organizing‚ filtering and summarizing it. It also helps to implement the knowledge during decisions making. Amagansett was interested
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Lim Chin Pei Title: Festival Season in Malaysia Malaysia is one of the countries in the world which have multi-racial. Although Malaysia has the most races of citizens in the universe‚ the Malaysia’s residents can live together peacefully. The ethnics of citizens in Malaysia are Malayan (Muslims)‚ Chinese‚ Indian (Hindu)‚ Iban‚ Kadazan and etc. Between‚ the three major ethnics are Malayan‚ Chinese and Indian in Malaysia. Because of the multi-racial of Malaysia‚ there are also many festive season
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