PRESIDENTS DAY HOLIDAY. President’s Day combines both George Washington’s birthday and Abraham Lincoln’s birthday‚ since both happen in the month of February and are very close together. In 1968‚ congress (Legislation # 15951) passed a bill that changed several federal holidays‚ in order for them to fall on a Monday‚ thus creating a 3-day weekend. The act took affect 3 years later in 1971. One of the holidays that was affected was Washington’s Birthday‚ which got shifted to the third
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Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison was born on August 20‚ 1833 on a farm by the Ohio River below Cincinnati. He attended Miami University in Ohio and read law in Cincinnati. Before completing his law studies‚ Harrison returned to Oxford to marry Caroline Lavinia Scott. She was the daughter of the college president‚ John Witherspoon Scott‚ a Presbyterian minister. On October 20‚ 1853‚ Caroline’s father performed the ceremony. They then moved to Indianapolis‚ where he practiced law and campaigned
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discoveries with electricity‚ all of which proves why Benjamin Franklin is one of the world’s greatest and most influential inventors. The postal service would be nothing if not for Benjamin Franklin. He was appointed head Postmaster of Philadelphia in 1737 and Postmaster General for the United Colonies in 1775.2 Under Franklin’s guidance the time for mail service between major cities in the Colonies was cut in half. He did this by establishing and improving multiple components to the postal
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Il Postino stands out in contrast to both the previous texts as its vision is quite optimistic. Mario is able to rise above the limitations of his world to realise his potential and become happy. The film does begin in a gloomy manner as Mario struggles to communicate with his withdrawn father – their relationship is strained. When Mario shows his father a postcard from America‚ his father tells him to get a job – he is ‘not a child anymore.’ Mario’s father earns a meagre living as a fisherman‚ similar
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About Lafayette http://www.ci.lafayette.ca.us/ The community of Lafayette located in Contra Costa County‚ California is home to more than 24‚000 people. The city in the hills is known for its luxury living and pastoral scenery. The rural community‚ located between Walnut Creek and Berkley‚ boasts hills carpeted in woodland‚ clean air‚ and a mild climate. Only 25 minutes from San Fransisco‚ the area is prized for its high quality life‚ safe neighborhoods‚ excellent schools and and wealth of natural
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Reinventing Your Business Model by Mark W. Johnson‚ Clayton M. Christensen‚ and Henning Kagermann In 2003‚ Apple introduced the iPod with the iTunes store‚ revolutionizing portable entertainment‚ creating a new market‚ and transforming the company. In just three years‚ the iPod/iTunes combination became a nearly $10 billion product‚ accounting for almost 50% of Apple’s revenue. Apple’s market capitalization catapulted from around $1 billion in early 2003 to over $150 billion by late 2007. This
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A LEADER REPORT ON “INDRA NOOYI CEO OF PEPSICO & STRATEGY OF PEPSICO COMPANY” Subject – Strategic Management SUBMITTED TO K.P. PATEL SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT MBA PROGRAMME (2010-2012) Prepared By: Submitted To: Mr. Ritesh shah Dr. H.N. Mishra AFFILIATED TO GUJARAT TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY In requirement of partial fulfillment of Master’s of Business Administration (MBA)
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Speech about India At this occasion‚ I would like to speech on the topic of travel and tourism in India. As we all know that our country is one of the oldest countries of the world. It is full of attractive historical places‚ heritage sites‚ charming tourism places including mysterious places in various Indian cities which make India famous for travel and tourism all over the world. People from all across the world come to see beautiful places in India and love to travel here. They go back to their
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1448. A man named Johann Gutenberg revolutionized the way books were made forever. Letter writing has been a means of communication for centuries. The first United States Post Office was created in 1775‚ and Benjamin Franklin was named the first Postmaster General. In 1876‚ Alexander Bell invented the telephone. It was unpopular and expensive to subscribe to. During the early 1900’s‚ a new form of communication and entertainment took the world by storm. What began as short-wave communication used
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in a small log cabin consisting of one bed room until 1816 when his family decided to move to southern Indiana. He was only ever school for three short periods due to the work he had to do to support his family. He worked as a shoe keeper and a postmaster. The thing that pushed him towards politics is him becoming a supporter of the Whig party. He liked agreed with the Whigs party because of Henry Clay and Daniel Webster people that didn’t support the spread of slavery across the nation. He self-taught
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