Unusual festivals in Spain La Tomatina La Tomatina is a food fight festival held on the last Wednesday of August each year in the town of Bunol near Valencia in Spain. Thousands of people make their way from all corners of the world to fight in this ’World’s Biggest Food Fight’ where more than one hundred metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes are thrown in the streets. The week-long festival features music‚ parades‚ dancing‚ and fireworks. On the night before the tomato fight‚ participants of the
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1. Is Eye Vision’s arrangement with Holland Hospital within the scope of ASC 985-605‚ Software: Revenue Recognition? In this case‚ the main content of the Eye Vision’s arrangement with Holland Hospital include embedded software medical equipment and an initial option to purchase a two-year separately priced maintenance agreement. In this case‚ because“Eye Vision has never sold‚ nor does it offer to sell‚ the Clear View Laser without the embedded software because the software is necessary to perform
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Introduction: BP has been operating in Russia since the early 1990s. In 1997‚ it purchased a 10 per cent stake in Sidanco‚ the Russia’s 4th largest oil company. The stake was subsequently increased to 25 per cent plus one share in 2002. In 2003‚ BP merged its interests in Russia with those of TNK to create TNK-BP‚ a hugely successful joint venture employing around 50‚000 people and operating in nearly all of Russia’s major hydrocarbon regions. Since its formation‚ TNK-BP went on to become Russia’s
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*Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy 1. What are the factors that likely explain the difference between Microsoft’s market value of equity and its reported book value of equity? The most obvious reason for the difference between the market value of equity and the book value of equity is the inability to record certain intangible assets such as brand value‚ customer loyalty‚ and perhaps most importantly‚ human capital. These intangible assets are likely to provide tremendous earnings
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Blue Nile‚ Inc. “Stuck in the middle” of the diamond engagement ring market Vision and Mission “Blue Nile’s vision is to educate its customer base so that customers can make an informed‚ confident decision no matter what event they are celebrating. It wants to make the entire diamond-buying process easy and hassle-free. In addition‚ an important part of Blue Nile’s vision as CEO Diane Irvine said in a recent webinar with Kaihan Krippendorf‚ is for the company to be seen as the “smart”
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Answer 1. SWOT analysis of The Fashion Channel The Fashion Channel (TFC) is a 24*7 cable TV network which is exclusively dedicated to fashion. It was found in 1996 and since then it has been witnessing continuous upswing. According to an annual demographic survey‚ TFC is having approximately 110 million subscribers of cable & satellite television. But‚ due to increasing competition with other fashion channels‚ it is in the need for developing a modern and updated brand strategy. SWOT analysis
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. Historical Background A. In 1492 Christopher Columbus claimed Cuba for Spain B. Role of Conqueror of Cuba was taken over by Diego Velazquez for Spanish government. C. Large-scale slave trade began in Cuba. D. In 1592 Havana was named capital. E. The “Ten Year War” between Cuba and Spain turned into the “Great Thirty Years War”. F. Cuba gained formal independence on May 20th‚ 1902. G. In 1925 President General Gerardo Machado became dictator of Cuba. H. Fidel Castro declared himself premier over
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quality of tourism traffic. Prior studies have indicated that modern travellers demand more high quality travel services‚ products‚ information‚ and value for their money (Christian‚ 2001; Lubetkin‚ 1999; Samenfink‚ 1999). The emergence of new tourism services and products‚ coupled with a rapid increase in tourism demand‚ have driven the wide-scale adoption of ITs in general‚ and in particular‚
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The artwork by James Gleeson is stunning. A piece of his that stood out the most to me was “Spain”. Painted in 1951 with oil on a w470 x h670 canvas. The painting has ten figures in the scene‚ with colors ranging from different spectrums of reds‚ oranges‚ blues‚ and blacks. I chose this painting‚ because as soon as I saw it‚ I felt eerie‚ and some type of heaviness. The very first thing I saw was a woman floating above the blood red ground‚ and she looks to be made of stones. I look further into
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Blue Ocean Strategy How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant http://www.blueoceanstrategy.com/ W. Chan Kim Renee Mauborgne Chapter One: The blue ocean strategy is best illustrated by the performance of Cirque du Soleil. Created in 1984 by a group of street performers‚ Cirque productions have been seen by almost 40 million people in 90 cities around the world. In less than 20 years‚ Cirque du Soleil has achieved revenue levels that took Ringling and Barnham
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