Christmas to me is a celebration‚ which includes spending time with my family‚ decorating the entire house‚ inside and out‚ and shopping‚ for the people I love. Doing this with the people I love is what means the most to me. <br><br>Spending Christmas with my family is very important to me. We usually gather and celebrate at my parent’s house‚ in East Tennessee. My husband‚ our three children‚ and myself travel from California. My two sisters‚ their husbands‚ and children come from a nearby town
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father of “Modern Portfolio theory”‚ developed the mean-variance analysis‚ which focuses on creating portfolios of assets that minimizes the variance of returns i.e. risk‚ given a level of desired return‚ or maximizes the returns given a level of risk tolerance. This theory aids the process of portfolio construction by providing a quantitative take on it. It integrates the field of quantitative analysis with portfolio management. Mean variance analysis has found wide applications both inside and outside
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How does our cultural identity define us‚ if at all—and what exactly does it mean to be an American? Throughout history‚ and despite a past peppered with racial discrimination‚ America has always been an amalgamation of countless cultural identities. With this in mind‚ it can be safely said that in today’s society‚ race most definitely matters. Before the reasons of why race matters can be determined‚ we must first define what it means to be an American‚ the concept of race‚ and more importantly
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What does loyalty mean? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines loyal as “having or showing complete and constant support for someone or something” and loyalty as “the quality or state of being loyal”. I agree with that statement. When I think of the word loyalty the first thing that that comes to mind is complete trust‚ openness‚ transparency and being there for one another. Today I am going to talk about loyalty in a relationship‚ specifically loyalty between a husband and wife. I also interviewed
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knowledge of what it means to be a teacher. They take it for granted; teaching children is a privilege that is rewarded to those who entirely devote themselves to the job. Not those who abuse the privilege. If a teacher can not meet their full expectations‚ then he/she should not have the job. Students need the strong to lean on‚ not the weak. Students need a soaring eagle‚ not a crawling worm. Teachers have lost their respect; the title does not mean anything anymore. Does anyone know what the definition
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What race and ethnicity means to me When I hear the word “race”‚ the first thing that I think of is a person’s skin color‚ facial features and the texture of their hair. Although I am colorblind‚ I can’t help but to think of this when I hear the word race. This is due to the fact that the majority of the time when we fill out an application or any paperwork of importance the question of race is raised. I’m not sure why it matters‚ your experience and education seems more important to me. It seems
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ART During the course of this ART123 class we have learned a great deal about art. We have learned to understand what art is and how art may be different to each other. Art is expressed in several ways. We see art in our everyday lives like in our hair‚ clothing‚ and even our makeup but artist intend to express it through how they draw‚ what they draw‚ the color techniques‚ the fullness and the dullness of the picture and most of all their creativity. I was able to view a few pieces of art and
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Is Phoenix Jackson a Hero? Phoenix Jackson is an elderly Negro woman‚ who is a former slave and is walking by herself through the countryside to get to town in order to pick up medicine for her sick Grandson‚ who swallowed a poison. Based on the essay question‚ Phoenix Jackson is considered a hero because of her endurance and her ability to complete a goal. First‚ Phoenix Jackson is a hero because her journey to get her grandson is not an easy one. She has to walk about 30 miles in order to
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Out of all the quizzes I had to choose from the one about being a hopeless romantic stood out the most. At first I wasn’t even sure what the words hopeless romantic were all about‚ so I looked up the definition to get a better idea. The definition reads‚ “A person who is in love with love‚ they believe in fairy tales and love”. I’m going to be honest‚ when I read this I thought to myself‚ there is no possible way I am even close to being a hopeless romantic. On the quiz I scored 59 out of 100‚ which
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equally treated in the form of respect ‚ or jobs. There is a big gap on the amount of the way that most women get paid in comparison to men. 3.) Freedom- The idea that all people have the rights do what they want just for the reason that they want to do it. This is shown in the form of the media because
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