...Joseph Ormsbee Professor Marciano English December 6, 2012 The City That Never Sleeps Everyone that’s anyone has always dreamt about going to New York City. People go to New York for all different reasons; whether it’s for a tourist attraction, a show, a business trip, or just simply for the amazing sights there are to see. The city offers something unique for everyone. Many well known people have used the connections New York City has to offer to reach their goals. “The Big Apple”, otherwise known as the city that never sleeps, is a place where all dreams are attainable. People from all ages go to New York for all it has to offer. A few of my favorite places to visit in the city are the Statue of Liberty, Radio City Music Hall, Central park, and finally my all-time favorite, Times Square. If it were not for these historical places, New York City wouldn’t be the place it is today. The first stop is well known everywhere, and has been standing for over a hundred and twenty five years. It is also the most meaningful figurine in the city, the Statue of Liberty. Throughout the entire city the statue represents new beginnings and independence. The statue was built in September of 1875 and was given as a gift from France representing peace. It honors the friendship and the commitment to liberty between France and the United States of America. There is a very special quote on the statue that reads: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe...
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...Trends in the Resort Industry The word "resort" means different things to different people. Some think of a small cottage operation on a lake while others think of a large hotel with extensive dining, recreation, meeting and entertainment facilities. Regardless of the exact definition, resorts are all in the business of hospitality and the creation of pleasurable and memorable experiences for their guests. Business is getting tougher for resorts. Customers have become more sophisticated and demanding. With the availability of low air fares, the local resort now faces stiff competition from operations throughout the country. This edition of Lets Talk Business describes a few of the market trends facing the industry and possible opportunities and challenges facing tourist lodging operators in your community. Changing Market Segments As demographic, lifestyle and economic characteristics of the population change, so do market segments available to resorts today. Some of the segments that have become more important to resorts in recent years include: * Family vacation - travel is on the rise with kids helping decide where to go * Business travel with the family - increasingly becoming a way to combine work and family time * The group meeting market - perhaps the most important market segment in larger resort hotels. For most large resorts, between 45% and 70% of business now comes from group business * Older Americans - a key segment as they have more time...
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...work table an accident scene an art exhibit an ideal apartment an inspiring view an item left too long in your refrigerator an unusual room backstage during a play or a concert the inside of a spaceship the scene at a concert or athletic event your dream house your favourite food your ideal roommate your memory of a place that you visited as a child your old neighbourhood (2) Narration At least one of the topics below may remind you of a particular incident that you can relate in a clearly organised narrative essay. a brush with death a brush with greatness a dangerous experience a day when everything went right (or wrong) a disastrous date a frightening experience a historic event a memorable encounter with someone in authority a memorable journey a memorable wedding or funeral a moment of failure or success a rebellious act a significant misunderstanding a strange job interview a time that you took a...
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...8 Apr 2011 Woodstock: Peace, Music, and Memories In the summer of 1969, a music festival known as “Woodstock” took place for three straight days in Upstate, New York with thirty-two musical acts playing, and over 400,000 people from around the world coming to join this musical and peaceful movement. Woodstock started out being a small concert, created to promote peace in the world. Now, Woodstock is still being celebrated over 40 years later. This three day music festival represented the perfect concert for the “baby boomers” during a messy political time. Woodstock significantly impacted the counterculture era of the 1960’s in a number of ways; how it began, the ideas of the concert, the sense of union and love it represented and it impacted the entire counter- culture era. That weekend, there were all kinds of different people and together they made love, money and a little history. Over all, the concert cost more than 2.4 million dollars. It started when four completely different people sponsored it. There was John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfeld and Michael Lang. The oldest was only twenty-six, and the youngest man being only twenty-three. All four of the guys didn’t agree on much, but they did agree on a slogan, “Three Days of Peace and Music.” They figured that the “peace” would help promote the anti-war act and they figured it might also decrease violence at the event. The Dove on the Guitar was originally a catbird perched on a flute. But, because of the...
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...HOW TO WRITE A MARKETING PLAN How to Write a Marketing Plan What is a Marketing Plan A marketing plan provides direction for your marketing activities. Marketing plans need not be long or cost a lot to put together. Think of it as a road map, with detailed directions on how to get to your destination. Sure there may be a few bumps in the road, perhaps a diversion or two, but if the marketing plan is carefully researched, thoughtfully considered and evaluated, it will help the organization achieve its goals. The marketing plan details what you want to accomplish with your marketing strategy and helps you meet your objectives. The marketing plan: • Allows the organization to look internally in order to fully understand the impact and results of past marketing decisions. • Allows the organization to look externally in order to fully understand the market in which it chooses to compete. • Sets future goals and provides direction for future marketing efforts that everyone in the organization should understand and support. • Is a key component in obtaining funding to pursue new initiatives. A marketing plan includes these elements: • • • • • • Summary and Introduction Marketing Objectives Situation Analysis Target Markets Strategies Tracking and Evaluation 1 How do I begin? Where do I start? Summary and Introduction Your marketing plan should start with an executive summary. The summary gives a quick overview of the main points of the plan...
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...HOW TO WRITE A MARKETING PLAN How to Write a Marketing Plan What is a Marketing Plan A marketing plan provides direction for your marketing activities. Marketing plans need not be long or cost a lot to put together. Think of it as a road map, with detailed directions on how to get to your destination. Sure there may be a few bumps in the road, perhaps a diversion or two, but if the marketing plan is carefully researched, thoughtfully considered and evaluated, it will help the organization achieve its goals. The marketing plan details what you want to accomplish with your marketing strategy and helps you meet your objectives. The marketing plan: • Allows the organization to look internally in order to fully understand the impact and results of past marketing decisions. • Allows the organization to look externally in order to fully understand the market in which it chooses to compete. • Sets future goals and provides direction for future marketing efforts that everyone in the organization should understand and support. • Is a key component in obtaining funding to pursue new initiatives. A marketing plan includes these elements: • • • • • • Summary and Introduction Marketing Objectives Situation Analysis Target Markets Strategies Tracking and Evaluation 1 How do I begin? Where do I start? Summary and Introduction Your marketing plan should start with an executive summary. The summary gives a quick...
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...HOW TO WRITE A MARKETING PLAN How to Write a Marketing Plan What is a Marketing Plan A marketing plan provides direction for your marketing activities. Marketing plans need not be long or cost a lot to put together. Think of it as a road map, with detailed directions on how to get to your destination. Sure there may be a few bumps in the road, perhaps a diversion or two, but if the marketing plan is carefully researched, thoughtfully considered and evaluated, it will help the organization achieve its goals. The marketing plan details what you want to accomplish with your marketing strategy and helps you meet your objectives. The marketing plan: • Allows the organization to look internally in order to fully understand the impact and results of past marketing decisions. • Allows the organization to look externally in order to fully understand the market in which it chooses to compete. • Sets future goals and provides direction for future marketing efforts that everyone in the organization should understand and support. • Is a key component in obtaining funding to pursue new initiatives. A marketing plan includes these elements: • • • • • • Summary and Introduction Marketing Objectives Situation Analysis Target Markets Strategies Tracking and Evaluation 1 How do I begin? Where do I start? Summary and Introduction Your marketing plan should start with an executive summary. The summary gives a quick overview of the main points of the plan...
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...'Twerk' is now in the dictionary, thanks to Miley Cyrus By Elisabeth Donnelly August 28, 2013, 7:56 a.m. Thanks to Miley Cyrus, the word "twerk" has been everywhere this week. And now it's going in the dictionary. Cyrus' gyrations during her performance at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards caused a stir and put the word "twerk" on everyone's lips — and in the Oxford Dictionaries Online. Dictionary officials call them "buzzworthy words added to Oxford Dictionaries Online" — "twerk" joins "bitcoin," "selfie," and "girl crush." They'll all now found in the Oxford Dictionaries Online, which is tasked with staying up to date with modern words. The Oxford Dictionaries Online is one of the largest in the world and adds about 1,000 new entries to its online version every year. Oxford Dictionaries' spokeswoman Katherine Connor Martin told the Associated Press that "twerking" dates back 20 years, and "the most likely theory is that it is an alteration of work ... with dancers being encouraged to 'work it.' The 't' could be a result of blending with another word such as twist or twitch." Its sibling publication, the authoritative Oxford English Dictionary, won't be updated with these words anytime soon, unless "twerk, verb" proves to have staying power. Or as the Oxford Dictionaries Online's usage example puts it: "twerk it girl, work it girl." Taking her daughters to remote Australia to sleep on the ground Australia's Northern Territory is just the place to get...
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...objectives of campaign : entertainment 4 - 6 Theme design: Avatar Project 6 - 12 French target markets and motivations 5 Reasons and selection of themes 6 Implementations of a virtual animated journey 7 Different steps (media planning)8 Online network and virtual technology support and promotion9 Management of the effects 4 Budget 5 Evaluations of the outcomes 6 * A. Introduction Introduction of China and its features China is situated in eastern Asia on the western shore of the Pacific Ocean. Among the 220,000 kilometers of rivers the Changjiang (Yangtze), Huanghe (Yellow River) and Zhujiang (Pearl River) are the most famous. Yangtze River Basin is the cradle of Chinese civilization, as the many cultural-historical sites along the banks of the Yangtze River attest. China is divided into 35 administration unites, including 23 provinces, five autonomous regions (Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Guangxi and Tibet), four municipalities directly under the central government (Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Tianjin) and two special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau). China has beautiful scenery, with mountains and ranges, highlands, plains, basins, and hills. There are thousands of mountains of various sizes scattered across China's vast territory. Mountains have a special role in Chinese Buddhism because Buddhists tend to build Buddhism temples and shrines on secluded mountains. The four most well-known Buddhist mountains are: Wutai Mountain in Central...
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...Reconnecting to a Forgotten River An Ecological Solution Design Thesis | Aaron Hanson Reconnecting to a Forgotten River A Design Thesis Submitted to the Department of Architecture and Landscape Architecture of North Dakota State University By Aaron Hanson In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelors of Landscape Architecture Primary Thesis Advisor Thesis Committee Chair May, 2012 Fargo, North Dakota Ma, 0 2 y2 1 table of contents abstract problem statement statement of intent narrative user/client description major project elements site information project emphasis plan for proceeding previous studio experience theoretical premise research case studies climate data historical context project goals site analysis an ecological solution personal identification reference list 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 - 12 13 14 15 16 - 34 35 - 58 59 - 65 66 - 71 72 73 - 88 89 - 108 109 110 - 111 abstract Waterways are a vital and productive resource to our environment. Rivers provide a variety of amenities and services to communities across the world such as drinking water, food, travel, recreation, wildlife habitat, connection to place, aesthetic appeal, economic development, etc. This thesis project examines the importance of the Mississippi River to its urban community and how riverfront design can function as a unifying element for the city center and its ecosystem. Over half of the world’s future population will be living in urban environments...
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...Detail Zanzibar Travel Guide Zanzibar is an Island characterised by its stunning beaches, beautiful coral reefs and the magic of the historic Stone Town. With its ocean horizons traversed by traditional style dhow boats, the landscape here is one of luscious coconut palms and clove trees, spice plantations and long, red sandy roads. From the ancient capital to the coral sand coast, this island has charisma, history, and romance in the air. Located about 22 miles off the east coast of Tanzania, Zanzibar is an archipelago consisting of the main island of Unguja (commonly known as Zanzibar), Pemba Island, famous for its deep-sea fishing, and about 50 smaller surrounding luxury islands and coral reefs. Zanzibar is perhaps most famous for once being the home of the slave trade, and an important trading location for spices and cloves. Cloves remain the most important export of the islands, while tourism is now the largest source of economy, which comes as no surprise, due to Zanzibar’s spectacular beauty, culture and history. Also known as ‘Spice Island’, Zanzibar evokes images of an exotic paradise with pristine white palm-fringed beaches and turquoise waters, traditional style dhows, and ancient Islamic ruins. Today’s idyllic beach resorts belie the island’s unforgettable history of slavery, and Zanzibar combines Arabic alleyways and great historic monuments with wonderful coral reefs and excellent diving/snorkelling opportunities for tourists. Stone Town, Zanzibar's capital,...
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...500 extraordinary islands G R E E N L A N D Beaufort Sea Baffin Bay vi Da i tra sS t a nm De it Stra rk Hudson Bay Gulf of Alaska Vancouver Portland C A N A D A Calgary Winnipeg Newfoundland Quebec Minneapolis UNITED STATES San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego Phoenix Dallas Ottawa Montreal ChicagoDetroitToronto Boston New York OF AMERICA Philadelphia Washington DC St. Louis Atlanta New Orleans Houston Monterrey NORTH AT L A N T I C OCEAN MEXICO Guadalajara Mexico City Gulf of Mexico Miami Havana CUBA GUATEMALA HONDURAS b e a n Sea EL SALVADOR NICARAGUA Managua BAHAMAS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC JAMAICA San Juan HAITI BELIZE C a r PUERTO RICO ib TRINIDAD & Caracas N TOBAGO A COSTA RICA IA M PANAMA VENEZUELA UYANRINA H GU C U G Medellín A PAC I F I C OCEAN Galapagos Islands COLOMBIA ECUADOR Bogotá Cali S FR EN Belém Recife Lima BR A Z I L PERU La Paz Brasélia Salvador Belo Horizonte Rio de Janeiro ~ Sao Paulo BOLIVIA PARAGUAY CHILE Cordoba Santiago Pôrto Alegre URUGUAY Montevideo Buenos Aires ARGENTINA FALKLAND/MALVINAS ISLANDS South Georgia extraordinary islands 1st Edition 500 By Julie Duchaine, Holly Hughes, Alexis Lipsitz Flippin, and Sylvie Murphy Contents Chapter 1 Beachcomber Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Aquatic Playgrounds 2 Island Hopping the Turks & Caicos: Barefoot Luxury 12 Life’s a Beach 14 Unvarnished & Unspoiled 21 Sailing...
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...MY LOVELY HOME DISTRICT KUALA TERENGGANU NAME : PUTERI MIRA SYAHIRAH BINTI AHMAD RAZEMIID NO. : 012012050825LECTURER’S NAME : DR. RAZALI IBRAHIM | TABLE OF CONTENT TITLE | PAGE | 1. | INTRODUCTION | 1 | 2. | STORY 2.1 GEOGRAPHY 2.2 HISTORY 2.3 ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES 2.4 CULTURE 2.5 PLACES OF INTEREST 2.6 THEME PARKS 2.7 INTERESTING FESTIVAL 2.8 TRANSPORTATION | 23-456-1617-2627-2829-3031-34 | 3. | PROMOTION | 35-37 | 4. | CONCLUSION | 38 | INTRODUCTION OF KUALA TERENGGANU Hailed as the ‘Gem of the East Coast,’ Terengganu is a magical destination steeped in culture and heritage. Its long coastline offers sweeping vistas of aquamarine waters fringed by white powdery sands. Away from the shores lie a cluster of islands that gleam invitingly in the South China Sea. Kuala Terengganu is the charming capital of this state. Meandering rivers lit by the glow of fireflies, cascading waterfalls and sprawling lakes from some of the state’s most impressive natural sceneries. Home to charming coastal villages and a wealth of traditional crafts, Terengganu beckons with a grace and beauty that is distinctly Malay. 2. STORY 2.1 Geography of Terengganu Area : 12 955 sq km State Capital and Royal Town : Kuala Terengganu Head of State : Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Ibni Almarhum Sultan Mahmud al-Muktafi Billah Shah DK (NS), DMN, SSMT, DK (Perlis), DKT, SPMJ, DK (Johor), SPMT, DK (Terengganu) ...
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...Places Of Consumption A discussion of places of consumption should begin where food has been consumed since the beginning of humankind, in the home. In the twenty-first century in most countries the home remains the primary location for eating. That is not to say that the nature of the food eaten in the home has remained constant or that the preparation of the food has not changed. Even the formality and regularity of dining in the home was altered in the twentieth century. During the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century in the United States, dining at home was usually regular (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) and occurred at the kitchen table or in the dining room. Food was often seasonal. The heaviest meal (dinner) was at noon or, if the breadwinner worked outside the home, in the evening. If the lighter meal occurred at night, it was called supper. The fare did not include a great deal of variety. The improvement in the means of transporting food and people as well as the advancements in preservation markedly increased the places of consumption and the types of food consumed in much of the world. With modern transportation and refrigeration in mind, this overview examines places where people eat, starting with the contemporary home, moving to the world of work, touching upon the varying modes of travel and places where people play, and concluding with the increasingly vast array of dining-out possibilities. The Home The sit-down meal three times a day at set...
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