...Cindy Vasquez Professor Tonetti 2/4/15 ENG 023 State fair When people arrive to the festival, they see the blue, red, yellow and white lights, the smell of fried food and they see the big stuff animals to take home and how people form in lines just to enjoy the festival with all the attractions that one festival has. Many families wait for that day to come to enjoy quality time together. In the article Garrison Keillor explains how the fair is very similar to the mercer’s Italian Festival and there’s many similar things that stands out. Many families love to go to fairs to distract their mind from everything. It’s a way to take away stress. First of all Garrison Keillor explains how greasy and delicious the food is, that is one major factor that makes the Mercer festival similar to the one in the book. People wait in line just to waist their hard earned money on unhealthy greasy food, yet they enjoy every bite of it. Its one day that the family can eat anything they want because the simple fact that they can’t eat it daily. In both festivals they serve hot dogs, sausage, ice cream, fried food such as, fried snickers, French fries and fried Oreos. Second of all many families spend so much money in arcades and prize games, they either come out empty handed or with large stuffed prizes. For instance both festivals have three very similar prize games such as, basketball, ring toss, and squirt water into the clown’s mouth. People go to ATM’s to take out money to spend on games...
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...I would not be the person I am today if I did not join 4-H seven years ago. 4H has affected me in the most positive ways possible, from learning new life skills, meeting new people, creating friendships, and even solidifying my career choice of being a veterinarian. When I first joined 4-H in 2010 I was living in California and was only a part of two projects. I added on two projects the next year, and I was in five projects the year I moved here to New Jersey in 2013. I am now currently apart of Fluff-N-Stuff Rabbit and Small Animal Club, Gloucester County Goat Club, Canine Can Do Dog Club, Peckin Pals Poultry Club, Helping Paws Animal Community Service Club, Taste Buds Cooking Club, Small Treasures Miniature Dollhouse Club, Senior Council, and Bulleseye Bombers Archery Club. I am also the Gloucester County Key Ambassador, a part of the South Jersey Youth Representative Council; which I represent Gloucester County teens and plan state events for south jersey 4-H teen members. I also received first runner up at the State Agricultural Ambassador Contest this past November. I have learned numerous skills and discovered many talents that I have through all of these clubs, events, and positions held. Leadership, public speaking, organization, confidence, knowledge, and communication are all skills I have learned, and continue to improve, through 4H. I have learned leadership from running for different officer positions, and helping new and younger members. My public speaking skill...
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...At a young age I discovered my love for animals and a passion to giving back to my community. Eight years old and making the decision to join 4-H is the best decision a young girl could make. A close family friend was generous to give a rooster to that young girl and the love and need for farm life soon came after. Goats, chickens, rabbits, pigeons, sheep, and pigs were the animal species I have raised and shown over the last ten years. Showing animals came great responsibility as it takes dedication, time, and problem solving. Living on a farm there are always tasks that need to be met. Cleaning stalls, disease prevention, and the list goes on. Throughout my years of 4-H and since I was eight years old I have always dreamt to have my own farm and be a veterinarian. Today, this is still my goal. Being a veterinarian is not only about saving animals. It is about giving back to beloved pet owners and in some cases giving back to the world's food supply by contributing to disease prevention and longevity of animals. Furthermore, in high school I have striven to maintain a high grade point average while staying active. I am active in sports, clubs, and community service. At Indiana University Southeast I will still be able to remain active in the community. It is close to home as I will still be able to do volunteer work and be active in my colleges community activities as well as my hometowns. Going to college at IUS will not only give me this advantage, but the opportunity to...
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...Facts ‘Big Skinny’ was launched successfully at street fair. Solved five key problems people have with their wallets. 1. Size - Reduce Wallet size by 50 to 75% 2. Weight - Under an ounce 3. Card Pocket Size - Extra wide pocket 4. Slipperiness of the Interior - Lined with rubber coating which keep gravity. 5. Lack of Versatility - water resistant and tough enough even for machine wash. Its price is only $20. The costumers are happy with the product. Try to achieving maximal growth with online marketing. Problems Choices of online marketing options: 1. Display Ads: - Internet’s closest equivalent to booth at street fairs - Internet users were conditioned against display ads for they are irrelevant and irritating most of the times. - Sold on pay-per impression, rather than genuine clicks. 2. Algorithmic Search: - No guarantee that the site would appear in response to particular search. - The search engine retained wide discretion about changing the ranking methods. 3. Sponsored Search: - Advertisers paid on per-click, when users clicked on the ads. - Listings were sorted mainly on highest bids and click-through rates. 4. Social Media: - They have their own fan base. - Installed an AddThis website applet. - Their fan can share Big Skinny’s site on by their own social media. - Free of charge. 5. Interactive Content: - Engage customers Kiril included several interactive components on its site. - Big Skinny also organized essay contests for its fans...
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...rhetorical situation. Defining Topic, Angle, Purpose 1. What is your chosen topic? (For example: a profile of Barb Collins, a volunteer at the local homeless shelter; a profile of “Shipwreck Days,” a citywide flea market and festival; or a profile of Burdick’s Grocery, the oldest family-owned business in town.) The annual “Martin County Fair” that recently took place in February is my topic for this week’s assignment. 2. What personal angle can you present on this topic? (Consider what is new about the topic or what unique perspective can be shared about this topic.) The Martin County Fair and most fairs in general have evolved to be more of an event for the rides. County Fairs and State Fairs were a celebration of Spring and for youths and farmers to show their “Prized” livestock. Each year the quantity of animals being shown in the fair has decreased and the fair has become more of a “Carnival”. 3. What is your purpose for writing? (What do you hope to accomplish? Why are you writing?) My purpose for writing is to inform and persuade people to take time to learn a little bit of the history behind the annual Martin County Fair. Possibly encourage young people to take an interest in raising and showing a farm animal. Analyzing your Readers You will be writing your Profile essay to your local community. Imagine you might submit the Profile to your local newspaper or have it shared in a community newsletter; the readers of those...
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...A little town was unusually noisy today. There came a fair. And since very morning everybody – children, adults and elderly people- gathered in the central square. Such a fuss! The fair was a very important occasion for people. They worked hard for the whole year and took a rest during those summer days. It was greatly celebrated. The square was decorated with flags, ribbons and flowers. Music was playing loudly. Children were laughing. And artists were performing and singing. All of those noises were combined in a melody of universal holiday. A little bird was singing with the melody. She liked fairs. She liked holidays. But in that town they were so infrequent! What a pity! -Mommy! – Asked the little bird her mother that was cleaning her feathers sitting under the roof beam, - Why people don’t like the fairs? Why they have fun so rarely? -Because, my little birdie, they should work hard to deserve this holiday. -I want more holidays, mommy! - Stubbornly twittered the little bird, - Where can be more holidays? -Well, I don’t know if it is true, but one day the Old Raven told us the story about the City. There are more people, so there should be more fairs, I guess…- the mother-bird murmured thoughtfully. -The City, - the little bird repeated it dreamily. It was the day when the little bird decided to go to the City. Next morning when the mother was asleep the little bird managed to leave their cozy nest and to start its long way to the City. The bird had been...
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...Everyday, millions of people either go to a gossip website, or pick up a copy of a People magazine to catch up on what their favorite celebrity is wearing, doing, and saying. For some reason we all just need to know what kind of scandals these people are involved in and what their babies look like. Why is it that we are so obsessed with gossip? The entertainment media industry is booming and shows no sign of ever slowing down. We look up to these people and want to follow the same trends that they start, but the same things they buy and eat at the same places they eat. According to society, celebrities live perfect lives, they’re rich and famous and looking at their lives is an escape from our “mediocre” lives that apparently aren’t good enough for us. Our society is shaped by the changes that the entertainment world inflicts on all of us. Entertainment media is everywhere. We see it on our televisions, hear it on our radios and read it in the magazines. We love to look at the lives of the rich and famous. Television shows like “The Fabulous Life of…” which shows all the extravagant things that the fabulously rich can do with their money. Vacations to exotic islands, fifteen-hundred dollar pairs of shoes, and diamonds galore, all things that normal class citizens can only dream of having, are displayed on this show. These kinds of shows make all of us wish we had more. You may find yourself saying your life isn’t good enough and that if you had more money you would...
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...----------------------- Conditions for a product to be classed as Fairtrade Fairtrade is a World wide organization that makes sure that the people would know that the products they are buying (like coffee, cotton, honey, oranges, bananas, rice, sugar and more) the producer gets the most money e.g. if a tin of coffee costs £2.50 the producer (farmer of the coffee) would get £1.00 and the other companies like Sainsbury would get less about £0.75. The products that are available that are Fairtrade are: Chocolate, Fresh Fruits like Bananas, Mangoes and Pineapples, Coffee, Biscuits, Sweets, Alcohol, Honey and Teas. These are just a small amount of goods that are Fairtrade and there are many more. You can get these items at Major Food Stores like Waitrose, Sainsbury’s and Morrison’s. What is Fairtrade ? The benefits for the Farmers and their communities For an item to be deemed Fairtrade it has to meet a number of conditions : Ensure a guaranteed Fairtrade minimum price which is agreed with producers. Enable pre-financing for producers who require it Emphasize the idea of partnership between trade partners. These are the main standards but there are many more. By Harry Slack 9W Case Study of a named farm and farmer What products are available form Fairtrade and were you can get them It provides a living wage, that is a wage high enough to provide the basics in that community. Market price for products is always guaranteed...
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...markets for the instruments were active or inactive and whether there was a significant decease in the volume and level of activity for the instruments. b. The valuation technique used by FFC c. The classification in the fair value hierarchy for each input into the fair value measurement and how these classifications affects classification in the fair value hierarchy of the entire instrument. We will answer these questions by each instrument separately: First, Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO) Before September30th, 2010, FFC was in an active market, and it determined the fair value of the CDO by using a market-based valuation technique that relies on inputs such as quotes prices for similar CDO securities and requires only insignificant adjustments. After that, there was a significant decrease in the volume and level of activities and the CDO’s market was not active. Besides, significant adjustments are required to determine fair value as of the measurement date given the lack of recent and relevant transactions. The valuation techniques FFC used for CDO is income approach, because this way could maximize the use of relevant observable input and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. There are two factors FFC mainly considered in the fair value measurement. Frist, FFC considered the implied rate of return on September 30, 2010, which is the last date of active market for CDO. This is the Level 1 input. According to ASC820-10-35-40, Level 1 inputs are quoted market...
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...way to access information. The most efficient way to get eBooks is through the internet – it may be for free or it may come with a price. The use of eBooks is becoming a trend nowadays because most of the books published can also be downloaded as eBooks. Most of the people at this point in time can be seen holding an eBook reader. And because of the rampant of the use of it, electronic piracy in relation to eBooks is also rising. Any person who has acquired or purchased an eBook may copy it into another device, share it to another user and may even post or share it in the internet; said practice may lead to infringement because it may not constitute fair use anymore. Article 185 of the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines states that “ xxx In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is fair use, the factors to be considered shall include: (a) The purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for non-profit education purposes; (b) The nature of the copyrighted work; (c) The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and (d) The effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.” In this provision, the most important factor is the one...
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...Idea-expression divide. | Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony | 111 U.S. 53 | 1884 | Extended copyright protection to photography. | White-Smith Music Publishing Company v. Apollo Company | 209 U.S. 1 | 1908 | Reproduction of the sounds of musical instruments playing music for which copyright granted not a violation of the copyright. | Bobbs-Merrill Co v. Straus | 210 U.S. 339 | 1908 | No license to use copyrighted material. License cannot extend holder's rights beyond statute defined by Congress. | Bauer & Cie. v. O'Donnell | 229 U.S. 1 | 1913 | Differences between patent and copyright defined also prohibits a license from extending holder's rights beyond statute. | Macmillan Co. v. King | 223 F. 862 | D.Mass. 1914 | Limits of fair use with respect to an educational context and to summaries. | Nichols v. Universal Pictures Co. | 45 F.2d 119 | 2d Cir. 1930 | No copyright for "stock characters". | Shostakovich v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. | 196 Misc. 67, 80 N.Y.S.2d 575 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1948), aff'd 275 A.D. 692, 87 N.Y.S.2d 430 (1949) | 1948–9 | No moral rights in public domain works. | Alfred Bell & Co. v. Catalda Fine Arts, Inc. | 191 F.2d 99 | 2d. Cir. 1951 | Variations of works in the public domain can be copyrighted if the new "author" contributed something more than a "merely trivial" variation, but no large measure of novelty is necessary. | National Comics Publications v. Fawcett Publications | 191 F.2d 594 (1951), clarified 198 F.2d 927 (1952)...
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...Vanity Fair A Novel without a Hero (Book Report) Passed by: Maegan Rhyzelle C. Rivero I. Book title: “Vanity fair: A novel without a Hero” II. Author: William Makepeace Thackeray III. Theme: Thackeray wants his audience to realize how vanity itself can affect how people act. It is mainly a story about two girls with different outlooks in life; entangled in problems that neither of them could face well. IV. Main Characters: Miss Barbara Pinkerton – presiding over an Academy for Young ladies Jemima Pinkerton – sister of Barbara Amelia Sedley – will be the wife of Mr. George Osborne John Sedley – father of Amelia Mrs. Sedley – wife of John Sedley Joseph Sedley – brother of Amelia Mrs. Blenkinsop – housekeeper for the Sedleys Sambo – servant for the Sedleys Rebecca Sharp – will be the wife of Rawdon Crawley Sir Pitt Crawley – a miserly, old baronet Rose Crawley – second wife of Sir Pitt George Osborne – godson of Mr. Sedley Rawdon Crawley – falls in love with Rebecca Other Characters: Miss Swartz Rose Crawley (daughter of Sir Pitt) Violet Crawley Pitt Crawley (son of Sir Pitt) Horrocks Miss Horrocks Rev. Bute Crawley Mrs. Bute Crawley James Crawley Frank Crawley Mr. Osborne Jane Maria Miss Wirt Miss Crawley ...
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...How Fair Trade positively affects: Economy | Environment | Social Equity | It creates jobs that allow workers to gain a living wage, not just subsistence. Less money goes to a middle person; thus workers improve their lives and those of their families. When people earn a living, they enter the ranks of those who are able to contribute to society through payment of taxes. | Organic products protect the natural environment as well as workers. (For example, Fair Trade food products such as coffee, cocoa, and bananas are often organic.) 100 Fair Trade farms rely mainly on biological or organic fertilizers and natural pest control. | When a social premium is paid to communities through Fair Trade, more funds come through the community to meet basic needs including water, sewage treatment, and schools. | Money can stay in the community through purchases of cement floors, stoves, shower, etc. | With organic products and the use of organic fertilizers and natural pest control, people are safer because they are not exposed to toxic pesticides. Simultaneously, the land, water, and air are protected. | Fair Trade recognizes for labor unions, avoidance of child labor, safe and clean working conditions, and fair wages | Fair Trade farmers are able to deal directly with the market buyers and demand a living wage. With portions of their revenue being continually reinvested. | Fair Trade farms plant cocoa or coffee with shade and fruit trees. This promotes biodiversity, encouraging...
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...of long-lived assets in accordance with ASC 360-10. Applicable Professional Pronouncements ASC 360-10, Property, Plant, and Equipment: Overall (ASC 360-10) ASC 360-10 provides guidance on accounting for property, plant, and equipment, and the related accumulated depreciation on those assets. This Subtopic also includes guidance on the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets. ASC 360-10 notes that long-lived tangible assets include land and land improvements, buildings, machinery and equipment, and furniture and fixtures. ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (ASC 820) ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, applies to U.S. GAAP that require or permit fair value measurements or disclosures and provides a single framework for measuring fair value and requires disclosures about fair value measurement. The Topic defines fair value on the basis of an "exit price" notion and uses a "fair value hierarchy," which results in a market-based — rather than entity-specific — measurement. IAS 36, Impairment of Assets (IAS 36) To ensure that assets are carried at no more than their recoverable amount, and to define how recoverable amount is determined. Discussion 1 — Impairment Assessment for a Long-Lived Asset How should Smooth Sailings’ management perform the recoverability test for the cruise ship as of December 31, 2010? In addressing this question, consider: •What assets and liabilities should be included in the “asset...
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