...How to learn Bulgarian By: Geri Emiri As an AUBG freshman I immediately became fascinated with Bulgarian culture and language. Although Bulgarian language seemed very difficult to learn at first, I overcame those barriers by pure motivation and careful consulting with AUBG upper graders. I gathered all my current knowledge and experience into this short guide directed to AUBG non-Bulgarian speaking students who wish to learn Bulgarian. Despite this guide’s brevity it contains all the necessary steps for you to speak like a real Bulgarian. First of all you need to find a bunch of Bulgarian friends to start with. Disturb them and abuse them by asking every possible moment about different Bulgarian words. Repeat this step until you have mastered the usage of some words in Bulgarian, like greeting for example, or until your Bulgarian friends get tired of you and do not want to hang out with you anymore. In the second case you will need to replace your friends with others. Try to be all the time surrounded by Bulgarians. After getting your friends you can go grab something to eat together. This step is important because if you want to learn Bulgarian you have to eat like a real Bulgarian. You have to go where authentic Bulgarian food is made, and observe how Bulgarians order food and eat. If you do not know what “binicka”, “airan”,” byrek” or “bakllava” are, you will have a hard time grasping the essence of Bulgarian language. Remember, you are what you eat...
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...Business, Government and Society | Singapore, A Nation of Immigrants | | | CONTENTS Introduction 3 - 5 1.1 Background 3 - 4 1.2 Identification of Issues 4 - 5 1.3 Current Situation 5 Stakeholder Analysis 6 - 7 Why are Foreigners Needed in Singapore? 8 - 10 3.1 Government Perspective 8 - 9 3.1.1An Ethical Perspective 9 - 10 3.2 Businesses’ Perspective 10 The Need to Address the Issue 10 Existing Government Actions 11 - 13 * 5.1 Implementations 11 5.2 Approach in Issue Management Through Implementations 12 - 13 5.3 Analysis of Government Policies 13 Recommendations 14 - 17 * 6.1 Government’s Perspective 14 - 15 6.2 Businesses’ Perspective15 - 16 6.3 Society’s Perspective 17 Conclusion 18 References 19 - 20 Appendices Appendix A: Compiled comments from citizens regarding their concerns on foreigners 1. INTRODUCTION 2.1 Background Singapore’s long history of immigration started from the 2nd century AD when the first settlers arrived on the island. Since then, the country has grown and is now a melting pot of approximately 5 million people made up of Chinese, Malays, Indians, Asians of various descents, and Caucasians. As shown in Figure 1, the number of foreigners working and studying in Singapore makes up roughly 37% of the entire population in 2010. (Singapore Department of Statistics, 2010) In August 2001, then PM Goh Chock Tong urged Singaporeans to accept the increasing number of foreigners in the city...
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...peace” 2. “Golden church of Simeon the Great “ form Preslav , First Bulgarian kingdom/ plastic and foam cardboard Maria Grechko, Daniela Draganova and students from 7th V grade 138 “Professor Vasil Zlatarski” Sofia 3. “Golden temple” from Kioto / plastic and foam cardboard Qvor Kondov , Hristina qnkova and students from 7th A grade 138 “Professor Vasil Zlatarski” Sofia 4. “Boqna’s church” plastic and foam cardboard Borislav Velinov, Elena Momchilova and students from 7th G grade 138 “Professor Vasil Zlatarski” Sofia 5. “Rithon” The treasure of Panagurishte / plastic and relief Alen Karanfilian 7th D grade 138 “Professor Vasil Zlatarski” Sofia 6. “Winter in countryside” / watercolor Tomina Tomova 6th D grade 138 “Professor Vasil Zlatarski” Sofia 7. “ Madarian Horserer” relief, foam cardboard Mona Zasheva , Ioanna Nikolova 7th D grade 138 “Professor Vasil Zlatarski” Sofia 8. “Drqnovski manastir” watercolor 9. “Sea” Aprilovska High School , Gabrovo Hristiqn Markov 9th grade 10. “Bulgarka” National professional school of polygraph and photography ; 8th grade, 2nd group / pastel 11. “Evangelie” SOU “Vicho Gruncharov” Gorna Oriahovica Valentina Spasova and Diliana Dimitrova 9th grade 12. “Saint Teodor Stratilat” plastic Cveta Aleksieva / 7th V grade 138 “Professor Vasil Zlatarski” Sofia 13. Stone relief of lion from Stara Zagora/ First Bulgarian kingdom 7th D grade 14. “Infinity” Nishiie Rina 1h years / calligraphy...
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...behind it 1.2. Economic migrant 2. Global immigration 3. Immigration in Europe 1. Immigration within Europe 2. Immigration from outside of Europe II. The case of Spain 1. Immigration laws and policies in Spain 2. Main countries from where people emigrate to Spain 1. Bulgarians in Spain 3. Main reasons for choosing Spain III. Conclusion The data used in this project is from year 2005. Why did I choose this topic? Watching half of my classmates applying in foreign universities and many of my friends and family choosing to live abroad in order to have “better life” made me wonder what the reasons behind the migrations are. I was interested in the scientific explanation behind the migration processes. This paper gave me the opportunity to understand the incentives behind people’s decisions and the main reasons, pushing people from our own country. And even if I didn’t choose the case of Spain for my topic it proved to be a very interesting one. I learned many new things while writing this paper and it was really interesting to read all this information about immigrants and their reasons to go to Spain and not some other country. I. Introduction 1. The term immigration and the general theories behind it...
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... Q. Why are some British people worried because Bulgarians and Romanians are now free to live and work in the United Kingdom? Also why do some people think that they need not worry? A. Restrictions on the Romanian and Bulgarian Nationals obstructing the free entry, living and working in the United Kingdom were lifted to be in full effect from January 01, 2014. There have been mixed responses to this situation in the U.K. as well as the affecting countries in the European Union. Some people are very welcoming of the new policy and in opinions of others, particularly within the U.K., it has been pointed out that the restrictions should have not been lifted for at least another for year i.e. till 2018. There have been concerns shown about the downfalls of the new policy buy general public, corporates and politicians which also include Members of Parliament. European Union law does not make class, income or skills a condition for enjoying the right of free moment and instead insists that this is a fundamental right to be enjoyed indiscriminately by everybody. Thus, there are speculations that a major motive for poor and unemployed citizens of Romania and Bulgaria aim at potentially claiming several welfare benefits provided by the government. These include benefits regarding housing, unemployment, looking-for-work funds, health-care benefits etc. James Joshua, Director of Conservative Grassroots, said that this flow of immigrants will put huge pressure on these public services which...
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...Nuances in Bulgarian business culture in comparison with the United Kingdom’s Course work in Cross-cultural issues in the European Human Resource Management Prepare by: Dimitar Arnaudov, Faculty number: 1523078 Course: European business and Finances Sofia, 2015 1. Differences between national cultures. Authors, studies, etc. 2.1. Culture (def.); Culture differences. 1.1.1 Culture – def.; 1.1.2 Culture differences. 1.1 Authors and studies related to business culture. 1.2.1 Geert Hofstede; 1.2.2 Famous studies around the World. 2. Similarities and differences between the business cultures of Bulgaria and the United Kingdom. 2.1. Bulgarian business culture; 2.2. British business culture in comparison to Bulgaria’s . 3. References. Differences between national cultures. Authors, studies, etc. Culture (definition) and culture differences Culture illustrates the accepted norms and values and traditional behaviour of a group. One definition of culture by Deal and Kennedy is “the way a we do things around here”. However, culture also evolves over time. The culture of each country has its own beliefs, values and activities. In other words culture can be defined as an evolving set of collective beliefs, values and attitudes. Culture is a key component in business and has an impact on the strategic direction of business. Culture influences management...
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...MHC608 Business Ethics for Hospitality Contents Introduction: 3 An overview of Bulgaria’s refugee’s crisis: 4 Stakeholders and Typology theories: 4 Definition of Stakeholders: 4 A typology theories of stakeholder: 4 Types of stakeholders: 5 Ethical Framework: 5 Applying stakeholder theories to this Bulgaria case: 5 Refugees: 5 Bulgarians: 6 European Union: 7 IS-terrorist attacks: 8 Apply the ethical approach into the view of the Bulgaria’s government: 8 Conclusion 10 REFERENCE: 10 Introduction: As we can see that ethics is perceived in different angles and aspects but it is, undeniably, an important role of ethics in our life. According to Noel Preston (2001, p.18) ethics indicates the general views of what is right, fair or good. It is also the core values, rules which we use to make our choices and actions. Similarly, (Boardman, 2005) said that ethics is applied naturally for many areas such as our own lives, business and an organisation. In our daily lives, making decisions and actions seem to be driven or motivated from/ by the certain standards or values. Furthermore, ethics target on evaluating the right or wrong behaviours of both individuals and the good or bad performance of an organisation. This report will evaluate the ethical approach which Bulgaria government uses to make the fence-line decision. This paper will be divided into four parts. The first part is going to summary the Bulgaria cases. The next part will come up with...
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...remote groups and stage of development are the most probable reason for discrepancies and controversies found in the sources when the same topics are discussed. That is why this paper focuses on group of Arabic nations usually called Middle East and "Arabs" means Middle-East-Arabs in this paper. By contrast, Bulgarians are small nation situated in South-Eastern Europe what some authors and international authorities consider as Central Europe. Living in country in transition period and the will of younger generation to move towards Western stile are reasons for occurrence of somewhat of mixed business practices. The younger the staff is and the bigger the company is - the more western oriented the practices are, especially in the local branches of big multinational corporations. Even though geographically close situated and shared common history, for several centuries these two cultures differ and in this paper the differences and similarities of business practices of Bulgaria and Arab World will be compared. Basic cultural values and practices: The main cultural values for the Arabs are collectivism, hospitality and honor. In one way or another they are valid for Bulgarians as well, but with some variations. Collectivism in both cultures is due to the...
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...Historical Brief on Migration in Turkey During the Ottoman empire period, the empire witnessed many migration movements. The Ottoman authority was following the open door policy in dealing with the immigrants who were coming from different parts of the world for different reasons. One of the reasons was the empire’s aim to increase the population which was believed to contribute to the economic development and strengthen the defense abilities of the empire. In addition, as a humanitarian religious and political attitude, the empire accepted to receive massive numbers of Muslims and non-Muslims refugees who have deported from different places. For instance, receiving the Jews and Muslims refugees who fled from Spanish Inquisition. Furthermore,...
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...MALINCHO 1) Why did Kalin decide to start a food import business? Evaluate the way in which Kalin found this opportunity? 2) What are the personal attributes (adjectives) that describe Kalin as an entrepreneur? List as many as possible. 3) Which of these personal attributes would you consider as being in the top 3 personal attributes of Kalin as an entrepreneur? Explain why you choose them as top 3 personal attributes. 4) İs cheese importing a good “opportunity”? How big is the market or in your estimation how much demand would there be for sheep milk white cheese among Bulgarian immigrants in the USA? To estimate the market potential make conservative assumptions. How much of this potential could Kalin capture? 5) İs your estimate of potential, and the portion Kalin can capture, as well as your estimate of Kalin’s gross margin per pound of sheep milk white cheese, result in a big enough opportunity to make this a worthwhile business for Kalin? Based on your conservative assumptions what would Kalin’s potential annual total gross profit be? 6) Would you take this opportunity? Why? Why not? Why would you take a chance with this opportunity? 7) Where dis Kalin find the money to launch his company? 8) Bootstrapping is defined as a verb means “promoting and developing by initiative and effort with little or no assistance”. Bootstrap as an adjective can be defined as something carried out with minimum resources or advantages.To pull oneself up by ones bootstraps means...
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...MGMT 313 New Venture creation FINAL EXAM CASE ANALYSIS QUESTIONS MALINCHO 1) Why did Kalin decide to start a food import business? Evaluate the way in which Kalin found this opportunity? 2) What are the personal attributes (adjectives) that describe Kalin as an entrepreneur? List as many as possible. 3) Which of these personal attributes would you consider as being in the top 3 personal attributes of Kalin as an entrepreneur? Explain why you choose them as top 3 personal attributes. 4) İs cheese importing a good “opportunity”? How big is the market or in your estimation how much demand would there be for sheep milk white cheese among Bulgarian immigrants in the USA? To estimate the market potential make conservative assumptions. How much of this potential could Kalin capture? 5) İs your estimate of potential, and the portion Kalin can capture, as well as your estimate of Kalin’s gross margin per pound of sheep milk white cheese, result in a big enough opportunity to make this a worthwhile business for Kalin? Based on your conservative assumptions what would Kalin’s potential annual total gross profit be? 6) Would you take this opportunity? Why? Why not? Why would you take a chance with this opportunity? 7) Where dis Kalin find the money to launch his company? 8) Bootstrapping is defined as a verb means “promoting and developing by initiative and effort with little or no assistance”. Bootstrap as an adjective can be defined as something...
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...Multiculturalism and Immigration Multiculturalism is a long and fancy-sounding word, often mistaken for its true meaning. Some define it as equality between all cultures, others say it is the combination of all cultures that creates new hybrid ones. Whatever the dictionary says, the true meaning of the word is its actual application in the real world. We all, including my group, have different approaches and views toward multiculturalism, but I personally relate it mostly to immigration. Immigration is a founding stone of multiculturalism and although there are strong arguments against it, in my eyes, it is important for the country and its diversification. Every year my friends and I come to school a week earlier for the international orientation week. It is an event I usually look forward to way in advance. It is an exciting moment when the new class of international students set foot in Ramapo College for the first time. The people are of different ages and background. They come from exotic places like Burma, Italy, Nepal, Bulgaria and many more. Most of them have never been to the States before and the change they are going through is quite tough. Communication with them is not always easy. They come from different cultures, have different understandings of life and different ideas about what is wrong and what is right. The communication with foreigners largely depends on their proficiency in English. Many students struggle with their accents and do not feel comfortable...
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...Niagara University Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies "Building a Bridge to Bulgaria" A US-Bulgarian Cultural Exchange Organization Research Capstone Paper IDS601 Members of the committee: Dr. Chambers, T. Leibowitz, A. Dr. Mayer, S. Research paper presented by: Mariya Cherneva April 29, 2011 Table of Contents I. Executive Summary 3 II. Introduction 5 1.0 Why would someone would like to study abroad? 6 2.0 A Literature review of study abroad participants 11 3.0 USBCE Resource interviews 14 4.0 Specific information on Bulgarian stident trends 17 5.0 Creating a successful non-profit organization 19 6.0 USBCE – Created a specilized Organization 43 7.0 USBCE identifies its major outsidide organization 44 8.0 What role will USBCE play in the Work/Travel program 47 III Conclussion 51 IV Bibliography 53 V Appendix 1 VI Appendix 1 I. Executive Summary Background Having been the direct beneficiary of a few different types of cultural exchange programs I appreciate the value such an organization provides. In my lifetime I have been able to travel to, study and work in more than five different countries. My hope is to be able to use my experiences to create a cultural exchange organization to assist students with international study as well as a broad cultural experience. A program like this will help students to gain a global perspective and cultivate a global network...
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...“Dr. Death” Sydney Speight English B Jack Kevorkian originally wanted to be a baseball radio broadcaster, but his Armenian immigrant parents felt that he should have a more promising career. So he became a doctor, specializing in pathology. Kevorkian worked primarily with deceased people, performing autopsies in order to study the essential nature of diseases. Kevorkian was born on May 28, 1928, in Pontiac, Michigan. He was raised in an Armenian, Greek, and Bulgarian neighborhood. Kevorkian attended the University of Michigan medical school and graduated in 1952. Kevorkian initially received his nickname, "Dr. Death," for his pioneering medical experiments in the 1950's. He photographed the eyes of dying patients in order to determine the exact time of death. As Kevorkian witnessed the suffering of terminally ill patients, he became convinced that they had a moral right to end their lives when the pain became unbearable, and that doctors should assist in this process. To that end, he designed and constructed a machine that started a harmless saline intravenous drip into the arm of a person wishing to die. When the patient was ready, he or she would press a button that would stop the flow of the harmless solution and begin a new drip of thiopental. “This chemical would put the patient into a deep sleep, then a coma. After one minute, the timer in the machine would send a lethal dose of potassium chloride into the patient's arm, stopping the heart in minutes...
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...JVA BIOGRAPHY John Vincent Atanasoff (JVA) was born on 4 October 1903 a few miles west of Hamilton, New York. His father was a Bulgarian immigrant named Ivan Atanasov. Ivan’s name was changed to John Atanasoff by immigration officials at Ellis Island, when he arrived with an uncle in 1889. JVA’s mother was Iva Lucena Purdy, an English teacher from upstate New York. She and John married in 1900, following John’s graduation from Colgate College with a degree in philosophy. He got a job as an industrial engineer in New Jersey and they started their family. John took electrical engineering correspondence courses at night and on weekends to further his education. After JVA’s birth in 1903, his father moved the family to Florida, accepting an electrical engineering position in a newly established town called Brewster, now an empty ghost town, but back then, the home of the phosphate mines of chemical conglomerate American Cyanamid. In Brewster, JVA completed grade school at a two room schoolhouse, and later attended middle and high school at an accelerated pace, graduating with his high school diploma at age 15. Throughout his developmental years, JVA exhibited the characteristics of an inventive personality, and was encouraged by his mother and father to exercise his wide interests in subjects ranging from crochet and British Literature to electrical circuits and the workings of farm machinery. He developed a fascination with calculating devices when his father gave him...
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