...Compare and Contrast Essay “Vacationing at the Beach or in the Mountains” By AJ Brammer People are always looking forward to their vacation period. There are many options where to choose. I think that the two most common places people choose for taking a vacation are the beaches and the mountains. Both places offer a variety of fun activities. The beach offers activities that the mountain cannot offer and vice versa. The mountain and the beach are totally different. The purpose of this essay is to contrast the climate, types of activities and locations of beaches and mountains. I’m going to discuss mountains first. The three aspects I’m going to discuss are climate, types of activities and location. Climate is always important in order to enjoy vacations. If a person dislikes cold weather, he or she might have a hard time in the mountains. The cold climate in the mountains is the first barrier to enjoying them, but the climate and the temperature of these zones also determine the types of activities they offer. Snowboarding, mountain climbing, mountain biking, hiking, and skiing are some activities people can enjoy when going to the mountains. There are many regions that have mountains where people can go and have a great vacation. Canada is a country located in North America and contains many mountain vacation sites where people can go and have fun. I’m going to discuss the beach second. The three aspects I’m going to discuss are climate, types of activities and location...
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...Bruna DaSilva ENG 071, Basic Writing Fall 2012 Compare and Contrast Essay Professor Arthur Harris People are always looking for their vacation time. There are many places to chose. The places people choose to take a vacation are the beaches and the mountains in my opinion. Both places can offer fun activities. The beach has activities the mountain cannot give, and the mountain has activities the beach do not. The mountain and the beach are very different. Climate is very important to enjoy any vacation. If someone does not like cold weather, she might have a hard time in the mountains. The cold climate in mountains is the first thing to enjoy it, and the climate also determines the type of activity it offers. Snow boarding, mountain climbing, mountain biking, hiking, and skiing are some activities that people can enjoy when they go to the mountains. There are many places that have mountains where people can go and have a great time. Canada is a country that has many mountains where people can go and have fun. Warm climate is one of the most important thing that the beach has. Sun and fun are two things that can describe the beach. The sea and the warm climate determine activities at the beach. People can swim, play volleyball, play soccer, etc. At many beaches, there are discos and restaurants where people can dance or party at night. Mexico has many beautiful beaches to visit. Acapulco and Cancun are two of the most famous beaches in the world. It doesn’t matter...
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...People are always looking forward to their vacation period. There are many options where to choose. I think that the two most common places people choose for taking a vacation are the beaches and the mountains. Both places offer a variety of fun activities. The beach offers activities that the mountain cannot offer and vice versa. The mountain and the beach are totally different. The purpose of this essay is to contrast the climate, types of activities and locations of beaches and mountains. I’m going to discuss mountains first. The three aspects I’m going to discuss are climate, types of activities and location. Climate is always important in order to enjoy vacations. If a person dislikes cold weather, he or she might have a hard time in the mountains. The cold climate in the mountains is the first barrier to enjoying them, but the climate and the temperature of these zones also determine the types of activities they offer. Snow boarding, mountain climbing, mountain biking, hiking, and skiing are some activities people can enjoy when going to the mountains. There are many regions that have mountains where people can go and have a great vacation. Canada is a country located in North America and contains many mountain vacation sites where people can go and have fun. I’m going to discuss the beach second. The three aspects I’m going to discuss are climate, types of activities and location. Warm climate is one of the most important features that the beach has. Sun and fun are...
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...Essay #2: Compare and Contrast Felipe Alvarez English for Academic Purposes Instructor: Linda Perrier July 28, 2014 Biking or Driving? In the era of global warming, each time is more important to adopt an active change in our mentality towards environmental care. In this sense, using both cars and bicycles can play an important role decreasing the climate change. Bicycles and cars are both means of transportation and also great inventions that allow us to improve the quality of life. The purpose of this essay is to explain the differences between bicycles and cars in short distances. They have different impacts over our economy, health, and environment. One of the points that should be considered getting a bicycle is its low cost. As same as the cars, you can find different kind of bicycles, according to your preferences. Mountain bikes, folding bikes and urban bikes are clear examples. On the other hand, cars are each time more technologically advanced, but they follow using fossil fuels. The continuing conflicts in the Middle East increasing the prices each week in many countries. You can save a lot of money in gasoline consumption if you change your car by a bicycle in short trips. The second important benefit of riding a bicycle for short distances is that you can help you to have good health. Riding a bicycle is a great cardiovascular exercise that strengthens your heart. This is an aerobic exercise which means that your heart is pumping blood through all your...
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...Exercise 1: i) Read the paragraphs below and locate the Topic sentence. ii) Circle the Topic & underline the Controlling idea. Iii) There is one sentence that breaks the rule of unity.Find it & cross it out. Passage 1: Daredevil sports are becoming popular. Young people especially are increasingly willing to risk their lives while mountain biking, bungee jumping, or high-speed skateboa California is a state with every type of geography.It has mountains where you can enjoy the winter sports of skiing,snowboarding,and snowshoeing.It has deserts where temperatures can reach 110°F (43°C) in the summer.It has beaches where you can surf,swim and fish.It has forests where the world’s tallest trees grow.Finally,it has farmlands where a lot of the nation’s fruits and vegetables grow.California also has Hollywood and Disneyland,which are world-famous centres of entertainment.California is a popular place to live,so many peolple move there every year.Indeed California has it all: deserts, beaches, and farms. Exercise 2 In the following paragraph, choose an appropriate transition signal from those listed after each blank. Have you ever wondered how those big ocean storms called hurricanes or typhoons get their name? Who decides to name a hurricane “Anne” or “Barbara” or “Bill”? The way hurricane and typhoons are named has changed over the years, and it is an interesting story. Originally, weather forecasters described them by their position in degrees of latitude and longitude...
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...ACADEMIC YEAR 2013 / 2014 FHEL 1012 English for Academic Study _____________________________________________________________________________________ WORKSHEET LECTURE 3 Exercise 1: i) Read the paragraphs below and locate the Topic sentence. ii) Circle the Topic & underline the Controlling idea. Iii) There is one sentence that breaks the rule of unity.Find it & cross it out. Passage 1: Daredevil sports are becoming popular. Young people especially are increasingly willing to risk their lives while mountain biking, bungee jumping, or high-speed skateboarding. Soccer is also popular in the United States now, although football is still more popular. One of the riskiest new sports is sky surfing, in which people jump out of airplanes with boards attached to their feet. Sky surfing, rivals skydiving and bungee jumping are becoming popular for the amount of thrills and risks. Passage 2: California is a state with every type of geography.It has mountains where you can enjoy the winter sports of skiing,snowboarding,and snowshoeing.It has deserts where temperatures can reach 110°F (43°C) in the summer.It has beaches where you can surf,swim and fish.It has forests where the world’s tallest trees grow.Finally,it has farmlands where a lot of the nation’s fruits and vegetables grow.California also has Hollywood and Disneyland,which are world-famous centres of entertainment.California is a popular place to live,so many peolple move there every year.Indeed California has it...
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...Persuasive Essay My Dream Vacation to Hawaii Ronna Farrell Hawaii is the land of beautiful beaches, impressive waterfalls and so many different cultures. While you may think a trip to Hawaii is too expensive, I feel traveling is one of the most important things we can do as a family. Hawaii has so much to offer us including traveling between 3 primary islands and exploring what each island has to offer like hiking the waterfalls and visiting the Pearl Harbor memorial. You would love the surfing, snorkeling and all the water activities that come along with a trip to Hawaii. Even though all of you may feel a trip to Hawaii is too expensive, I feel traveling is one of the most important things I can do for the family. I don’t feel you can put a price tag on the quality time you get when you go on vacation and have the chance to make so many lasting memories. Taking the family on vacation to a place like Hawaii gives them first hand information and the knowledge on how other people live and the cultures they live by. How will you ever be able to see and explore Hawaii unless you open up your mind to all the possibilities? The possibilities are endless when you have 3 great islands to explore. The first one we would be the visiting “The Heart of Hawaii” also known as Oahu is home to the war memorial Pearl Harbor, the USS Battleship Missouri, unforgettable Luau’s and wonderful cuisine. The next island that we would be visiting would be “The Magic Isle” also known as Maui, well known...
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...Community Evaluation Community Evaluation The purpose of this essay is to compare the similarities and differences between five different communities. Represented are Bland County, Virginia, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Dunedin, Florida, Rio Vista, California, and Washington, D.C. The definition of community according to Bartle (2012) is, “The concept of community is a set of interactions, human behaviors that have meaning and expectations between its members. Not just action, but actions based on shared expectations, values, beliefs and meanings between individuals.” A community represents more than the boundaries of cities and towns; the community includes day- to-day activities of those within the boundaries. Similarities When compared the five communities have many similarities. Bland and DC share the Appalachian Mountain Range; Cedar Rapids is in the Midwest, and both Rio Vista and Dunedin are on opposite coasts of the United States. Natural disasters such as tornadoes, earthquakes, and hurricanes plague these communities. Four of the five communities provide work opportunities for its citizens through industry or tourism. Each of these communities shares a commonality of outdoor activities such as hiking, biking, swimming, and sightseeing. Common traits and similarities in the communities exist even though the communities and residents are from various areas of the country. Differences In today’s society there are differences in many communities. These communities...
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...International Tourism “The tourism in Germany” Essay by Florian Otto BECKER Introduction: Germany is the seventh most visited country in the world with an estimated total of 31,5 Million visitors in 2014. It is a widely diverse country that has to show and offer vast numbers of attractions. From the North - and Baltic Seas with its coasts and islands to the Alps, this nation situated in the heart of Europe, offers nature parks, beautiful landscapes, strongholds from the medieval age and authentic Roman treasures as well as a well-developed infrastructure. But obviously there is not just nature or old notable things to see. Germany likewise offers also some of the absolute most energizing cities on the planet where one can appreciate shopping, celebrating, and the excellent restaurants and cafés in the heart of every city. History: The historical backdrop of tourism in Germany goes back to the ancient Romans who used Germanic healing springs and founded cities with spas as Aquae Granni (Aachen) and Aquae Mattiacorum (Wiesbaden). As a result of teachings of Balneology, the first German Spas like Bad Schwallbach established from 1581. From the late eighteenth century onwards, urban communities like Dresden, Munich, Weimar and Berlin were significant stops on a European Grand tour. In the 19th century, noble spa- and health resorts on the coast and inland established when major train routes were built to connect the seaside spas to urban centers. Main travel destinations...
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...Contents page Page 1 ………………….……………. Executive Summary Page 1 ……………………………………..…… Introduction Page 2, 3...................................What is marketing? Page 3, 4……………….. Role & function of marketing Page 4, 5, 6, 7.………………….……….. Marketing mix Page 7, 8 ………………………. What are stakeholders? Page 8 …………………………………………….. Conclusion Page 9 ….……………………………………… Bibliography Do organisations need marketing? Executive Summary The following essay has been written to explain the importance of marketing and how it can affect the sales and revenue of a business. The essay will explain to the reader what is marketing and how it can both positively and negatively affect a business. It will explain the marketing mix as well as the 4P’s. Also written in the essay is the importance of stakeholders and how to communicate with them. Introduction The core objective of this assignment is to get a precise understanding of the importance of marketing and how marketing can influence companies to aim their products directly at their target market. As well as encourage customers into specifically purchasing their goods over the competitors. There are many different marketing methods and each method varies with customer demand. The main aim of a marketer is to use various marketing methods to identify and then market their product directly at the consumer. This will then enable them to gain maximum sales for the company, while ensuring that the products are sold at a price which the...
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...Executive Summary: Our group decided to work with Walt Disney Company for operating a theme park in Taiwan. After doing some research on Taiwan local culture and environment it really helps us to know more about this “Treasure Island” which is the place that we decided to operate business. At first of course we were doing some research about our partner Walt Disney Company. As we know this huge company does have an intention to consider Taiwan as viable location to import their company product for long time ago. Taiwan’s island population concentration of 641.24 km2, which is only second to Bangladesh’s 1,101.2 km2, would cause great desire to have the Disneyland and Resorts, especially in the southern part of Taiwan which is where all the good beaches reside. For the Geographical setting of Taiwan, we found that it have both advantage and drawback for us when operating a theme park business here. Advantage is Taiwan is a small island which means the entire Taiwanese or tourist that came to Taiwan may easily come to visit our theme park, unlike Japan or United States; tourist might not easily or have no time to visit every single place in those big countries. But on the other hands, we also might not able to find an suitable huge place to held theme park in such a small island, especially these place already have plenty of theme park as well. For aware this challenge, we have a good strategy to resolve it, that is take over or work with one of the local theme park, the...
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...“This Above All: To Thine Own Self Be True” Chapel Address by John C. Bogle Founder and former Chairman, The Vanguard Group Episcopal Academy, Overbrook, PA December 2, 2004 Thank you, Christopher Bogle Webb St. John, my wonderful grandson, for that lovely introduction. And thank you, Nicole Spagnola, long-time friend of my superb granddaughter Ashley St. John, for inviting me to join you and your upper school classmates today. While I’m proud of my reputation, I confess to you all—this may surprise you—that I’m a bit intimidated to stand here before you today. While many of your parents may know a bit about me and Vanguard, you are probably wondering just what this ancient soul can possibly say that would even vaguely interest you. Why would I think that? Because I was actually your age once, trying to find my way in life, in school, and with my family and friends. My hesitancy is illustrated by this story that I heard last year in a sermon by a Scottish preacher: A father is rapping on his son’s door, trying to wake him up to go to school. Through the closed door, the son shouts: “I’m not going to get up, and I’ll give you three reasons why. “One, I hate school. “Two, the children tease me. “Three, because education is boring.” The father shouts right back: “You must get up, and I’ll give you three reasons why. “One, it’s your duty. “Two, because you’re 45 years old. “And three, because you’re the headmaster.” Well, despite my concern about “relating” to you young people...
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...New York City The first native New Yorkers were the Lenape, an Algonquin people who hunted, fished and farmed in the area between the Delaware and Hudson rivers. Europeans began to explore the region at the beginning of the 16th century--among the first was Giovanni da Verrazzano, an Italian who sailed up and down the Atlantic coast in search of a route to Asia--but none settled there until 1624. That year, the Dutch West India Company sent some 30 families to live and work in a tiny settlement on “Nutten Island” (today’s Governors Island) that they called New Amsterdam. In 1626, the settlement’s governor general, Peter Minuit, purchased the much larger Manhattan Island from the natives for 60 guilders in trade goods such as tools, farming equipment, cloth and wampum (shell beads). Fewer than 300 people lived in New Amsterdam when the settlement moved to Manhattan. But it grew quickly, and in 1760 the city (now called New York City; population 18,000) surpassed Boston to become the second-largest city in the American colonies. Fifty years later, with a population 202,589, it became the largest city in the Western hemisphere. Today, more than 8 million people live in the city’s five boroughs. New York City in the 18th Century In 1664, the British seized New Amsterdam from the Dutch and gave it a new name: New York City. For the next century, the population of New York City grew larger and more diverse: It included immigrants from the Netherlands, England, France and Germany;...
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...ADRA AC&H AC&H H&S ADRA HA HA H&S OI REC NAT NAT OI VOC VOC SGO&H REC SGO&H pathfinder honor book 2014 revision general conference youth ministries department -1- ADRA AC&H H&S NAT HA OI SGO&H REC VOC pathfinder honor book 2014 revision general conference youth ministries department -3- General Conference Youth Ministries Department Director: Gilbert Cangy General Conference Associate Youth Director/Pathfinder World Director: Jonatan Tejel General Conference Honors Committee: Jonatan Tejel, Chairman Vanessa Correa, Secretary Gennady Kasap: ESD Youth Director Busi Khumalo: SID Youth Director Mark O’Ffill: NAD representative John Sommerfeld: SPD representative Paul Tompkins: TED Youth Director Jobbie Yabut: SSD Youth Director Udolcy Zukowski: SAD Pathfinder Director Copyright © 2014 by the Youth Ministries Department of the Seventh-day Adventist® Church All rights reserved. Published 2014 First edition published 1998. Second edition 2011. Third edition 2014 Rights for publishing this book outside the U.S.A. or in non-English languages are administered by the Youth Ministries Department of the Seventh-day Adventist® Church. For additional information, please visit our website, www.gcyouthministries. org, email youthinfo@gc.adventist.org, or write to Youth Ministries Department, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists® Church, 12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, MD 20904, U.S.A. Cover and inside design by Jonatan Tejel Printed in the United...
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...TRADE JURNAL Leisure Arts in Bookstore Push Milliot, Jim. Publishers Weekly255.41 (Oct 13, 2008): n/a. 1. ------------------------------------------------- Full text 2. ------------------------------------------------- Abstract/Details Turn on hit highlighting for speaking browsers by selecting the Enter button Hide highlighting Abstract TranslateAbstract Craft book publisher Leisure Arts has signed on with Midpoint Trade Books as part of its effort to expand its presence among booksellers. Throughout its history, Leisure Arts has focused its sales operation on crafts stores. Details Subject Book industry; Bookstores; Distributors; Agreements; Distribution channels Company / organization Name: Leisure Arts NAICS: 511120; Name: Midpoint Trade Books Inc NAICS: 422920, 511130 Title Leisure Arts in Bookstore Push Author Milliot, Jim Publication title Publishers Weekly Volume 255 Issue 41 Pages n/a Number of pages 1 Publication year 2008 Publication date Oct 13, 2008 Year 2008 Section Foreword; New Channel Publisher PWxyz, LLC Place of publication New York Country of publication United States Publication subject Publishing And Book Trade, Library And Information Sciences ISSN 00000019 CODEN PWEEAD Source type Trade Journals Language of publication English Document type News ProQuest document ID 197101688 Document URL http://search.proquest.com.ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/docview/197101688?accountid=42518 ...
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