Hollywood is a district in Los Angeles, California, United States situated west-northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word Hollywood is often used as a metonym of American cinema. Even though much of the movie industry has dispersed into surrounding areas such as West Los Angeles and the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys, significant auxiliary industries, such as editing, effects, props, post-production, and lighting companies remain in Hollywood, as does the backlot of Paramount Pictures.
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Web Design
Web design encompasses many different skills and disciplines in the production and maintenance of websites. The different areas of web design include web graphic design; interface design; authoring, including standardised code and proprietary software; user experience design; and search engine optimization.
Often many individuals will work in teams covering different aspects of
the design process, although some designers will cover them all.
The term web design is normally used to describe the design process
relating to the front-end (client side) design of a website including
writing mark up, but this is a grey area as this is also covered by web development. Web designers are expected to have an awareness of usability and if their role involves creating mark up then they are also expected to be up to date with web accessibility guidelines.
Blogger
Blogger is a blog-publishing service that allows private or multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries. It was created by Pyra Labs, which was bought by Google in 2003. Generally, the blogs are hosted by Google at a subdomain
of blogspot.com. Up until May 1, 2010 Blogger allowed users to publish
blogs on other hosts, via FTP. All such blogs had (or still have) to be
moved to Google's own servers, with domains other than blogspot.com
allowed via custom URLs.
Yahoo
Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation
headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States. The company is
best known for its web portal, search engine (Yahoo! Search) and for a
variety of other services, including Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail,
Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising,
online mapping, video sharing, fantasy sports and its social media
website. It is one of the most popular sites in the United States.
According to news sources, roughly 700 million people visit Yahoo!
websites every month. Yahoo itself claims it attracts "more than half a
billion consumers every month in more than 30 languages."
Samsung
Samsung Group (Hangul: 삼성그룹; Hanja: 三星그룹; Korean pronunciation: [sam.sʌŋ
ɡɯ'ɾup̚]) is a South Korean multinational conglomerate company
headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul. It comprises numerous subsidiaries
and affiliated businesses, most of them united under the Samsung brand,
and is the largest South Korean chaebol.
Notable Samsung industrial subsidiaries include Samsung Electronics (the
world's second largest information technology company measured by 2011
revenues), Samsung Heavy Industries (the world's second-largest
shipbuilder measured by 2010 revenues), Samsung Engineering and Samsung
C&T (respectively the world's 35th- and 72nd-largest construction
companies), and Samsung Techwin (a weapons technology and
optoelectronics manufacturer). Other notable subsidiaries include
Samsung Life Insurance (the world's 14th-largest life insurance
company), Samsung Everland (operator of Everland Resort, the oldest
theme park in South Korea) and Cheil Worldwide (the world's 19th-largest
advertising agency measured by 2010 revenues).
Nokia
Nokia Corporation[3] (Finnish: Nokia Oyj, Swedish: Nokia Abp; Finnish
pronunciation: [ˈnokiɑ], English /ˈnɒkiə/) (OMX: NOK1V, NYSE: NOK) is a
Finnish multinational communications and information technology
corporation headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, Finland. Its principal
products are mobile telephones and portable IT devices. It also offers
Internet services including applications, games, music, media and
messaging through its Ovi platform, and free-of-charge digital map
information and navigation services through its wholly owned subsidiary
Navteq. Nokia has a joint venture with Siemens, Nokia Siemens Networks,
which provides telecommunications network equipment and services.
Online Shopping
Online shopping or online retailing is a form of electronic commerce
allowing consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller over
the Internet without an intermediary service. An online shop, e-shop,
e-store, Internet shop, web-shop, web-store, online store, or virtual
store evokes the physical analogy of buying products or services at a
bricks-and-mortar retailer or shopping center. The process is called
business-to-consumer (B2C) online shopping. When a business buys from
another business it is called business-to-business (B2B) online
shopping. The largest online retailing corporations are E-Bay and
Amazon.com, both of which are based in the US.
Gangnam Style
"Gangnam Style" (Korean: 강남스타일, IPA: [kaŋnam sɯtʰail]) is a K-pop single
by South Korean musician PSY. The song was released on July 15, 2012,
as the lead single of his sixth studio album PSY 6 (Six Rules), Part 1.
"Gangnam Style" debuted at number one on the Gaon Chart, the national
record chart of South Korea. As of December 20, 2012, the music video
has been viewed over 990 million times on YouTube, and is the site's
most watched video after surpassing Justin Bieber's single "Baby".
The phrase "Gangnam Style" is a Korean neologism that refers to a lifestyle associated with the Gangnam District of Seoul. The song and its accompanying music video went viral in August 2012 and have influenced popular culture since then. "Gangnam Style" received mixed to positive reviews, with praise going to its catchy beat and PSY's amusing dance moves (which themselves have become a phenomenon) in the music video and during live performances in various locations such as Madison Square Garden, The Today Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and Samsung commercials. On September 20, 2012, "Gangnam Style" was recognized by Guinness World Records as the most "liked" video in YouTube history. It subsequently won Best Video at the MTV Europe Music Awards held later that year.
The phrase "Gangnam Style" is a Korean neologism that refers to a lifestyle associated with the Gangnam District of Seoul. The song and its accompanying music video went viral in August 2012 and have influenced popular culture since then. "Gangnam Style" received mixed to positive reviews, with praise going to its catchy beat and PSY's amusing dance moves (which themselves have become a phenomenon) in the music video and during live performances in various locations such as Madison Square Garden, The Today Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and Samsung commercials. On September 20, 2012, "Gangnam Style" was recognized by Guinness World Records as the most "liked" video in YouTube history. It subsequently won Best Video at the MTV Europe Music Awards held later that year.
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console developed by and produced
for Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with
Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh
generation of video game consoles. As of September 30, 2012, 70 million
Xbox 360 consoles have been sold worldwide. The Xbox 360 was officially
unveiled on MTV on May 12, 2005, with detailed launch and game
information divulged later that month at the Electronic Entertainment
Expo (E3). The console sold out completely upon release in all regions
except in Japan.
Several major features of the Xbox 360 are its integrated Xbox Live service that allows players to compete online, download arcade games, game demos, trailers, TV shows, music and movies and its Windows Media Center multimedia capabilities. The Xbox Live also offers region specific access to third-party media streaming application such as Netflix and ESPN in the U.S. or Sky Go in the UK.
Several major features of the Xbox 360 are its integrated Xbox Live service that allows players to compete online, download arcade games, game demos, trailers, TV shows, music and movies and its Windows Media Center multimedia capabilities. The Xbox Live also offers region specific access to third-party media streaming application such as Netflix and ESPN in the U.S. or Sky Go in the UK.
Commerce
Commerce is the whole system of an economy that constitutes an
environment for business. The system includes legal, economic,
political, social, cultural, and technological systems that are in
operation in any country. Thus, commerce is a system or an environment
that affects the business prospects of an economy or a nation-state. We
can also define it as a second component of business which includes all
activities, functions and institutions involved in transferring goods
from producers to consumer.
Smoking
Smoking is a practice in which a substance, most commonly tobacco, is
burned and the smoke is tasted or inhaled. This is primarily practiced as a route of administration for recreational drug use, as combustion
releases the active substances in drugs such as nicotine and makes them
available for absorption through the lungs. It can also be done as a
part of rituals, to induce trances and spiritual enlightenment.
The most common method of smoking today is through cigarettes, primarily industrially manufactured but also hand-rolled from loose tobacco and rolling paper. Other smoking implements include pipes, cigars, bids, hookahs, vaporizers, and bongs. It has been suggested that smoking-related disease kills one half of all long term smokers but these diseases may also be contracted by non-smokers. A 2007 report states that about 4.9 million people worldwide each year die as a result of smoking.
The most common method of smoking today is through cigarettes, primarily industrially manufactured but also hand-rolled from loose tobacco and rolling paper. Other smoking implements include pipes, cigars, bids, hookahs, vaporizers, and bongs. It has been suggested that smoking-related disease kills one half of all long term smokers but these diseases may also be contracted by non-smokers. A 2007 report states that about 4.9 million people worldwide each year die as a result of smoking.
Android
Android is a Linux-based operating system designed primarily for
touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers.
Initially developed by Android, Inc., whom Google financially backed and
later purchased in 2005, Android was unveiled in 2007 along with the
founding of the Open Handset Alliance: a consortium of hardware,
software, and telecommunication companies devoted to advancing open
standards for mobile devices. The first Android-powered phone was sold
in October 2008.
Android is open source and Google releases the code under the Apache License. This open source code and permissive licensing allows the software to be freely modified and distributed by device manufacturers, wireless carriers and enthusiast developers. Additionally, Android has a large community of developers writing applications ("apps") that extend the functionality of devices, written primarily in a customized version of the Java programming language. In October 2012, there were approximately 700,000 apps available for Android, and the estimated number of applications downloaded from Google Play, Android's primary app store, was 25 billion.
Android is open source and Google releases the code under the Apache License. This open source code and permissive licensing allows the software to be freely modified and distributed by device manufacturers, wireless carriers and enthusiast developers. Additionally, Android has a large community of developers writing applications ("apps") that extend the functionality of devices, written primarily in a customized version of the Java programming language. In October 2012, there were approximately 700,000 apps available for Android, and the estimated number of applications downloaded from Google Play, Android's primary app store, was 25 billion.
Google Play Store
Google Play, formerly known as the Android Market, is a digital
application distribution platform for Android developed and maintained
by Google. The service allows users to browse and download music,
magazines, books, movies, television programs, and applications that
were published through Google.
Applications are available either for free or at a cost, and they can be downloaded directly to an Android or Google TV device through the Play Store or onto a personal computer via its website. These applications are generally targeted to users based on a particular hardware attribute of their device, such as a motion sensor (for motion-dependent games) or a front-facing camera (for online video calling).
Applications are available either for free or at a cost, and they can be downloaded directly to an Android or Google TV device through the Play Store or onto a personal computer via its website. These applications are generally targeted to users based on a particular hardware attribute of their device, such as a motion sensor (for motion-dependent games) or a front-facing camera (for online video calling).
Apple
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), formerly Apple Computer, Inc., is an American
multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino, California that
designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software,
and personal computers. Its best-known hardware products are the Mac
line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad. Its software
includes the OS X and iOS operating systems, the iTunes media browser,
the Safari web browser, and the iLife and iWork creativity and
production suites. The company was founded on April 1, 1976, and
incorporated on January 3, 1977. The word "Computer" was removed from
its name on January 9, 2007, reflecting its shifted focus towards
consumer electronics after the introduction of the iPhone.
Body Building
Bodybuilding is the use of progressive resistance exercise to control
and develop one's musculature. An individual who engages in this
activity is referred to as a bodybuilder. In competitive amateur and
professional bodybuilding, bodybuilders appear in lineups doing
specified poses, and later perform individual posing routines, for a
panel of judges who rank competitors based on criteria such as symmetry,
muscularity, and conditioning. Bodybuilders prepare for competition
through a combination of dehydration, fat loss, oils, and tanning (or
tanning lotions) which make their muscular definition more distinct.
Some well-known bodybuilders include Charles Atlas, Steve Reeves, Reg
Park, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Lou Ferrigno. Currently, IFBB
professional bodybuilder Phil Heath from the United States holds the
title of Mr. Olympia. The winner of the annual Mr. Olympia contest is
generally recognized as the world's top professional male bodybuilder.
Christmas
Christmas (Old English: Crīstesmæsse, meaning "Christ's Mass") is an
annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ and a widely observed
holiday, celebrated generally on December 25 by millions of people
around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it
closes the Advent season and initiates the twelve days of Christmastide.
Christmas is a civil holiday in many of the world's nations, is
celebrated by an increasing number of non-Christians, and is an integral
part of the Christmas and holiday season.
Fashion
Fashion is a general term for a popular style or practice, especially in
clothing, footwear, accessories, makeup, body piercing or furniture.
"Fashion" refers to a distinctive; however, often-habitual trend in a
look and dress up of a person, as well as to prevailing styles in
behavior. "Fashion" usually is the newest creations made by designers
and are bought by only a few number of people; however, often those
"fashions" are translated into more established trends. The more
technical term, "costume," has become so linked in the public eye with
the term "fashion" that the more general term "costume" has in popular
use mostly been relegated to special senses like fancy dress or
masquerade wear, while the term "fashion" means clothing generally, and
the study of it. For a broad cross-cultural look at clothing and its
place in society, refer to the entries for clothing, costume, and
fabrics. Although fashion can be geared towards being feminine or
Medicine
Medicine (Listeni/ˈmɛdsɨn/, Listeni/ˈmɛdɨsɨn/) is the applied science or
practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. It
encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and
restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness in human
beings.
Contemporary medicine applies health science, biomedical research, and medical technology to diagnose and treat injury and disease, typically through medication or surgery, but also through therapies as diverse as psychotherapy, external splints & traction, prostheses, biologics, ionizing radiation and others.
The word medicine is derived from the Latin ars medicina, meaning the art of healing.
Contemporary medicine applies health science, biomedical research, and medical technology to diagnose and treat injury and disease, typically through medication or surgery, but also through therapies as diverse as psychotherapy, external splints & traction, prostheses, biologics, ionizing radiation and others.
The word medicine is derived from the Latin ars medicina, meaning the art of healing.
Scientists
A scientist, in a broad sense, is one engaging in a systematic activity
to acquire knowledge. In a more restricted sense, a scientist is an
individual who uses the scientific method. The person may be an expert
in one or more areas of science. This article focuses on the more
restricted use of the word. Scientists perform research toward a more
comprehensive understanding of nature, including physical, mathematical
and social realms.
Philosophy can be seen as a distinct activity, which is aimed towards a more comprehensive understanding of intangible aspects of reality and experience that cannot be physically measured.
Philosophy can be seen as a distinct activity, which is aimed towards a more comprehensive understanding of intangible aspects of reality and experience that cannot be physically measured.
Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge (Listeni/ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ/ KAYM-brij) is a university
town and the administrative center of the county of Cambridgeshire,
England. It lies in East Anglia, on the River Cam, about 50 miles (80
km) north of London. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, its
population was 108,863 (including 22,153 students), and was estimated to
be 130,000 in mid-2010. There is archaeological evidence of settlement
in the area in bronze age and Roman times, and under Viking rule
Cambridge became an important trading center. The first town charters
were granted in the 12th century, although city status was not conferred
until 1951.
Cambridge is most widely known as the home of the University of
Cambridge, founded in 1209 and consistently ranked one of the top five
universities in the world. The university includes the renowned
Cavendish Laboratory, King's College Chapel, and the Cambridge
University Library. The Cambridge skyline is dominated by the last two
buildings, along with the chimney of Addenbrooke's Hospital in the far
south of the city and St John's College Chapel tower.
Clicksor
In the advertisers’ point of view, Clicksor allows them to match pre-selected keywords or channels within particular internet content .
The advertising formats include inline text links, banners, graphical
and rich media banners and pop-under ads. Payment for these ads may be
on a CPC/PPC, CPV/PPV, CPM and CPI basis.[6] Clicksor places ads
appropriately using 9 targeting methods:
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- Channel Targeting
- Time Targeting
- Keyword Targeting
- Retargeting
- OS Targeting
- Device Targeting
- ISP Targeting
- Language Targeting
Clicksor also welcomes resellers to join their Clicksor Authorized
Reseller program. Resellers get access to Clicksor’s network management
platform and support to recruit new affiliates into the network, monitor
advertising performance, and review bids. They can sell Clicksor's
advertiser traffic at a wholesale price. Resellers can re-brand
Clicksor’s network and set their own prices and can also resell the
network to others as their own private brand.Publishers:
In the publishers’ point of view, they can earn revenue from their web traffic. After signing up for an account, publishers can place a Clicksor ad code to display on their sites. Based on the advertisers’ selections of keywords, ads are distributed to these websites depending on their site content and relevancy. Publishers can place an assortment of text/image banners, rich media banners, full page pop-unders and interstitial ad codes that best suit the design of their website.Resellers:
Transportation
Polygamy
Polygamy, translated literally in Late Greek as "often married" is a
marriage which includes more than two partners When a man is married to
more than one wife at a time, the relationship is called polygyny, and
there is no marriage bond between the wives; and when a woman is married
to more than one husband at a time, it is called polyandry, and there
is no marriage bond between the husbands. If a marriage includes
multiple husbands and wives, it can be called group marriage. The term
is used in related ways in social anthropology, sociobiology ,sociology,
as well as in popular speech. In social anthropology, polygamy is the
practice of a person's making him/herself available for two or more
spouses to mate with.
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common
elements are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its
associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the
sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The word derives from Greek The
creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of music
vary according to culture and social context. Music ranges from strictly
organized compositions (and their recreation in performance), through
improvisational music to aleatoric forms. Music can be divided into
genres and subgenres, although the dividing lines and relationships
between music genres are often subtle, sometimes open to individual
interpretation, and occasionally controversial.
Moon
The Moon (Latin: luna) is the only natural satellite of the Earth, and the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System .
It is the largest natural satellite of a planet in the Solar System
relative to the size of its primary, having 27% the diameter and 60% the
density of Earth, resulting in 1⁄81 its mass. The Moon is the second
densest satellite after Io, a satellite of Jupiter.
The Moon is in synchronous rotation with Earth, always showing the same face with its near side marked by dark volcanic maria that fill between the bright ancient crustal highlands and the prominent impact craters
The Moon is in synchronous rotation with Earth, always showing the same face with its near side marked by dark volcanic maria that fill between the bright ancient crustal highlands and the prominent impact craters
Maturity
Maturity is a psychological term used to indicate how a person responds
to the circumstances or environment in an appropriate manner. This
response is generally learned rather than instinctive, and is not
determined by one's age. Maturity also encompasses being aware of the
correct time and place to behave and knowing when to act appropriately,
according to the situation and the culture of the society one lives in.
Adult development and maturity theories include the purpose in life concept, in which maturity emphasizes a clear comprehension of life's purpose, directedness, and intentionality which, contributes to the feeling that life is meaningful.
Adult development and maturity theories include the purpose in life concept, in which maturity emphasizes a clear comprehension of life's purpose, directedness, and intentionality which, contributes to the feeling that life is meaningful.
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people called
spouses that creates kinship. The definition of marriage varies
according to different cultures, but is usually an institution in which
interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are
acknowledged. Such a union is often formalized via a wedding ceremony.
In terms of legal recognition, most sovereign states and other
jurisdictions limit marriage to two persons of opposite sex or gender in
the gender binary, and some of these allow polygynous marriage. Since
2000, several countries and some other jurisdictions have legalized
same-sex marriage. In some cultures, marriage is recommended or
compulsory before pursuing any sexual activity.
Loneliness
Loneliness is an unpleasant feeling in which a person feels a strong
sense of emptiness and solitude resulting from inadequate social
relationships. Loneliness is a natural phenomenon, since humans are
social creatures by nature. Loneliness has also been described as social
pain — a psychological mechanism meant to alert an individual of
isolation and motivate her/him to seek social connections. People can
experience loneliness for many reasons and many life events may cause
it, like the lack of friendship relations during childhood and
adolescence, or the physical absence of meaningful people around a
person. At the same time, loneliness may be a symptom of another social
or psychological problem, such as chronic depression
Log House
A log house (or log home) is structurally identical to a log cabin (a
house typically made from logs that have not been milled into
conventional lumber). The term "log cabin" is not preferred by most
contemporary builders, as it generally refers to a smaller, more rustic
log house such as a hunting cabin in the woods, or a summer cottage.
Log houses are especially popular in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Russia, where straight and tall coniferous trees, such as pine and spruce, are readily available. They are virtually unknown in Central Europe, where timber framing is favored instead.
Log houses are especially popular in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Russia, where straight and tall coniferous trees, such as pine and spruce, are readily available. They are virtually unknown in Central Europe, where timber framing is favored instead.
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through
social institutions to govern behavior. Laws are made by governments,
specifically by their legislatures. The formation of laws themselves may
be influenced by a constitution (written or unwritten) and the rights
encoded therein. The law shapes politics, economics and society in
countless ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between
people.
A general distinction can be made between civil law jurisdictions , in which the legislature or other central body codifies and consolidates their laws, and common law systems (including Islamic law), where judge-made binding precedents are accepted.
A general distinction can be made between civil law jurisdictions , in which the legislature or other central body codifies and consolidates their laws, and common law systems (including Islamic law), where judge-made binding precedents are accepted.
Jewellery
Jewellery is a form of personal adornment, such as brooches ,rings, necklaces, earrings, and bracelets.
With some exceptions, such as medical alert bracelets or military dog tags, jewellery normally differs from other items of personal adornment in that it has no other purpose than to look appealing, but humans have been producing and wearing it for a long time – with 100,000-year-old beads made from Nassarius shells thought to be the oldest known jewellery.
Jewellery may be made from a wide range of materials, but gemstones, precious metals,beads and shells have been widely used. Depending on the culture and times jewellery may be appreciated as a status symbol, for its material properties, its patterns, or for meaningful symbols.
With some exceptions, such as medical alert bracelets or military dog tags, jewellery normally differs from other items of personal adornment in that it has no other purpose than to look appealing, but humans have been producing and wearing it for a long time – with 100,000-year-old beads made from Nassarius shells thought to be the oldest known jewellery.
Jewellery may be made from a wide range of materials, but gemstones, precious metals,beads and shells have been widely used. Depending on the culture and times jewellery may be appreciated as a status symbol, for its material properties, its patterns, or for meaningful symbols.
Happiness
Happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being characterized by
positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy .A
variety of biological, psychological ,religious, and philosophical
approaches have striven to define happiness and identify its sources.
Various research groups, including Positive psychology, endeavor to
apply the scientific method to answer questions about what "happiness"
is, and how we might attain it.
Philosophers and religious thinkers often define happiness in terms of living a good life, or flourishing, rather than simply as an emotion. Happiness in this sense was used to translate the Greek Eudaimonia, and is still used in virtue ethics. Happiness economics suggests that measures of public happiness should be used to supplement more traditional economic measures when evaluating the success of public policy.
Philosophers and religious thinkers often define happiness in terms of living a good life, or flourishing, rather than simply as an emotion. Happiness in this sense was used to translate the Greek Eudaimonia, and is still used in virtue ethics. Happiness economics suggests that measures of public happiness should be used to supplement more traditional economic measures when evaluating the success of public policy.
Halloween
Halloween or Halloween (a contraction of its original title "All
Hallows' Evening"), also known as All Hallows' Eve is a yearly holiday
observed around the world on October 31, the eve before the Western
Christian feast of All Hallows. According to some scholars, All Hallows'
Eve initially incorporated traditions from pagan harvest festivals and
festivals honoring the dead, particularly the Celtic Samhain; other
scholars maintain that the feast originated entirely independently of
Samhain.
Typical festive Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (also known as "guising"), attending costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.
Typical festive Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (also known as "guising"), attending costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of exercises requiring
physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance.
Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the
Fédération Internationale de Gymnastics (FIG). Each country has its
own national governing body affiliated to FIG. Competitive artistic
gymnastics is the best known of the gymnastic sports. It typically
involves the women's events of uneven bars, balance beam, floor
exercise, and vault. Men's events are floor exercise, pommel horse,
still rings, vault, parallel bars, and high bar. Gymnastics evolved from
exercises used by the ancient Greeks, that included skills for mounting
and dismounting a horse, and from circus performance skills.
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other
supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting.
Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic
is common. Fantasy is generally distinguished from the genre of science
fiction by the expectation that it steers clear of scientific themes,
though there is a great deal of overlap between the two, both of which
are sub genres of speculative fiction.
Fantasy has also included wizards, sorcerers, witchcraft, etc., in events which avoid horror. In its broadest sense, however, fantasy comprises works by many writers, artists, filmmakers, and musicians, from ancient myths and legends to many recent works embraced by a wide audience today.
Fantasy has also included wizards, sorcerers, witchcraft, etc., in events which avoid horror. In its broadest sense, however, fantasy comprises works by many writers, artists, filmmakers, and musicians, from ancient myths and legends to many recent works embraced by a wide audience today.
Earthquake
An earthquake (also known as a quake ,tremor or temblor) is the result
of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic
waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to
the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period
of time. Earthquakes are measured using observations from seismometers.
The moment magnitude is the most common scale on which earthquakes
larger than approximately 5 are reported for the entire globe. The more
numerous earthquakes smaller than magnitude 5 reported by national
seismological observatories are measured mostly on the local magnitude
scale, also referred to as the Richter scale.
Drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments,
which is technically classified as the membranous Drums consist of
at least one membrane, called a drum head or drum skin, that is stretched
over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or
with a drum stick, to produce sound. There is usually a "resonance head"
on the underside of the drum, these are usually tuned to a slightly
lower pitch than the top drum head. Other techniques have been used to
cause drums to make sound, such as the thumb roll. Drums are the world's
oldest and most ubiquitous musical instruments, and the basic design
has remained virtually unchanged for thousands of years.
Crime
Crime is the breaking of rules or laws for which some governing
authority (via mechanisms such as legal systems) can ultimately
prescribe a conviction. Crimes may also result in cautions,
rehabilitation or be unenforced. Individual human societies may each
define crime and crimes differently, in different localities (state,
local, international), at different time stages of the so-called
"crime", from planning, disclosure, supposedly intended, supposedly
prepared, incomplete, complete or future proclaimed after the "crime".
While every crime violates the law, not every violation of the law
counts as a crime; for example: breaches of contract and of other civil
law may rank as "offences" or as "infractions".
Costumes
The term costume can refer to wardrobe and dress in general, or to the
distinctive style of dress of a particular people, class, or period.
Costume may also refer to the artistic arrangement of accessories in a
picture, statue, poem, or play, appropriate to the time, place, or other
circumstances represented or described, or to a particular style of
clothing worn to portray the wearer as a character or type of character
other than their regular persona at a social event such as a masquerade,
a fancy dress party or in an artistic theatrical performance.
Broken Heart
A broken heart (or heartbreak) is a common metaphor used to describe the
intense emotional pain or suffering one feels after losing a loved one,
whether through death, divorce, breakup, physical separation, betrayal,
or romantic rejection.
Heartbreak is usually associated with losing a family member or spouse, though losing a parent, child, pet, lover or close friend can all "break one's heart", and it is frequently experienced during grief and bereavement. The phrase refers to the physical pain one may feel in the chest as a result of the loss, although it also by extension includes the emotional trauma of loss even where it is not experienced as somatic pain.
Heartbreak is usually associated with losing a family member or spouse, though losing a parent, child, pet, lover or close friend can all "break one's heart", and it is frequently experienced during grief and bereavement. The phrase refers to the physical pain one may feel in the chest as a result of the loss, although it also by extension includes the emotional trauma of loss even where it is not experienced as somatic pain.
Aerobics
Aerobics is a form of physical exercise that combines rhythmic aerobic
exercise with stretching and strength training routines with the goal of
improving all elements of fitness (flexibility ,muscular strength, and cardiac-vascular fitness). It is usually performed to music and may be
practiced in a group setting led by an instructor (fitness
professional), although it can be done solo and without musical
accompaniment. With the goal of preventing illness and promoting
physical fitness, practitioners perform various routines comprising a
number of different dance-like exercises. Formal aerobics classes are
divided into different levels of intensity and complexity. Aerobics
classes may allow participants to select their level of participation
according to their fitness level. Many gyms offer a variety of aerobic
classes.
Textile Designing
Textile design is the process of creating designs and structures for
knitted, woven, non-wove nor embellishments of fabrics .Textile designing
involves producing patterns for cloth used in clothing, household
textiles (such as towels) and decorative textiles such as carpets. The
field encompasses the actual pattern making as well as supervising part
or all of the production process. In other words, textile design is a
process from the raw material into finished product.
Sports
Sports are usually governed by a set of rules or customs, which serve to
ensure fair competition, and allow consistent adjudication of the
winner. Winning can be determined by physical events such as scoring
goals or crossing a line first, or by the determination of judges who
are scoring elements of the sporting performance, including objective or
subjective measures such as technical performance or artistic
impression
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Single Parent
A single parent usually refers to a parent who has most of the day to
day responsibilities in the raising of the child or children, which
would categorize them as the dominant caregiver who is not living with a
spouse or partner, or those who are not married. The dominant caregiver
is the parent in which the children have residency with the majority of
the time;[1] if the parents are separated or divorced children live
with their custodial parent and have visitation with their noncustodial
parent
Serial Killer
A serial killer is traditionally defined as an individual who has killed
three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time
(a "cooling off period") between the murders, and whose motivation for
killing is usually based on psychological gratification. Some sources,
such as the FBI, disregard the "three or more" criteria, and define the
term as "a series of two or more murders, committed as separate events,
usually, but not always, by one offender acting alone" or, including the
vital characteristics, a minimum of two murders.
Orphan
An orphan (from the Greek ὀρφανό) is a child permanently bereaved of or
abandoned by his or her parents. In common usage, only a child who has
lost both parents is called an orphan. When referring to animals, only
the mother's condition is usually relevant. If she has gone, the
offspring is an orphan, regardless of the father's condition. Adults can
also be referred to as o, or "adult orphans".
Military use of children
Around the world, children are singled out for recruitment by both armed
forces and armed opposition groups, and exploited as combatants.
Approximately 250,000 children under the age of 18 are thought to be
fighting in conflicts around the world, and hundreds of thousands more
are members of armed forces who could be sent into combat at any time.
Although most child soldiers are between 15 and 18 years old,
significant recruitment starts at the age of 10 and the use of even
younger children has been recorded.
Mental Disorder
A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological pattern or
anomaly, potentially reflected in behavior, that is generally associated
with distress or disability, and which is not considered part of normal
development of a person's culture. Mental disorders are generally
defined by a combination of how a person feels, acts, thinks or
perceives. This may be associated with particular regions or functions
of the brain or rest of the nervous system, often in a social context.
Memory
In psychology, memory is the processes by which information is encoded,
stored, and retrieved. Encoding allows information that is from the
outside world to reach our senses in the forms of chemical and physical
stimuli. In this first stage we must change the information so that we
may put the memory into the encoding process. Storage is the second
memory stage or process.
Luck
Luck or chance is fortune (whether bad or good) which occurs beyond
one's control, without regard to one's will, intention, or desired
result. There are at least two senses people usually mean when they use
the term, the prescriptive sense and the descriptive sense. In the
prescriptive sense, luck is a supernatural and deterministic concept
that there are forces (e.g. gods or spirits) which prescribe that
certain events occur very much the way laws of physics will prescribe
that certain events occur.
Life as refugees
Refugee camps serve as microcosms of poverty-stricken societies. While
on a much smaller scale than an entire country, many of the same
problems that plague the developing world also affect refugee camps and
their inhabitants. Many problems are exacerbated by the close quarters,
new environment, boredom, and lack of social order that often
characterizes refugee camps. Specifically, women and children face many
of the same issues in refugee camps as they do in urban slums and rural
villages. While specific problems vary, broad issues such as inequality
and abuse are seen universally.
War is the primary factor in the creation of child refugees. It is also a principle cause of child death, injury, and loss of parents. In the last decade, war has killed more than 2 million children, wounded another 6 million, and orphaned about 1 million. Children also flee their homes because they fear various forms of abuse such as rape, sexual slavery, and child labor.
War is the primary factor in the creation of child refugees. It is also a principle cause of child death, injury, and loss of parents. In the last decade, war has killed more than 2 million children, wounded another 6 million, and orphaned about 1 million. Children also flee their homes because they fear various forms of abuse such as rape, sexual slavery, and child labor.
Ice Burg
An iceberg is a large piece of freshwater ice that has broken off glacier or an ice shelf and is floating freely in open water
To be classified as an iceberg, the height of the ice must be greater than 16 feet (five meters) above sea level and the thickness must be 98-164 feet (30-50 meters) and the ice must cover an area of at least 5,382 square feet (500 square meters).
There are smaller pieces of ice known as “bergy bits” and “growlers.” Bergy bits and growlers can originate from glaciers or shelf ice, and may also be the result of a large iceberg that has broken up.
To be classified as an iceberg, the height of the ice must be greater than 16 feet (five meters) above sea level and the thickness must be 98-164 feet (30-50 meters) and the ice must cover an area of at least 5,382 square feet (500 square meters).
There are smaller pieces of ice known as “bergy bits” and “growlers.” Bergy bits and growlers can originate from glaciers or shelf ice, and may also be the result of a large iceberg that has broken up.
Home accessories
Home accessories are those easy to replace, easy to move ornaments and
furniture, such as curtains, sofa sets, cushions, tablecloths and
decorative craft products, decorative wrought iron, etc., in indoor
furnishings and layout. Includes cloth, paintings, plants and so on.
Home accessories, as movable decorations that reflects the owner's taste
and create a home atmosphere . It breaks the boundaries of traditional
decoration industry, will handicrafts, textiles, collectibles, lamps,
floral, plants re-combined to form a new concept. Home accessories
according to size and shape of room space.
Harassment
Harassment covers a wide range of behaviors of an offensive nature. It
is commonly understood as behavior intended to disturb or upset, and it
is characteristically repetitive. In the legal sense, it is intentional behavior which is found threatening or disturbing. Sexual harassment
refers to persistent and unwanted sexual advances, typically in the
workplace, where the consequences of refusing are potentially very
disadvantageous to the victim.
Forest
A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a
high density of trees. As with cities, depending on various cultural
definitions, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size
and have different classifications according to how and of what the
forest is composed. These plant communities cover approximately 9.4
percent of the Earth's surface (or 30 percent of total land area),
though they once covered much more about 50 percent of total land area
Divorce
Divorce (or the
dissolution of marriage) is the final termination of a marital union,
canceling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and
dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties (unlike annulment,
which declares the marriage null and void). Divorce laws vary
considerably around the world, but in most countries it requires the
sanction of a court or other authority in a legal process. The legal
process of divorce may also involve issues of alimony (spousal support),
child custody, child support, distribution of property.
Celebrity
A celebrity is a person who has a prominent profile and commands a great
degree of public fascination and influence in day-to-day media. The
term is synonymous with wealth (commonly denoted as a person with fame
and fortune), implied with great popular appeal, prominence in a
particular field, and is easily recognized by the general public.
Various careers within the fields of sports and entertainment are commonly associated with celebrity status. These fields have produced prominent figures within these two industries. While people may gain celebrity status as a result of a successful career in a particular field
Various careers within the fields of sports and entertainment are commonly associated with celebrity status. These fields have produced prominent figures within these two industries. While people may gain celebrity status as a result of a successful career in a particular field
Agriculture
Agriculture also called farming or husbandry is the cultivation of
animals, plants, fungi, and other life forms for food, fiber, bio fuel and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key
development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming
of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the
development of civilization. The study of agriculture is known as
agricultural science.
Scandal
A scandal is a widely publicized allegation or set of allegations that
damages (or tries to damage) the reputation of an institution,
individual or creed.[dubious – discuss] A scandal may be based on true
or false allegations or a mixture of both.
From the Greek σκάνδαλον (skandalon), a trap or stumbling-block,] the metaphor is that wrong conduct can impede or "trip" people's trust or faith.
From the Greek σκάνδαλον (skandalon), a trap or stumbling-block,] the metaphor is that wrong conduct can impede or "trip" people's trust or faith.
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images
by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either chemically
by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film, or
electronically by means of animate sensor. Typically, a lens is used to
focus the light reflected or emitted from objects into a real image on
the light-sensitive surface inside a camera during a timed exposure. The
result in an electronic image sensor is an electrical chargeable each
pixel, which is electronically processed and stored in a digital image
file for subsequent display or processing
Marketing Strategy
Marketing strategy is a process that can allow an organization to
concentrate its limited resources on the greatest opportunities to
increase sales and achieve a sustainable competitive advantage.
Marketing strategy includes all basic and long-term activities in the
field of marketing that deal with the analysis of the strategic initial
situation of a company and the formulation, evaluation and selection of
market-oriented strategies and therefore contribute to the goals of the
company and its marketing objectives
Junk food
Junk food is an informal term for food that is of little nutritional value and often high in fat, sugar, and calories.
It is widely believed that the term was coined by Michael Jacobson, director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, in 1972.
Junk foods typically contain high levels of calories from sugar or fat with little protein, vitamins or minerals. Common junk foods include salted snack foods, gum, candy, sweet desserts, fried fast food, and carbonated beverages
It is widely believed that the term was coined by Michael Jacobson, director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, in 1972.
Junk foods typically contain high levels of calories from sugar or fat with little protein, vitamins or minerals. Common junk foods include salted snack foods, gum, candy, sweet desserts, fried fast food, and carbonated beverages
Hotel Management
On the contrary to the popular belief, the scope of hotel management is
vast. Hotel management is an industry that requires immense manpower.
Confident, disciplined, skilled, and well trained hotel management
graduates can find ample opportunity in the industry. As there are
several departments that constitute to the upkeep and the maintenance of
a hotel or a chain of hotels, ranging from Food,housekeeping,
accounting, marketing, recreation, computer applications, security,
public relations to a lot more. A diploma/degree in hotel management can
fetch you a job in either of the sectors as an accounts manager,
restaurant and food/beverage service managers.
Generation Gap
The generational gap is a term popularized in Western countries during
the 1960s referring to differences between people of younger generations
and their elders, especially between children and their parents.[1]
Although some generational differences have existed throughout history, modern generational gaps have often been attributed to rapid cultural change in the postmodern period, particularly with respect to such matters as musical tastes, fashion, culture and politics. . These changes are assumed to have been magnified by the unprecedented size of the young generation during the 1960s,
Although some generational differences have existed throughout history, modern generational gaps have often been attributed to rapid cultural change in the postmodern period, particularly with respect to such matters as musical tastes, fashion, culture and politics. . These changes are assumed to have been magnified by the unprecedented size of the young generation during the 1960s,
Frustration
It emotional response to opposition. Related to anger and
disappointment, it arises from the perceived resistance to the
fulfillment of individual will. The greater the obstruction, and the
greater the will, the more the frustration is likely to be. Causes of
frustration may be internal or external. In people, internal frustration
may arise from challenges in fulfilling personal goals and desires,
instinctual drives and needs, or dealing with perceived deficiencies,
such as a lack of confidence or fear of social situations. Conflict can
also be an internal source of frustration; when one has competing goals
that interfere with one another.
Drug addiction
It is a drug user’s compulsive need to use controlled substances in
order to function normally. When such substances are unobtainable, the
user suffers from substance withdrawal.
The section about substance dependence in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders does not use the word addiction at all
When an individual persists in use of alcohol or other drugs despite problems related to use of the substance, substance dependence may be diagnosed. Compulsive and repetitive use may result in tolerance to the effect of the drug and withdrawal symptoms when use is reduced or stopped....
The section about substance dependence in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders does not use the word addiction at all
When an individual persists in use of alcohol or other drugs despite problems related to use of the substance, substance dependence may be diagnosed. Compulsive and repetitive use may result in tolerance to the effect of the drug and withdrawal symptoms when use is reduced or stopped....
Change of climate
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical
distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to
millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions, or in
the distribution of weather around the average conditions (i.e., more or
fewer extreme weather events). Climate change is caused by factors that
include oceanic processes (such as oceanic circulation), variations in solar
radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics and volcanic eruptions, and
human-induced alterations of the natural world; these latter effects are
currently causing global warming, and "climate change" is often used to
describe human-specific impacts.
distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to
millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions, or in
the distribution of weather around the average conditions (i.e., more or
fewer extreme weather events). Climate change is caused by factors that
include oceanic processes (such as oceanic circulation), variations in solar
radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics and volcanic eruptions, and
human-induced alterations of the natural world; these latter effects are
currently causing global warming, and "climate change" is often used to
describe human-specific impacts.
Violence through indoctrination
Palestinian children are taught to hate Jews, to glorify “jihad” (holy
war), violence, death and child martyrdom almost from birth, as an
essential part of their culture and destiny. As captured on an Israeli
video documentary produced in 1998, a “Sesame Street”-like children’s
program called the “Children’s Club” — complete with puppet shows,
songs, Mickey Mouse and other characters — focused on inculcating
intense hatred of Jews and a passion for engaging in and celebrating
violence against them in a perpetual “jihad” until the day the Israeli
flags come down from above “Palestinian land” and the Palestinian flag
is raised.
Trafficking and slavery
Trafficking is the fastest growing means by which people are forced into
slavery. It affects every continent and most countries. Currently,
children are trafficked from countries such as Bangladesh, Pakistan,
Sudan and Yemen to be used as camel jockeys in the UAE. Furthermore,
Anti-Slavery International also has evidence that children are also
being trafficked to be used as camel jockeys in other Gulf states
including Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and also internally in Sudan. In some
cases, children are kidnapped outright and sold into slavery while in
others, families sell their children, mostly girls.
Social media marketing
Social media marketing refers to the process of gaining website traffic or attention through social media sites.
Social media marketing programs usually center on efforts to create content that attracts attention and encourages readers to share it with their social networks. A corporate message spreads from user to user and presumably resonates because it appears to come from a trusted, third-party source, as opposed to the brand or company itself.Hence, this form of marketing is driven by word-of-mouth, meaning it results in earned media rather than paid media
Social media marketing programs usually center on efforts to create content that attracts attention and encourages readers to share it with their social networks. A corporate message spreads from user to user and presumably resonates because it appears to come from a trusted, third-party source, as opposed to the brand or company itself.Hence, this form of marketing is driven by word-of-mouth, meaning it results in earned media rather than paid media
Poverty
According to UNICEF, 25,000 children die each day due to poverty. The
two regions for the bulk of the deficit are South Asia and sub-Saharan
Africa. Some 1.1 billion people in developing countries have inadequate
access to water, and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation. Almost two in
three people lacking access to clean water. Some 1.8 million child
deaths each year as a result of diarrhea. Millions of parents in
developing countries must daily cope with the fact that their children
may not survive the first critical years of life; the diseases that
threaten their children’s lives are preventable
Land Population
Pollution is the introduction of a contaminant into the environment. It
is created mostly by human actions, but can also be a result of natural
disasters. Pollution has a detrimental effect on any living organism in
an environment, making it virtually impossible to sustain life
Land pollution is pollution of the Earth’s natural land surface by industrial, commercial, domestic and agricultural activities.
• Chemical and nuclear plants
• Industrial factories
• Oil refineries
• Human sewage
• Oil and antifreeze leaking from cars
• Mining
• Littering
• Overcrowded landfills
• Deforestation
• Construction debris
Land pollution is pollution of the Earth’s natural land surface by industrial, commercial, domestic and agricultural activities.
• Chemical and nuclear plants
• Industrial factories
• Oil refineries
• Human sewage
• Oil and antifreeze leaking from cars
• Mining
• Littering
• Overcrowded landfills
• Deforestation
• Construction debris
Lack of access to education
More than 100 million children do not have access to school. Of the
children who enroll in primary school, over 150 million drop out, while
user fees, including levies, are still charged for access to education
in 92 countries and that such charges have impact on excluding girls. 77
million children worldwide are not able to go to school due to lack of
funds. For socially disadvantaged segments of the population like poor
inhabitants of cities. The consequence of this lack of access to
education is that 15 percent of those adolescents between 15 and 24 in
third world countries are illiterate.
Basant Festival
In early March to welcome the arrival of spring the Basant ( Kite flying
) festival is held in most cities of the Punjab with the highlight in
Lahore . In the subcontinent and China kites have been used in different
form since ancient times. From 100 BC to AD 500, kites were used for
sending signals and to measure the distance of enemy camps. In AD 930,
the Japanese mentioned Shiroshi, meaning paper bird, for the first time.
Between AD 960 to AD 1126, kite flying became a popular sport in
China.Basant Festival.
Cosmetics
Cosmetics (colloquially known as makeup or make-up) are care substances
used to enhance the appearance or odor of the human body. They are
generally mixtures of chemical compounds, some being derived from
natural sources, many being synthetic.
In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which regulates cosmetics, defines cosmetics as "intended to be applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance without affecting the body's structure or functions." This broad definition includes, as well, any material intended for use as a component of a cosmetic product
In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which regulates cosmetics, defines cosmetics as "intended to be applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance without affecting the body's structure or functions." This broad definition includes, as well, any material intended for use as a component of a cosmetic product
Corruption
Corruption is spiritual or moral impurity or deviation from an ideal. In economy corruption is payment for services or material which the
recipient is not due, under law. This may be called bribery, kickback,
or, in the Middle East, baksheesh. In government it is when an elected
representative makes decisions that are influenced by vested interest
rather than their own personal or party ideological beliefs. Although
corruption is often viewed as illegal, there is an evolving concept of
legal corruption, as developed by Daniel Kaufman and Pedro Vicente. but
which are aimed at private gain rather than benefiting all the people
of a country or other administrative unit.
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