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    Most of the Asian and some of European students‚ who has limited English language skills‚ wants to experience working holiday in Australia. Many have tried it is different with what they hope or expect it to be. Claudia is one of the people who found that the working holiday in Australia is unfair. She worked in the farm to pick beans but only about $3 per hour and she pick beans about 6 hours and she will just get $20 per day. She didn’t come back after that. According to her‚ she is told the owner

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    Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Harris (1915–1959) was an African American jazz singer and songwriter.  Her singing style‚ strongly inspired by jazz musicians‚ lead to a new way of using word choice and rhythm. A critic named John Bush once wrote that Holiday "changed the art of American pop vocals forever." She only co-wrote a few songs‚ but a number of them have become jazz standards that many musicians strive to live up to. Some of these standards were set by songs of hers such as "God Bless the

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    Heuristic Evaluation of HolidayInn.com.cn Holiday Inn Hotel Booking Site for Chinese Speaking Users Completed by Team CBR: Yufei Duan Yina Li Ying Li Qianying Liu Niven Sellars Michael Somer February 7‚ 2008 Table of Contents Heuristic Evaluation Overview for www.holidayinn.com.cn 3 Introduction 3 Purpose 3 Methodology 3 Heuristic Evaluation Findings 4 1. Visibility of System Status 4 2. Match Between System and the Real World 6 3. Consistency and Standards 13 4. Error Prevention 19 5

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    History In 1882‚ Matthew Maguire‚ a machinist‚ first proposed the holiday while serving as secretary of the CLU (Central Labor Union) of New York.[1] Others argue that it was first proposed by Peter J. McGuire of the American Federation of Labor in May 1882‚[2] after witnessing the annual labor festival held in Toronto‚ Canada.[3] Oregon was the first state to make it a holiday on February 21‚ 1887. By the time it became a federal holiday in 1894‚ thirty states officially celebrated Labor Day.[2] Following

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    The Awaking Short essay

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    Illuminating incidents functions as a “casement.” They open a window to the meaning of the work. An “illuminating" episode can be found in The Awakening by Kate Chopin‚ this episode reveals that Edna Potelleir wants to be free and independent. Being one with nature can do just that. Edna and the sea had a relationship throughout the novel. In the beginning‚ Edna did not know how to swim and stayed away from the sea‚ not until she met Robert. Edna Felt almost like a kid again with Robert‚ she

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    Palm Coast: Back Door to St. Augustine So‚ you’re moving to Florida. Or‚ you’d sure like to. No one probably has to drill you on Sunshine State specifics‚ like those flash cards that once helped elementary-school students memorize multiplication tables. Remember those? We won’t tell. What we will tell you is the small city of Palm Coast is great home base for enjoying one of the most historic places in the United States — St. Augustine‚ Florida. The Nation’s Oldest City is only 28.3 miles

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    sidewalks dressed in holiday style… In the air‚ there’s a feeling of Christmas…” My favorite holiday has always been Christmas. I love everything about it! One of the best things about Christmastime is that we get such a long time off from school. In addition to that‚ my family flies back home to Pennsylvania in December‚ so we always get to see snow. We also spend time with family and friends playing games and exchanging gifts‚ which is always a lot of fun. Of all the holidays‚ I think Christmas is

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    Last year my family decided to take an extravagant vacation for Thanksgiving break. We decided that the destination was to be Cancun‚ Mexico. This would be my first vacation out of the country and I could hardly wait. My whole family was invited and it was going to be a great eight days and seven nights‚ of straight fun in the sun. A nice and enjoyable get away was much needed for everyone and this time of the year is everything I look forward to. It was going to be cold in Missouri but in Mexico

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    Holiday Essay

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    were playing holidays‚ to sport would be as tedious as to work.” I believe that many of us can have different views on what the holidays really are. To many they are just a time to receive gifts and to others they are a time to reunite with family I believe a lot of us have gotten confused as to what the holidays really are. Every advertisement in this years Thanksgiving edition of the Boston Globe was a command to hurry up and spend money for the holidays. It seems worse now

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    Holiday Essay

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    A holiday is a day designated as having special significance for which individuals‚ a government‚ or a religious group have deemed that observation is warranted. It is generally an official (more common) or unofficial observance of religious‚ national‚ or cultural significance‚ often accompanied by celebrations or festivities. Contents [hide] 1 Etymology 2 Regional meaning 2.1 Australia‚ Canada‚ UK 2.2 U.S.A. 3 Types of holiday (observance) 3.1 Religious holidays 3.2 Northern Hemisphere winter

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