A bachelor party (also called a stag party, stag night (UK, Ireland and Canada), or bucks party (Australia)) is held for a groom-to-be shortly before he is married, to make the most of his final opportunity to engage in activities a new wife might not approve of, or merely to spend time bonding with his male friends. This kind of party may involve activities such as going to a strip club, hiring a female stripper or escort, drinking alcohol and gambling.
The task of organizing this pre-wedding party is often assigned to a male sibling of the groom-to-be. And in the absence of a male sibling, a male friend will organize it. The task often falls to the best man as well.
The tradition is thought to have originated with a bachelor dinner that was traditional in ancient Sparta.
From Answers.com - Bachelor Party
DayCelebration Articles:
Atlanta Stag Party | Atlantic City Stag Party | Stag Party Houston | Stag Party in Las Vegas | Stag Party in Vegas | Bachelor Limousine | Party in New York | New York City Party | Choosing a Party Package | Hiring a Party Planner | Party Trip | Boston Stag Party | Chicago Stag Party | Connecticut Guys Party | Las Vegas Buck Party | Las Vegas Party Packages | Las Vegas Strippers | A Montreal Experience | For NYC Party Hounds | A Vegas Party for the Boys
Economy
The state's total gross state product for 2003 was $76 billion. Its Per Capita Personal Income for 2003 was $24,384, 50th in the nation. The state's agriculture outputs are poultry and eggs, soybeans, sorghum, cattle, cotton, rice, hogs, and milk. Its industrial outputs are food processing, electric equipment, fabricated metal products, machinery, paper products, bromine, and vanadium.
In recent years, automobile parts manufacturers have opened factories in eastern Arkansas to support auto plants in other states (though Arkansas does not yet have an auto plant itself, it is rumored to be a future site for a Toyota plant as well as for a truck plant to be built by Toyota's subsidiary Hino Motors).
Tourism is also very important to the Arkansas economy; the official state nickname "The Natural State" is prominently displayed in state tourism advertising.
The effect of Tyson Foods, Wal-Mart, J.B. Hunt and other multinational companies located in NW Arkansas cannot be understated. The area is currently in a long-running economic boom due to being the forefront of Global Trade. Wal-Mart alone accounts for $8.90 out of every $100 spent in U.S. retail stores.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/
