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    Strange Wedding Customs

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    Strange wedding traditions Wedding traditions differ from culture to culture‚ nation to nation. Some of traditions are actually quite hard to explain. Here are just few examples of such traditions. Let’s start with Korea. After the wedding ceremony‚ friends of the groom take off his socks‚ tie a rope around the ankles‚ and start beating soles of his feet with dried yellow corvina. Yellow corvina is kind of fish! It is done so to make the groom stronger before the first wedding night. Korean bride

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    Dangers Of Tanning Bed

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    The Dangers of Tanning Beds Many times‚ a lack of education and communication can have detrimental consequences. For example‚ there are some incidents where one might unknowingly make a mistake‚ but by the time they realize the problem‚ it is too late to fix it. In Lord of the Flies‚ the author‚ William Golding‚ tells a riveting story about a group of young boys who feel that they are invincible and have the freedom to do what they want. This leads them into great trouble‚ and even death. Similarly

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    Foam Bed Reactor

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    ABSORPTION OF CO2 GAS IN FOAM-BED REACTOR Submitted to Ashok N. Bhaskarwar Department of Chemical Engg. IIT-DELHI BY ARIHANT GOYAL IIT(BHU) Varanasi ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I want to express my deep sense of gratitude to Professor A.N. Bhaskarwar Department of Chemical Engg.‚ by whose inspiration and kind of support‚ I had the opportunity to conduct this study. Without his support this task couldn’t have been so easy for me. It was fortunate and unforgettable experience to work under his guidance

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    A Strange Love Affair

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    August 26‚ 2013 A Strange Love Affair Jan Myrdal wrote a narrative called “ A Strange Love Affair.” In this narrative is about a man that comes across a big problem. In 1947 he was going steady with a girl name B. and “was very much in love with.” He states that B. would not let him take the next step as to sleep with him. In December of that year he left to Belgrade. He returned to Sweden but in those two years got married “another girl.” In February 1949 he went to Stockholm by train from

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    “Morrowbie inside the Caste” In Rudyard Kipling’s story “The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes” there are many aspects of the India’s traditions and customs. But one custom that is strongly present though out the story is the role of the Indian caste system. Within each character you are taken into the five levels of the caste system. The caste system has been present in Indian culture for as far back as their history can be traced. The five levels that are present with in the characters in the

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    Design of a Hospital Bed

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    Design of a Hospital Bed The topic discussed showed the application of electronic‚ mechanical and programming knowledge to improve a hospital bed that allows it to be an automated lateral turning bed. The research was done due to the lack of funds and budget of Philippine Hospitals to provide patients with a turning bed that is very expensive for them. The paper showed several functions like turning the bed into a certain angle‚ making it automatic‚ that can be controlled using the control panel

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    Tanning Beds and Cancer

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    statistic does not scare those who use tanning beds‚ it should. Although a nice bronze glow accompanies your body after your trip to the tanning bed‚ a lifetime of trouble for your skin will follow‚ also. Is a nice tan really worth a lifetime of health concerns for your skin? To many‚ it is because of societies definition of beauty. Society thinks the idea of beauty involves harming their skin and receiving potential cancer in return for laying in a bed for “color”. This needs to change just as

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    If you suspect you have a bed bug infestation‚ it’s in your best interest to address the problem right away before it spreads. It’s important to learn the signs of a bed bug infestation so you can call in the experts to treat the issue before it becomes an even bigger problem. The commercial pest control experts at Inside Out Exterminating‚ Inc.‚ located in New Hyde Park‚ NY‚ explain the signs that you have bed bugs. The most accurate way to determine if you have a bed bug infestation is to look

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    Strange Fruit Essay

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    Southern trees bear a strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swingin’ in the Southern breeze Strange fruit hangin’ from the poplar trees. (1-4) August 6‚ 1930: “They got me up to the tree and they got a rope and they put it around my neck. And they began to push me under the tree. And that’s when I prayed to God. I said‚ ’Lord have mercy‚ forgive me my sins.’ I was ready to die.” This what James Cameron was saying when he was going to be the next victim of the Indiana

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    Strange Fruit Analysis” In response to the terrible act of lynchings‚ a poem was written in protest to the terrible acts. The poem “Strange Fruit”‚published in 1939‚ and written by Abel Meeropol and popularized by Billie Holiday is a poem that was written in protest to lynchings. Abel Meeropol was a teacher‚ poet‚ and social activist who was haunted by pictures of lynchings‚ which is when a mob takes black men who have been accused of wrongdoing‚ and usually hang them. The pictures haunted him

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