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    European Custom Law

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    European Custom Law. The Customs Union is one the bases of the European Union and an essential element in the functioning of the unified market. The unified market can only function when there is a common application of common rules at its external borders. This implies that the 27 Customs administrations of the EU must act‚ as they were one. These common rules go beyond the Customs Union as such‚ and extend to all aspects of trade policy‚ such as preferential trade‚ health‚ environmental

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    Medicine all began in Ancient Greece by one man named Hippocrates (ca. 460-377 B.C.E); he is known as the father of medicine. It all began with the Greeks trying to come up with a logic system that would help them diagnose certain diseases. The logical system was based upon the fact that we had humors‚ and each person had four humours that were substances inside our bodies. The four substances were: blood‚ black bile‚ yellow bile‚ and phlegm (pronounced mucus‚ meaning boogers). They believed that

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    I Customs and traditions in the UK Every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions. Britain is different from our own country. This is natural. In Britain traditions play a more important part in the life of the people than in other countries. Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up. It has been the law for about 300 years that all the theatres are closed on Sundays. No letters are delivered; only a few Sunday papers are published. Foreigners coming

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    Elizabeth Blackwell

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    impress their peers‚ but because it is the right thing to do. A person with moral courage stands up in the face of adversity. There are many examples of moral courage throughout the history of our country. Certainly‚ we would think that Abraham Lincoln was a man of moral courage. He was the leader of our country‚ and took a stance on slavery that was not popular to everybody. We would say that Lincoln was an ethical man‚ and he knew right from wrong. His moral courage eventually united the country

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    Science Project Modern Materials Used in Military Body Armour: Body Armour Covers‚ Soft Body Armour and Hard Body Armour 8 April 2013 Margaretha Joubert Undergraduate The University of the Witwatersrand i ii CONTENTS Page Title Page i Contents iii List of Figures iv List of Tables v 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Military Body Armour 1 2 BODY ARMOUR COVERS 2 2.1 CoolMAX® 2.2 Cordura® 2.3 Gore-tex® 2 2 2 3 SOFT BODY ARMOUR 3.1 Aramid

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    is the Army’s rules‚ regulations and policies on customs and courtesies. In this form of a remedial block of instruction given to me‚ due to what I believe to be false targeting‚ I am to explain the Army’s customs and courtesies and their importance. Customs and Courtesies are among the main fundamentals of military life‚ the other being the Seven Army Values‚ upon which Soldiers are expected to live and rely upon both on and off duty. Customs and Courtesies date back to the inception of the military

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    Ancient Rome was mighty. Ancient Rome was founded in 753 BC and the first ruler was Augustus Caesar who ruled until his death. Augustus is considered the best ruler Rome has ever had. Augustus died during a war to keep his empire protected and at peace. After him a number of rulers took over and each of them brought something new to the empire which made Rome even more powerful and influential. Ancient Rome is the most influential to the modern world because they spread Christianity‚ Latin is the

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    Although Kazakhs in many instances take pride in that they have homogeneous customs and traditions across all regions of Kazakhstan‚ through talks and discussions with people from different regions one can identify that there are not so evident variances in patterns of celebrations and general attitudes for different traditions of people from different parts of Kazakhstan. The specific to regions attitudes towards tois‚ big familial celebrations and festivals‚ such as weddings‚ jubilees‚ as well

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    Queen Elizabeth Tudor the I‚ also known the Virgin Queen‚ Good Queen Bess and Goddess Gloriana‚ inherited a kingdom from a Queen who was cruel and bloodthirsty‚ and made the kingdom successful and thriving. She lived from 1533 to 1603‚ and took the throne in 1558 when she was 25. Elizabeth grew up with an uncomfortable and unstable relationship with several of her family members. Her father had many wives‚ and Elizabeth had absolutely no mother by the time she was three; her mother‚ Anne Boleyn‚

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    Ancient Greek Art vs. Modern Day Art Greek art is split up into four periods: ancient‚ byzantine‚ modern and contemporary. An example of ancient art is the Parthenon. The Parthenon can be a place to pray or it would be a safe place at times of invasions. The Parthenon is actually a place to thank and worship the Goddess Athena for helping the Greeks defeat the Persian empire. Famous Greek art is mostly sculptures‚ vase paintings‚ and architecture. I already

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