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    and indispensable gele or headdress can be very tricky or at most quite frustrating. A not so good headdress could make the day’s event a miserable one‚ as you are constantly seen excusing yourself to the ladies room to fix it. As part of your traditional wedding regalia‚ you cannot afford to make a little mistake in getting the best style of the pack on your wedding day. Your gele should be tied well in advance like a day or two days before the wedding and not on the wedding day. This would help

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    Chinese Traditional Wedding Wedding anniversaries in China are carefully chosen according to astrological signs. It is also customary for couples to be married on the half-hour or their wedding day rather than at the top of the hour. In this way‚ the couple begins their new lives together on an ’upswing’‚ while the hands of the clock are moving up‚ rather than down. On the morning of his wedding day‚ the groom is symbolically dressed by his parents. The groom arrives at the house of his bride

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    Traditional media dead or alive? Words:1‚296 Modern society is witnessing some types of traditional media (TM) are dying. In 2009‚ top-tier companies like the Los Angeles had to sell out because of bankruptcy‚ as revenues in publications descended by 28.6 percent (Mastaglio‚ Brown & Freeman‚ 2010‚ p.18). Imagine life without TM? Students would not use books in class anymore‚ people could only listen to music online‚ and people would no longer go to the cinema to enjoy a movie. It is

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    Weimar was doomed from the start The Weimar Republic failed due to a popular distrust in democracy that was reinforced by severe economic crises and aggravated by the ‘Chains of Versailles’ and the actions of the right wing. Hyperinflation in the early 1920s and then the Great Depression from 1929 meant that the Weimar Republic never really prospered‚ and caused social upheaval in the form of a crime wave‚ as well as being tainted from the start by its association with the embarrassing Treaty of

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    For centuries‚ traditional medicine has been infused with a masculine bias‚ often to the disadvantage of both doctors and patients. Women have always been central in providing medical care‚ whether offering remedies in the home‚ nursing or acting as midwives. However‚ the medical profession has been male dominated for most of its history. In Europe this came about from the 1400s‚ when many cities and governments decided that only those trained in universities were allowed to formally practice medicine

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    Colombian traditional dance has much to do with their culture and history.It can be traced back to the sixteenth century. Colombia culture has many different varieties of Colombian dance. The popular styles are: Vallenato‚ Salsa‚ Cumbia‚ and Bambuco. Vallenato is more known for having the popular rhythms. Salsa is the native rhythm part‚ from Barranquilla. Bambuco represents the Andean zone of Colombia‚ And is performed mostly in trios or duos. Cumbia is the most popular‚ especially if one wants

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    Vietnam‚ this has changed completely as people choose their own marriage-partners based on love‚ and in consideration primarily to their own needs and wants. The traditional Vietnamese wedding is one of the most important of traditional Vietnamese occasions. Regardless of Westernization‚ many of the age-old customs practiced in a traditional Vietnamese wedding continue to be celebrated by both Vietnamese in Vietnam and overseas‚ often combining both Western and Eastern elements The Culture of Vietnam

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    Our Teacher‚ Our Hero “Hu-hu-hu …Ma’am‚ Carl hit me on my face with his ruler…huhuhu…” “I didn’t intend it to happen…it’s an accident Ma’am…” “No Ma’am…he really hit me…” “You two‚ Rey & Carl…There you go again…What are you doing with your rulers? You are not supposed to play now because you’re having your cleaning time…” “We’re sorry Ma’am…We’ll stop playing now…Chris‚ sorry…It’s an accident…” “Haaaaaaay…you always give me a headache…You are now grown-ups & you must remember that your not

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    Traditional dance from the Caribbean Abakua - Afro-Cuban Beguine - Guadeloupe‚ Martinique Bellair - Trinidad Bongo - Trinidad Brukin’s - Jamaica Caribbean Quadrilles - Jamaica Dinki Mini - Jamaica Gere - Jamaica Gumbay - Jamaica Goombay - Bahamas Igbo - Haiti Jonkonnu - Jamaica Kumina - Jamaica Tambu - Afro-Curacao Abakua is an Afro-Cuban men’s initiatory fraternity‚ or secret society‚ which originated from fraternal associations in the Cross River region of

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    Non Traditional Machining

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    Manufacturing Technology MEC205 Non Traditional machining processes Water jet machining Electro chemical machining Turbine blade EDM EDM products Chemical machining Product from water jet machining Chemical machining structure Introduction Machining is a broad term to describe removal of material from a workpiece. 1. Machining categories: – Cutting involves single-point or multipoint cutting tools‚ each with a clearly defined geometry. 2. Abrasive processes:

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