of Halloween. Burning Easter bonfires is a Pagan custom meant to keep witches at bay. Vappu‚ or May Day is a national holiday‚ an event for Finns to emphatically welcome spring after several months of little daylight. It can be compared to Mardi Gras with parades and parties. Traditionally‚ the event begins on the eve of Vappu by former and current students putting on their student caps (graduation cap). Finnish Independence Day is the 6th of December and a national holiday. Sauna is a steam
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Utilitarianism theories hold that the moral worth of actions or practices is determined by their consequences. An action or practice is right if it leads to the best possible balance of good consequences over bad consequences for all affected parties. (Arnold‚ pp 17) Utility = whatever produces pleasure or happiness‚ and prevents pain or suffering. Utilitarianism = an ethical philosophy that says the most ethical decision or course of action is the one that maximize utility. Utilitarianism
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The Running of the Bullshit Trying to decide on a topic about traditions that make absolutely no sense and then researching it in relation to Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” was very difficult because are so many examples around the world. Being an animal lover I finally decided to write about The Running of the Bulls which takes place in Pamplona‚ Spain according to Randy James. This topic is perfect because it also dates back to the Middle Ages where it originated in Navarra‚ Spain according
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inventor of the Photography craft. Nicephore Niepce who was a French scientist and inventor created the earliest surviving photograph in 1826 using a technique he developed called heliography. This legendary photo is titled “The View from the Window at Le Gras”. Featuring buildings and the landscape as seen from a window of his estate. There are records that indicate Nicpce created negatives and produced an image prior to this one but unfortunately these creations did not survive times test. (UC Santa
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truly exemplary in exposing their time periods. When looking at Hals ’ Merrymakers at Shrovetide and Boucher ’s Interrupted Sleep‚ the subject matters are highly dissimilar. In Hals ’ painting‚ he focuses mainly on the event of Shrovetide or Mardi Gras. The two male figures in the background have been identified as typical characters from comic theatre: Peeckelhaering on the left with a garland of eggs and sausages and Hans Wurst on the right with sausages upon his cap. The woman in the foreground
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Story.) TG is delivered as a powder and‚ like all powders‚ should not be inhaled. TG should not be consumed directly in large quantities‚ but consuming active TG in the levels recommended for food usage is harmless. TG is classified by the FDA as a GRAS product (generally recognized as safe) when used properly. Although some studies have shown that stomach enzymes have difficulty breaking down proteins after they have been bonded by TG‚ other studies have shown that these bonded proteins are absorbed
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the sixties in its efforts to convey the way the "youth" of that time period felt‚ and how they perceived the world they were living in. Hopper’s movie‚ a hit from the start‚ is basically about two men cruising cross-country by motorcycle to Mardis Gras. These men‚ by today’s standards‚ would be considered hippies. They enjoyed partaking in drugs‚ alcohol‚ and had a preoccupation with sexual relations. Over the course of their journey‚ they run into many people‚ most of whom look down upon them‚ but
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From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler was written by E.L. Konigsburg. This story was set in the late 1960’s. It took place in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Ney York City and at to house of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler was in Farmington‚ Connecticut. Claudia Kincaid was an 11 year old girl who was planning to run away. She planned to take her younger brother Jamie because he had a transistor radio and he was rich with twenty-four dollars and forty-three cents to take them
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For generations African Americans have been disadvantaged in America and effects of these injustices have made a lasting impression. Education is one of the leading problems in the black community. Though there have many reforms in education over the years‚ racial injustices still exist because no attention in placed on how legislature affects people of color. I was raised in a middle-class family of educators. My entire life I’ve been told to “stay in school‚ get an education‚ and work hard so that
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emails to their local MP. This puts pressure on their local MP as MP’s need to act on the interests of those they are representing to safeguard votes in the next election. People can also sign a petition that is part of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras “say something” campaign or just donate to Australian Marriage Equality to
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