that why people eat rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival. She told me about Chinese traditional food and its beginning in our five thousands years old Chinese culture. My grandma said that our ancestors created lots of festivals such as The Spring Festival‚ The Lantern Festival‚ The Dragon Boat Festival‚ Moon Festival. The Dragon Boat Festival was created to commemorate the poet ’quyuan’ who jumped into the ’Han river’ and committed suicide when he heard that Qin troops finally conquered Chu’s
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107-051-1 MITSURU MISAWA OSG CORPORATION: HEDGING TRANSACTION EXPOSURE On Monday‚ April 24th 2006‚ the US dollar fell to a new three-month low against the yen of ¥114.30/$ in Tokyo’s foreign exchange market‚ the lowest rate since January 16th 2006. This was a reflection of trading in New York three days earlier‚ on Friday‚ where the dollar had fallen more than 1.75% against the yen. The depreciation of the dollar against the yen was a direct result of a meeting of the G7 in Washington D.C. on April
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Exposure to lead has been proven to be a large public health concern. For the purposes of this paper‚ I am going to introduce what lead is‚ how people are exposed to lead‚ and the physiologic effects of lead exposure‚ focusing on acute lead toxicity‚ but more specifically‚ on chronic low level lead toxicity. The supplementation of 3 studies shows the relationship between lead exposure and one of these physiologic effects in children‚ specifically intelligence as measured by IQ scores. Lead is
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The Arab Spring is a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occurring in the Arab world that began on Saturday‚ December 18‚ 2010. To date‚ rulers have been forced from power in Tunisia‚ Egypt‚ Libya‚ and Yemen. My research topic is going to explore two key features of the Arab Spring: the diffusion effects for democratization in neighboring authoritative regimes like Saudi Arabia‚ and the possibility of a successful democratic transition of the Arab Spring countries where authoritative
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Spring Festival The first day of the first month by the Chinese Lunar Calendar is Spring Festival‚ also known as Chinese New Year; it is the most important traditional holiday in China. Spring Festival dates back to four thousand years ago‚ originated in the Shang Dynasty. The year of 2011 was the Year of the Rabbit; due to my parents went to Bengal for missionary work‚ my uncle who lives in the countryside invited me to his house for Spring Festival this year. I didn’t like the idea at first because
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Othello is a character of extremes. He has no middle range. Right a response to this statement supporting your answer with suitable reference to the text. I agree with the statement that Othello has no middle range and his emotions and actions are extreme. At the beginning of the play he is competently in love and passionate with his ‘Sweet Desdemona’. In the first two acts‚ Othello shows his exaggerated love for Desdemona‚ by putting his life at risk and eloping with her. Act I Scene III “I
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With VR‚ situations can be controlled to create a perfect exposure for a patient‚ making it ideal for people with PTSD. “Often co-occurring with PTSD are problems related to depression‚ generalized anxiety‚ and impairment in neuropsychological functioning.” (McLay et al.‚ 2014) In the study conducted by McLay et al. (2014)‚ neuropsychological functioning was analyzed by computer tests‚ and changes in self reports of PTSD‚ anxiety‚ and depression were examined before and after VR graded exposure therapy
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Spring break is supposed to be a great time from the second it begins‚ until the second it ends. Now there is always that boring time it takes to get to wherever you may be going no matter how far that may be it is always the least fun of the entire vacation. My last spring break’s car ride happened to be the least fun by far of any trip I have taken up to this point in my life. It all started out not so good before I had even left to pick up my buddies who were riding with me for the trip. My good
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English 411 Section M4 04 March 2015 Tet Offensive Informative Speech Outline I. Introduction/Background a. January 1968‚ North Vietnam announces a seven-day ceasefire in celebration of the Vietnamese Lunar New Year‚ or Tet b. U.S. ground forces have been in Vietnam for three years‚ fighting nearly 300‚000 North Vietnamese regulars and Viet Cong gorillas c. Morning of 31 January‚ the North Vietnamese launch the Tet Offensive II. Launch of the Tet Offensive a. 0200: General Westmorland’s headquarters
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------------------------------------------------- Spring (season) From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia "Spring festival" redirects here. For the Chinese celebration‚ see Spring Festival. For other uses‚ see Spring. Spring is one of the four conventional temperate seasons following winter and precedingsummer. The specific definition of the exact timing of "spring" varies according to local climate‚ cultures and customs. At the spring equinox‚ days are close to 12 hours long with day length increasing as the season progresses. Spring and
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