A custom is an established practice of doing things which are acceptable within a specific organization‚ and abhorrence or a refrain from doing things that are unacceptable to such an organization. In the Marines in particular‚ such customs constitute legislative laws that govern the army or cordial‚ gentlemen behavior in executing the duties of a military officer or personnel. Military courtesy on the other hand relates to the good relations between and amongst soldiers‚ fostered trough stipulated
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The Padaung Custom In the wild mountainous regions of Burma (known as Myanmar there)‚ there lives a Padaung tribe‚ where the Padaung women are known by wearing brass rings around their necks for life. The name “Padaung” is derived from the Karen words pa‚ meaning to have round‚ and daung‚ meaning brass. The rings are added on every two to three years starting from a very young age until a certain age of twenty and above. The rings holds the neck stiffly that it restrict any movements of 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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Essay: How did black churches function during the antebellum period? Frederick Douglas‚ perhaps‚ said it best when he mentioned that the AME Mother Bethel Church in Philadelphia‚ obviously being a black church‚ was “the largest church in the Union‚” with up to 3‚000 worshipers every Sunday. This fact‚ along with black churches being the most influential institution in the antislavery movement (even more so than black conventions and newspapers) gave the religious aspect of the movement a powerful
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CUSTOMS & COURTIOUSY Marine customs are simply desirable courses of action sanctioned by tradition and usage. In the Marine Corps‚ practically every custom has grown out of the manner in which Marines of the past conducted themselves. Many Marine customs have been incorporated into regulations in order to standardize conduct throughout the Corps‚ but some of them cannot be found in written directives. Knowing and observing these customs‚ both written and unwritten‚ is important to each Marine
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PENGUIN BOOKS AMERICAN COLONIES Alan Taylor’s previous books include William Cooper’s Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic‚ which won the 1996 Bancroft and Pulitzer prizes for history. He is a professor of history at the University of California at Davis. American Colonies is the first volume in the Penguin History of the United States‚ edited by Eric Foner‚ award-winning author o f Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution and the DeWitt Clinton
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Conference‚ why did your colony choose to join Confederation? Which of your colony demands were met? At our class confederation conference‚ my colony chose to join confederation for a variety of reasons. First‚ it enabled the construction of an intercolonial railway that provided Canada West access to the Atlantic ports. Without this railway‚ the imports and exports of Canada West would be carried through American railways and ports. And they would have no way of traveling to the Maritime colonies. The railway
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influence on black baseball players. Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play Major League Baseball. He was drafted in 1947 by Branch Rickey‚ the GM of the former Brooklyn Dodgers. This essay is about Jackie Robinson and how the civil rights movement affected him during the 1940s. When the time approached for Branch Rickey‚ the general manager of the Dodgers‚ to sign Robinson‚ he had several difficult decisions to make. First‚ should he sign a black player? And if he did‚ what were
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------------------------------------------------- Custom Molds Inc ------------------------------------------------- Assignment 2 Thurday‚ May 23rd 2013 name: Sivaniha muralitaran student number: 500 385 923 What are the major issues facing Tom and Mason Miller? The major issues facing Tom and Mason Miller regarding the Custom Molds enterprise weighed heavily on the changing trends and factors in the market. The sales mix was changing due to changes in the electronics industry. During that same period‚ Custom Molds was also
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(“Conditions of Antebellum Slavery”) The slaves lived in unsanitary conditions‚ so they were more susceptible to diseases. Although whites and blacks shared many of the same diseases in the nineteenth century‚ the disease-ridden surroundings were due to the lack of cleanliness provided by the slaves. According to information collected by Doctor Edward Carmichael from slave owners‚ it is claimed that while diseases were both experienced among whites and
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