The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts at the beginning of spring . The beginning of spring is usually around the forth or fifth of Feburary. It’s origins are too old to be traced but several explanations have been presented. All agree that the word Nian‚ now chinese for year‚ was originally the name of a monster that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of the new year. One legend goes that the monster had an enormous mouth that could
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5-Year Plan 1/2. The degree I am seeking out and interested in is a degree in mechanical engineering. I am interested in this degree because I love mechanics and working with my hands. Mechanical engineers analyze problems‚ design mechanical devices to help with these problems‚ develop a prototype of the device and test it‚ and oversee the manufacturing of the device. I want to be in this field because of what they do‚ I want to build and work on machines. I would like to take the mechanical engineering
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Extended School Year Some people are concerned about academic achievement in the twenty first century. For example‚ a proposed solution to this problem would be to extend the school year. Students in in United States only attend school 180 days while many other countries around the globe attend school in upwards of 240 days. Extending our school year would give more time for learning and covering material needed to be successful in life. As a parent‚ I believe we
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I had my goals for freshman year set. I was going to at least try and get A’s and B’s in my Spanish Language and Spanish World History classes. I was also going to try out for the basketball team‚ the volleyball team‚ and the softball team. I was going to do all these things"¦ at Coral Reef Senior High. But then I moved‚ and I ended up here‚ at American Senior High. Since Coral Reef is definitely different than American High‚ I had to rethink my goals. Academically‚ I had to change my goals since
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Dimitri Raymond History 350 12/12/13 12 Years A Slave First I’ll start off by saying this was a good movie and it had my attention from start to finish. In is movie there was a man by the name of Solomon Northup who was a free slave born in New York. Solomon had a wife and two kids‚ and was also a great violin player. Solomon life seemed like it was all good until he ran into the wrong group of people. Because he was a good violinist people wanted to hear him so he got this offer from two white
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Linda ID: 60-71-85 Room: 301 UNIVERSITY OF CAMBODIA Professor: Meas Raksmey Descriptive Essay: Khmer New Year’s Day Cambodian New Year or Chaul Chnam Thmey is the name of the Cambodian holiday that celebrates the New Year. The holiday lasts for three days beginning on New Year’s Day‚ which usually falls on April 13 or 14th‚ which is the end of the harvesting season‚ when farmers enjoy the fruits of their labor before the rainy
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I wonder if my life would be something more in this attic. I wonder if I’ll still be bored in this prison of an attic. Would I be better off alone? I just want to feel some joy in my life‚ and I am ready for this dark cloud of boredom to disappear. My husband fails to do so and I wonder if he even knows how to treat a lady? I guess not because I’m here bored and sad because I’m doing nothing with my life. The sky seems so nice‚ looking at it through my window gives me some type of aesthetic pleased
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Dinner Christmas is the time of year renowned for bringing families together in a way no other holiday can quite muster up to. Family togetherness feels like a cup of hot chocolate on the first cold night of the year; heart warming. That magical day when relatives flock from all over to be in one house‚ at one table‚ and to eat one meal‚ nothing is more special than a little Christmas dinner. Christmas is known for coming quicker and quicker each passing year. Many people begin to silently panic
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My Life in 10 Years I always wanted to see what will be my life in the future‚ what will be my career and what will I become? As I reflected my childhood I have many dreams and aspirations that I would like to accomplish within the next ten years to come. In ten years‚ I can see myself having many of my goal accomplished‚ if not accomplished‚ I will be working on accomplishing those goals to fulfil my life. We all know when growing up that we all wanted that fairy tale ending with the house‚
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USA TODAY Written byClaudia Puig December 20‚ 2002 Year of the woman in film Pg. 1E Nicole Kidman was convinced she wasn’t right for the part of Virginia Woolf in the film adaptation of the Pulitzer-Prize wining novel‚ The Hours. "I almost talked myself out of it‚" she says. Until she learned Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore would be her co-stars. "From the moment they said these are the other women‚ I didn’t even think twice‚" says Kidman. "This opportunity rarely comes along. It’s unheard of
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