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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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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Name Instructor Environmental Studies and Forestry Date Silent Spring by Rachel Carson – Review Silent Spring is a widely-read environmental book published on September 27‚ 1962‚ by Houghton Mifflin. Rachel Carson‚ a renowned environmentalist‚ wrote this book to express her concerns over the human abuse of the environment. In this work‚ Carson vividly expresses and documents how the use of pesticides in agriculture indiscriminately affects the natural environment. She primarily focuses on how
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did Tsarism fall according to Pipes? Firstly‚ as to answering the question Why did Tsarism fall?‚ unlike revisionists‚ Pipes argues that the fall of Tsarism was not preordained‚ there is no specific explanation or reason by itself to answer this question. Pipes uses the example of an apple tree(pg.9); “When you shake an apple tree and apples come cascading down‚ what “causes” them to fall? Is it the shaking of the tree? Is it the ripeness of the fruit which would have made them fall down‚ sooner
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In William Carlos Williams’ poem “Spring and All‚” he uses vivid images and metaphors to compare nature to those who endure a deadly disease while quarantined in a contagious hospital. The piece of land surrounding the hospital has been tainted by the dead of winter‚ which is used to represent those who lost their lives due to the sickness. Then the speaker describes the appreciated transformation the land begins to show‚ as winter slowly turns into spring. The dead piece of land beginning to show
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Machine Design II Prof. K.Gopinath & Prof. M.M.Mayuram Design of Helical Springs The design of a new spring involves the following considerations: • Space into which the spring must fit and operate. • Values of working forces and deflections. • Accuracy and reliability needed. • Tolerances and permissible variations in specifications. • Environmental conditions such as temperature‚ presence of a corrosive atmosphere. • Cost and qualities needed. The designers use these factors to select a
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On Saturday‚ October 3rd‚ at my job the Hebrew of home of greater Washington‚ a retired director of nurses at the John Hopkins Hospital‚ Mrs. Christiana Martins was invited at my job 50th anniversary‚ held in the city of Rockville to deliver a speech. The program began at 10oclock in the morning at the working auditorium. All the staff who worked in Hebrew home‚ including the nurses‚ clinical managers‚ Family members of residents and the human resource management were present. I was so excited to
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Fifteen to sixteen years after World War Two‚ which was about 1960-1961 the Berlin Wall was built to separate East and West Berlin Germany. West Berlin was controlled by the United States‚ France‚ and the United Kingdom. East Berlin was controlled by the Soviet Union. People had many attempts to go over the wall. one man even tried to inch his way across a tightrope. Putting one hand in front of the other. Thanks to the man’s aerobic skill he made his way completely across the wall. Another attempt
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Professor Emily Kobayashi English 2000 5 February 2012 Violent Media is Good for Kids Gerard Jones‚ in “Violent Media is Good for Kids‚” expresses personal experiences about how violent comic books can often help children break through their shells of self-isolation. Because Jones largely discusses his own opinions‚ I feel the essay should provide more statistical evidence to support his thoughts. Although I agree with his point that children do need to have an outlet to express their underlying
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picture your favorite childhood memory during the spring season. Lay back and picture the warm breeze brushing through your hair. Picture fresh flowers blooming in the pasture. Imagine the sounds of birds chirping a spring tune as you sit there and absorb the fragrance of fresh smelling flowers and dew kissed greenery. Upon viewing Winslow Homer’s Girl Picking Apple Blossoms at the Tampa Museum of Art all the senses exalted as a child on a warm spring day arose. It brought back memories of going up
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