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    Customs reflect what people usually do and the way how they do it and can be divided into different groups‚ such as: calendar customs which are activities related to certain days in the year or lifecycle customs which are activities connected with the key moments in people’s lives like getting married or dying. (GREEN‚ 169‚ 1997) This essay will describe 3 calendar customs which people in Ireland celebrated and will show how they celebrated them. The first one will be Saint Brighid’s day which is

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    Custom Designed Drugs

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    Custom-designed drugs At the cusp of dot-com frenzy and the biotech century‚ a group of influential scientists and pundits has begun zealously promoting a new bio-engineered utopia. In the world of their visionary fervour‚ parents can now afford the latest genetic "improvements" for their children. According to the advocates this is the human future (or‚ as some terms it‚ "post-human" future)‚ the exercise of consumer preferences for offspring options will be the prelude to a grand achievement:

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    ripping hearts out of the human sacrifice‚ mainly high- ranking war prisoners‚ and leaving it there for the gods or by pushing them down a cliff. They used human sacrifice because it was believed that human blood made the gods stronger. Yet‚ another custom was practiced which was self-torture‚ where they would pierce a body part and run a thread through to let the blood run down it. Sometimes‚ the Mayans would have dances and dressed up in clothing and masks resembling their gods. The

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    Indian Customs and Traditions Faith‚ family and castes shape just about every aspect of Indian culture -- from birth to death -- and all the trials and parties in between. Indian society is structured around the families people are born into and where they are born. Individuals inherit their social position and stay within it throughout life. A caste‚ or jati (meaning "birth")‚ is the level within the social system that determines who people will marry and often even what line of work they can

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    International Customs Law

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    1. Introduction Issues of customs jurisdiction and powers vis-a-vis international law obligations remain thorny issues in customs operations. Powers that customs can exercise can be limited by international law through conventions and treaties which a state becomes party to especially where people can claim immunity or where vessels are on the high seas and in international waters. International conventions such as the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations‚ the UN Convention on the Law of the

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    Customs, Rules and Laws

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    Customs‚ rules and laws each have their own varying applications on society. Over time‚ it has been shown that a strong relationship between them has developed and the different outcomes on society have then become an outline for future years to follow. Customs are classified as behavioural patterns that develop and become established within members of a society. These customs generally focus on morals‚ ethics and social behaviour. An example includes covering your mouth and/or nose when you sneeze

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    CHAPTER 5: MILITARY CUSTOMS & COURTESIES GENERAL Military courtesy is simply the display of good manners and politeness in dealing with other people. Military courtesy conveys respect from both subordinate and senior to each other. HISTORY OF THE MILITARY SALUTE Men of arms have used some form of the military salute as an exchange of greeting since the earliest times. It has been preserved and its use continued in all modern armies which inherit their military traditions from the age of chivalry

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    Lambeth Custom Cabinets

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    AC270 Case 1: Lambeth Custom Cabinets 1. Raw Materials A $2‚150.00 $1‚975.00 A-What started in Raw Materials account B $1‚675.00 $1‚175.00 B- Raw Materials purchased $3‚825.00 $3‚150.00 C C- Raw Materials transferred to production EB $675.00 WIP A $5‚650.00 $3‚805.00 G A-Beginning Balance B $3‚150.00 $4‚175.00 H B-What was transferred in from Raw Materials $8‚800.00 $1‚110.00 I C-Direct Labor during September C $3‚460.00 $9‚090.00 D-Direct

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    Dowry; a Custom or a Crime?

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    Bangladesh‚ but our focus here remains Pakistan. The paper concentrates on the religious‚ social and economic structures of the Pakistani society to explain the age-old tradition of extortion of dowry that has taken a brutal form today. This immoral custom has adversely affected our women‚ individually‚ and our society as a whole. Gender discrimination and marginalization of women are identified here‚ to be the root-cause of dowry. This research paper aims to stimulate a thinking process by sensitization

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    Sudanese Customs and Traditions Sudanese Hospitality • Sudanese people are well-known by their hospitality all over the world. 2. At occasions such as RAMADAN • Sudanese hospitality seems clearly in RAMADAN ;When all neighbors and relatives sit together on street And invite every one walk through the street as they Have known him for long time. In addition they present All types of local food such as(aseeda ‚waka…)and all Types of drinks:(;…)but the special drink For them is(hilo mur ) which

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