Wishing is free‚ so why not do that——Shoulian Zhou(my paternal grandmother) When I was younger‚ I asked to my grandma 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
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Spring Festivities “If you prick us‚ do we not bleed? If you tickle us‚ do we not laugh? If you poison us‚ do we not die?” -William Shakespeare‚ A Merchant in Venice (Act III‚ scene I) After the long barren months‚ Easter and Holi crack the lifeless grip of winter; although one is Roman Catholic (Easter) and the other Hindu (Holi) both holidays demonstrate the same delight in different manners. Easter is a Roman Catholic holiday commemorating the rising of Jesus Christ from the dead‚ proving
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Saluda Natural Spring Water contains several of the minerals necessary for good health and that it is completely free of bacteria. Residents of Saluda‚ the small town where the water is bottled‚ are hospitalized less frequently than the national average. Even though Saluda Natural Spring Water may seem expensive‚ drinking it instead of tap water is a wise investment in good health.” Discuss how well reasoned . . . etc. The author’s conclusion is that people should drink Saluda Spring Water rather
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Arab Spring Uprisings‚ revolts‚ and protests across the Arab world 2010 - present EFFECTS OF MANDATE SYSTEM What is the Arab Spring? • Arab Spring is the term popularly applied to the series of revolutionary activities that have swept the Middle East and North Africa since December 2010. • It has led to the overthrow of dictators‚ massive protests‚ and a general sense of civil unrest as countries have united for democratic change. •The largest protests have occurred on what are called
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In “Spring” by Chloe Honum written in 2009‚ the speaker discusses her life and how she handles it. The poem is written in the style of elegy. This means that it “most frequently used to morn a death‚ concluding in consolation‚ and composed in ABAB quatrain in iambic pentameter”(confound). In the first set of 4 lines she describes how her mother’s attempted suicide changed the way she lived. The second set takes on how things change and get better. Then she talks how things stay the same for a while
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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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Mitesh Patel Soc 1113.007 I was given the chance to break a social norm at multiple local grocery stores. This privilege is not acceptable or common throughout the world while performing rare unusual behavior. My interest was to skip through aisles while whistling in a variety of grocery stores. I was interested in seeing reactions and confusion on this act. Many people were shocked to witness what was happening and were curious why this action was performed. Skipping through the aisles
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The following quote "The sedge is withr’d from the lake‚ And no birds sing‚" (Keats) seems like a very simple sentence with no meaning to it. However‚ after reading Chapter 6 of Silent Spring ‚ I realized how loaded the comment is with meaning. The quote is describing humans and how humans treat the plants here on earth. The quote describes a scene where humans continue to destroy plants because they feel that they are in the way or that the plants are not appealing to look at. However
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facing upwards. Then you kick your legs up with your weight on one arm and spin over so that you land on your other arm before your legs land. If done correctly you should be able to spin you body completely around in a full rotation. APPLEJACKS A basic move to challenge another bboy to battle. You squat on both legs‚ then fall backward onto your hands and kick one leg into the air‚ as high as possible. Then you spring back onto both legs‚ and repeat. BACKSPIN A spin performed high on the
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