Traditions -necessary -we were all born into different social groups thus we find traditions necessary to bond us all as different people -Social‚ religious‚ political‚ racial -emerge from culture Traditions still serve a purpose Traditions inculcate morals but how many people follow it? Traditions teach history‚ culture‚ belief but how many people care? Traditions bring people together e.g. Chinese New Year provides opportunity
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“Kids‚ back in my days‚ we didn’t have those fancy teleportation devices; getting to places was a transportation problem. I remember very well those times. Cars now had a modern system of using infrared radiation as energy fuel‚ therefore many began to buy automobiles since the pollution problem was disappearing. Still‚ the traffic jams were constant and a solution was being researched. This way‚ public transportation became the axis of travel of the modern man. Nevertheless‚ as living and health
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The harquebus was the first firearm used between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. The harquebus is also known as the arquebus or the hackbut. Those who shot this weapon were known as harquebusiers. The harquebus was the first light weight firearm‚ weighing 5 kilos and a barrel a meter long‚ extremely small for the time. Remember‚ this is in comparison to anything that used gunpowder‚ for example‚ a cannon. The other amazing aspect of the harquebus is that it could be operated by only one
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still many groups of people that perform traditions or ceremonies that their ancestors did. Many of these groups either follow the exact same traditions‚ to an extent of what it was‚ or have come up with a new version of their own‚ but still have the concepts of the original tradition or ceremony. The story‚ The Lottery‚ is an example of people following an old tradition to an extent of what it was when it was first created. It implies many examples of traditions and ceremonies‚ religious beliefs‚ and
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The First Who Invented the Airplane Many people worked on various kinds of gliders and other planes over the years‚ so no one person invented the airplane. The Wright Brothers of Dayton‚ Ohio‚ are generally recognized as making the first powered aircraft flight (but see below). On December 17‚ 1903‚ the Wright Brothers launched the first successful air flight at Kitty Hawk‚ NC‚ flying over the location four times. Orville flew the first flight‚ Wilbur having encountered difficulties in his
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Who invented the periodic table? Dmitri Mendeleev invented the periodic in 1869‚ 5 years after John Newlands put forward his law of Octaves. Part of Dmitri’s periodic table He realised that the physical and chemical properties of elements were related to their atomic mass in a ’periodic’ way‚ and arranged them so that groups of elements with similar properties fell into vertical columns in his table. He also stated: The elements‚ if arranged according to their atomic mass‚ exhibit an apparent periodicity
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Dia dhuit. That’s how you say hello in Irish. Even though I have never traveled to Ireland‚ it’s culture still connects to my life today. My Irish heritage is reflected in the great foods I eat‚ the sports I play‚ and the holidays I celebrate. One reason Ireland connects to my culture is the foods I eat. Irish foods are very delicious. Potatoes‚ crubeens (pig’s feet)‚ and soda bread are traditional Irish foods. My family and I eat a lot of potatoes‚ like french fries‚ mashed potatoes‚ and hash
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Ireland and its cuisine Ireland is an island nation located in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is comprised of two countries: the northern portion known as Northern Ireland (part of the united kingdom) and the larger southern portion known as the republic of Ireland. The central section of Ireland is made up of lowland that is surrounded with peat bogs which has a significant percentage of the country’s crops. Mountainous areas are found in the outer portion of Ireland‚ covered with numerous green pastures
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official residence of the lord Mayor) in Dublin‚ its main objective was to declare the condition of complete freedom for the Irish People‚ to repudiate the military occupation of English troops and also to state the independence of the Republic of Ireland. It was written both in English and in Irish Gaelic‚ it was also adopted in French. This document can be considered as the achievement of the hard struggle carried out by the Irish people while trying to obtain the complete independence from Britain
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It’s tempting to look at Ambrose burnside and not see anything but the man’s fantastic sideburns‚ which he invented. In reality Burnside goes deeper than his famous facial hair. From the beginning of the civiL war Ambrose was there. Initially he organized the 1st rhode island infantry which was one of the first to offer the whitehouse assistance as well as protection. At the battle of Manasses Burnside commanded a brigade. In 1861 Burnside was given the command of three brigades who were to attack
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