[pic]Festival celebrated in Sri Lanka on the full moon of June. The Poson Poya‚ which is specially noteworthy to the Sri Lankan Buddhists as the day on which Emperor Asoka’s son‚ the arahant Mahinda‚ officially introduced Buddhism to the island in the 3rd century B.C. In addition to the normal ritualistic observances undertaken on a poya day‚ on Poson day devotees flock to Anuradhapura‚ the ancient capital city of the country‚ for it was there that arahant Mahinda converted the then ruler‚ King Devanampiya
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The Joy Luck Club; an intriguing novel and movie about the hardships about being a Chinese immigrant to America soon after the immigration ban was lifted. A challenging story that forced the reader to try to understand that certain customs and traditions that were seen as ’usual’ can be very unlike the ones we as Americans are used to. A story where‚ even though it lacked a lot of violence‚ action‚ or suspense it still was able to grab its readers and viewers. With a little
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There are many important things to check with your vehicle in order to drive safely. Vehicle maintenance is extremely important with day-to-day driving. Some of the things that we should be checking regularly consist of the Air filter‚ battery life‚ engine belts‚ brake fluid‚ engine oil‚ exterior lights‚ oil filter‚ tire pressures‚ anti-freeze‚ washer fluid‚ wiper blades‚ exhaust‚ power steering fluid‚ shock absorbers and fuses. The air filter should be checked once a month. Replace it when it is
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Pakistan dayIndependence Day (Urdu: یوم آزادی; Yaum-e Āzādī)‚ observed annually on August 14‚ is a national holiday in Pakistan‚ commemorating the day when Pakistan achieved independence and was declared a sovereign nation‚ following the end of the British Raj in 1947. Pakistan came into existence as a result of the Pakistan Movement; the Pakistan Movement aimed for creation of an independent Muslim state by division of the north-western region of the South Asia and was led by All-India Muslim League
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Chris Phillips Professor Kirkpatrick English 1C March 31‚ 2010 Hollywood Illusions In The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West‚ illusion verse reality is one of the main themes of the novel. Hollywood is known for it’s acting‚ but the town and everyone that inhibit it seem to get carried away with trying to be something they aren’t. Nothing is really indigenous in Hollywood and everything is borrowed from another place. The houses have been designed to look like Irish cottages‚ Spanish villas‚ or
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the car for control. Sweat and blood poured down her beautiful face and she wiped the sleeves of her uniform to clear it. Just last night‚ she promised herself that she will keep the crispiness of her brand new police uniform at least on her first day in the job. All her plans‚ of course‚ went down the drain when World War 3 started that morning. The pickup truck following them stopped at the entrance of the alleyway‚ surprised by the young cop’s maneuver and is unable to follow. She smiled coldly
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Day to day life in the Elizabethan period was so unlike to how life is today in the 21st Century. Life for a person living in Elizabethan times was different for different people depending upon where they were ranked in the social hierarchy. Women who lived in the Elizabethan life had to obey the Elizabethan men‚ they had to take care of them and women were not as important as men and men knew better than women‚ according to Elizabethan Women‚ http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-women
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Applying Logic in Day-to-Day Life Undress; open shower door; turn hot water knob then cold water knob; adjust cold until right temperature; start shower with knob; step into shower; shut the shower door; wet hair then face; grab washcloth off hook and bar soap from shelf; lather washcloth with bar soap; close eyes; wash face; rinse washcloth; return to hook; rinse face; grab shampoo from shelf; open shampoo; squeeze some onto hair; close shampoo and return to shelf; rub shampoo into hair; grab
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Marisa Elliot 03/01/2013 An Apple a Day What came first‚ the chicken or Apple? As I sit in the Hayden Library right now I spot countless students furiously typing away on Mac computers and relentlessly texting their thumbs off on iPhone’s‚ both products of Apple Inc. Apple is one of the most well-known companies when it comes to the making of cutting-edge technology. Apple Computer Inc. first came to be a company in 1976 when Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak released the Apple I in Cupertino‚ California
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S Selina Jamil Professor Jamil EGL 1020 7 February 2014 Following a Pattern in “Half a Day” Naguib Mahfouz’s suspenseful focus on life’s transience in “Half a Day‚” translated into English by Denys Johnson-Davies‚ enables him to trace the process through which the human mind usually loses its potential over and becomes oblivious to the passage of time. Journeying for the first time to school “alongside” his father‚ the Narrator as a child‚ who is conscious of “time” and of “a street lined with
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