New Year’s Day was originally in March before the Julian calendar took effect in 45 BC when January and February were added to the calendar.In the early Roman calendar‚ March was the beginning of the year. The name “March” originated from the Roman god of war Mars whom was seen as the guardian of agriculture. “Janus was the Roman god of doors and gates‚ and had two faces‚ one looking forward and one back. “Caesar felt that the month named after this god (“January”) would be the appropriate “door”
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The Vietnamese lunar New Year festival‚ Tet Nguyen Dan‚ is the most significant holiday taking place within the first three days of the New Year. The nearer New Year comes the more excited and enthusiastic people are. In general‚ preparation for Tet starts one week before New Year’s Day. There are three main activities in this week: shopping‚ cleaning and decorating houses‚ and "Tat Nien" parties. Shopping is the most interesting activity before Tet. There is a number of items must be bought. In
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Paraphrasing S. Kathleen Kitao Kenji Kitao When you write a paper‚ you use some information that you have read in books‚ journals‚ on the Internet‚ etc. Your teacher might have told you‚ “Use your own words.” In other words‚ even when you use someone else’s information‚ you are not allowed to use the words they wrote. You have to use your own. You have to say the same thing in a different way. This is called paraphrasing. For example‚ if the book you are reading from says‚ “John Adams‚ who was
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The ‘50s and ‘60s: Decades of Prosperity and Protest (DBQ) Historians tend to portray the 1950s as a decade of prosperity‚ conformity‚ and consensus‚ and the 1960s as a decade of turbulence‚ protest‚ and disillusionment. These stereotypes are largely true‚ though‚ as with everything in life‚ there are exceptions to this perspective. Therefore‚ the historians’ portrayal of the 1950s and 1960s is accurate for the majority of Americans‚ though some groups were clearly exceptions. The 1950s were characterized
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New resolution for year 2011 A new moment‚ new day‚ new month and new year; everything is looking fresh and rejuvenate to me as a new sun shining after one whole year. The year 2010 is over and now we are moving forward in 2011 with lots of new opportunities for everyone. There were a lot of good and bad memories of last year‚ but I will grab good memories and move onward with this current year. Most of people have new tasks and ideas for new year and I also have some new resolution for this
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50 Cent (born Curtis James Jackson on July 6‚ 1975[1] in Queens‚ New York) is a popular African-American rapper‚ also known as Fitty or Fifty‚ who rose to fame following the success of his 2003 debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin’. Biography Once almost unknown outside his hometown of Southside Jamaica‚ Queens‚ 50 Cent is currently one of the most well-known and commercially successful rappers of the decade. Because the success of an artist in gangsta rap often depends on street credibility and
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Rationale for a Dissemination Plan Name: Institutional Affiliation: Dissemination of information is one of the significant factors in any system development. The firm stakeholders‚ policy makers and individual in departments involved employs skills and research outcome to win out the approximations to achieve the set ends and aims. Through the use of newsletters‚ magazine‚ flyers‚ brochure‚ posters‚ presentation and interviews‚ the firm will pass along knowledge to the different individual
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The New York Times 50 Fancy Words (defined and used) 1. Inchoate: just begun and so not fully formed or developed; I am glad your inchoate proposals for integrating the company were not accepted this time‚ thus saving us face. 2. Profligacy: recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant‚ profligate behavior; Anderson’s profligacy cost him his job and its better you tighten up your belt before you go the same way. 3. Sui Generis: being the only example of its kind‚ unique; Mr. Bill Tandy generated his
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50 Year of Racism James A. White Sr. delivered a speech a speech titled " 50 Years of Racism" published November 2014 and he be he argues that everybody falls victim to racism no matter your race social class or occupation there’s a chance racism could stike‚ the importance of the speech was to enlighten others that even though we have our racial differences we all fall victim of the same problems‚ while explaining how society could gain more equality and ending individual act of racism done
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behavior. It can be the way they wear their clothes‚ it could be the way they celebrate a ceremony‚ it could be the way they talk‚ and so on. Coming from a country with multiple cultures‚ it’s hard to focus on only one aspect; however‚ Ethiopian New Years is something that unifies all the cultures and creates a sense of unity and pride. Ethiopia is a country located in the Horn of Africa‚ and is the only country in Africa that assured its independence during the colonial era. Ethiopia was
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