The Origin of Christmas Traditions Christmas is filled with traditions and events‚ but how did they start and why do we still do them? Traditions are often passed down throughout generations for centuries‚ but the origins are often unknown or forgotten. Christmas Christmas was originally called "The Feast of the Nativity of Jesus". The word "nativity" comes from the Latin word Natalis‚ meaning birthday. The observance probably does not date earlier than 200 AD and did not become widespread
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Origin of Service Tax: Dr. Manmohan Singh‚ the then Union Finance Minister‚ in his Budget speech for the year 1994-95 introduced the new concept of Service Tax and stated that ’’ There is no sound reason for exempting services from taxation‚ therefore‚ I propose to make a modest effort in this direction by imposing a tax on services of telephones‚ non-life insurance and stock brokers.’’ Service Tax has been introduced in order to explore new avenues for taxation and to bring more people into the
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The Origins of American Slavery The Origins of American Slavery‚ by Betty Wood‚ is a short book about the early backgrounds of American slavery. The book focuses on why the English decided to enslave others as well as why they targeted the West Africans. As explained throughout the book the reasoning comes from a combination of both economic and racial considerations. The English had no intention of enslaving anyone when they first arrived in the New World. Overtime they realized for their own success
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Catwoman There have been many versions of Catwoman’s origin over the years but details of her possible storyline suggested that Selina Kyle was born to Brian and Maria Kyle in the slums of Gotham City. Her mother was never close to Selina or her sister Maggie and would often rather spend time with her cats then her children. Her father was an abusive and drunken man who would always quarrel with Maria‚ a homemaker. In her spare time‚ Selina took gym lessons not just as an extra curricular but to
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The Origin and the navigational techniques used by islanders to travel over large Open Ocean has given question to academic writers‚ on how the islanders are able to travel and settle in this remote part of the earth. Pacific Islanders used traditional navigational knowledge to travel against storms and current on Pacific Ocean over past centauries‚ by using canoes. This essay will discuss the two theory of migration with archaeological evidence of origin‚ the traditional techniques of navigation
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Introduction A. Origin of the Holy Eucharist The Eucharist also called Holy Communion‚ the Sacrament of the Altar‚ the Blessed Sacrament‚ the Lord’s Supper‚ and other names‚ is a Christian sacrament or ordinance. It is reenacted in accordance with Jesus’ instruction at the Last Supper as recorded in several books of the New Testament‚ that his followers do in remembrance of Him as when he gave his disciples bread‚ saying‚ "This is my body"‚ and gave them wine‚ saying‚ "This is my blood".
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First Name Last Name Hist 109 May 13‚ 2013 Civil War Paper Origins of the Civil War The military conflict within the United States around the years 1861 until 1865 between the Union and the Confederacy went into history as the American Civil War. The origins of this conflict have and were foreseen and discussed by the two elite politicians Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. Both differed in ideology about what could have been the more successful political direction the nation should
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Name Origin of Amber Alerts December 9‚ 2010 Research Paper I’m sure we all can admit that we have changed the channel on the television when those loud Amber Alerts float across the screen‚ but do we really know exactly what they’re for or how they were created? It may hurt to know what you’ve been ignoring. The creation of Amber Alerts is rather interesting and as well as heartbreaking but first‚ let’s get an idea of what the Amber Alert is for. The amber alert is a notification system
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The Origin of the Chicken and Chicken nuggets Exposition Chickenlandia was a quiet village in Ancient Greece with only a handful of inhabitants. Its main focus‚ for girls and boys‚ was archery. They valued it because of its uses in hunting and self protection. In the village‚ there was. In the village there was one main dirt road‚ and there was one blacksmith‚ for making bow and arrows of course‚ and for no reason the whole village smelled of chutney. The elders of the village always spoke when
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ORIGINS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION The causes of the French Revolution of 1787-1789 (Solé 3) is a subject worthy of investigation because the revolt is an event of crucial importance in Western History. It marked the end of feudalism and the beginning of democracy in France‚ and can be seen as a turning point for liberty in Europe. To quote the German author Goethe‚ ‘From this place‚ and from this day‚ commences a new era in the world’s history’ (Wright 2). In 1774 when Louis XVI ascended
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