Christmas of 40 or 50 years ago. It has gone from a simple reminder of the Birth of Christ‚ and the exchange of simple gifts‚ into a highly commercialized and mainly secular holiday. Still‚ most of those who celebrate Christmas are unaware of the fact that many of the things which have come to be associated with Christmas have been around for a very long time - longer than Christmas itself; and dating back much further than the birth of Jesus. Rather than being "Christian" these "things" are absolutely
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Rheumatic Fever‚ Pediatric Rheumatic fever is a condition that can develop after an untreated strep throat infection. It causes inflammation that may affect the entire body. Rheumatic fever most often affects the heart‚ joints‚ central nervous system‚ skin‚ and underlying tissues. In some cases‚ rheumatic fever can cause serious damage to the heart. Treatment can help clear up the symptoms of rheumatic fever‚ reduce damage to organs‚ and prevent symptoms from coming back. CAUSES This condition
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Molto Allegro Andante Menuetto: Allegretto Allegro assai Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Year and place of birth: January 27‚ 1756 in Salzburg‚ Austria Year and place of death: December 5‚ 1791‚ in Vienna‚ Austria Composer is best known for: Mozart is known for many things‚ of which include piano pieces‚ as well as operas. I will be performing
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International Women’s Day has been observed since in the early 1900’s‚ a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies. 1908 Great unrest and critical debate was occurring amongst women. Women’s oppression and inequality was spurring women to become more vocal and active in campaigning for change. Then in 1908‚ 15‚000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter hours‚ better pay and voting rights
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In "The Fall of the House of Usher"‚ Poe uses the life-like characteristics of the decaying house of Usher as a device for giving the house a supernatural atmosphere. This not only makes the story act upon the reader in a grabbing way‚ but it also creates an impression of fear‚ mystery and horror‚ typical for Poe’s literary works. For example‚ from the very beginning of the story‚ the reader can tell that there is something unusual and bizarre about the old house. As the narrator approaches the
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although whether to classify sociology as a science has been debatable. French philosopher Auguste Comte first coined the term in 1838 from the Greek word ‘socio’ meaning interaction or association of individual and the Latin word ‘logy’ meaning study of a particular subject. Science is the systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation. Methodology used in science sets forth the idea that science is empirical‚ objective‚ tentative and based
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The house rules & The Official Agreement Firstly I don’t expect to treat you like a child and I don’t plan on acting like a mother figure who tells you what to do like clean your room‚ not to go out‚ wash the dishes etc. I expect you to know or to simply use your common sense as to what you should be doing when you’re staying here.eg being clean and cleaning after yourself when you eat or use the bathroom or use anything else in the house. So please respect our wishes and rules of the house. Don’t
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Haunted House “Come on you big baby” my friend Ron said. It was Friday the 13th and we were at a real life haunted house. It wasn’t one of those haunted houses they put together for Halloween; it was a real life haunted house. Let me start at the beginning. It was Thursday the 12th and me and a couple of my friends decided we were going to go for a walk down the scariest street in the neighborhood‚ the town‚ and maybe even the world. Rumor had it that more than 50% of the houses had murders occur
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Science and Society Is life fact or fiction? One could look at science and society in the same manner. Meaning that there is an ideal subject‚ one subject could be the truth and one could be deception. Science‚ in my opinion‚ is the truth. For example‚ science is based on facts and numbers and figures‚ these never deter from the truth if correctly applied in their own fields of study. The term for society states that it is a group of people who shape their lives in aggregated and patterned ways
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Ars Disputandi Volume 6 (2006) : 1566–5399 Roxanne D. Marcotte ‚ Islam and Science By Muzaffar Iqbal (Ashgate Science and Religion Series)‚ Aldershot‚ UK: Ashgate‚ 2002; xxii + 372 pp.; hb. £ 52.50‚ pb. £ 22.50; : 0–7546–0799–2/0–7546–0800–x. Islam and Science presents an articulate and concise historical introduction to intellectual developments that have shaped Islamic civilization‚ both religious and scientific. The work attempts to ‘construct a coherent
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