... display at the Clayden House, and the other was given to the British Museum's Department of Ethnology. Even though the west now had the capability of making gamelan music, it was a long time before the west actually heard gamelan. The instruments brought over by Raffles were used more in sound experiments by acousticians and instrument inventors than to actually make music. In fact, it wasn't until the latter half of the 19th ... American university to build and maintain it's own gamelan, created by McPhee and his ethnomusicologist friend and colleague, Mantle Hood(Rich, 1995; p.192). It ...

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... to half of the practicing Catholics in western Europe had left the Church to join one of the new reformer religious groups. This reform brought about new ways of thought and new attitudes towards religion and the human race. The young German scholar realized that the way to salvation was "justification by faith." Martin Luther's beliefs were deemed to be heretic in nature and he was hidden away by a German prince. The ... word Renaissance means a "rebirth". This is exactly what happened after the Crusades and split of the Roman Catholic church. A rebirth of ideas ... ...

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... against Luther. Over time he was excommunicated, and then declared and outlaw and a heretic. Although, one prince brought Luther in and helped him out. He then formed his own religious group called Lutherans. This was one of the first protestant branches off of the Christian Church. Other reformers began their own group such as John Calvin and the Calvinists, and John Knox and the Presbyterians. These groups fell under one large Protestant ... Trent to translate the Bible for the church, and group the higher members of the clergy. The Reformation had the greatest effects on Europe's fut...

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... a commercial highway that integrated the histories of Africa, Europe, and the Americas for the first time. As the above figures suggest, slavery and the slave trade were the linchpins of this process. With the decline of the Amerindian population, labor from Africa formed the basis of the exploitation of the gold and agricultural resources of the export sectors of the Americas, with sugar plantations ... the horrors and misery of the Middle Passage and plantation slavery. Given the dominance of Portuguese and British slave traders, it is not surprising that Brazil and the British America...

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... victories together with the "Esprit de corps" and of "daggers in plaid socks" (Disabled). Indeed, the war was skilfully portrayed as a game to be played, as in source F, where the East Surreys, somewhat naively, kick four footballs into no-mans land to launch the assault on enemy positions. The war suddenly seeming ironically similar to the soldier in Disabled, (who) liked "a smear of blood down his leg to ... either report is even wildly optimistic, would be a massive understatement, source G reporting that "the Surries" dribbled the four footballs for a mile and a quarter into the ene...

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... purpose is reflected also in the related terms artist and artisan, the latter understood as one who gives considerable attention to the utilitarian. This should by no means be taken as a rigid scheme, however. Even within one form of art, motives may vary widely. Thus a potter or a weaver may create a highly functional work such as a salad bowl, or a blanket. However, the work may be for everyday ... system of classification, applied to the fine arts, establishes such categories as literature, the visual arts, the graphic arts, the plastic arts, the decorative arts, the performing arts,...

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... Society" essay he said " Is Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, which includes Turkish marches, a part of Western civilization, or the late nineteenth- and twentieth-century French paintings, whose creators were influenced by Japanese art? And what of the cubists, through whom the influence of African art changed modern painting- I think that it is true that American civilization consisted through multinationals, rather than monocultural ... influence through Europe. What I would like to add is that the word America is the biggest propaganda of the US. That is, America was really called ... day...

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... there were close living conditions, unsanitary conditions,and rodents. The Plague first appeared with symptoms of people having pustules or buboes on the skin,most victims were nausea,fever and vomiting blood. Later on, as the disease progressed the skin became dark colored and the victim would soon die. As the disease altered the Bubonic Plague appeared,symptoms were the same but know it was passed person ... to person through coughing. The symptoms appeared one to three days after exposure. ... after village, through out Europe, the common people laid blame of the plague on the Jews. T...

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... disappearing. Different breeds of horses come from their own environments. Each environment has its own climate, soil, light, food, and water. Northern climates produce a horse with a thick coat. Hot climates have produced an animal with a thin skin and a fine coat. Damp climates have produced the slow, heavy, cold-blooded horse. In tropical climates there are small horses that have a lot of energy ... , and can endure hardship. Some horses are called half-breeds. They are usually crosses between heavy horses or native ponies and thoroughbreds. Some have unknown ancestries. A county-bred ...

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... explained through studying the writings. Petrarch called this "classical education- because of the use of the classical writings. He also was a poet. Petrarch wrote many poems and sonnets to Laura, his imaginary perfect woman. Petrarch brought new ideas of thinking by using the "classical education- to teach others about the Greeks and Romans. Another important humanist during the Renaissance was Niccolò Machaivelli. Machaivelli wrote the book, The Prince, which was ... about how the government should be run in his opinion. Machaivelli used politics in ancient Rome as a model for his b...

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... make a living. They were some of the people that came. Also people who came to America were prosucuted people. Others came because of the food supply. And some for warmth and adventure. The Olmacs were people gathered together to form the first American civlization. Their religon was Quetzakoatl. The Olmacs split into three tribes: Azthecs, Incas, and the Myas. The Aztechs lived in Central Mexico. Incan's ... were in Peru. And the Mya's in Eastern Mexico. All were pre Columbian. There ... get supplies back and forth. There was thieves to. And it was expensive. These were major problems t...

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... fleas spread this type of the plague, and this type was the most common one. The life expectancy of the person was about one to two weeks. The second type is the pneumatic plague, which attacked the infected person's lung systems by just breathing the infected person's air. The plague starts to attack the lungs and it ends up filling the lungs with blood making the victim cough up blood. The victim usually died within one or ... two days. The last type was the septicemic version, which attacked the blood ... ...

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... Germany would be split into four zones and that war criminals would be hunted down. The basic structure of the UN was also agreed. After Yalta the USSR tightened its grip on Eastern Europe, seen by the West as aggressive and expansionist and by the soviets as simply maintaining security of the USSR. On 12th April 1945 Roosevelt died, replaced by the vice president Harry Truman, a bitter anti-Communist. He was ... much more suspicious of Stalin than Roosevelt. When Germany surrendered American troops began to move to the Pacific and Soviet superiority in Europe was overwhelming. However ...

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... it's 'mother nation' Britain and came out with one of the largest migration programs in the Southern Hemisphere ever. It was called the United Kingdom - Australia Free and Assisted Passage Agreements and this program proved to be successful as the 1947 population of 7 and a half million rose to 12 and a half million by 1969, with over 40% of the immigrants coming from the British Isles. The following graph shows the origins of people who came ... to Australia between July 1947 and June 1970 - the British ... ...

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... look at is what has occurred because of these changes. When the Aftermath of the Great War and World War 2 was over and life started to return to normal, the European nations decided they had seen enough blood-shed and slaughter, which is why they began to think of preventative's, rather than cures. The League of Nations was proven useless, so to ensure collective security ... in Europe and through out the world, organisations like the Brussels Pact was established to contain communist aggressors. More importantly to Australia and to much of the democratic world, the Northern Atlantic Tr...

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... theirs. In that year 1389, the battle of Kosovo had the Serbs matched up against the Ottomans. At the beginning of the battle it looked good for the Serbs as they smashed through the Ottoman lines and straight into the Ottoman camp. Lazar, prince of the Christian army got into Murhads tent and slashes him. While bleeding to death, the Ottomans and Murhads son flanks the serbs on both sides and destroy the army. More importantly, Murhad ... conducted the battle from his tent while ... ...

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... something. They want to say it made a difference in them." Lately there has been a significant upturn in Eco- and soft-adventure tours, especially those that are targeted toward the baby-boomers. The baby-boomers that came of age in the 60's started their travels early in life; the rode trains around Europe and lived out of their backpacks. Now, 30 years later they are still seeking ... the same type of adventure. Because the baby-boomers do not have time to take a month off of work for vacation ... designed to be short but have a lasting residual value. Eco-tourism introduces people b...

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... removal of the clitoris, with the further scraping off of the labia majora and labia minora. Type III however, consists of the amputation of the clitoris, the adjacent labia (majora and minora), and the joining of the scraped sides of the vulva across the vagina, where they are fastened with thorns or sewn together with catgut or thread. A small gap is kept to allow means of access to discharge urine and menstrual blood. After marriage ... , women who have been infibulated must be forcibly penetrated. In regards to healing, the girls are ... ...

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... seen form of the Black Death. The pneumonic and the septicemic plague were probably seen less then the bubonic plague because the victims often died before they could reach other places (this was caused by the inefficiency of transportation). The mortality rate for the pneumonic plague was 90-95% (if treated today the mortality rate would be 5-10%). The pneumonic plague infected the lungs. Symptoms included slimy sputum tinted with blood. Sputum is ... saliva mixed with mucus exerted from the ... ...

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... . However this war was supposed to remain local. Nonetheless the Austro-Serb quarrel explains the outbreak of the war, however it does not explain why it became a world war. These are a few reasons that are suggested for the escalation of the world war. However some are more plausible than others: o Naval race between Britain and Germany o Economic Rivalry o Russia made war more likely by backing up ... Serbia o Germany backing up Austria The above points which are highlighted in bold, show the more plausible reasons for they demonstrate actual happenings which allowed ... however there...

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... would NOT help people go to Heaven, this was a very new idea which changed peoples views as they liked the idea of being able to make themselves go to heaven. People liked Luther's ideas especially German princes because Luther said a Church's wealth should belong to the local prince. Slowly more and more people came round to Luther's ideas. John Calvin decided he should make ... the church even holier and purer. He made services stricter so people would lead better lives and go to heaven. In England the reformations was taking place because Henry VII wanted a divorce from Catherine of A...

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... being one main power structure in British society. In the Europe of 1500 there were two: the civil power represented by a Prince, and the ecclesiastical power wielded by the Church, led by the Pope in Rome. For most people, the most motivating force in their lives was the desire to be certain of salvation, and for this they had to turn to the Church. To have contact with God, it had ... to be done via his representatives on Earth e.g. the clergy or the saints. People ... prayed to the saints, gave charitable ... ...

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... this relationship in non-European populations. The Lyon Diet heart Study examined the effect of the Mediterranean diet in survivors of first myocardial infraction and the results showed a significant reduction in major coronary events. The results the Lyon Diet Heart Study was obtained over a five year period. The authors of article discuss the lack of research designed toward examining the effects of the Mediterranean diet on the Northern European population. They specifically ... was utilized) to one of three arms. The participants could be assigned to either conventional dietetic adv...

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... a brush. A brush could put swirls and scratches in the clear coat. After you get about half of the car done you should rinse off the soapy water so it will not dry on their and leave marks. Then proceed to the other half of the car and repeat what you did to the first half. Make sure you get in all the door jams, the grill, under the hood and under the spoiler if your car has ... one. For those tiny cracks and crevices that fill with ... dirt I find that an old toothbrush works great. An old toothbrush has less coarse bristles than new ones, making it safer on paint. For the ... ...

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... Washington. The use of the Euro dollar will not only increase profits and market shares of businesses but also the costs associated with exchange-rate fluctuations. Instead of having to deal with 11 separate currencies, U.S. companies will only have to deal with one. One currency will also increase the efficiency of the European economy as a whole. The use of the Euro is expected to add a half percent to the growth ... rate of the European economy, which could ... ...

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