... human creativity. It is the lense through which an individual perceives her or his morals, culture, views and values. Humanities also deals with the emotional side of our consciousness, rather than mathematics and the scientific aspects of life. Humanities, as one would guess by its name, pertains to humans and does not pertain to God, Buddha, Allah or any other higher ... -ton structure, which is a masterpiece of technical skill and engineering ability. The internal walls as well as those few outer-casing stones that still remain in place show finer joints than any other masonry constru...

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... human creativity. It is the lense through which an individual perceives her or his morals, culture, views and values. Humanities also deals with the emotional side of our consciousness, rather than mathematics and the scientific aspects of life. Humanities, as one would guess by its name, pertains to humans and does not pertain to God, Buddha, Allah or any other higher ... -ton structure, which is a masterpiece of technical skill and engineering ability. The internal walls as well as those few outer-casing stones that still remain in place show finer joints than any other masonry constru...

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... greater productivity. 2. No late starting because of travel difficulties which may cause: a. Late or non-arrival of employee. b. "Decompression" time lost as employee recovers from a difficult commute. 3. Less time taken off due to illness: a. Employees who are sufficiently unwell not to commute might be able to work from home. b. Employees recovering from serious illness might be able to ... as freely. c. Maternity and medical related incidents will result in less staff leaving employment because they can work almost right up to and much sooner after the event. d. Employees can move fur...

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... greater productivity. 2. No late starting because of travel difficulties which may cause: a. Late or non-arrival of employee. b. "Decompression" time lost as employee recovers from a difficult commute. 3. Less time taken off due to illness: a. Employees who are sufficiently unwell not to commute might be able to work from home. b. Employees recovering from serious illness might be able to ... as freely. c. Maternity and medical related incidents will result in less staff leaving employment because they can work almost right up to and much sooner after the event. d. Employees can move fur...

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... it caused too much corrosion to the barrels of the guns. Today black powder is used in fireworks but the saltpeter is sometimes replaced by sodium nitrate because it is less expensive to use. Smokeless gunpowder is made up of nitrocellulose, nitrate and salt. Another type of gunpowder is colloided. In colloided powder the main ingredient is nitro glycerin. Alfred Nobel ... sulfur that is in the gunpowder remains in solid form and gives off heat that makes the gasses expand. Gunpowder that is made without sulfur tends to be less explosive and is also less corrosive. With the inventions o...

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... beacon and couples decide that having children was not just to have more workers in the family. Couples began family planning to help reduce expenses since family farms were becoming less and less important for survival. This led to a desexualization of the marriage. Men and women began to sleep and separate bedrooms and only had sex as a means of procreation, not recreation ... pre-marital sexuality from 8 percent in 1903 to 20 percent in 1920. Women finally recognized their own sexual drives and realized that physical happiness led to mental happiness. They became less ashamed of thei...

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... most common tradition is applying henna for weddings. The designs for weddings are usually the most ornate and cover the largest amounts of skin. Arabic henna is usually abstract and less dense. The designs are usually large with vines and floral patterns on the hands and feet. Indian henna (or Mehndi as it is called in Hindu and Urdu) usually consists ... most common tradition is applying henna for weddings. The designs for weddings are usually the most ornate and cover the largest amounts of skin. Arabic henna is usually abstract and less dense. The designs are usually large with vine...

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... rent out some of their land to knights. They would also have surfs working under their rule like the lords; however the knights would have less land and would have to work under the lord giving them less power. The feudalist system basically only had a high and lower class there was no in between, there were the landowners and the workers. This ... ...

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... to enter a country and then be sold as manufactured goods back to the same forum that sent them. This meant that Spain had a new national system of trade that relied less on international trade. New lands meant new items for trade and then more riches for the country that provided these rare items. Some of the items available due to the ... India when he found America he declared it the West Indies never admitting defeat. What he saw when he got there was a land so full of gold and silver, a people less civilized then the Europeans and easy money/fame for himself. He reported back the K...

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... the empire started becoming poorer. These farmers were then forced to migrate to the cities in search of jobs. Without the farmers producing food for the empire, there became less food and, with less food, prices went very high. With the high prices of food, people began looking for jobs and this even lessened the amount of soldiers in the army. After ... ...

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... primitivism was first defined by the Websters Dictionary 1934 as a "belief" in the superioty of primitive life which, implies a " return to nature!" Primitive refers to someone or something less complex or less advanced than the preson or thing that it is being compared with. The primitive can be seen as simple and naive, as in childlike. To look at Gauguin's influence of primitivism ... need to escape and his search for happiness that attracts him to a more simple lifestyle. Part of his attraction could be his memories of his childhood where his life was less stressful. Gauguin's rejec...

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... reproduction procedures. All of these technological advances have their ups and downs. Agriculture Scientists have come up with processes that will help make the world have less hunger in its growing population. They are making crops bigger and better and more defensive against the natural world. They provide more food for more people ... upside to bioengineered food is that the food must go through strenuous testing and it is harder to get on the market than natural food. The new foods have added nutrients that lower the risk of heart disease and some cancers. It will also make the po...

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... a society of landed nobility dispersed fairly loosely across the country in their castles and estates, the likelihood of a preponderance of the man over the woman and thus of a more or less unconcealed male dominance, is very great." (Elias, Page 325.) Men beat their wives and typically had little respect for them. Marriage was based not on love but on increase in ... , the central ruler. The kings during this era created a luxurious palace court system that brought families and nobility together in close proximity. Under the watchful eye of society, men were less prone to physical viole...

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... my wasting state dost think to thrive?- The young generation becomes adult and the older generation becomes more affected. Old England is deconstructing whereas New England is constructing itself becoming less English and more independent. This inversion of roles can be noticed when New England is giving a lesson to her mother and giving advice. The reply of the mother after the ... representation of the "New World- was real, she did not invent it. Therefore, her comparison between the two continents was more objective. Her version of the facts is more or less a testimony that life was ...

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... to enter a country and then be sold as manufactured goods back to the same forum that sent them. This meant that Spain had a new national system of trade that relied less on international trade. New lands meant new items for trade and then more riches for the country that provided these rare items. Some of the items available due to the ... India when he found America he declared it the West Indies never admitting defeat. What he saw when he got there was a land so full of gold and silver, a people less civilized then the Europeans and easy money/fame for himself. He reported back the K...

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... on taking the money, because he thought that social security wasn't responsible of the government. Also, Republicans thought and feared that if the government helped people, they would become less self-governing and less willing to work. The last reason on why Roosevelt won the election, was Roosevelt's election campaign. He went on a grand tour around the USA in the weeks before ... ...

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... at this time: immigrants and the labor conditions. The problem with immigrants was that there were too many, and would work for much less. Labor conditions spurred many people to form together against unfair and unhealthy employers. Both of these issues had major impacts on the American ... unsafe working conditions, there was always an immigrant to step happily in their place. And better yet, this immigrant would even work for less money than the previous employee had. Soon anger and resentment arose between these two classes of people in the same workplace. The American worker was ... ...

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... our country run more efficiently. A system of high speed trains has been a possibility in America for the past couple of decades. This would be more than just a locomotive on steroids, but a sleek new design or possibly a magnetic levitating train (Maglev). While Europe and Asia have already taken full benefit ... up the scenic California coast, making it to San Francisco quicker than the "quick and easy" flights often advertised. Many would benefit from this. With the bump in population for the high speed rail, there would be less use of the interstates or airplanes for travel. If this ...

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... law official seems attractive to a person of that age, and often times alcohol is where they turn to. If the legal drinking age was lowered to 18, it would be less of an oddity to Americans, and because of this would not be used as a weapon in defiance. Next, by lowering the drinking age to 18, more money could be made ... ...

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... , and presidential inaugurations. It is by no means the driving factor behind every day life that it was in medieval Europe. After the fall of the Roman empire, people did less thinking for themselves and started listening more to the church. Medieval Europe was predominantly Christian. There was at least one Church in every town and that was the center of ... ...

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... and Caspian Seas and north of the Black sea in the area between the Danube and Volga Rivers by a collection of semi-nomadic clans and rural tribes which more or less were hunters and gatherers around 6000 - 4000 B.C.E. Scholars have determined the location based on an extensive reconstructed vocabulary of Proto Indo-European language, and the habitat it describes. Therefore Proto ... ...

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... that fought during the crusades came back wealthy and free. These free serfs became freeholder on the land or artisans in the towns. As towns began to grow and become less self-sufficient, outside goods became highly demanded and trade began to grow in Western Europe. The discovery of many luxury goods was brought about by the crusades. Items such as ... ...

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... had already infected most of southern France, including the city of Paris (Corzine 41). Trade had carried the plague north to Paris in less than four months after its initial attack. During the following winter, eight hundred people were said to be dying there each day (Jordan 90). ... caused some landowners to be forced to rent out their entire estates. Other landowners changed from producing grain to other types of agriculture that needed less labor such as cattle and sheep farming. "This changed marketing and trading practices, and moreover, it affected the traditional pattern of feuda...

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... their families were murdered. Wisdom in the Christian Community After the peace of the church, in the reign of Constantine, Christianity began to make converts amid the educated classes. More than ever before, the church was brought into direct confrontation with the dilemma offered by pagan ideals of education and the perfect man. To a large extent the confrontation took place over ... the Gospel message was universalized, The Biblical wisdom tradition was discarded in exchange for Greek education, Wisdom was redefined in classical terms, As the Church became more and more Gentile, les...

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... universal folk instrument the bagpipe. The woodwind instruments of the Medieval period consisted of flutes and also reed instruments of the oboe variety. Trumpets were played by wandering musicians. Although less is known about instrumental musical and dance, musicians were undoubtedly active with this type of music. The instruments of the Medieval period shaped the music and instruments in today's music ... ...

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