... 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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... 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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... mass-producing, the goods also dropped in price, which considerably benefited those who were financially struggling. Along with the mass-producing came more employment opportunities, which allowed some of the less fortunate people to have a chance of getting a job. The increase of new ideas and inventions led to an increase of the quality of life. Medicinal products became more plentiful, transportation ... safer from rebellion. People struggled and suffered, and this happens with all change and progress; people sacrifice. People gained more benefits, though, and their lives became bett...

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... buildings. Some employees labored through twelve-hour work shifts, with poor nutrition, poor living conditions and completing tedious tasks. Before the Industrial Revolution, these people were self-employed, which was less demanding and allowed them to work at their own rate. After the Industrial Revolution, they worked for other people and therefore lost control over their own lives and schedules. With ... clothing, but they did not have a quality of life, which is essential for every human being to be satisfied. In the late nineteenth century, with increased improved technology, there...

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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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... ;The original wall erected in 1961 was improved upon over the next 20 years. The most heavily fortified section of the wall included electric fences, watchtowers, and automatic guns and a less-fortified wall encircled West Berlin completely, keeping all East Germans out of West Berlin" (Sara Ann McGill par 4). However at that time, no one believed it would take a total ... ...

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... codes for people's life style and solutions. On the other hand, an atheist person creates his codes and reasons by himself and he generally become less happy than a religious person, because he builds his reasons and codes by himself, so he can change them. It may also be that religious people are ... usually relating to the society to which one belongs" and he adds, "People who believe in God are less happy than those who do not believe in God, but if they live in countries where many people believe in God, they are much happier ... than non-believers"(Larrimore 2010). So impact of re...

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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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... cognitive impairment and were unable to give informed consent could not be included in the study. In addition, individuals whom had a history of excessive alcohol ingestion, had a life expectancy of less than 6 months for other reasons, or already taking multivitamin/fish oil supplements, could not be considered and were excluded from the study. The sixty-one participants which were selected were randomized ... to deliver the dietary advice. The differences between each approach might have been more significant in terms of their effectiveness in altering Mediterranean Diet Score, if the...

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... Renaissance. Today, many scholars believe that Burckhardt's assessment of the Renaissance was exaggerated, and they accuse him of overlooking the continuity of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. None the less, the Renaissance was a time where humans began to realize that they were capable of understanding the events and phenomena in the natural world. Jacob Burckhardt argued that the revival of ... ...

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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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... 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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... pesticides" use contributes to indirect emissions of toxic substances. Growing levels of these pollutants in the surface waters reduce their ability to support plant and animal life and makes them less attractive for recreational use. Solutions to agricultural pollution involve finding sustainable ways for the agricultural areas to reduce both its dependance on pollutants and the amount of pollutants it produces ... ...

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... works were shipped to and published overseas. They are also the main reason that Mr. Crevecoeur is credited for bringing in more immigrants to America than any other single person in American History. He is also the person who created and defined the phrase, "The American Dream." Michel-Guillaume-Jean ... in four different categories. When he describe the settlers along the coast, he says "Those who live near the sea feed more on fish than on flesh, and often encounter that boisterous element. This renders them more bold and enterprising; this leads them to neglect the confined occupat...

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