MORENO, Maxine 3SCL2 HUMANITIES 1: Art, Man, and Society Laurel Nakadate's project entitled 365 Days: A Catalogue of Tears, shows her attempt of exploring the world loneliness by documenting a year-long performance of herself before, during, and after crying. Her project began in 2010 and ended a year after. The images were photographed at different locations such as the bedroom, the train, comfort rooms, inside the airplane either dressed or half-naked.…
c. Purpose: Solution to homelessness is needed; economic downturn, homeless families w/children, government and private sectors working together, previously submitted solutions were inhumane…
Mayans developed a complex calendar with hieroglyphics as depicted in Document Two. These glyphs were based on their writing system. Glyphs were symbols that showed events from the Mayan period. These glyphs often represented religious figures and historical events from the Mayan period (O.I). The Mayan’s calendar was the most accurate calendar of the known time because of the knowledge, and skill the Mayans possessed in astronomy (O.I). By using astronomy, the Mayans could calculate that there are three- hundred sixty-five and a quarter days in a year (O.I). Since the glyphs were on the most accurate calendar of the time the glyphs are known to be accurate.…
As time changes, so does the calendar. In 1793, the Gregorian calendar was replaced by a new one. Dates were moved, months renamed and the number of days in a week increased. The reason for a new calendar in France was to change and fix what was wrong in the original calendar. People who were with the new calendar approved it, for it provided more work and and a better resting day. For those who were against the new calendar, claimed that it made working life more difficult and that it was against nature.…
Their differences in religion made Maya, Aztec, and Inca have different calendars. The Maya practiced a form of divination that centered on their elaborate calendar system and extensive knowledge of astronomy. It was the job of the priests to discern lucky days from unlucky ones, and advising the rulers on the best days to plant, harvest, wage war. They were especially interested in the movements of the planet Venus the Maya rulers scheduled wars to coordinate with its rise in the heavens. The Mayan calendar was very advanced, and consisted of a solar year of 365 days. Most historians agree that the Inca had a calendar based on the observation of both the Sun and the Moon, and their relationship to the stars. But there is no suggestion of the…
The advances made by the Aztecs are considered to be quite remarkable for an empire of that time period. They invented two divisions of time counting, used for different purposes. One of which, dubbed “tonalpohualli” or “counting of the days” was a 260-day cycle used for divination. The second, “xiuhpohualli” or “counting of the years” was a 365-day solar count used for regulating annual festivals. Together, the two larger calendar stone, rotating gears would engage, when the both were aligned at the beginning of the days, every 52 years, this would signify a Mesoamerican century. The Calendar Stone had many detailed and intricate symbols, designs, and pictures containing more information of the Aztec’s beliefs. It was measured to be more than 10 feet in diameter. (Doc B)…
* The Roman calendar is a bit difficult to understand. There are many references to the first of the month, like calends, and to certain days, like the ides, that are different from modern expressions. It is based on the life…
The scientific community has been split on many things and the age of the earth is one of the subjects in which it is split. There are some who believe that the earth is billions of years old based on scientific measurements and there are others who believe that the earth is only thousands of years old based off of what the Bible teaches. Radiometric dating is one of the methods that is used to find the age of certain materials on the earth and we will take a look at this method briefly to understand its use with the two groups. The Grand Canyon is also used by both sides to explain the age of the earth but the views between both are very different. Diving into these things will give an opportunity to understand each view in order to believe whether the earth is measured in thousands or billions of years.…
Obtaining the knowledge that was passed down to them from earlier Mesoamerican cultures, the Aztecs carved the calendar stone in 1479 (Smith 253). At the time, the Aztecs lived in a very civilized world filled with amazing architecture, an impressively complex government system, and they also employed intricate systems of writing and calendric systems (Taube 7). The Calendar Stone was made by basalt stone. For the Aztecs, everything was pictorial in nature around this era. The calendar stone depicted different pictograms or Codex Magliabechianoand, which was primarily written on religious documents (Aztec-History). Art was centered around religion in this era. So the pictograms of the gods on the calendar stone would correlate with that subject matter.…
After the surge in demand for training that occurred throughout the early part of the 20th century, there was a change in focus post-war. The economic and social changes that occurred from 1950-1989 had a significant effect on the direction on Learning and Development. From the end of the war to the end of the 80s there was a noticeable focus on youth training schemes, with many of the programmes developed during this time laying the groundwork for the training schemes on offer today. Following the conclusion of the Second World War, employment levels in the UK were at almost 100%; there were increased positions for those in the construction sector, as well as professional services.…
Alan Levinovitz wants to persuade the audience about the dangers of sugar consumption in the U.S. The author tries to build an argument telling how the sugar consumption may be overstated. Also, there will be statements that will try to get the audience to have different views on sugar consumption. The passage will even explain how sugar can be the blame for health problems. Alan Levinovitz persuades the audience with an argument by telling what sugar is being considered, giving some effects of sugar consumption, and what people can do to eliminate sugars in their diet.…
“The One Day of The Year” was set in Australia, in the 1960’s. It explores the universal theme of Father- Son conflict against the background of the beery haze and the heady, nostalgic sentimentality of Anzac Day. It is a play to make us question a standard institution, but it is the likeability and genuineness of the characters that give the play its memorable qualities: Alf, the nobody who becomes a somebody on this day of days; Mum, the anchor of the family; Hughie, their Son, with all the uncertainties and rebelliousness of youth; and Wacka, the Anzac, with his simple, healing wisdom.…
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Why do we get night and day-The Earth takes 24 hours to make one complete turn. We have day and night because the Earth rotates.…
The Maya were the most complex civilization in the western hemisphere. Maya were responsible for many scientific achievements like in astronomy, agriculture, engineering and communications. The Maya lived up to 2,000 years throughout this time they came up with a complex form of astronomy. They also learned how to farm work, and grow crops like: corn beans and squash. That was all part of their agricultural side however, apart from that the Maya were really good at astronomy and engineering. For example, an Astronomy factor would be living off of not just one but two complicated callender systems. The mayan believed a lot in the cosmos and how they impacted the way of life. They used astrological cycles to create these two calendars to help predict when it would be a good time to grow crops.…