Taylor Shockley Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel A. YORK Period 4 Research: Write a short biography of the author‚ include information about his areas of research‚ books written‚ and prizes awarded. Jared Diamond is a professor at the University of California He wanted wrote Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel‚ which won the Britain’s 1998 Rhone-Poulenc Science Book Prize and Pulitzer Prize. He also wrote Collapse: How Societies choose to Fail or Succeed. Jared has been on 22 expeditions to New Guienea and islands
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The land of rugged canyons is Mesa Verde Southwestern Colorado. Were the first discovered in the late 19th century for the archeologists and Native Americans (tradicional image of the peaceful Anasazi). The Anasazi people started to farm this area of the American Southwest as early as 1 A.D. (this part of the Southwest is know as the four corners‚ the place where Arizona‚ Colorado‚ Utah‚ and New Mexico)‚ they lived in small scattered villages‚ mesas and in the valleys. On the middle of the 13th
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One positive way that groups are good for humans is the emotional support people can exchange with each other. For example‚ if someone need some encouraging words to support them through something‚ the people in the group can help that person. On the other hand‚ this can be negative because someone in the group can give their negative input or try to put the person down seeking help and can make things worse. Another way groups are good for people is when it comes to team work. The more people‚
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when observed cross-culturally‚ however‚ in their own cultural context‚ they seem quite natural. A relativist approach has its limits‚ and these boundaries are drawn at cross-cultural universals. Practices such as female genital mutilation and cannibalism are abhorrent from an ethnocentric‚ western point of view; however relativist thinking requires greater analysis and debate as to whether such abhorrence is purely ethnocentric‚ or whether such practices break cross-cultural universals. Marriage
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The Disillusionment of a Generation On the open polar sea by Colin Dickey gives us a preview of how after so many years of exceptional discoveries and daring adventures it appeared as though anything was possible‚ and one could gain honour‚ respect‚ and in a way immortality by becoming an adventurer and exploring the unknown world‚ however this mentality eventually led to individuals taking massive risks with return in many cases they had negative consequences such as humiliation‚ shame‚ death‚
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It was a time of atrocious conditions and choas. They burned down the churches and then departed with a crowd of captives. There was no longer any trade‚ only unceasing terror. It truly was dark. People starved to death because of lack of food. Cannibalism became common‚ and the most convenient source of food‚ because the streets were ridden with people who did not survive the Black Death. Not only was the population wrenched apart by the plague‚ knights who looted towns for fun finished them
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Course title:Introduction to English Prose Course code:ENG-203 ASSIGNMENT ON- SIGNIFICANCE OF A MODEST PROPOSAL Submitted To- Submitted by- PROF. M. SHAHINOOR RAHMAN IFFATARA NARGIS Professor & Chairman STUDENT ID-120120002 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH‚ JAGANNATH
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Frito Lay Frito Lay is a division of Pepsi Co and is based in New York. It is known as a world leader in the manufacturing and marketing of snack chips‚ capturing nearing 50% of retail sales in the category. It offers we renown brands like Lay’s‚ Ruffles‚ Fritos‚ Doritos‚ Cheetos‚ Sanitas ‚ etc. Snack Food Industry Frito Lay holds 13% of sales of the US snack food industry which includes candy‚ crackers‚ sun chips‚ nuts and other assorted items. The company is working on introducing a new product
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Nicole Hart HIST 2300- Christopher Trobridge Writing Assignment One October 16‚ 2010 “In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whale ship Essex” In order to understand the ramifications of an event such as the sinking of the Essex one needs too understand the community that produces the crew. Nantucket was an island community much more than the literal sense of word. The islanders of Nantucket saw themselves differently than the rest of the word. They learned the skills of whaling from
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of $12000 each California‚ North Carolina and‚ Georgia accounted for 25% of nation’s chickens The number of small farms has been declining at the rate of 25% per year Hierarchical type of social order was established through fighting and pecking Cannibalism was a greater problem when birds were confined in cages Replacing dead bird also disturbed the peck order Debeaking reduced mortality rate from 25%(in case of full beak) to 9% Debeaking led to loss of 1 egg/chicken per 5 months A crew of 3 was used
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