In 12th century Norway the Gothic style began to overtake the architecture and artistry in the creation of stave church portals. After Christianity swept through Norway new styles and motifs were brought along and adapted by craftsmen‚ particularly woodcarvers who incorporated them into everything from furniture to stave churches. But in many ways tradition outweighed renovations‚ particularly in animal motifs. When exploring the portals of Gothic Viking buildings one continued motifs speaks with
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Obesity is a national public health concern and increasing epidemic. This crisis is the research focus and media sensation as Americans’ continue to gain weight. Obesity results from weight gain over several years. Excessive body fat leads to significant health concerns and increases the risk of death (Centers for Disease Control (CDC)‚ 2014). The epidemiological issues of obesity include prevalence‚ rising incidents‚ causal factors‚ and burden of diseases related to obesity. Substantial change
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Brown v. Board of Education From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education |Brown v. Board of Education | |[pic] | |Supreme Court of the United States | |Argued December 9‚ 1952 | |Reargued December 8‚ 1953
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Gunnar Almgren (2012)‚ provides an in depth analysis of social justice theories‚ Libertarianism‚ Utilitarianism‚ Marxism‚ and the Capabilities Approach. Utilitarianism is the belief of maximizing good for the greatest amount of people (Almgren‚ 2012‚ p. 8). An example of this is taxes that are levied in order to build community infrastructures. This theory is extremely useful as it focuses on the happiness and benefits of citizens. However‚ after reading Madison Powers and Ruth Faden’s Essential
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best time. Some of the other first place finishers in their division‚ were Andy Forron (2:22:23) captured the single speed title. In the men’s expert junior division JJ Ford ( 2:48:01)‚ and in the men’s expert veteran Gunnar Shrogren (2:03:32) each captured their titles. Gunnars time was the third fastest time of the day for the 26 mile course. The men’s sport masters and men’s sport veterans saw Doug Wayne (1:15:10) and Fritz Kessler (1:23:23) each capture their titles. For the big boys on the
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American culture. After emancipation‚ unique African-American traditions continued to flourish as distinctive traditions or radical innovations in music‚ art‚ literature‚ religion‚ cuisine‚ and other fields. Twentieth-century sociologists‚ such as Gunnar Myrdal‚ believed that African Americans had lost most cultural ties with Africa. Melville Herskovits and others researched using anthropological field and demonstrated that there has been a continuum of African traditions among Africans of the Diaspora
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Chapter 38 The Eisenhower Era 1952-1960 The Advent of Eisenhower Lacking public support for Truman‚ Democrats nominated Adlai E. Stevenson to run for the presidency in the election of 1952. Republicans chose General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Richard M. Nixon was chosen for vice-president to satisfy the anticommunist wing of the Republican Party. During the presidential campaign‚ reports of Nixon secretly tapping government funds arose. After Eisenhower considered dropping
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Sigurd the Volsung was the son of Sigmund‚ who was also the king of Hunland. At Signy’s wedding‚ the all-father Odin thrust a sword into an oak tree and promised that whoever was to remove it would be rewarded with a powerful friendship from the sword. Sigmund reigned for many years with his new gift. When Sigurd’s father Sigmund was killed in battle‚ he left the pieces of his sword for his unborn son to one day recreate for himself. Before Sigurd was born this father knew he would have been the
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India’s examination system is faulty‚ say experts Tue Apr 21 2009 04:49:49 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) by IANS ( 2 comments ) New Delhi‚ April 21 (IANS) Calling the Indian examination system faulty‚ education experts at a seminar Tuesday said the system of examination here fails to create questioning minds. Amit Kapoor‚ chairman of the Institute of Competitiveness who was one of the panellists‚ said that students in schools and colleges here choose to study at the end of the year with just
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formalized the concept of growth poles in 1949?/1955? • A lot is written about the growth pole concept by different authors‚ some of which are based on empirical studies • Names associated with the growth pole theories: Perroux‚ Boudeville‚ Hirshman‚ Myrdal‚ Friedman and many more Origins… Cont’d • Perroux originally defined growth poles as abstract economic space: “a centre in abstract economic space from which centrifugal forces emanate and to which centripetal forces are attracted. Each center being
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