countries the index finger is preferred to the middle‚ but the meaning remains crystal clear. There are tons of different stories for the origin of the finger; going back as far as 2‚500 years. Some make mention to Greek tragedies‚ phallic representation‚ perverse Roman emperors‚ English long bowmen‚ and annoyed deaf people but‚ we just don’t know the actual origin. Nonetheless‚ the middle finger is probably the most universally-understood hand gesture in the world.
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“Who was more to blame for the origins and development of the Cold War in Europe: Stalin or Truman?” The cold war was a period of intense antagonism between the two superpowers- the United States and the Soviet Union‚ lasting from 1945-1991. Both leaders‚ Stalin and Truman‚ had a huge role to play in the cold war‚ but ultimately‚ it was Stalin who was more to blame for the origins and development of the cold war in Europe. Stalin’s foreign policy tended to be expansionist‚ as can be seen
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For the greater part of history‚ the existing stratification order was regarded as an immutable feature of society and the implicit objective of commentators was to explain or justify that order in terms of religious or quasi-religious doctrines. ORIGINS OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION In early societies‚ people shared a common social standing. As societies evolved and became more complex‚ they began to elevate some members. Today‚ stratification‚ a system by which society ranks its members in a hierarchy
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Academy of Sciences of the USA 6 11. ^ De Cock‚ R.; Matthysen‚ E. (2005)‚ Sexual communication by pheromones in a firefly‚ Phosphaenus hemipterus (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)‚ Animal Behaviour Further reading • Branham‚ M. A.; Wenzel‚ J. W. (2003)‚ "The origin of photic behavior and the evolution of sexual communication in fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)"‚ Cladistics 19 (1): 1–22‚ doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2003.tb00404.x. • Lewis‚ S. M.; Cratsley‚ C. K. (2008)‚ "Flash signal evolution‚ mate choice‚ and
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My personal and professional values are congruent to social work and the NASW Code of Ethics. One of the values is my self-determination to promote social justice and social change on behalf of the clients. I would like to emphasize how significant this value is to me because this was one of the reasons that motivated me to pursue this career‚ which is not related to my B.A. in Art/Major in Graphic Design. Prior to starting the MSW program I was working as a tutor and did a bit of volunteering at
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The Limitations and Constraints of Marketing Sales of Goods Act 1979: The Sales of Goods Act enforces a strict set of rules that retailers and sellers must abide by. When an individual buys goods they enter into a contract with the seller of these goods. The Sales of Goods Act means that goods must be as described‚ of satisfactory quality and fit for purpose. This means‚ for example‚ if something was advertised as the colour red and when it was purchased was in fact the colour blue‚ the Sales of
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is sample of Scope and Limitation. This was used on a CASE STUDY entitled “Comparison and Contrast of sorting algorithm between Visual Basic.net and Java (Netbeans)”. This will help you to construct your own scope and limitation according to your study. This will serve only as your overview and guide for this part of case study. SAMPLE SCOPE AND LIMITATION: COMPARISON AND CONTRAST OF SORTING ALGORITHM BETWEEN VISUAL BASIC.NET AND JAVA (NETBEANS) Scope and Limitation Scope The
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The origin of the gothic people What is a goth? In the late 20th century a goth was a member of a subculture favouring black clothing‚ white and black make up and punk rock music with mystical lyrics. In the 18th century the term ‘Gothic’ was used to describe a genre of literature that had elements of horror. In the middle ages it was used to describe a style of architecture characterized by pointed arches‚ rib vaults‚ flying buttresses‚ with large windows and elaborate tracery (in short the Gothic
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BUDDHISM AND THE ORIGIN OF LIFE Buddhism is a religious and social philosophy which was founded by Siddhartha Gautama in the 5th century bc.He was the son of a noble from the northern part of India who became obsessed with finding the answer to the question of human suffering. He left his family‚ wife‚ son and a life of privileged comforts to go live in the forest in an effort to find the answer to the question that so tormented him. He lived in the forest for six years practicing extreme asceticism
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drifting away. This has continued until the continents were in the places we know them to be today. This drift has caused the formation of separate oceans instead of one huge one. This drift still continues today. Volcanoes affected the origins of the sea by pouring huge amounts of steam into the atmosphere. This would result in the process of condensation. The volcanoes would pour steam and the Earth would cool down‚ which lead to condensation. The process caused water to fill up the hollows
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