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    technology and innovation

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    Human beings‚ in contrast with other species‚ do not possess highly developed instinctive reactions but have the capacity to think systematically and creatively about techniques. Human beings can thus innovate and consciously modify their environment in a way no other species has achieved. An ape may on occasion use a stick to beat bananas from a tree. A human being can fashion the stick into a cutting tool and remove a whole bunch of bananas. By virtue of human being’s nature as a toolmaker‚ a

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    EXAM I VOCABULARY Paleolithic and Neolithic Vocabulary to Know: * Paleolithic – 40‚000-8‚000 BC Old Stone Age‚ mankind produced * Neolithic – New Stone Age 1. Comes about at different times at different locations due to ice age ending unevenly 1. Development of organized system of agriculture (replacing hunting gathering community) 1. Domestication of animals 1. Permanent architecture (year round settlements) * Iconography – pictoral representations * sculpture

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    became proficient in new techniques of casting and shaping copper‚ which put them ahead of the world around them. Finally‚ the Sumerian jewelry was often not just decorative pieces of metal or stone but they often carried or displayed precious metals and rocks. This form of jewelry became a stepping-stone into the way jewelry is formed today. Egyptian art‚ unlike Sumerian art‚ was meant to be used for the importance of religion and to allow the upper class citizens to have beautiful houses. While

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    she later recalled.[5] Stone was cast for a brief role in Allen’s Stardust Memories (1980)‚[3] and then had a speaking part a year later in the horror film Deadly Blessing (1981). French director Claude Lelouch cast her in Les Uns et les Autres (1982)‚ starring James Caan.[6] She was on screen for two minutes and did not appear in the credits. Her next film role was in Irreconcilable Differences (1984)‚ starring Ryan O’Neal‚ Shelley Long‚ and a young Drew Barrymore. Stone played a starlet who breaks

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    (kinda like vultures…)‚ and hunting live animals Paleolithic: stone‚ not metal tools—stone age Cultural and learned skills of the Paleolithic age- define history Out of Africa to the Ends of the Earth: First Migrations Human life started in Africa Culture: learned or invented ways of living‚ became more important than biology in shaping behavior Humans started inhabiting life in new places- lead to technological innovation Stone blades‚ sharp points on sticks‚ tools from bones and grindstones

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    A Rape On Campus Summary

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    Rolling Stone’s “A Rape on Campus” was one of the most scandalous journalism mistake ever seen. How a magazine such as Rolling Stone could publish an article that was a complete and total lie‚ is beyond me. In my opinion‚ Sabrina Erdely ignored many red flags that should have brought up some skepticism about the story she was reporting on. When Erdely first heard Jackie’s story she said‚ she remembered being “a bit incredulous” about the vividness of some of the details Jackie offered. This should

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    complaints of flank‚ back‚ or abdominal pain. Radiation‚ characteristics and timing‚ aggravating or relieving factors. Has the patient had any nausea and vomiting‚ possible contributing factors such as dehydration? Is there a previous history of kidney stones? What current or previous treatments have the resident done. I would want to know the general appearance including position‚ vital signs‚ skin color‚ temperature‚ moisture‚ turgor‚ abdominal or costovertebral tenderness. I would also want to know

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    sky factor into Paleolithic‚ Neolithic‚ and Mesolithic art and monuments. Paleolithic means Old Stone Age and the art was mainly consisted of paintings in their caves and Venus figurines. Neolithic means New Stone Age and the art was consisted of the Stonehenge‚ figures‚ and pottery. Mesolithic means Middle Stone Age and the art consisted of some pottery‚ hand tools‚ and some figurines. In the Old Stone Age‚ (Paleolithic) their art was consisted of mainly paintings on cave walls. People painted animals

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    Wall Street Movie Essay

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    1987 film‚ Wall Street‚ directed by Oliver Stone starring Charlie Sheen and Michael Douglas‚ is the story about a naïve Wall Street broker who desperately wants to make it big on Wall Street. But Bud Fox played by Charlie Sheen soon finds after being mentored by the Wall Street giant‚ Gordon Gekko‚ played by Michael Douglas‚ that being the best requires a lot more than he expected. A reoccurring theme that Stone threaded throughout the film was greed. Stone uses Gordon Gekko as a vehicle to symbolize

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    Column Rosetta stone The Rosetta stone is listed as “a stone of black granite‚ bearing three inscriptions…found at Rosetta”‚ in a contemporary catalogue of the artifacts discovered by the French expedition and surrendered to British troops in 1801. At some period after its arrival in London‚ the inscriptions on the stone were colored in white chalk to make them more legible and the remaining surface was covered with a layer of carnauba wax designed to protect the Rosetta Stone from visitors fingers

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