Understanding wood Trees are in essence‚ plants that can be harvested. If most plants have a fairly short rotation time‚ measured in week or months‚ depending in what kind of soil they are growing or in which type of climate‚ trees are a bit more permanent. What we mostly use from a tree‚ it’s its trunk. Of course there are oils and resins‚ but wood would be by far the ‘ingredient’ we use the most from a tree. That trunk‚ stays upright for years and it gives the tree the possibility to constantly
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What is The Great Awakening? The Awakening was a period of great revivalism that spread throughout the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s. It deemphasized the importance of church doctrine and instead put a greater importance on the individual and their spiritual experience. What most people refer to as “the first Great Awakening” can be described as a renewal of religion that swept through the colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s. The beginnings of the first Great Awakening appeared among the
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What is the difference between ecosystem and ecology? Ecosystem is the physical system (an open system) in which the mutual interaction between biotic and aboitic component motored by the energy component is studied. While the Ecology is the science which study the interrelation between Abiotic (inorganic) and Biotic (organic) components as well as the interaction among the biotic component. To make it more clear‚ ecosystem is the fundamental unit of ecological study. Ecology vs Ecosystem
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Historically‚ rich and powerful individuals with more authority have control of labeling what is not normal and what is deviant. Social norms‚ like laws‚ are created by the rich and powerful to protect their interest; so that they can socially construct deviance and crime to their advantage. The article Fraternities and Collegiate Rape Culture: Why Are Some Fraternities More Dangerous Places for Women by Ayres Boswell and Joan Spade personifies this process. Specifically‚ Boswell and Spade analyze
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Tocqueville and Marx both held vigorous beliefs on what the new systems of government and economy of the time could or will inevitable lead to. On one hand Marx saw the history of the world through the lense of class struggle‚ leading to his conclusion that the ever growing capitalist system was no more than another edition to the eternal conflict between the oppressor and the oppressed. “The Modern Bourgeois society that has sprouted from the ruins of feudal society has not done away with class
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free bartering. These two differences in approach are what are make the articles radically unlike to each other. Both take an in-depth view point to each individual’s views and morals on the issue of wealth and how they think everyone else should approach personal wealth. Now let’s analyze both articles and how each writer takes a different standing on a similar issue. Franklin was a strong believer in the moral of frugality and how we should conserve as much as possible. That we as Americans should
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compass‚ snow accessories‚ etc. Chris thought he would be fine with what he had. The difference between Thoreau and Chris is that Thoreau “went to the woods because he wished to live deliberately (Walden).” He wanted to‚ “live deep and suck out all the marrow of life (Walden).”
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It was only after the 1990 after the demise of the communist regime in Eastern Europe that Albania opened its doors to the modern capitalist world and the economy switched from state to private administration. Construction and real estate were the first and the biggest industries that reflected this drastic change on the capital ownership‚ demographic movements and cultural developments of the society. The demand for construction mainly for housing was rapidly rising but construction was seen as a
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1. What is the difference between a. and a. List the four types of senior living communities that exist in the United States and in 2-4 sentences describe the typical characteristics of each. Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs): These communities offer a variety of care‚ ranging from independent living to skilled nursing services‚ with various contract and fee options. Residents typically sign a residency agreement that guarantees access to different levels of care as their needs change
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Initially faced with disgust and contempt by the indigenous peoples they conquered‚ the Amorites of ancient Mesopotamia were nonetheless able to bring about extraordinary societal change to the land between two rivers. Unbeknownst to themselves‚ the Amorites set the model for future land-hungry nomadic groups to follow. Notably‚ the Mongolians in the 13th century followed in the steps of the Amorites to realize a comparable demographic shift. Although both Amorites and Mongols alike were able to
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