Kingston-type ware or also known as surrey white-wares were very common from the 13th to the 16th centuries and were made of white-firing‚ sandy clay‚ tempered with rounded quartz sand. All Kingston-type wares are wheel-thrown‚ apart from a few forms that were slab-built. However‚ it was not until the end of the 11th century that local potters began to use and experiment with applying glaze to their wares. By the end of the 12th century‚ most ceramic industries in the London area had applied glazes
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the 9th century‚ and the initial documents of the ingredients were seen in the 11th century. At first‚ gunpowder was applied to commence fires. The Chinese also used it to blind‚ burn and poison people and give off a smoke screen. Another important use of gunpowder was used in fireworks. In China during the 12th-century fireworks were a way of scaring bad spirits and by the 17th century‚ they were a common form of fun in Europe. Gunpowder was used to cure skin
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| Does technology change culture or culture change technology?« Diane Rehm radio show on Social Networks on the WebWhat ever happened to KQML? »Does technology change culture or culture change technology?Tim Finin‚ 1:00pm 10 July 2006 TweetI attended the CRA’s Snowbird Conference last month. The most interesting talk was a keynote from Genevieve Bell (also see here) who is an anthropologist who works at Intel Research. One of her messages was that while we tend to think that technology changes culture
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Technology gives free time for some people‚ but for others it is hard to use. Also you can get distracted by ads and games. Some people have internet that is hard to use to get things done and it takes forever to load a page‚ so technology does not give you more free time; it depends on what type of technology you are using. If you are using a cell phone to write a book report‚ that would be foolish. It would be easier to write it on paper. When you are doing research and you use Google to find
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with technology is eerily predicted. In this society the government has made it illegal to own or read books. The novel involves a fireman‚ Guy Montag‚ who has set fire to houses that contain book his entire life. Later on‚ Montag begins reading books he has stolen over a period of time‚ and eventually he rebels against the government. Bradbury’s novel explores how technology affects society’s happiness as well as society’s affect to independent thought. In Fahrenheit 451 society uses technology
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Sandy Cromer July 19‚ 2014 P157 Week Two Study Guide A body of rules that defines crime and punishes people convicted of committing crimes is how criminal law is defined. Classification of crimes is based on the extent or type of punishment that can be given. Felony- Imprisonment of greater than a year. Misdemeanor- Fine or imprisonment for not more than a year. Petty offenses or infraction- Traffic or building code violations. A prosecutor must prove the elements of criminal liability
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In the world today there are five different forms of energy available to us to use: mechanical‚ chemical‚ radiant‚ electrical and nuclear. (Tillery‚ 2009 p. 62) Each of these forms of energy can be converted from one type of energy to another. An example of this would be electrical energy turning into mechanical energy every time you use your blender. The electrical energy flows through the mechanical device providing it the power it needs to make the blade move in a circular motion and blend
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for things that can be bought at half price or have a certain percentage off. Regardless of which shopping mall you enter‚ there will always be a variety of various shoppers; it is almost guaranteed that if observed closely‚ one of the four major types will be easily identified. Thus‚ your everyday mall is filled with shoppers that are categorized into four major categories: bargain‚ aggressive‚ impulsive and hesitant. The Hesitant Shopper: The Hesitant shopper is an individual who wants to buy
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1) What it means. Simple version - imagine I have 1 million bottles in my drinks cupboard (which alas I do not ). If one of them is vodka and the rest are gin‚ then the vodka is "1 part per million". If I go and swap some more gin bottles for vodka‚ so that I end up with 23 bottles of vodka and 999 977 gin‚ (so still a million in total)‚ then the vodka is now "23 parts per million" 2) Relating it to other units Returning to my hypothetical drinks cupboard - or a slightly more realistic version
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I found the idea of ‘good’ in Book 1 to be particularly interesting. Aristotle begins Politics by defining that a state is defined by its “view to some good” (1252a1). He later goes on to define that the state exists “for the sake of a good life” after its citizens have met their bare necessities. What does Aristotle mean by ‘good’? Does it mean happiness? Stability? I found this idea particularly intriguing because Aristotle points out that this goodness is best achieved collectively rather than
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