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    inspired by his emotions‚ and he created a series of about 22 paintings‚ called The Frieze Of Life‚ where his feelings were truly laying on canvas‚ some of those paintings are‚ The Sick Child‚ Jealousy‚ Anxiety‚ Melancholy‚ and Death In The Sickroom. Munch was inspired by his life experiences‚ and expressed himself through painting (Edvard Munch). Even after his death in 1944‚ Edvard Munch inspires many artists‚ and his paintings from The Frieze Of Life are his most famous pieces. His art is very

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    Vernacular Language

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    Vernacular Language Vernacular language is the native language of a specific population during the Middle Ages. Latin and French were the most commonly used for literature. The general population did not have the ability to read or write. Mainly‚ the only people who learned how to read and write were the wealthy and upper class citizens. Eventually the general population learned to read and write using their own language or in other words vernacular. Origins Most of the vernacular languages

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    EMPLOYEE TURNOVER AND MOTIVATION AT THE WORKPLACE FOREST CONSERVATION BOTSWANA Prepared by: Judith Nomvuyo Ndlovu 1.0 Introduction Forest Conservation Botswana (FCB) is a company registered under the Botswana’s companies’ Act and mandated to manage the Tropical Forest Conservation Fund (TFCF) in Botswana. The company is a non-profit making entity and is directed by the Ministry of Environment‚ Wildlife and Tourism on behalf of the Governments of Botswana and the United

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    “The American Political Tradition” published in 1948 was written by a well-known historian at Colombia University. Richard Hofstadter was born on August 6‚ 1916‚ in Buffalo‚ New York. He attended both the University of Buffalo and Columbia University where he studied philosophy and history. Hofstadter was married twice and later in 1970 died from leukemia. Throughout his life Hofstadter had a lot of published works including Social Darwinism in American Thought‚ William Leggett‚ Spokesman of Jacksonian

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    There once was a boy named Tyrone. Tyrone was having problems at home. So every day he would go meet his uncle at the studio‚ that he happened to own‚ and that is where he wrote down all of his emotions and recorded them to music. This is how he successfully gets through his day. Rap music or better known as Hip Hop was originated in the Bronx. Artist like: Biggie and Tupac has effected artist like Jay Z and Andre 3000. Tupac and Biggie have a similarity with Jay Z and Andre 3000‚ they all speak

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    African American’s had a second class status in 1865‚ therefore their life was hard. By the nineteenth century slavery had been abolished throughout America’s Northern states‚ however it continued across the South. Between 1890 and 1910‚ the southern states government introduced the ‘Jim Crow’ laws‚ which allowed legal segregation. This created separate facilities for blacks and whites‚ these included education‚ healthcare‚ transport and public facilities such as; toilets‚ bus stations and drinking

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    November 16‚ 2012 Why the American Democracy Does Not Work Democracy in America does not work. The system has failed too many times and when problems do get addressed‚ they get addressed by using tactics that break the Constitutional guidelines. Slavery almost broke the Union and if President Abraham Lincoln did not violate the Constitution‚ slavery would have destroyed the Union. Economic crises test the limits and powers of the government. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt stretched

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    In the novel Typical American written by Gish Jen‚ the protagonist‚ Ralph Chang‚ makes a mistake in which he shifts and tortures his original American dream to a false and ‘poisonous’ dream that causes his ultimate familial‚ moral and financial collapse; in other words‚ he fails to create a ‘China’ with traditional values in America. However‚ he actually becomes more mature after gaining a valuable lesson from his flaws. Because of his excessive pride and confidence‚ Ralph is considered a tragic

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    Vernacular buildings What extent it is a question of the use of locally available materials and traditional building techniques The definition of vernacular buildings got a lot of people confused as some sources used a person opinion or complicates the meaning but to simplify it‚ vernacular buildings is an approach of architecture that uses local material and resources in a certain area or region where a building is built and undertakes local needs. Before 1900s‚ people unconsciously built vernacular

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    How Does Catapult Work

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    city-states. As we know‚ catapults were mainly used in the medieval era‚ or rather‚ it is most famous for use in that time‚ which you have probably seen in movies and books. How Does the Catapult Work? There is quite a bit of science behind the making of the catapult‚ and how it works. It is similar to a ballista that it works by storing tension in a flexed piece of wood or in twisted ropes. It’s similar to a bow‚ but on a much larger scale. However‚ that is just the catapult which is probably most

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