When Columbus first started his voyage, the idea was to travel to India. ... Another custom that made Caribbean inhabitants and black Africans distinct from Europeans was face and body markings. Whereas Europeans used jewelry to beautify their appearance, these two civilizations mostly used body markings to enhance the beauty of their bodies or to emphasize their position in the tribe. Columbus describes his amusement with this custom explaining how inhabitants' bodies, "all naked and painted white, red, black, and in many different ways "13, made them seem much fiercer than anything he ...

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Additionally, means of transportation started to become faster and more efficient allowing migration to increase and lead to a demographical rise in population globally with a non-stop population increase. ... Not only power sources but also pesticides and insecticides were introduced to the agricultural sector, a lot of people started to suffer from malnutrition or other symptoms that the chemicals give the body....

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Their bodies do not process chemicals in the same way our bodies do. ... After the repeated torture, most animals are killed (if not already dead due to the experiment), to better examine what effect the drugs had on their bodies (Put Your"). ... To complete the test, scientists must kill all 200 rats (the number of rats they test at one time) and bake their heads in an oven to simulate the results of a human's body temperature reacting to the fluoride(Science"). ... Some people are so in opposition of animal research that they create a will stating that after their death, they want th...

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Other possible links on how feudalism started is when local leaders gained followers during the Muslim and Magyar attacks during the 9th and 11th century, or when the Treaty of Verdun in 843 caused Frankish kingdom to divide into 3 kingdoms, which lead to decline of strong rulers. ... For these reasons, the start of the Early Middle Ages represents the drastic change from monarchy to feudalism. ... This led to the start of a constitutional government and formation of a powerful parliament.2 Although the king's power was limited, the fall of the later Churches (due to the Crusades) caused ...

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Magistrates would call upon a significant body of citizens at times of adversity. ... Clark similarly states that "by the 18th century a loose urban network was becoming consolidated across the continent and new kinds of city had started to proliferate" (Clark 109). For example capital cities started to develop (with a centralised government and administrative body) and Atlantic ports such as Seville allowed for trade to blossom. ...

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Excessive use may cause an imbalance in the users normal hormonal balance and body chemistry. ... Steroids can also be physiologically addictive, and when started, users: particularly athletes, enjoy the physical benefits of increased size, strength, and endurance, some so much that they are reluctant to stop even when told about the risks. ...

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However, Portugal's location on the southwestern edge of the European continent enabled it to start exploration before Spain and the other countries. ... The astrolabe, an instrument developed my Muslims and used to determine the altitude of the sun and other celestial bodies, allowed sailors to plot their latitude. ...

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"In the howling universe of passion and contention...there was but one quite steady figure, and that was a woman's...she had trodden on the body to steady it for mutilation.... Madame Defarge's violent mien is unveiled at the storming of the Bastille-- the start of the French Revolution. ...

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However that is just one example of how globalization is affecting the nation hood of countries, there are many more and some will be touched up directly in this body of writing. Trade and foreign exchange started to be liberalized in the Caribbean in the early 1990's. ... The United States turned their sights to Ethiopia's neighboring country Somalia, the U.S then started to provide the country with the military support that they once provided to Ethiopia. ... This can also be a bad thing as it does conflict with cultures for example a recent Asian study realized the since the 199...

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"The Functions of a Patrol Officer" The oldest and most basic function in law enforcement is the patrol function. The purpose of patrol is strictly to protect and preserve life and property in communities. Along with protecting citizens, patrol officers deteriorate crime by becoming a visible ...

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The first conscious attempt at the international level to solving refugee problems started in 1921 when the first High Commissioner for Refugees was appointed by the League of Nations. ... The Origins of the international Refugee Regime - 1920's It is generally believed in the academic circle and among scholars that the international refugee protection regime started in the twentieth century. ...

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This idea persisted for a long while, although the 18th-century French scientist Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, reasoned that the Earth cooled from an originally molten body and that this would have required at least 75,000 years. ... From the start of this era, seas began to encroach on the continents. ...

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The human body has a system in place to protect somewhat against ultraviolet light, which involves the release of melanin and pigments into the epidermis. ... Proceedings for the convention were started in 1981, after reports of frighteningly low ozone levels above Antarctica as well as the decimation of the Rhine valley ecosystem by acid rain sparked global interest in the ecological impact of industrial waste chemicals. ...

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Capitalism is an economic system where such items that can generate monetary value are owned by private businesses and corporations which trade in a 'free market' of competition. This system uses the investment of money or 'capital' to produce hefty profit for its owners and shareholders...

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The gates swing open and inside lay mounds of emaciated corpses, haggard and diseased victims and remnants of skeletons within ovens so vast that they defy belief. At the close of World War II, the Allied Powers (The United States of America, England, France, and The Soviet Union) were faced with the dilemma of how to deal with the vanquished Axis military and political regime which had committed horrific crimes in its pursuit of world dominance. The United States, taking the dominant role, set forth in the Moscow Declaration of 1943 methods to deal with the punishment of Germany. Thus the N...

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The convening of this electoral body representing the three major estates or classes of France, which had not met in over one hundred years, shocked the nation. ... Louis XVI began to sweat as he watched this mass of citizens start their rebellion and was unsure of what to do about it. ...

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Any cost benefit analysis would start from a recognition that globalisation has indeed improved economic efficiency and it has provided enhanced individual liberty for many; but in its failure to ensure social justice on a global scale, it also inhibits liberty for many more. ...

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