Stare decisis is a legal term that refers to precedent for current case decisions. | 3 | Which of the following is a lesson Bowen McCoy learned as a result of his mountain-climbing experience with the lost sadhu? | a. | that individual values should be set aside when there is danger to survival | | | b. | that survival of the fittest is the best approach to life and business | | | c. | that individual employees in a company deserve and require support of the group for their individual needs and concerns | | | d. | that the sadhu was wrong for being on the mountain unprepared | | | status: not answered () correct: c your answer: | 4 | "Everybody else does it": | a.
The collection mainly comprises ceramics and carved stone sculptures, especially the ceramic cups known as keros; these were ritually smashed and buried after ceremonial use. After our stop at the museum we'll begin our tour of the Ruins of Tiwanaku. Although it may have been inhabited as early as 1500BC as a farming village, Tiwanaku became an urban center starting aorund 300AD and grew in power over the next centuries, becoming a city-state, prestigious pilgrimage site, and the administrative center of the Kingdom of Tiwanaku, whose dominion expanded throughout Bolivia and into Chile and Peru. Around 1000AD the city fell due to drought, and any remaining scattered populations were conquered and assimilated for a brief period into the Inca Empire somewhere in the late 15th century or early 16th century. Despite years of abuse at the hands of tomb raiders and misguided excavations, the site still stuns with its giant stone monoliths (the largest block in the site weighs approximately 131 tons!)
By 1881 Tombstone had a population of 4000, making it Arizona’s largest town and the biggest community between New Orleans and San Francisco. Tombstone would find itself full of lawlessness; outlaws and soiled doves would soon outnumber the law abiding citizens. With the town becoming out of control Wyatt Earp was called in to bring the law back into the town and clean up the mean streets of Tombstone. He brought along his brothers, Virgil and Morgan, and was soon followed by Wyatt’s friend Doc Holliday. The worst of them all were the Clanton Clan also known as The Cowboys, and run by Billy Clanton.
Originally thought to be buried in the Grey Friars Church, in the 1530’s, the Church was destroyed and the remains were considered lost. The grounds were so forgotten that at one point it served as an English car park. In 2012, a group of archeologists from Leicester University found the remains of a body in the car park where the Grey Friars Church once stood. In the simple tomb was a decrepit skeleton which after careful analysis could be traced to King Richard the Third. According to the Archeologist who uncovered the body their educated guess became much more than estimation after noticing two major abnormalities in the skeleton.
Can’t wait to see how Krakauer reaches the top. • Chapter Two - Three o Chapter two leaves Krakauer to talk about some of the history of Everest, which I actually enjoyed; hopefully he’ll do it later in the book too. The chapter talks about Hillary, the famed Australian to be the first man to reach Everest, I really like the side stories that are coming out from this book, and not just the Krakauer story.
He was highly thought of and respected, but he wasn’t happy so he left to become a Samana. “If you find bliss in the forest, come back and teach me (pg. 12)…” Siddhartha’s friend Govinda, who was forever loyal to him, went with him into the forest. There, they became followers of Samana. Years later, the two friends stumbled upon a Buddhist region and met the “Illustrious One” or, Gotama.
RESEARCH CULTURAL ICONS AND SOCIAL HISTORY The Great Sphinx was built in approximately 2500 BC by the pharaoh Khafra, the builder of the Second Pyramid at Giza.The Great Sphinx is a large human-headed lion that was carved from a mound of natural rock. It is located in Giza where it guards the front of Khafra's pyramid. The greatest monumental sculpture in the ancient world, the Sphinx is carved out of a single ridge of stone 240 feet (73 meters) long and 66 feet (20 meters) high. The sphinx is built of soft sandstone and would have disappeared long ago had it not been buried for so long. It was the first time that a pharaoh had been represented in this way with the body of a lion, even though this animal had symbolised royalty ancient
Lucy the Beginnings of Humankind is a novel about the impressive discovery of our ancestors by Donald Johanson and Maitland Edey. This discovery changed the way scientists thought about the origins of humankind. The discovery of Lucy proves that humans evolved from apes millions of years ago. It also provides further evidence that supports the fact that bipedalism preceded increase in brain size in human evolution. Finding 40% of the bones from Lucy was extremely impressive to scientists and especially to a paleoanthropologist because of the simple fact that these bones are over 3 million years old.
The Power of Adventure In the book, Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer, Krakauer writes about his failed exploration in Alaska that forced him to turn around after many setbacks. Chris McCandless, the main character of this novel is found dead in an abandoned bus in the Alaskan wilderness and his travels are retraced back through the two years he went missing. Krakauer explores McCandless’s motivations and experiences to recount on his own experience attempting to climb Devils Thumb. Most of Krakauer’s life was spent in and around Alaska, which was a major influence to write this novel. Krakauer’s childhood was a life outdoors and full of adventure, which was brought on by his father.
Dozens of architectural and cultural sites will also disappear under the reservoir. Among the most notable are relics of the ancient Ba people, who lived in the region some 4,000 years ago. 300,000 Killed in 20th-Century Floods Chinese authorities estimate that some 300,000 people were killed in the 20th century's largest Yangtze River floods. Officials believe that the dam will protect some 15 million people from such deadly waters, as well as 1.5 million acres (607,000 hectares) of farmland. The wall is built