Culture and Society Articles

Culture and Society | By Musa Aykac @ Thursday, 25th September 2008 @ 2:39 AM

We don't want to hear it, especially now with the oil prices at an all time high and panic is set among the whole world. But what will happen when the oil does eventually finish? Will it bring us back to traditional ways of living? Or will it cause uncontrollable wars? Well I set out to find an alternative, and a way to produce oil and have stumbled across a pretty amazing invention, or as you may put it as an idea. In America a pretty intelligent inventor, has come to plans with a m... more...

Culture and Society | By Derek Dashwood @ Wednesday, 24th September 2008 @ 12:02 PM

Marco Polo and his father and uncle discovered a new, more northern Silk Road to Chinese antiques when they alighted from their sailing vessel on the north east coast of the Black Sea. They walked north east and found an established east-west trading Silk Road around the north end of the Aral Sea, and from here they passed a series of mountain ranges and were generally able to fairly easily bypass most mountain routes and traverse this more northern Silk Road to Cathay, or China to us now. Their... more...

Culture and Society | By Kadence Buchanan @ Wednesday, 24th September 2008 @ 9:16 AM

Etymology is the study or the science of words, their history, their origins, their sources, the time periods in which they made it into a specific language or a set of languages and under which circumstances as well as the evolvement and transformation of their meanings. Demography, on the other hand, is the study or science of the very important statistical information about communities, populations, societies or nations. Demography is that part of human history which deals most specifically... more...

Culture and Society | By Thomas Pretty @ Wednesday, 24th September 2008 @ 7:38 AM

Car rental is an integral part of many people's travel plans and is used all around the world to travel from A to B. whether travelling on business, journeying with the family or simply on holiday wanting to explore, car rental services are extremely helpful. But where did these services arise from? Who was the first to realise the niche in the market supplied by rental services? The history of the industry is naturally closely entwined with the development of the motorcar and automobile in... more...

Culture and Society | By Thomas Pretty @ Wednesday, 24th September 2008 @ 6:46 AM

Today, blinds are used to cover windows in any number of locations. From large corporate business, to the rollers and slat blinds in domestic properties the blind is in many cases the window covering of choice. The word blind is essentially self explanatory; they effectively 'blind' those on either side of the window, blocking light and vision. Modern blinds can be adapted to suit nearly any situation. For instance advances in modern manufacturing have meant that some blinds have fanta... more...

Culture and Society | By Musa Aykac @ Wednesday, 24th September 2008 @ 6:03 AM

Oil prices have risen again and this time it has been the biggest ever single gain. They jumped from $16.37 per barrel to an agonising $120. Not only will this have repercussions on investors, but it is yet again to set the daily living cost to a ridiculous rate including petrol, oil and diesel prices hitting the roof. Back in July, when oil hit its all time high price of around $145 per gallon, panic struck, flights were being cancelled and people could not afford to drive. Airline such ... more...

Culture and Society | By Jerry Work @ Tuesday, 23rd September 2008 @ 11:55 PM

Spain is a beautiful country that offers a fantastic lifestyle to those who are willing to make the move. Yes, you will eventually need to learn the Spanish language (or find a way to quickly translate English to Spanish), and yes, there will be some difficulties making the transition from the U.S. But it will all be worth it once you let yourself be enveloped in the Spanish life style. 1. Perhaps the number one feature of Spain that makes it a wonderful place to live is the people. Spai... more...

Culture and Society | By Derek Dashwood @ Tuesday, 23rd September 2008 @ 2:18 PM

By 1220 AD when Marco Polo and his father and his uncle began their treck eastward, they had to carve a route from Europe to the China of Chinese antiques. There had long been a Silk Road to the east from Damascus. In fact as Damascus was the western terminus of this thousands of miles long trading route, the finely woven silk Damask was created in Damascus, the oldest continually inhabited human settlement on earth. The great arc of civilization lifted around Jericho, down through Mesopotamia a... more...

Culture and Society | By MIKE SELVON @ Monday, 22nd September 2008 @ 11:41 PM

When you get behind the wheel of your car, it is important to realize that you cannot just mosey along and forget about what is going on around you. You must be responsible enough to remain alert and watch the many drivers around you. People who do not do this cause accidents each year, some resulting in fatalities. Many driving classes include defensive driver training to help new drivers, and sometimes experienced ones, to become more aware of the importance of defensive driving. Anybod... more...

Culture and Society | By Aydan Corkern @ Monday, 22nd September 2008 @ 8:58 PM

The majority of us might never have to know the devastation of having to leave our homes to go live in some public shelter. It is something that no family expects to have to do, but when natural disasters strike, there could be no other choice available. Some people who are evacuated from there homes because of a flood or fire situation in their area, might not have any friends or relatives to go to. When there is no money available to seek shelter in a motel or rent a new temporary home, a publ... more...

Culture and Society | By Christine OKelly @ Monday, 22nd September 2008 @ 7:35 PM

A protective suit needs to be comfortable to work in, but it also needs to have an adequate level of safety. The chemicals involved, the risk of fumes and gases, and particulate matter all factor into this equation. The aspects you will need to consider include how sealed the plastic suit is, how absorbent the material is for the chemical you are working with, and what rules and regulations you need to satisfy. Safety Rating If you are working with unknown substances and there is a... more...

Culture and Society | By Derek Dashwood @ Monday, 22nd September 2008 @ 6:45 PM

Marco Polo had been warned by his father and his uncle on the etiquette of court in ancient Cathay, China to our modern mind. How well you expressed your kowtow, that is your bow to the emperor, said much about your wise use of subtle means to express deeper desires. Marco had many opportunities to practice his bows, and made good use of each new meeting with friend of foe, all would be rreceived by Marco with a generous bow, a very respectful deep bow, some times too deep for one of low station... more...

Culture and Society | By Amy Nutt @ Monday, 22nd September 2008 @ 1:00 PM

All you have to do is pay attention to literature, the media, movies, pop culture and the internet to notice that the English language is quickly becoming something of a universal language. Business transactions across borders and over the internet are largely conducted in English. International relations and policy are also commonly carried out in the English language. For these reasons and many others, it is highly beneficial to have at least a somewhat operating knowledge of English. In f... more...

Culture and Society | By Samantha Gilmartin @ Monday, 22nd September 2008 @ 11:38 AM

Halloween is just around the corner, shops are loading their windows with witches hats, broomsticks, plastic spiders and all manner of ghoulish costumes. Here in the UK, scorn is poured on the holiday, mainly due to the fact the meaning of Halloween is largely unknown and often misunderstood. Many consider it to be an Americanisation and to some extent it is, others simply do not want to open their doors to mischievous children in cheap rubber masks. The true history of Halloween was los... more...

Culture and Society | By Dominic Donaldson @ Monday, 22nd September 2008 @ 9:07 AM

very Saturday and Wednesday millions of hopeful British citizens clutch with dear life their small red tickets, basking in the dreams of what might be as the 6 numbers are drawn. All their hopes and dreams are enclosed in the distinctive piece of red coloured paper that is synonymous with the National Lottery, or the Lotto draw and its manifold spawned secondary games. All but one in fourteen million never fulfil these dreams. There is a one in two point three million chance of getting fi... more...

Culture and Society | By Anna Stenning @ Monday, 22nd September 2008 @ 9:01 AM

Living in Essex for the most part of my life, has made me realise that the prospect of finding work after graduating terribly difficult. Going out to your chosen establishment and handing over your CV is simply not enough to secure a position with them. The Essex recruitment rate has never changed, with some parts of Essex offering even fewer jobs than others. This is especially true for people within the legal sector, looking to work in a specific legal field (namely within the legal field). more...

Culture and Society | By Aydan Corkern @ Sunday, 21st September 2008 @ 11:08 PM

A long time ago, there were a lot of Indians. They lived in the western days when they had tribes. The Indians would dance around a fire and pray to the spirit for a good hunt or a good crop season or anything they wanted to pray for. They believed in the spirits so much that they relied on them for everything. They believed that they would turn into animal spirits when they die. For example, they could turn into an eagle, bear, wolf, etc. They also believed that their ancestors and thei... more...

Culture and Society | By Aydan Corkern @ Sunday, 21st September 2008 @ 10:15 PM

Indians used smoke signals to call the other Indians in their tribe to come for a meeting. They would send out a warning to them that danger is coming. If there was a wedding, a war, or a death, they used smoke signals. That is how they called one another -with just by smoke clouds in the air. They even used it if they needed help. But now we use smoke signals in the military, boats, police departments, etc. In the olden times, it was easier for the Indians to live off the land because th... more...

Culture and Society | By Aydan Corkern @ Sunday, 21st September 2008 @ 6:56 PM

It might be a really funny scene if we could watch the first time that cave people tried to start a fire. Knowing that sticks would burn is probably why the first attempt was made to rub them together. It must have been a rally determined cave person to just keep rubbing and rubbing those sticks until they finally saw smoke coming from them. It eventually must have worked because they had to figure out how to start a fire besides waiting on Mother Nature to do her thing. Eventually people... more...

Culture and Society | By Daniel Millions @ Saturday, 20th September 2008 @ 9:43 AM

If you and your family plan on throwing your child a party, I have some practical tips for you. These tips are all safe and fun but also very useful. I will discuss outdoor parties in addition to parties thrown at public locations such as Chucky Cheese. You don't want to miss my personal take on themed parties either. It may not be a popular opinion but it need to be said. There is no set way when and where to have parties and since each kid is different, their parties should be also. <... more...