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Jazz music originated in late 19th century New Orleans, where it gained it’s inspiration from ragtime and blues music, popular genres of that time, and region.

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Since 1988, the mission of molecular gastronomy has shifted. Kurti and This originally sought to investigate “kitchen old wives’ tales,” invent new recipes, improve old ones, and make the case to the public that science was a useful part of everyday life. Even if 1 their experiments weren’t intended to be replicated in home kitchens, they were intended to encourage home cooks to experiment. Today, molecular gastronomists seek to explore the social, artistic, and technical aspects of food preparation. Some have argued that this shift in focus, along with the fact that techniques in molecular gastronomy have so far surpassed what any home cook could do, means that molecular gastronomy has lost its ability to impact how the world cooks at home.

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The company manual specifically outlines rules for employees about contacting managers while they are out of the office on vacation or for personal reasons.

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The New Kingdom Egyptians, who inhabited ancient Egypt from 1500-1000 B.C., was well known for its impact on the world of movemental dance and the visual arts.

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The traditional view of archaeologists usually involves a college professor who spends much of his or her time digging and researching in ancient foreign libraries or a museum curator who works every day to preserve the artifacts the museum holds. While this view isn’t completely incorrect, it is incomplete, both in terms of the types of jobs available to archaeologists and in terms of the types of work within those jobs. For example, college professors may spend summers at dig sites, but much of their time is also spent writing grants, teaching students, and writing about their research projects. Additionally, although there are still many people who work in archaeology as professors and museum curators, the demand for 1 this job far outstrips the number of positions available, making the positions difficult to acquire.

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In nests across North America, the host mother tries to identify their own eggs and weed out the fakes, but the brown-headed cowbird – a brood parasite that sneaks its eggs into other birds’ nests – produces eggs that look very similar to the host’s, making that task surprisingly difficult.

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Threatened by the potential for overpopulation, officials of Central New Jersey have limited their population growth by putting stricter housing regulations and zoning requirements into effect.

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John and James were both invited to the regional cross country tournament, but only he participated in the competitive 5k event.

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The Sagrada Familia has stood, incomplete, as part of the Barcelona skyline since the early 1 phase's of it's construction in 1882. The project, originally intended to be a cathedral in the gothic style, was begun by the bookseller Joseph Maria Bocabella under the direction of the architect Francisco de Paula del Villar. Del Villar and Bocabella imagined a basilica modeled on the Gothic revival churches Bocabella had seen on trips to Italy. However, Bocabella’s ideal basilica never came to be. In 1883 del Villar resigned from the project, and 30-year old Antoni Gaudi, a young but already well-known architect from Catalonia, took over as lead architect.

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The North American bald eagle is no longer threatened with imminent extinction in the United States, primarily because prohibitions on hunting and the ban of a poisonous pesticide have led to a rebound in the eagle population.

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