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The invention of printing/ press by Johann Gutenberg in the XV century was one of the events that completely changed the history of reading and the circulation of ideas worldwide. Gutenberg made his dream come true. After years of research and hard work, he took his hands assets in book form, printed with a unique and impressive technique, the press with movable type. The printing mold was not a new technique because of China and its gravure printing, but now, with the creation of Gutenberg…

Science In the 2nd through 8th century AD, the emperor of china had demanded that the six china confucianism classics be engraved in stone so that the people of China would have a real version of the china confucianism stories. As a result of the engraved texts, Confucian scholars placed black pieces of paper on the engraved sculptures and rub charcoal or graphite on the paper to have white texts against a dark paper and the emperors carved texts in a raised form before applying ink to the…

Thank you, Dr. C. Moorer's book for sharing your personal life experiences, wisdom, and knowledge. From Failure to Promise was an incredible, inspirational resource (Moorer, 2014). Many of the examples referenced in your book resonated in my past and present life. In fact, many of them reminded me of my personal path. When individuals can articulate and apply their faith and knowledge with others, we begin to grow personally and as a community. Life Lessons: On Track Upon review of Dr. C.…

In the world of printmaking, the relief print is the most well known and commonly used form throughout the centuries. In relief printmaking, the parts of the printing surface that carry ink are raised while the remaining areas are cut away. The oldest kind of relief prints are woodcuts, where a (smooth) block of wood is used as the medium. Woodcut does not offers very little in the way of color, so most artists have to work in black and white only. If an artist wants to add color, he/she needs…

Should music lyrics be really censored? This is just one of the questions that make us wonder and think. Music censorship is the official prohibition or restriction of any type of music believed to threaten the political, social or moral order. There are two sides for this issue; there are people who agree for music censorship while there are also people who are against the censorship of the music. Imagine our world without music or imagine our world where we are dictated what to play and what…

Zero, zero is the number of push-ups I could do at the beginning of the year. It was really pathetic and I was really embarrassed that I couldn’t even do one. I went home and looked at what the average push-ups a 13 year old boy should be able to do, it was 13, a lot more than I could do obviously. Now I can do 13 without collapsing. That is why I feel I grew in upper body muscular endurance this year in Wellness & Fitness. Something that showed my growth was the 30 Day Challenge. We did the 30…

Censorship and freedom of expression have been, and still are, controversial topics. While some may think censorship is a necessity, others are outraged that information and/or images are cut from different media outlets, such as FaceBook, Twitter, or DeviantArt. There are many types of censorship: moral, political, book, film, music, and internet censorship (Harishrustic). Before one can take a stand on the issue of censorship, questions must be asked. What should be censored? Most would answer…

year’s special Exhibition. An object rich in history and culture would be Gutenberg’s printing press. This object was the invention that historians consider changed how civilization evolved. This change is often compared to when humans discovered iron which ended the Neolithic Era (new stone age) and entered the Age of Empire (also known as the Iron Age). Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press that revolutionized society by making books readily cheaper and available during the…

During the 16th and 17th centuries scholars believed that the amount of published books was becoming too much to handle. This abundance of book shifted from the early Middle Ages, when books were scarcer and readers focused on intensive reading. Because of the abundance of books during the 16th and 17th centuries, styles of selective reading and note taking developed to address the issue of too many books, too little time. This can be considered the shift when extensive reading versus intensive…

The design idea we had was modified several times. Initially the fingers that were constructed for the hand seemed to work and look fine in our Solidworks assembly. We did not want the fingers to be too large as the girl were were designing the hand for is only seven years old. However, after printing them, we quickly realized that they were far too small to be able to exert the force to grasp a water bottle. Furthermore, because they were so small, it was difficult for the 3D printer to print…