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CS2x
from London (United Kingdom) on 2004-11-15 16:21 [#01396316]
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The this region was once entirely covered with rainforest, but large areas have been cleared for cattle ranching and for sugar cane plantations. Like other major rainforests, the jungles and mangrove swamps of Central America contain many plants and animals found nowhere else. Central America is famous for its large number of tropical birds, including many kinds of parrots popularity of the order allowed its influence to spread across Europe, and funds to deal with this growing influence were attained through farming the large areas of land surrounding the monasteries, as well as taking part in local industries such as the raising of livestock. It was as famers, horse, and cattle breeders that the Cistercians had a large commerical influence in the Middle Ages, and many improvements in various farming operations were introduced by them. At the start of its life, the Cisterican order rejected sources of income which came from benefices, tithes, tolls and rents, and depended only on surrounding land for income; a distunguising feature at the times. This developed an organized system for selling their cattle, horses, and farm products. Thus by the middle of the 13th century the export of wool by the English Cistercians had become a feature in the commerce of the country. Farming operations on so extensive a scale could not be carried out by the monks alone, whose choir and religious duties took up a considerable portion of their time; and so from the beginning the system of lay brothers was introduced on a large scale. The lay brothers were recruited from the peasantry and were simple uneducated men, whose function consisted in carrying out the various fieldworks and plying all sorts of useful trades: the Amazon jungle is the world's largest tropical rainforest. The forest covers the basin of the Amazon, the world's second longest river. They formed a body of men who lived alongside of the choir monks, but separate from them, not taking part in the canonical office, but having their own fixed round of prayer.
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ecnadniarb
on 2004-11-15 16:22 [#01396317]
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Boring. Please tell me you never just typed that waffling claptrap.
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giginger
from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2004-11-15 16:23 [#01396318]
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I'm not going to read that. The answer to your question is:
FUCKING IT UP!
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corrupted-girl
on 2004-11-15 16:23 [#01396319]
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doing exactly what we're doing.
help out then.
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horsefactory
from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2004-11-15 16:34 [#01396362]
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E
Is this really your own work?
See me after class.
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idle interloper
on 2004-11-15 16:36 [#01396372]
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We are ravishing it.
...To sum it all up.
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idle interloper
on 2004-11-15 16:37 [#01396378]
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Damn it. giginger just said it, basically. But I missed it.
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DJ Xammax
from not America on 2004-11-15 16:38 [#01396380]
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Heheeeee
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virginpusher
from County Clare on 2004-11-15 16:38 [#01396381]
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this question should have been answered in 1968.
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virginpusher
from County Clare on 2004-11-15 16:39 [#01396382]
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"fucking it up Dan, now back to work.... breaks over!"
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deepspace9mm
from filth on 2004-11-15 16:40 [#01396383]
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Paragraphs. Wonderful invention.
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2004-11-15 16:40 [#01396386]
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apperantly they're keeping rainforest under control now don't they? there are other things that are fcuking up this planet faster..
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corrupted-girl
on 2004-11-15 16:44 [#01396396]
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one step foward, 0 steps back.
okay!
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CS2x
from London (United Kingdom) on 2004-11-15 16:57 [#01396427]
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im sorry you are an arse and dont understand politics or anti-naturalism goodbye. fluctuate my drums so i can eat noodles.
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corrupted-girl
on 2004-11-15 16:59 [#01396430]
Points: 8469 Status: Regular | Followup to CS2x: #01396427
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don't forget to sign up for the nature chanllenge!
:)
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