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Rite Of Spring Major Part
1,791 wordsAn introduction to 'The Rite of Spring', The part I of the Rite of Spring starts with an " introduction ." The texture at the very beginning is extremely thin, and the only instrument in use is the bassoon, in an unusually high tessitura. The bassoon is soon joined by the Horn, and later, a pair of clarinets. This little wind ensemble creates an eerie feeling, and the fact that tempo rubato is employed makes the whole start very unstable, as if the 'grand work' has just had a bad kick-off. Howev...
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Tear Gas Warning Signs
1,094 wordsBetween the years 1934 and 1963 one of the most infamous prisons in history was operated. Alcatraz Island Federal Penitentiary earned a reputation for being one of the most feared prisons in the world. Its maximum security escape-proof environment was built to house the most villainous criminals of its time. For 29 years, under four wardens, Alcatraz Penitentiary succeeded as being a place of isolation and reformation for a total of 1, 567 inmates. During the 1930 s a crime wave crashed through ...
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1,871 wordsOn April 30 th, President Nixon announced on national television that a massive American-South Vietnamese troop offensive into Cambodia was in progress. "We take these actions, " Nixon said, "not for the purpose of expanding the war into Cambodia, but for the purpose of ending the war in Vietnam, and winning the just peace we all desire. " These were familiar words to a war-weary public. Some felt that this decision was essential for attaining a "just peace" and sustaining America's credibility ...
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Stalk Roll Shelling High Moisture Corn Losses
1,752 wordsDuring recent years, the use of high moisture grain has become more popular. This is due to the increased costs of handling and dry feed grains. For cattle feeders in particular, storing grains as high moisture. This is one practice that can improve their competition. Using high moisture grain allows greater opportunity to design a system that will minimize harvest, storage and feed processing costs. Grains such as wheat have been stored as high moisture, but corn is the principal high moisture ...
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Oversize Ripple Marks Landscapes Were Formed Flood
1,147 wordsHuman beings existing, breathing, and walking around on a measureless, changing and growing quickly as times goes by. Similar to the human growth, landforms kept on changing rapidly over years after years. For many centuries, geologists believed landscapes were formed through a long process known as uniformitarian- a gradually slow process of changing its landscapes toward its environments. Evidence of multiple catastrophism- a speed process of landform has been developed over the years, especia...
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20 Th Century Manet Paintings
1,743 wordsMuch of the art of Manet reflects the developments going on in Paris in the 1860 s and 1870 s. The rebuilding of Paris was being supervised by Baron Haussmann, as much of the old medieval centre of the city was being destroyed so that the new city could be rebuilt. In his book "The painting of modern life" TJ Clark argues that modern art of the 20 th century evolves from the art produced by Manet during this period of great change in Paris. Manet's scenes of Parisian cafes, bars and streets refl...
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California Proposition 184 Three Strikes And Out
1,078 wordsLast year in California voters approved a controversial ballot initiative. Proposition 184, also known as the three strikes and you " re out law, was passed on November 9, 1994. Under this new legislation repeat offenders, upon committing their third felony offense, will be sentenced to a mandatory twenty-five years to life in prison (California 667). The initiative passed by a landslide, with 76 % of the voters in favor of it. The State Senate soon after voted the bill into law, with only seven...
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Rock And Roll Chord Progression
2,559 wordsJoseph Machlis says that the blues is a native American musical and verse form, with no direct European and African antecedents of which we know. (p. 578) In other words, it is a blending of both traditions. Something special and entirely different from either of its parent traditions. (Although Alan Lomax cites some examples of very similar songs having been found in Northwest Africa, particularly among the Wolof and Watusi. p. 233) The word blue has been associated with the idea of melancholia...
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People Don T Part Of Society
1,487 wordsDrinking alcohol Drinking Peter Holland Drinking alcohol has been a large part of society for many years. People find that is it easier to meet people when they have had a few drinks. Drinking has also been used as way to get closer to some one. ? We? ll talk over a six pack, ? is something that people will say when they need to talk about something. There are also many events that drinking has created. There are cozy bars? where everyone knows your name, ? wine tasting parties, cocktail parties...
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Pentatonic Scale Child Learns
1,672 wordsCarl Orff's philosophies in Music Education While Carl Orff is a very seminal composer of the 20 th century, his greatest success and influence has been in the field of Music Education. Born on July 10 th in Munich, Germany in 1895, Orff refused to speak about his past almost as if he were ashamed of it. What we do know, however, is that Orff came from a Bavarian family who was very active in the German military. His fathers regiment band would often play through some of the young Orffsfirst att...
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Pentatonic Scale Child Learns
1,692 wordsWhile Carl Orff is a very seminal composer of the 20 th century, his greatest success and influence has been in the field of Music Education. Born on July 10 th in Munich, Germany in 1895, Orff refused to speak about his past almost as if he were ashamed of it. What we do know, however, is that Orff came from a Bavarian family who was very active in the German military. His fathers regiment band would often play through some of the young Orff's first attempts at composing. Although Orff was adam...
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University Of Pennsylvania Milk Chocolate
1,083 wordsMany of the old myths about chocolate and health are crumbling under the weight of scientific fact. The once-prevalent belief that something that tastes so good just cannot be good for you has given way to a more balanced picture of chocolate and cocoa products and their relation to health and nutrition. The following are brief reviews on recent findings which counter several of the common misinterpretations of the effects of chocolate on health. Chocolate and Acne Over the past two decades, res...
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Women Movement Civil Rights Movement
3,997 wordsThe Heidi Chronicles Research Questions April 8, 2000 Jimmy Abbuhl Scripts and Performance Women? s Fashions in the 1965, 1975, and 1989 The reason I researched this is because I felt it important to know what Heidi would look like. If you had not done background on this topic, then there might be arguments about what each decade looked like. Since I wasn? t around for two of the three eras, people who had been around would instantly be taken out of the play? s world. Also, Heidi was a very happ...
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Health And Safety Financially Stable
2,416 wordsINTRODUCTION This Case Study reports on the business called The Oyster Bar. This study has been conducted over term three as part of this years requirement for Year 12 PAS Business Studies. In this project I have studied the business functions of The Oyster Bar through studying the four main areas of Business Environment, Work Environment, Financial Environment and Technology. This research includes and has been prepared as an informative collation of the studies we have completed through the co...
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Viet Cong Poem Quot
1,232 wordsAlvin Aubert (1993) Especially relevant to the present discussion is the poem " Tu Do Street, " from Dien Cai Dau, with its titular punning on " two door. " An implicit distinction is drawn in the poem between the Gis quest for sexless or pre-sexual socialization in the bars and their quest for sex in other rooms, for although the black Gis are shunned by the mama-sans and bar girls in the bars frequented by the white Gis, " deeper into alleys, " in off-limit areas,...
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U S Supreme Court Sexual Abuse
1,366 wordsWe all know that our prisons are the final frontier for the socially rejected criminals and violent offenders. We know that our prisons are so overcrowded that the Supreme Court of California issued a court order to reduce the number of inmates. We know that since there are more inmates in prison the chance of getting rehabilitated is very slim. And we also know that the ratio of supervision of guard to inmate is extremely high. But do we know what goes on in our prisons and jails? We know we ha...
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Drunk Driving Accidents Blood Alcohol Level
1,470 wordsProposal Essay: Organizations, sobriety checkpoints, and stricter laws to decrease the death toll in alcohol related car accidents The huge auditorium is filled with grim-faced teenagers who sit in complete silence as the family of the young girl struggle to finish what they have to say. Photographs are displayed on the stage; a girl smiling on a swing, in the sand at the beach, and laughing with her friends. Who would have thought that this girl would be among the 25, 000 people killed by drunk...
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Three Strikes Law Twenty Five Years
2,366 wordsCruel and Unusual Punishment is a fundamental right given to us by the United States (U. S. ) Constitution. The 8 th amendment states, ? Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted. ? Last year in California voters approved a controversial ballot initiative. Proposition 184, also known as the three strikes and youre out law, was passed on November 9, 1994. Under this new legislation repeat offenders, upon committing their third fe...
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Caged Bird Quot
635 wordsDuring the nineteenth and early twentieth century, the African American population still felt the aftermath of slavery through the beliefs and actions of the white societies. During slavery African Americans were dehumanized, looked upon as property, and treated worse than animals. Furthermore, slaves were denied the right to life, forced to work endlessly, and suffered abuse from their masters. However, slavery ended in 1865 and yet Africans are still suffering from the entrapment of society. P...
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Gun Control Advocates Assault Rifles
3,281 wordsPro-gun Untitled By: Tyree White Pro-gun pre suasive speech Specific Goals: I want to encourage gun ownership. Introduction I. What is the foundation of modern technology? Its the history of the gun. Thesis Statement: I will persuade you in that, (1) federal gun control laws are unconstitutional, and (2) I will prove the 2 nd Amendment is both a " State" and " Individual Right. " Body I. The foundation of our country is based in English Bill of Rights and the American Revolut...
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