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Avant Garde Civil War
996 wordsJohn Perreault is a musician who lives in Upstate, NY. He started appreciating music at an early age. Banging on pots-and-pans, singing. His grandfather, who was a professional musician, and my supportive parents, drove his interest in music. He was always in chorus. Then when the time came, he took up the bass in fourth grade. He quit the bass playing after three years and didn't do anything musical. He took a few music classes, but played nothing on the side. Then his grandfather passed away i...
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Mutual Fund Investment Objective
625 wordsOriginal Post: 15 - 08 - 04; Reposted on 07 - 03 - 05 A Mutual Fund is a trust that pools the savings of a number of investors who share a common financial goal. The money thus collected is invested by the fund manager in different types of securities depending upon the objective of the scheme. These could range from shares to debentures to money market instruments. The income earned through these investments and the capital appreciation realized by the scheme are shared by its unit holders in p...
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Prion Diseases Sickle Cell
1,117 words... were 3 months old, their brains had degenerated and contained spongy tissue. Although the brain matter had been damaged, the neurons had yet to be affected and the mice presented no symptoms. Days after the enzyme production, the PrP gene stopped producing PrP and the remaining quantities of PrP were quickly broken down by protease. With no new protein for the infectious form to convert, the disease progression stopped and slowly reversed. The holes within the brain healed and the mice retur...
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Ulysses Mission To Space
604 wordsThe Ulysses Mission is the first spacecraft to explore interplanetary space at high solar latitudes. Ulysses is both a study of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the USA. The spacecraft and spacecraft operations team is provided by ESA, and the launch and the spacecraft, radio tracking, and data management operations are provided by NASA. Scientific experiments are provided by investigation teams in both Europe and USA. This spacecraf...
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Business Ethics An Office Wide System
1,137 words... il ethics training programs to try to increase ethical behavior. Recent estimates indicate 33 % of companies provide some ethics training (Chappell 147). The primary debate is whether or not you can actually teach ethics. Critics stress that the effort is pointless since people establish their individual value system when they are very young. However, supporters note that several studies have found that values can be learned even after early childhood. Evidence shows that teaching ethical pr...
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Music Life Song
757 wordsSome people will look at a music score like it is a piece of paper from Mars. All it is to them is a bunch of black dots on five horizontal lines. But to me, that paper is something much, much more. That paper is my lock, the key is my drumsticks. When my drumsticks touch my drum, it is more than sounds that echo throughout a room, it is an endless note of harmony to my ears. With those sticks I can play anything, make music that describes my feelings, my thoughts, my words. Those sticks are mor...
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Description And Analysis Of Oratorio Art Song
915 wordsThis article will give a description of what an Oratorio and Art-Song are. It will also inform you on the stylistic characteristics, a summary on the historical background and a brief outline on the composers who helped develop and excelled in these styles of fantastic vocal music. Oratorio is based upon a substantial story of a religious or spiritual character. It is written for solo voices, chorus and orchestra and is often performed in churches or concert halls. Oratorio resembles an opera bu...
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Opera House York City
631 wordsThis past Tuesday night I went to the opera titled Samson et Delilah at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. This is not the first time I have seen this opera nor was this my first opera but this was the first time I brought with me a small notepad and a pencil. The opera was at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. I arrived about an hour prior to curtain because there is no such thing as being fashionably late at the met. If you miss opening curtain they you are not allowed ...
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The Music Of Baroque Period From 1600 1750
476 wordsThe geographical center of the Baroque Era was Europe, with Italy as the place of origin with the movement later spreading throughout Europe via Germany, France and England. Music was the main source of pastimes, with the lower class making up most of the musicians and composers. As these people climbed in fame however, they were given substantial pay increases, but they still remained servants with little or no rights at all. Many musicians were sons of musicians who were given as apprentices t...
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The Threat Of Mad Cow Disease In America
1,071 words... 100, 000 cattle which die per year from the disease (Klepper 1). Even though the disease is difficult to detect with medical tests, there are symptoms of the disease. Physical symptoms include sore joints and muscles. Psychiatric problems include personality changes, depression, difficulty sleeping, withdrawal, fearfulness, paranoia and possible Alzheimers disease (Lawrence 6). When a cows immune system is contaminated with the Mad Cow disease; the side affects include drooling, wobbling (su...
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Music Ethnography Of Jazz Culture In Charlottesville Virginia
1,309 wordsThe lights dim and slowly fade to a cool blue glow that covers the stage. The drum set waits facing in towards the rest of the instruments. Its signaling to the others as if it is time to play; reflecting greens and oranges off the symbols that hang motionlessly above the set. Across from the drums an electric keyboard is perched on top of a slender metal stand. Its plugged into its amplifier but not on yet although it seemingly know exactly what it is about to play. The bass stands against the ...
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The Effects Of Music Therapy On Mentally Handicapped
1,048 wordsMusic therapy is a controversial but effective form of rehabilitation on mentally handicapped people. A great amount of research has been completed on this subject. It has been proven that our brains respond to music as if it were medicine. Music therapy is not a commonly used health care, but recent studies have suggested it can have a wide range of benefits. Music therapy is the prescribed use of music and related strategies, by a qualified therapist, to assist or motivate a person towards spe...
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York Times Apr 2005
1,010 words... rent early success occurred at his Paris debut in April 1924. This performance was arranged by Pablo Casals. The audience included a circle of musical celebrities like Paul Dukas, Manuel Dc Falla and Madam Deputy. They loved him immediately. His reputation became international. In January 1928 he appeared at Town Hall In New York City (Cumpiano, William). Here is the article written by the New York Times: The fame of Andr " es Segovia, the Spanish guitarists whose name has been a prominent o...
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711 words"Learned helplessness is a phenomenon containing three components: contingency, cognition, and behavior. Contingency addresses the uncontrollability of the situation. Cognition refers to the attributions that people make regarding their situation or surroundings of which they are a part. Behavior allows individuals to decide whether they will give up or proceed with the obstacle set before them" (Peterson, Maier, & Seligman, 1993; Firm, Hwang, Copella, & Clark, 2004). When a student thin...
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Federal Reserve Bank Fourth Quarter
872 wordsInflation Index Bonds According to opinion of numerous financial analysts and market participants, the extraordinary volatility of the financial markets, current disturbance in the American financial system and possible prognoses concerning increase of inflation are the issues of todays US financial market. However, not all market participants consider that inflation will impose a significant threat to American financial markets. For example, William Poole in his article Is Inflation Too Low? co...
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Offered For Storage Forced To Leave Temples
714 wordsAmerica Report This report is in regard to the number of gods worshipped in this conglomeration and their temples. They seem to be divided by class. In a few of the more luxurious the worshippers are shown to seats by acolytes. The worship consists of putting items into the central orifice of their upper body. In many cases this gives obvious pleasure, but there are some who do not enter fully into a worshipful attitude, but instead merely turn the items about with the special instruments placed...
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U S Dollars Exchange Rates
1,116 wordsInternational Finance Paper For the past twenty years, financial markets throughout the world have become more and more interconnected. Globalization of finances has brought considerable benefits to different economies and to investors and changed the composition of markets. It has created new risks and challenges for market members and policymakers. The worldwide marketplace continues to present opportunities for companies. But change is constant and prudent so companies must work to minimize t...
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Jean Piaget Developmental Psychology
628 wordsRunning Head: Theorist Paper Theorist Paper (Authors Name ( (Institutions Name (Jean Piaget, the Swiss psychologist is best known for his research in developmental psychology. He worked with the administration of intelligence tests to children. Piaget was interested in the types of mistakes children of various ages were likely to make. He theorized that cognitive development proceeds in four genetically determined stages that always follow the same sequential order. Although best known for his g...
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Jersey Prentice Hall H G Wells
980 wordsIt is often said that science fiction is the literature of change. When a culture is undergoing a lot of changes due to scientific advances and technological developments, and expects to undergo more (Treitel 1). A large part of science fiction appeal lies in its ability to convince the audience of the believability of the world it portrays (Fuller 1). Science fiction looks backward as much as forward and its usefulness lays not so much in predicting the actual future as in exploring our reactio...
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Bongo Drums Tenor Drum Played
389 wordsDrums are among the oldest musical instruments. The best known of percussion instruments, they are found throughout the world and in a great variety of shapes and sizes. A drum normally consists of a skin or other membrane, called a head, which is stretched over an enclosed space or over one or both ends of a hollow vessel. Exceptions include the African slit drum, made from a hollowed-out tree trunk, and the Caribbean steel drum, made from a metal barrel. Drums are usually played by the hands o...
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