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Compact Disc Sound Designer
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... re probably the beginnings of the musical.
Musicians also provided entertainment after the
play providing music for the audience to dance to.
Community youth also delivered concerts before the
play, sometimes lasting up to one hour long
(Brockett-b 161). For modern theater, the purposes
of sound are identical to those purposes of Greek,
Roman, and Medieval drama. Yet, as the other
elements of theater have evolved technically, so
has sound. The use of modern technology can not
only enhance th...
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Cycles Per Second Sound Waves
739 words
Resonance and Sound Physics and Music Since sound
is the medium of music, most of the physics of
music is the physics of sound. It's important to
remember that sound waves are compression waves.
You can imitate a compression wave by stretching
out a slinky (you do have a slinky, don't you? )
and flicking your finger against a coil at the
end. Sound waves are not like the waves on the
ocean or the waves you get by waving a
stretched-out rope. Take a tuning fork (you do
have a tuning fork, don't y...
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Piri Thomas Down These Mean Streets
1,690 words
... any struggling with unemployment while Piri
was growing up, and he was forced to work for the
federal governments Works Progress Administration
digging ditches for menial wages in the
wintertime. Despite the fact that Piri's parents
were extremely hard working, they remained
poverty-stricken, as did most Puerto Rican
migrants in the 1930 s, 40 s, and 50 s. During the
time of the depression, the Thomas family was hit
very hard, migrants being the first ones to be
laid off in tough times and b...
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Standard English Black English
540 words
What is Ebonics? Is it a language or not? Ebonics,
referred to as black English, is a language with
clearly evident African American roots. It has
been found that, when learning English,
African-Americans adapted the language using some
of the structure and rules of their own native
tongue. This Black English has carried on through
slavery and then freedom for hundreds of years.
Though often incorrectly defined as a language, it
really is a nonstandard dialect spoken in many
homes in the inner c...
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Pink Floyd Dark Side
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In March of 1994, Pink Floyd released another
album after a seven-year break from the music
business. The Division Bell set off a US and
European tour that according to Forbes will bring
in an estimated 62 million dollars for the band.
This is six million more than The Delicate Sound
of Thunder tour from 1988 and far more than the
band's earlier tours. For David Gilmour, Nick
Mason, and Richard Wright the profit has
increased, but for the fans the quality has
dwindled. Pink Floyd's current music...
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Raced Past The Barn Fell Raced Past The Barn Language
841 words
I chose to find the entomology of a word that most
people can usually not go through a day without
using at least once, computer. With the explosion
of the personal computer in the last ten years,
most households in America own at least one.
However, the meaning of the word "computer" has
changed in the last century. The word itself is
found in text as far back as 1646 when Sir T.
Brown said, "The calendars of these computers. "
The use of "computer" in this sense, as defined by
the OED, is one ...
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Grammatical Rules Natural Language
1,196 words
'The Study of Language is really the study of
Meaning', Discuss. It is generally accepted that
language is one of the key attributes that
distinguishes humans from other species. Although
other animals possess at times very sophisticated
methods of communication, none match the cognitive
capabilities of human language. The terms
communication, speech, language and vocalization
should not be used interchangeably, though in
practice, it is not easy to separate and maintain
distinctions between the...
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The Tragedy Of Julius Caesar
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The play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, was
written by William Shakespeare. He was baptized on
April 26, 1564 in Stratford-on- Avon, which was a
small town some hundred miles from London. It is
believed that he was born a few days before he was
baptized so his birthday is celebrated on April
23. Ironically he died on that date in 1616.
During Shakespeare's time he married a woman named
Anne Hathaway. They gave birth to a total of three
children. By the year 1592 he became a playwright
and actor....
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Wallace Stevens Poetic Techniques
627 words
One poet whose work you can really appreciate is
Wallace Stevens. Even though his poetry contains
very complex and lyrical vocabulary and his work
is symbolic in content, a reader can still find
ways to really enjoy the poems. Stevens seems to
be almost musical in his work. The poems I have
read pay much attention to the sound and
arrangement of words. On the other hand, I find
Stevens work to be somewhat bizarre. It is a style
of writing that will confuse the reader. The
reader may not understa...
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Third World Countries Percent Of Americans
784 words
The World Trade Organization, (WTO), is the
primary international body to help promote free
trade, by drawing up the rules of international
trade. It has been criticized for being very
opaque and not allowing enough public
participation, while being very welcoming to large
corporations. I do not think that it helps the
claims of free, open, and democratic
globalization. Criticisms have taken form in many
ways, one of which was an enormous protest in
Seattle, November 1999. In which people marche...
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Makes Me Feel Favorite Place
986 words
Its amazing how one telephone conversation will
forever be imprinted in my memory as the most
rewarding conversation I have ever had. I still
recall every little sigh and syllable that was
uttered. I can still feel the urgency of how
important it was that I get in touch with my
father, three weeks prior he had been diagnose
with severe lung cancer and started intense
chemotherapy immediately. Hi dad, how are you
feeling? I asked. A little better now. I was
sitting here watching the History chann...
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Health Care Provider Spinal Cord
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Rabies, a virus of the nervous system and salivary
glands is a fast moving killer; its not something
to mess around with. Rabies comes from the Latin
word to rage. Rabies is easily associated with
rage. When people think of rabies, they usually
think of a mad raccoon or dog, foaming at the
mouth and running around crazy; dying soon after.
The thought of going crazy is a pretty reasonable
guess for how rabies torments its victims. The
virus enters through a bite or transfer of
infected saliva and...
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College Students College Life
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Wow! Its been 18 years already and Im off living
on my own now. What a change it is for me, now on
my own. Its not at all like I thought it would be
when I came here. For a while I thought college
was like how they portrayed it in the movies like
American Pie 2, Higher Learning, and Animal House
just to name a few. You know lots of parties,
girls, and alcohol. Being from Hawaii we only have
movies that show us what college is like. So when
I first arrived here in Oregon all that I could
think ab...
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Irony In Black Boy
636 words
Five examples of irony in the novel Black Boy are;
situational irony, romantic irony, irony of fate,
dramatic irony, and verbal irony. Here are some
examples from the book that explain each type of
irony. Verbal Irony is when you say something and
mean something else, here is a quote from the
novel Black Boy that represent this The scrawny
kitten lingered, brushing itself against our legs,
and meowing plaintively. Kill that damn thing my
father exploded D anything but get it away from
here. This...
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Couple Of Days Hearing Loss
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... ly I called the doctor and he ordered a series
of test by the audiologist on the 3 rd floor. The
tests were immediately performed and to make along
story short, He was Deaf. Dr Simon began to
interpret the results of the tests. She said he
had a sensori-neural deafness. This is the result
of problems with the cochlea (the sensory part) or
the auditory nerve (the neural part). About 90 %
of all hearing loss is sensori-neural. In most
cases of sensori-neural deafness the hairs in the
cochlea a...
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Poe Wrote Beautiful Woman
503 words
Edgar Allan Poe began his career as a poet, and
collected or corrected poems throughout his
career. A quality of enjoyable sounds can be found
in poems that readers also consider serious.
However, these elements can also exist with themes
that are more typical of the Romantic Movement,
such as dreams and nightmares Poe handled this
through images designed to show undecided states
of awareness represented as lakes, seas, waves,
and vapors. Nearly all Poe's criticism on poetry
was written for the ...
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Definition Of Science Fiction
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The first example of science fiction I'd like to
take a look at is Alien. A prime example of
straightforward science fiction would be this
movie. Space miners (or merchants... something
like that) are awakened from their cryogenic
sleep-state much earlier than was originally
planned. A distress / warning beacon on an
unfamiliar planet caused their ship to awaken them
so that help could be dispatched. Of course, it
turns out to be a ship that was taken over by the
Aliens and the Earthlings's hip ...
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Voice Over Script Photography And Video Game
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Necronomicon Ex Mortis Jay A With Multimedia is
present in almost all aspects of life,
entertainment, learning and instruction,
information, and sales. This paper will focus on
only one of these, the field of entertainment and
will show how each aspect; text, graphics,
animation, audio, photography and video not only
relate to one another but also are dependent on
each other to bring about a successful game.
Entertainment software is designed to submerse a
player in a new environment, be it fant...
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Jesse Jackson Standard English
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What is Ebonics? Ebonics Ebonics What is Ebonics?
Is it a language or not? Should it be used as a
tool to teach Ebonics speaking students standard
English or not? These issues recently came under
fire when an Oakland, California school board
unanimously voted that Ebonics, which is also
referred to as black English, is a language with
clearly evident African American roots. They
concluded that any student who speaks Ebonics
should be given the necessary help to master
standard English (Harris 25...
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Chinese New Year Peoples Lives
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Our Lives Versus Firecrackers Bong! Bong! Bong!
These are the typical sounds one would hear
passing by a Chinatown around February of every
year. Indeed, these are the sounds of
firecrackers, which are distinctive features
Chinese people use to welcome a new beginning on
Chinese New Year. However, can anyone imagine how
many people have died or have been injured by
these explosive features? According to a report, a
firecracker storage area in China caught fire
which caused the death of forty-sev...
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