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  • Music History Through the Middle Ages, Rennisance, Baroque, Etc...

    Music History Through the Middle Ages, Rennisance, Baroque, Etc...

    Music has evolved too many different forms that we recognize today. We trace this development throughout time. Beginning in the middle ages, we have seen advancement from the Gregorian chant all the way to the Jazz of the 20th century. The current events, politics, religion, technology and composers can shape musical eras during time. Here I will look at the middle ages, renaissance, baroque, classical, romantic and twentieth century periods. I hope that a better

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    Essay Length: 1,141 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Tommy
  • A History of Human Art and Body Painting

    A History of Human Art and Body Painting

    A History of Human Art and Body Painting If the impulse to create art is a defining sign of humanity, the body may well have been the first canvas. Alongside paintings on cave walls visited by early people over 30,000 years ago, we find handprints, ochre deposits, and ornaments. And because the dead were often buried with valuable possessions and provisions for the afterlife, ancient burials reveal that people have been tattooing, piercing, painting, and

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    Essay Length: 607 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Bred
  • History of the Computer Industry in America

    History of the Computer Industry in America

    Only once in a lifetime will a new invention come about to touch every aspect of our lives. Such a device that changes the way we work, live, and play is a special one, indeed. A machine that has done all this and more now exists in nearly every business in the U.S. and one out of every two households (Hall, 156). This incredible invention is the computer. The electronic computer has been around

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    Submitted: December 22, 2009 By: Mikki
  • On My Way to New York - Narrative

    On My Way to New York - Narrative

    On my way to New York Life teaches you lessons in mysterious ways, I realized the meaning of how we as people should live our lives when I boarded my Southwest Airline flight number 369 to New York. I was looking for my seat. Among the noise of the passengers settling down I could hear the irritating cry of a little baby and I hoped that I would not have to end up sitting next

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    Submitted: December 22, 2009 By: Bred
  • History of Computers and Their Impact on Civilization

    History of Computers and Their Impact on Civilization

    History of Computers and Their Impact on Civilization History of Computers and Their Impact on Civilization We as human beings burden ourselves in hope of information that is beyond our time. We have become dependent upon numbers that are much larger than our mind can calculate at any given time. We use mathematics in the form of statistics to justify mean and probability that could add value to the understanding of many discoveries. Due to

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    Essay Length: 1,038 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 22, 2009 By: Mike
  • History of Accounting and Its Importance

    History of Accounting and Its Importance

    History of Accounting and Its Importance On September 28, 1998, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Arthur Levitt sounded the call to arms in the financial community. Levitt asked for, immediate and coordinated action… to assure credibility and transparency of financial reporting. Levitt's speech emphasized the importance of clear financial reporting to those gathered at New York University. Reporting which has bowed to the pressures and tricks of earnings management. Levitt specifically

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    Essay Length: 2,174 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: December 22, 2009 By: Tommy
  • History and Its Effects on the Future

    History and Its Effects on the Future

    History and Its Effects on The Future According to definition, History is a narrative of events in the order in which they happened with their causes and effects, a record of past events. Throughout history many events have further evolved the human race, providing different ideas, policies, political laws and ways, and even scientific advances that further pushed the boundaries of human life to where they are today. The future is very much affected by

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    Submitted: December 22, 2009 By: regina
  • History of the Cmsaf

    History of the Cmsaf

    Air Force Magazine Online – September 1997 Vol 80 No 9 In 1966, the Air Force launched a search for "the best qualified and most impressive individual" in the service to fill a new position, that of Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. It said that candidates had to have at least 22 years of active-duty service and two years as a chief master sergeant. Each had to have "the highest standards of integrity

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    Essay Length: 881 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 22, 2009 By: Tasha
  • American History X

    American History X

    In many ways, the media must be involved in ethnic and racial issues. The media is to provide the public with information useful to them. The media is on the public’s side. Racial stereotyping is a problem that is out in the public. Drugs, teen pregnancy, child abuse and rape are also problems that affect the people of the world everyday. The media has a job to make these issues aware to the people and

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    Essay Length: 436 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Will Sky Captaun Make History?

    Will Sky Captaun Make History?

    A movie that brings back nostalgic memories of the old classics; it must be worth seeing! Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a film full of action, adventure, animation, mystery, and suspense. A pertinent sub-genre that the movie seems parallel to is: Film Noir. It involves detective work, has a beautiful but stubborn reporter, a mad scientist, and a hero. To top it all off, there was even a previous romance between the

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    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Mike
  • Annie Hall and Manhattan: Two Different Ways of Looking at New York's Beauty

    Annie Hall and Manhattan: Two Different Ways of Looking at New York's Beauty

    Near the end of Woody Allen’s 1977 film Annie Hall, Diane Keaton’s role as Annie says to Allen’s character Alvy Singer, “You’re just like New York City. You’re an island!” However, the link between Alvy Singer and New York City is not simply a fictional creation. Nor is the connection between Allen’s character Isaac Davis and New York in his 1979 film Manhattan fictional adoration. Woody Allen loves New York. It is through the various

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    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Steve
  • The Sociological History of Boston Massachusetts as It Relates to Work and Culture

    The Sociological History of Boston Massachusetts as It Relates to Work and Culture

    Boston is both the capital of and the largest city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is considered the unofficial capital of the New England area, and one of the oldest, wealthiest, and most expensive places in the country to live. Its citizens are known as “Bostonians” and their city is home to the nations first school, first college, and has been called “The Athens of America” for its great intellectual and cultural influence and

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    Essay Length: 1,773 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Mike
  • Capital Punishment - History

    Capital Punishment - History

    Capital Punishment - History Capital Punishment - History There have been many controversies in the history of the United States, ranging from abortion, gun control, but capital punishment has been one of the most contested issues in recent decades. Capital punishment is the legal infliction of the death penalty on persons convicted of a crime. It is not intended to inflict any physical pain or any torture; it is only another form of punishment. It

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    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Mike
  • History, Science and Technology, Justice, and Environmental Issues of Sweden

    History, Science and Technology, Justice, and Environmental Issues of Sweden

    History, Science and Technology, Justice, and Environmental Issues of Sweden During the seventh and eighth centuries, the Swedes were merchant seamen well known for their trade. In the ninth century, Nordic Vikings raided and ravaged the European Continent as far as the Black and Caspian Seas. During the 11th and 12th centuries, Sweden slowly became a united Christian kingdom that later included Finland. Queen Margaret of Denmark united all the Nordic lands in the "Kalmar

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    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Vika
  • New York Accounting Code of Ethics

    New York Accounting Code of Ethics

    New York Accounting Code of Ethics The Code of Ethics provides guidance on how to maintain the Company’s commitment to being ethical in all its business dealings. In all Company matters, employees must abide by the ethics and compliance principles set forth in this Code as well as all other applicable corporate policies and procedures. Violations of the Code or other policies are subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination. In some cases,

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    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Fatih
  • The History of Bowling

    The History of Bowling

    The sport of bowling has a lengthy history packed with an evolution that has comprehensive rules; and is an indoor activity that has become one of the most popular sports in the world. It can easily be said that over 50% of Americans have bowled once in their lifetime, whether it was for a birthday party or on a date. However, many people bowl routinely without knowing anything about the interesting history of the game.

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    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Victor
  • Life in New York Tenement Houses

    Life in New York Tenement Houses

    OPTION 1 Life in New York Tenement Houses 1. What are the three distinct classes of homes in the tenement houses? In what ways does each reflect the needs and resources of the renters? There are three distinct classes of houses in the tenement-houses; the cheapest is the attic home. Three rooms is next and is usually for very poor people. The vast majority of respectable working people live in four rooms. Each of these

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    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: July
  • History of Rave Culture

    History of Rave Culture

    The idea that "techno usually has NO message, no image etc. it is faceless" is certainly not one that is embraced by enough of a majority for it to be considered an intrinsic property of techno itself, but rather an indication of what Mr./Mrs./Ms. ALLES NAAR DE KLOTE is getting out of it. This is an important distinction that needs to be made, I think, when discussing exactly what the nature of the state of

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    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Anna
  • History of Ephesus

    History of Ephesus

    The earliest record of the city of Ephesus was in 1200 B.C. The Ionians migrated and settled it. At the beginning of the 7th, the Cimmerian invasion devastated the area. Under the rule of Lydian kings Ephesus became one of the wealthiest cities in the Mediterranean world. Persia came to reign shortly after Lydia. Ephesus remained under Persian rule until 314 B.C. when Alexander the Great took over the area. The city remained under Greek

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    Essay Length: 293 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Top
  • How Hollywood Sanitises History Using Pearl Harbour as an Example

    How Hollywood Sanitises History Using Pearl Harbour as an Example

    Good evening and welcome to you all. I have been given the honour of delivering the opening speech for the 2007 Annual Brisbane Film Festival. When I was asked to make this speech I imagined you would all like to hear about how wonderful the films are you about to see; how technically correct and innovative they are and how great is the acting and the photography you will witness. I am sure this is

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    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: July
  • African History

    African History

    Zuni Lucero and Simon Ortiz make compelling points in their papers. They talk about the differences in the two cultures. How they changed schools and saw both sides of their ever changing world at a young age. How being integrated into a white community changed them, and how they felt some what of an outsider going back to their native communities. Threw their writing they can elaborate and share these experiences to those of us

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    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • History of Cuba

    History of Cuba

    The Middle Passage was the most infamous route of the triangular trade. This voyage carried Africans across the Atlantic Ocean. Captains of slave ships were known as either "loose packers" or "tight packers," depending on how many slaves they crammed into the space they had. However, most ships were "tight packers" (especially those in the 18th century); life for the slaves on these ships was extremely uncomfortable. Slaves were taken from the holding forts, shackled

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    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: regina
  • York

    York

    In York, there are many historic attractions that one can visit; such as the York Minister. It is the largest Medieval Gothic cathedral north of the Alps and it is a treasure house of 800 years of stained glass. There are many museums that hold vast amount of historic value like the Yorkshire, Railway, and the Castle Museums. All of these museums have a wide range from parlors to prisons and marriages to mill houses.

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    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Art History

    Art History

    The most prominent artist of his day, Giotto has influenced Italian art in many ways. Giotto's figures are forceful, monumental, some even might say bulky. His paintings are intense, slow-moving, building up a rhythm to a supremely climactic style. Giotto achieved a convincing representation of space and background. Not only was he an amazing artist but even more amazing that his talent was inherent, not taught in any school but enhanced by his mentor Cimabue.

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    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Is It Necessary to Celebrate Black History Month in the 21 St Century

    Is It Necessary to Celebrate Black History Month in the 21 St Century

    Do you think it is necessary to celebrate black history month in the twenty first century? Black history month is a time to remember the path that African Americans have created in order for us to succeed. Many people feel that celebrating this month is unnecessary , but I personally feel that it is because there are a lot of accomplishments that go unnotice by black Americans. If someone asked you if you thought black

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    Essay Length: 309 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Fonta