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North Americas Different History
North America’s Different History The human history in North America I believe was very different than that of Asia, Eurasia, and Europe. One example of why I believe that North America’s history was different is that the importance of a military force was far more important to the Europeans than the Americans. The Europeans were so intertwined in their problems of over population, poverty, and political order that the need for a military was needed.
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Music Cencorship
Music Censorship Is censorship of music a constitutional infringement? Without violating civil rights, is it possible to protect younger citizens against vulgar, violent or otherwise inappropriate material. For hundreds of years, people have been kept away from what they could see, hear and think. Music censorship has been a part of our civilization since music became an organized art form (Lang and Lang). In western culture, it is only in the past century that artists
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Indian Music
The music of India is one of the oldest unspoken musical traditions in the world. The basis of for Indian music is “sangeet.” Sangeet is a combination of three art forms: vocal music, instrumental music (Indian music). Indian music is base upon seven modes (scales). It is probably no coincidence that Greek music is also base upon seven modes. Furthermore, the Indian scales follow the same process of modulation (murchana) that was found in ancient
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Family History
What I did for my project was a pedigree chart, archive of old photos, personal PowerPoint, digital scrapbook, family history timeline. In my pedigree chart my family made a family tree that includes pictures from past family reunions, family poem, Family reunion timeline, History of the Clark and Forrest families, what's going on within the families, a tribute, family birthdays, a list of the deceased. I did a power point including pictures of my family
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Hip Hop Music Mirrors All Urban Society
Hip Hop Music Mirrors All Urban Society From 1950 to the late 1980’s, social conflicts all over the world encouraged the success of Hip Hop due its ability to mirror the negative and positive aspects of society, and in doing this, the concept of Hip Hop’s real lyrics were very easily translated and adopted overseas. To understand Hip Hop’s ability to migrate around the world, it must be understood what Hip Hop was created out
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History of Anime
HISTORY OF ANIME: Osamu Tezuka ________________________________________ (picture) Dr. Osamu Tezuka: Legend. by Brian Cirulnick "Walt Disney of Japan", "God of Comics", "A Legend in his Own Time". Many of these phrases will forever be used to describe Dr. Tezuka, but mere words cannot even begin to describe his work, or how it changed an industry, or even the incredible wealth of material produced by this one man. As I began to research this article, friends
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History of Telecommunications
History Of Telecommunications As it all began back in the prehistoric times, there has been methods of communications over large distances. Early methods would include fire signals, homing pigeons, mirror signals and of course, the basic messenger. All of these are simple but yet complicated was to tell messages. With all forms of communication these must be present: a source (or message), something or someone to send it, a place to receive it, something or
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Shared Music
Shared Music It’s something every person has been through before. Your favorite artist or band is playing a concert in your hometown. You purchase tickets and head down to your local music store to get their latest album. It contains fourteen of their recent new songs and costs in the vicinity of seventeen to twenty-five dollars. And those tickets go for about thirty-five dollars a piece. Doesn’t it seem like the price of good music
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Music Today: Entertainment or Influence to Murder?
Music Today: Entertainment or Influence to Murder? Teen violence, murder, suicide; they seem to be becoming more and more rampant everyday. The media, as well as concerned, angry parents, look everywhere to find someone to blame for these tragedies. Their fingers are pointed in the direction of many music entertainers. Artists and performers are being badgered everyday for their lyrics and image they create for their fans. Can music really influence someone to acts of
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American History X
American History X shows how two Los Angeles brothers are drawn into a neo-Nazi skinhead gang, and why one decides to get himself out of it. Derek is a very smart kid who has become the leader of a skinhead gang in Venice Beach, Calif. One night two black kids attempt to steal Derek's car, as the result of a playground feud, and he shoots them and curb stomps one of them. He's convicted of
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Music Censorship
Albums with explicit lyrics or content started having black and white parental advisories on them in 1994 (http://www.riaa.org/Parents-Advisory-4.cfm). Are these labels necessary? Is controversial music molding our society and causing teenagers to turn to drugs? Is censorship necessary to protect the youth of our nation. Generally, younger people are against censorship on this issue. Music is an outlet and even an anti-drug for many teens -- however, parents and society feel differently. Should parents censor
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Popular Music Under Siege
POPULAR MUSIC UNDER SIEGE Beginning in the 1980s, religious fundamentalists and some parents' groups have waged a persistent campaign to limit the variety of cultural messages available to American youth by attacking the content of some of the music industry's creative products. These attacks have taken numerous forms, including a call by the Parents' Music Resource Center (PMRC) for the labeling of recordings whose themes or imagery relate to sexuality, violence, drug or alcohol use,
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Why I Want to Be a Music Teacher
It was a cold average day in mid January as I walked to my piano lesson. As we started the lesson, my piano teacher leaned over and began to tell me about a piano competition and the winners perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City. I said sure, not believing I would make the cut in a hundred years. Three months later the time for the competition had come, I was told that there
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Bible and History
It is an undisputable fact that the Bible is one of the most influential, mysterious and bizarre texts ever written. It exists for scores of years and has been studied by thousands of scholars, and still it imposes questions that cannot be easily answered or cannot be answered at all. One of the major ones is: "Who wrote the Bible?" Although there are various hypotheses, no one knows that with certainty. It is widely believed
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The History of Mexico
The History of Mexico. When people think of Mexico they think Spanish, but that is wasn't always the way it was. For thousands of years the Spanish hadn't even heard of the New World. Or what is now known as Mexico. Various Mesoamerican tribes ruled it. There is evidence of people living in the area over 15,000 years ago. These people were nomadic and roamed all around South America. Around 2500 BC these people began
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Did Genghis Khan Create the Greatest Empire in History?
Debate Issue: "Did Genghis Khan Create the Greatest Empire in History?" I. Affirmative Position A. Opening: 1. We the affirmative believe that Genghis Khan did create the Greatest Empire in History because an Empire comprises a set of regions locally ruled by governors, viceroys or client kings in the name of an emperor. By extension, one could classify as an empire any large, multi-ethnic state ruled from a single center. Like other states, an empire
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Caribbean Calypso Music
“Cent, five cents, ten cents, dollar.” are the words of a famous calypso song. The Oxford dictionary defines calypso as a “West Indian song with improvised, usually up to date words.” Calypso rhythms can be traced back to the arrival of the first African slaves brought to work in the sugar plantations of Trinidad. Forbidden to talk to each other, and robbed of all links to family and home, the slaves began to sing songs.
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Music of Rhcp
Flea's bass style is an amalgamation of funk and blues, borrowing from artists such as Bootsy Collins of Parliament-Funkadelic and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin. The groove-heavy, low-tuned melodies, composed through either normal finger style or slapping, have contributed to the Red Hot Chili Peppers' signature style. While Flea's slap bass style was prominent in earlier albums, later albums (post "Blood Sugar Sex Magik") have more melodic basslines. The guitar styles of the guitarists
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History of Educational Reform
History of Educational Reform Today new school reforms have been formulated. These reforms are created to form individuals into becoming financially advanced and globally competitive persons. The very means to gauge the progress of the new reform is through test scores. Standardized tests and the test scores are now tantamount to accountability, transforming the educational system into a dehumanized market institution. The school is seen as a capital investment and is now measured according
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Airline Industry: A History of Southwest Airlines
Airline Industry: A History of Southwest Airlines In 1967 Southwest Airlines was a vision by and investment advisor Rollin Kind and his lawyer Herb Kelleher, they wanted to start a different kind of airline. Rollin King already had a small charter that ran between the smaller Texas cities. This new airline at first was to fly between the three largest cities in Texas, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. The company was first names Air Southwest
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An Assessment of File Sharing in the Music Business
An Assessment of file sharing in the music business An Assessment of file sharing in the music business and online music piracy, and its ethical implications regarding consumers, musicians, and record companies Background "In traditional ethical studies, the classic problem is the starving man - can a starving man ethically steal a loaf of bread if he has no money. The modern version is evidently, can the person who wants to listen to music steal
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Are the Measures Taken Against Illegal Music Downloading Effective?
Introduction When a commercial about the release of a new album is seen or heard, most people run to their computer to download it, instead of run to the store and buy it. According to a Belgian broadcasting company, VRT, the profits of music sales fell worldwide by 4% and this only in the first 6 months of 2006. In the opinion of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, this decline is due to
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Punk Music in the 70’s and 90’s
Punk music has gone through an evolution ever since the punk explosion in the late seventies. Although today’s punk music retains most of the ideology and sound that defines the punk genre, there are some distinct differences between Nineties and Seventies punk. Most of the punk bands to emerge and gain popularity in the nineties mostly hailed from California (Green Day, the Offspring, etc.). Punk vanguards from the seventies hailed from the East Coast
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Ap History - Jacksonian Democracy
AP American History DBQ: Jacksonian Democracy Jacksonian democracy was created during the antebellum America. The Jackson democrats made an attempt to grant power to the lower classes while decreasing the influence of the rich and potent. The Jacksonian democrats viewed themselves as saviors of the common people and ruled by the means of a powerful executive branch who attempted to destroy aristocracy in America. In reality, they were typically very wealthy, they disregarded the capability
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History of Schizophenia and Its Treatment
HISTORIC OVERVIEW OF SCHIZOPHRENIA AND ITS TREATMENT ABSTRACT This paper provides an overview of the history of schizophrenia and its treatment. The paper begins by first providing some basic facts about the condition such as its nature, its probable causes, and its symptoms. This brief description is followed by a historical overview which discusses how schizophrenia came to be identified as a unique illness. The views of psychiatrists pivotal to making this identification are described.
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