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History Of The Clarinet
Number of Words: 587 / Number of Pages: 3
... section. It consists of a cylinder that flares out into a bell shape and ends the clarinet.
Clarinets are mainly made of African blackwood, metal, or a special hard plastic called ebonite. The keys on the clarinet are made of metal. The mouthpiece is mainly made of ebonite. The ligature is made of metal. The reed is made of cane.
The clarinet was created in and around the eighteenth century. By the mid eighteenth century, the five key clarinet became standard. In 1844, the clarinet was further revised into what we know of it today.
Around the beginning of the eighteenth century, a German instrument ...
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Rap Vs Poetry
Number of Words: 827 / Number of Pages: 4
... the music. As more and more rappers came about, the term MC, or Master of Ceremonies, was associated with rappers.
Break dancing actually originated a few years prior to DJ Afrika Bambataa. Break dancers (B-Boys and B-Girls), would dance during the breaks in the music while steady beats were played. Eventually rap and break dancing united and hip hop began.
The area in which hip hop first became a popular music was the Bronx. The Bronx is often labeled as the birthplace of hip hop. In its early stages hip hop was mostly a black and hispanic thing. As hip hop has evolved over the past 20 some odd yea ...
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Beatlemania In The 1960s
Number of Words: 1635 / Number of Pages: 6
... appearances with Ed Sullivan. The first show was scheduled for Sunday,
February 9, the second was telecast from Miami a week later, and the
third pre-taped for an airing in March. These concerts were the most
watched television programs ever (70 million viewers) until recently.
The Beatles' arrival in the United States was presaged by a deluge of
advance publicity. Newsweek, Time, and Life have chronicled
Beatlemania, UPI, and the AP(Associated Press) had done their part for
the cause (including an AP wirephoto of J. Paul Getty sporting a
Beatle wig), and even Vogue shov ...
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The Matrix-critique And Review
Number of Words: 2160 / Number of Pages: 8
... the
sinister men in black are at that precise moment being directed to his desk.
Following intricate instructions from Morpheus (who appears to be able to see
the entire layout of Thomas's world as if he is looking at a map, or like a
god looking down
from on high), Thomas sneaks past the agents into an empty office. There
Morpheus tells to make an improbable leap to safety. He fails to make the
leap, does not even try in fact, and allows himself to be captured by the
government agents instead.
He is taken into custody and while there is offered a deal which demands
him to cooperat ...
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Blaxploitation
Number of Words: 1456 / Number of Pages: 6
... and oh-so-very kind.”(Bogle,4)
The early silent period of cinema introduced five basic archetypes for Black characters: the Tom, the Coon, the Tragic Mulatto, the Mammy, and finally, the Brutal Black Buck. America’s first Black character found manifestation as the aforementioned Uncle Tom in Edwin S. Porter’s, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which was released in 1903. “The paradox was that in actuality Tom wasn’t Black at all. Instead he was portrayed by a nameless, slightly overweight actor made up in blackface.”(Boggle, 4) This was a common practice developed by the theater, and carried over, as were ma ...
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Emerging Trends - Body Wearable Computers
Number of Words: 3548 / Number of Pages: 13
... is a self-appointed, and none opposed leader in the body wearable computer field. To avoid confusion and changing the meanings of Steve’s definitions I included them in their entirety from Steve Mann’s Keynote Address, 1998.
“Constancy, the computer runs continuously, and is “always ready” to interact with the user. Unlike a hand-held device, laptop computer, or PDA, it does not need to be opened up and turned on prior to use. The signal flow from human to computer, and computer to human, runs continuously to provide a constant user-interface.”
“Augmentatio ...
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Photographic Portraiture
Number of Words: 1724 / Number of Pages: 7
... a drastic departure from the Static formally posed fashion and portrait photography of the previous decade.
Bailey's mapping of the '60s was marked by two collections of portraits; David Bailey's Box of Pin-ups in 1965 and Goodbye Baby and Amen in 1969. Powerful portraits of musicians including Mick Jagger, Lennon and McCartney reflect the stature of these 60s media heroes in these volumes. And actors such as Michael Caine and Marianne Faithful. Along with models Jean Shrimpton and Sue Murray. Baileys portraits are characterized by close cropping, strong lighting and often stark, bare backgrounds; ...
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Ham Vs. Laertes
Number of Words: 1079 / Number of Pages: 4
... Hamlet's strong love for Ophelia fades after she rejects his closeness. Hamlet's broad love for Ophelia caused Hamlet serious suffering after the affection toward Ophelia was rejected. Hamlet's appearance changes accordingly with this rejection of love from Ophelia, "Pale as his shirt, his knees knocking each other, and with a look so piteous in purport, As if he had been loused out of hell.” (II, i, 82-84). When Laertes learns of the death of Ophelia, shock and sadness overcome Laertes, similarly, Hamlet is shocked and sad over Ophelia's death. Hamlet and Laertes are so deeply disturbed at the ...
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Jamestown Fiasco
Number of Words: 472 / Number of Pages: 2
... colony. The colonists were expected to work together as a whole to produce food and exports to make money. Those with shares would get part of the profits, but meanwhile the idea of private farming was lacking. The contribution of a worker had no affect on his share of the profit. The loafer would get the same amount in the end as the person who worked hard.
Still another explanation for the dilemma is one that John Smith often pointed out, which was the character of the immigrants. There were a variety of groups, among them were the "gentlemen" which make up an incredible number of the population ...
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Architecture 2
Number of Words: 694 / Number of Pages: 3
... site to supervise construction. This is a minor inconvenience to the architects, but on a general scale, architects have extremely comfortable surroundings that promote less stress among them. Often, and more so nowadays, architectural firms are adopting CAD programs, or Computer Aided Design as the main tool for designing buildings. It provides an easy to use interface over the previous pencil and paper method. As a result, CAD software is growing vastly in usage and many colleges are now offering courses just in CAD.
Often, architects have to make considerations before the actual design ...
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