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The Evolution Of A Disc Jockey
<view this essay>.... its path. One of the most notable post modern events is that it has
unravelled and left music "hanging loose" for people to do as they please by
dissecting and recreating that which has already been created and recreated.
During this period, which is still currently evolving, Pierre Schaeffer in the forties
most likely gained influential ideas from John Cage in his attempts to redefine
tunes and make them into segments and samples of unfamiliar notes. It was the
seventies that proved to be the pivotal point of the disc jockeys evolution. No
longer were people putting quarters into the jukebox, or dancing to the American
Bandstand, but enjoying parties t .....
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Legacies: Roman, Greeks, And Hebrews
<view this essay>.... who had complete control over the people, because the dictator
usually controlled the army. From the Romans economic system, we gained their
great knowledge of architecture. The Romans were great builders and put the arch
to much use.
The Greeks gave us one of the first forms of democracy, and a well
developed navy. Athens, one of the most powerful city-states in Greece had a
form of government called a direct-democracy, which is where the citizens
directly interact with government affairs. The other legacy of the Greeks was
their Navy. The navy was mostly utilized by Athens in their struggle against
Sparta. It served as a useful way to fight and transpor .....
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Single Sex Education
<view this essay>.... fewer distractions, you will have a higher self esteem socially and academically, and you will be more successful academically.
Let's face it, we are obsessed with boys. We act and dress with only a boy's opinion in mind. Boys not only preoccupy our minds in a social setting, but in the classroom as well. We know that we know the answers to the questions in school, but we often avoid raising our hand in class. Why? We are afraid that the answer might be wrong, and the boys will laugh at us. Even worse, we might be right, and then they will think we are nerds! We also must confess that we tend to space out during lessons and daydream about the star quart .....
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What The Mind Is And How It Wo
<view this essay>.... our bodies and hurt. Physical harm is controlled in our society and many times emphasized with. However mental harm is not controlled and the results are many a times looked down upon. Bros believes that there is no difference between a physical blow well aimed and a mental blow well aimed. The 1st crushes muscle and blood from the outside, the 2nd from the inside. He also believes that if there is a difference in degree between the two, it favors the first. The damage from a physical blow comes to an end when the physical impact ends. A mental blow reoccurs whenever we think back. Physical blows hurt! Mental blows keep on hurting.
The author also .....
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US Border Patrol: Pros & Cons
<view this essay>.... States borders and at least 25 miles off the border. The Border
Patrol agents are responsible to check factories for illegal workers. As
of September of 1995, the Border Patrol had 530 agents.
The Border Patrol's efforts may be sufficient but many people
believe that there are many problems in the methods of the Border Patrol.
First, many people think that all of the equipment is costing the
taxpayers too much. An estimation by TIME magazine states that in
California alone, $400 million is spent on healthcare for illegal
immigrants. CNN says that the care of illegal immigrants in one hospital
in Jacksonville, Florida costs taxpayers $44.5 million. A .....
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Email What Is It Good For
<view this essay>.... and to others it bring horror and deception. E-mail is the main component of the net; some call it EMS, which stands for electronic message system. For the user of E-mail that is merely a technical term for something simple, but for the non-users it screams the horror of a technology advance that is sweeping the world.
People who fear this kind of advancement are people who fear change overall, E-mail in today's world is not an accessory but it's a necessity. Our ever-growing business world demands people to communicate faster and cheaper. E-mail provides instant communication at a fraction of cost compared to talking on the phone or video conferencing. .....
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The Extermination Of Jews Documents
<view this essay>.... and every time that you read about any incident you are more
disgusted than the last. You are always reminded that these people that
were being slaughtered like animals were not much different than yourself
or anybody that you know. It does not matter whether you are Jewish,
Christian, Muslim, or any other religion, you have to sympathize with these
people because they are people. Despite whatever the Nazis tried to make
them into, one can easily see that is was not the Jews who were sub-human,
but the vicious, blood-thirsty Nazi murderers who were the animals.
Many of these readings reminded me of the question "Where were the
people? .....
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Rawls' View Of Ignorance
<view this essay>.... game would be placed in a situation which is called the "original
position". Having only a general knowledge of the facts of "life and society",
each player is to abide based on their moral obligation. By denying the players
any specific information about themselves it forces them to adopt a generalized
point of view that bears a strong resemblance to the moral point of view.
"Moral conclusions can be reached without abandoning the prudential
standpoint of positing, a moral outlook merely by pursuing one's own prudential
reasoning under certain procedural bargaining and knowledge constraints."
Rawls proposes that the most reasonable principles of justice fo .....
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