Submitted by 2 students of The Art Institute Audio Production 102 March 2012 A Brief History of Audio Production Men like Thomas Edison‚ Alexander Graham Bell‚ and Vladimir Poulsen are some of the great thinkers in the historical walk through audio production. Dating back some 135 years‚ one can begin to witness the imagination and drive that led these‚ and so many other inventors‚ to capture and replicate a better sound. The song‚ Mary’s Little Lamb‚ was Edison’s first successful reproduction
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The focus of this article is on literature in the English language from anywhere‚ not just the literature of England‚ so that it includes writers from Scotland‚ the whole of Ireland‚ Wales‚ as well as literature in English from former British colonies‚ including the US. However‚ up until the early 19th century‚ it deals with the literature written in English of Britain and Ireland. English literature is generally seen as beginning with the epic poem Beowulf‚ that dates from between the 8th to the
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ISL Linguistic Date: 12 January 2013 History of the English Language • Indo-European Language Family Tree • World Englishes History of the English Language Source: http://www.danshort.com/ie/timeline.htm The figure below shows the timeline of the history of the English language. * The earliest known residents of the British Isles were the Celts‚ who spoke Celtic languages—a separate branch of the Indo-European language family tree. * Over the centuries the British Isles were
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History of the English Language One thing that makes human culture possible is the language‚ not thought. We cannot form a precise though without the power of words. Surely‚ we can relay on pictures‚ but language is the tool that will help the idea construct more completely‚ precisely‚ with more detail and finesse. Animals communicate‚ but their way of communication is based on cries consisted of limited number of symbols which have general meaning. Example: In case of danger: - A human
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I have over 100 hours of tattoos. I have worked many hours with my tattoo artist and the tattoo process has become almost second nature to me. Well since many of you have tattoos‚ or have thought about getting a tattoo‚ I will speak about a brief history of tattoos‚ and a basic overview of the tattoo process from start to finish. In the not so distant past‚ most people associated tattoos with bikers‚ sailors‚ criminals‚ or carnival freaks. I’ve even been called a shady character before. Nevertheless
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A Brief History of Physical Fitness Ever wondered about the history of physical fitness‚ and how we ended up with gym memberships and training centers? Well‚ here’s a brief look back in time at the development of our fitness history: "Run For Your Life" 0-10‚000 B.C.E: In the age of primitive man no one was buying memberships to the gym; they were too busy running from predators‚ hunting down food sources‚ and trying to survive to worry about ‘working out’. 10‚000-8‚000 B.C.E: Big changes
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Brief History of Apple Macintosh The first Macintosh was the 128 K released first in 1984. Macintosh was first affordable computer to include a GUI (Graphical User Interface). It was built around the Motorola 6800 chip which was significantly faster than previous processors. It came in a small case with a black and white monitor built- in. It even came with a mouse and keyboard. Big progress from the Apple I which came out in 1976 which included only the circuit board‚ but here’s the real kicker
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An automated library is one where a computer system is used to manage one or several of the library’s key functions such as acquisitions‚ serials control‚ cataloging‚ circulation and the public access catalog. When exploring the history of library automation‚ it is possible to return to past centuries when visionaries well before the computer age created devices to assist with their book lending systems. Even as far back as 1588‚ the invention of the French ’Book Wheel’ allowed scholars to
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According to‚ "Is There A History of Sexuality?" sex has no history but sexuality does. Sex is natural in order to keep reproducing our species sexual activity has to be performed by a male and a female. Depending on your cultural and religious background it plays a role on individual sexual behavior. Michael Foucault thought of sexuality as‚ “set of effects produced in bodies‚ behaviors‚ and social relations by a certain deployment’ of “a complex political technology.”David M. Halperin author
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famous for being beyond complex‚ is a subject which cannot be explained with ease. Stephen Hawking‚ the most famous living scientist today‚ wrote A Brief History of Time in 1988‚ updated in 1996‚ in order to take upon this daunting task of explaining basic theoretical physics to a population who had previously barely studied any science. Within A Brief History of Time‚ Hawking touches upon seven topics in-depth while easily explaining them in a simple manner: our picture of the universe‚ space and time
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