approached the end of his presidency in 1816‚ a fellow Virginian and Republican—James Monroe—was elected as his successor. Monroe’s presidency was a continuation of the so-called “Virginia Dynasty‚” since all of the presidents between 1801 and 1825 were from Virginia. The fading Federalist Party ran a candidate in the 1816 election for the last time‚ securing only 34 electoral votes compared to Monroe’s 183 votes. Monroe came to the presidency with a solid political background; he had served as a U.S
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Chinese Culture Club Xiang Bao Activity- May 30‚ 2014 Hello everyone‚ and thank you for coming today. I start this meeting at ____. Motion. Second. II. Explain activity a. today we are going to be making scented sachets‚ or Xiang Bao in cele bration of the Dragon Boat festival which is on June 2nd. Also‚ for those of you who are I. here for the extra credit‚ you must stay for the entire activity and show Mrs.Hung your finished product before you leave b. So that you are all familiar
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Eight Elvises Following the times of the middle 1950’s Abstract Expressionism sparked an interest for Andy Warhol‚ and during the 60’s Andy‚ and Roy Lichtenstein created a new realism of America. This new realism was called Pop Art which expressed daily life in America as it was being lived. Warhol was born in 1928 as Andy Warhola‚ he grew up with a curiosity in commercials‚ and after a very successful life he became the main figure associated with Pop Art. His art is some of the most well known
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ANDY WARHOL August 6‚ 1928 – February 22‚ 1987 Andy Warhol was one of the most influential people in American modern art. Warhol was best known for his bright colored images of famous people and food cans. Through both his art and lifestyle he explored the nature of fame‚ popular culture‚ and the media. His artistic influence and unusual personality redefined the modern art world. Andy Warhol was born August 6‚ 1928 in the working class neighborhood of Oakwood‚ in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania
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The Monroe Doctrine became one of the crucial foundations of American foreign policy over the next century; what was the occasion for Monroe’s articulation of this doctrine‚ and what were the circumstances motivating its adoption? The occasion for Monroe Doctrine was to inform the world in principle the rights and interests of the United States and Russia. The Monroe‚ doctrine was used to inform not only the world by European nations that the northwest coast was part of the United States and colonization
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Analysis "The Gold-Bug" includes a cipher that uses polyphonic substitution. Though he did not invent "secret writing" or cryptography‚ Poe certainly popularized it during his time. To most people in the 19th century‚ cryptography was mysterious and those able to break the codes were considered gifted with nearly supernatural ability. Poe had drawn attention to it as a novelty over four months in the Philadelphia publication Alexander’s Weekly Messenger in 1840. He had asked readers to submit their
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What would it be like to be stranded on Mars? In this novel written by Andy Weir‚ the main character - astronaut Mark Watney - is left behind on Mars and is forced to survive with limited resources. Thankfully‚ Mark has the help of many people at NASA‚ such as Venkat Cooper‚ director of Mars operations‚ Teddy Sanders‚ and others. Mark only has resources for a thirty day mission to Mars‚ but to get off the planet‚ he’ll have to survive for four years. Meanwhile‚ it seems that Mars keeps trying
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Maple Street” and “ The Andy Griffith Show” are alike and different. They both are paranoid and suspicious. They both have a problem with some type of alien phenomenon.They are different because in “ The Monsters are due on Maple Street” they want to find out who in the town is helping the aliens.They are also different because on “The Andy Griffith Show” they want to find out who the new person in town is and if he is an alien.”The Monsters are due on Maple Street” and “The Andy Griffith Show” are
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What I saw was a beautiful lady who was wearing this amazing golden dress that had one of a kind detail. What i found incredible was that in the painting there was so much of the color gold. One of the things that came to my head was the hair that the lady had and color of her skin she seem so pale. Also in her dress what i see see like patterns of eye all over her dress.. Including the background he uses this type of patterns i feel like they are small little shape. In general i see lots of shape
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