As a musician‚ you’re particular about the sound you’re creating. Every note -- every instrument -- has to be just right‚ or it’s back to more rehearsals‚ more experimentation. It’s totally understandable for you to be that discerning about what you’re putting out. When you’re as concerned as most musicians about getting the music just right‚ it also follows that you’re going to be concerned about which formats you record onto. And in my opinion‚ that’s exactly why to choose vinyl. Simply put‚
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In my opinion‚ Graff makes one very strong statement in his essay‚ and also a lot of personal background to support his point. This main point is on hidden intellectualism itself‚ and what exactly it means to be intellectual. He argues that intellectualism can be found almost anywhere‚ and I strongly support his argument. Graff’s argument is based around the ideas of two different types of smarts‚ book smarts and street smarts. Being a teacher himself‚ he sees the students as more of a street
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Do you believe we should keep online piracy? Seventy percent of people find nothing wrong with online piracy.(Miller) Do you think we should have law for piracy?Online piracy is the unauthorized reproduction or use of a recording‚ trademarked product‚ television programs‚copyrighted books‚and patented invention..The importance of this issue is that many people want to be able to keep getting access to music‚movies‚ and tv shows for free. People who want to get rid of piracy want to get rid of
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Facts surrounding the case: In 2012 Fox Broadcasting sued Dish Network for copyright infringement and breach of contract and filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to enjoin Dish from operating‚ distributing‚ selling‚ or offering Dish Anywhere‚ PrimeTime Anytime‚ AutoHop and any comparable features through the Hopper‚ a set-top box with digital video recorder(DVR) and video on demand capabilities. Dish Anytime allows consumers to view television content from their home set-top box with digital
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Hidden Intellectualism In Gerald Graff’s “Hidden Intellectualism‚” Graff argues that by not involving non-academic elements to the curriculum‚ schools are missing out on opportunities to encourage their students to learn. Students may be more prone to pick up intellectual identities if they were encouraged to do so on subjects that interest them. Graff recalls moments in his youth when his interests in academic subjects were minimal. Although his interests in non-academic subjects were vast‚ his
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Originally referring to the advance guard or “the part of the army that goes forward ahead of the rest”‚ the term avant-garde usually indicates to the idea that artists‚ with social power within their work‚ are “leaders of a new society” (Tate). Avant-garde artists of the cubist movement focused on alterations of form and innovative perspective. An advocate of the avant-garde‚ Gertrude Stein’s poems “A Carafe‚ That is a Blind Glass” and “If I Told Him‚ A Completed Portrait of Picasso” were heavily
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Anti Drug War In this chapter it asks do I feel that the anti- drug laws are adequate. My reply to that is no it is not. The legislation needs to implement harsher laws that will prevent the drug problems that the United States is currently having. At this point in time it’s the Mexican Drug Cartel’s that are the main problem. The Mexican Drug Cartel’s have been around for many of years as early as the 1980’s till present day. (Article: Mexican Drug War Wikipedia.com). My opinion
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210 THE RETURN OF THE ANTI-HERO English Literature from the 1950s onwards A very definite new trend in English Literature‚ in novels and especially in plays ‚ began to emerge from the 1950s onwards. This was the return of the “anti-hero”‚ and was to become the dominant feature of writing through the 1950s to the 1970s. In order to examine exactly what an “Anti-Hero” is‚ it is necessary to look back on what had gone before. The Hero in World Literature The literature of all countries at all
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Anti-Italianism in the United States The reputation of Italian Americans has been marked by complex and ongoing negotiations of ethnic identity‚ ascent from the working class‚ and ongoing perceptions of support for criminal gangs. Movies from early on loaded their films with Italian gangsters. After 1915 heartbreaking melodramas of destitution and misfortune adopted instead a combination of muted ’othering’ and universal characterizations.[1] Because of the common association‚ Italian Americans
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The Anti-GMO Movement Introduction Genetically Modified Organisms‚ also known as GMOs‚ are “living organisms whose genetic material has been artificially manipulated in a laboratory through genetic engineering‚” (The Non-GMO Project). While genetic engineering has the capability of being beneficial to our society‚ The Non-GMO Project argues that it “creates unstable combinations of plant‚ animal‚ bacteria and viral genes that do not occur in nature or through traditional crossbreeding methods‚”
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