we entered the busses outside of the airport‚ we were told to sit quietly and be patient for our visit to the Smithsonian was an air and space museum containing many planes and scientific evidence of a space shuttle such as Sputnik and the v-2 Rocket. Then‚ we were to go back in our bus and prepare ourselves to the minimal walkthrough the Holocaust Museum. This was going to be a valuable learning experience that was going to teach us about the holocaust and prevent our generation from repeating the
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A interesting visit to Metropolitan Museum of Art I have recently visit Metropolitian Museum of Art. This is the first time I visit museum in New York city‚ my first impression for this art museum is tremendous and inspiring. It’s a multi-culture museum‚ there are sculptures and paintings from all around the world. After two hours of touristing‚ I was attracted by a painting‚ which is located in second floor‚ in American wing section. This painting is oil-on-canvas in 1851 by artist Emanuel
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Far from the Tree When looking at the O’Hara family‚ we can easily apply the Psychosocial Development theory by Erik Erikson (Lifespan). This theory emphasized the importance of culture in the parenting practice and motivations. The family is currently in the Industry vs. Inferiority stage. This stage shows that the children are school aged. The family is composed of Luke and Mary O’Hara‚ the first daughter Bridget who is deaf‚ and three other sisters. The family is going through the developmental
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Edward Bunting was an Armagh-born organist‚ who was commissioned to transcribe all the dance tunes played at the Belfast Harp Festival over the period of the four day event. It is mainly due to his efforts that we still have this ancient music in Ireland at this time. The repertoire consisted mainly of parlour songs and drawing room music. The demise of the Irish Harping Tradition remained‚ until the mid 1950s. This is when the harp received a revival of sorts‚ meaning that this tradition has steadily
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Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois were both two very inspiring black men of their time. Washington was born a slave on the Burroughs Tobacco farm. After that he moved multiple times with his family. The only thing that stayed the same each time he moved was the feeling of discrimination. Du Bois on the other hand was born on a “Free-Slave” plantation. Du Bois attended school without working‚ instead of being a slave with no education. When his father died the family of the plantation disowned
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Art is powerful. It’s an expression of who we are‚ how we feel. It shapes society‚ causes relaxation‚ and stimulates our brain. The Red Canna by Georgia O’ Keeffe has done this and more to me‚ by inspiring me to make art‚ live a simpler life‚ and appreciate things with a deeper meaning. I was moved by the Red Canna because the colors are eminently vibrant and bold but also complementary at the same time. The different tones and shade are brought together harmoniously using different brushing techniques
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Napoleonic Art Essay Napoleon viewed himself as an ambitious and a strong leader. He represented himself as a supreme leader ready to conquer and achieve higher goals for himself and France. this essay explains about this Napoleonic Art. In which I would be describing about its setting‚ Napoleon’s clothing‚ actions‚ and items with symbolic meaning. Furthermore‚ who painted this painting‚ his expression‚ other people in the painting and interesting facts. This famous painting of Napoleon was painted
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AT&T‚ T-Mobile Merger On March 20‚ 2011‚ AT&T announced that it would purchase T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom for a staggering $39 billion dollars. The now second largest wireless distributor AT&T would become the largest over its competitor Verizon wireless by acquiring the 30.8 million subscribers that T-Mobile currently holds. This would not be the first time a merger took place between Wireless providers‚ in 2004 Sprint and Nextel merged and in 2009 Alltel merged with Verizon. So it came as
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Dear‚ Mother. Last week I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Arts in the big apple. I wasn’t sure how it was going to be like since it was my first time going there. The museum was enormous with lots of art works from different locations around the world. My main focus was the Japanese arts‚ which was very fascinating. As I explored the room with the Japanese arts‚ I’ve stumbled upon a Buddha like figure sitting right beyond the door of the room. It was called Kaikei‚ Fudo Myoo from the early 13th
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dogged work and manly striving‚ would do us more credit than a thousand civil bills.” This is a quote from W.E.B. Dubois that means everyone is equal and should have to work for their self. Booker T. Washington felt this way too because he hard working black slave. In this essay I will prove to you that Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois have many similarities and differences. Washington was born as a slave in 1856. While Washington was a slave in his childhood‚ he carried 100 pound sacks of grain
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