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    Lgbt History

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    LGBT History February 13‚ 2013 Emic Idenitity V. Etic identity Emic - How you perceive yourself. Etic - Is the external pressures‚ how does others see us. We as humans sort of live between the two. The British Colonials The first BC that are coming here are the Roanoke. They quickly disappeared. Probably killed by Indians. More well know BC was Jamestown VA 1607 (Pocahontas and John Smith) Plymouth Rock‚ MA 1620 (Naragnaset) Non Calvinist colonies - Follow the

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    Swing Kids Movie Analysis

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    Whaley) had a very strong love and passion for swing music and broke the laws to listen to it. Not only was swing music banned because of it not being pure German‚ but many swing musicians were African American such as Duke Ellington‚ and Jewish such as Benny Goodman. People of these ethnic and religious backgrounds were considered inferior in Miller2 Germany at the time. During the movie‚ as the Nazi’s grip on prohibited items grows tighter‚ Thomas joins the

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    as a result‚ the film fails to generate much sympathy for its victims. Leading on further from this is the idea that we as an audience may well romanticise and thus memorialise the gangsters; for example‚ we do feel a strong sense of loss when Benny is killed despite the pain we know he has inflicted on others. In quasi-documentary style‚ flashbacks are used‚ together with frenetically edited jump cuts. Slow-motion shots and whirling camera work‚ as well as rapid colour transitions and jittery

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    Great Depression

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    The Great Depression The stock market crash of October 29‚ 1929 provided a dramatic end to an era of lopsided prosperity. This disaster had been going on for years. Different historians and economists offer different explanations for the crisis. Some blame the increasingly uneven distribution of wealth and purchasing power in the 1920s‚ while others blame the decade’s agricultural slump or the international instability caused by World War I. In any case‚ the nation was unprepared for the crash

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    20th Century Study of Music

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    Session 6 20th Century To be specific - focusing on five performances: First one comes before this period. Laying down framework that comes later: A concert at the Carnegie Hall‚ 1938‚ called Spirituals to Swing. Second one‚ in 1939 another concert-same title. Then we come to Post war period - A concert‚ in 1953 that became known as Jazz - Massey Hall‚ Canada. Referred to at times as the quintet of the year - the five musicians that played were some of the foremost Bebop musicians at the time

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    Jazz

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    History of American Jazz Appendix A: Understanding Jazz -Americas art form -European- African musical traditions -Hard to define Defining Jazz Improvisation- spontaneous and simultaneous composing and performing Rhythm- a unique interaction with time involving: -syncopation‚ -jazz swing rhythm Dissonance- extending common rules of music; “pushing the envelope” Jazz interpretation- a unique way of producing sound and phrasing melodies Interaction- listening to and reacting to musical

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    B) whose family is extremely wealthy. C) who will attend a more expensive college. D) who started a successful business in high school. 3. Benny has one hour before bedtime and he can either watch TV or listen to his new Korn CD. He chooses to listen to the CD. The scarcity problem’s influence on Benny is seen in: A) a the decision to listen to music. B) the decision not to watch TV. C) the fixed amount of time before bed.

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    Biology: Drugs in Sports

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    Certain drugs such as psychomotor stimulant drugs include amphetamines (namely‚ amphetamine‚ dextroamphetamine‚ and methamphetamine) and methylpenidate hydrochloride (Ritalin). The most common name for these drugs is “speed”. Other used names include bennies‚ dexies‚ greenies‚ and pep pills. Amphetamines can be taken orally‚ but chronic users often inject the drug as it produces a more immediate and stronger effect. The effect of this drugs increase heart rate‚ respiration and blood pressure. It increases

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    Ms Mishika

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    Genazzano FCJ College Year 12 Literature Text: Lysistrata Aristophanes The Play Lysistrata was produced early in 411 BC. It is the third and last of Aristophanes’ ‘peace plays’. It is a dream about peace‚ conceived at a time when Athens was going through the most desperate crisis she had known since the Persian War. All that most Athenians could see was that the war was going on as usual and there seemed to be no way out of it other than the unthinkable option of capitulation. But comedy specializes

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    SOC 6 Focal Concerns

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    Walter Miller’s lower-class focal concerns focuses on the traits of the lower-class culture that connects deviance to a distinct normative structure that conflicts with norms of the dominant culture. Miller started a descriptive research strategy to observe lower-class male gang members in their natural habitat. It led Miller to conclude that people of the lower-class show a set of “focal concerns” that categorize them from the mainstream of American society. Miller concluded that people of the

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