DBQ Essay Kelly Wagner Period 5 September 18‚ 2012 Before the 1500s nobody knew that North or South America even existed. This was because it was believed that the world was flat and that if you sailed out far enough that you would sail off the edge of the earth. Finally‚ after reading of Marco Polo’s travels in Cathay‚ Christopher Columbus decided to challenge this. He believed that he could sail west and get to Asia. He eventually convinced King Ferdinand and Queen Elizabeth of Spain to fund his
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“Plan 9 from Outer Space”: Worst Movie of All Time “If you want to know me‚ see Glen or Glenda. That’s me‚ that my story‚ no question. But Plan 9 from Outer Space is my pride and joy” CITATION Pla14 \l 1033 (iMDb). “Plan9 from Outer Space” is an American science fiction thriller that is known more for its blunders‚ bad acting‚ and poor costumes and sets than for its story line. It was filmed in 1959 and was written and directed by Ed Wood. This movie was meant to be the movie that made him famous
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TRIAL ESSAY Conflicts that arise from particular ways of seeing the world are made evident through the shaping of texts. In Barry Levinson’s film “Wag the Dog” and Michael Moore’s documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11”‚ it is clear that the perspectives in which the audience views the world create particular conflicts. In both texts‚ the conflicting perspectives arise from the way the naïve public views the world and the way that the government and media view the world through their particular agendas
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reconstructing new rockets is very expensive and time consuming (“Mission Mars”). In 2002‚ Musk founded SpaceX‚ and since then several spacecrafts have been launched (“SpaceX”). SpaceX is currently working to further improve the Dragon‚ Falcon heavy‚ and Falcon 9. Presently the Dragon is the only Spacecraft that can carry a significant amount of cargo back to Earth. The reason the Dragon is able to carry plentiful amounts of cargo is due to the pressurized cargo located in the capsule‚ along with unpressurized
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defines the term commercial space transportation as “the launch of an object into space or the reentry of an object from space by a private‚ nongovernment entity” (Chapter IX‚ 2005). SpaceX has introduced three launch vehicles; Falcon 1‚ Falcon 9‚ and Falcon 9 Heavy. They also developed a spacecraft called the Dragon. Elon Musk‚ founder of SpaceX‚ says he’s going to cut the cost of space missions by at least one third the price of any competitors using these vehicles (Space Exploration Technologies
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the contrabassoon and three trombones‚ which are both considered to be Romantic instruments. One of the first composers to use trombones in the symphony setting was Brahms’ mentor‚ Beethoven who used them in his later symphonies‚ No. 5‚ No. 6 and No. 9. While for Beethoven‚ the use of trombones was pushing the limits out of Classical music and into Romantic music‚ Brahms’ imitation of his instrumentation was becoming the standard instrumentation of the Romantic period. Classical symphonies incorporated
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As someone who suffers from extreme hearing loss‚ I am amazed at the great Talent of Ludwig vans Beethoven‚ who as one of the greatest composers of all time wrote most of his music while he was deaf! It seems impossible‚ but what a genius he was. Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn‚ Germany on December 16‚ 1770. His mother died while he was a teenager and his father was very abusive and a crazy alcoholic. Beethoven came from a very musical family. His grandfather became a conductor and
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Beethoven’s 9th Symphony Notes Writing of Symphony: Beethoven’s Life • Symphony No.9 in D minor was his last symphony • 12 years after his previous symphony • Lived through three major life crisis o End of romance “immortal beloved”‚ an unknown woman Identified as Antonie Brentano by Maynard Soloman 1811‚ dedicated “An die Geliebte” to her Beethoven often rejected by women‚ sought unavailable women Send Antonie letting proclaiming he was unable to enter lasting relationship
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Karl Amadeus Hartmann was a 20th Century German composer who was born in 1903. During his lifetime he experienced many life changing world events‚ including World War I‚ World War II‚ and the Great Depression. It was after the defeat of the Nazis that Hartmann started revising many of his works. Symphony No. 1 was one of them. The first symphony‚ “The Search for a Requiem‚” gives evidence to the importance of Mahler. [ (Morgan‚ 1994) ] Symphony No. 1‚ “Essay for a requiem” was first written in
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