“How Disco Changed the World” Disco got its start when Djs at gay Manhattan dance clubs started spinning black music in the early 70s. With such obvious homosexual and black roots‚ it is no wonder that‚ considering the time of its emergence in the mid 1970s‚ less than a decade removed from the Civil Rights Act in 1964 and only a few years after the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968 and the Stonewall riots in 1969‚ faced a hearty opposition from some Americans. On the warm summer night
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pressurized cans‚ balloons on a hot or cold day‚ or playing football in the snow. When a pressurized can is sprayed for several seconds the can becomes colder. The spray releases some of the pressure inside the can. The volume in the can does not change‚ however the temperature decreases making the can colder. This shows that when the pressure decreases the temperature does also. If you are having an outdoor party on a warm sunny day. The balloons that are filled inside an air-conditioned home should
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Monet: The Break Up of the Ice In 1879‚ Europe had one of its coldest winters and Monet was living in Vetbeuil to experience this winter. When the Seine thawed‚ the ice flooded the countryside and damaged bridges. Monet took advantage of these conditions and began a series of motif paintings in which he would paint the same scene again and again under different light conditions. The ice and water landscape were perfect for this type of painting because they were able to better capture the reflections
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sizes and races‚ its clear to see why this doll will forever be a symbol of pop culture. After nearly six decades‚ Barbie’s look and charm has been reinvented to uplift girls all over the world whilst at the same time appealing to the buyers of the time with her constantly refreshed looks and outfits. Many changes are contributed to what fashions are in style during the period of a doll’s release. For example‚ during the 1960s‚ Barbie sported the looks of a classic young housewife. Complete with a
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she was the head geometry teacher of the Neo-Platonist school (Belenky‚ 2010). Hypatia is regarded as one of the first women that contributed in many ways to the field of mathematical findings that have forever changed the way we think and see the world today. One major way she contributed to the development of mathematics is by building on to the work of an earlier mathematician‚ an Egyptian named Diophantus. Diophantus worked with quadratic equations and equations having multiple solutions; these
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In 1492 Christopher Columbus made a discovery that would change the world as they knew it; however‚ he did now know it at the time. What he discovered was the Western hemisphere. Columbus was a man from Genoa who wished to discover a direct sailing route from Europe to Asia‚ as everyone else who tried before only got as far as South Africa. He first asked Portugal to fund his voyage but they declined because they did not think he would make it all the way to Asia with the resources that he had without
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Muhammad was known for being the “messenger of God” he left a change in the world. Everyone who lived in Mecca had one belief system that they followed‚ believing in a messenger from God. That messenger from God’s name was Muhammad. Muhammad was born in 570 in Mecca. His parents both died when he was very young. He was raised by his grandfather then by an uncle. Sometime after he was married‚ he began receiving messages from God. After he started telling people about them‚ they were put together
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Seventy-five years ago‚ one word repeated three times changed the world forever. “Tora‚ Tora‚ Tora” was heard through the radios on Japanese fighter planes. They had been given the final go-ahead for their attack on pearl harbor. The pacific theater of World War Two was the most savage and cruel of the many fronts the war was fought on. The Pacific war had a large impact on the world as we know it. Some historians will argue that the second World War did not begin in 1939 with Hitler’s invasion of Poland
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prodigy‚ and no one was like him. He was one of 3 people who change the music during the classical period . He also was genius as an infant . Mozart’s opera “ Don Giovanni” shows how his work was really unique as‚ thru this opera it told a story of a man who was troublemaker and was always finding ways not to get caught up but eventually it had to stop and it did not end in a good way as he was sent to hell. This opera showed the how stark human tragedy and a touch of comedy with uproaring moments
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