John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5‚ 1912 – August 12‚ 1992) was an American composer. A pioneer of chance music‚ electronic music and non-standard use of musical instruments‚ Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde and‚ in the opinion of many‚ the most influential American composer of the 20th century.[1][2] He was also instrumental in the development of modern dance‚ mostly through his association with choreographer Merce Cunningham‚ who was also Cage’s romantic partner for
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myriads of reasons to why they’ve come up with that answer. And for John Stuart Mill‚ everyone’s opinion matters‚ especially the ones with the unpopular opinion. John Stuart Mill was someone who believed that everyone‚ rich or poor‚ was entitled to their very own opinions. John Stuart Mill also believed that freedom of expression is valuable for two main reasons. The first reason would be
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Background of Kittyhawk This paper aims to analyze the Hewlett Packard- Kittyhawk by taking into account “Disruptive Technologies” and “Value Network” by Christensen. In 1992‚ Hewlett Packard (HP) decided to produce a 1.3-inch disk drive-the Kittyhawk Microdrive‚ in hope to establish itself as a leader in a disk drive market. This smallest drive in the world will represent a disruptive innovation and a breakthrough in technology. A special team was dedicated to developing Kittyhawk and high hopes
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According to John Steinbeck “It is the responsibility of the writer to expose our many grievous faults and failures and to hold up to the light our dark and dangerous dreams‚ for the purpose of improvement” Perhaps Steinbeck’s quote means‚ that the purpose of writer is to reveal ones faults and dreams for the goal of improvement. I believe Steinbeck’s quote is a valid remark. His words are so eloquently exemplified in‚ Unforgettable Miss Bessie by Carl T. Rowan and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.
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John D. Rockefeller was the owner of Standard Oil Company. John was born into a very poor family and had to work very hard to start Standard Oil. He also had many problems later in his career. One of the problems he had during his career was the antitrust laws which made him disband his trust into many of the different companies that made up the trust. After Rockefeller stopped working at Standard Oil day to day he became a philanthropist and donated a lot of his money to help different causes.
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1960’s Time Capsule SS-310 September 9‚ 2013 I have been summoned to Central Park in New York City. Some of my colleagues were informed about some sort of artifact that was located on the west end of the park. Upon checking out the capsule‚ there is a date inscribed on it for the year of 1969. My colleagues believe that this is a pretty important find and have requested that I come to New York City and be there when the capsule is opened. While I am on my flight to New
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Civil Government” written by John Locke‚ mankind’s natural rights are critically examined one by one. This essay aims to discuss whether John Stuart Mill’s harm principle that he mentions in “On Liberty” can be exercised while not violating the natural rights of mankind or not. First of all‚ in order to find out the consistency of Mill’s harm principle with Locke’s natural rights‚ briefly one should examine Locke’s definitions of state of nature and
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Up to the beginning of the twentieth century the primary method of collecting data was through self- observation and introspection. Most of this was done in a lab or on an analysts couch. Then along came John B. Watson‚ who led a new generation of psychologists to a new way of thinking. This new way of thinking was behaviorism. For Watson‚ psychology was the study of observable‚ measurable behavior and nothing more. He insisted that you can not see or even define what consciousness is any more than
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Flight Catering Last Friday on 19 October 2012‚ I was attended a talk about flight catering by Mr. Peter Jones. He start his speech by introduce the flight catering. The flight catering is about airline meal or in flight meal that was served to passenger on board a commercial airliner. Thus‚ the meals are prepared by airline catering services. He also stated that important of sanitary and safety in flight catering. He also tell the objectives of his speech‚ he want to introduce the history of the
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The Life and Legacy of John Lennon Name Mr. Hiebner – Methods of Historical Research October 7th‚ 2013 Outline I. INTRODUCTION II. EARLY LIFE A. Childhood B. College and Family C. Early Bands III. THE BEATLES A. Early Beatles B. Hey-Day C. Breaking Up IV. LIFE AFTER BEATLES A. Solo Career B. Success C. Retirement V. DEATH VI. LEGACY VII. CONCLUSION I. John Lennon has had a large influence on music around the world. His despondent
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