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    Portugal has a rich musical culture‚ with roots that go back to Provencal troubadours‚ followed by ballads and the fado‚ and as of late‚ incorporating the rhythms of Portugal’s former West African colonies. Each of these elements are stll alive in current Portuguese music like the French Provencal influence in the folk music played at festivals in the northern part of the country‚ as well as the rock and jazz most prevalent in the larger cities. An additional element is added by a wealth of singer-songwriters

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    New Mexico‚ and Ellen Dissanayake of the University of Washington at Seattle believe that music was used to soothe babies as well. The proper term for this biological process is called‚ motheresing. Just as mothers today‚ in all cultures‚ sing lullabies to soothe their young‚ primordial humans did the same. The way females motherese are similar in all cultures: a quietly sung song with higher than normal speech‚ pitch‚ and slow tempo. These professionals speculate that once the essential elements

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    The Story of Bad Little Boy Mark Twain 1. Biography. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30‚ 1835 – April 21‚ 1910) or everyone would recognize him as Mark Twain. He is the son of John Marshall and Jane Lampton Clemens. One of the most well known American literature figures‚ He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and followed with Adventures of Huckleberry Finn which also known as “the Great American Novel. Clemens grew up in Hannibal‚ Missouri where it is becoming the background for Tom Sawyer

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    i dream to have a robot. the robot would have two brains and ten hands‚because it can do many things at the same time ‚it can help my mom to do the housework‚so that my mom can relax after come back home.the robot can help me solve the problems which is difficult for me‚it can teach me like a teacher.i will like the robot because it help our family a lot . ********************************************************************** Robot (Robot) is automatic implementation of the robotic device. Acceptable

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    BISHOP GROSSETESTE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LINCOLN BA (HONS) DRAMA IN THE COMMUNITY YEAR 1 (DINC1) B1003009 DC104 ‘WHAT MOTVATES PEOPLE TO DANCE AND CREATE DANCES?’ WORD COUNT: 1‚854 The aim of this essay is to discuss dance; the focus will be on what motivates people to dance and create them. Firstly examining the work of a professional company‚ ‘Frantic Assembly’ and a choreographer‚ ‘Martha Graham’ and exploring their work‚ before moving onto why importance of dance to human

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    The intentionality hidden behind even the most conventional actions and objects is taken for granted. Everything is done‚ said‚ or placed because someone made it happen. For instance‚ a discarded coffee cup may not warrant a second glance to a person passing by. Disregarded is the concept that someone filled the cup‚ someone drank from it‚ and someone will clear it away. If a closer look is taken‚ this underlying intention can be discovered. American poet Elizabeth Bishop explored this idea through

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    To Sir with Love

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    To Sir‚ With Love (1967) Engineer Mark Thackeray arrives to teach a totally undisciplined class at an East End school. Still hoping for a good engineering job‚ he’s hopeful that he won’t be there long. He starts implementing his own brand of classroom discipline: forcing the pupils to treat each other with respect. Inevitably he begins getting involved in the students’ personal lives‚ and must avoid the advances of an amorous student while winning over the class tough. What will he decide when

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    Literature

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    lit·er·a·ture  (ltr--chr‚ -chr) noun. 1. The body of written works of a language‚ period‚ or culture. 2. Imaginative or creative writing‚ especially of recognized artistic value:"Literature must be an analysis of experience and a synthesis of the findings into a unity" (Rebecca West). 3. The art or occupation of a literary writer. 4. The body of written work produced by scholars or researchers in a given field:medical literature. 5. Printed material: collected all the available literature on

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    A Yurodivy‚ or holy fool‚ is a person who purposefully “appears unintelligent and unsophisticated” in order to portray injustices going on around them‚ according to Oxford Dictionary Online. This word comes from Soviet Russia‚ and represents Shostakovich well. When Shostakovich lived‚ he seemed to represent the communist party and everything it stood for. After he died‚ his official obituary in Soviet newspapers showed him as a “faithful son of the Communist Party” (Pravda‚ 1975). However‚ his

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    There is only one group of people in the United States that are required and forced by law to accept medical treatment. The argument is that this group of people are not rational autonomous individuals and that they are not able to give free and informed consent. In 1984 Congress amended our laws to mandate that all infants born in the United States receive medical care. No matter how sick or disabled‚ all newborns must be treated regardless of the wishes of the parents. This law is known as

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