imperial vermilion‚ and a vermilion silk canopy covered the poop on which the doge sat in state. In front of him‚ four silver trumpets sounded‚ answered from the other ships by hundreds of trumpets‚ drums and tabors. The goal of this expedition‚ this Fourth Crusade‚ was to win back the holy city of Jerusalem. Conquered
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will be my fourth life turning point and will leave a great impact on me academically‚ professionally and personally. It will accentuate my leadership skills and self-dependency so will affect my future academic career by having more capability to lead the teams‚ regardless
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Oliver Stone’s Born on the Fourth of July an adaptation of the memoir by Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic. Tom Cruise ‚ in a role that was a brave departure for him in 1989‚ plays Kovic in his adult years. Kovic grows up as a child of the American dream in 1950s Long Island. He’s a God-fearing‚ baseball-hitting‚ patriotic man who lives in an environment full of parades and malt shops. As a high school senior‚ young Ron doesn’t think twice about signing up for the Marines‚ believing that he’s doing the
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money and are looking for the lowest cost labor they can find. This is a common theme all across the world as Nike has many sweatshops in Asia and so fourth. Major League Baseball uses this the most in probably any sport and since it is considered our countries past time‚ it makes it that much more pathetic knowing how they gain for their sport. The media has made us‚ the public‚ look at baseball as America’s sport and they display that throughout the game. They sing “Take me out to the ball game”‚ mentioning
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amount of time parents contribute depended on their social status. Holloway also referenced a mother having a “fourth shift. A “fourth shift” refers to an additional shift of work or home duties. This study concluded that the amount of parental involvement to be expected by a family is depending on the parent’s social class and the need for a mothers “fourth shift.” If this need for a “fourth shift” exists‚ Holloway suggested the parent will not be able to be as involved in their
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The piece is very unpredictable several day ways‚ especially rhythm. This could be down to the fact that there is no time signature given at the start of the piece - meaning that each bar is made up different lengths. This can therefore be hard for the listener to try and predict where the music is going next. Pärt doesn’t use many different note lengths‚ the only ones he uses are: crotchets‚ minims‚ dotted minims‚ semibreves and dotted semibreves - all of which are simple to count as they don’t
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Hidden Side of Everything was written by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner that study everyday life and they reach conclusions with conventional wisdom. They researched about crack gangs‚ the secrets of the Ku Klux Klan‚ the truth about real estate agents‚ and answering questions like why drug dealers live with their moms‚ and which is more dangerous a gun or a swimming pool? There were several themes in this book such as knowing what to measure and how to measure it makes a complicated world
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higher chance to develop PTSD in contrast to those who have not experienced combat based trauma. Ron Kovic‚ a Vietnam War veteran who sacrificed much in his service in Southeast Asia wrote the novel Born on the Fourth of July‚ it states‚ "July fourth‚ nineteen forty-six. I was born on the Fourth of July. I can’t feel...” (Kovic‚ 1976). Like many veterans‚ Kovic is haunted by mentioning of the war that reminds him of the experience and cannot feel the same about talking to one about Southeast Asia to
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Guide when Buying real Estate in the Philippines This is the standard sharing of expenses between the buyer and the seller when transferring the real estate property title (TCT - Transfer Certificate of Title or CCT - Condominium Certificate of Title) to a new owner: The SELLER pays for the: Capital Gains Tax equivalent to 6% of the selling price on the Deed of Sale or the zonal value‚ whichever is higher. (Withholding Tax if the seller is a corporation) Unpaid real estate taxes due (if any)
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The Fourth Crusade (1202-1204) was the planned pilgrimage of the crusaders - with their leader‚ Boniface of Montferrat - to retake the Holy Land of Jerusalem from Muslim control. Even before their journey began‚ however‚ trouble was brewing. The Venetians - alongside their Doge‚ Enrico Dandolo of Venice - had agreed to give the crusaders about 500 ships in exchange for a specified payment of silver marks. Unfortunately‚ the pilgrims did not have enough money to pay Venice‚ and had to repay their
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