Child Soldiers in Sierra Leon: An Annotated Bibliography Masland‚ Tom (2002) We Beat and Killed People. Newsweek‚ 139 (Issue 19) 24-29. This article was about four former child soldiers in the Sierra Leon civil war that were interviewed by Newsweek. They each relive the horrors of their prior lives during the war and give us a walkthrough of just how savage these young boys were living at the time. The interview topics range from before the war‚ being forced into service‚ drug factors‚ atrocities
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Juan Ponce De Leon Juan Ponce De Leon he was born in 1474 in the village of Santervas del Campo . He died July 1521 in Havana‚ Cuba for an arrow after of the travel to Florida. He was an explorer and conquistador the first to discovered Florida. He was military occupation and colonial ruler general rank participated in the war of Granada. The surname de “Leon” does not refer to it’s place of original‚ but was added by the descendants of Pedro Ponce De Cabrera. In the thirteenth century
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In the 1500’s - 1600’s there were many explorers of the New World. One of those explorers was Juan Ponce de Leon. During this time period‚ the Spanish Crown sponsored many explorers‚ but because of his expedition Juan Ponce de Leon was rewarded. Although there were many Europeans‚ Juan Ponce de Leon was one of the hardest working explorers of his time. Juan Ponce De Leon‚ was born in Santervas de Campos‚ Spain in the year of 1460. He married Leonora‚ and had three children with her. When his earlier
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Sesshu’s painting known as “Winter Landscape” depicts the mountainous terrain of China with people settled across it. At first glance‚ without being technical‚ Sesshu uses only ink and paper to paint the mountain range‚ slowly adding less distinct mountains as it moves further away‚ and then vegetation in the form of trees is scattered about the mountain. There is a human presence mixed in with the nature in the form of a man walking up the mountain and a large temple or palace like structure in
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Gary Leon Ridgeway a 52 –year-old white male better known in history as the Green River Killer who preyed on runaways and prostitutes in the Seattle area from the years 1982 to 1998. Ridgway chose his victims because they were easy targets and he felt that he could get away theses murders for years and he did. Police records indicated that Ridgeway was responsible for murdering more than 48 eight women over a span of 20 years. The green river runs south of the city of Seattle
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Introduction Monalisa‚ a famous painting about a woman in half-length is famous all over the world. This potrait has been considered to be the most renowed painting and at the same time‚ it is the most talked about painting in the world which makes it the most popular painting of all. What makes the painting so famous when the drawing just consist of a woman sitting with her hands folded and showing a half smile. Thesis Statement The reason why Mona Lisa is very famous is because of its painter
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Cave Art and Paintings and Their Meaning Dr.Elaine Marchello Vsc 160D1 001 Nov 20 2011 Paintings are one of the earliest discovered traces of art‚ and people first found them on the relics of the Aurignacian time period. Those paintings were drawn on the cave walls and ceilings‚ probably 32‚000 years ago. There are a lot of conjectures about the meaning of cave paintings‚ some people believe that those pictures are used to communicate with others‚ but others ascribe a kind of
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happened across. The first time I looked at Tiziano Vecillio‚ or Titian’s painting I was mortified at the subject he had decided to paint about‚ and as I started researching the history of his painting I found myself disgusted with the true meaning of the painting. However‚ I also find myself dazzled by the spectacular artwork he has given the world‚ and the boldness he had to choose such a controversial myth to paint of. The painting was inspired by the myth of Jupiter being in love with a women named
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image. This is exactly what Artemisia Gentileschi has done with oil painting mediums. Known as one of the famous female Baroque artist‚ all of her works are perfectly painted with great detail and colors. When one looks at her works‚ one can see the excellence in her skills that are portrayed in her paintings. Oil painting has been around since the 7th century AD in Asia; during this time‚ unknown artists‚ in order to create painting in the caves of Bamyan‚ Afghanistan‚
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Oil Paintings During Romanticism Times And Cubism In cubist paintings‚ objects are broken up‚ analyzed‚ and reassembled in an abstracted form‚ instead of depicting objects from one viewpoint‚ the artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints to present the piece in a greater context. Often the surfaces intersect at what seems like random angles presenting no coherent sense of depth. In Romanticism artwork exalted individualism‚ subjectivism‚ irrationalism‚ imagination‚ emotions and
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