most wonderful collection of art that I found to be the most interesting one is the African collection. The tour started with the Ancient world‚ followed by Greece’s art‚ and after that the African collection‚ which I found to be beautiful. All the pieces around the African collection were very detailed‚ and with so much to go on. I found the African collection to be the best ever. Aside from the amazing colorful paintings‚ and sculptures that I saw throughout the whole tour‚ the
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firmus and the range is generally an octave. Some mass cycles from the early fifteenth century show that a unified mass was the aim of most composers. Guillaume Dufay (1397-1474) was a French-Burgundian composer who often used this technique in his pieces. The four “cantus firmus” masses of Dufay’s late career are his most famous works today. Each mass contains five sections; the Kyrie‚ the Gloria‚ the Credo‚ the Sanctus and the Angus Dei. Each movement shared a common musical theme‚ generally a cantus
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from pieces to weight book summary The book I read is called From pieces to weight by Curtis Jackson also known as 50 cent and Kris Ex. This book is about Curtis Jackson’s life and the struggles he went through to make it out the " ghetto." Curtis Jackson shows how he went from a boy who’s mom was a drug dealer‚ then made a living through drug dealing‚ and finally becomes a rap artist. Curtis Jackson lived in the south side of Queens‚ New York. His mother was a small time drug dealer in order
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Creative writing piece based on the short animation film ‘Alma’ The streets of Barcelona were plastered with sludge and the rooftops were being bleached by the purity of the white snow as it falls gently‚ caressing the slates that have been fractured by the intense heat of the Spanish summer which‚ had long since passed. There were very few people scattered around the city‚ as the bitterness of the wind was far too cold for someone acclimatised to the normal heat of Barcelona. With the
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Peter Marin’s piece‚ "Helping and Hating the Homeless" first appeared in Harper’s Magazine (January 1987). It is an account of why some marginalized people "choose" homelessness and why middle-class culture finds them so threatening. In this piece‚ Marin explains to his readers that homeless people were once just like the rest of us. Homeless are considered annoying by most Americans. Marin describes the problem of homeless people and the lack of help for this growing problem. Marin had many strong
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THE FILIPINO SOLDIER Carlos P. Romulo If you fix your eyes on the pages of history‚ you will come across the name of the soldier. His vocation is frought with the splendor of nobility. He has no parallel in the annals of human achievements. Monuments have been erected to his memory to perpetuate in the hearts of grateful nations a noble legacy – the inheritance of a great example. But who is the Filipino soldier? History hardly records their valiant deeds on the fields of battle. The world
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Table A: Key pieces of legislations promotion of equality and valuing of diversity Legislation Purposes Disability Discrimination Act 1995 This legislation protects the rights of disable persons and also eliminates the barrier to gaining equal access. Disability Discrimination Act 2005 Places a duty for schools to produce a Disability Equality Scheme (DES) and an Access Plan. Schools must encourage participation in all aspects of school life and eliminate harassment and unlawful discrimination
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The book Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood is a beautifully articulated work of literature. The book presents a Victorian mode spiced up with spooky plot twists. Although the book presents a Victorian mode it is not entirely comprised of Romantic ideals. Atwood is a modern writer who was influenced by the major paradigms of both American and Canadian history. Since she was a child‚ she was fascinated by the true story of Grace Marks. Grace Marks was a teenage‚ Canadian domestic worker of the nineteenth
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Day 35 of my journey and I think I am nearly there. I don’t know exactly where this journey will take me‚ I just have to believe that there’s an ending. The landscape in Kenya is beautiful‚ filled with amazing colours. The wildlife has this incredible way of communicating that is fascinating to watch. It’s the beginning of summer. The grass is so lush and green‚ the lakes are filled with crystal clear water and there is an array of wonderful animals. It’s as though you’re in a perfect world where
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The American Flag is the most widespread symbol Americans have. It took a disaster to make me realize how important it is. I would always wave the flag in a parade or on the Fourth of July‚ but I never really stopped to think about what I was doing. The terrorist attacks on September 11‚ 2001 are what changed my view. They caused me to reflect about our country and the value of saying‚ “I am an American.” After September 11th‚ there was an explosion of patriotism. Flags were bought and hung everywhere
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