The Roaring Twenties is traditionally viewed as an era of great economic prosperity driven by the introduction of a wide array of new consumer goods. The North American economy‚ particularly the economy of the US‚ transitioned from a wartime economy to a peacetime economy; the economy subsequently boomed. The United States augmented its standing as the richest country in the world‚ its industry aligned to mass production and its society acculturated into consumerism. In Europe‚ the economy did not
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gain popularity in the nineties mostly hailed from California (Green Day‚ the Offspring‚ etc.). Punk vanguards from the seventies hailed from the East Coast and from Great Britain (the Ramones‚ the Clash‚ etc.). The Sex Pistols’ "Liar" and Blink182’s "What’s My Age Again?" demonstrates how conditions — social‚ political‚ and physical — are reflected in the nature of the music produced by these punk bands. The Sex Pistols emerged in the late seventies as one of the first politically charged punk
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Raphael Lemkin‚ a genocide scholar‚ and two others‚ authored the original May 1947 draft of the genocide convention for the UN Secretariat. This draft included cultural genocide as one of its three aspects of genocide and‚ arguably‚ should the UNGC be revised in future‚ aspects of the original draft merit consideration for inclusion (MacDonald and Hudson). The cultural form enumerated five methods of attempting to destroy the specific characteristics of the group: (a) forcible transfer of children
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Expulsion from the Garden of Eden is one of his frescos. Painted around 1424-27‚ the fresco rest on the walls of the Florentine Brancacci Chapel. 1 (Fig 1.) It documents how Adam and Eve were evicted from the Garden of Eden. Similar to Masaccio’s Expulsion from the Garden of Eden; Masolino’s magnificent Renaissance fresco‚ Temptation of Adam and Eve‚ (Fig 2.) is also found in the Brancacci Chapel of the Santa Maria del Carmine Church.2 Both frescos are two of the most representative depictions of
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recognized his work from a young age and later adopted him. The Medici popes had an extraordinary idea of painting a fresco ceiling in the Sistine Chapel. They recognized Michelangelo’s powerful artwork so they asked him to do the painting. Since he was being asked by the Pope‚ he could not resist. Michelangelo thought he would fail since the last fresco painting was in the Vatican. Fresco is a mural painting freshly laid on plaster. The Medici popes also offered him to build a marble tomb for their fathers
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Spanning Two Decade’s: The 50’s to the 60’s Similar? Or Distinctly different? "The postwar years are remembered as a time of affluence‚ consumerism‚ conformity‚ and stability‚ a time when American enjoyed an optimistic faith in progress and technology."(Heretta‚ pg.779) These words best describe the decade that Americas experienced in the 1950’s. It was age of dad’s always-right attitude and a culture that was family centered. The standard of living for American’s was the best in the world. The
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The importance of the Renaissance painter Raphael Sanzio is that his paintings went beyond the previous work of his contemporary‚ Michelangelo‚ by combining subtleties‚ a greater clarity of form and softer shading to create a more realistic rendering of his figures. He also infused his own sense of grace into his figures and avoided the air of tension often found in Michelangelo’s depictions. Raphael’s work is known and admired for his ability to visually capture the Neoplatonic and Renaissance ideal
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The Independent Record Labels of the 1950’s and 1960’s History of Music Production Eric Eller Throughout the 1950’s and 1960’s‚ a wave of new musical movements by independent record labels and new artists emerged in the United States. This movement is captured in the stories of those label creators and owners‚ and in the turbulent journey through their successes and failures. The first emergence was fueled by multiple factors: competitive economic circumstances‚ up-and-coming local musical
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Gibb’s and Kolb’s Reflective model In this report I am going to evaluate the difference between Gibbs (1988) and Kolb (1984)‚ drawing primarily on Gibbs’s reflective model. The Kolb cycle 1984 was published before Gibbs 1988‚ David A. Kolb published his conception after an experimental test on a book “Experience as the Source of learning and development” while Gibbs published his theory by developing on the existing Kolb cycle (ehow[07/10/2014]). Kolb’s theory is based on 4 cycles. It starts
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Using a format similar to the spreadsheets in this chapter‚ develop a spreadsheet that summarizes this project’s cash flow‚ assuming a four-year useful life after the project is developed. Compute the present value of the cash flows‚ using an interest rate of 9%. What is the NPV for this project? What is the ROI for this project? What is the break-even point? Should this project be accepted by the approval committee? SOLUTION As the numbers indicate‚ this would not be an economically feasible project
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