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- 6571: Adam De La Halle and Ars Antiqua Time Period
- ... sacred polyphonic composition. The lower, slower moving voices retained the original text. Ars Antiqua was the time period when music as we know it was just beginning. Composers were considered innovators because they invented a great deal of what is used in modern music (for example harmony and modern notation). The music we listen to today is comprised of everything these composers created. Without this great musical minds, music today would be significantly different.
- 6572: Function of Zoos
- ... can’t survive the tremendous alteration. Also Africa forests are being destroyed, through a process called deforestation. This occurs because of stripping the land of its trees (mostly done by woodcutters). This is also a great change that can’t be survived. In both these instances, zoos need to step up and take upon themselves the challenge of preserving a huge amount of species. A quote from my mom: I, Jennifer ... from extinction. The endangered species must have a safe haven provided for them while they reproduce, until they no longer are endangered. Zoos can also protect animals whose ecosystems have been destroyed or have suffered great damage, until they can be restored. It’s very sad when we hear of animal species that have been destroyed because people have failed to protect them. Future generations will not have the opportunity to ...
- 6573: Pete Rose and The Hall of Fame
- ... the Hall of Fame. Pete Rose is known for his outstanding stats and aggressive gambling, but his wrong doings do not compare to the criminal charges against fellow ballplayers. Pete Rose is known as a great ballplayer with outstanding stats. He played an amazing 24 years, a superhuman feat for baseball. In that span, he had a .303 lifetime average with three batting titles in 1968, 1969, and 1973. In the ... games played with 3,562, first in at-bats with 14,053, and first in hits, topping the late Ty Cobb by 65 hits with 4,256. He is second in doubles behind only the great Tris Speaker, fourth in runs with 2,165, and tenth in base-on-balls with 1,566. Pete is the only person in Major League history to play 500 games at five different positions: 939 ...
- 6574: A Look at Wildlife Through the Eyes of Tom Ulrich
- A Look at Wildlife Through the Eyes of Tom Ulrich On Wednesday, March 15, 2000 at 12:00 p.m., Tulsa Community College Southeast Campus had the great pleasure of having Tom Ulrich come and share his exciting pictures and stories with everyone interested in attending. Tom Ulrich is a wildlife photographer whose passion is to photograph exotic birds and other fascinating wildlife ... as the Wren, House Sparrow, and Woodpecker, but, more interestingly, of less common birds like the very unsociable Toucan, and the wonderfully colored Macaw. Birds may be his passion, but Tom Ulrich captured many other great animals on film. There were huge cats such as the Cheetah, Lion, and the Leopard lying in the sun. He photographed Elephants, Elk, and a female Grizzly Bear playing with her two cubs. There were ...
- 6575: Holidays In Mexico
- ... Christmas Eve when the newborn baby Jesus is finally laid in the manger bed. Nowadays a decorated Christmas tree may be added in the Nacimiento or set up elsewhere in the home. Holiday festivities are great on Noche Buena (Christmas Eve) with the celebration of a late-night Misa de Gallo (Rooster’s Mass). Afterwards families go home for a traditional Christmas dinner. Roast turkey, ham or suckling pig is a ... is served on this day; it is called Rosca de Reyes- crown-shaped sweet bread decorated with jewel-like candied fruits. Tiny figures of babies are hidden in the dough before baking. There is a great deal of excitement as each person cuts his or her own slice, for whoever gets a peace with a baby is expected to host another party on or before February 2nd, for the Candlemas, when ...
- 6576: The Visitor’s Facility At The University of North Caroline at Charlotte
- ... also comes more thought and more of an individuality. When a team designs a structure that is circular, angled, or both, and the plans look good and flow well, then the team has achieved a great feeling of self confidence. Also many buildings on campus are using high speed internet, which would work great for a visitor at a research university. With each visitors work station being equipped with high speed access this would cut down on the number of phone lines, and busy signals, and would allow them ...
- 6577: Sammy Sosa Vs. Mark McGwire
- ... McGwire There are many athletes in baseball today, but two names everyone knows are Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. McGwire, known to most as "Big Mac" and Sosa, known to most as "Slammin' Sammy" are great athletes who share a part of baseball history. Both are good hitters but they are also different hitters. They are both good players on the field, yet off the field they are also charitable people ... to watch baseball and follow the chase. Sosa and McGwire said they didn't really care who wound up with the record, instead they would be happy either way. Sosa and McGwire have both done great things for baseball and for charity. In this paper was mentioned their stats, the home run race, and a little bit about them. Although people might not know much about other ball players, these are ...
- 6578: Does Heaven Exist?
- ... responsible (Flank). According to the Bible, God created the universe and all the heavenly bodies, the sun, the moon, and the stars, in six days. But according to contemporary cosmologist the universe began with a great explosion known as the Big Bang theory, after which the stars and galaxies slowly formed over billions of years. Just as Darwin proposed that the evolution of life was a long, slow, and gradual process ... Yet in the nineteenth century there were many theologians and ministers, both Catholic and Protestant who did not see a conflict between their faith and Darwin’s science. These more liberal thinkers often went to great lengths to convince the public that evolution could be intertwined with traditional religious views and values (Encarta). “However, advancement itself is a relative term, and one predicted only upon the standards we set for ourselves ...
- 6579: Influences of Chinese Culture
- Influences of Chinese Culture Dear mother, I feel so blessed and thankful to represent my school there and to observe the great T’ang governmental system here in China and return there to assume official position. By the time you receive this letter from me, I’m pretty sure that you are so much excited to know ... of our emperors also attempted to follow a Chinese pattern by periodically redistributing the lands belonging to the clans, dividing portions of them among the peasants who worked the soil, which was upheld by the great sage or Confucius what they call ren, a virtue that encompasses benevolence, love, compassion, and sympathy toward fellow human beings. Shinto, our indigenous religion which means “way of the gods”, which began in the mist ...
- 6580: Women in Boxing
- ... support women in boxing is the simple fact that equality, in every sense of the word, cannot be achieved unless it applies to all realms, including formerly male dominated sports. These women will also provide great role models for a new generation that will ultimately not be afraid or ashamed to enter any arena of life, whether it is a male dominated sport or another aspect of life. Some opponents of ... is definitely an excellent form of exercise. Whether people accept women in boxing or not, they are here to stay. These women are not only powerful in the ring, but outside as well. They are great role models for everyone and provide strength for women everywhere.
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