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Michelangelo, Renaissance Man

... A few months after his birth, the family returned to their permanent residence in Florence. He came from a family that had for several generations been small-scale bankers in Florence; his father failed to maintain this status. He had only occasional government jobs. At an early age his father recognized his intelligence and sent him to the school of a master, who taught grammar. His mind however, was on art not his studies. Painters and sculptors at work fascinated Michelangelo. He made friends with a student who encouraged him to fol ...

Number of words: 1676 | Number of pages: 7

Duke Ellington

... (1940) for fellow musician and trumpeter, Cootie Williams. With the help from American trumpeter James “Bubber” Miley, Ellington often incorporated in his music the jungle effect. This effect was made by placing a plunger at the opening of a brass instrument, therefore, muffling or muting the notes played out. The result sounded like a person wailing, giving the piece a voice-like quality. In “Concerto for Cootie,” Cootie Williams does a solo using the jungle effect, making it sound like a voice is singin ...

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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin 2

... Western Intellectual history. Lenin was born in central European Russia on April 22, 1870. He was born into the nobility with a cultured family. He had an early love for literature and a serious attitude toward study. Lenin had five brothers and sisters, one of whom would shape Lenin's attitudes and actions throughout his life. Sasha, an older brother to Lenin, was executed when Lenin was finishing high-school. Sasha was involved in a plot to kill the Tsar. Lenin changed from, "an apolitical schoolboy into a radical to be reckoned w ...

Number of words: 2357 | Number of pages: 9

Dreams And Dreaming

... continues- spindles and K complexes STAGE 3: The onset of deep sleep- K complexes and delta STAGE 4: Very deep sleep- delta waves The first cycle is roughly 90 minutes. The brain decends through all four stages, and then acends back through them, but on the way up REM sleep is experienced at stage 1. This REM period lasts about 10 minutesAfter the first cycle the delta sleep may no occur at all. the brain will cycle through stage 1 and 2. As the night goes on the proportion of REM to NON- REM increase, so by the end of the night ...

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Thomas Jefferson

... Jefferson was a plantation owner early in his life, and had slaves working for him throughout his life. Jefferson had tolerated while he didn't accept others who owned slaves. Jefferson denounced the slave owners, while he was owning and using slaves. Although Jefferson was supposedly a good slave owner, his hypocritical nature made him accuse others not to own slaves while he, himself was owning slaves. Another part of the hypocrisy was that Jefferson believed that the slaves were dependent upon the white man, while he, himself was dependent ...

Number of words: 524 | Number of pages: 2

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