Passing Storm over the Sierra Nevadas is a scenic‚ oil on canvas that is beautifully displayed at the San Antonio Museum of Art. Albert Bierstadt created the work of art in 1870. Bierstadt was born in Germany in 1830 and at the age of two his family moved to Massachusetts‚ he soon went back to study in Germany where he developed his art abilities. Many of Albert’s art pieces glorify landscapes vividly on actual places he visited while traveling the American West; his fascination with the landscapes
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Pavel Ryabichev Professor Price English 55 Sep-16-2013 A Winter Storm There are days of happiness‚ and there are days of sorrow. The day I witnessed my first winter storm‚ was a day to remember. It was a cold‚ unforgiving winter in eastern Europe on my grandparents’ farm‚ where I spent most of my time. But this winter was not like any other I’ve ever experienced. Waking up that morning I was anxious to get outside and play with the snow‚ make snow angels‚ and start snowball fights with my
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Instructor Beck GSW 10:30-11:20 31 August‚ 2012 Determination‚ Admiration‚ Preservation Every year the BGSU Common Read Experience Committee selected the common read book for the incoming freshmen. This year the committee chose A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean as the common read experience. This book is a rip-roaring adventure that really catches your attention and really explains in great detail the struggles a hardworking woman has went through; the author
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In Violent Media is Good for Kids‚ Gerard Jones argues that violent forms of media in our pop culture can be used as a means of helping kids cope with rage. Throughout his essay‚ Jones promotes the idea that kids should use “creative violence” as a tool to transfer their negative emotions rather than acting out on them (197). Although Jones points out valid arguments to defend violence in media‚ he fails give a clear definition to determine what constitutes it. Thus‚ he excludes all other forms of
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2013 Juvenile violent crime is at its lowest level since 1987‚ and fell 30% between 1994 and 1998. Fewer than half of serious violent crimes by juveniles are reported to law enforcement. This number has not changed significantly in 20 years. The rate at which juveniles committed serious violent crimes changed little between 1973 and 1989‚ peaked in 1993‚ and by 1997 declined to the lowest level since 1986. On average‚ juveniles were involved in one-quarter of all serious violent victimizations (not
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Caught in the storm is story detailing the clash between traditional African culture and the imposed European culture in Mali. During the eighteenth century Europeans started to impose their traditions and styles of life in West Africa. This sometimes caused problems within the community of the people. People started to behave european like‚ studied languages of their colonial rulers. This story highlights the struggles of the people that was cuased by the intervantion of the Europeans with
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Winter. Cold. Freezing cold. Kiev is one of the oldest cities in Ukraine - the capital city. It is huge‚ like a microcosm ic world for its citizens. This winter turned out extremely cold. It was snowing continually. As the streets filled up‚ everyone became scared. What if it never stopped snowing? Pushkin’s College. It is one of the most famous colleges in the whole city. It had many students. The classes finished for the day and everyone was making their way to the exit. They looked like small
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September 2012 To my friend: I read in a news article the other day that the legislature is considering to pass a law to where we wouldn’t be able to watch any violent movies from the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. What is the legislature really thinking‚ that is all day‚ 5 am to 10 pm. Okay the legislature decides to take all violent movies away from us. I can gurantee you that somehow someway‚ someone somewhere will find a way to watch them no matter what. We have the right to speak up if we
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Introduction For my final interview‚ I decided to do the phase of development that has nearly been completed in my own life: adolescence. In order to get adequate detail‚ I chose to interview a close friend of mine who is also nineteen. We ate lunch while I briefed her on the types of questions I would be asking her. Once we had finished off the queso and chips‚ we headed to her apartment where the real debriefing would begin. My goal in conducting the last interview was to find genuine‚ honest
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Peterson 3/4/13 Per. 3 AP English Felton Video Game Essay In the process of media reform and editing‚ is it appropriate to limit video games? Nonthreatening things like games should not be banned by our fears‚ but we should look at the facts. Violent video games should not be banned for their content because no means of art or communication should be banned. Our first amendment is our sacred rite of passage that should be upheld with all of our power. We can benefit from these works of art like
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