... were developed, new arrangements were written to incorporate these instruments in new music. New compositions only for wind instruments were written at this time, a phenomena almost unheard of in previous times. Towards the end of the classical period the focus of new composing centered on the Viennese classical school. Out of this new school of composing came such great composers as Franz Joseph ... wrote great virtuosi music unheard until that the time. Because of the expanding world of music, the rules changed and fragmentation started as new great music changed the globe. The idea tha...

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... American windmill patent in 1854. Until 1920, wind power was a major form of energy in the western United States, essential to development. Prior to 1920, thousands of windmills were put up across the Great Plains and helped settle the West. Windmills were used to bring water to farms and railroads. The wind energy potential of the United States was measured in potential kilowatt hours in ... 1991, factoring in environmental and land effects. North Dakota had the highest potential ... and Maine was 19th. Wind energy is the fastest growing source of power in the world today. When large ...

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... a total of twenty two thousand six hundred and six megawatts of power. They are also talking about offshore installations that would provide power but not touch or occupy the land resources. The British Wind Energy Association was established in 1978 and they had interesting data on their Website. They currently have one thousand and twenty nine turbines in eighty-two projects. These turbines ... current energy services. Wind is a free natural resource. It will not run out like our supplies of oil and coal. When using wind we do not pollute our air. We do not release extra carbon dioxid...

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... South Atlantic. There are two systems of wind and ocean currents in the North and South Atlantic that follow the pattern of giant wheels - one lies north of the equator turns clockwise, while its counterpart to the south turns counterclockwise. The northern wheel largely shaped the north European slave trade and was dominated by the English. The southern wheel shaped the huge traffic to Brazil which for three centuries ... higher levels for much shorter periods. By the third quarter of the eighteenth century, all regions had undergone an intense expansion of slave exports. A cargo of slav...

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... governed by a king or an aristocracy. To add, salaries for public officials came from Pericles's actions; to make the government even stronger. Another aspect of Athens that affects the western civilization is the philosophy of the time. Some of the great philosophers in Athens, besides the law giver, Solon, were Socrates, Plato, Aristotle. Socrates was a very ugly, but very wise man. He ... 468 BC; they both were great dramatists. During the Pelleponiesian War, drama took a change. Comedies, where fun is poked at political ideas, people, rose into play. A great playwright and the time w...

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... did something else of great importance involving Indonesian music. He was the first to compose gamelan pieces transcribed with western instruments. He wrote for solo or duel pianos, as well as a piece for the flute and piano. It was during 1936 that he composed his most famous piece, a tone poem called Tabuh-tabuhan, which was his first major orchestral work to ... utilize gamelan compositional practices. McPhee's trans-Pacific piece included a standard symphony orchestra and incorporated what he called a "nuclear gamelan", made up of western instruments (two pianos, celesta, ... xyloph...

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... a game to be played, as in source F, where the East Surreys, somewhat naively, kick four footballs into no-mans land to launch the assault on enemy positions. The war suddenly seeming ironically similar to the soldier in Disabled, (who) liked "a smear of blood down his leg to please his Meg" the poem showing at a stroke how effective the recruiting offices were in their quest for blood that ... would be "poured down shell-holes." 4) The postcard in source E, is atypical of the type of censorship that existed at the front to maintain morale later in the war, as propaganda was used more e...

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... force in Europe, many cultures worshiped numerous "gods" and deities. The Greeks, Romans and Egyptians all believed in more than one god and prayed to them for guidance, provision, health and safety. For instance, the Greeks and Romans were host to a multitude of gods; wind, love, and many more. At the command of Pharaohs, Egyptians built magnificent temples specifically designed for worshiping their ... deities. During the middle ages (from 500A.D to 1500A.D.) Christianity flourished in Europe. Christians across the continent, both rich and poor, were trading in their ... and Roman t...

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... to be performed at monasteries. With the Church having control over the educational systems, education that came from outside of the Church was closely monitored and largely restricted. These aspects limited the ability of the Western European nations to expand because in order to expand the people needed to have a desire to join. The closed education system also restricted technological advances and the intellectuality suffered which in turn impacted ... the economic and political structures. In contrast to the Roman Catholic's strict religious policies, the Islamic clergy differentiat...

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... Apart. Both pieces of literature deal with the beginning and the end of a civilization. Both show that change is inevitable and the nature of change can be chaotic and destructive. Yeats' poem "The Second Coming," depicts the approach of a new world order and demonstrates the concept that change is inevitable. "The Second Coming" also taps into the concept of the gyre. The gyre is the idea that history occurs in cycles, specifically ... cycles "twenty centuries" in length (ln. 19). In this poem, Yeats predicts that the Christian era will soon give way apocalyptically to ... ...

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... time, began to decrease and a more central government was formed. Western Europe also became interested in the luxury goods of the east, which started a trade system. Not only did they discover trading goods in the east, but also they learned many modern technologies and skills that improved the lives of the Western Europeans. Feudalism, the system of government that had been most prominent in ... Western Europe, began to decline after the crusades ended. This was a highly decentralized form of government that stressed alliances of ... help bring back classical literature and art, but t...

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... included a proper military system, a suitable form of legislation as well as having a scientifically knowledgeable public. He knew that the only way Russia could remain an independent country would be by modernizing it. Peter imitated the western's military system, and created the first navy in Russia, with improved army weaponry. His army was organized and his fleets were clever; enabling Russia to ... Russia's economy enormously, bringing in trade from other nations as well as from conquered lands. Science as well as arts flourished in his provinces and because of the following wester...

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... . Wordsworth uses some of these ideas in a poem called "The world is too much with us." The Industrial Revolution changed the world and was the beginning of an industrialized economy in which machines were developed to facilitate the mass production of textiles, steel, coal, and oil. Even though, the birth of the Industrial Revolution changed the world, many Romantics including William Wordsworth objected to ... this new change. His objections are expressed in "The world is too much with us." In this poem, Wordsworth describes his inner passions towards nature ... and his criticism towa...

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... . Wordsworth uses some of these ideas in a poem called "The world is too much with us." The Industrial Revolution changed the world and was the beginning of an industrialized economy in which machines were developed to facilitate the mass production of textiles, steel, coal, and oil. Even though, the birth of the Industrial Revolution changed the world, many Romantics including William Wordsworth objected to ... this new change. His objections are expressed in "The world is too much with us." In this poem, Wordsworth describes his inner passions towards nature ... and his criticism towa...

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... included a proper military system, a suitable form of legislation as well as having a scientifically knowledgeable public. He knew that the only way Russia could remain an independent country would be by modernizing it. Peter imitated the western's military system, and created the first navy in Russia, with improved army weaponry. His army was organized and his fleets were clever; enabling Russia to ... Russia's economy enormously, bringing in trade from other nations as well as from conquered lands. Science as well as arts flourished in his provinces and because of the following wester...

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... not take part in politics, and were to stay in the home to care for the children. In China, if Neo-Confucianism was practiced by the woman, foot binding was a standard practice, that bound the woman to the home. In Western Europe there was a similar practice, but the women only wore tight corsets, limiting their movement. In Western Europe there were many feminist movements that occurred. In China ... is why male children were wanted more than female. Females in China didn't do many things, they weren't usually allowed out of the house, to participate in politics, or to go in the market...

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... religious communities in which men and women lived in isolation from the rest of the population. It was here that the Monks recorded, taught and preserved the Western Christian Civilization for the benefit of mankind. The eastern part of the Roman empire survived the various Germanic invasions and remained strong under Byzantine rule until the end of the 5th century. . The western region of Europe had been divided into several major kingdoms two ... of which were the Franks and the Visigoths.. Literacy in the roman government was mostly viewed with ... ...

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... strong enough to defeat Europe. Therefore, it seems that what actually led to Europe's centrality would be the same thing that would lead to its fall. The thick fact that I chose to excavate is "The White Man's Burden" by Rudyard Kipling. Even though this poem can be interpreted many ways, there seems to be some basic ideas that Kipling is trying to ... portray. I think that the poem draws lines between the Old Regime and the Modern. "Take up the White man's burden" is a line that is repeated throughout the poem. I understood this as a reference to how Europeans drew sharp lines between ...

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... period which was based strongly on imperialism (expansion of colonies through naval power) and the theory of social Darwinism, which imposed that the people living within the "white and western" society had the responsibility to "civilize" the "unfit" nations and cultures in a way so they are operation their civilization the same way the western world does. This would be by progressing through industry power and by putting in place ... as strategically important positions. The urge towards imperialism also justified the expansion of the naval power of the U.S. and did become a priority ...

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... to sell. As a result, aiding Europe was good for both Europe and America. In addition, the United States was trying to scotch the influence of the Soviet Union spreading in the east of Europe while aiding Europe with Marshall Plan. Western European countries agreed to receive the aid of America, so American government provided them not cash but credit to purchase commodities, equipment, and ... machine tools in the United States. Until June 30, 1952, when was the end of Marshall Plan, the United States had appropriated 13 billion dollar in total to Western Europe and other countries will...

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... 2. Debate Reaction February 26, 2000 Dr. Lawrence McAndrews After the Constitution was adopted by all of the States in 1789, uniting the States into one nation, differences between the States had been worked out through compromises. By 1861 these differences between the Northern States (which included the Mid-Western and Western States) and the Southern States had become so great that compromise would no longer ... laws had been changed by the time of the Civil War, the Southern people still remembered how they were treated by the Northern people. In the years before the Civil War the po...

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... . It is a fundamental part of our foreign policy, and will become the foundation of our security system. It is of the utmost importance because while it is technically limited to the North Atlantic area, the treaty countries exercise control over a humungous bulk of the strength of the free world, and what happens in Western Europe has direct and immediate political and economic repercussions in Africa ... worldwide. Militarily NATO will aid us tremendously. It will unite Western Europe with the United State's and provide a unified front against any soviet attack. Furthermore it will grea...

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... a focus on humankind called humanism, also the eight crusades to retake Jerusalem from the Muslims, played key rolls in the period of the Renaissance. The Crusades which took place before the period of the Renaissance are a major factor in the coming about or "birth" of the Renaissance. The eight Crusades were the efforts to take back Jerusalem from the Muslims. These Crusades introduced to Western Europe the new tastes of art, fine quisines and ... new types of cloth, including silk.. With this the need for ... ...

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Throughout time, areas have changed, affecting societies. In Europe, societies have changed mainly for the better. In Western Europe, feudalism was one of the first governments, but later through time, areas advanced making their governments more efficient. Also, intellectually, societies grew more advanced and were starting to be able to explain more events. Lastly ... , art and literature flourished as time incremented. These changes, consisting from the years 476 AD to 1350 AD, improved Western Europe dramatically. A major change that took place over time was the improvement of government s...

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... . After a gradual decline in Imperialistic views and ideals following the American and French revolutions, a sudden increase for colonial power ensued in Western Europe. This "new imperialism" grew as a result of economical, political, and social issues and is exemplified by the Western penetration of Egypt. Though criticized by many for its racial and non-libertarian motives, the new imperialism gave many, such as Englishman Cecil Rhodes ... , a new passion for empirical expansion and conquest. After the 1820's many Western European countries had lost many of its colonies, such as France...

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