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On October 30 at 7:30 p.m., I attended an opera workshop of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance”. “The Pirates of Penzance” or “The Slave of Duty” was written by W.S. Gilbert and composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1879. The play is a comic opera which consist of two acts accompany by orchestra music. The performance was held at the Preforming Arts Center at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, Texas. The play was directed by Cassi Torres McNabb, the Stage Manager was…

The person that I chose was Cyrus the Great, also known as Cyrus II. The main thing that Cyrus the Great is well known for is conquering Hellenes and becoming the founder of one of the greatest empires in the world, Persia. Most of the people of who he ruled, appreciated him highly, as did he respect the people. One of the tasks that Cyrus is most famous for is actually freeing the Jewish people. The Jew’s were grateful for him since he had freed them and then let them return back to their…

Vaccines have been around since 1879 and as science and technology improves so are the results of vaccines. In our society now a day parents who vaccinate their children tent to hesitate at the time to give them the vaccine, but ‘’WHY” if vaccines are made carefully to help your child since birth to become immune to many diseases and to make their health system stronger. The first vaccine ever created was for Chicken Cholera back in 1879 and the America Pediatric Association has been…

as an opera. This show was first created during the Victorian Age and intends to bring you back to this time period. The show was written by Sir WS Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan in the year of 1879. The Pirates of Penzance was first produced in the Fifth Avenue Theater in New York City on December 31, 1879. The show portrays the theme of moral duty. This theme is portrayed to show the values that people in the society had at the time of the reign of Queen Victoria. Duty was something that was…

poor and debt people in London. Since they needed to protect their colony from Spain, so they needed weapons, uniforms, and a flag to represent Georgia. Flags in Georgia have been evolved many times over years. Georgia Unofficial Flag In 1861-1879, during the Civil War, Georgia did not have an official state flag. The unofficial state flag is called “Bonnie Blue Flag”. But after changes,…

effecting the right to privacy. In the state of Connecticut, a law existed known as the Comstock Act of 1879, which made it illegal for any physician to give advice or information on various forms of birth control and giving any form of birth control (Griswold v. Connecticut). The law was never enforced until Estelle Griswold created Planned Parenthood and compelled an arrest under the Comstock Act of 1879 (Griswold). The convection was upheld in all lower courts (Griswold). Griswold brought the…

In the early 1950s, civil rights activist and feminist, Estelle T. Griswold along with, Yale professor, Charles Lee Buxton decided to open up a birth control clinic in an attempt to change the 1879 Connecticut law; which prohibited any person from using any drug, medicinal article or instrument for the purpose of preventing conception. First off, it was crucial for Griswold to ratify the law because contraceptives were the key to start a sexual revolution and a women’s liberation.…

Medieval Egypt Debby Hao March 9, 2017 History 9 Egypt a country located in the northeastern corner of Africa. Egypt’s heartland, the Nile River valley and delta, was the home of one of the principal civilizations of the ancient Middle East. And Egyptian pharaohs flourished for 3000 years. And Alexander the Great recaptured Egypt in 323 B.C. After that, Egypt was a part of Greece. Under the Greek Ptolemaic dynasty, Egypt has become an advanced social civilization. (Smith,C.G 2016) In…

The light bulb that is common in today’s society was invented by none other than Thomas Edison in 1879, however, the first attempts in accomplishing so were made by Sir Humphry Davy in 1802. In 1878, Edison conducted countless hours of research into developing an incandescent lamp and he filed his first patent for “Improvement in Electrical Lights” on October 14, 1878. On November 4, 1879, he filed a patent once again utilizing a “Carbon filament or strip coiled and connected… to platina contact…

Stalin, the Soviet Union was transformed from a poor society into an industrial and military superpower. However, he ruled by terror, and millions of his own citizens died during his brutal reign. Stalin, was born in Gori, Georgia on 21st December, 1879. Stalin's mother, a devout Russian Orthodox Christian, wanted him to become a priest. In 1888, she managed to enroll him in church school in Gori. Stalin did well in school, and his efforts gained him a scholarship to Tiflis Theological Seminary…