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    I will be talking about self-portrait project in next few slides and I will be talking about artist and master work that I have decided to choose. Additionally, I will explain how the artist prepared and practiced for it. In this project, I chose Robert Mapplethorpe and it is his photograph from 1980s. In this photograph artist wearing dark undershirt and leather jacket and old 50s hairstyle and cigarette hanging out of left side of his mouth. Moreover, I chose this self portrait of Robert…

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    Introduction The main objective of healthcare professionals is to provide the best quality of patient care and the highest level of patient safety. To achieve that objective, there are many organizations that help to improve the quality of care. One of the best examples is the Joint Commission. Unfortunately, the healthcare system is not free from total risks. In healthcare activities, there are possible errors, mistakes, near miss and adverse events. All of those negative events are…

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    Duke Ellington Biography

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    “Music is how I live, why I live and how I will be remembered.” These words were written in the autobiography of a man who meant these words when he said them (Bio.com). Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington, who is popularly known as Duke Ellington, is the man being talked about here (Encyclopedia). Duke had a warm childhood, a busy adulthood, and a legacy that will never be forgotten which included him composing the song “It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing” (Bio.com). Duke Ellington…

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    For the 82 years Paul Rand was alive, he influenced many fields of art from art director and advertisement to graphic design and corporate identities. However, it wasn't his goal to revolutionize any forms of art, all he wanted to do was create great work and become the best that he can. In doing this, Rand introduced America to the modern Europe styles of the time that heavily influenced his work. Paul Rand is one of the greatest graphic designers of all time and is remembered through his many…

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    The Roaring Twenties was an age that brought much political and social change to America, and specifically to New York. Throughout the 1920s, many Americans moved to cities to find work in factories and other businesses after World War I. After the war, real estate began to boom and tourism rose. This became an immediate cause for the expansions of highways and roads. During this period, newly developed technology allowed for the development of skyscrapers to be built, causing the establishment…

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    common to provide the greatest amount of assistance to people diagnosed with the mental illness schizophrenia (Pratt, Gill, Barrett, & Roberts, 2014). Schizophrenia is a cognitive impairment that can occur as early as late adolescence and causes people to experience a numerous amount of positive and negative symptoms such as hallucinations, thought disorders, and avolition (National Institute of Mental Health, 2015). In order to successfully diagnosis schizophrenia, assessments are frequently…

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    Annotated Bibliography Theory – this section contains sources that will help build my particular theoretical framework and its development throughout each part of the essay. Asad, Talal. Formations of the Secular: Christianity, Islam, Modernity. Stanford; Stanford University Press, 2003. In chapter seven of his book, Talal Asad argues that Egyptian society had to undergo reconfigurations in its social landscape; that is it had to develop new social spheres among ordinary Egyptians that could…

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    Complications of open surgical tracheostomy and their management-our experience Introduction Tracheostomy is the surgical procedure to create an artificial opening in the trachea to bypass the obstructed airway above it. History reveals that it is an oldest surgical procedure dating back 3600 B.C.E. in Egypt(1). It has under gone numerous modifications during the past millennia. The first elective tracheostomy was done in AD 100 by Asclepiad’s of Bithynia and the described by Galen in AD131(2)…

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    The Bushwick Collection is a small block located in Brooklyn, NY where street artists have permission to freely paint and showcase their artwork. This strip of concrete has become a huge tourist attraction, and artists travel all over the world for a chance to make their mark. However, while admiring the various murals, one can observe something out of place- amongst the intricate designs are brightly colored neon smiley faces. To some people, these smiley faces may seem like part of the…

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    Some internet service providers believed they should be allowed to charge content providers, such as Netflix or YouTube, for using the internet service provider 's infrastructure to connect with the content provider 's users. Internet Service Providers reported to have spent resources to repair and improve their infrastructure to provide better service, while large content providers were allowed a free ride (Cheng et al 61). The Internet Service Providers attempted to do this by contacting…

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