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    Summary: Polymer

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    Kathy McCurry Kathy McCurry is a recent polymer convert. Her journey started a couple of years ago when a job loss left her with some free time as she gathered and researched other opportunities. As it happened, she had relocated for the job she lost, so she was alone in a strange town. She did, however, have a long-forgotten box of beads. In that box were some glass pendants she purchased while in China. Those pendants got her interested in making jewelry, which sent her onto a hunt on the…

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    Thesis Statement: The Woodstock music festival in 1969 had made a mark in America history about sex, drugs, and the impressed amounts of people who came to the event as well as the debt the creators got afterwards in three days. Time went by, an other big music festival was born in 1999 and named Coachella which is about live music of famous bands and artworks. People nowadays still affirm that Coachella is an event that was original from Woodstock and represents the same values. However, some…

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    20th Century Music

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    Victor Hugo once said, “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent” (Hugo). Music is not simply an art form, for music can be seen as a basic function in human existence, providing the necessities needed to survive (Yagelski & Miller). For instance, music is recommended to promote quality health and entertainment. According to Brenda Griffin, music is truly remarkable in that it unites all people; when one listens to music, he or she shares a connection…

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    Ever since I was a little girl, my dad instilled in me the importance of good music. We used to listen to Guns N’ Roses, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Nirvana, and many more. This music impacted my life and influenced me to be open-minded, care-free, and creative. This anecdote sparks some curiosity; am I the only one affected by music and art? A larger question would be whether or not music and art have affected society as a whole throughout history. Many studies have been conducted by…

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    Daniel Dolan Mrs. Jankowski, p.7 American History III February 23, 2016 How Did Music in the 1960’s change the public opinion during Vietnam As the War in Vietnam raged on the people in America started to turn against it. Protests and protest music fueled the youth of the generation, with only peace and happiness to offer. The protest movement actually prospered when famous musicians and celebrities joined the movement. However, this movement was not popular with the older generations…

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    Sam Weston Sociology

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    Weston is an ecology and evolutionary biology major from Mansfield, Connecticut. As a former student at EO Smith High School, he came to UConn with a familiarity of campus and the surrounding area, which made the transition process less daunting for him. While he somewhat feared going to school so close to home, he is really making the most of what UConn has to offer and does not feel the need to head home frequently. He is studying ecology and evolutionary biology in the hopes of being able to…

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    Woodstock Research Paper

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    love. During this time, there were four young men, the oldest being 27, that had ideas to build a recording studio so they made up this concert to raise money for it. The partnership was named the Woodstock Ventures. It was going to be a three day festival of music and peace inspired by outdoor concerts on meadows with windy roads. They also wanted there to be peaceful music under an open sky with rolling…

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    The Shaw Festival and Alice in Wonderland The Shaw Experience: An Analysis The History of Shaw: The Shaw Festival, created in 1962, is a defining attribute of the Canadian theatre scene. Founded by Torontonian lawyer Brian Doherty, a mere twelve years following the death of the festival’s name sake, George Bernard Shaw, the festival started as what Doherty referred to as “something (they) believe in” (Henkin). Snowballing faster, the originally small courthouse performance troupe grew into a…

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    Woodstock's Case Study

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    The second campaign for promotional outreach, “Aggies and Woody’s” is geared towards UC Davis students. By implementing these tactics, Woodstock’s can be focused on their primary target audience. First tactic, handing out free samples at the Silo and Memorial Union, is aimed to raise on-campus awareness. Regardless of if the student is a freshman or transfer and does not know about the pizzeria or they have been here for a while and lost the attraction to revisit, this will aid in getting…

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    “Some folks are born, made to wave the flag, they’re red, white and blue.” This is a line of one of the songs from Woodstock. This is from a song called Fortunate Son by CCR. Woodstock made the bonds between Americans stronger. Woodstock separated the young from the old. Woodstock epitomized the anti-war movement, inspiring a generation to “set their souls free”. The first main point is Woodstock’s background. By the 1960s, Americans had created their own prophets, music, press, and America’s…

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