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The guitar is a fretted, stringed instrument, and is a member of the lute family. It originated in Persia and reached Spain during the twelth-century, where it?s versatility as both a solo and accompanying instrument were established. The theory of the guitar was discovered in the early centuries. They found . . . Read more
nd Treatments Caleb Carter University of Houston Abstract: Bipolar disorder is a very serious mood disorder. It is a mental health disease that interferes with a person’s ability to live a healthy life. Although many people go through highs and lows, people with bipolar disorder gothrough major peaks and valleys . . . Read more
A Reaction To Clive Ponting’S A Green History Of The WorldA Green History of the World has been very educational reading and has given me a new prospective on the environment. While I do disagree with some of Clive Pointing’s views I have learned a lot from his work. A . . . Read more
The first use of computers by high school students began in the mid-1970’s. But during this period, students and teachers did not have direct access to them. Only mathematics courses used them, and it was primarily used to learn how to write computer-programming code like Fortran. These students would write . . . Read more
rious purposes in many different cultures. The purposes have changed over time to fit in with the current lifestyles. This pattern is also true in American history. The use of marijuana has adapted to the social climate of the time. Marijuana, whose scientific name is cannibis sativa, was mentioned in . . . Read more
ModernPiracy With A Breif HistoryPiracy is usually determined as a seizureof property (ship, airplane or software) that holds no commission fromthe owner (“Piracy” 1). It is mostly linked to the dirty, beardedmen that sailed the seven seas and robed merchant ships or ships that carrieda valuable cargo. This however, was . . . Read more
Wharton’s Life And HistoryEdith Wharton: A brief personal history and overview of literary achievements The cultural advancement of the 1920’s has many important literary figures associated with it. Names such as T.S. Elliot, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald are some of the better-known names. Edith Wharton is one of . . . Read more
believe never happened. Others who survived it thought it shouldnever have been. Not only did this affect the people who livedthrough it, it also affected everyone who was connected to thosefortunate individuals who survived. The survivors were lucky tohave made it but there are times when their memories and flashbackshave . . . Read more
The bases of every market are the property rights of the individuals that participate in the market. Without property rights there would be no exchange and difficult to establish contract laws. Property rights were taken for granted for much of history and are now used to establish all sorts of . . . Read more
The RomansThe placing of Arthur is a difficult task, considering that we have so very little to go on and several conflicting traditions from which to draw. Most of the early tales of Arthur are Welsh. Some of the later tales are Scottish. A great many of the tales callArthur . . . Read more