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 SLIDE: LATE 20TH CENTURY HISTORY So before expounding on the wuxia new school as revived in the 1960’s, I’d first like to offer a little bit of socio-political context for the films in question. Firstly, the Golden Age of Wuxia film had a brief overlap with a period of time known as The Great … Read more

 TECHNICAL EVOLUTION OF AERO PLANES The fantasy of flying is as old as mankind itself, but the idea of a plane only existed for two centuries. Prior to that time, men and women tried to navigate the air by imitating birds. They assembled wings to beat their arms or machines with fluttering wings called … Read more

 Queen Cleopatra VII Have you ever thought how life would be if you were Queen of the Nile at age nineteen? How do you think it would be like to rule Egypt when you are only a young teenager? In 69 B.C., a young princess was born, in Alexandria, Egypt’s capital, to a wealthy … Read more

 The Kansas-Nebraska Act, passed by congress on May 30, 1854, was drafted by Democratic Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois and supported by Democratic President Franklin Pierce. The Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which abolished slavery north of latitude 36° 30’. This gave the territories of Kansas and Nebraska the power to decide … Read more

 The Plains Indians refers to groups of Native Americans who lived in the Great Plains area between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. The Sioux, the Blackfoot, the Comanche, the Crow, the Arapaho, and the Kiowa were among the most well known of the Plains Indian groups. The Sioux were the largest out … Read more

 John is a 33 year old male who works for Canada Post. He is an avid motorcyclist and enjoys working out at the gym on a daily basis. He lives with his wife in a condo in Griffintown on the 15th floor. In their free time, John and his wife enjoy going rock climbing … Read more

 I. Introduction Tuesday the 11th of September 2001, the day that 3000 Americans lost their lives, the day that changed America. The 9/11 attacks did not only have a major effect on the United States (US) society it also had a big effect on US legislation, as it led to the introduction of the … Read more

 Outline 1. Introduction • Overview o We should lower the legal drinking age to 18 years old. • Claim o We should lower the legal drinking age to 18 years old instead of 21 because at the age of 18 you’re considered an adult and you can do basically everything except drink alcohol. 2. … Read more

 James Ippolito October 25, 2017 HIST 405.11 Dr. Batterson The Boston Massacre Over the course of America’s history, several iconic events emerge, one of them being The Boston Massacre. It was a cold day in Boston, Massachusetts in the March of 1770. The French and Indian War was over, and colonists were thrilled to … Read more

     The three films that Tim Burton has also included his style in was Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands which was an awesome but sad movie and Beetlejuice which I haven’t seen in a long while and that's the truth. These three films use stylistic devices to tell their unique stories that … Read more

 Introduction/History With every great innovation comes someone who will perfect that innovation and bring it to the masses. Unmanned aircraft systems and drones are no exception to this rule. Unmanned aircraft systems and drones have existed for many years but have only been publicly available for a short while. The leading company behind this … Read more

 Inmates Clarence Anglin, John Anglin and Frank Morris escaped the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary late at night on June 11. The three men allegedly had a successful escape in June 1962. With months of planning their escape and studying the prisons blueprints, these men were the first of thirty-six to not get caught. It is … Read more

 Vivianne Laurence Mr. Frank DeMeglio B-MU124 Music History October 2, 2017 Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo Word Painting Abstract Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (1567-1643) was an Italian composer that was in between the Renaissance and the Baroque period. He was a composer of both secular and sacred music; and also play role in the development of opera. … Read more

 Thomas Mocorrea Agatha Christie's views on inter-war British society Interwar Britain was a chapter of history that signified peace and relative economic stagnation. As a result of World War One, Britain slowly transformed and lead towards an egalitarian society. This was a result of a change in mindset and ideology that led the decline … Read more

 Lienzo de Quauhquechollan is a large painting, eight feet tall and eleven feet wide, made out of fifteen sheets of cloth that were stitched together sometime after the invasion of highland Guatemala in 1527. The reason I say this is because the painting is an actual account of how the Quauhquecholteca warriors conquered this … Read more