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    earliest precursor I can think of for Eno’s concept is Furniture Music, or Musique d’ameublement, by Erik Satie and Darius Milhaud, premiered in 1917. This is the first piece in history expressly designed not to be listened to. Apparently, Satie ran around among the audience at the first performance crying “don’t listen, don’t listen”, a difficult instruction to follow as the piece is quite interesting, and it is hard to ignore music being played right in front of you Satie’s gesture fell flat, because

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    Written by Cindy Wockner, the Bali 9 Clock Ticks newspaper article appearing in the Herald Sun serves as a neat, professional update on the predicament of Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan. Written in typical newspaper fashion, the article underlies themes of desperation, hopelessness and fear in a detached string of paragraphs. The article catches our attention with a suspenseful, desperate title – Bali 9 Clock Ticks. The phrase ‘Clock Ticks’ paints a picture in our minds of time running out, and

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    experience its lavish lifestyle, which is magnificent in its own right, but to fill themselves with the knowledge of high arts, complex science, and mind numbing logic. A Boston airport transportation limo becomes witness to many such heated and spirited discussions struck when among the passengers when commuting to or from airport to the university. Boston, the city that sprawls in 89.63 miles and gives home to hundreds of thousands of people, has in excess of 100 colleges and university where more than

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    because I will go to a country with a better quality of life but I felt sad for leaving friends and relatives. Before leaving Haiti, three important things came up in my idea. Go to church, organize a party with my friends and family, and get to the airport with my Dad. First, I woke up 2 days before moving and went to a Catholic church near home. It was early in the morning, I occupied a seat in a first row and the Priest came and asked us to pray. I started my prayer and asked God to give me strength

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    Barefoot Diva

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    of volcanic islands in the central Atlantic Ocean, Cape Verde comes the queen of Morna, Cesaria Evora. Born on 27 August 1941 in Mindelo, Cape Verde, Evora was a popular singer, internationally rated as the best Morna singer. Morna is the national music of Cape Verde that is characterized by a dance, instrumentation, good harmonic structure and a 2-4 beat tempo Most of the times, Evora was spotted performing bare feet on stage and this earned her a nickname “Barefoot Diva”. She performed bare foot

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    Research Paper On Madrid

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    art aficionados, fashionistas, music and culture enthusiasts. The city has a rich history and architectural interest. As one of the most populous urban centre, Madrid is highly reputable as being the forerunner in financial, political and administrative capital of Spain. The metropolitan city is the home of the famous football team – Real Madrid. Arriving to the city centre Flights to Madrid from Birmingham land at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, the major airport serving the city and its neighbouring

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    Hancock International Airport, I feel like I have the whole world right at my fingertips. I am surrounded by people who are both so similar yet so different from me. This place is just the stepping stone to the final destination of happiness. There are people of different race, identifying with a different religion, with back stories that I will never ever get to hear. Walking into this airport, I feel as light as a feather. I have so many options of flight within one airport, even though my plane

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    our luggage, went to Brisbane Airport instead of the airport we were flying in at, Whitsunday Airport. After that, we got into a taxi to a rental car service. Then, we went out to eat at good old Mcdonalds for lunch. My sister was not that annoying today. Property because they all had headphones in listening to music for the trip so far. And, I am not talking about low volume either; I am talking about full blast. It is like they’re having a competition to see whose music can be louder. I forgotten

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    Airport Descriptive Essay

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    The airport is pleased to see me as I wander into the ticketing area, as if realizing before I do why today is significant. Unable to return the gesture, I look out the window, watching as the sun gets out of bed to take the elevator to work. At that moment, I suddenly realize what was nothing more than a few simple clicks just several months ago was now becoming a reality. Today is June 20th and it’s been nine long months. Strangely, the colors around me appear more vivid and I can practically

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    Zachary Hinck 4/24/14 WTRG 1150 The Freemasons Conspiracy For generations and throughout the United States history one conspiracy kept plausible. The question whether or not the Illuminati is present in our world today. They are the top players in the world professional playground, which include 13 bloodlines which are extremely rich, and they are the individuals who want to control the world from behind the scenes. Besides the 13 Bloodline, there is also hundreds of other men, with a few exceptions

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