The HYPE space consisted of all the students from the cluster classes and the HYPE teens along with Pearl Rosenberg, Lora Taub, Jenna Azar and Tony Dalton, whom of which served as our advisors for the session. ... I'm not going to lie, when I first heard Pearl and Lora state to the class, "You are going to be working with urban youth teenagers," I was a little wary of the whole idea. ... The following quote is extracted from my personal field notes from HYPE on March 12th, 2015. ... The following is a quote extracted from my field notes at HYPE on April 10th, 2015: "Af...

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This is true, but it's also likely that it would have dismayed them as well, since a personal, hand written note or a face-to-face thank you was considered common courtesy back then, but are hardly ever heard of today. ... With today's telephones having texting capabilities there is no need to even listen to the other person; only to read the typed note. ... Receiving an electronic note or letter that has been typed rather than handwritten is impersonal. When someone handwrites a letter or note it feels as if they've put more of themselves in the process, making it feel warmer ...

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On the other side were the democratic, capitalist, Western countries, like The United Kingdom, France, and later the United States of America, who entered into the war after Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor. ... However, about halfway through the movement, it shifts into compound meter, and every so often the soloist will have three quarter notes, and there will be two dotted quarter notes in the same spot in the accompaniment. ...

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As Kaufman notes, "if the United States became embroiled in the French Revolution, the young nation would become perilously vulnerable to France's British and Spanish enemies sitting athwart its vital flanks " (Kaufman 8). ... As Kaufman notes, the isolationist strategy embraced by Washington was contingent on Great Britain remaining the great balancer of power in Europe during this time. ... Kaufman notes that during the formative period of the Republic, the founders paid close attention to the balance of power in Europe and "deftly exploited the rivalries it spawned: first to win indepe...

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I have always enjoyed the history of New York City; in particular that history which surrounds the Five Points in lower Manhattan. In this paper I will examine the class structure of the Five Points beginning with geographic and architectural significances that assisted in the class structuring; then I will examine the archeological evidence which further sheds light on the lives of those who resided in what became known as America's first slum. The Five Points, called so because of the five corners of streets that merged together within the ward; Mulberry Street, Anthony (now Worth Stre...

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His writing has influenced several writers through the ages, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, John Steinbeck, Aldous Huxley, William Faulkner and Pearl S Buck, to name a few. ... Thomas Hardy chose "Under the Greenwood Tree" as the title for one of his novels, alluding to the following lines from Shakespeare's "As You Like It": Under the green wood tree / Who loves to lie with me / And turn his merry note / Unto the sweet bird's throat. " The astute quality of Shakespeare's plots is highlighted by the depth of the characterization. ...

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By late 1924 Hitler was release on parole, after serving a portion his five year sentence, and quickly regained control of the Nazi Party, noting that any future seizure must come by legal measures through Parliamentary elections. ... Once the US entered the war after the attack on Pearl Harbor by Germany's ally Japan; Hitler declared war on the United States. ...

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Thomas notes in his theory of "Definition of the Situation" that, "the child is always born into a group of people among whom all the general types of situation which may arise have already been defined and corresponding rules of conduct developed, and where he has not the slightest chance of making his definitions and following his wishes without interference. ... As Lerner notes "the family is the major Microsystem for infant development in our society, it involves interactions between the child, his or her parents and any other siblings that are present in the home (Lerner,1995,p.26). ... E...

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Shortly after Imperial Japan's infamous attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. ... It's important too to note that the historical context of this internment is that it followed the Niihau Incident, which caused the east coast to be hyperaware and fearful that any Japanese American could possibly betray the United States14. ...

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In analyzing Kurosawa's filming style, it is important to note a pivotal event in his childhood. ... Furthermore, he reveals that he refused to testify because it would incriminate him in having stolen evidence: a valuable dagger with a pearl inlet. ...

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Through much of history, the strength of a nation has been determined by the strength of its leader. Despite the appearance of holding power, leader's often are undermined by their own subjects as the case of Emperor Hirohito of Japan. It is true that during his reign Japan has seen a territorial expansion in Asia not unlike that of Genghis Khan's Mongolia or Julius Caesar's Rome but the question remains whether Hirohito played an active role in that expansion. Though often regarded as the people's emperor, Hirohito has proven to be less of a leader in times of war and ...

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"She gazed ahead through a long reach of future days strung together like pearls in a rosary, every one like the others, and all smooth and flawless and innocent, and her heart went up in thankfulness.... It is also worth noting, Freeman never mentions the loss of Louisa's father. ...

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To quell any potential civil uprisings, the government maintained generous social welfare programs and introduced freshwater wells, electricity, roads, schools and hospitals to previously isolated and impoverished areas where trade, pearling and fishing were the norm. ... On a legislative note, several laws have been instated into Kuwaiti constitution regarding the role of Kuwaiti citizens in the private sphere even within foreign companies. ...

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In Baroque architecture the plan form alone is of little use as a method of communicating one's real experience of the architectonic space, for it gives no indication of the unique spaces created by the complex composition of geometrical forms, which in plan, overlay and merge in unprecedented size ...

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1 Enoch is one of the foundational texts of Jewish apocalyptic literature. 1 Though not an official part of the Jewish canon, Enoch's journey into the realm of angels, and God's revelation of "all mysteries" (Enoch 59:2) regarding the end of days and the salvation of the elect do form an important ...

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Introduction Joseph Stalin was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili in the village of Gori, in the Russian province of Georgia, on Dec. 21, 1879. His father was a shoemaker with a penchant for drunkenness, who left Gori when Stalin was young to seek employment in the city of Tiflis. Thus Joseph's...

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Schrag notes down the reason sometimes immigration becomes a respectable measure than other to shape migrants' life? ... The argument seems quite overwhelming and notes that US immigration historically was always an open path for the people to inhabit in entirely new and different society. ...

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