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The Creative Arts – An Enemy to the Establishment

You get up early, ready, go down and eat a healthy breakfast and go to school. You sign up for classes for the new school year, only to find that music, art, theater and other creative classes are no longer … Continue reading

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4SHO Entertainment Partners with Difference Makers International and Lasershield Systems, Inc

For Immediate Release Entertainment Partners Release4SHO difference makers and international systems Lasershield, Inc.to Launch Multimedia reference point for TournamentBridging digital divide through education of youth focused EntertainmentEscondido, CA (November 5, 2002) — In collaboration with companies and 4 SHO Entertainment … Continue reading

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How The Digital Age Has Changed How We Get Our Entertainment

Consumers have moved rapidly to adopting digital formats for entertainment content related to consumption. The most obvious example is the music and video downloads, with Apple's iTunes and YouTube as an example of the first floor. Apple has sold over … Continue reading

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Minneapolis Schools’ Arts for Academic Achievement Program

Arts school success ProgramThe Minneapolis Schools Arts for Academic achievement is a program that aims to reform schools through partnerships between teachers, artists and arts organizations. The main objective is to increase student achievement by emphasizing the strong content and … Continue reading

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GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS announces new MASTER OF ARTS MANAGEMENT program Creating Arts Leaders of the Future

March 20, 2004 "The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (Scheve) announced today the approval of the creation of a Master of Management (MAM) at George Mason University's College of Visual Arts & Entertainment (gvpA). Scheve Commonwealth is the … Continue reading

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Purchasing Power of Automotive Industry Puts the Squeeze on Technical Textiles Manufacturers

The study focused on the European market for technical textiles used in airbags, seatbelts, carpets, upholstery, seat and tires provides a compound annual growth rate of 1.6% since 2001 "in 2008 and provides that the market will be worth 1, … Continue reading

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The Modern Art Movements

"What distinguishes modern art from the art of another age is critical." Octavio-PazThe Modern Art movements can be regarded as having begun in the mid-nineteenth century. Up to this point, the artists of the world focused their work on realistic … Continue reading

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