Can You Understand The Message? Dating back to the times of slavery‚ the black community in America has historically used music as a vehicle for self-expression and introspection. The blues was the original form of musical self-expression‚ and was conceived from “field hollering”‚ the melodious manner in which slaves working the fields and forests aired out grievances and gave their opinions on their present situation. The use of music for communal empowerment and expression of self within the
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Reflection #1 According to the Oxford dictionary‚ volunteerism may be defined as the use or involvement of volunteer labour‚ especially in community services. I define volunteerism as the act of carrying out activities for the greater benefit of a community with little or no benefit for the individuals carrying out the actions. Vision 2030 is a strategic road map formulated by the National Development Plan where they wish to guide the country to achieve its goals of sustainable development and
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Team Weekly Reflection Resources List http://www.c-span.org/Stimulus/ I use this site to attempt to understand the economic forecast due to politics. http://money.cnn.com/ I use this site to get a great overview of the economic status of the U.S. and the world. http://www.marketwatch.com/ I use this site to see what the stock market is doing worldwide. http://www.thestreet.com/ This website gives a great overview of the economic status of the U.S.‚ it helps out with personal finance decision
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1 Corinthians Reflection Project “Reason must be deluded‚ blinded‚ and destroyed. Faith must trample underfoot all reason‚ sense‚ and understanding‚ and whatever it sees must be put out of sight and ... know nothing but the word of God.” Martin Luther had great insight and encouragement knowing the sheer fact that the war between the world and the cross would be an on going battle. In 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 God pronounced the foolishness of the cross. This paragraph begins in 1:18 with a thematic
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Music Night 1 - Self Reflection Several months of countless rehearsals along with hard work and dedication result to the Music Department’s showcase of talent in the form of the semesterly Music Nights‚ which typically mark the end of music extracurriculars for students until the next semester. This semester’s Music Nights‚ which took place on May 9th and 10th‚ unfolded in the AY Jackson cafetorium‚ and were filled with a plethora of unique music and instrumentation. From concertos to choirs‚ each
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Alexis Fredericks Hour 2 A.P. prep English Rough Draft #5 How the colors of the rainbow came to be…. There once was a village way up in the sky filled with grownups and children who knew how to fly.They were happy and magical and just full of glee and lucky for us they made the rainbow come to be. RED One day Sally was eating a red popsicle and the sun was so hot the drops would not stop. They lingered in the sky and fell down just so‚ that they formed an arch we know as the very first row
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Criticism and Reflection of the Color Purple by Alice Walker Criticized as a novel containing graphic violence‚ sexuality‚ sexism‚ and racism‚ The Color Purple was banned in several schools across the United States. Crude language and explicit detail chronicle the life of Celie‚ a young black woman subjected to society’s cruelties. Although immoral‚ the events and issues discussed in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple are prominent in today’s society‚ and must be public and conversed rather
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hi how are you?Each of the four important geographical locations in the novel—West Egg‚ East Egg‚ the valley of ashes‚ and New York City—corresponds to a particular theme or type of character encountered in the story. West Egg is like Gatsby‚ full of garish extravagance‚ symbolizing the emergence of the new rich alongside the established aristocracy of the 1920s. East Egg is like the Buchanans‚ wealthy‚ possessing high social status‚ and powerful‚ symbolizing the old upper class that continued to
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Write about some of the ways Fitzgerald tells the story in chapter 1 The chapter begins with Nick Carraway introducing himself as the narrator. Fitzgerald uses a first-person retrospective narrative‚ therefore we are given Nicks point of view throughout. The chapter begins with Nick remembering his father’s advice that “all people in this world haven’t had the advantages that [he’s] had” this tells the reader that the main theme of the novel is wealth. The use of the word “advantages” suggests that
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they don’t reject that god play an epistemic role‚ which god telling us reliably what is morally good and bad‚ or motivational role in morality‚ which god providing divine incentives for moral behavior. The logic behind voluntarism and naturalism can be explained using Socrates’ label. Voluntarism argues that something is pious‚ because the god loves it‚ while non-voluntarists argue that something is loved by the gods‚ because it is pious. Voluntarists put strong focus on god’s will that determines
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