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    Shades of Blue

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    Shades of Blue Blue is calming. It can be strong and steadfast or light and friendly. Almost everyone likes some shade of the blue in their life. Mr. Toastmaster‚ Fellow Toastmasters and Dear Guests Intro A natural color‚ from the blue of the sky‚ it is a universal color. Its cool‚ calming effect makes time pass more quickly and it can help you sleep. It’s a good color for bedrooms. At the negative side‚ too much blue could dampen spirits though. In many diverse cultures blue is significant

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    Jazz and Blues

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    Story: Sonny’s Blues 1950’s Author: James Baldwin (1924-1987) Central Character: Although the story is narrated by Sonny’s unnamed older brother‚ Sonny is the most important character. Sonny is described in a common stereotype of the time‚ a stereotype that his own brother holds until the end of the story: the heroin-addicted jazz musician. Sonny has just been arrested for "peddling and using heroin’’ and must do time in a prison upstate. As the story progresses‚ however‚ the reader learns more

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    Contemporary Management

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    References: * Carroll‚ S. And Gillen‚ D. (1987) Are the Classical Management Functions Useful in Describing Managerial Work? Academy of Management Review 12(1)‚ pp. 38-51. * Cynthia‚ M. Pavett and Alan‚ W. Lau. (1983) Managerial Work: The Influence of Hierarchical Level and Functional Specialty‚ The Academy of Management Journal‚ Vol. 26‚ No. 1 pp. 170-177 * Lance B. Kurke and Howard E. Aldrich. (1983) Mintzberg was Right!: A Replication and Extension of the Nature of Managerial Work‚ Management

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    Refugee Blues

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    Refugee Blues – W.H. Auden ------------------------------------------------- Poet - Wynstan Hugh Auden‚ born as a doctor’s son in February 1907 in York‚ United Kingdom‚ counts as one of the greatest English poets of the twentieth century. Theme - abuse of human rights experienced not only by German Jews but by other Jews and by refugees anywhere. Structure - The poem contains twelve stanzas of three lines each. The first and second line of each stanza rhyme. The two rhyming lines of each stanza

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    Contemporary Feudalism

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    Throughout history‚ we’ve seen many different types of ideologies being used by societies everywhere. From Feudalism to mercantilism‚ to the now ever-growing Capitalism‚ we’ve changed our socioeconomic structure multiple times to better suit our living needs. Although most of us would believe that we choose to live the way we do now because we now see the old ways as backwards and inhumane is some cases‚ some would argue that the very principle that capitalism is supposed to eradicate are still present

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    The Weary Blues

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    Blasé-Brown The Music of Sadness “The Weary Blues‚” by Langston Hughes‚ tells a story of an unnamed narrator recalling an evening of listening to a man sing the blues one night in Harlem. Hughes uses a somber tone‚ depressed voice‚ syntax and imagery as language styles to convey a great deal of suffering that was occurring in Harlem during the mid-1900’s. In “The Weary Blues” Hughes uses imagery to communicate to the reader what the narrator is experiencing while listening to blues. The reader can

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    Contemporary Problems with Unemployment and Low Income May 18‚ 2014 HSM/210 Both agencies I researched focus on helping the unemployed or low income populations. The problems affecting the unemployed are simple; they mainly have to do with the downfall of the economy over the last few years‚ causing a lack of job availability. With places going out of business and inflation‚ companies either don’t need or cant afford to pay more employees and are running their businesses on

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    MUSIC

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    MUSIC Music can be defined in many ways‚ but to summarize all the definitions‚ music can be defined as the art or science of combining vocal or instrumental sounds or both to produce beauty of form‚ harmony‚ and expression of emotion. It is said that a large percentage of old people who sing at the choir enjoy the harmony created and feel at peace. It is not really known from where music originated‚ but most probably the earliest humans

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    Sonny's Blues

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    rocky relationship with one another‚ his turbulent dynamic with his own brother‚ his heroin addiction and the problems it brought on‚ his struggle to fulfill the typical American dream‚ and finding the courage to do what he really loves; play music. Sonny’s Blues are the story of his life‚ and the failures or pitfalls he endured feeling imprisoned in his own body”. 2. BODY Sonny had a lot of internal and external conflict that he went through. Most of the time‚ even though he had family around

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    music

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    Music As is known to us all‚music is such a broad topic to interpret that I can not introduce it to you in detail‚ so today I just talk about music in my eyes. Here comes the first question:Do you like music? Many people like music.There are many different types of music all over the world: Classical music‚Folk music‚Soft music‚Light musicBlues‚ Country music‚ Children’ s songs‚Jazz‚ Pop music‚Rock & Roll and so on. So what is your favourite kind of music? Soft music is graceful;rock

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