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    Argumentative Essay: Working while in high school is essential. Travis J. Burleson Excelsior College Abstract High school students should have the opportunity to work while still in school. Working will teach them responsibility‚ money management skills‚ and give them valuable work experience and tools for use later in life. While there are a few disadvantages to working while still in high school‚ all can be controlled with parents’ help and supervision. Overall‚ working while still

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    Sketching

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    ------------------------------------------------- SKETCHING ------------------------------------------------- Jesus and the Adulteress. A sketched figure composition by Rembrandt van Rijn Charcoal sketch of willows by Thomas Gainsborough A sketch (ultimately from Greek σχέδιος – schedios‚ "done extempore") is a rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not usually intended as a finished work.[4] A sketch may serve a number of purposes: it might record something that the artist sees‚ it

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    Music Theory and Jazz Theory-some random thoughts on the subjects. Music theory is much maligned and misunderstood subject these days. This probably comes from it having become in academia at least‚ an end in itself. Music theory and jazz theory is a tool-a method for breaking a piece into its most basic elements so that it can be better understood. Better understood for what reason? So that you can improvise on it‚ (as in the case of a jazz musician) or so that it can be interpreted in

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    The Jazz Anecdotes by Bill Crow covers in detail about the History‚ definition‚ figures and in general in depth understanding of Jazz music. It’s Impossible to describe and name all the figures in a two page short essay‚ but I’ll do my best to fit as much as possible. According to the book: at first‚ the idea of pep and having a good time which was a Victorian morality against rebellion mentality shaped the idea of jazz. It became a rich and formal tradition of American music. Ragtime which was

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    Challis Maxwell Philosophy 369 Due Monday Oct. 19th What is Love? According to Webster’s dictionary the word love is described as a strong‚ positive emotion of regard and affection. But in society today it seems as if we throw the word love around in such a loose manner it really has lost its meaning. Ranging from “I love Coach purses”‚ to actually telling a person “I love you” is now a common thing. Throughout this essay I’ll be taking a philosophical approach to help give a better understanding

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    ICtonal music‚ chant (plainsong‚ plainchant)‚ organum‚ motet‚ Reformation‚ a cappella‚ word painting‚ counterpoint‚ chanson‚ madrigal‚ modulation‚ continuo‚ doctrine of affections‚ libretto‚ overture‚ recitative‚ aria‚ ensemble‚ chorus‚ cantata‚ oratorio‚ fugue‚ rondo‚ theme and variations‚ minuet and trio‚ metre‚ texture‚ suite‚ sonata‚ concerto‚ composers‚ instruments‚ historical periods‚ the Enlightenment‚ syllabic‚ melismatic‚ sonata-allegro form La peri fanfare Boulez Bird Chopin

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    Commentary on Piano and Drums In the poem‚ Piano and Drums by Gabriel Okara‚ we see a comparison between the primal‚ old world and the more developed new world. Okara compares the two through the representation of the two eras in musical form. Throughout the poem‚ as we experience the two different music forms‚ the poet‚ Okara displays the various allures that the two different societies have on him. The old world displays itself as a very rugged but simple time‚ one that speaks to the primal man

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    David Friedman Charles Wright Dan Kalowsky John Daniel Electronic Voting Literature Review Computer scientists who have done work in‚ or are interested in‚ electronic voting all seem to agree on two things: Internet voting does not meet the requirements for public elections Currently widely-deployed voting systems need improvement Voting on the Internet using everyday PC’s offers only weak security‚ but its main disadvantages are in the areas of anonymity and protection against coercion and/or

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    to be recognizable‚ so these techniques are contained within my own storyboard. I have clearly shown in my storyboard (of the first scene of my movie) whether the sound is diegetic‚ non-diegetic or contrapuntal. Shot 8 on my story board uses the counterpoint effect‚ the scene shows a door but the music played is a slow country genre which is contrapuntal. My storyboard has different camera shots and angles including; extreme long shots‚ medium shots‚ close ups‚ over the shoulder angles and medium long

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    Joseph Haydn was recruited at age 8 to the sing in the choir at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna‚ where he went on to learn to play violin and keyboard. After he left the choir‚ he supported himself by teaching and playing violin‚ while studying counterpoint and harmony. Haydn soon became an assistant to composer Nicola Porpora in exchange for lessons‚ and in 1761 he was named Kapellmeister‚ or "court musician‚" at the palace of the influential Esterházy family‚ a position that would financially support

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