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    House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the American city of Chicago in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized circa 1984 in Chicago‚ but beginning in 1985‚ it fanned out to other major cities across North and South America‚ as well as Europe and later Australia.[1] Early house music commercial success in Europe saw songs such as "House Nation" by House Master Boyz and the Rude Boy of House (1987) and "Doctorin’ the House" by Coldcut (1988) in the pop charts. Since

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    Narrative Assignment~ Long Live‚ My Beloved Grandma Ben still possess a picture of his grandma and grandpa on the beach at Phuket‚ Thailand. She dressed in her black long sleeve blouse and the wind blowing against them gently. That day‚ his grandpa held her in arms and both of them were enjoying the sunset silently without any further conversation in such a romantic manner. Every time he take a look at this picture it reminds him of the horrific incident that followed it. Thinking of that incident

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    an immigrant to avoid such obstacles; however‚ different people may adapt at a different rate. In my case‚ I interviewed my father to which he mentioned that adapting to American Culture was not as strenuous as it seemed. His name is Narciso Cesar Soto and he immigrated at the age of 14 from Morelia‚ Michoacán to Santa Monica‚ California. His birthday is on the 29th of October; however‚ his sister in law‚ Rosa Santander‚ changed it accidently to the 31st of October on his American birth certificate

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    In the first line of the octave‚ it opens with the speaker immediately introducing himself as a man facing blindness projecting a sense of uncertainty on how he lived his life prior to this detrimental ailment as well as expressing fear of his perhaps endangered soul. In line 2 “Ere half my days‚ in this dark world and wide‚” Milton’s dictation “dark world and wide” illustrate a place of despair voiced by the speaker. The expression “world and wide” is alliteration which emphasizes on the devastating

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    Speak Your Mind‚ Even if the Voice Shakes To make a difference in life‚ you have to have courage. Most people have the ideas of making a difference‚ but don’t have the courage to do anything about it. In the story NightJohn by Gary Paulsen‚ NightJohn shows us how to have courage‚ when everyone else would turn the other way. Foremost‚ NightJohn had escaped from slavery already‚ but came back to teach slaves how to read and write (page 55). NightJohn could’ve just stayed in the North where it was

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    Gary Dahl‚ as California advertising man‚ was having drinks with his buddies one night in April 1975 when the conversation turned to pets. As a lark‚ Mr. Dahl informed his friends that he considered dogs‚ cats‚ birds‚ and fish all a pain in the neck. They made a mess; they misbehaved; they cost too much money. He‚ on the other hand‚ had a pet rock‚ and it was an ideal pet - easy and cheap‚ and it had a great personality. His buddies started to riff with the off-the-wall idea nd pretty soon they were

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    Case Analysis Southwest Airlines and Gary Kelly Oscar A. Anzaldua Davenport University Southwest Airlines Company is a well-known low-cost American airline that offers excellent customer and employee service. As of 2009 Southwest is the largest airline company in the world that carries the most number of passengers and it is the third largest passenger fleet of aircraft among the world’s commercial airlines. It also boasts the highest number of customers than any other airlines in the United

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    In Emily Dickinson’s poem‚ “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” Dickinson uses several different literary techniques that capture the reader’s attention and trigger an emotional response. First of all‚ Emily Dickinson chose to use informal diction in this poem. Informal diction is the use of informal‚ conversational language‚ or slang to give the poem

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    Analysis Resources: When getting down to reading “Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain” by Jessica Mitford‚ I was not expecting to face an essay of such a dark content. From the very first lines‚ I felt both excited and pushed away by the evident originality of the topic being discussed. Perfectly alive and feeling happy about it‚ I did not feel like reading about the dreadful details of modern funeral practices. Provoked by curiosity I‚ however‚ did. The essay was first published in 1967 in The American

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    Assessment Task - Gary’s House In the play Gary’s House the compose Debar Oswald used dialogue to convey the idea that significant disaster in one’s life can act as a catalyst for one to reassess their life and reform their ways in their play. Gary inherits a block of land which is a joined with his sister‚ but he uses the land to build a house for his 19 years old pregnant angry girlfriend. The construction of the house is a symbolism of the characters live. Bebra Oswald used dialogue to connect the

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