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    Lullabies Main article: Lullaby The oldest children’s songs of which we have records are lullabies‚ intended to help a child sleep. Lullabies can be found in every human culture.[2] The English term lullaby is thought to come from "lu‚ lu" or "la la" sound made by mothers or nurses to calm children‚ and "by by" or "bye bye"‚ either another lulling sound‚ or a term for good night.[3] Until the modern era lullabies were usually only recorded incidentally in written sources. The Roman nurses’ lullaby

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    relating to my daily life habits. Now‚ I will describe a classical conditioning closely related to a type of Vietnamese tradition which most of Vietnamese people once experienced during their babyhood. In the past‚ every Vietnamese woman could sing a lullaby song for their babies in order to make them easily fall asleep. However‚ the question is how the singing and the baby’s need to sleep can have something to do with each other. My question for this fact has not yet come to light until the term “classical

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    evolutionary advantageous. Music is one of the many structures which facilitate the creation of this bond due to its communicative aspects. More specifically‚ this phenomenon occurs in both the prenatal and postnatal environment as well as within lullaby music. Considering the fact that responses of the infant in early stages of life are strictly behavioural (Holditch-Davis 1)‚ communication in this case refers to linguistic‚ behavioural‚ and emotional interactions. Music as a communicative tool

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    Themes shared between Ceremony and The Odyssey In both The Odyssey and Ceremony the authors use a theme of mental strength as a way to show their power to overcome the antagonist. This is demonstrated in book 9 of The Odyssey when Odysseus tricked the Cyclops (Polyphemus) into believing his name was “Nobody” after overcoming the urge to tell him his real name. After Polyphemus ate two of Odysseus’s men and was planning to eat him last‚ Odysseus planned to kill him first. Odysseus intoxicated Polyphemus

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    Lesson 1 (3.0 points)   1. What is an angel investor? (0.5 points)  Investors who give money in exchange for debt or equity 2. What is the difference between startup costs and operating costs? (1.0 points)  Startup costs are what you need in order to start the company and operating costs are what you need to keep the company going 3. What is cash flow? (0.5 points) Total money being transferred in and out of a business  4. How is a company’s gross profit calculated? (0.5 points)

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    What Is Magical Realism‚ Really? by Bruce Holland Rogers "Magical realism" has become a debased term. When it first came into use to describe the work of certain Latin American writers‚ and then a small number of writers from many places in the world‚ it had a specific meaning that made it useful for critics. If someone made a list of recent magical realist works‚ there were certain characteristics that works on the list would share. The term also pointed to a particular array of techniques that

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    part of the context. Just like the “Old Grandma” said‚ “I guess I must be getting old because these goings-on around Laguna don’t get me excited any more. It seems like I already heard these stories before…only thing is‚ the names sound different” (Silko 260). Then‚ an idea comes up‚ I finally realize the connection between Tayo and Laguna—the time. According to the context‚ I find when Tayo was captured by Japanese in World War = 2 \* ROMAN II and endured both physical and mental torture‚ Laguna

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    Many readers enjoy books and stories that go outside of the social norm because they like to “stick it to the man” or maybe they just don’t like that people who lived before them developed to make the boundaries that we live by in our society. Who gives the authority to inscribe an entire generation with their beliefs? This is because‚ for years‚ those same people also had to follow a set of rules they probably did not believe in themselves. This is how I think postmodernism came to be with the

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    Fifth Grade Lesson “I got a letter” Objective: 1) Students will be able to sing I got a letter on pitch 2) Students will become visually and aurally familiar with syncopation 3) Students will be able to identify words/syllables from rhythms National Standards 1. Singing‚ alone and with others‚ a varied repertoire of music 2. Performing on instruments‚ alone and with others‚ a varied repertoire of music Sunshine State Standards MU.5.S.1.4: Sing or play simple melodic patterns

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    of laziness as well‚ which also complements the idea of summer. “While the grass reaches up towards the sky‚ The water hums a sweet lullaby”. The use of lullaby really illuminates laziness. Because a lullaby is one thing you might listen to or sing to a small child if you’re trying to put them to sleep. Since it is during the day in which “the water hums a sweet lullaby”‚ then it portrays the idea of a lazy summer’s day. In the poem‚ they also bring across the feeling of how quickly a summer day can

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