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    My Personal Philosophy of Music in Christian Praise and Worship Praise and Worship is all about connecting with God. (William Temple.1881) Worship is the submission of all our nature to God. It is the quickening of conscience by his holiness; the nourishment of mind with his truth‚ the purifying of imagination by his beauty‚ the opening of the heart to his love‚ the surrender of his will to his purpose and all of this gathered up in adoration‚ the most selfless emotion of which our nature is capable

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    morning shift or night shift. So everybody just work eight hours a day. It was a long time for me. But the money I got worth the hard work I had put in‚ even though this is not what I wanted to do‚ but you got to do what you have to do even if you don’t like or agree with it‚ Kind of sad‚ isn’t it? In the following weeks‚ I served about 50 tables everyday‚ I took their orders‚ refill their drinks and clean tables‚ did a lots of works. But i earn my first one thousand dollar. I wanted to have an I

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    In the essay “In Praise of Margins” Ian Fraizer upholds the importance of margins as “a higher sort of unpurpose” (Fraizer 45) defined by his time in “the woods” (44). Fraizer and his friends spent most of their time in their margins also known as stomping ice in “the woods”. Fraizer says that marginal place and activities are “the most important kind” (46) because they are “where you can try out odd ideas”. Margins could be visiting a park‚ a friend’s house‚ a dance studio or even a football field

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    "In Praise of Consumerism" In James Twitchell’s essay‚ "In Praise of Consumerism‚" he states that producers "splash magical promises over their goods" in order to make a sale. He believes we are not duped into buying stuff‚ but we demand it. The overwhelming amount of material goods available on the market today isn’t "exploiting our desire" but rather fulfilling our needs. Since when did our self-image dictate what and why one product is better than the next? For me and my parents‚ it’s hard

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    who never really seem to know where they stand. Throughout most of Gup’s life‚ he found himself flexible on a variety of opposing arguments. He states that he would linger in the ‘no man’s land between opposing arguments’‚ and wished to be drawn to one side‚ but found advantages and disadvantages in both. When he grew to accept his ‘confusion’‚ he realized that people like him are needed for the world to function. He‚ along with others like him‚ act as a bridge between opposing arguments‚ and without

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    Consumer Culture plays a significant role in our everyday lives. The articles In Praise of Consumerism and Needing The Unnecessary; The Democratization of Luxury by James Twitchell show strong arguments in favour of consumer culture. Both articles focus on how important consumerism has become in the modern commercial world and how more people wealthy or middle class are buying luxury items to be accepted by others in society. People in today ’s society who buy luxury items find it "arousal seeking"

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    Summary: “In Praise of the ‘F’ Word” In this article‚ “In praise of the ‘F’ word”‚ Marry Sherry makes the point that in order to help kids do their school work and get their education; they must be threatened with failing. Before she started teaching her class‚ she would blame the poor academic skills our kids have today on drugs‚ divorce and other impediments to concentration necessary for doing well in school. She had an experience with her sons grade 12 English teacher. The teacher told Marry

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    What is the fundamental difference between receiving praise and being praiseworthy? If we could only achieve one‚ which should we prefer? Praise means to say or write good things about‚ to express approval. Praiseworthy means deserving praise‚ worthy of praise. With that being said‚ you should strive to be praiseworthy. “We must at least believe ourselves to be admirable for what they are admirable. But‚ in order to attain this satisfaction‚ we must become the impartial spectators of our own

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    The poem Harmonium is about Simon Armitage and how he feels towards his father and his past‚ which all tend to be negative comments. Grace Nichols poem Praise Song for My Mother also focuses on her past but describes her mother in a much more positive way. In Praise Song for My Mother‚ Grace Nichols describes her mother as being like “water to me” this tells us that she was essential to her and wouldn’t be able to live without her. Nichols also describes her as being “deep and bold” this suggests

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    Jacob Glatstein was a journalist‚ a story writer and a poet. He wrote about the Holocaust‚ poems such as Smoke‚ Not The Dead Praise God and many more. His writing was affected by his upbringing and as Langer says his "egocentric" view of the world as "the most natural and therefor the truest and the most human mode of perception". (l.langer 653-660). He fills the poems with images that make the reader see‚ hear‚ and feel. Jacob Glastein deals with his own beliefs and reality throughout his poems

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