Essays on Music

The paper aims to discuss the history of hip-hop cinema and its development in different eras. For this purpose, a major movement leading to hip-hop cinema and one of the prominent films related to this genre are explored in their cultural, social, and historical context. Furthermore, the paper focuses on the appeal of cinematic and visual language techniques used in such films. In this concern, the paper aims to write a comparative analysis based on the role of “Krush Groove” in breaking the barriers by African Americans that is also depicted in the documentary entitled, “The Black Power Mixtape.” ...

Analysis of Guido’s Methods: Solutions and Importance

Analysis of Guido’s Methods: Solutions and Importance

Guido was born towards the end of the 10th century in Italy, and learnt in the Benedictine Abbey near Ferrara. As a music teacher, one of the problems he experienced with his students was the fact that they were unable to sing by themselves despite singing for many years since they had not mastered even a single antiphon, which was generally a waste of time. The solution for this as suggested by Guido would be not to provide antiphons that lacked neumes (Taruskin & Gibbs 2012, Pg. 212). Another problem faced was ...

Mass Communication sets or perpetuates some gender agendas.

Mass communication provides an enormous influence on today’s society. It is something, which influences people thoughts, ideas, and attitude. It deals with art, paintings, films, music, and language. It ruins all the censorship that influences people during many centuries (Tedlock). Today, such things as movies, the TV, has a massive influence on the generation. In particular, it influences children. Movies today promote the adult way of living. Maybe they do not describe it completely but still provide a great example of everyday life, which little children see. Still, the TV has its censorship, which splits both relevant and ...

Critical reflection

In my video I attempted to look at the phenomenon of gamification through a learning perspective. I deliberately decided not to make too much of an emphasis on academic learning because I wanted to frame everything in a way that would reflect our daily experiences. After all, every day we learn something new, and it does not necessarily happen consciously all the time. How successfully you are able to learn has a lot to do with your ability to concentrate. This is the issue I have devoted the introduction in the video to. I made the shots just a ...

Video in Opera Stage

Introduction Advances in technology and the corresponding creation of digital technologies have significantly impacted the performing arts (Poole & Ho, 2011). Opera has not escaped the technological advancements and as such, new forms of opera have emerged in both digital and virtual formats (Symonds & Karantonis, 2013). Salter (2010) explains that since the 1990s, the scenography of opera has emerged with technological advancements transforming stages into video and monitor accompaniments. The obvious payoff is an enhanced experiential, virtual reality of the opera’s stage. The new technologies blur the lines between the opera’s stage and the motion picture common in ...

The poem “Love In Place”, written by Nikki Giovanni, is dedicated to the theme of love. It is clear that the poem is very personal and the poet shares the most intimate thoughts and emotions that she felt her life. In her sonnet the Giovanni tries to identify what is love and what this feeling means to her. Thinking about her past memories, the speaker tries to understand whether she has ever fallen in love in her life. This question seems to be rather significant for the poet. Moreover, while thinking about love, she tries to find some evidences ...

A Passionate Revival of Movie Musical Styles

Film Review: La La Land – A Passionate Revival of Movie Musical Styles La La Land was released by Lionsgate and Black Label Media on December 25, 2016. It is considered a comedy/drama/musical production. Damien Chazelle is the director and writer of the film. Major stars in the movie are Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and Rosemarie DeWitt (Platt & Gilbert, 2016). It has received 14 Oscar nominations and numerous Golden Globe awards. The plot involves the evolving and troubled love affair between an aspiring actress and a disillusioned jazz pianist. This is a musical production that includes drama, romance and comedy ...

For my comparative essay I decided to take next songs: No Doubt – “Just a Girl” (1995) and Colbie Caillat – “Try” (2014). I was thinking a lot about the topic of these songs. It seems to be that they are about gender or sexual identity, because each of these songs is about girls imagine. But after listening to the lyrics several times I understood both of songs describe gender identity. These songs are about girls but very different images of girls. The first song by band “No doubt” tells us about typical American girl of middle 90: she has her ...

Pinewood Toronto Studios

Pinewood Toronto Studios is both a film and television studio complex based in Toronto State, Ontario, Canada. The studios operate both locally and internationally in the two field’s film and television industries. Its services include video shooting, music, and video production and airing of televisions shows to its clients. Pinewood Toronto Studios also have on-site media hub, 18 purposes built sound stages, workshop, TV studios, full-service post facility and black lots used for outdoor filming with a big land of natural forests. All these features of the studios integrate to make it a world-class production studio. The studio ...

Apple is an American technology company that was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in 1976. Apple is known for designing, manufacturing, and marketing of personal computers, software, mobile phones, portable digital music players, media communication devices. They also offer networking solutions and sell third-party digital music and application (Apple Inc, 2015). In summary, Apple’s business nature is manufacturing technology devices, software and providing various services to clients. Apple’s hardware products include Apple TV, iPhone, iPod, and iPad. The software applications offered by the company include OSX and iOS operating systems. Apple also sells ...

Introduction

Occupational therapy focuses on increasing participation in a client’s daily activities. It involves the identification of environmental barriers that limit the customer’s ability to perform his or her daily activities and eliminating them. This is done by modifying the tasks, educating and teaching the skills to the client to enhance his or her daily activities. More emphasis is placed on the needs and goals of the client. Young@Heart is a film about a chorus composed of senior citizens. They sing contemporary songs as well as pop and classic rock songs. Eighty is the average age of ...

Day One: 26 January 2017

I attended a funeral in the early morning, in a Catholic chapel. It was a traditional Requiem Mass, so there were several hymns involved. All of these except one were sung in a call-and-response manner, accompanied by an organ, with a lone soprano singing the verses, and the congregation singing the chorus sections. The last hymn, the recessional hymn, was sung by everyone all the way through. As is usual for hymns, they were slow and quiet in nature, and had one single line of melody, as this was not a professional choir. This was live music, accompanied by ...

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The Beatles is renowned as a legendary band that has been successful in making a remarkable name in the history of music in the United States (Davies). This paper intends to not only introduce this famous band and discuss its achievements, it also endeavors to describe the band and analyze its developmental history. It first provides the basic information about the band and then addresses the reasons it became so popular all over the world. Without a doubt, the Beatles has turned out to be one of the most popular bands in the United States with ...

Right from my early ages as a toddler, there are many people, objects as well as things that have influenced my life. However, just a few have become inspirational to me. First, music is one thing that inspires me most. My mother loved music, and the best she would do when I cry is sing for me. Thus, I grew up seeing music as a solution to all my problems. Later, at an age where I could listen and understand, I spent the better part of my day listening to music during my leisure times. More so, being the ...

1. Smartphone Landscape: Background Mobility has come to be (and is more likely to continue to be) a defining feature of current and future consumption of web-mediated and multimedia content propagated over numerous applications and platforms. If anything, big and small companies are investing in mobility devices and applications in order to cater to increasing consumer needs. Given current mobility landscape at a global scale, big players dominate global markets in numerous areas including, most notably, product design and concept, built-in platforms and applications (which are provided based on broad supplier networks) and, not least, physical stories in premium ...

The lyrical content of music is its most fundamental part which has deteriorated substantially in the recent years. Musicians of the day rely on their visual showcase more than the message they try to relay to their audience. Social vices are promoted in almost all the present day music like swear words, alcohol abuse and offensive slang. All genres of songs advocate for the audience to participate in immoral and violent acts that are highly praised. The conversations regarding this issue will not help the situation if the concerned stakeholders do no action. Music creation is dependent on the ...

John Dowland - Go, Crystal Tears from Book of Songs, Book 1 for solo voice and lute

1) In the beginning, it was strange and even a little bit uncomfortable to listen to it because it is so different from the music that I usually listen to. I never listen to such old music, so it took a few moments for me to open up my heart and mind to the music. I knew that the sound was beautiful, but because it was so unusual compared to what I usually listen to, it did not immediately attract my attention. When this initial shock wore off, I let myself sink into the song even more deeply. I ...

1 Wagner starts his argument with referring to generally acknowledged dislike for Jews, noticed among people worldwide. The author defines it as “a rooted dislike of the Jewish nature” (Wagner 79). At the beginning of the article, the author claims this dislike to be almost completely irrespective of Arts, and Music as the particular art form. Nevertheless, he emphasizes the meaning of Hebrew, which influences Jews’ speech in the most direct way, and its effect in Music. Wagner believes that the ancient language, spoken by the representatives of this ethnicity, is one of the main reasons why Jews are ...

The story of Orpheus and Eurydice remains one of the most famed myths of ancient Greece. It is not only a tale that pulses with the timeless themes of beauty, love and loss, but it also reveals deeper aspects of the human experience regarding what it means to be god and man. As a man endowed with god-like powers in the form of musical ability, Orpheus carried within himself the unique and precious capacity to bend even the most rigid hearts into understanding and supporting his deepest desires, including the rare chance to bring someone back to life. This ...

Music is the binding structure for the society as it mimics the standard beliefs of people. A community fond of listening to a certain music is likely to emulate the values portrayed by the lyricist. It is right to say that the creators of music play a fundamental role in instilling virtues and also vices to the society as a whole. Celebrities are universally recognized due to their works of art that they produce. Claiming that they have no influence is misguided and totally wrong. I believe that music has a significant role in escalating violence in individual towns ...

I must have heard music way much earlier than I can remember, but what comes to mind was when I was around three years old, I used to listen to music fro my dad’s audio system. He used to play music in the morning as he prepared to go to work, and my older siblings ready to leave for school. Over the years, I have grown to love and appreciate various types of music, though my favorite genre is house music. This kind of music is great and originated from Chicago in 1980s. It is classified as electronic ...

The only right decision, while giving a definition of culture is to define the main features, causes and ways of creative thought’s expression, and afterwards grouping the obtained data. This is what we can observe in the work of Cook and Glickman. After examining each of the options, one can give examples for each of them right away. However, the American culture in all its manifestations is versatile. And every issue within it is equally important. Though, it is sometimes difficult to navigate in the flow of information and ideas, and one has to “go on the reverse”. ...

Heralded as one of the wonders of the art world, Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has inspired artists and sparked debates for centuries. At a price point of about $787 million, one must wonder if this incredible price point is due to the ongoing mystery of what lies behind Mona Lisa’s smile. It is reported that Da Vinci played music for Mona Lisa while he painted her, however the validity of this is up for debate, much like the cause for the expression on her face. It is my personal opinion that the slight smile was due to ...

For many years, men have always been dominant over women in various societies. They are always praised for their accomplishments or any achievements they make. In most cases, we ignore or fail to acknowledge the fact that women also play a huge role in the society and they ought to be appreciated. For the longest period, women in many cultures stay at home and take care of their children and husbands. Therefore, women are the backbone of the home, and they keep the society from falling apart and ultimately keep it functional. It is clear that without women, men ...

In the modern world, the term “The Good life” is usually defined in a variety of ways by different people as every individual has his or her own perspective on what the term is all about. Basically, “The Good Life” can be termed as a desirable state of life that is predominantly characterized by high living standards or rather adherence to moral as well as ethical laws. “The Good Life” is an important issue to the society due to the fact that it involves individual’s lives which are not wasted with what can be regarded as mundane activities ...

Inspired by real-life events of the Lima Crisis, the novel Bel Canto creates an eloquent – and probably rather unexpected – image of the terrorist-hostage situation: Ann Pratchett drives the plot away from political and economic intricacies and moves it into the realm of real human relationships and life experiences. Pratchett places people of different occupations, languages, dispositions and tempers into one presidential mansion where – captured by the terrorists for four months – they find new ways of looking at the world and can finally take a fresher look at their lives, passions and desires. It is pure humanity in the multiplicity ...

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Woody Guthrie is a musician who has a deep influence on American music. Guthrie’s upbringing and early life had a great influence on the lyrical content of his songs in later life. His father was a democrat and a racist; also rumored to be a member of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). Woody experienced the Great Depression in his early twenties and witnessed “drought, disease, crop failures and farm foreclosures” (Billet) in the farmlands of America. Guthrie and his songs represent ...

How the Popular Music Audience has changed with Time

The music industry has attracted a large number of listeners over the decades. However, the audience has evolved considerably over the years due to developments in music production and distribution technologies over time. Some of the factors that have facilitated change in music audience include music style, performance style, musical instruments, as well as rhythm and pitch that have changed with technological revolution (Mauch, MacCallum, Levy, & Leroi, 2015). As the technologies in the music instrumentation and production transformed over time, the melody and rhythm of music artifacts changed as well; making it more appealing to a particular group of ...

A dancing is a type of physical activities which gives people a lot of opportunities not only for improving their bodies, their appearance but also for self-expression, for expression of different feelings, etc. People can meet their psychological needs and solve some of their psychological problems through dancing. While many types of art give people opportunities for self-expression, etc., the art of dances has a lot of advantages which other arts do not have. For example, dances are a combination of listening to music and physical activities. Such combination makes a dancing advantageous for both mental and physical health ...

The new media era widens the horizons of the communication. Let one remember how complicated it was to communicate in the 1950s since the era of the telephone lines was just developing. However, the era of the media appeared with the occurrence of the television. On the one hand, the television made the barriers in the face-to-face communication since people were interested in spending more time watching TV. On the other hand, the television set was a luxury in the 1950s. Therefore, people, who owned the TV, invited their neighbors so that they could watch it together and communicate ...

20 January 20 2017

Part #1 – Section from article, “Hip-Hop and Procedural Justice ” Several studies have examined hip-hop for its effect on the behavior of juveniles. These studies found correlations between hip-hop music and youth acceptance of violence (Johnson et al., 1995; Johnson, Jackson, & Gatto, 1995), juvenile deviance (Miranda & Claes, 2004), and negative gender stereotypes (Bogt et al., 2010; Johnson et al., 1995). Each of these examinations found rap music or videos were associated with increased commission and acceptance of these behaviors. For example, Johnson, Jackson, and Gatto (1995) conducted a quasi-experimental study on a non-random sample of 46 ...

This report shall be a case study on change management and it shall focus on one particular company. However, rather than focus on a gleaming example of change management done right or a company that emerged stronger when it came to the practice of change management, this report shall instead focus on a company that did it too wrong and too late. Indeed, Blockbuster Video used to have a commanding share of the video rental market. However, they failed to read the proverbial tea leaves when it came to the paradigm shift to streaming and the use of kiosks ...

The school is equipped to handle all manner of students. In the classroom observed, seven students with various mental illnesses are taught. Depending on the subject being taught, each student sometimes learns at a different grade level, often below what is the assumed grade level for their age, which is typical for a Special Needs classroom. The children have special needs such as ADD, ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and Pervasive Developmental Delays of different kinds. With seven special needs students in the care of one teacher it can be difficult to meet the needs of the educator. ...

Introduction

There are several reasons why the annual Burning Man festival is unique among mass gatherings. Held in the Black Rock section of America’s Great Basin desert in Nevada, Burning Man’s 70,000 participants construct a city that houses—and in itself functions as—a participatory performing arts space, a communal spiritual retreat, and a cathartic experience of radical self-expression (Brill 2007). Then, one week later, they tear it all down, pack everything out, and leave no trace behind. It is an anti-market event (Cesewski & Giles 2007) whose participants rely on gift-giving and barter to secure any necessities ...

The industry for this research will be the telecommunications sector. The industry has consistently been at the center of innovation and growth and has also culminated in the disruption of other industries. Its key elements encompass mobile devices, as well as, broadband connectivity that has also been regarded as important fabrics of the current society which is the information age. The sector has been instrumental in promoting the momentum for other notable technological trends such as video streaming and mobile payments. In this regard, the publicly traded corporation in the telecommunication industry that will be subject to this discussion ...

Introduction:

The main purpose of writing this report is to determine the marketing metrics and marketing effectiveness of Apple. Marketing metrics are the performance indicators, which permits the business to perform overall marketing performance. The marketing metrics help to attain greater accuracy in the business activities. Marketing plays an active role in the business and the success lies in the marketing abilities. The marketing metrics are categorized into various types’ namely behavioral, financial, physical availability and consumer profile etc. In this report, these metrics with respect to Apple Inc. will be discussed. As a marketing consultant, I will provide the ...

Introduction

This report aims to analyse the Triple Bottom Line theory in accordance to sustainability methods and processes. The event which will be related to this study will be Tomorrowland the festival which has been held since year 2005. The sustainability policy of the event’s business processes and operations will be critically assessed and appraised which will be aligned with suitable recommendations for more effective sustainability methods.

Tomorrowland

Tomorrowland is an Electronic Music Festival held in Boom, Belgium every year since 2005. The target audience of the festival are young adults from ages 18 to 27. Their socioeconomic target are ...

Responses

Question 1 Response: Institutionalized racism was at its height prior to the Great War - otherwise known as World War I - where both Blacks and women were not given full rights as American citizens. Of course, all that changed when both Black men and American women, from rich and middle class families, decided to put their country first. As for myself, I spent my years in the war with the 93rd Infantry Division, the Blue Helmets, but more specifically, the 369th Infantry Regiment that was also known as the Harlem Hellfighters. If it isn’t obvious from the ...

Analysis of Sustainability of Tomorrowland Event

Analysis of Sustainability of Tomorrowland Event

Introduction and Context

The focus of this report is about sustainable event management. It aims to look at a major event and the sustainability policy of that event. The report briefly analyses the policy versus its actual implementation in real-life. The report reviews the earlier literature about sustainable event management. It examines the various theories related to corporate social responsibility and ISO 20121, which is the international standard for sustainable event management. The report then relates the findings at the present event to the sustainability theory. The report then presents the conclusions.

Tomorrowland is an electronic ...

1. Copyright is not optimized to foster musical creativity. Discuss this statement with reference to examples. The mechanism of copyright control can pose significant threat to innovation and creativity in the music industry, because the copyright can fail to sufficiently recognize the relevance of uses of the musical piece as a creative force. Innovation in music, for example, has been performed in many scenarios by creators taking the creative risks by using existing materials in such a manner that does not fit effectively within the assumptions of the dominant copyright about creativity. Creators that operate within such paradigms of ...

Factors that led to the creation of teen idols in the 1960s included the following. There was less travel and people became conditioned to their immediate surroundings. Thus, the presence of famous bands became an outlet for teens to express their aspirations for success. The Tin Pan Alley era ushered a revolution on music. It focused on the marketing of songs. Therefore, it gave millions of people the aspiration to become musicians. All they had to do was inspire an audience and they would receive royalties. It was great strategy for the music publishers as it allowed them to ...

I. Environment Scan: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats Currently, Google is an Internet company which has gone well beyond search business (Edelman & Eisenmann, 2011). Against a stated philosophy of "It is best to do one thing really, really well," Google has diversified core business, i.e. search and paid listings, into a broad range of product and service offerings cutting across numerous industries and business activities. Notably, Google has diversified from search business into communication applications, productivity applications and computing operating systems (Edelman & Eisenmann). This expansion mandates an environment scan of Google's to be not only limited to search business but ...

Cause and Effect Essay

Introduction In today’s fast-paced technology based world, smartphones are considered a necessity for people who want to stay in touch with the latest. Smartphones have become an essential part of life for a majority of the populace and many cannot imagine leading their daily life without a smartphone in their hand. One argument made for the popularity and the necessity of smartphone is how it has helped to make life more convenient for its users. The prevalence of smartphone and its popularity is due to the multifarious advantages it provides to the users such as information at the ...

(Doctoral students must include the following on the title page instead: The essential task of leaders is to perfect how the things work in the organization. Changing the way “work works” is the essential foundation of leadership, according to Peter Cook (Cook, 2009). Therefore, the leader is the person who takes the organization to the next stage of development and improves processes to make them more effective and functional. This statement is true for several types of organization, such as bands, charities, and for-profit companies. The Five L qualities of leaders are based on the activities they engage in ...

Music is proof to me that we were meant to live life joyfully, regardless of the circumstances. Jazz, in particular, is a genre of music that was birthed out of the resilience of the human heart in being able to feel good despite what was happening in the outside world of bills, illnesses, heartbreaks and death. Herbie Hancock said that jazz represents the best characteristics of the human spirit, because it is a music that is centered on sharing with one another, listening to one another, respecting one another, and creating together in the moment. Furthermore, Louis Armstrong said ...

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Bruce Springsteen has been acclaimed as one of the greatest artists of all time. His music is unique in many ways. One of the things I like is the lyricism and the poetic language in the songs. Many of his songs are very earthy in nature, reflecting the times of the day, suffering of the people, love and romances, events, patriotism and so on. The music brings together a very good symphony of words and tunes, integrating it with great sound, rock ...

Introduction

A recent report of the International Longevity Center-UK (ILC-UK) indicated that dementia can no longer be viewed as an isolated disorder due to a high prevalence of medical comorbidities, often undiagnosed, associated with it (Scrutton & Brancati, 2016). Patients with dementia also had received a less coordinated comorbidity treatments, resulting to the faster decline of their daily functioning, a reduction in their quality of life (QOL), and earlier mortality events than patients with these comorbidities, but in the absence of dementia. The report also noted other important findings, which exacerbated the need for better therapeutic options in dealing with dementia, ...

I want to learn how to manage my stress. As well as other people, I experience stressful situations every day, and I notice that inability to manage the received stress disturbs my sleep and causes neurosis: I constantly feel anxiety and often experience excessive sweat, trembling of my hands, and inability to sit motionlessly for more than 2-3 minutes. I hope that the ability to manage my stress will reduce its negative impact on my nervous system and release me from these symptoms. I think that at the moment, my perception and reaction to stressful situations are habitual, and ...

Overview

Technology has both positive and negative implications on the lives of the people. The proliferation and advancement of technology tools have enormous effects on the lives of the people with respect to the odds of space and time thereby influencing the nature of social interactions. In particular, the technological advancements have direct effects on social evolution and social interaction across the globe, especially on the internet. The relationship between technology and social development results in the new realities of the individuals and the society. In particular, the relation between the society and technology encompasses the social networks sites, modern ...

Introduction to Governmental and Not For Profit Accounting

The music outreach program organization duly formed is a form of not-for-profit organization. This is because the organization is established to meet the needs of the youth within the community. According to Razek & Hosch (1985), a not-for-profit organization is that organization whose agenda is to satisfy the needs of a group or entire community. It is an organization that does not focus on generating profits for its members rather it pursue the goal of bringing the members together to address a certain issue facing the community. Based on the case at hand, the organization focuses on bringing on board ...

International Business Division

International Business Division

The population of Germany accounts for 80.6 million, out of which 74% population accounts for the urban population. The ethnic amalgamation is found to be extensive due to the prevalence of German population with the majority of 91.5%, Turkish population with the majority of 2.4%, whereas 6.1% population accounts for the Greek, polish, Italian and Spanish minorities. In accordance with the religious aspects, 34% population accounts for the Protestant, whereas 34% population accounts for the Roman Catholic. Similarly, 3.7% population accounts for the Muslim religion, however, 28.3% population account for the other unaffiliated religions (Statista, 2016b). ...

Beyonce Giselle Knowles was born in Houston, Texas on September 4, 1981. Performance was important to her and she began performing in front of audiences at a very young age. Her parents supported her early entrance into the world of the performing arts, and her mother became her manager and stylist. (“Biography,” 2016) This support from her family was in large part the reason for her early success in the business. Beyonce had a large network of support that she could draw from when conflict arose and her times became more difficult than expected. When she was 16, Beyonce ...

I recently attended an East Tennessee State University event that was held on 27th August 2016 at the campus Center for Physical Activity CPA front yard. The event was held to celebrate the successful musical career of renowned country music star, Billy Carrington. Since his debut, the music star has scored a staggering nine number one singles in the country music industry. To celebrate his remarkable achievements in country music, ETSU organized a major concert which was very successful because we not only enjoyed ourselves but also learnt a lot. The event was entirely organized and sponsored by the ...

PART A- Operant Conditioning Theory

Operant conditioning is a theory on behaviorism that was formulated by behavioral psychologist, B.F. Skinner. It focuses on an individual's changes in observable behavior. According to B.F. Skinner, once a behavior is followed by reinforcement, it is more likely to be repeated; however, if it is followed by punishment then it is not likely to be repeated (Plotnik, R., & Kouyoumdjian, 2014). Bobby is a seven-year old child who is used to getting gifts from his parents every now and then right from a tender age. Every time his mother decides to go to the mall, she takes him with ...

For every Greek philosopher, interest in music was almost obligatory quality. According to the beliefs of the Greeks, music was an integral part of the philosophy. Aristotle was not an excpetioon and repeatedly spoke about music. When starting to discuss the special role of music in an ethical upbringing in his "Politics", Aristotle himself warned that he would only talk about some general issues because much had been said by those who were philosophizing about the music. As is known, Aristotle clearly distinguishes between theoretical and practical knowledge. Aristotle divides music at the same time into two very different ...

The new wave of feminism in the pop culture has developed newfound respect and meaning for the feminist pop icons and their music. One prominent feminist celebrity is Meghan Trainor. The musician is a self-proclaimed positive advocate of feminism who specializes in aesthetic and poppy doo-wop lyrics and videos that motivate young women to love themselves and reject the traditional pressures. While in most of her songs, the message seems to be positive, a closer analysis reveals several unsettling truths about the feminist messages. This essay strives to formulate a feminist assessment of the video and lyrics for “Dear ...

William Bartram was a naturalist. His detailed consideration of the dress of the native inhabitants whom he observed provided the reader with a unique perspective of the importance of such decoration to their lives. Their decorative dress was not an everyday occurrence nor was it an indulgence afforded to everyone. It was reserved for special occasions such as weddings, dances and festival. Furthermore, fancy dress was a privilege reserved for the youth. Some of the “divertisments” of the native inhabitants are music and dance. Bartram states that their music is conducted both vocally and with instruments. He is not ...

1. Key Elements of Branson’s Leadership Style In his autobiography, The Virgin Way: If It’s Not Fun, It’s Not Worth Doing, Richard Branson identifies and explains important aspects of his leadership philosophy and style: There are ten of them: (1) “Follow your passion, but protect the downside”; (2) “Do some good”; (3) “Believe in your business”; (4) “Have fun”; (5) “Don’t give up”; (6) “Listen more and talk less”; (7) “Make room for personal time through delegation”; (8) “Go out and meet people”; (9) “Communicate among all levels of your company”; and, (10) “Be happy”. ...

Abstract

Chunking, the technique of grouping similar concepts together in order to aid memory, has long been associated with better working memory performance. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of chunking on the memorization of words. A total of 18 participants were given a list of 18 words to remember, with nine of these being informed about the technique of chunking before attempting the memory task. The results of an independent samples t-test show that chunking has a significant (p=0.05) effect on the word memorization skills of the participants (t=8.390). This supports previous research that suggests ...

Assignment 5 Answers

2. a) Fire extinguishers might exhibit positive externalities because they are often used as public goods that serve all people including those who have not paid for them. Thus, the benefits of purchasing fire extinguishers are enjoyed by other individuals who were not involved in the transaction. b) A graph of the market for fire extinguisher

S= private marginal benefit/ social cost curve SCC= Social Cost Curve SVC=Social value curve The equilibrium output level is indicated by Q1. However, the social demand is higher than the social cost since fire extinguishers exhibit positive externalities. Thus, Q2 is the market's ...