This week’s material was light‚ all of it relating to the rise of opera. To help understand the influences that allowed for opera to emerge‚ two late madrigals were presented. Monteverdi’s Cruda Amarilli highlighted how the harmonic language of seconda practica broke existing harmonic rules to express the text. Most of the expression presents itself through dissonances on words such as "amaramente" and "l’aspido‚" all relating to the feelings of discord or distress. The second piece was Caccini’s
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Over the past two centuries‚ the United States Postal Office has helped the United States grow by providing communication across the country. The USPS quickly able to provide communication all across the world. In the fast paced society‚ it is difficult to for the USPS to keep up with all the new gadgets. Especially because the internet allows people to communicate with others in a much more efficient and reliable way. Customers also choose other companies like UPS and Fedex. By reconstructing the
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As any high school junior or senior will tell you‚ the most common question students face is ‘what are your plans for after high school?’ This‚ rather weighted‚ question leaves students more concerned for their future. In the past‚ it has been stressed that only by going to college will a student become successful in the ‘real world.’ However‚ today students are faced with a multitude of choices regarding their future. Nevertheless‚ a college education has the ability to prepare students to be successful
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Stress is not sensible for the average American student. Our physical stress was biologically engineered to counter threats of the animal world and save our lives. Fight or flight reactions aren’t rational for stress over a class‚ but regardless‚ our bodies have the same psychological reaction to a test as it would to the threat of a grizzly bear (Scott). The limbic system‚ or the brain’s emotional center‚ contains the amygdala. This structure acts as an alarm system to screen any threats and communicates
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The warm sun rays beaming down on the emerald stalks of corn‚ the bright light radiating on rolling fields of amber grain. Children screaming in delight throughout the country sides and cities. During those sensational‚ amiable months of summer‚ tucked inside practically every newspaper are calendars touting seemingly endless opportunities to attend weekly farmers markets. A new movement‚ deemed locavorism‚ is digging its spurs in the ground and taking root in communities worldwide. Instead of relying
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It is common for a written piece of literature to have a profound effect on one’s way of thinking. By shifting the thought of one person‚ literature can create a ripple effect and spread to others living in the same society. This shift aids in transforming modern society and propelling society to make appropriate modifications. A few pieces of literature that shifts one’s perspectives include The Ones to Walk Away From the Omelas (1991) by Ursula K. Le Guin‚ Salvation (1940) by Langston Hughes‚ and
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The focus of this article is the bias found in evolutionary and endocrinological studies. These studies serve the purpose of defining and tracing human nature through evolution and present times. Evolutionary studies address the description of human descent from primates. These studies seek to outline the sequence of changes and mechanisms of action that make up the evolution of humans from primates. The general theory of evolution is used to reconstruct history with facts and evidence from fossils
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Synthesis “The kingdom of heaven is within the mind of a person‚ not within the collective mindlessness of a crowd.” In the articles‚ “The Only True God and Jesus Christ Whom He Hath Sent”‚ by Jeffery R. Holland and “Propaganda under a dictatorship”‚ by Aldous Huxley are two totally different topics. This paper will be a breaking down of the two articles and finding the similarities between the two of them. It will be interesting‚ but nothing is impossible. The two topics are Hitler wanting so
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Racism has provoked inequality among Americans for centuries. Although it has been claimed to have dissolved‚ racism is still apparent in the very set up of our nation. It pulls apart the unity of our nation by forming groups that in time will break the equality and freedom given in America. The ideal of racism still exists in today’s society‚ having found new ways to insert itself into our everyday life. As segregation and slavery have faded from American culture it is socially accepted that‚ with
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What does it really mean to be a man or a woman? Masculine or feminine? Different cultures and communities have assigned certain characteristics and attributes which define each sex. But do these traits describe every man and woman’s behavior? Individuals should have the free will to act in any way they wish to‚ whether in favor of society measures or in favor of their own conscience. Throughout the course of history‚ men have been viewed and perceived to be chivalrous‚ audacious‚ dauntless‚ and
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