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    It was around the year 1825‚ when my wife and I first learned that we had to move West. We had to move because they had more supplies and good education for the baby‚ soon to be born. It was just going to be Sarah Williams and I‚ Thomas. We were soon going to be a family of three. My wife was pregnant with a baby boy. This baby boy was going to be called JamesC. We would have to travel a long way in order to get to the West. As we were getting ready to leave‚ we received some news. We recently found

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    What Is Folk Music

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    What is Folk Music? Folk music originated from many cultures around the world. Each culture adopted rhythms and beats from family and cultural rituals. The family of string instruments applied the music with common harmonies. Other variations of instruments‚ from homemade to daily items were used in addition to create a more original beat. The region of Great Britain‚ or the Celtic race inspired many of today’s top beats in folk music . The music originated among the common people of a nation passing

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    Evolution of Folk Music

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    The Evolution of Folk Music Almost all of the music that we hear today can be traced back in one way or another to folk music. The evolution of folk music is rich in history and it is easy to see how the current events and the times created the changes that were to occur. Folk music got its roots from Anglo-American Folk Music and later evolved into what was known as the blues and continues to influence much of the music that is written to this day. Many artists have had major impacts on the music

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    What I Have Lived for

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    2012 What I have lived for Looking back on my life‚ there is a question wandering in my mind---what I have lived for. After a long time of contemplating‚ I find that I have been engaged in three missions in my whole life: overcoming difficulties‚ cultivating diligence and pursuing happiness. These three missions have made my life meaningful and wonderful. First‚ I have never surrendered to the difficulties in my life. I know that if I want light‚ I must conquer darkness. So I fought with all

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    Being Away from Home

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    is becoming an upward trend which has some advantages and disadvantages. First‚ studying abroad is more challenging than people imagine. Foreign teachers would not force students to do much homework. However‚ exams are not easy that means students have to force themselves to do homework. Although school’s life is hard‚ most foreign schools are easier to apply. International students can get high-level education. They can graduate after they make an effort on working. In addition‚ international students

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    Synopses One: Character – Old man from the ‘Bush Undertaker’ For the first entry in this reading journal‚ I chose to talk about the Old Man from Henry Lawson’s Bush Undertaker. Initially‚ the Old Man piqued my interest because he seems like the typical representation of a historical Aussie battler and consists of many of the cultural attitudes most commonly attributed to Australians. After all‚ he is an aging shepherd making a living on his own except for his loyal canine companion‚ Five Bob. However

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    What I Have Learned

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    The past three weeks I can say that I have learned quite a lot‚ I never really thought I could understand what entailed through organized crime. There are many different attributes that were involved to form organized crime. Without knowing exactly what those attributes are you would never be able to figure out what it takes to organize crime or even get why they call it organized crime. I would say to myself why do these mafia and big groups put so much time and effort into making sure that there

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    A Discovery I Have Made

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    A discovery I have made in my life is that making mistakes only makes you a better person. Normally when someone makes a mistake‚ it is because that person is inexperienced in whatever they are attempting to do‚ and they are doing it improperly. When we make mistakes we are hopefully learning a very important piece of information‚ what not to do! Life is trial and error‚ we do things wrong and hope we do it better next time. There are many examples of myself making a mistake and in turn never

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    I Have a Dream Analysis

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    King’s “I Have a Dream” Ted Wilkenfeld Professor Moriarty Composition 0990 April 21‚ 2011 RHETORICAL ANALYSIS 2 Abstract This paper presents an analysis of the “I Have a Dream” speech by Martin Luther King. The author covers King’s use of support‚ ornamentation/embellishment‚ and other rhetorical techniques. Further‚ the author is quick to contextualize the nature of King’s speech. RHETORICAL ANALYSIS Rhetorical Analysis of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” The “I Have a Dream”

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    Should I Have A Time?

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    I was walking home on the long broken up concrete path from the bus stop to my house‚ should I? Or should I not? When would I have the time? What would other people think of it? Why should I fight for it without help? I was so confused about what I wanted to do. I pondered these questions for hours. I didn’t know what I should choose. I felt like the wind was howling “CHOOSE! CHOOSE!” I didn’t know what to do and I felt like a predator trying to choose a sweet but hard to catch prey or easy but

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