Billy Joel is a very well known musician who is respected and acknowledged all around the world. I think he was an appropriate speaker for a college graduation. He used one question at the beginning of the speech that caught the audience’s curiosity‚ "Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes?" He then branched out from there to discuss more important issues. This question helped him create an invitational environment. I think asking a question also helped him show a sense of organization
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Billy Joel and His Battle with Depression Since the early seventies‚ Billy Joel has displayed greatness with his success in music‚ and has captured America with the sounds of his catchy tunes. Many accomplishments have been made‚ such as winning five Grammy Awards and many top ten hits in the seventies‚ eighties‚ and nineties. Joel has been successful throughout the years‚ but one thing he is still trying to overcome is his depression‚ and that is a hard thing to control. As early
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Dr. Joel Brown’s speech Our first presentation for this class was given by dr. Joel Brown. Dr. Brown is an evolutionary ecologist. He has been a member of the UIC faculty team for about 26 years. That’s almost 4 years before I was even born. He was a chemistry major when he was a freshman in high school. The only reason that made him choose chemistry was his hobby which is bomb making. The story that made him change his major was really funny. It was because of a flyer that said‚ “fire ecology
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Space X’s Falcon 9 Successful Historical Landing On A Barge; Elon Musks Reveals Its Capability Space X’s Falcon 9 made a successful drone ship landing on an ocean barge in the Atlantic Ocean last month. Viewers applauded and screamed of joy as the narrow rocket glided down onto a drone ship in Hawthorne‚ California. This was the fifth attempt. The Falcon 9 carried the supplies of astronauts in the International Space Station. It can haul up to 22.8 tonnes into low-Earth orbit up from 13.2. The rocket
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Allentown by Billy Joel was a song that described the troubles of the late 20th Century blue collar worker. As workers moved away from cities and jobs moved overseas in the 1980s and 90s‚ the typical blue collar worker was hurt as their unions and workplaces were closed to make way for the new serviced based economy. Specifically‚ Billy Joel is describing Allentown‚ Pennsylvania. Of which was affected by the economic turn of the 80s because most of its residents worked in Bethlehem‚ PA at a steel
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women could contribute to society was at home during the childbearing stages. However‚ stories in these periods presented two women that were different from the typical woman: The Wife of Bath from Canterbury Tales‚ and Monna Giovana from Federigo’s Falcon. These two women stand out because of their background‚ their views‚ as well as their relations with the opposite sex. These two women represent the same archetype: a strong independent woman. The two women were raised in different places‚ but they
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Chapter two of Social Problems by Joel Best was about making claims‚ which was the first step in the model of the social problems process. The chapter spends time explaining that claims are structured into three important components‚ these components being known as grounds‚ warrants‚ and conclusions (31). The chapter then continues on to talk about how claims compete against each other and try to stay relevant (45-46). The chapter talks about how somebody else making a claim can piggyback off another
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The photograph Warren Avenue at 23rd Street‚ Detroit‚ Michigan‚ October 1993 by Joel Sternfeld‚ is one with great meaning and use of many creative tools. This photograph has two main purposes: to commemorate a loved man who was murdered and to point out the injustice of his murder. There is a painting of this man with clouds behind him signifying he was a great man who is now in a better place‚ however‚ the man is covered in red and there is a large amount of red underneath him on the curb representing
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deep truths or thoughts. For example‚ the 9/11 memorial and museum showed all the devastating losses of people which gave me the perspective that we live in a broken world. The art that I chose for my gallery assignment is Untitled (blue lady) by Joel Batey. The color of this piece includes blue‚ red‚ white‚ and a dash
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